Tweets for the Week of 2017-07-02 to 2017-07-08

RT @CatalystCoop: An interesting profile of another local cooperative business, branching out into energy finance & bulk solar component pu… 16:14:30, 2017-07-08
RT @Picklebric: Friday night at the co-op. Ball jars and Pandemic. https://t.co/9alK2I45ly 11:35:19, 2017-07-08
@alanawlsn https://t.co/RqDc93yIdd 18:57:11, 2017-07-07
Evergreen tweet. https://t.co/cDCOYYARgM 17:39:17, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen (and boy would it help if we made cities accessible and inclusive to newcomers…) in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:36:30, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen Unpopular opinion but, at some point, is it reasonable to talk about how much we want to… https://t.co/OdfNZM7L5o in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:35:45, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen It is a huge can of worms. I think rural areas are intrinsically more challenging than u… https://t.co/uIbZADWXTO in reply to erinoverturf 17:33:31, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen And the fraction of people who live in, and want to live in, and have a viable economic… https://t.co/GCpdpS0JVp in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:23:47, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen For sure! But our existing land use and zoning policies force far more people into auto-… https://t.co/27nnoyD5Gg in reply to erinoverturf 17:22:08, 2017-07-07
@erinoverturf @AlexSteffen The rural transportation systems would be less of an issue if we allowed people to move… https://t.co/lIzYU3eYZv in reply to erinoverturf 17:18:05, 2017-07-07
The future of urban transport: electrified, zero carbon, human scaled proximity (and maybe sometimes a few autonomo… https://t.co/QLw9hdy7Mg 17:02:52, 2017-07-07
RT @climatecuddles: I very much like how Volvo and France were just like, BOOM…We're phasing out gasoline engines now. That's climate pro… 16:54:46, 2017-07-07
@drvox I’ve had *zero* hand/wrist/arm issues since I switched. Works w/ any OS. You can get a used one for a hundre… https://t.co/Fk7R48548Z in reply to drvox 12:47:57, 2017-07-07
@drvox I looooove my Kinesis Advantage. It’s lasted me a decade. But it might be considered excessively weird and expensive. in reply to drvox 12:29:50, 2017-07-07
RT @YIMBYtown: We have a code of conduct; all participants are asked to follow it, antifa or otherwise https://t.co/iw39Lh3I2y https://t.co… 06:25:40, 2017-07-07
Maybe after it's all over, we'll learn it was like when Heisenberg somehow miraculously managed not to deliver the… https://t.co/kCdbttp2GL 06:23:28, 2017-07-07
From someone who knows the ins and outs of flagrantly insulting Nixon. https://t.co/UW4CfyfhvX 22:30:34, 2017-07-06
@AlexSteffen In many markets, wind is already cheaper per MWh than either coal or gas. From @FERC Form 1 via… https://t.co/6y1ff5W1ie in reply to AlexSteffen 22:17:55, 2017-07-06
That French offer of safe harbor for climate scientists and clean energy development is, uh, looking even better. https://t.co/tXPQa3hFDh 19:15:15, 2017-07-06
@AlexSteffen With enough infighting, together, we can lose any battle! in reply to AlexSteffen 17:02:29, 2017-07-06
@tdfischer_ @martincizmar @twjpdx23 @SFyimby @YIMBYtown @MadelineKovacs @andersem Having met @MadelineKovacs,… https://t.co/mUnI2jjYai in reply to tdfischer_ 17:01:43, 2017-07-06
A worthy golden idol to bow down and worship… https://t.co/gRQX3jhzsH 16:07:56, 2017-07-06
RT @MasalaCoop: A co-op in Boulder needs your help. They helped get the new ordinance passed and need funds to continue on https://t.co/Mew… 11:35:28, 2017-07-05
Be still my heart, oh ye intensification of a non-conforming use. https://t.co/BKDRqGzISo 11:34:58, 2017-07-05
@rorowe Pretty much more than anything except swapping out for a renewable electricity system. But hey we can do both! in reply to rorowe 11:32:44, 2017-07-05
@bkeegan @markgelband @seancllns Mmmm. Some of my favorite urban hellscapes. I don’t think it’s god doing the forbidding in this case. in reply to bkeegan 11:28:59, 2017-07-05
@rorowe Also, cars. in reply to rorowe 10:49:16, 2017-07-05
@kimmaicutler You’re not the only one! But I didn’t realize the letter order was different. I almost thought it was a cruel joke. in reply to kimmaicutler 00:03:05, 2017-07-05
@mayagirl Yeah, this line of thought made me think of the billionaire puppet master dude in the vats in Sweden that… https://t.co/RAfck8ieAR in reply to mayagirl 23:54:57, 2017-07-04
Strom Thrumond would be in Congress forever & progressive wealth taxes would become a life & death issue for the rich as well as the poor. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:48:36, 2017-07-04
The rich would become this cadre of immortal economic vampires. Swallowing money like land rents do, sucking it out of everyone else. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:46:29, 2017-07-04
(Though, of course, enormous personal benefit to the self that’s being extended.) in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:44:51, 2017-07-04
And like economic rents from land, this spending on extending the self could absorb a huge amount of money, with little/no economic benefit. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:44:28, 2017-07-04
Amass 25x your annual living expenses and you can stop working. Or keep trying to amass $1B so you can remain forever young. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:42:05, 2017-07-04
What if having a certain size pile of money gave you an indeterminate lifespan? It would be another tier of “retirement." in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:40:40, 2017-07-04
What if it’s also very expensive? So expensive that it can't be bought by any income? What if it’s only a reality for the ultra-wealthy? in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:37:52, 2017-07-04
But what if this weren’t the case? What if Aubrey de Gray is (eventually) right, and we can buy much more life? https://t.co/3tBpKM6dHl in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:34:41, 2017-07-04
So it's plausible to require discretion in end-of-life spending, and many individuals and their families will do so voluntarily. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:32:44, 2017-07-04
That average is too high for the risk pool to support, but luckily there are diminishing returns anyway. You can’t buy that much more life. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:30:43, 2017-07-04
But imagine a world where health care costs continue to rise. What if it were common for people to spend $10M on end-of-life desperation? in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:27:54, 2017-07-04
Risk pooling effectively mitigates this, but only works so long as the *average* cost of health care can be borne by an average individual. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:26:29, 2017-07-04
In the same way that some places are too expensive for any income & only capital lives there, some health care will be beyond mere mortals. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:24:51, 2017-07-04
Been thinking about health insurance and land values at the same time. It’s brought me to a weird place. 23:21:05, 2017-07-04
We have a total (for centuries) remaining budget of ~600Gt CO2e to hit the Paris targets. That’s ~15 years at the c… https://t.co/wLQwAIM7fx 01:33:08, 2017-07-04
There’s something amazing about the role this generation now plays in maintaining the status quo. Draft dodging pot… https://t.co/fUBo2hs8lh 21:50:30, 2017-07-03
RT @YIMBYtown: not a minute too soon since registration closes on the 5th! ( https://t.co/tBt3K4klPm to sign up! ) https://t.co/HDkdWF7htS 13:11:07, 2017-07-03
RT @BritRenee_: My 8+ months of temping just ended as I transitioned to acting then full-time so everything I've done this far has been as… 08:33:01, 2017-07-03
@eesmc Yeah, that’s a classic cartoon. It immediately came to my mind too with the ridiculous bike lane from @_youhadonejob1. in reply to eesmc 08:30:59, 2017-07-03
RT @brianklaas: I study despots. They attack & demonize the press to erode independent sources of truth
Trump's tweets aren't funny. They'… 23:45:58, 2017-07-02
RT @realDonaldTrump: #FraudNewsCNN #FNN https://t.co/WYUnHjjUjg 23:44:16, 2017-07-02
RT @jbouie: There is no president, there is a delusional old man who tweets and occasionally performs the ceremonial parts of the job. 23:42:29, 2017-07-02
RT @JasminMuj: Mass gaslighting by pundits re Trump recalls folks during Bosnian War who'd say "it'll all be fine" as they were driven to m… 23:41:33, 2017-07-02
@ntnsndr While ironically the NFL itself was a tax exempt 501(c)6 nonprofit until 2015. in reply to ntnsndr 08:35:26, 2017-07-02

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