Tweets for the Week of 2014-06-29 to 2014-07-05

RT @mrmoneymustache: Hey @egocarshare, any plans to expand to Longmont? Hundreds of us here would love a car share! @BicycleLongmont http:/… 23:05:27, 2014-07-05
Summer sunset concert at Chautauqua. Bela Fleck on banjo. Sadly @colochautauqua seems intent on keeping the sliders closed from now on. 20:41:08, 2014-07-05
RT @Naparstek: We *should* be using fossil fuel profits (and taxes) to fund alternative energy sources, technologies and advocacy. http:/… 00:01:51, 2014-07-05
RT @lessig: That's it. We did it. For US. For @aaronsw. Tears, and sleep, and endless thanks. #MayDayPAC http://t.co/wULvKvIv73 23:47:05, 2014-07-04
RT @Max_Fisher: 1. What is Amtrak
Amtrak is a heavily-subsidized rail service with Russian quality at Swiss prices. It is the shame of the… 23:40:46, 2014-07-04
RT @MasalaCoop: Huge inter-co-op showing for Picklebric's America Day celebration. Blessing the bread: http://t.co/cxbGJg8eQS 23:39:38, 2014-07-04
RT @MasalaCoop: Some early season garden goodies. Cilantro, mizuna, radishes. Soon the tomato tsunami will begin! http://t.co/dJBKAVFQ7Q 16:26:44, 2014-07-04
A cool blog exploring cooperative living in the Bay Area: http://t.co/Unln1dJCgl 15:06:13, 2014-07-04
What do psychedelic mushrooms really do? http://t.co/Xsr1u0ja0x 13:38:14, 2014-07-04
RT @RL_Miller: I don't get why North Carolinians are so worred re #Arthur. Can't they just pass a law declaring that storm surge won't happ… 13:31:58, 2014-07-04
@ericmbudd @BoulderParking Yeah, I’ve never understood why we seem most intent on making parking free on the days with highest demand. in reply to ericmbudd 13:21:14, 2014-07-04
.@MayOneUS needs about $1000 per minute for the next 15 hours to reach $5M goal & continue fight against SuperPACs: https://t.co/Z4BkdNIVnM 13:10:42, 2014-07-04
@ericmbudd There’s a big east-facing plateau between the trailhead at the end of University Ave. and the first road overlook. Good views. in reply to ericmbudd 12:59:05, 2014-07-04
Declare independence from corporate elections! Help the @MayOneUS SuperPAC end SuperPACs! $5M matching $ at stake: https://t.co/Z4BkdNIVnM 12:45:35, 2014-07-04
Hmm, looks like I needed to catch up on some sleep. 11:36:20, 2014-07-04
RT @MasalaCoop: Gonna celebrate our cooperative interdependence with a little Picklebricolage this evening, then hike up Flagstaff to watch… 11:35:22, 2014-07-04
Indulging in (yet) another vicarious bike build… leaving a trail of @surlybikes & @Vanguard_Group accts in my wake. http://t.co/SV9Xl02LOx 17:50:33, 2014-07-03
RT @schmangee: There's some kind of word for this. Something bias … The everything-will-be-the-same-in-the-future bias, when we know for … 12:50:54, 2014-07-03
RT @schmangee: Like "look at this adorable kid arguing we shouldn't repeat our failures, over and over and over. Yeah, right!" 12:50:46, 2014-07-03
RT @schmangee: Sometimes, trying to explain to people that we don't have to do transportation the way we've done it in the past, is like sp… 12:50:41, 2014-07-03
I'm starting to wonder with what frequency I really want to fall in love. 00:57:58, 2014-07-03
RT @ClnEnergyAction: I don’t suppose anybody else out there has already liberated the @FERC data collected from major utilities in Form 1 o… 16:25:43, 2014-07-02
@andrew_leach @ericmbudd Issues seem related to having a volumetric market, in which some players have only non-volumetric costs. in reply to andrew_leach 15:18:34, 2014-07-02
@ericmbudd you might want to follow @andrew_leach in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:05:40, 2014-07-02
@soto97 I dunno… that tribal orgy/rave scene in the 2nd Matrix movie looked pretty sweet, actually… in reply to soto97 15:02:42, 2014-07-02
Zeroing out the marginal cost of production weirds economics. Not just movies & music, renewable energy too: http://t.co/zcdtDyVjSg 15:01:44, 2014-07-02
@soto97 Bleak, and sweaty. Air conditioning as life support system. Xenoforming the Homeworld… in reply to soto97 14:48:58, 2014-07-02
The not-so-tiny problem with tiny houses: http://t.co/j1l9VBLWtU All I can say is: Duh. 10:43:46, 2014-07-02
RT @NASA: LAUNCH! of #OCO2 — our 1st mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide. Watch: http://t.co/CRIMw5oD5v http://t.co/W… 05:39:27, 2014-07-02
@bruteforceblog Seriously. Seems like a no-brainer for any oligarch worth his salt… in reply to bruteforceblog 00:09:34, 2014-07-02
“Show me a highly unequal society, and I’ll show you a police state. Or an uprising.” Police FTW! #PlutocratProblems
http://t.co/emwUtz3uj2 00:08:06, 2014-07-02
Unclear to me why this billionaire thinks his peers won’t opt for a police state over a pitchfork wielding uprising:
http://t.co/emwUtz3uj2 23:59:58, 2014-07-01
RT @voxdotcom: Here's an UPDATED map of the countries where the pill is fully subsidized (it includes Iran) http://t.co/UQUVdLr7WY http://t… 23:47:19, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd Though if it serves as negative cost social entertainment (as it does for me a bit), there’s a role for it. Just not scalable. in reply to ericmbudd 21:32:27, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd We gotta get that Diagonal Bikeway built or you’re going to have an aneurism. in reply to ericmbudd 21:30:36, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd Suspect there is a problematic element of “more profitable… but smaller” in there somewhere. As with energy services utilities. in reply to ericmbudd 21:29:31, 2014-07-01
@soto97 You’ve seen this PNAS paper, no? http://t.co/FEUV26gf3V Under runaway climate scenario, something like 1/2 of Earth = uninhabitable. in reply to soto97 18:45:08, 2014-07-01
@CommunityCycles If you’re feeling engaged… ask @BoulderColorado City Council to make this kind of event easier in public (non-mall) spaces! in reply to CommunityCycles 18:31:54, 2014-07-01
RT @CommunityCycles: Short indie bike films & some esoteric brews from @newbelgium next Friday 7/11. All proceeds go to @CommunityCycles! h… 18:28:52, 2014-07-01
RT @ClnEnergyAction: .@BLMColorado climate #fail MT @ClimateWest: #BLM schedules CO #coal lease ignoring coal exports & #carbon pollution h… 16:28:51, 2014-07-01
@sugarmags3 @ericmbudd At least it lets us know you care 😉 in reply to sugarmags3 15:09:59, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd Luxury or an alternative opiate of the masses. Better than TV b/c it contains no corporate memetic poison, but still distracting. in reply to ericmbudd 15:09:34, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd The attraction to time/labor intensive DIY projects (e.g. backyard chickens), w/o attacking our centralized systemic failures. in reply to ericmbudd 14:50:55, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd It’s not a coincidence that I have “free” time to spend on civic engagement. It’s a choice. A priority. Over backyard chickens… in reply to ericmbudd 14:47:21, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd And this is *exactly* why I am so down on the new-homesteader mentality. Low-value time-sinks that do not create systemic change. in reply to ericmbudd 14:46:03, 2014-07-01
Under-appreciated radical act: Achieving financial autonomy on modest income by limiting consumption enables your own deep civic engagement. 14:42:46, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd Radical Frugality FTW… enough money to live on, and enough free time to tell the system to go fuck itself in an organized way. in reply to ericmbudd 14:25:28, 2014-07-01
Our energy & material economies aren’t looking for least cost solutions, they seek most easily externalized & deferred cost options. 14:09:04, 2014-07-01
@ericmbudd Maybe because there are vast, multi-billion dollar industries dedicated to encouraging people to make bad financial choices? in reply to ericmbudd 12:29:48, 2014-07-01
RT @MarianSwain: There are only 8 GMO crops in the US: Corn (field and sweet), Soybeans, Cotton, Canola, Alfalfa, Sugar Beets, Papaya, Squa… 21:31:26, 2014-06-30
RT @ClnEnergyAction: It’s like @FERC is trying to comply with an open-data mandate as begrudgingly as humanly possible. Coincidence? http:/… 16:09:26, 2014-06-30
RT @ClnEnergyAction: The @FERC sayeth: “The Form 1 software has been tested … with Windows 2000, Windows 95 and Windows 98” and also “If yo… 16:01:50, 2014-06-30
@fishnette #BoulderProblems in reply to fishnette 15:53:47, 2014-06-30
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Uh, @FERC your data is in an unsupported format older than our interns… which when output results in an image of a tab… 15:38:55, 2014-06-30
If @IamOCO2 launch goes well tonight, we can start mapping global carbon sources & sinks. Very important bookkeeping: http://t.co/SEzHNEPZF4 15:18:03, 2014-06-30
Bank manager had to step away to run payroll. She said “We still have to pay people to work here unfortunately. At least it’s not my money!" 12:31:55, 2014-06-30
#SCOTUS is highlighting how dumb it is to have employer sponsored healthcare. Right? So we’ll vote for single payer? http://t.co/E0ZuMh6eeM 11:07:53, 2014-06-30
@ericmbudd HULK SMASH LOOMS! in reply to ericmbudd 10:57:40, 2014-06-30
The @nytimes reporter who penned that Blackwater piece now faces prison for refusing to disclose (unrelated) sources: http://t.co/JmPS9qMMsj 02:46:44, 2014-06-30
Blackwater threatened to kill a US official in Iraq for investigating company misconduct, before the Nisour massacre: http://t.co/PWxKbZOFBt 02:44:47, 2014-06-30
I never see anybody else biking up Flagstaff at night, but the divide is so pretty silhouetted by the stars. 01:13:59, 2014-06-30
California looking to nix automotive Level of Service (LOS) as transportation metric. How about Boulder too? http://t.co/k5sPEGhcGn 16:46:08, 2014-06-29
Yet another good overview of @DonaldShoup’s High Cost of Free Parking, this time from @josephstromberg at @voxdotcom http://t.co/yKXChCAJcL 11:40:15, 2014-06-29

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