Tweets for the Week of 2018-10-07 to 2018-10-13

Fall migration from high summer pastures. Folks of all ages walking down with the cows in ceremonial outfits and en… https://t.co/tEz69B9Lvk 08:28:52, 2018-10-13
RT @NathanHRubin: Indiana purged 460k voters.
Georgia is freezing 50k newly registered Black voters

North Dakota is disenfranchising tho… 06:58:18, 2018-10-13
RT @HuntedHorse: So followed the proud boys as they left the event. About 1-2 blocks away a 30 (proud boys) V 3 (randoms) fight broke out.… 06:56:36, 2018-10-13
Okay, biking off into the post-glacial landscape of Alpstein to see some fall colors. Someday there will be little… https://t.co/RMTt2CtDF6 02:47:25, 2018-10-13
If the Governor of Florida walked into a Trump casino and bet a trillion-with-a-T public dollars on "black" in Rou… https://t.co/XVui1gTS8a in reply to ZaneSelvans 02:28:07, 2018-10-13
Is 5m by 2100 likely? Is it the expected outcome? No, not right now. But it's not off the table. The right tail of… https://t.co/qXheekYo6Y in reply to ZaneSelvans 02:18:50, 2018-10-13
@jillneimark @BerkeleyLab A few snapshots from the right tail of sea level rise. When the West Antarctic Ice Shelf… https://t.co/ec4JnXvD61 in reply to ZaneSelvans 02:10:13, 2018-10-13
@jillneimark @BerkeleyLab Meanwhile, most of Florida's population lives in places that may not remain inhabitable f… https://t.co/0780iudsAj in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:57:01, 2018-10-13
@jillneimark @BerkeleyLab And the solar production curve will probably line up relatively well with Florida's A/C d… https://t.co/uVYGwCMi4o in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:53:11, 2018-10-13
@jillneimark But renewable energy is pretty much the only available long term hedge against volatile fuel prices. T… https://t.co/0Ay3NV8igv in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:50:24, 2018-10-13
Currently the literal Sunshine State does not require that new gas infrastructure gets a cost comparison to solar o… https://t.co/bTttK7ieLQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:41:22, 2018-10-13
Florida is kind of a snapshot of where running headlong into an electricity system based on "cheap" gas would get u… https://t.co/bPGTdW7OwY in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:35:34, 2018-10-13
Despite this concentrated risk, the state discontinued utility gas price hedging in 2016. Because prices were low.… https://t.co/9ydRmhZVPc in reply to ZaneSelvans 01:29:10, 2018-10-13
Wow Florida is crazy for natural gas. 2/3 of the state's electricity generation is gas fired. (+1/6 coal and 1/6 ca… https://t.co/cZJQzfiXiw 01:24:16, 2018-10-13
These constraints would be inconvenient and uncomfortable for the richest 20% of humanity, but most people wouldn't… https://t.co/BiEqemNWPu in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:19:34, 2018-10-12
@grquetin 80% of humanity wouldn't be affected by these constraints. They're already living within a reasonable 1.5… https://t.co/zKMGvajsvN in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:08:12, 2018-10-12
@grquetin But the slower we do, the more reworking of society and economic devastation we will get from climate cha… https://t.co/m7Ke0myIJF in reply to grquetin 17:04:53, 2018-10-12
@DavidL206 But every other attorney would also be unable to fly. And we've mostly not had easy travel historically.… https://t.co/mb5SHbh3en in reply to DavidL206 16:39:54, 2018-10-12
Many of the changes would be inconvenient and uncomfortable and jarring, but that's not the same as unsafe or destr… https://t.co/z4g6mV8psg in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:35:26, 2018-10-12
@DF7 And the amount of carbon you have to work with is so small (for 1.5-2°C) that you have to go after pretty much *all* of the big things. in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:29:34, 2018-10-12
@DavidL206 I think that kind of business practice would have to change. Maybe you'd have someone in a DC office, and someone in the PNW? in reply to DavidL206 16:28:11, 2018-10-12
@DF7 The gross outlines aren't too hard, especially for things you have more control over — flying, driving, house… https://t.co/1iDYVIKcWf in reply to DF7 16:25:27, 2018-10-12
How would carbon rationing affect your political engagement? Say you live in Phoenix and air conditioning isn't *ba… https://t.co/NgFMggC70p in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:21:57, 2018-10-12
If you had a carbon ration card, what would you use it on? Steak? 2 hours stuck in traffic every day? Flights acros… https://t.co/HF8Uq8U41g in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:18:37, 2018-10-12
Imagine we just straight-up banned the use of fossil fuels for most flying. What would take its place? Would we see… https://t.co/m3HWsvUQqF in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:12:21, 2018-10-12
This is where we are with climate. We know there's not enough carbon budget left to accommodate the consumption pat… https://t.co/83cPOyaf2S in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:03:03, 2018-10-12
Rationing gets a bad reputation because we often don't start soon enough. We wait until it's impossible to ignore t… https://t.co/jBZGMHadVI in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:53:14, 2018-10-12
Rationing doesn't have to be unpleasant. It doesn't necessarily mean deprivation — if you're clear eyed about the… https://t.co/3HZZMmzkum 15:46:58, 2018-10-12
@JCRiecke It is. But geoscientists have to try harder to suspend disbelief. Or launch headlong into the apocalypse knowing full well. in reply to JCRiecke 13:02:20, 2018-10-12
@ericmbudd good plot to keep in mind when the Ingram A/C is running… I wonder how much of all the other co-op ene… https://t.co/nGCcOYD9yr 12:57:17, 2018-10-12
RT @drvox: Had a long chat with a Barcelonan last night about how Franco brought dictatorial rule to Spain and kept it there for 40 years.… 12:24:44, 2018-10-12
Meanwhile talking to affordable housing advocates in Germany and Switzerland people complain about the "Big Insulat… https://t.co/xMdO6Jt1hK in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:05:11, 2018-10-12
Chatting with a friend who took an oil & gas field job in CO under duress. She said other geoscientists there openl… https://t.co/s93JfkctBv 11:02:43, 2018-10-12
@drvox Sadly I have only ever been a tourist in Barcelona. Maybe I can fix that next year! in reply to drvox 11:00:55, 2018-10-12
There's something especially satisfying about using the carbon lobby's own industry data in the fight against them. 10:28:44, 2018-10-12
@drvox There's always sangria. in reply to drvox 10:20:50, 2018-10-12
@ZLabe Oh great, it's all public too! We (@CatalystCoop) are thinking about doing something similar but with inform… https://t.co/rxohoSfTRD in reply to ZLabe 10:19:44, 2018-10-12
@ZLabe I'm curious about your process for creating the plots you post. Do you have a pipeline constantly generating… https://t.co/OyfvtFyoLh 23:09:15, 2018-10-11
@fchollet I love that Ellen Ullman quote "We build our computers the way we build our cities–over time, without a plan, on top of ruins." in reply to fchollet 15:22:38, 2018-10-11
@chrisnelder Could it really go any other way? in reply to chrisnelder 12:44:38, 2018-10-11
@ericmbudd @ProPublica @JuliaAngwin @thejefflarson @lkirchner Oh and also @mathbabedotorg in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:26:07, 2018-10-11
NIPSCO says retiring all their coal is the cheapest option, comparing continued operation of existing coal against… https://t.co/tN34Tbn9nO in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:23:51, 2018-10-11
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is tentatively planning to retire all their coal (1800MW) and replace it with r… https://t.co/pbND5vF7bp 08:21:52, 2018-10-11
If storage, renewable energy, and ever more dynamic DSM costs continue declining, how long will it be until the nat… https://t.co/HbrBKriDd5 06:12:54, 2018-10-11
The last US nuclear plant under construction, in GA, is 5 yrs behind schedule and $9B over budget. Two GOP utility… https://t.co/dVOGTJ6PsF 06:07:06, 2018-10-11
@ericmbudd @ProPublica See also: @JuliaAngwin @thejefflarson @lkirchner in reply to ericmbudd 12:30:43, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd @ProPublica And https://t.co/1xL6Y3bFV1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:26:00, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd @ProPublica E.g. https://t.co/vuRlDu4EYD in reply to ericmbudd 12:24:40, 2018-10-10
@cmgosnell I think it has something to do with the asymmetry of our experience of regret vs. satisfaction. in reply to cmgosnell 12:23:06, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd Are you familiar with the @ProPublica algorithmic bias reporting beat? in reply to ericmbudd 10:55:21, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd I guess that's what the insurance company means by "semi-private" rooms. in reply to ericmbudd 10:54:50, 2018-10-10
@seancllns @drvox The trick is figuring out how to make use of the consistent irrationality… car companies sure have no problem doing it! in reply to seancllns 10:50:58, 2018-10-10
RT @JesseJenkins: Why do we keep falling short on #carbon pricing? (And what to do about it)
A thread on how policy can accelerate the pac… 08:28:44, 2018-10-10
So, apparently @FERC has approved all but 2 of ~400 natural gas pipelines that have been proposed in since the cent… https://t.co/1FW9Fuus7v 06:58:12, 2018-10-10
RT @CatalystCoop: A little too real there, @xkcdComic https://t.co/tbvIYNnT4e 06:46:09, 2018-10-10
If you absolutely must indulge your unreasonable desire to mash-up highways and solar panels, this is probably abou… https://t.co/01q3608u1S 06:33:40, 2018-10-10
As @drvox has pointed out, consumers have an almost unreasonable* love of renewable energy. If we make it easy for… https://t.co/6P2b11btgm 06:17:01, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd Yeah, the advocacy game is shifting to taking out the remaining, often newer, economically viable coal p… https://t.co/Iquy9METaB in reply to ericmbudd 03:53:05, 2018-10-10
Perhaps not coincidentally, the DCPSC has also just directed one of its grid modernization working groups to make a… https://t.co/X3211Xj8IS in reply to ZaneSelvans 03:27:51, 2018-10-10
@marycheh @ggwash @marycheh has also introduced legislation which would create a "Distributed Energy Resource Autho… https://t.co/G0U8LEWk8v in reply to ZaneSelvans 03:24:14, 2018-10-10
Congress be damned, DC would go to 100% renewable electricity in 14 years if this law introduced by @marycheh passe… https://t.co/aapQsnk9xJ 03:19:18, 2018-10-10
PEPCO looking to get approval for $15M worth of electric vehicle infrastructure investment in DC, and Time of Use r… https://t.co/QucUus3KX8 03:09:40, 2018-10-10
RT @AdamMinter: China's decision to abduct Interpol's president not just bad for China. It's going to make life harder for everyone. https:… 00:37:56, 2018-10-10
@ericmbudd I remember when they approved this I think. It's a co-op, and they're transmission constrained, right? in reply to ericmbudd 16:19:19, 2018-10-09
b) is not an incidental, inconvenient fact. In the price-signal (rather than mitigation-funding) conception of a ca… https://t.co/ieh7OIoMTO 16:10:23, 2018-10-09
RT @espinozaa: Permanently affordable home in cohousing community for sale. 1 bed, 1 bath. Must income qualify with City of Boulder. Intere… 16:03:30, 2018-10-09
@drvox Smart-ass w/ the 1.5. in reply to drvox 15:50:54, 2018-10-09
And I think the answer was Yes. https://t.co/dL1ZtvXHLy 12:51:05, 2018-10-09
@ericmbudd Has the tax fraud thing really blown over? I can't be sure from within my filter bubble. How is that pos… https://t.co/bfOP4hMzI6 00:13:11, 2018-10-09
Which provides more utility: the ton of CO2 released by your spring-break trip to Cancún, or the ton of CO2 require… https://t.co/AyJ8iQjcJ8 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:45:47, 2018-10-08
The 4°C path is only the obviously convenient choice if you happen to have a 20 (or 50!) tons of CO2 per year life. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:39:46, 2018-10-08
@fchollet @DynamicWebPaige This already happens in a lot of smaller local government contexts, where electeds are m… https://t.co/irKCC9g2J3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:32:15, 2018-10-08
@fchollet @DynamicWebPaige I think we might see a persistent class of lobbyists and technocrats grow up around this… https://t.co/uWNebvTmec in reply to fchollet 18:30:13, 2018-10-08
And many of the people who benefit from this particular "optimization" choice are the early industrializers and col… https://t.co/cbwF11Cduz in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:26:18, 2018-10-08
It's like over-training a model without any doing any cross validation — you optimize based on what happens to hav… https://t.co/OyJI6Rexv1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:20:57, 2018-10-08
Applying our short-term market discount rates and externalized risk tolerances to domains far, far outside the cont… https://t.co/PjHwCot8PF in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:17:56, 2018-10-08
If we choose discount rates and risk tolerances that make the red or green lines optimal, we're the kind of ancesto… https://t.co/iT9pSJLXjS in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:13:13, 2018-10-08
I'm being glib, but it's true.
Each of these curves is "optimal" under different entirely valid assumptions, and… https://t.co/j3n4fADf2r in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:09:56, 2018-10-08
RT @mercedeslynz: It's a really scary time for dudes right now. So I wrote a song about it. Go #vote friends! #TheResistance #1Thing @ACLU… 16:29:28, 2018-10-08
RT @firefox: “Think of it as turning the tables. Instead of Facebook watching you, you can maintain control over what Facebook can see whil… 16:13:38, 2018-10-08
RT @ProPublica: Starting today you can download a version of the Firefox browser with the Facebook Political Ad Collector built in.
https:… 16:13:22, 2018-10-08
Given a discount rate from Goldman Sachs, and the risk aversion of Evel Knievel, catastrophic climate change is ind… https://t.co/FHhWjWA30a 16:03:02, 2018-10-08
Well here's a nightmare rabbit hole of a bibliography to explore until you can't stand it any more. https://t.co/HNTXi9Vfv8 15:45:53, 2018-10-08
Nice visualization! https://t.co/rMqx3pYRMc 15:08:46, 2018-10-08
@drvox C'mon Dave, you are quite literally saying "I told you so." And it's kind of okay. You did. And I might not… https://t.co/mTVafvA4e6 in reply to drvox 15:00:44, 2018-10-08
The rate reductions would sink SCG&E's parent company SCANA's merger with Dominion.
Oh and then there's the $2M t… https://t.co/Q5mfbdFJvy in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:23:53, 2018-10-08
Before joining with Sierra Club in a motion to compel the utility to publish confidentially filed documents related… https://t.co/zNw3Gp9p9m in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:21:24, 2018-10-08
I'm glad the @IPCC_CH included at least one 1.5°C scenario that doesn't depend on non-existent negative emissions t… https://t.co/C0SpqmH6wv 09:21:04, 2018-10-08
And then commission staff recommended an even larger permanent rate reduction, corresponding to a designation of ~$… https://t.co/jaXB8fDRU5 in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:19:59, 2018-10-08
Lots of fun at the SC Public Service Commission recently. Appeals Court refused to grant an injunction against the… https://t.co/mVxFCAbGP0 09:18:24, 2018-10-08
RT @piersforster: Too lazy to read our 30 page Summary For Policy Makers and report? Well here it is in tweets @IPCC_CH (1/n) where n is li… 03:11:02, 2018-10-08
@ericmbudd Maybe for WWIII? in reply to ericmbudd 03:01:50, 2018-10-08
More CO2 has been released since I was born in 1976 than by all previous human activity. For 1.5°C, all future emis… https://t.co/avDUOwCtDO 01:11:16, 2018-10-08
Golden hour wandering the byways of Zürich. #streetoftheday https://t.co/zgn8Vz4tvT 10:08:17, 2018-10-07
Unfortunately relevant thread. https://t.co/JaYhZYqqMv 01:25:41, 2018-10-07

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