Tweets for the Week of 2019-07-21 to 2019-07-27

@ericmbudd ¡ka-ching! in reply to ericmbudd 16:49:58, 2019-07-27
RT @aidachavez: wait since we’re on the subject, remember the time my journalism school wanted to kick me out of their DC program for tweet… 00:17:39, 2019-07-27
What your city is built for can change. What society says is normal can change. Pretending we lack the ability to i… https://t.co/xzeF1RCgAD in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:33:42, 2019-07-26
Similarly in consumption, it's not clear that there's much in the way of "intrinsic" desire. People aren't naturall… https://t.co/AZpl55nvyC in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:33:41, 2019-07-26
Most people, on most topics, don't have their own opinion, belief, understanding, or collection of facts. They go w… https://t.co/gd3Fm8wYns in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:33:41, 2019-07-26
While the GOP *clearly* understands that the beliefs and desires of their supporters can be shaped, directed, and m… https://t.co/8PMSG4Jxn0 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:33:40, 2019-07-26
I feel like there's an analogy here, to the different understandings of "public opinion" that the Dems and GOP have… https://t.co/Ck6DQDHc0s 23:33:40, 2019-07-26
Morality is arbitrary! We have to make it up! What's your pure time preference? Your risk aversion? Various "reason… https://t.co/v1kDL9sy6N 23:07:02, 2019-07-26
It feels very transparently like a propaganda outlet, no? https://t.co/2PUSGCpIzN 22:52:51, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis @drvox And what is a legally binding climate policy — be it an RPS, a carb… https://t.co/vwqAjqnqyY in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:44:12, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis @drvox We fought tooth and nail for 8 years in Boulder to legalize *living… https://t.co/F1D549OpXu in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:38:32, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis @drvox But those affordable, low consumption, happiness producing lifestlye… https://t.co/dTuOP6axva in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:36:37, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis Or this other @drvox piece https://t.co/uJQxY3bjCM in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:32:13, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis https://t.co/V93wBLmvJp in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:31:00, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis And *also* also, satisfying these manufactured desires frequently does not… https://t.co/xgaX18BL7f in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:28:38, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 @robbieorvis And also… it's clearly possible to dramatically influence what people des… https://t.co/sE7c4soF00 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:25:26, 2019-07-26
@solar_chase @arvindpawan1 I apologize @arvindpawan1 I was more responding to @robbieorvis but wanted the context.… https://t.co/fLAjRWMlvE in reply to solar_chase 22:23:02, 2019-07-26
I agree this attitude is… not helpful.
But isn't it also worth considering whether current lifestyles can be ma… https://t.co/mwlzKaeAPC 16:20:15, 2019-07-26
Paging Mike Marsh… https://t.co/SSa5rWaxld 16:07:24, 2019-07-26
I am *so* fine with my most valuable physical possessions being a bike and a laptop.
Liquid investments that requi… https://t.co/qn29xKLFTO in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:45:11, 2019-07-26
What if housing was a place to live, not an "asset." What if it was cheap, stable, and the cost was flat or declini… https://t.co/PmVT0pF765 13:41:21, 2019-07-26
@drvox Dakota Access Pipeline? It was used by both white and native communities. One of them got steamrolled. in reply to drvox 13:28:33, 2019-07-26
"What next…" https://t.co/c7B92KZywH 11:24:49, 2019-07-26
A global, high-energy civilization (10s of TW of consumption) that depends on renewable energies (~10W/m^2) has to… https://t.co/J9kvG8Zp7Q in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:09:55, 2019-07-26
Another example, from this spring, of San Bernadino County in California banning renewable energy installations in… https://t.co/o1IU7CRaI3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:03:40, 2019-07-26
It feels like even after we get everyone on board nominally with building a zero carbon electricity system, there w… https://t.co/7c0HnZnUH0 in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:58:54, 2019-07-26
Meanwhile in California:
https://t.co/Xcv3OWKDqY in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:57:25, 2019-07-26
As with zoning & housing, empowered smaller local jurisdictions are failing the greater public good on transmission. https://t.co/eBvzQ6490n 10:54:10, 2019-07-26
@CostaSamaras @TheAndyHolland @mattyglesias I might have already pointed you at this, but @EnergyInnovLLC put toget… https://t.co/92LKoxtLIg in reply to CostaSamaras 09:42:46, 2019-07-26
*hint* *hint* https://t.co/SxPafyvKVg 09:37:41, 2019-07-26
@alexbaca Totally had this experience in LA, living there for a cumulative 11 years on and off between 1993 and 201… https://t.co/rBmyxMrnhH in reply to alexbaca 07:51:26, 2019-07-26
Barring some very large volcanic eruptions or geoengineering gone horribly awry, nobody alive today will ever meet… https://t.co/p7yZlvaDVN 19:20:11, 2019-07-25
@kevpluck https://t.co/96Q7IC0kxh in reply to kevpluck 19:09:55, 2019-07-25
@Splitcoil Ecuador tried something analogous — they asked the world to buy out the rights to 850 million barrels o… https://t.co/3oxomEZnub in reply to Splitcoil 18:35:49, 2019-07-25
What fraction of the historic areas will be underwater before they've doubled in age? https://t.co/bee7avPyqR 18:22:46, 2019-07-25
@ericmbudd No Eric that's Pokemon. in reply to ericmbudd 18:19:47, 2019-07-25
Why does the computational biology crowd publish so much of the good "best practices" stuff? https://t.co/JskC7nNzda 18:19:29, 2019-07-25
Okay enough climate apocalypse and Python build misery. I'm going to relax with a nice tall glass of differential e… https://t.co/CYcne4AdHY 16:13:26, 2019-07-25
RT @TheOnion: Pelosi Concerned Outspoken Progressive Flank Of Party Could Harm Democrats’ Reputation As Ineffectual Cowards https://t.co/bF… 16:08:04, 2019-07-25
RT @willwilkinson: Here's how I think of Omar. She's a patriotic liberal Muslim with standard anodyne liberal Muslim opinions about Muslim… 16:06:57, 2019-07-25
Yesterday it was 108°F in Paris, so here's a film looking at how extreme heat somehow mysteriously only kills the p… https://t.co/CSonvv7XrZ 16:03:40, 2019-07-25
@ericmbudd @chrisnelder @ublockorigin Dunno — I just got annoyed with AdblockPlus at some point for monetization o… https://t.co/pRhtTJ9GBV in reply to ericmbudd 13:48:34, 2019-07-25
@ericmbudd @chrisnelder tbh it's the same whenever I see a browser that doesn't have @ublockorigin installed too… in reply to ericmbudd 13:45:00, 2019-07-25
@ericmbudd This tweet literally made me sign up for monthly donations to Warren. in reply to ericmbudd 13:42:40, 2019-07-25
Added a custom prompt segment to display @NordVPN connection status & country: https://t.co/wZuqVltWJC in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:36:40, 2019-07-25
@chrisnelder @ericmbudd It's funny whenever I show someone "my Twitter" They are like "ZOMG how can you even look a… https://t.co/BVDTTKwRBu in reply to chrisnelder 13:31:44, 2019-07-25
@CHThiem Wow, really above 50°C in Spain? in reply to CHThiem 13:25:36, 2019-07-25
@ericmbudd It does feel like when they eventually kill Tweetdeck I might not be able to keep using the platform which will be sad. in reply to ericmbudd 13:23:33, 2019-07-25
@welcomehomebldr Hey, someday that second door can become the servant's entrance! in reply to welcomehomebldr 00:42:04, 2019-07-25
RT @dynarski: You were probably affected by the Equifax breach
?

Get yourself $125

https://t.co/bliEswAbqJ 21:49:25, 2019-07-24
@thebmbennett @mathbabedotorg @FryRsquared I guess it's unsurprising that all three of these books were written by… https://t.co/atWc1QLjWN in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:35:44, 2019-07-24
RT @thegrugq: I love how not even the malware devs try to get the camera working.
“Yeah, that’s just never gonna happen, but try the PulseA… 20:45:36, 2019-07-24
@derekwillis @charlesornstein The @BetterTDeck browser plugin is also great, and allows you to control much more ab… https://t.co/RKtQ74Yawb in reply to derekwillis 20:32:20, 2019-07-24
An awesome new PassivHouse residential tower in NYC! However, it's not the first high-rise to meet the standard. Th… https://t.co/Esc4KaEbYo 20:22:30, 2019-07-24
Re: climate deadlines, thresholds:
“If we have indeed lit the fuse on West Antarctica, it’s very hard to imagine p… https://t.co/GM6ofkNzJg 20:12:54, 2019-07-24
@thebmbennett @mathbabedotorg Ooh, that one I don't know. The only other book I have in that vein is @FryRsquared's Hello World. in reply to thebmbennett 19:48:33, 2019-07-24
@thebmbennett @mathbabedotorg I've been floored by how much more intuitive linear algebra feels to me with visual e… https://t.co/SEiuj70FAC in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:47:32, 2019-07-24
@thebmbennett @mathbabedotorg I have her book and want to read it but there are too many good books! in reply to thebmbennett 19:44:53, 2019-07-24
RT @Guay_JG: So nuke advocates this one really hurts. Tacking on $50M/year for a coal bailout into a bill meant to bailout nukes makes you… 19:38:34, 2019-07-24
@thebmbennett Probably not helpful, but have you come across @mathbabedotorg? in reply to thebmbennett 19:35:32, 2019-07-24
@KenCaldeira Is it really alternate though? Or have they just decided it doesn't matter what they say in public any more? in reply to KenCaldeira 16:35:35, 2019-07-24
@hausfath Agree that the hard-deadline cliff framing is not super accurate, but there *are* physical feedback syste… https://t.co/7xY72ixVOn in reply to hausfath 13:13:54, 2019-07-24
So I finally set up a small recurring monthly donation to @ewarren's campaign. https://t.co/JM2GCcGfmw 09:46:27, 2019-07-24
@CHThiem #AbolishICE in reply to CHThiem 08:39:27, 2019-07-24
Nice long piece on the move to integrating data, analyses, and narratives into dynamic publications… and the triu… https://t.co/kvIOvLkqFz 23:47:32, 2019-07-23
@HKoren Also before you get any big ideas: the state constitution prohibits home rule cities like Boulder from hold… https://t.co/DWCpE5KEDm in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:24:03, 2019-07-23
The Open Space is paid for by everyone: renters, homeowners, tourists, commuters, etc. Sales taxes are regressive.… https://t.co/obKqhK7PME 23:21:16, 2019-07-23
@HKoren And also because homevoters make up a wildly disproportionate share of the odd-year electorate, which votes… https://t.co/whsdc43Yb7 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:21:38, 2019-07-23
@HKoren Because TABOR. in reply to HKoren 22:18:25, 2019-07-23
I'm gonna explore this idea some more by reading "Why Europe grew rich and Asia did not" which also happens to be o… https://t.co/B9ETTskLCR 22:16:45, 2019-07-23
@shayshinecastle It's either a very expensive way to make a small amount of affordable housing, or relatively cheap… https://t.co/eEDicQvgJy in reply to shayshinecastle 21:20:14, 2019-07-23
A good thread about a bad affordable housing finance idea. https://t.co/TwEuUcXBHZ 21:17:21, 2019-07-23
RT @ewarren: I'm not taking a dime from Washington lobbyists or PACs of any kind—because this campaign is powered by the people. Will you c… 19:20:04, 2019-07-23
@ericmbudd @espinozaa Hmm. Looks like Burning Man. But too much clothing. in reply to ericmbudd 19:10:50, 2019-07-23
Y también si todo sale mal. https://t.co/59YYsn8Avh 18:21:42, 2019-07-23
@rgunns Jesus Camp was disturbing. in reply to rgunns 18:14:48, 2019-07-23
@blobbyapple When ze Revolution Comes, Comrade. in reply to blobbyapple 18:10:15, 2019-07-23
@reubenmunger I think so. Though you'll probably need to *re-boot* in reply to reubenmunger 18:08:52, 2019-07-23
"A smarter futurism would focus less on pushing through advances and more on being sure we will use them wisely whe… https://t.co/NIFKc0T5Hd in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:09:49, 2019-07-23
“I was struck by how little the attendees knew about urban transport, how enamored they were w/ gadgets. […] When… https://t.co/YGaYf9JSfx in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:07:25, 2019-07-23
Urban motordom is/was a horrific mistake, and once we get past it, that will be glaringly obvious to all who come a… https://t.co/WppYKQaQHd 16:59:58, 2019-07-23
@drvox My god Dave you have almost twice as many followers as he does. Maybe you should run for president! in reply to drvox 14:12:30, 2019-07-23
So many great Sankey diagrams. Every quad/yr is a billion dollar business waiting to happen. https://t.co/WyGBneHGR0 14:01:19, 2019-07-23
"We're full of chemicals which require us to belong to folk societies, or failing that, to feel lousy all the time… https://t.co/k9PjIl2tMa 10:57:53, 2019-07-23
@alexbaca What do you think about housing authorities doing (relatively affordable) market-rate development and usi… https://t.co/R8i2KSSVHr in reply to alexbaca 10:49:38, 2019-07-23
@CHThiem wait I thought you just had a heat wave. in reply to CHThiem 10:47:41, 2019-07-23
RT @Guay_JG: I’ve spent my whole working life being lectured in one way or another by VSPs deploying a version of this argument. At first I… 09:34:52, 2019-07-23
I always knew #zsh was powerful, but it also seemed ridiculously opaque so I was afraid to mess around with it and… https://t.co/IOAJDfo3j4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:17:26, 2019-07-23
The fancypants #PowerLevel9k theme is here: https://t.co/WjCJ9oZkDF in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:09:28, 2019-07-23
RT @Sammy_Roth: “The youth migration is infusing this traditionally conservative area with a new ethic — part cowboy, part craft cocktail —… 00:03:59, 2019-07-23
RT @UFWupdates: Bakersfield Now: Farmworkers across Kern County fear deportations in the fields
https://t.co/SUjLd36Aij 00:03:29, 2019-07-23
RT @Splitcoil: This thing. I can't fully explain why, but this thing makes me feel so fucking awful. https://t.co/rFtx95h7no 00:01:33, 2019-07-23
…go wrong. https://t.co/8kl3EQgee2 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:58:25, 2019-07-22
RT @kron4news: @CAL_FIRE UPDATE: HWY 128 remains closed in #Napa due to fire. @CAL_FIRE reports that the #CanyonFire fire has grown to 55 a… 23:55:46, 2019-07-22
What could possibly… uh. https://t.co/Nn4Eu1wbZX 23:55:21, 2019-07-22
Tough, but fair. https://t.co/6qLUhWDwwd 23:49:40, 2019-07-22
@ericmbudd @boulderprogress @engageboulder The world may never know. in reply to ericmbudd 21:07:38, 2019-07-22
Also, when the best data indicates that you should *really* do something politically inconvenient, it will frequent… https://t.co/pVtxWA6cVw 20:47:36, 2019-07-22
@ohmyzsh Embarrassingly pleased with my new @ohmyzsh setup. https://t.co/xwyERKm8kQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:10:15, 2019-07-22
RT @CatalystCoop: Yowza, apparently all that Colorado climate and energy legislation actually *was* a jobs program: https://t.co/3VE9qaYQCJ 16:20:13, 2019-07-22
After 20 years of using a zsh configuration I cribbed from someone at my first job out of college I somehow only ju… https://t.co/7bwhP3k63m 14:07:41, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK Yeah, I think I have a high tolerance for the history-ish narrative, but agree it's not th… https://t.co/U6K5TBAbSw in reply to solar_chase 10:06:52, 2019-07-22
RT @CatalystCoop: Lots of good tidbits here about what's in the new default interface for @ProjectJupyter #JupyterLab from @IanRRose https:… 10:03:51, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK And with that history and mindset as the initial condition, some time in the 21st or 22nd… https://t.co/oG3rf2b4Bj in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:32:24, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK They see technical innovation and efficiency, rather than resource consumption, as the pri… https://t.co/dU8ZY0fkMS in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:30:10, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK But partly as a result of these traumatic experiences with resource limitations, the civil… https://t.co/5MfbuSaybl in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:26:58, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK Later after the population recovers, non-combustion based industrialization continues to p… https://t.co/YsgGOb7lr7 in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:24:15, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK Hydro-rich places continue to industrialize, but in relative isolation, while a few places… https://t.co/4CtGcL7gke in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:20:25, 2019-07-22
@solar_chase @EarthOrgUK In the alternative history rolling around in my head there are a couple of challenges that… https://t.co/zDdFhMzXye in reply to solar_chase 09:18:47, 2019-07-22
The parent company cut ties with the office over the video. These quotes. https://t.co/kokzeeeCi8 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:04:41, 2019-07-21
Wow this promotional video from a Denver real estate agency based on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is, uh, racist and… https://t.co/j9fKBA2SX3 23:04:41, 2019-07-21
@bethhartman I've been thinking about this for the last couple of days and I really don't think it's clear! New sci… https://t.co/kjfvi2uOQf in reply to bethhartman 22:56:45, 2019-07-21
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. https://t.co/A4zLUZx0ze 21:02:00, 2019-07-21
@ShellyMBoulder @bouldercolorado In terms of indoor air quality impacts, how do the gas combustion products compare… https://t.co/g5rK8zzT16 in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:01:26, 2019-07-21
@ShellyMBoulder @bouldercolorado Ah, okay. I've mostly been seeing the health benefits touted recently by folks wit… https://t.co/OdnpUBofQ3 in reply to ShellyMBoulder 19:58:51, 2019-07-21
@blobbyapple I'm guessing that's "alternate history" and not "solarpunk" 🙂
If you like this idea, I highly recomm… https://t.co/V87McJypFW in reply to blobbyapple 19:53:14, 2019-07-21
@blobbyapple It seems like an obvious premise, but my poking around didn't find anything today. What little I could… https://t.co/pT0jmXDz6G in reply to blobbyapple 19:01:06, 2019-07-21
Has anybody written a Solarpunk alternate history describing our technological development and an Industrial Revolu… https://t.co/374AD44ghj 18:05:58, 2019-07-21
My not particularly optimistic intuition also responds to Fermi's Paradox. Maybe knowledge and technology are self-… https://t.co/eRf7NIUJEu in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:42:03, 2019-07-21
Genuinely curious about this. https://t.co/7GCZW1pUzL 14:34:05, 2019-07-21
Supporting *green* building requires supporting *building*. https://t.co/q9AssDlns6 12:30:36, 2019-07-21
RT @LyleSollaYates: Reading Harland Bartholomew, I discovered this '55 propaganda film encouraging slum clearance https://t.co/02m4oOwwPU 09:53:38, 2019-07-21

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