Tweets for the Week of 2018-01-28 to 2018-02-03

RT @EricHolthaus: the Earth itself, in 2018, with climate change barreling right on ahead and the vast majority of people on the planet una… 23:04:32, 2018-02-03
Or maybe python code. But very yes. https://t.co/lbI6P6taJ8 22:25:55, 2018-02-03
@GoddardTara @cmgosnell I’ve wondered what they would be like now. Huge gap in (real world) time between the first… https://t.co/3kfCFafLPc in reply to GoddardTara 22:23:58, 2018-02-03
@GoddardTara Read the Earthsea books as a kid, and then the Dispossessed last summer. @cmgosnell has been reading a… https://t.co/1YNm9cvNQd in reply to GoddardTara 22:16:59, 2018-02-03
RT @NathanNWE: #streetoftheday "Suburbs" (single family detached residential) of Seoul, South Korea. https://t.co/l6Vq5eCnDi 22:11:43, 2018-02-03
A few ads on the soccer field, along the way to realtime audio-visual intermediation. https://t.co/mUsQVpjZOp 22:09:28, 2018-02-03
@ericmbudd @boulderlibrary "Oh yeah, I remember the Age of Local Zoning too. Fun times." in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:50:57, 2018-02-03
@ericmbudd @boulderlibrary Even if it’s a Present Age, just giving it a name somehow suggests the arrangement is ep… https://t.co/vOaP31kr7d in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:49:26, 2018-02-03
@ericmbudd @boulderlibrary Oooh, the Age of Copyright, I like the ring of that. Is it a Past or Present Age? in reply to ericmbudd 21:47:22, 2018-02-03
Rugged individualism. https://t.co/G4lLgZDGKt 21:39:27, 2018-02-03
@ericmbudd @boulderlibrary Or say you have an ereader which is incompatible with the format of the ebooks available… https://t.co/UAK6m1Jcbm in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:37:13, 2018-02-03
@ericmbudd @boulderlibrary But how much different is it from pirating the book? If you check whether the ebook is a… https://t.co/0iUZA53lqa in reply to ericmbudd 21:34:20, 2018-02-03
@buyvpnservice Probably should have mentioned @piacsm in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:30:33, 2018-02-03
@buyvpnservice So the PIA downloads page says v75 is the latest release for Mac OS X, but somehow I’ve been automat… https://t.co/woHfoRGprP 21:29:27, 2018-02-03
Serious question: How is checking an eBook out from the @boulderlibrary different from pirating it?
How do authors… https://t.co/J3sQbq3l3w 20:58:37, 2018-02-03
Two of my best friends, libraries and bicycles, are having a baby. And I didn’t even know they were dating. https://t.co/BOvw5iPyzI 20:19:37, 2018-02-03
@JasenThorpe This is what I get for mixing half an edible with a bunch of @WilliamBasinski. in reply to JasenThorpe 19:29:05, 2018-02-03
@Picklebric One is the past getting its rent from the future. The other is the future that’s already here, paying rent to the past. in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:25:54, 2018-02-03
@Picklebric At the city level, as wealth migrates in and subsumes Boulder, the future starts to feel like Them. If… https://t.co/jU6WHM2s3L in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:23:40, 2018-02-03
This is one of the things that makes even a rental co-op like @Picklebric feel different from a house full of rando… https://t.co/Ba6Q6j5w0H in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:17:51, 2018-02-03
When they are you, it becomes a relationship of stewardship, not ownership. In a home, or an organization, or the d… https://t.co/SEUejUX6pC in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:12:38, 2018-02-03
Can you buy something from yourself? Can we borrow something from ourselves?
Both of these relationships with the… https://t.co/O1JnZXndvr in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:09:18, 2018-02-03
As the discount rate grows, the experience of these verbs diverges.
We’d like it all. Right now. The whole Net Pre… https://t.co/8Fudq2SKVp in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:04:25, 2018-02-03
Are we borrowing the Earth from the future, or are we buying them out entirely? in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:01:19, 2018-02-03
The phrases "land rents” and/or "monopoly rents” and/or the idea of renting out one’s capital and/or labor make mor… https://t.co/QazBQsPz2i in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:59:22, 2018-02-03
But maybe it’s worth it, because the house (the land) is appreciating fast enough that the rent you’ll collect from… https://t.co/Zy2HzjDFlU in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:52:00, 2018-02-03
The house. The debt on the house. Is renting you out to your employer. Who pays you to pay your mortgage off.
Who… https://t.co/fPuVwtpb84 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:49:02, 2018-02-03
Someone commented. “Dogs are expensive: not only can't you rent your house out, you have to pay someone to be there… https://t.co/unB2kzaIrX in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:46:48, 2018-02-03
Thread.
I have a friend house & dogsitting for $40/day for basically all of February. Was trying to imagine a long… https://t.co/Mf3FbsyAcy 18:43:09, 2018-02-03
RT @mattyglesias: The theory that AirBNB causes high urban rents by taking supply off the market is dangerously close to the theory that bu… 17:19:50, 2018-02-03
@MehdiHeris @alanawlsn @ShellyMBoulder https://t.co/BRma1jxp6T 17:12:57, 2018-02-03
@GoddardTara I haven’t read it. I feel like it was maybe also a PBS or BBC film or mini-series at some point… One day read? in reply to GoddardTara 16:20:57, 2018-02-03
Took a friend to get their wisdom teeth out today. General anesthesia just cuts your consciousness out of space and… https://t.co/9BKKGSQEDU 22:12:47, 2018-02-02
RT @bouldercolorado: How do you want your streets to look? Join us at the 30th & Colorado Corridors Study open house Wednesday: https://t.c… 15:05:32, 2018-02-02
RT @Novogradac: “DRAFT HOUSING FINANCE REFORM PROPOSAL LEAKS
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RT @schmangee: Some developers are good. Some are bad. But all land speculators are bad. All they do is take from the city and they give us… 09:43:10, 2018-02-02
@mrwimverbeke @AlexSteffen In time I wonder if this particular “conservatism” will be seen as ironic. We thought we… https://t.co/se6hlFGVFA in reply to mrwimverbeke 23:23:35, 2018-02-01
Holycrap, my childhood driveway is the boundary of CA’s 22nd congressional district. The shaded/wooded northern par… https://t.co/9Kqco4rU1s in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:03:34, 2018-02-01
On behalf of my people I apologize. https://t.co/UymgE6FeoP 21:56:21, 2018-02-01
RT @Muireann_Irish: I was asked to speak at an event on “what it’s like to be a woman in science”. In the spirit of transparency, I tell th… 21:46:18, 2018-02-01
RT @EricHolthaus: Profoundly disheartening to see people pushing for a carbon-free economy as soon as possible being labelled "far left".… 19:24:32, 2018-02-01
RT @YIMBYwiki: @gmetcalf “Sand Castles before the Tide?” new paper by @SPUR_urbanist director @gmetcalf in @AEAjournals analyzes political/… 23:30:24, 2018-01-31
RT @nami_knows: Substitute teacher today introduced herself and said “Are you the mom? I always like to ask- there’s a lot of nannies who c… 23:25:01, 2018-01-31
Wait what? https://t.co/Jewz1IOR0w 23:05:22, 2018-01-31
RT @alex_burness: Per @EvanSernoffsky, SF "will dismiss and seal more than 3,000 misdemeanor marijuana convictions dating back to 1975, and… 22:50:28, 2018-01-31
An inspiring look at how private, limited-equity housing cooperatives have built a huge swath of Zürich. Member equ… https://t.co/Ggam6m3LSD 18:29:04, 2018-01-31
@ericmbudd @anthony_a_avery @bhccoops @cmgosnell And also talk to your local @Sightline gurus, who have researched… https://t.co/A7n3Q6v967 in reply to ericmbudd 12:02:23, 2018-01-31
@ericmbudd @anthony_a_avery @bhccoops @cmgosnell I would get in touch with the folks at @NASCOcoop especially their… https://t.co/548yydnSVy in reply to ericmbudd 12:01:31, 2018-01-31
h/t to @joesmyth https://t.co/L54OXhp3my 10:01:26, 2018-01-31
Can I get an Amen?! https://t.co/ncRo9FznSM 23:12:57, 2018-01-30
@GR_G_R UDP? in reply to GR_G_R 23:11:42, 2018-01-30
@MarkyV @welcomehomebldr And how drunk do we have to get beforehand? in reply to MarkyV 23:09:03, 2018-01-30
RT @jessekb: How about just don't build parking garages and build the apartments in the first place? https://t.co/1pugsXhANd 23:06:26, 2018-01-30
The @bouldercolorado Housing Advisory Board application is now available. Due March 2nd at 5pm. Interviews will hap… https://t.co/RA9e0K04lQ 21:04:01, 2018-01-30
Want to live in sunny Santa Barbara, CA? Love housing cooperatives? The Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative i… https://t.co/wqTieI3Vvz 18:29:02, 2018-01-30
@shwinnebego @GreatDismal No. I tried watching a couple of episodes of Black Mirror, and it seemed kinda too close… https://t.co/907mAHgj30 in reply to shwinnebego 09:41:36, 2018-01-30
@shwinnebego But also, I’m reminded of a @GreatDismal comment about the relative nature of dystopias. Whether e.g.… https://t.co/YSII95D4Qk in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:56:12, 2018-01-30
@shwinnebego “This time it’s different.” in reply to shwinnebego 08:48:03, 2018-01-30
Experimenting with federated, decentralized, open source, democratically governed social media. Find me at https://t.co/huwcFftL77 08:18:10, 2018-01-30
#ClimateChange https://t.co/1ubCsWsgR0 07:23:36, 2018-01-30
@zndx But, her parking. in reply to zndx 23:35:11, 2018-01-29
Looks like it would fit right in on Mapleton Hill or in Lower Chautauqua. https://t.co/EeEMV0WD21 21:29:08, 2018-01-29
@ntnsndr @vmatekole @MattCropp With faircoin no doubt. in reply to ntnsndr 20:15:14, 2018-01-29
@ntnsndr @vmatekole @MattCropp Now I just need to find a few hundred interesting folks to follow. in reply to ntnsndr 20:08:18, 2018-01-29
I’ve heard both of these analogies criticized for being flippant, but for me being a white dude riding a bike was d… https://t.co/AGCfWjXooS 17:36:38, 2018-01-29
RT @ericmbudd: unfortunately snow removal is the adjacent property owner's responsibility (can lodge complaints with the city) cc: @boulder… 15:42:30, 2018-01-29
@GR_G_R Man 22nd and 23rd grade suuuuucked. in reply to GR_G_R 15:40:52, 2018-01-29
@vmatekole same username as Twitter, and zane.selvans@gmail.com 15:39:49, 2018-01-29
If we don’t come up with some sense of what “enough” energy is, and ensure that it’s as low as possible (bikes! den… https://t.co/4k1URwYTWQ 10:45:13, 2018-01-29
@MattCropp Tried to join the https://t.co/DjzBfwWPxa instance again on Jan 25th, and have gotten no response thus f… https://t.co/CVASJM206S 10:36:31, 2018-01-29
RT @JesseJenkins: Please read this honest thread. https://t.co/mtLQRKce2l 08:01:08, 2018-01-29
“We kill people based on metadata.” — Michael Hayden, NSA director. https://t.co/7QERqomMLN 23:31:08, 2018-01-28
I always wondered how my Grapes of Wrath-esque grandparents from Nebraska’s dustbowl ended up living the Joad famil… https://t.co/WbYNyaha6K 23:19:38, 2018-01-28
RT @nbouscal: @MayorCassidy @ByRosenberg So far local input has led to a nationwide housing shortage in exactly the areas with the largest… 23:00:50, 2018-01-28
@alanawlsn @ericmbudd @ShellyMBoulder @Picklebric @MehdiHeris I burned one stick of incense in my room at it maxed out above 200! in reply to alanawlsn 21:29:14, 2018-01-28
RT @kimmaicutler: A train station started at 6 p.m. and completed by 3:30 a.m. in Southwestern China.
A Bus Rapid Transit line down Van N… 17:17:17, 2018-01-28
RT @dr_doodles: Friends in academia. This. I can’t emphasize this enough!
During my postdoc there was a lot of stigma put on leaving the a… 16:55:09, 2018-01-28
@AaronBrockett12 @ericmbudd Seriously we should do a quiz night. Invite a bunch of former Planning Board members. I… https://t.co/Ld7Sq6Hrpu in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:36:58, 2018-01-28
@AaronBrockett12 @ericmbudd For 20 points, what restriction limits the number of dwelling units you can create on a… https://t.co/q3GOc737DB in reply to AaronBrockett12 16:34:35, 2018-01-28
RT @ChloeAngyal: One weird thing about being a woman is you'll just be having a drink with another woman and she'll just casually drop that… 16:06:53, 2018-01-28

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