Tweets for the Week of 2017-12-24 to 2017-12-30

RT @hypervisible: What’s the most absurd/invasive thing that tech platforms do or have done that sounds made-up but is actually true? 20:29:11, 2017-12-30
It seems like maybe a bad time in our history to be confused about what nature is and the limits of our relationshi… https://t.co/qJE5wRaTwd in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:21:00, 2017-12-30
Or this story about coyotes attacking pets in Erie. Are we surprised? Are we fearful? Will we exact revenge? Can we… https://t.co/WdhGRDMniE in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:06:03, 2017-12-30
I feel like this raw, probiotic water “trend” says something about our relationship with nature (see also: anti-vax… https://t.co/y4ysEFPsZk 20:01:41, 2017-12-30
@chaspinrad @Amtrak 🙁 in reply to chaspinrad 12:25:22, 2017-12-30
I don’t think this ends well. https://t.co/yr3bd3WoJx 11:24:12, 2017-12-30
RT @kevinklink: Look, I get the desire to be creative and innovate, but we built “streets for people” literally for thousands of years with… 09:38:19, 2017-12-30
RT @Sammy_Roth: Holy shit: In 123 days, South Africa's second-largest city will in all likelihood run out of drinking water and the taps wi… 09:34:37, 2017-12-30
@GR_G_R I was thinking more about the parallel with climate science, and how unmoved our elected leaders are by res… https://t.co/xgZmwPPkIg in reply to GR_G_R 00:29:00, 2017-12-30
What if instead of inhibiting residential PACE financing, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac had stopped bundling 30 year mor… https://t.co/jvMeWq7wNe 23:45:54, 2017-12-29
“…but the steady accumulation of high-quality research papers is becoming hard to dismiss. Now it’s up to our ele… https://t.co/IWXcAvLJo0 23:26:40, 2017-12-29
RT @DanielKayHertz: The origins of the housing crisis https://t.co/FSrrYJvgv6 23:03:15, 2017-12-29
RT @CMaddenMFT: @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/GNRQ323gof 23:01:52, 2017-12-29
@NeverSassyLaura Nothing good happens before coffee. in reply to NeverSassyLaura 23:01:02, 2017-12-29
Housing costs for renters reflect the full value of these capital gains. Why not at least require home owners to pa… https://t.co/6ykkdrRQ1n 15:41:31, 2017-12-29
RT @CatalystCoop: Compare to Xcel’s 2016 coal costs *alone* ($/MWh):
Valmont 5: $30.28
Cherokee 4: $30.07
Hayden 1: $25.70
Hayden 2: $24.62… 15:29:00, 2017-12-29
*Median* bids just in for Xcel’s next round of renewables.
Wind: $18.10/MWh
Wind+Battery: $21/MWh
PV: $29.50/MWh
PV… https://t.co/XXcIpQ92Sk 15:14:06, 2017-12-29
*Even* free-market policies… https://t.co/9KzyzdkngW 23:00:09, 2017-12-28
RT @alex_burness: Boulder solicited feedback from citizens about accessory dwelling units. Hundreds responded, and most had favorable views… 19:01:19, 2017-12-28
@LaurenGifford @akshattuck @AaronBrockett12 @ericmbudd If you can, come to the workshop Jan 8, 5-7pm, at the Senior… https://t.co/NUg01pEtaS in reply to LaurenGifford 17:20:40, 2017-12-28
RT @welcomehomebldr: Hey Boulderites: Some members of Council are trying to slow down ADU reform. Now's the time to contact Council and say… 15:37:14, 2017-12-28
RT @DrFunkySpoon: "Twitter sided with the Nazis."
Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter, via @nytimes https://t.co/6GGkTvffL6 09:05:20, 2017-12-28
RT @JessicaHuseman: Man tells me to go spin a dreidel and calls a Jewish person an “oven dodger.” @Twitter sees no rule violation. https://… 20:26:12, 2017-12-27
RT @marcprecipice: Wooooow, @Twitter. https://t.co/rGxBF2DynI 20:23:33, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe A very important stewardship in 100+ year old houses! Also, one of the few that can be performed by non-human house members… in reply to JasenThorpe 14:00:19, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe You mean like, on the annual House Retreat? in reply to JasenThorpe 13:15:25, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe My personal favorite is the Debt & Payment Plan Policies: https://t.co/nqe8D4ZFbJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:05:17, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe “Freedom is an endless meeting." in reply to JasenThorpe 13:03:39, 2017-12-27
@welcomehomebldr Absolutely — it needs to be enough that folks actually build the housing and get paid for that rea… https://t.co/ITlmKAwkdQ in reply to welcomehomebldr 13:00:03, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe @ntnsndr @jasonwienerpc @KatieFalkenberg Liiiiike https://t.co/jPhgFZ0yJN in reply to JasenThorpe 12:57:25, 2017-12-27
@welcomehomebldr Also a 1400sf townhouse on a 1400sf lot (2 stories, or maybe some basement) would seem fine. We’r… https://t.co/xjUok4LRgp in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:55:51, 2017-12-27
@welcomehomebldr The idea is to make the right to build contingent upon the deed restriction, which fixes the land… https://t.co/y87WignneS in reply to welcomehomebldr 12:54:41, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe @ntnsndr @jasonwienerpc @KatieFalkenberg They tend to be operating companies with little to no retaine… https://t.co/AJk41jUrN9 in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:13:05, 2017-12-27
@JasenThorpe @ntnsndr @jasonwienerpc @KatieFalkenberg All the housing co-ops I know of are either C-corps or T-corp… https://t.co/zLSFV7RYa1 in reply to JasenThorpe 12:11:51, 2017-12-27
Well this is an interesting approach. https://t.co/QJ3DP9noke 10:33:32, 2017-12-27
@chenoehart And yet now we think a lot of those buildings are precious. How far back do you think we would have to go? in reply to chenoehart 10:18:48, 2017-12-27
@YIMBYwiki @danbertolet Oh yeah, politically it would be a conflagration. Just pointing out that we are choosing no… https://t.co/eF9nczNaaI in reply to YIMBYwiki 23:06:04, 2017-12-26
@YIMBYwiki @danbertolet Overlay district? Conditional but non discretionary approval? Clearly doable technically. in reply to YIMBYwiki 22:58:55, 2017-12-26
I would really love to read a deep exploration of what changed economically and culturally and technologically to e… https://t.co/PIvEnGSmOY 22:54:58, 2017-12-26
@nikkibot @subnaughtsounds Unfollow everyone. in reply to nikkibot 22:39:54, 2017-12-26
My friend @subnaughtsounds used to delete all his music once a year and start over to force himself to keep it fres… https://t.co/C7x792eeWT 22:38:10, 2017-12-26
Because when your grandparents suddenly start getting baked out in the open, it just doesn’t have the same rebellio… https://t.co/LpaBhw18IF 22:26:31, 2017-12-26
Boulder’s minimum lot size in RL-1 is 7,000sf. At 1,400sf we’d drop per unit land costs by 80%. Trade the upzone fo… https://t.co/oumIMGD3p5 22:18:12, 2017-12-26
@jasonwienerpc @ntnsndr @KatieFalkenberg @Bellco_CU @ElevationsCU @CleanEnergyCU I didn’t realize @CleanEnergyCU wa… https://t.co/LWdovu78L2 in reply to jasonwienerpc 20:52:27, 2017-12-26
I suspect it would result in large, early investments in (especially) DSM & also already cost-effective renewables.… https://t.co/7rhfMQemha in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:49:14, 2017-12-26
Alternatively, they could adopt a carbon budget of 20 Mt CO2 (which is what the ZNC portfolio scenario emits) and a… https://t.co/MYSJfCplyz in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:46:56, 2017-12-26
Especially given their fairly flat cost estimates for wind, solar, batteries, and fossil fuels… it seems like the b… https://t.co/w66LTy90fM in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:44:37, 2017-12-26
The PRPA study estimates $220M of additional costs (in net present value) to avoid net emissions of 59 Mt CO2, or $… https://t.co/BsIaVDbmLx in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:40:57, 2017-12-26
Another obvious takeaway: the X% reduction in emissions by time Y formulation of climate goals encourages delay (un… https://t.co/3IC5zFjsAL in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:38:30, 2017-12-26
@bolderbekah Coincidence, surely. in reply to bolderbekah 20:04:24, 2017-12-26
RT @NQRW: The fundamental point about private cars is this:
They appear to increase freedom of movement, but what they actually do is redi… 17:34:12, 2017-12-26
@nami_knows @alex_burness Gruesome Under My Back Yard? in reply to nami_knows 16:55:23, 2017-12-26
Anybody have suggestions for internet centered credit unions w/ low-cost business checking, appropriate for small c… https://t.co/7XIgVBSkpC 16:53:20, 2017-12-26
Assuming the regional grid stays dirty makes netting out emissions cheap & easy… but what if clean energy gets chea… https://t.co/g2IhcXU1hT 16:45:58, 2017-12-26
RT @GaryRidesBikes: It occurred to me central achievement of Musk’s Tesla is bringing electric cars into fold of toxic masculinity. EV’s no… 14:51:38, 2017-12-26
@alex_burness I’m still waiting for GUMBY. in reply to alex_burness 10:44:22, 2017-12-26
@Sammy_Roth @MyDesert I keep parsing this acronym as “Independent & Identically Distributed” https://t.co/8rpsPNYLsy in reply to Sammy_Roth 09:28:15, 2017-12-26
RT @drvox: The whole notion that a worldview based on reason & evidence is some kind of cold, arid, soulless hellscape … just doesn't spe… 12:21:24, 2017-12-25
There’s a lot of awful here. One part is who’s getting stuck with the costs of climate “adaptation.” https://t.co/z3CmyFAMxv 00:04:55, 2017-12-25
RT @wrathofgnon: An effect of city zoning is that entire neighborhoods of our modern cities have been turned into ghost towns after dusk. M… 22:25:29, 2017-12-24
@JakeAnbinder @DanielKayHertz For the disgruntled @Tesla or @SpaceX employee in your life? in reply to JakeAnbinder 21:56:06, 2017-12-24
@chaspinrad @ericmbudd https://t.co/0ZNodKukJw in reply to chaspinrad 16:52:03, 2017-12-24
In 2000, I camped across the inlet from the McBride Glacier in Glacier Bay. We watched it calve icebergs for a week… https://t.co/o7DwWF0x9a 11:32:23, 2017-12-24
@nikkibot @PLANBoulder @boulderosmp @Togethr4Boulder @LivableBoulder Shoulda put a ring on it. in reply to nikkibot 00:59:50, 2017-12-24
@OttoBott Hey at least you still have your phone! in reply to OttoBott 00:57:14, 2017-12-24

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