Aaron U. Salmon

This is the HBO Max cancel subscription "why'd you cancel?" submit button.

please don't miss this interview, you need to experience the whole ride up to this amazing exchange

This sure seems interesting. Buggy I’m sure given it was born yesterday but I’ll be following this closely. Sands are shifting.

This is absolute virtual meeting background GOLD.

Niice. @aaronsalmon.com is running on my own PDS now. Posts, likes, follows, images, and records from like nine apps I'd forgotten about delightfully came along too! Love all this so much. Time to fold in any and all internet activity I can to my own records.

This looks amazing. And, again, reconfirms the thing I keep telling people: the Atmosphere isn't about rebuilding Twitter. It's about rebuilding a better web overall.

This is all just so awesome. I’ve be been on cloud nine the past few weeks deep diving into the possibilities of the Atmosphere. Feels like how we thought this would go after the boom. So excited! Let’s take it back!

This is an incredible video and what an effort spanning decades! Let scientists science!

Had a fun couple cups of coffee this morning and pds.aaronsalmon.com is now ALIVE. w00t. {"version":"0.4.5027"} DigitalOcean has a slick few-click PDS droplet. I skipped the account creation as i'll migrate my existing handle over instead, but that part comes later.... SOOON.gif

Just an incredible opportunity for community-oriented design leaders in NYC.

Two decades ago I had CEO who would occasionally visit our design department like a tornado visits a neighborhood... giving gut reactions on our team's designs. Once he shouted "TOO BLUE! BLUE MAKES ME SAD!".

Monsters are in charge, and absolutely everyone has lost their goddamn minds. So, follow your dreams, friends. No one should have imposter syndrome or an inner saboteur at this point. Friendship is magic.

This is great. Now I don't feel guilty about "destroying my body" when I only get the 6.5 hours of sleep I tend to desire out of an evening. Midnight to 6:30 ideally (with 30 mins of ease on either end.)

This is what the growth of surveillance is going to bring. Not safety from crime, but new, non-criminal acts redefined as criminal so as to give the police an excuse to exercise power. local12.com/news/offbeat...

We need to tackle news deserts that help create the space for this to exist.

The most significant extension to the protocol since launch—atproto spaces—is now officially alpha software you can start testing with. Here's more about the goals and how to start testing. atproto.com/blog/atproto...

"Why did the casting of a Black actress cause so much controversy?" because small gangs of slobbering gutter racists aided by an unprincipled media landscape in the business of selling outrage have been allowed to run wild. there is literally nothing else to discuss.

You heard it here first — 2026 is the year you can finally style a select!! It will be in all browsers by the end of the year 🎉🎉🎉 @jakearchibald.com #cssday

Let's hear it once again for things that were drawn and written by humans for humans just to make something that educates (and promotes prosocial values) more fun to look at

The long arm of @theonion.com finds me again.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

A healthier internet isn’t just wishful thinking — our friends at the @prosocialdesign.bsky.social have a whole library of research-backed design solutions for building prosocial spaces online, organized by our Civic Signals research! 🧵

“Look how they massacred my boy”

I think about this a lot. Still waiting on my Dad to make his chess move…

Confiscate 99.8% of Andreesen’s net worth for the public good, wait 20 minutes, and then tell him his memory of ever having more than $4 million is false.

@textfiles.com you’ll love this feel good story.

My latest for @hyperallergic.com is on Egyptian Blue—& a new study by Mishael Quraishi which prices out the Roman cost & manual labor needed to paint the “Blue Room” at Pompeii. Shout outs & thx: @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social , @diffendale.bsky.social , @chapps.bsky.social, @valentinadl.bsky.social!

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

We’ve been testing how machine-readable our design system documentation is. Turns out, AI agents and humans benefit from exactly the same qualities: gerireid.com/blog/ai-is-a...

Can't wait for this new Extraction Looter game. Like Arc Raiders but you're one of 30 beavers dropped into an out-of-balance wilderness. Dam up streams, collect resources, fight for survival, heal nature.

@dansinker.com Is that one entire town in NW Canada still for sale?

My new thing is running the text of executive orders through AI with the prompt "Assume a bad actor wrote this, how could it be used nefariously?"

It can still be Standard Time if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.

* found a desk to work from * bought crypto * hodled crypto * watched CPAC * bought chainsaw and sunglasses

I don't know what I miss more - Pixel fonts, or the top notch eyesight I had back when we used those lil doods everywhere.

"Ah...welcome to the Frequently Used emoji tray ole' fingers crossed🤞. First time here? Well, hope you're making yourself at home."

Thanks to the support of the Knight Foundation, USDR is hiring a unique role —we are seeking someone *who has recently exited the Federal government* to lead our Generative AI portfolio. us-digital-response.breezy.hr/p/2c75788aae...

Not gonna lie, the Super Bowl outcome and halftime has given me a bit of renewed hope today. It was like a glimpse into another timeline. The one we deserve. Today I fight.

Yup that was me crying in the Dog Man movie theater with my boys today. Great message that hit v close to home during these tough times.

I love when music that doesn’t feel like you’re listening to music, rather you’ve turned the dial to your own internal soundtrack or you’re wading in a stream of beautiful humanity. This is That. open.spotify.com/track/3K2O5q... During these insane times it’s key to find these moments. Love ya’ll.

The IRS’ direct file service opened for 25 states today. It’s a historic example of how civic technology can work for good. civic-texts.ghost.io/direct-file-...

why does it look like The More You Know logo is crashing back to earth

“Now it’s your turn to stand guard - may you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith.” Lead from the heart. Thanks Joe. 🕶️

Booo.👎 "Message limit reached for Claude 3.5 Sonnet until 2:00 AM."