Tweets for the Week of 2017-12-17 to 2017-12-23

@vikasreddy Will post on the @Picklebric recipe section later tonight… in reply to vikasreddy 17:38:05, 2017-12-23
2 cups cream. 720g cheese. 600g butter. Savory holiday cookies in the making. Mooooo. https://t.co/OkdqPSMiS9 16:04:09, 2017-12-23
RT @nils_gilman: The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed: the reality of adapting to unmitigated climate change: “Not ev… 12:15:30, 2017-12-23
@welcomehomebldr Hey, students are rent burdened too, and likely taking on tens of thousands of dollars worth of un… https://t.co/WwRloUxyzo in reply to welcomehomebldr 11:06:16, 2017-12-23
RT @Dharlette: Women posting hashes of their abusers names is a brilliant way of finding others until you have critical mass to come forwar… 22:46:07, 2017-12-22
@ztuylime @welcomehomebldr @bobyatesboulder “Don’t worry, after the climate apocalypse, all the parking will be free." in reply to ztuylime 22:15:47, 2017-12-22
RT @BuiltJustice: An must-read for everyone who currently has a place to live. If we don't figure out how to do better this issue will exp… 21:51:19, 2017-12-21
RT @wrathofgnon: “All your life you’ve taken having a home for granted. Don’t.” http://t.co/919IWhMnDV 21:50:50, 2017-12-21
RT @bart3mitchell: #lihtc & #PABs remain in perm tax code bec they WORK – quality afford hsg that meets the test of time. But lower corp ta… 21:38:46, 2017-12-21
RT @gattaca: My daughter went to a laser quest birthday party yesterday. She set her username to “a girl”. I asked why she didn’t pick ‘blo… 20:01:47, 2017-12-21
T-minus 8 months, 17 days until the 1.5°C carbon budget has been used up. A child born today won't be able to vote… https://t.co/O4Ka88J3Gl 09:21:00, 2017-12-21
Where everything is kind of expensive, but nobody is poor. https://t.co/0eONaSPXdD 01:31:05, 2017-12-21
He was the orthodox Jewish CEO of a kosher meatpacking plant, convicted of bank fraud. My brain hurts. https://t.co/6cQ6epbWyd 01:06:39, 2017-12-21
Sometimes I miss working in outer space. https://t.co/Uuwe5i5SvK 00:44:59, 2017-12-21
RT @Sammy_Roth: Rick Perry’s fake grid crisis just got undermined by more grid experts: https://t.co/FRy9Emh7nj #fakegrid 00:43:25, 2017-12-21
What does it mean that the Book of Faces makes their platform this easy to repeatedly troll? https://t.co/UtOroLNfCD 00:35:34, 2017-12-21
RT @JessicaHuseman: This tweet has invited a lot of people to tell me I can’t take criticism. I certainly can and I do every single day on… 00:22:14, 2017-12-21
Is there any better place to hatch an anti-highway campaign? https://t.co/QHVDhap10U 00:04:12, 2017-12-21
RT @WillToor: @BrentToderian When I was mayor of @bouldercolorado, the best community meetings I ever had were impromptu discussions on the… 00:02:11, 2017-12-21
@cmgosnell Ack! in reply to cmgosnell 17:10:58, 2017-12-20
RT @molly_knight: Barry Bonds and I hit an average of 36.5 home runs in 2001. https://t.co/UBTvSUdQ7d 16:59:01, 2017-12-20
RT @nami_knows: Aw, she actually looks like a little co-op mascot https://t.co/ToKG2QJd4e 14:40:08, 2017-12-20
RT @alex_burness: I was a little late getting to it, but this podcast by @restabro @nbminor @CPRMarkus is really well done and super educat… 14:38:32, 2017-12-20
@ZackBergerMDPhD But why choose one when we can have both? in reply to ZackBergerMDPhD 14:29:53, 2017-12-20
RT @DavidColeAIA: 865,000 automobile deaths during the same period, roughly equivalent to the population of San Francisco. https://t.co/9kE… 13:01:38, 2017-12-20
@jfryarTC Re: PRPA ZNC story, I think the study said ZNC portfolio *capacity* would be 37% gas, 35% solar, 5% hydro… https://t.co/icNenqNyqH 12:04:30, 2017-12-20
RT @bouldercolorado: Take Fair Housing Assessment Survey to help local governments better understand housing in their communities and you c… 11:10:02, 2017-12-20
@ztuylime @welcomehomebldr @bobyatesboulder I don’t think that’s the issue… in reply to ztuylime 11:07:47, 2017-12-20
#paleourbanism https://t.co/FXYLM7FBGH 08:48:34, 2017-12-20
@nami_knows @vikasreddy @janburtonco I’d definitely like to better understand how these things are different. Credi… https://t.co/k0qFBaoe4W in reply to nami_knows 23:58:07, 2017-12-19
RT @Sammy_Roth: (Just another data point on the "housing crisis is a climate crisis" front.) https://t.co/ub3YeW36zo 23:44:13, 2017-12-19
@bethhartman @vikasreddy @janburtonco @NamasteSolar @bhccoops @NASCOcoop @BCorporation @NewResourceBank… https://t.co/NV01ZnB3V3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:38:26, 2017-12-19
@bethhartman @vikasreddy @janburtonco @NamasteSolar @bhccoops @NASCOcoop The best we’ve been able to do so far is w… https://t.co/WqEaGSzJvy in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:37:39, 2017-12-19
@bethhartman @vikasreddy @janburtonco @NamasteSolar @bhccoops @NASCOcoop But it’s not a line of business they’re re… https://t.co/t9STdo35Mz in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:35:42, 2017-12-19
@bethhartman @vikasreddy @janburtonco @NamasteSolar E.g. @bhccoops & @NASCOcoop have repeatedly tried to work w/ cr… https://t.co/rGc4zueR0n in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:34:37, 2017-12-19
@bethhartman @vikasreddy @janburtonco @NamasteSolar That’s all retail/consumer banking, which credit unions are abs… https://t.co/BePCxjsnkJ in reply to bethhartman 23:34:00, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco @KfW I think it’s very analogous to the utility effort, in that it’s clearly a good idea,… https://t.co/4IPh8hdH8d in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:31:03, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco The (public) German development bank, @KfW (which the Marshall Plan set up after WWII) wor… https://t.co/nY1FPvepY4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:28:52, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco I think the bank business model is pretty well established. They’re buying solutions off t… https://t.co/Al2MtmmPTa in reply to vikasreddy 23:24:12, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco (@nami_knows pointed out that the ND public bank financed some things that we would not li… https://t.co/5M6BSVNE4n in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:21:44, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco I think it’s pretty clearly a good idea. Will we be allowed to do it? Questionable. And th… https://t.co/4TkopoIyAh in reply to vikasreddy 23:18:48, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco I think these are much, much stronger arguments for creating a public bank than divesting… https://t.co/ZZlVh452X9 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:04:31, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco But it could be, say, more cost effective financing of community broadband, or more gap fi… https://t.co/AoTR2czrpE in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:03:43, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco If I understand correctly, the idea is mostly to lend at below market rates to projects th… https://t.co/K49X3uGYKU in reply to vikasreddy 23:02:41, 2017-12-19
@markgelband In the case of a public bank, we could choose to lend at below market rates (but charge enough interes… https://t.co/RMXE4aaoRb in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:59:47, 2017-12-19
@markgelband Yes, I am fine with a government monopoly where the monopoly rents accrue to the public’s benefit, instead of being privatized. in reply to markgelband 22:58:47, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco There are plenty of banks much smaller than our public bank would be. For example locally… https://t.co/XaSJJKcGQv in reply to vikasreddy 22:54:53, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco Credit unions are awesome (and we have a brand new one in town dedicated to clean energy f… https://t.co/M5B9SijayI in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:50:00, 2017-12-19
@vikasreddy @janburtonco Depends on the spread between market interest rates and the rate the public bank would cha… https://t.co/dwYoUX7gTj in reply to vikasreddy 22:48:48, 2017-12-19
@janburtonco @sueprant A public bank isn’t an end unto itself, it’s an enabling institution. Affordable housing wou… https://t.co/UgWTebSPu9 in reply to janburtonco 22:44:30, 2017-12-19
@janburtonco Banks have a monopoly on the creation of money. They “earn" a return on the money they create. That re… https://t.co/7O3sHDtjXy in reply to janburtonco 22:42:30, 2017-12-19
@ellemhmkay @BrentToderian Have you come across @schmangee’s excellent list of urbanist women on twitter? in reply to ellemhmkay 15:50:02, 2017-12-19
I need to take more afternoon naps. https://t.co/v1iFtpEofu 15:31:09, 2017-12-19
Come give @bouldercolorado your input on the proposed Housing Advisory Board tonight, 4-6pm at the Municipal Buildi… https://t.co/1XCfDbTGa5 11:52:47, 2017-12-19
RT @welcomehomebldr: Workshop tonight to discuss Boulder's proposed Housing Advisory Board, 4-6 pm at Muni Bldg 10:49:09, 2017-12-19
@AlexSteffen Infect! in reply to AlexSteffen 10:08:21, 2017-12-19
@alex_burness We had a lot of fun with this one over breakfast at @Picklebric in reply to alex_burness 10:07:48, 2017-12-19
Sometimes it feels like the humans are playing a game of Catan while unknowingly trapped inside a game of Pandemic. 10:05:38, 2017-12-19
RT @ZLabe: Monthly #Arctic temperature ranks (1=warmest [red], 39=coldest [blue]) over the satellite era – including November 2017
Availab… 00:36:56, 2017-12-19
RT @WedgeLIVE: "I'm an attorney. We can discriminate against students." A guy really said that 00:26:06, 2017-12-19
@FIDOAlliance Ha! “key” trends. in reply to FIDOAlliance 17:00:56, 2017-12-18
Shortest. Honeymoon. Ever. https://t.co/T18JjvT8ge 12:16:26, 2017-12-17
In extractive and/or inefficient industries like health insurance , broadband, electricity, and banking, that’s an… https://t.co/xQphPZNgyY in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:09:07, 2017-12-17
The question we should be asking is more like: is the work of starting up a public option sufficiently compensated… https://t.co/lN6qcG39GK in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:04:47, 2017-12-17
This is especially true when we’re talking about displacing monopolies, which our electricity, broadband, and banking systems all resemble. in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:59:43, 2017-12-17
We should make sure these public enterprises are as efficient and competent as possible, but they don’t need to be… https://t.co/rWOWBAEe7o in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:57:13, 2017-12-17
By the same token, a public bank *could* be less competent, less efficient, and more risky, and *still* be better f… https://t.co/STX99nxTl6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:54:46, 2017-12-17
The problem with appointing a Goldman Sachs executive to head the Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t that the… https://t.co/acj7Tnzmqq in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:51:49, 2017-12-17
The discussion about a municipal electric utility, public broadband, and public banking isn’t about expertise, it’s… https://t.co/9HuEPCb7Yc 11:51:18, 2017-12-17
Makes me think of zoning. https://t.co/ttRMjwIOq8 02:21:13, 2017-12-17

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