Tweets for the Week of 2014-12-21 to 2014-12-27

RT @ericmbudd: don't mind me, I'm just sitting in front of my computer on a Saturday night doing data science homework 23:37:19, 2014-12-27
RT @ericmbudd: in the one hour since a plane was reported missing on twitter, 137 people have been killed worldwide by automobiles 23:37:17, 2014-12-27
She said “You would have been a kind of crazy dad.” and it felt like I had died a little. 20:53:42, 2014-12-27
You may now resume accidentally texting while driving RT @mitchellbyars: Per police, the city of #Boulder is now off of accident alert #cowx 14:52:20, 2014-12-27
RT @DavidHembrow: Nov 2014:I point out much hyped solar cycle-path is bad dea: http://t.co/FoctpPVyBW
Dec 2014:It fails due to winter: http… 14:45:27, 2014-12-27
@DavidHembrow WINTER! Who could have predicted? in reply to DavidHembrow 14:45:20, 2014-12-27
Maybe it’s hard to convince people we can change what we want, because it makes clear that our current wants are someone else’s fabrication. 14:44:18, 2014-12-27
Just dug my trailer out of a foot of snow. This is going to be an interesting couple of @BldrFoodRescue shifts… http://t.co/XebqP7JODK 08:04:37, 2014-12-27
@ClarknColorado Any thoughts on Less than Revolutionary Finance? Or maybe hopefully you’re just chillaxing in the snow this week. 00:34:45, 2014-12-27
I forget to change stations as night wears on, but I keep voting, so electro-chill is slowly morphing into cryosleep. #21stCenturyProblems 23:44:32, 2014-12-26
@republicwirelss Having a weird issue where all incoming texts come from myself, but with the actual sender’s phone number prepended. 20:28:56, 2014-12-26
RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: Make love when you can. It's good for you. 19:21:28, 2014-12-26
@kellyup21 Yay for urban planners who live in co-ops! 🙂 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:25:56, 2014-12-26
RT @jen_keesmaat: We tend to think of great cycle paths as inherently Dutch; a mass die-in circa 1970 shows the people fought for them http… 15:58:49, 2014-12-26
Taking the day off to sled in the park with kids instead of sitting in traffic for 3hrs to ski some resort. #Bad4GDP http://t.co/ITmN6rjzcu 15:15:43, 2014-12-26
Just very, very slowly. RT @ericmbudd: @ZaneSelvans walking goes a long way. 14:28:46, 2014-12-26
I am totally biking to @McGuckins to buy some fasteners I probably already have somewhere just so I’ve got an excuse to ride in the snow. 13:56:52, 2014-12-26
@ericmbudd Fit yes, but not really athletic. And the US needs more fit-but-not-athletic people. Like a couple hundred million more. in reply to ericmbudd 13:55:09, 2014-12-26
RT @ericmbudd: @ZaneSelvans agreed. a strange place we've built, America 13:49:28, 2014-12-26
How do climate scientists *feel* about climate change? I think I’ll try to go back to @theAGU conference next year. http://t.co/ekm5B7BKlZ 13:39:18, 2014-12-26
It needn’t be. Car-free cities scale! MT @ericmbudd: since going car-free, I realize how living without a car in America is a privilege. 13:36:21, 2014-12-26
RT @laplacanancy: @ZaneSelvans I am SO GLAD that I do NOT own a car — that is REAL freedom! 13:34:56, 2014-12-26
Ah, working from home. I guess it’s time to start taking @BldrFoodRescue shifts to ensure that I actually get out and ride, no matter what. 13:23:14, 2014-12-26
Xmas hyper consumption + low gas prices + “Yay cars = Quality of Life!” + a snowy White Russian => me ranting at 1am: http://t.co/u4OZxtn4aM 13:16:17, 2014-12-26
Cars are not people. Freedom to drive is not quality of life. We can have cities without traffic. Thoughts on infill: http://t.co/u4OZxtn4aM 12:33:28, 2014-12-26
I like the argument, but it should go much further. With say, trains or bikes instead of a "mid-size saloon car." http://t.co/35YxvOJROD 12:02:05, 2014-12-26
RT @Pterodactyl101: @nntaleb Separation of Church and State was seen as a means to protect freedoms. Now we need separation of Corporation… 11:18:29, 2014-12-26
@deviantglobal Right. As if it were going to top out at some point soon and go back to being the years of the not-hack? in reply to deviantglobal 11:17:56, 2014-12-26
Met a pro snow shoveler on the sidewalk. His steel shovel is 7 years old. A buddy welds a new edge on every year. Heirloom design. #Bad4GDP 09:50:33, 2014-12-26
@ericmbudd Yeah, fuck it. I’m going to go for a snowy midnight bike ride. in reply to ericmbudd 01:23:12, 2014-12-26
@kelseykccody But I *liked* the high gas prices. 01:22:09, 2014-12-26
And yet the closeness itself creates a distance. A conspicuous intensity, foregone. 00:52:15, 2014-12-26
RT @MasalaCoop: Half the house is around for Christmas, an unusually large crowd. Had an impromptu dinner of turkey soup & Vietnamese fresh… 22:16:52, 2014-12-25
RT @neiltyson: On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642 18:48:15, 2014-12-25
Dang, but tell us how you really feel. MT @nntaleb: Never trust a corporation: it's a monster… a cancer that destroys, then self-destructs 14:39:29, 2014-12-25
@AstroTerry That might be rough in close quarters. Save it for EVA. In space, nobody can hear you learn to play the harmonica… in reply to AstroTerry 10:44:08, 2014-12-25
@86redshoes I miss Bryan. 21:17:54, 2014-12-24
My tab groups have become: “Climate & Energy Stuff” and “Other Stuff” Different brains. Easier that way. 21:17:29, 2014-12-24
Crazy differn't folks talkin’ the New Economy. Likes we can tell sumpthin’s broke, but we can’t tell what. 20:49:48, 2014-12-24
RT @RealTimeWWI: Opposing forces along the Western Front begin an unofficial Christmas truce, talking, singing and even fraternizing in No … 20:43:16, 2014-12-24
“Traffic” and “congestion” without cars is just activity. Street life. Public life. It’s people.
Just like soylent green. 20:38:39, 2014-12-24
RT @SarcasticRover: Just found a sled and a bunch of rapidly desiccating reindeer crashed in the crater. Prepare your children accordingly. 20:14:42, 2014-12-24
RT @pourmecoffee: Santa only collects metadata. Live a little. 20:12:05, 2014-12-24
@jeffreytumlin @JeffSpeckAICP Also, traffic. in reply to jeffreytumlin 20:10:12, 2014-12-24
Not clear to me that the new Planet of the Apes films see poetry in the fact that we humans are apes; that Earth *is* Planet of the Apes. 19:21:29, 2014-12-24
@sugarmags3 Yep, not going anywhere. in reply to sugarmags3 17:04:29, 2014-12-24
Looked for that high school NJROTC friend I hadn’t heard from in a while… and discovered they were killed in a helicopter crash a year ago. 16:30:53, 2014-12-24
@sugarmags3 I’m taking my operation back underground… in reply to sugarmags3 16:27:48, 2014-12-24
RT @copenhagenize: Prepare for the revolution. http://t.co/SZVSITMHyR 12:01:07, 2014-12-24
RT @BrentToderian: The case for tearing down urban freeways, via @voxdotcom @Richard_Florida http://t.co/NdznucPDU1 cc @vantransp2040 http:… 11:59:35, 2014-12-24
How to interpret? “I don’t have the time to protest. But I still want to support it, and that’s why I finance it.” http://t.co/0IF1Du88Dz 11:45:03, 2014-12-24
.@chasbrennan What Roland said about food waste is true. @USDA estimates 30-40%. See also @NRDC: http://t.co/H08c0TTzUl cc @BldrFoodRescue 11:18:14, 2014-12-24
Awesome matte black Yuba Mundo with a Rohloff in Portland, OR that I am absolutely, positively not going to bid on: http://t.co/o6lht2XPrb 23:56:50, 2014-12-23
Red LED bulbs, and f.lux in full night vision mode. Recreating the darkroom crib of my infancy. Pillows. Glowing clock. The smell of fixer. 22:22:41, 2014-12-23
@neil21 Also, we’re not *really* not sending humans to Venus anytime soon. But the shiny blimps are pretty. in reply to neil21 21:51:19, 2014-12-23
@neil21 Gravity’s gonna be about the same all the way out to a couple thousand km… in reply to neil21 21:44:17, 2014-12-23
Unholy alliance forming between physical, social scientists in desperate attempt to convey urgency of climate change: http://t.co/Y3zIMrFV3v 21:41:31, 2014-12-23
.@mitchellbyars @chasbrennan That might give the Mapleton Elk assassination a run for its money as most #Boulder story ever. in reply to mitchellbyars 21:10:01, 2014-12-23
RT @BrentToderian: "People don't object to the #density of people. They object to the density of cars." @MayorHodges of #Minneapolis. #Dens… 21:03:40, 2014-12-23
@cmgosnell I'm glad you love your bike 🙂 in reply to cmgosnell 17:10:17, 2014-12-23
@cmgosnell And this is another nice thing about refusing to fly. Especially once @Amtrak gets all their bike racks installed! in reply to cmgosnell 17:01:28, 2014-12-23
@postcarbon @buildresilience and its corollary: the newfound right to waste. So happy to help short circuit it locally w/ @BldrFoodRescue! in reply to postcarbon 16:04:09, 2014-12-23
The particular loneliness not of being alone, but of being distanced from the people who surround you. 15:28:07, 2014-12-23
@ericmbudd Yeah, it’s totally a puff piece. But the underlying thing that he’s saying is true. in reply to ericmbudd 11:53:26, 2014-12-23
A lot of the things that actually make us happy also use hardly any energy. Housing co-ops are full of these things! http://t.co/th4fnvQQyB 11:51:37, 2014-12-23
Just another day at the office. http://t.co/fLS6dayVeu 10:29:43, 2014-12-23
“We’re showing the world you can fight back.” by building luxury beach condos to fund climate adaptation in Miami. http://t.co/rujmR58GM0 08:23:28, 2014-12-23
@elakdawalla Oh. My. God. Did Jim Head finally retire? in reply to elakdawalla 21:03:08, 2014-12-22
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Energy storage (much of it thermal) starts winning utility capacity bids in California: http://t.co/aZUq7vO6Nl 18:33:44, 2014-12-22
@1millionwomen *sigh* in reply to 1millionwomen 18:31:23, 2014-12-22
@1millionwomen @tcktcktck Wait, are you saying the Australian Minister for Women is a dude? in reply to 1millionwomen 17:20:23, 2014-12-22
@RickHackett @jpmeyerDPost @36commuting @303cycling And why does this question get asked when it’s a bikeway, and not when it’s a “freeway"? in reply to RickHackett 14:40:43, 2014-12-22
In which I make an analogy between Exxon paying me dividends, and the mujahideen capturing AK-47s from the Soviets: http://t.co/x8v0jV5Qcc 12:28:46, 2014-12-22
@AmyAHarder @ericmbudd @AAA_Travel Wacky hijinks ensue! in reply to AmyAHarder 11:15:57, 2014-12-22
RT @NASA_EO: Reef structures in the Great Bahama Bank http://t.co/LmAkRXd5xt Via @ESA_EO More: http://t.co/zRJyRDYMCJ http://t.co/LIMyquUGfC 11:14:48, 2014-12-22
RT @ABetterBoulder: Like just about every city in North America, Boulder could use many more great human places to fall in love with: https… 11:13:06, 2014-12-22
RT @SarcasticRover: Ordered a "Space Heater" off Amazon, and yet cosmic microwave background radiation temperatures remain at 2.7 Kelvin. W… 11:10:24, 2014-12-22
Financial autonomy, contingency, and such a thing as enough: http://t.co/x8v0jV5Qcc #GutterpunkFinance 03:19:06, 2014-12-22
But if I don’t share this because I’m afraid they’ll see that I shared it, then they’ve won. Right? @wikileaks http://t.co/NADUn1VKAt 00:41:14, 2014-12-22
Time lapse, time lapse eyes. Watching the future melt away, while we pose for photos: https://t.co/KObkbeVJmd 00:22:21, 2014-12-22
RT @johnrobb: Asking where the "job" is in the bot run economy is like asking where the "farm" is, in the industrial economy. 00:15:17, 2014-12-22
So. Are we going to prosecute the torturers or what? http://t.co/YUbDOLlvbs cc @ACLU @TheJusticeDept @BarackObama 22:31:14, 2014-12-21
@drgrist I will stand with you and ignore the Sportsball. Albeit from the western borderlands of Flyover Country. in reply to drgrist 22:18:32, 2014-12-21
RT @junkyardmessiah: Patiently waiting for Idris to be Bond. http://t.co/mpg2xoIHiy 19:39:25, 2014-12-21
@ericmbudd So what exactly is the case that public investment shouldn’t compete with private money? Especially if it’s a douchebag monopoly? in reply to ericmbudd 18:43:51, 2014-12-21
Bizarre to think that we may be entering an era in which low temperature records are simply no longer set. https://t.co/fLPH2mvt4f 17:36:51, 2014-12-21
@ericmbudd Blame the ancient greeks. in reply to ericmbudd 17:29:01, 2014-12-21
@ericmbudd Here we are, wallowing together in the depths of the analemma. in reply to ericmbudd 17:20:45, 2014-12-21
Climate makes strange politics. Failure means you need to come back with an even *more* extreme proposal in the next round. Because physics. 17:16:03, 2014-12-21
@extinctsymbol Or hell… Saving the world’s *least* rare primate: can it be done? in reply to extinctsymbol 17:11:44, 2014-12-21
@AlexSteffen Sadly, talking this way gets you kicked out of otherwise civil meetings w/ regulators & utility execs. #SpeakingFromExperience in reply to AlexSteffen 17:10:47, 2014-12-21
@PierceLilholt It’s definitely a keeper. No doubt about it! Shorter term, barring drastic measures, 4-6°C seems highly likely. Bad apes! in reply to PierceLilholt 17:07:02, 2014-12-21
RT @maureenjohnson: WE DID IT, EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. ALL THE DAYS AFTER TODAY GET LONGER WE HAVE WON. 11:46:10, 2014-12-21
@nikkibot @ericmbudd 3-4 stories would be legally mandated by height limit. Why can’t we design beautiful buildings any more? What changed? in reply to nikkibot 11:45:55, 2014-12-21
@ericmbudd I sense a comeback in the near future. in reply to ericmbudd 01:56:02, 2014-12-21
@AndrewAPrice Do you not tweet links to your blog posts? Or am I just being blind? 00:30:57, 2014-12-21
RT @AndrewAPrice: Is your zoning code building the places people want and will cherish? If not, what's the point? #StrongTowns 00:13:54, 2014-12-21
@GaryRidesBikes Ha! No, I did not see that one. in reply to GaryRidesBikes 00:11:52, 2014-12-21

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