Tweets for the Week of 2017-09-03 to 2017-09-09

RT @elizabeth_joh: Also frightening = 2020 Tesla transparency report on how many cars we bricked for the police. https://t.co/bGPVabVFuR 23:18:27, 2017-09-09
RT @aurabogado: There was never a policy against doing interviews; I'd previously done them without a problem. But as soon as I said "envir… 22:47:04, 2017-09-09
RT @mochamomma: @aurabogado I'll never forget you saying "Environmental racism is woven into our society’s fabric." 22:46:47, 2017-09-09
RT @wjrigler: More than 52% of Boulder rents. Maybe it's not surprising that there aren't a lot of middle income housing solutions on the t… 22:44:39, 2017-09-09
@JasenThorpe @janburtonco Also not super into beer pong or stereotypical Greek "culture" in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:21:27, 2017-09-09
@JasenThorpe @janburtonco Rooming houses can still be done in RM and RH and MU zones but parking mínima make them uneconomical. in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:20:15, 2017-09-09
@JasenThorpe @janburtonco The frats and sororities are mostly grandfathered nonconforming uses which can't be repli… https://t.co/n1JVy0Pq40 in reply to JasenThorpe 20:18:47, 2017-09-09
RT @STEWest: @AlexSteffen As a person who plans for disasters, I don't know how some of these places have a future..Math doesn't work. A tr… 19:19:30, 2017-09-09
More than anything, this indicates that we are not comparing these events to the right statistical distribution. https://t.co/oYtc6PQZaW 12:43:47, 2017-09-09
@ABetterBoulder @vb_jens @jillgrano @janburtonco @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 @bryanlbowen @cmgosnell @seancllns… https://t.co/f0rMM2IUku in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:36:45, 2017-09-09
@jillgrano @janburtonco @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 @bryanlbowen @cmgosnell @seancllns @chaspinrad @ReginaCowles… https://t.co/qEEuBYEfs3 10:36:07, 2017-09-09
I always imagine it’s the first sign of existential dread that will haunt them the rest of their days. https://t.co/vjm6AUti9v 10:28:23, 2017-09-09
RT @brookejarvis: True, it was like twenty-five years ago. But the second best time is now https://t.co/JT8ZMWHqVI 09:12:55, 2017-09-09
Interesting look by @vb_jens at land use differences between Vancouver & Vienna, thinking about their affordability: https://t.co/htxm4l4QsM 01:33:56, 2017-09-09
Anybody want to ride over Rollins Pass with me one of these upcoming weekends? 01:19:52, 2017-09-09
@fffalcon @willowbl00 I.e. can I invite Lincoln? in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:13:12, 2017-09-09
@fffalcon @willowbl00 How many players should we have? I’ll be down there with Lincoln for a meeting at the Queen C… https://t.co/iVpm96Rb0F in reply to fffalcon 01:11:28, 2017-09-09
RT @pwnallthethings: Ah the ol' Mueller collusion hurricane earthquake tsunami fire hurricane DPRK nuclear test newscycle 00:50:55, 2017-09-09
RT @chaspinrad: People are encouraged to live alone or with few others in 2000+ square foot houses. We need policies that allow people to t… 00:45:25, 2017-09-09
RT @spectatorindex: Women saying they lack equality with men
Spain: 73%
Japan: 67%
Turkey: 62%
France: 44%
US: 37%
Germany: 36%
India: 19%… 00:34:16, 2017-09-09
@ReginaCowles @jillgrano Is there a time this weekend when I can come over and get another Jill sign? I wanna do a… https://t.co/JVDKVLiDn9 20:42:18, 2017-09-08
@ericmbudd I think I might need another sign now. One for the yard and one for the bike. Also @jillgrano! in reply to ericmbudd 17:51:24, 2017-09-08
Bikes for Budd for Boulder! @ericmbudd https://t.co/WcESWX9MVy 17:46:33, 2017-09-08
@ericmbudd @bryanlbowen @AaronBrockett12 Can I come grab one for @Picklebric ? in reply to ericmbudd 15:36:02, 2017-09-08
@wjrigler Well, congratulations on your coming endorsement! LOL 14:42:39, 2017-09-08
@ntnsndr @Flattop8 @ericmbudd @Wikipedia @Linux @openstreetmap Interesting — that in this case we’d put the interes… https://t.co/nsSLR59DAf in reply to ntnsndr 10:09:57, 2017-09-08
YES THIS! Getting these messages makes local housing advocacy emotionally possible. https://t.co/gdNxr6velI 10:04:52, 2017-09-08
A transition happens, maybe service improves — or at least changes — but each succeeding monopoly still extracts outsized value. in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:33:36, 2017-09-08
From the consumer’s point of view, a succession of platform monopolies is hard to distinguish from an immortal plat… https://t.co/YB9LUVkWzn 01:31:55, 2017-09-08
Same. https://t.co/T3JCaFoo2X 01:29:02, 2017-09-08
@Pillownaut @AlexSteffen Hey don’t forget yesterday's X-class solar flare! https://t.co/tuqQYnBKIE in reply to Pillownaut 00:41:38, 2017-09-08
Do we feel too safe? Or too afraid? Or just lazy? https://t.co/5ROx7j1EsW 00:20:56, 2017-09-08
@drvox Or… https://t.co/JG3dUprDPf Subsidy => perverse incentive to build/re-build => larger state liability => sta… https://t.co/9V6p1lRjrs in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:04:01, 2017-09-08
@drvox Have you done any reading on the undercapitalization of state subsidized flood insurance programs in FL? E.g. https://t.co/uTJZZhqRp7 in reply to drvox 00:01:23, 2017-09-08
@ericmbudd I think the story of Fighting Traffic is super key to understanding the political economy that is develo… https://t.co/xxrq2rGpRN in reply to ericmbudd 23:50:20, 2017-09-07
@willowbl00 @fffalcon Does it require color printing? in reply to willowbl00 23:48:22, 2017-09-07
@ericmbudd "Some of the world’s best information is in books.” — Larry Page in reply to ericmbudd 23:47:38, 2017-09-07
@ericmbudd Please tell me you’ve read Peter D. Norton’s book Fighting Traffic. in reply to ericmbudd 23:43:45, 2017-09-07
@BoulderYes2M_2N At first I thought you were a Carbon Capture and Storage troll. 23:42:39, 2017-09-07
@Flattop8 @ericmbudd Platform monopolies aren’t necessarily bad, if network effect value accrues to users. E.g.… https://t.co/JuO8kxjtEN in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:01:23, 2017-09-07
@Flattop8 @ericmbudd Monopoly rent == additional revenues extractable from customers b/c there’s no competition. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:59:04, 2017-09-07
@Flattop8 @ericmbudd Platform monopoly == eBay, Craigslist, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc. Monopoly by virtue of irrepl… https://t.co/jOmEVKLUJp in reply to Flattop8 22:57:27, 2017-09-07
@ericmbudd It is obviously both speculative, and attributable to platform monopoly rents. in reply to ericmbudd 16:13:39, 2017-09-07
@ericmbudd An interesting statistic to calculate is market cap per employee. e.g. FB is “worth” $25,000,000 per person. in reply to ericmbudd 15:41:13, 2017-09-07
High risk properties are often insured through woefully undercapitalized state programs. Could Irma bankrupt FL?… https://t.co/bHz9TuRDq1 15:34:43, 2017-09-07
I wrote about climate change & the insurance industry in 2012. Note the bit about FL residual property losses. https://t.co/iA4agY2rjw 15:28:27, 2017-09-07
So apparently I just can’t get any coding done without headphones and music. 15:23:08, 2017-09-07
@willowbl00 @fffalcon I happen to be headed to Denver next Thursday (9/14) PM for a co-op business planning meeting… https://t.co/me9qZFMQMU in reply to willowbl00 15:20:08, 2017-09-07
@OneBoulderLie @Togethr4Boulder @ABetterBoulder @alex_burness Oh, I thought he lived in the even more ridiculous 15,000sf house on Iris. in reply to OneBoulderLie 11:15:10, 2017-09-07
@Bikechess Exactly. in reply to Bikechess 10:31:01, 2017-09-07
SPOILER ALERT: It is very hard, requiring essentially complete decarbonization by mid-century. https://t.co/VGldrDumKY 10:30:53, 2017-09-07
Cool interactive piece from @nytclimate. How hard is it to stay under our 800Gt remaining carbon budget for 2°C? https://t.co/Ki0XSmTMR5 10:22:04, 2017-09-07
@flynnboulder @ABetterBoulder @CommunityCycles @OneBoulderLie @alex_burness @OpenBoulder @BoulderChamber… https://t.co/xpuN3jMd3s in reply to flynnboulder 08:34:04, 2017-09-07
@ericmbudd I think the basic problem is confirmation bias, which this technology allows us to indulge too easily. in reply to ericmbudd 08:14:17, 2017-09-07
RT @elakdawalla: Thread. Do *not* enter grad school with unrealistic expectations about likelihood of, and life as, a tenure track research… 07:58:18, 2017-09-07
@StdBikeRepair @BoulderBikeWork @CommunityCycles @vecchios Haven’t had to reverse the cog for 6 years. So it seems… https://t.co/3z7vQYPMNx in reply to StdBikeRepair 23:47:38, 2017-09-06
@fffalcon @willowbl00 Yeah, I would totally do that 🙂 in reply to fffalcon 23:38:04, 2017-09-06
@ericmbudd Google is clearly trying to sabotage your campaign. in reply to ericmbudd 23:27:22, 2017-09-06
@ericmbudd "Get offa my mobile lawn!" in reply to ericmbudd 23:22:47, 2017-09-06
Ah, the early days of @GreatDismal's Turing Police. https://t.co/T9TtWLFtE3 22:07:07, 2017-09-06
@LivableBoulder @ABetterBoulder @flynnboulder @CommunityCycles @OneBoulderLie @alex_burness @OpenBoulder… https://t.co/fu3DqWJSGa in reply to LivableBoulder 18:13:31, 2017-09-06
@ericmbudd @CUBoulder If that’s the biotech building, there’s a ton of parking out back (on the N. side) in reply to ericmbudd 17:58:47, 2017-09-06
RT @mattyglesias: This season's writing is really a bit much. https://t.co/s9ct3YB2ST 17:31:10, 2017-09-06
@OneBoulderLie @CommunityCycles @ABetterBoulder @flynnboulder @alex_burness @OpenBoulder @BoulderChamber And in add… https://t.co/uqpCVTHDju in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:04:53, 2017-09-06
@OneBoulderLie @CommunityCycles @ABetterBoulder @flynnboulder @alex_burness @OpenBoulder @BoulderChamber This is ab… https://t.co/o2rnF7pTn5 in reply to OneBoulderLie 16:01:56, 2017-09-06
RT @looserooster: America 2017 in one photo: https://t.co/kKl6UTn6ye 15:54:08, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV @ThistleRE Which makes it much more scalable, and thus effective, and also frightening to folks who don’t w… https://t.co/acrGykvYVu in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:39:59, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV @ThistleRE This is just a small scale version of a density bonus, that could be used to produce permanently… https://t.co/osk9A7jFzR in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:39:16, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV @ThistleRE has a scattered-site CLT. Burlington, VT has the largest CLT in the country I think. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:38:16, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV What I’m getting at is… how much cashflow (from the increased number of dwelling units) would it take to bu… https://t.co/y6YScxIHsS in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:37:34, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV It’s just another way to keep housing affordable. Can do the same thing with deed restrictions, w/o separat… https://t.co/n9o9ioGSJJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:36:27, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV Terms of the ground lease limit appreciation of the improvements (which are, in fact, depreciating assets) in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:35:27, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV CLTs separate land ownership from the improvements, typically w/ very long transferrable ground leases (30-99 years) in reply to MarkyV 14:34:23, 2017-09-06
@MarkyV How much affordable housing would you need to be allowed to put on your lot to get you to put the land into a Community Land Trust? in reply to MarkyV 14:30:18, 2017-09-06
A great argument for allowing multi-family, missing middle housing in exclusionary, low-density single family home… https://t.co/mRv2vXzrX8 11:34:24, 2017-09-06
I would argue that “replace” is the wrong verb here. The two problems are mutually reinforcing, making each other m… https://t.co/ie7pE5JfPe 11:21:03, 2017-09-06
It’s good. Go read it so we can free @drvox up to work on that grid integration technology 6000 word post you know… https://t.co/jSSpal1bWs 11:18:36, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau It feels really hard to assemble these dynamics into a system th… https://t.co/olCUVq4oTb in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:03:55, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau It’s a cartoon, to be sure, but even just thinking about these d… https://t.co/qFFVZD89Rx in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:02:29, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Oh and then there’s the glacier fed water supplies supporting va… https://t.co/W10kDoWeAk in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:01:47, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Maybe there are refugee cubes that “outbreak” from fallen coasta… https://t.co/VSAtFtMzLe in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:59:37, 2017-09-06
RT @PassiveHouseBB: Thread for all gamers and policy makers waffling about 'what to do'… https://t.co/2oD60un64a 10:53:45, 2017-09-06
RT @erinoverturf: Commission renoticed the proceeding and opened supplemental intervention period so more people can engage – good news! 10:51:49, 2017-09-06
RT @erinoverturf: Next up: procedural issues related to the Stipulation recently filed in the PSCo ERP. 10:51:44, 2017-09-06
@WhoresofYore Maybe there needs to be a Whores of the Future sister account? https://t.co/p6cpFpJ2An 10:49:39, 2017-09-06
We ignore how weird a world we’re building at our own peril. https://t.co/w8BfRcXgRD 10:45:52, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Other fun mid-game events that increase emissions rates & warmin… https://t.co/3PbD9zcizL in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:35:40, 2017-09-06
@AlexSteffen @radicalbytes @mattleacock @robdaviau Dampening mechanisms like the Funded Events seem like they must… https://t.co/udAkLRFIQD in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:15:58, 2017-09-06
@AlexSteffen @radicalbytes @mattleacock @robdaviau I have no idea how many hundreds of hours it takes to tune these… https://t.co/704ecC2TOV in reply to AlexSteffen 01:14:55, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau But at least in game form, I think playing through those messy f… https://t.co/oQBQsi85i3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:13:24, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau At first I was worried that this game might suck. Screw up early… https://t.co/Z7ESG1C5lB in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:07:18, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau The idea would be to give a sense of what outcomes are available… https://t.co/RWik9KJ1bU in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:06:09, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Maybe when you get beyond the point of commitment to 2°C or 3°C… https://t.co/wTRSjMj2oh in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:04:32, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Maybe some game end upgrades could include extracting unconventi… https://t.co/NJLIcA39Kq in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:01:08, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau If early on in Legacy play, you focus on short term gains, you’l… https://t.co/mNvwrPfvit in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:59:13, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Would need a game incentive reflecting our sense of relative wel… https://t.co/cy8J5Cq1tV in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:57:11, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Some cities (North) would start with high burn rates, and lots o… https://t.co/y1eVDbmNc8 in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:53:38, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau They could also include policy choices: carbon tax, discount rat… https://t.co/LsvLJig75Z in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:50:42, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau End of game upgrades could include investments in various techno… https://t.co/pL3StgqfFR in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:47:11, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Cumulative CO2 emitted in previous rounds affects the board stat… https://t.co/iqUvel5vZ4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:44:58, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau Each round of play would result in several outputs: e.g. Gt of C… https://t.co/V3xdQIVPNw in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:39:10, 2017-09-06
@radicalbytes @AlexSteffen @mattleacock @robdaviau The legacy format seems like a good fit. Maybe each round of the… https://t.co/mCTkWiLLyx in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:34:48, 2017-09-06
This came up in conversation w/ @radicalbytes & @AlexSteffen. Turns out the Pandemic game designers are on Twitter: @mattleacock @robdaviau in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:31:00, 2017-09-06
Started playing Pandemic Legacy again. Thinking about how a similar game structure could be used to illustrate climate choices we face. 00:28:42, 2017-09-06
RT @AlexSteffen: This is a fore-taste of a kind of story we'll be seeing a lot over the coming decade. https://t.co/ZgKCU8rG6r 18:13:50, 2017-09-05
@cmgosnell https://t.co/R0fZazZkLd 08:53:52, 2017-09-05
@chaspinrad We’re resubmitting our application this week. Wheee! in reply to chaspinrad 08:35:52, 2017-09-05
RT @NHC_Atlantic: 8 am Special Advisory: #Irma is now a category 5 #hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) More: http… 06:39:21, 2017-09-05
I love that instead of knife recommendations, Jun tells his 1M followers to try sharpening knives they already have https://t.co/tvsLsfbo7N 23:35:14, 2017-09-04
@StdBikeRepair @BoulderBikeWork @CommunityCycles Do any of you have a Rohloff cog removal tool I could use? 22:27:37, 2017-09-04
RT @KateAronoff: A week after America's 4th largest city was underwater its 2nd largest city looks like Mordor. Good thing those aren't at… 21:10:12, 2017-09-04
RT @pwnallthethings: And not just governments. https://t.co/p7rHMMURhy 20:16:32, 2017-09-04
RT @ReginaCowles: Wildfires all over the Western U.S. right now. https://t.co/ynGvM3P623 20:15:59, 2017-09-04
RT @postdiscipline: WWIII will have its ultimate cause in climate change, proximate cause in pushing climate refugees into neighboring coun… 20:15:29, 2017-09-04
RT @mattyglesias: Pardons for racist sheriffs who defy court orders, deportations for folks who crossed the border illegally when they were… 20:14:35, 2017-09-04
RT @profadamsobel: Still very early & uncertain, but ensembles now show possible #Irma landfall in Tampa area. Very vulnerable to storm sur… 20:14:13, 2017-09-04
@LesleyBoulder @AaronBrockett12 The end times do come with some damn fine sunsets and sunrises. in reply to LesleyBoulder 20:13:08, 2017-09-04
RT @AReyTaylor: @AlexSteffen Right now- south of Denver (and yes, you are supposed to see mountains) #montanawildfires https://t.co/6EA5PTB… 20:11:58, 2017-09-04
RT @diemydarkling: Personally, I like to surround myself with people who have extensive vocabularies but nevertheless choose to say "fuck"… 20:11:22, 2017-09-04
RT @ClimateHome: Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate as LA's "largest fire in history" raged– via @BBCNews https://t.co/0NfY1MFryw #… 20:09:40, 2017-09-04
RT @anthony_barbe: Smoky sunset over Downtown Denver #9WX #cowx https://t.co/ofEBwlN37U 19:59:37, 2017-09-04
RT @NOAASatellitePA: NOAA's #GOES16 captured #wildfires torching parts of #Montana late yesterday, September 3, 2017. https://t.co/XukjhCQL… 19:57:53, 2017-09-04
@AaronBrockett12 The golden glow of our apocalyptic age. in reply to AaronBrockett12 19:03:15, 2017-09-04
@drvox That post was so short. Sad! in reply to drvox 11:07:35, 2017-09-04
RT @CatalystCoop: “Building more stuff is not always the right answer.” But it’s the only answer many utilities know how to give. https://t… 11:05:42, 2017-09-04
Oh and DACA too, and a climate denying NASA administrator. I guess that’s what we mean when we say “long weekend" in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:17:10, 2017-09-04
Labor Day 2017: NK H-bomb, LA & WA fires, Houston superfund swamp, EPA berates press, Irma approaches, & antifa labeled domestic terrorism. 00:15:07, 2017-09-04
Lysenko and backyard steel production. https://t.co/DY9EbggM4d 00:00:14, 2017-09-04
RT @seancllns: PearlWest public roof access isn't publicized, but it's very much open, 24/7. #Boulder thanks for the tip @MarkyV https://t.… 20:44:36, 2017-09-03
RT @oliverdarcy: the images of the massive fire burning in LA are unreal https://t.co/C8LwWv34JS https://t.co/1Pdo9A5Yh5 20:43:46, 2017-09-03
RT @KrangTNelson: the feds called MLK a terrorist and tried to make him commit suicide so excuse me while I continue to not give a shit wha… 20:31:48, 2017-09-03
RT @Sammy_Roth: Colorado's biggest methane emitter is a coal mine. The governor wants them to stop doing that. They probably won't. https:/… 12:32:23, 2017-09-03
Why does the meditative, persistent, touring mentality seem so rare? Is it just too att odds with working and continuous consumption? in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:52:39, 2017-09-03
Then I went searching for other dirt-road bike touring short films. But this one was different. Quiet wandering, wi… https://t.co/QgM0JAhnkZ 09:48:44, 2017-09-03
@LesleyBoulder @cmgosnell And would be cashflow positive! Or at least keep you really, really high. in reply to LesleyBoulder 09:45:16, 2017-09-03
@LesleyBoulder @cmgosnell You can also just get a bunch of electric resistance heaters and run them outside 24/7 fo… https://t.co/YkSHZJ5q7D in reply to LesleyBoulder 09:42:25, 2017-09-03
@LesleyBoulder @cmgosnell But more generally, that rooftop system will cannibalize demand for kWh Xcel would otherw… https://t.co/SN7EFdDUDd in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:40:35, 2017-09-03
@LesleyBoulder I think you can put the panels up there, but you'll get paid wholesale, not net-metering rates for a… https://t.co/KhqDa3h4Dp in reply to LesleyBoulder 09:36:23, 2017-09-03
RT @stevenjgibbons: #Seismic signals to the same scale on the NORSAR array in Norway inc. the 6th and largest declared #DPRK #nucleartest 0… 01:01:47, 2017-09-03
RT @DocBastard: People you do NOT want to hear say "oh fuck":
1) a trauma surgeon
2) a seismologist monitoring underground nuclear explosio… 01:01:35, 2017-09-03

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