Tweets for the Week of 2017-06-11 to 2017-06-17

@nikkibot Maybe you should ask the Google. in reply to nikkibot 23:26:45, 2017-06-17
@mimstah I hope you're right. But I think it's easier to feel that way when you own a home that's appreciating at 10% a year. in reply to mimstah 18:05:01, 2017-06-17
How evenly distributed is economic opportunity for those born at the bottom in the US? From @BrookingsInst w/ Legos https://t.co/eEG5owxX7l 11:58:50, 2017-06-17
RT @SFyimby: https://t.co/0oNYDcvACj Can someone volunteer to read this book & give a book report at @YIMBYtown please? 11:52:16, 2017-06-17
@AlexSteffen Maybe we could actually afford to do something like that if we were to say, move to Cleveland and chil… https://t.co/FOWTGHnF0Q in reply to AlexSteffen 11:08:37, 2017-06-17
Woodswimmer. Turning slices of space into cross sections through the long, slow, time of trees. https://t.co/ZlZ09gUlxx 11:04:17, 2017-06-17
@mimstah “Weird Up Boulder” almost feels like a cultural appropriation of a former weird Boulder that might actually be apocryphal anyway. in reply to mimstah 10:33:58, 2017-06-17
@ericmbudd @markgelband @mattsebastian @mitchellbyars They had a bounteous, well-lit dumpster, too. in reply to ericmbudd 09:57:02, 2017-06-17
RT @aparnapkin: Ask women again why they don't report their rapes. https://t.co/jdgM4RoQpO 09:49:29, 2017-06-17
@SarahLerner @soniagupta504 @nytimes WTF NYT?! in reply to SarahLerner 09:23:40, 2017-06-17
This is also part of why I’ve created a Spanish language list. To give me a more challenging and productive distraction channel on here. in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:19:13, 2017-06-17
@mimstah It sometimes feels like just a matter of time until anyone doing anything “normal” will be an in-commuter. Or gone. Or broke. in reply to mimstah 09:15:05, 2017-06-17
RT @schmangee: Thread: I managed an urbanist blog network with hundreds of writers and I used to wonder why there were practically zero wom… 09:10:19, 2017-06-17
Red hot wiener models. A much better idea than you might think. https://t.co/jj3VfT1Hqh 01:46:01, 2017-06-17
@cmgosnell and yes, I am sleeping with those handlebars. Not the most snuggly thing ever. 01:28:32, 2017-06-17
RT @mslynnross: Let this fact sink in. #harvardhousingreport #seriously https://t.co/pZAtnk0Z3n 01:02:08, 2017-06-17
RT @dkberman: Amazon did not just buy Whole Foods grocery stores. It bought 431 upper-income, prime-location distribution nodes for everyt… 00:57:30, 2017-06-17
RT @fffalcon: Internet:
Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.4B. This is how markets work. It'll sort itself out…Right?

Me: https://t.co/1vJ… 00:38:41, 2017-06-17
@bobyatesboulder @AaronBrockett12 @janburtonco Totally agree that’s in the spirit of the open meeting laws, just cu… https://t.co/v8Z5tByiEt in reply to bobyatesboulder 18:23:17, 2017-06-16
@GR_G_R I doubt many of my followers are at risk of being convinced to purchase a Lincoln Continental. in reply to GR_G_R 14:29:28, 2017-06-16
They snuck a bike into the beginning to trick me. Blocked. https://t.co/UIHiKf8EjK 23:26:35, 2017-06-15
RT @YIMBYsea: "Critics of single-family zoning argue it creates de-facto gated communities by keeping land values inflated through restrict… 23:15:01, 2017-06-15
@bolderbekah “When I was your age we lived in tunnels with the prairie dogs. Now, git out from under mah lawn!" in reply to bolderbekah 22:25:52, 2017-06-15
@ZackBergerMDPhD Retrospectively I hear your voice, but associate its genre of content with this written short-form. It’s a little weird. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:22:05, 2017-06-15
@ZackBergerMDPhD I’m just saying, your sharp, derisive, one-line-zinger-comback sense of humor was made for Twitter. Or maybe vice versa. in reply to ZackBergerMDPhD 22:20:40, 2017-06-15
@ZackBergerMDPhD This does sound familiar 🙂 in reply to ZackBergerMDPhD 22:19:01, 2017-06-15
I love @memrise b/c it harnesses the same science of attention-suckage as Twitter… but for something constructive. Distraction w/ a purpose! 22:18:40, 2017-06-15
@ZackBergerMDPhD The more of your tweets I read, the more I realize you were already verbally tweeting at Caltech b… https://t.co/cA7Hz3aSS8 in reply to ZackBergerMDPhD 22:16:18, 2017-06-15
@JessicaHuseman OMG, people to devour non-fiction books have the least boring conversations evar. in reply to JessicaHuseman 22:11:40, 2017-06-15
El Secretario de DHS ha rescindido el programa DAPA, que protegé unos 5M padres indocumentos de ciudadanos: https://t.co/jUzf8RFCZH 22:09:11, 2017-06-15
@JessicaHuseman The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Cities for People. Crabgrass Frontier. The Two Mile Time Machine. Fi… https://t.co/LRuyH1k9U5 in reply to JessicaHuseman 21:47:35, 2017-06-15
RT @Hegemommy: Oh I am here for this https://t.co/PcS7jGFxIj 21:15:22, 2017-06-15
East @CUBoulder & Willville campus is going to be bustling pretty soon. Gotta get alt-modes beefed up on Colorado &… https://t.co/b0iJuTgxOD 21:13:24, 2017-06-15
@jamie_jezebel Yeah, probs. But boy am I less upset by this than when someone looking their phone almost runs me do… https://t.co/pqpyrIdPHd in reply to jamie_jezebel 23:01:35, 2017-06-14
@jamie_jezebel Meh, one asshole every 8 years I can deal with. in reply to jamie_jezebel 21:11:58, 2017-06-14
Well, it took 8 years but somebody finally stole my beat up stainless steel water bottle. Not so bad tbh. https://t.co/xbtmSOnyzi 18:43:38, 2017-06-14
@municodecorp @bouldercolorado @firefox @googlechrome Done. in reply to municodecorp 16:20:35, 2017-06-14
@bryanlbowen The map is the only interface? Seems wacky that there’s no linkable directory. But, found the docs I was looking for. Thanks! in reply to bryanlbowen 13:07:06, 2017-06-14
@municodecorp @bouldercolorado @firefox @googlechrome This issue comes up when I attempt to visit the site directly… https://t.co/ixd1C0ZWnh in reply to municodecorp 13:06:08, 2017-06-14
RT @DanielKayHertz: thread on how zoning is gendered >>>> https://t.co/dUFd1lXzqf 00:27:49, 2017-06-14
RT @TheDweck: Every pothead Jeff Sessions wants to throw in jail has a better memory than Jeff Sessions 00:24:08, 2017-06-14
Hmmm… @ericmbudd @TheLaughingGoat https://t.co/anYunYxT4f 23:05:04, 2017-06-13
@MoreNeighbors ¡Claro que sí! in reply to MoreNeighbors 22:40:03, 2017-06-13
RT @bochaneighbors: Some legal background on occupancy limits, & possible court challenges to them across the country, from @Sightline: htt… 20:43:45, 2017-06-13
Pienso que encontré un amigo para @MoreNeighbors. https://t.co/5Lxple4odW 20:38:50, 2017-06-13
Ah, if only there were more hot takes like @drvox on discount rates with otters. Also books. We've still got books!… https://t.co/KJynWTK1Ue 20:30:26, 2017-06-13
@bouldercolorado The @municodecorp site for Boulder Revised Code is “Initializing application” For. Ever. On both @firefox & @googlechrome 19:37:03, 2017-06-13
Bicycles and menstrual cups… a couple of my favorite, simple, anti-consumptive technologies! https://t.co/Y3LgwfLsvZ 18:44:58, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda @jrwiener_1980 @NamasteSolar Local story on their recent round of funding, and plants to create coopera… https://t.co/f6pcJUqMra in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:24:50, 2017-06-13
RT @kasie: ALERT: Reporters at Capitol have been told they are not allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, contrary to years of… 10:59:27, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda @CatalystCoop Not sure if it’ll work though! in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:05:40, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda With @CatalystCoop we’re trying to get paid to do the labor of generating the useful thing, rather than… https://t.co/uzKINN1rdu in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:05:30, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda And the more anti-land we pour into the shared commons, the richer the foundation everyone has access to becomes. in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:04:48, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda While I think Zebras often treat digital goods more like “anti-land” — i.e. things of value with zero m… https://t.co/6nqKe0vrTW in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:00:29, 2017-06-13
@marazepeda Captive network effect monopolies (Unicorns) try to make digital goods into “land” (inelastic factors of production)… in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:58:50, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda (also if I’ve invaded your mentions more than you would like, please let me know) in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:53:39, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda I bet @lacolarq & @BordaCoop would have interesting input, in city-building context, from Barcelona. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:51:15, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Feel like there’s a big difference between stewardship & ownership of organizations, institutions, res… https://t.co/mmNyneujJz in reply to marazepeda 23:47:46, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Very curious what you are gathering resources for too, if you feel like sharing. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:32:39, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda @citiesforpeople @thehappycity Rethinking the Economics of Land & Housing also good, from @L__Macfarlane https://t.co/pLcMujbQ0u in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:31:33, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Also highly recommend @citiesforpeople. Would add "Crabgrass Frontier (history of burbs) "Fighting Traffic,” & @thehappycity. in reply to marazepeda 23:29:14, 2017-06-12
@drvox Well that’s too bad. I thought it was quite nice. But I like questions with messy unsatisfying answers. Sometimes anyway. in reply to drvox 23:08:12, 2017-06-12
Maybe they will try experimenting with more traditional human scale urban forms again. 5-8 stories can still get yo… https://t.co/UNz0qqm3wP 21:47:59, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Might also hit up @jrwiener_1980 & @NamasteSolar to chat about raising patient, mission-aligned capital… https://t.co/rYdp71YaV9 in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:35:54, 2017-06-12
RT @TheRickWilson: 1/ Fire Mueller. Do it. Fire Mueller.
Do it, because it's time for the final divorce between the clickservatives and an… 21:33:31, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Robustness vs. Optimality. World Bank edition: https://t.co/hTlBaw6Jgx And as written up by @drvox: https://t.co/NH8QEm3nne in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:17:33, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda You are also amazing! Structural incentives and impediments to long term thinking are a long term perso… https://t.co/CjSkrAuhwJ in reply to marazepeda 21:14:07, 2017-06-12
@bolderbekah Tough life being a Boulder Junction bollard. in reply to bolderbekah 20:53:06, 2017-06-12
@jamie_jezebel Twitter does have an office here after all… in reply to jamie_jezebel 20:04:30, 2017-06-12
@Mergelane @dojo4 @hrdavis1 @PyData @AnalyzeBoulder @seancllns https://t.co/YiTNmOxJrC 19:11:59, 2017-06-12
Live panel discussion on Women in Data Science. Cc: @AstroKatie @astrokiwi @cmgosnell @elakdawalla @alanawlsn… https://t.co/NuUJrHNd3n 19:06:31, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda In the urban planning context, Georgist land taxes & community land trusts or public ownership of land… https://t.co/tT7GBSi0Bz in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:58:48, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda I haven’t yet found a good exploration of this, but I think the root issue is common conflation of “lan… https://t.co/FB33Q3F24f in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:57:38, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda In urban planning context, interesting example of this is housing as investment vs. housing as a place… https://t.co/dj6iQawwLx in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:56:33, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda And a high discount rate means the future is not worth thinking about. But growth oriented systems tend… https://t.co/7n9wIgj1Rl in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:55:23, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Cost of capital is in many cases inseparable from expected economic growth rate, but synonymous with discount rate as well. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:51:38, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda There’s a difficult connection between being structurally able to think long term, and being able to gr… https://t.co/VrVsS4MQRs in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:50:49, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Her final bringing-it-all-together example is cooperatives. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:49:47, 2017-06-12
@marazepeda Maybe you’ve come across it already, but Owning our Future by Marjorie Kelly explores how ownership des… https://t.co/GIbyADCmHa in reply to marazepeda 18:49:09, 2017-06-12
@sea_Baugruppe @YIMBYwiki Doooo it! in reply to sea_Baugruppe 23:05:35, 2017-06-11
@MatthiasGeiken @devonzuegel So little parking, so much living. in reply to MatthiasGeiken 22:58:46, 2017-06-11
@dinapomeranz @MaxCRoser Whoa, Ireland and S. Korea are interesting outliers. in reply to dinapomeranz 21:36:19, 2017-06-11
@AlexSteffen I might actually play a beautiful, immersive, 1st person, cooperative, pre- or post-apocalyptic don’t-… https://t.co/x5gjfHXMa8 in reply to AlexSteffen 21:28:06, 2017-06-11
@bruteforceblog @Anzelovich Maybe you will help @Sightline & @YIMBYsea put the conference on next summer in Seattle 🙂 in reply to bruteforceblog 21:25:54, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda What length, depth, topical genre or timescale are you focusing on? in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:09:47, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda @drvox @grist Lots of good early stuff from Stewart Brand & Long Now, but lately they've felt different somehow. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:08:00, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda @drvox @grist Fooled by Randomness looks at epistemic uncertainty and how to plan around events if unkn… https://t.co/ThLkCe76IZ in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:03:28, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda @drvox @grist Dirt: the erosion of civilization is an interesting history (and pre history) of soil con… https://t.co/n0yQZCnei6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:01:37, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda @drvox @grist Stern Report on economics of climate change dense but foundational text. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:00:08, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda @drvox @grist The Two Mile Time Machine by Richard B Alley great on near past paleoclimates, climate stability in context. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:59:15, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda Posts from @drvox at @grist on discount rates and decision making under deep uncertainty also good. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:58:11, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda Can We Afford The Future is a good short book that tackles discount rates and risk in the context of climate change. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:57:22, 2017-06-11
@marazepeda Michael Madsen's film Into Eternity is great on deep intergenerational ethics, framed in context of nuclear waste disposal. in reply to marazepeda 17:56:17, 2017-06-11
This looks much more patriotic than fireworks. https://t.co/Wb79BR9HoN 17:33:09, 2017-06-11
@radicalbytes @cmgosnell I mean, okay sure, to be fair most people still don’t read, but you get my point… in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:21:51, 2017-06-11
@radicalbytes @cmgosnell It’s bizarre. Like if the film industry only made action movies. Or every paperback was a… https://t.co/ZFOpDyupAv in reply to radicalbytes 17:21:08, 2017-06-11
@AlexSteffen You ever thought about working with someone on immersive game design? Could be, uh, pre-apocalyptic to… https://t.co/7PYnKsksZJ 17:14:20, 2017-06-11
@radicalbytes @cmgosnell Damnit I can only like this once… in reply to radicalbytes 17:13:00, 2017-06-11
There are so many *awesome* cooperative board games. It’d be amazing to see the same diversity in immersive network… https://t.co/mMyrReAsqm 17:09:54, 2017-06-11
@Anzelovich Have you been hanging out with @bruteforceblog or something? in reply to Anzelovich 16:56:11, 2017-06-11
@devonzuegel For scale: If the already developed land in the Bay Area were built to Paris density, it could easily… https://t.co/nGsV17JjIN in reply to devonzuegel 16:54:37, 2017-06-11
And it would be glorious. https://t.co/rCswort92d 16:47:02, 2017-06-11
Gawd. What a troll. https://t.co/RVnHcb8PBi 12:40:31, 2017-06-11
@FionaLutalica The timelessness of midsummer in or near the Arctic is magical. Days and nights blurring together. E… https://t.co/Ay6AL2Z8AG in reply to FionaLutalica 12:14:17, 2017-06-11
@YIMBYwiki @SonjaTrauss @hanlonbt @woolie @SFHAC Yeah, this is a really interesting semantic discussion. Does the e… https://t.co/NPyfm2oGzn in reply to YIMBYwiki 12:04:59, 2017-06-11
It would wonderful if @bouldercolorado would legalize this kind of street. https://t.co/j19OJ8LPQ2 12:01:36, 2017-06-11
Una cooperativa de trabajadores en Boulder se ha creado un nuevo síndcato de credito comerciál, para fondar proyect… https://t.co/88ivUMx5QC 11:50:14, 2017-06-11
@YIMBYwiki @SonjaTrauss @hanlonbt @woolie @SFHAC Not necessarily. Much of the “market” rate for housing flows from… https://t.co/pNEPYJboxy in reply to YIMBYwiki 11:43:42, 2017-06-11

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