Tweets for the Week of 2018-01-07 to 2018-01-13

As dirt cheap solar rolls out, devouring the Southwestern deserts over the coming decade, I bet Sammy will keep tel… https://t.co/oz50FCyYB8 15:32:28, 2018-01-13
RT @DanielKayHertz: This is such an amazing vignette of US land use https://t.co/pPmrg2tZAS 15:29:16, 2018-01-13
RT @ramez: I will say this again: If you make projections about clean energy, and you base them on unadjusted EIA or IEA numbers, your anal… 10:48:23, 2018-01-13
RT @sarahkendzior: I don't care that Trump had consensual sex with a porn star.
I care that he's been accused by at least 16 women of sexu… 18:32:39, 2018-01-12
#BeyondZero #NegativeWaste https://t.co/IkFNQeIRHu 13:44:32, 2018-01-12
@chaspinrad #NegativeWaste in reply to chaspinrad 13:40:06, 2018-01-12
RT @KyleClark: I cannot repeat the words of the President, spoken in the White House while conducting government business, because my emplo… 08:24:24, 2018-01-12
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RT @shailjapatel: There's a reason documented African and Asian migrants have more formal education than most Americans. Because that's who… 23:48:21, 2018-01-11
@hughrmacmillan GHG emissions take something precious from all of us. Pricing those emissions is requiring payment… https://t.co/ToeUdTKkth in reply to hughrmacmillan 23:41:24, 2018-01-11
RT @NeverSassyLaura: We are not supposed to be realists. We are supposed to be activists. We do not accept "political reality" as it is. We… 23:35:18, 2018-01-11
RT @NYT_first_said: kleptotheocracy 23:15:23, 2018-01-11
@jasonwienerpc @Rodney_S_North @EqExCoop Noooooooosa! in reply to jasonwienerpc 23:05:44, 2018-01-11
RT @COSenDem: Ain't no party like a legalization party because a legalization party funds schools and also doesn't put people in prison for… 22:59:36, 2018-01-11
@JoeLinton @gblakeman That’s so awesome. Glad it’s happening! in reply to JoeLinton 17:29:34, 2018-01-11
I would much rather live within an economy that is intrinsically distributive, than have to constantly fight for economic redistribution. 13:06:16, 2018-01-11
Related: wealth redistribution only becomes necessary if you allow wealth to become overly concentrated.
Creating… https://t.co/pZhPa5QlwQ 11:18:27, 2018-01-10
RT @graphingparking: *full-on fight may still contain traces of free on-street parking, resistance to transit and bicycle priority lanes, m… 09:03:48, 2018-01-10
RT @clairlemon: Google will be fighting a class action that alleges discrimination against white male employees whilst simultaneously fight… 02:43:07, 2018-01-10
Speaking of which, @bouldercounty is looking for folks to serve on the Marijuana Energy Impact Offset Fund Steering… https://t.co/1ePGwM8XCk 22:03:34, 2018-01-09
Best thing you can do with any so called “realistic” carbon pricing scheme. https://t.co/zmTvmhLOmC 21:49:05, 2018-01-09
Working for free definitely a qualification in high demand for grad students of all genders. We’ve got three of the… https://t.co/JKBmV5AVaU 21:37:47, 2018-01-09
The new co-op was kind of uninhabitable (in a meaningful but not literal sense) without broadband. It really is a b… https://t.co/p1rSQSZNKm 21:32:20, 2018-01-09
Need affordable housing? Car-free? Want to live in community with others, share meals, and engage in democratic sel… https://t.co/14hqW5Gr44 21:04:02, 2018-01-09
Hey we taught them capitalism. https://t.co/5DB51UFtEK 20:31:10, 2018-01-09
@bruteforceblog What does the debt look like? Who does it come from? What kind of advantages are they given? in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:39:31, 2018-01-09
@bruteforceblog Are they all limited equity? Are there zero-equity co-ops as well? Are there other sources of equi… https://t.co/2gwQMJSiam in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:38:49, 2018-01-09
@bruteforceblog How are the co-ops structured? Do they tend to care for one building or project alone? Or do they h… https://t.co/7t63ARZ9q3 in reply to bruteforceblog 19:37:39, 2018-01-09
@tmccormick @YIMBYwiki @bhccoops @bruteforceblog Mike, why did you hide the clusterwohnungen from me? in reply to tmccormick 19:24:30, 2018-01-09
And the result is a self-perpetuating democratic economic system that empowers people of modest means to care for t… https://t.co/OfXvqyKV0t in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:13:58, 2018-01-09
Often, in parallel, the (tax exempt) co-ops are required to contribute some portion of their earnings into a revolv… https://t.co/G4eDlPYijf in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:12:36, 2018-01-09
And housing is really just one particular case of overall cooperative development policy. In some places, co-ops ar… https://t.co/B0t2NhZXkJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:10:15, 2018-01-09
@spreefeld Where housing co-ops provide large amounts of housing, it’s because they’ve been acknowledged as providi… https://t.co/PzWQHB31Xl in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:08:53, 2018-01-09
@spreefeld For the middle-income case, most of the examples I’ve seen are “subsidized” through preferential access… https://t.co/KFX9fQcQtG in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:07:01, 2018-01-09
@spreefeld Limited equity housing cooperatives typically give their members all the rights of ownership, except spe… https://t.co/EXdJ3nqrmc in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:04:26, 2018-01-09
@spreefeld If you take affordability, climate mitigation, and fiscal responsibility goals as inviolable, but let th… https://t.co/hxasIdAOEz in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:59:22, 2018-01-09
Places like @spreefeld, Vauban, & Mehr al Wohnen are trying to do that.
Apartments don’t need to be sterile stack… https://t.co/aAX7eBcrzo in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:54:50, 2018-01-09
@gblakeman I think they are (or were) attempting to buy a couple of adjacent blocks for redevelopment, and expansio… https://t.co/qAOmFJpYvT in reply to gblakeman 18:53:27, 2018-01-09
We could say “Given that the city is going to be economically accessible and zero carbon, how do we provide the ame… https://t.co/vs1srJNyZB in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:49:57, 2018-01-09
@gblakeman @spreefeld Check out the LA Eco Village, if you haven’t already. in reply to gblakeman 18:48:13, 2018-01-09
@spreefeld So many of our discussions about housing & development take the form of “Given our low-density, auto-cen… https://t.co/TRL0RKuVRm in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:46:02, 2018-01-09
@YIMBYwiki @bhccoops Amazing what getting the right search term will turn up. Especially when there’s no direct translation. in reply to YIMBYwiki 18:37:00, 2018-01-09
IT BEGINS: @bouldercolorado is recruiting new board & commission members. If you're interested in learning how the… https://t.co/iWqqubR6JL 18:29:01, 2018-01-09
As you watch #BoulderCouncil's discussion of the Alpine-Balsam property — which the City controls completely — know… https://t.co/S5f5wMfHC1 18:06:59, 2018-01-09
@bhccoops Great photo gallery of an urban cooperative housing community called Spreefeld, in Berlin. Mit clusterwoh… https://t.co/75tKBUwrN1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:33:50, 2018-01-09
And it includes clusterwohnung — “cluster apartments” or “great flats” — designed to house 10-20 people who share a… https://t.co/iMlFi8qVub 17:26:47, 2018-01-09
@energysmartyes @bouldercounty Do you know, is this the current, full list of approved insulation & envelope contra… https://t.co/7wjNuw5HQe 15:40:46, 2018-01-09
RT @sarahannelloyd: Regulating the number of unrelated adults that can live on a property bums me out for a lot of reasons, but especially… 14:30:26, 2018-01-09
@AlexSteffen Holycrap that was ten years ago. in reply to AlexSteffen 14:11:26, 2018-01-09
RT @NeverSassyLaura: A too high inclusionary rate exacerbates inequality and hollows out the middle class. It creates a city of lottery-win… 12:25:10, 2018-01-09
Nope nope NOPR. How is it that FERC and the FCC so different? https://t.co/PeXxResqnF 09:28:03, 2018-01-09
RT @ggreenwald: This is awesome. Portland's city officials – police, judges, mayor – insisted they have the right to search people's trash… 09:16:35, 2018-01-09
@scottholton @bouldercolorado @ericmbudd @AdamSwetlik @bochaneighbors @PLANBoulder Confirmation bias? in reply to scottholton 20:32:55, 2018-01-08
@andrewcrocker @ericmbudd How sad are you looking get get? We’re here for you. in reply to andrewcrocker 20:31:56, 2018-01-08
And now the perennial “We just need to innovate, and open our minds to solutions. We’re *Boulder* for crissakes!” litany. *sigh* in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:42:41, 2018-01-08
@BoulderHousing Every time an existing home changes hands, it ceases to be affordable. Equity is being extracted fr… https://t.co/OgVmJrvkCE in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:39:49, 2018-01-08
And not like, “someday” but in the next few years. IIRC the @BoulderHousing strategic plan from 2014(?) noted that… https://t.co/UESgc0zrGs in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:37:15, 2018-01-08
David Adamson from Goose Creek CLT making a pitch for a housing strategy on the same scale as our 50 year, $1 billi… https://t.co/1UFiDW8mEu in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:33:08, 2018-01-08
Some discussion of the several previous housing task forces & boards. What did they do? Why didn’t they solve this?… https://t.co/eAiHNi7leY in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:26:57, 2018-01-08
Plague of Jobs!
*drink* in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:20:14, 2018-01-08
Lynn Segal: “I disagree with Zane! Mortgage is the new rent!" in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:18:26, 2018-01-08
I think we need to ensure we have renters on this board. If it’s all property owners it'll be a lost opportunity. T… https://t.co/r4vzkGDjsQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:17:50, 2018-01-08
“We need absolutely need seniors represented on this board. Look at boards and City council over the last decade. L… https://t.co/6ER0209FKv in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:08:36, 2018-01-08
Lotta people seem to think that we need more than 5 people on the board. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:06:51, 2018-01-08
@markgelband @ericmbudd Yes. in reply to markgelband 18:05:30, 2018-01-08
A chain of anti-expert sentiments now — folks wanting it to be a “sounding board” for public opinion, rather than f… https://t.co/QTgBmX0jCl in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:01:21, 2018-01-08
Conversation about encouraging diversity, acknowledging privilege of homeowners. This is decried as "divisive langu… https://t.co/duUxuU0jFJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:54:46, 2018-01-08
There does seem to be a consensus that it would be good to have a group explicitly advising #BoulderCouncil, rather… https://t.co/ltmo1W97Md in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:47:29, 2018-01-08
Staff from @efaa_boulder noting that the folks who normally show up to meetings like this, and who are seated on ex… https://t.co/X5ohwuzmlS in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:44:51, 2018-01-08
@bhccoops Energetic response to that: there should be no “special interests” on the board. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:43:18, 2018-01-08
Lincoln Miller (from @bhccoops) suggests that it would be good to see low income folks & renters on the board. Want… https://t.co/bU380rltui in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:42:27, 2018-01-08
Several comments that the board should help preserve the social fabric and economic character of our neighborhoods.… https://t.co/QSDkVzsB5R in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:40:51, 2018-01-08
@bouldercolorado @ericmbudd @AdamSwetlik @bochaneighbors @PLANBoulder Though I guess the City's net loss of 900 aff… https://t.co/vsFkyAcmNa in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:32:56, 2018-01-08
@bouldercolorado @ericmbudd @AdamSwetlik @bochaneighbors @PLANBoulder Some folks feel like policy changes are happe… https://t.co/CUDlP6JS8Z in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:30:08, 2018-01-08
@bouldercolorado @ericmbudd @AdamSwetlik @bochaneighbors @PLANBoulder Several homeowners seem to feel like what the… https://t.co/ZvM9jD087e in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:26:14, 2018-01-08
@bouldercolorado Several former Council candidates here. @ericmbudd, @AdamSwetlik, Mark McIntyre. Also a few folks… https://t.co/puDJF83WHU in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:16:37, 2018-01-08
Tonight’s @bouldercolorado Housing Advisory Board workshop is much better attended than the one in December. At lea… https://t.co/JlZjjD0SjE 17:05:49, 2018-01-08
RT @chaspinrad: If you can't/don't want to go this evening, give online feedback about @bouldercolorado's Housing Advisory Board through th… 16:58:19, 2018-01-08
RT @bolderbekah: ADUs help seniors stay in their communities as they grow older in many ways: rental income offsets property taxes for fixe… 11:53:16, 2018-01-08
RT @bolderbekah: #Boulder housing: Kathleen McCormick: ADUs for all the right reasons https://t.co/Wt0brJz35O 11:10:23, 2018-01-08
An interesting data driven long-form look at how some of the ways we talk about "affordable housing" can backfire.… https://t.co/roXlnqSWKH 09:21:02, 2018-01-08
Give @bouldercolorado feedback on the new Housing Advisory Board. Should it make housing easier or harder to create… https://t.co/TH17bp0SxN 08:42:01, 2018-01-08
And the sands will come. https://t.co/HpbiBMgjfH 00:03:17, 2018-01-08
@ThsLttleBadger When The Revolution Comes™ in reply to ThsLttleBadger 20:43:55, 2018-01-07
An amazing new 1200 member cooperative neighborhood in Zürich, Switzerland. Near zero energy buildings, virtually n… https://t.co/vD5Yv6fzhY 18:29:02, 2018-01-07
RT @PostCultRev: FUN FACT: Uber lost about $5B last year. If fares were set high enough to just break even they would cost more than a trad… 17:13:29, 2018-01-07
RT @drvox: Regular reminder: the US is an enormously wealthy country. We could easily ensure that everyone in it has a place to live, enoug… 16:21:45, 2018-01-07
RT @AlexSteffen: The bold housing reforms proposed by @Scott_Wiener are not only a solution that actually meets the scale of the housing cr… 01:01:52, 2018-01-07
RT @dodge_an: My dream is Seattle takes areas w/wide ROW & forms land trust (or long-term lease) then builds rowhouses on it, leaving narro… 01:01:02, 2018-01-07
@bruteforceblog @AlexSteffen @NightingaleAus Do you have any good resources on the “cluster apartment” model? Both… https://t.co/gTfvQ6uxTZ in reply to bruteforceblog 00:21:40, 2018-01-07
RT @bruteforceblog: @AlexSteffen @NightingaleAus i think spreefeld is the kind of urbanism (cooperative, active, participative) i'd like t… 00:20:02, 2018-01-07
@michaelamujica What do you think? https://t.co/wVYMtpsdqr 00:07:42, 2018-01-07
RT @hal_harvey: In Shenzhen, a city of ~10 million, all buses (17,000) are already electric; by next year, all taxis will be; and by 2020,… 00:05:48, 2018-01-07

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