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Aron Roberts
@aronro.bsky.social
Consulting with small businesses High Sierra Showerheads & Western Ecology.
Worked for 31 years in IT at Cal.
Active investor in crowdfunded startups: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/crowdfunding-small-investors-aron-roberts-f2shc/
Opinions solely my own.
From Gurwinder Bhogal on X/Twitter:

"In 2006, a teacher told students to write to a famous author for advice. The only author to respond was Kurt Vonnegut, born 103 years ago today."

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November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Irrespective of topic, Le Page's article is a superb example of how to report on a complex area of scientific investigation, making it understandable for a general audience.

See the excerpt below, for instance.
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Sometimes cartoonists hit pretty hard.

"Chaffee, White and Grissom died in the Apollo 1 capsule fire. Improvements made from what we learned were instrumental in getting us to the moon on Apollo 11.

"Published the day after the moon landing, 56 years ago today."

– Jay Byron (on Facebook)
July 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Definitely crucial to make that distinction!

The Admin's mass deportation program has ambitious goals. (Stephen Miller seeks 1 million deportations in 2025.) Thus, starting early-on, that program has been sweeping up lots of ordinary folks: non-criminal aliens.

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June 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
March 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
D'accord!

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(And yes, the conclusions that Musk hinted at were also clearly wrong ...)

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February 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
💯 John!

Bonnie is so, SO good!

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December 25, 2024 at 3:17 AM
And another time where that reportedly happened ...

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November 12, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Yet more speculation along those lines ...
November 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM
“She was a nightmare for editors who cared more about control than language. She’d vanish for days at a time. The newsroom was a lousy place to write. The ditch bank or the coffee shop or the front seat of her car were much better places."

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February 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM