Tweets for the Week of 2020-04-19 to 2020-04-25

@CHThiem Yeah I have a weird relationship with escape. in reply to CHThiem 20:03:29, 2020-04-25
Apparently I am inadvertently watching Chernobyl to commemorate the anniversary of the accident. 18:02:51, 2020-04-25
@ericmbudd @hydewright I guess that's a nice thing about an up and back and up and back kind of ride. You've got mu… https://t.co/Xo23IeZd4F in reply to ericmbudd 17:51:34, 2020-04-25
RT @KendraWrites: Please excuse women from this narrative.
Not a single one of these think pieces has pointed out that women leaders, in… 17:50:06, 2020-04-25
Apropos absolutely nothing, I'm craving some epic sci-fi movies with unhappy endings. Suggestions? 16:41:57, 2020-04-25
RT @SICKOFWOLVES: LOVE TO CHECK IN ON MY FRIENDS SO WE CAN BOTH SAY "HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP" AT THE SAME TIME, NERVOUSLY LAUGH, AND THEN SA… 16:40:26, 2020-04-25
Seems like the US is doing none of these things. https://t.co/9FIScMcMAH 14:15:15, 2020-04-25
Cc: @NuclearAnthro https://t.co/gQCPwOqqhd 10:56:12, 2020-04-25
@IceSheetMike But it *might* help keep everyone 6 feet away from you! ? in reply to IceSheetMike 23:57:38, 2020-04-24
What's a couple of months of home isolation compared to the 42+ years the Lykov family spent alone in the taiga? Ev… https://t.co/4kCC9eZBV3 22:46:05, 2020-04-24
@CHThiem It's from the Deepwater Horizon days. in reply to CHThiem 22:18:09, 2020-04-24
@CHThiem https://t.co/DQTdJo1lJ1 in reply to CHThiem 22:04:41, 2020-04-24
@rebleber "I drink, and I throw things." in reply to rebleber 22:03:38, 2020-04-24
@ericmbudd @hydewright That, doesn't look fun. in reply to ericmbudd 22:02:11, 2020-04-24
@Noahpinion The movie Her was really good this way. in reply to Noahpinion 21:59:19, 2020-04-24
@choldgraf @IanRRose We use setuptools-scm to pull the version directly from git tags. It's a little bit annoying t… https://t.co/k4l3FfKg7F in reply to choldgraf 20:13:52, 2020-04-24
@cityatlas That which is not forbidden, is compulsory. in reply to cityatlas 20:09:33, 2020-04-24
Why can't someone make an inspiring documentary about the relentless rise in total factor productivity over the las… https://t.co/DwUxIComK5 19:28:38, 2020-04-24
@NathalieOttawa I was surprised that you chose to share those pictures, but also glad that you did. I appreciate th… https://t.co/kgHOmBzk5R in reply to NathalieOttawa 18:44:27, 2020-04-24
@agelston How about a nice game of chess? in reply to agelston 18:36:18, 2020-04-24
I Want To Believe. https://t.co/FIJ09btxvT 17:00:29, 2020-04-24
@drvox Surely the epistemology industry is booming right now. in reply to drvox 16:53:52, 2020-04-24
@ElephantEating So you're saying I should go bike touring then. in reply to ElephantEating 16:52:02, 2020-04-24
@emorwee @hausfath I made the same mistake. Glad the BTI has gone in a different direction! in reply to emorwee 16:48:16, 2020-04-24
I'm sure this comes off as snark, but for real. It's so. Tiring. Knowing it doesn't have to be this way. Knowing th… https://t.co/wbJ8y6oMF8 16:22:46, 2020-04-24
@drvox Don't you ever get tired of pitching good ideas that are then ignored by the world? in reply to drvox 16:12:36, 2020-04-24
@leahstokes I'm so sorry for your loss. in reply to leahstokes 16:10:40, 2020-04-24
@thebmbennett Aaaahhhhh, now I see the plan. in reply to thebmbennett 15:58:49, 2020-04-24
@thebmbennett Maybe you need a housewife. in reply to thebmbennett 15:57:37, 2020-04-24
RT @aprilaser: homeless people are being yelled at from police drones to "shelter-in-place" and to wash their hands, despite the fact that… 14:15:51, 2020-04-24
But I guess the AI is also studying AI play and learning from it, and can maybe digest thousands or millions of gam… https://t.co/X1gvELqdn6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:21:18, 2020-04-23
I watched the AlphaGo documentary last weekend, in which the AI beat the top ranked human 4-1. That human resigned… https://t.co/Y8iqiqV27G 23:13:32, 2020-04-23
I've been avoiding the press conferences, but the echoes I'm hearing on here make it sound like he told people to drink bleach or something. 19:39:41, 2020-04-23
I would rather be quarantining in a co-op. https://t.co/W5XfmQYQ3y 19:33:49, 2020-04-23
@hausfath @jamesonmcb @leahstokes @yayitsrob @DrJaneFlegal Do you know the story of how that change in organizational perspective happened? in reply to hausfath 13:03:51, 2020-04-23
RT @hausfath: @jamesonmcb @leahstokes @ZaneSelvans @yayitsrob @DrJaneFlegal BTI these days is focused on all-of-the-above clean energy solu… 13:00:46, 2020-04-23
RT @hausfath: @jamesonmcb @leahstokes @ZaneSelvans @yayitsrob @DrJaneFlegal Yep, not on friendly terms. Shellenberger is not with BTI and h… 12:59:49, 2020-04-23
@yayitsrob @DrJaneFlegal @leahstokes Ah okay it looks like he left in 2016, but he's one of the founders and was th… https://t.co/vSIkxrPIa4 in reply to yayitsrob 11:26:50, 2020-04-23
@DrJaneFlegal @leahstokes @yayitsrob There are some nuclear energy futures I'm supportive of. I've seen Pandora's P… https://t.co/3m9OqoQgVy in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:16:54, 2020-04-23
Every once in a while I try to get myself to like The BTI. Usually when I see people I respect like @DrJaneFlegal o… https://t.co/vsZ1ucIlbz 11:11:39, 2020-04-23
@emorwee @Ben_Inskeep drunken hate watched it yesterday and live tweeted the whole affair, which was entertaining.… https://t.co/tcvOXWhFBu in reply to emorwee 08:17:38, 2020-04-23
RT @nelsonlflores: The IRB rejects this request because of 1) the high risk involved for participants, 2) the lack of informed consent the… 08:10:36, 2020-04-23
I think it's more like "The libs think the virus is bad enough that maybe we can get away with the immigration ban… https://t.co/65BR2V5jC2 21:25:12, 2020-04-22
@Ben_Inskeep There's a huge built in constituency for this: all the boomers who remember The Population Bomb. It's… https://t.co/JYGUQr9L9H in reply to Ben_Inskeep 20:17:57, 2020-04-22
@Ben_Inskeep THE TOWER OF POWER in reply to Ben_Inskeep 19:50:01, 2020-04-22
RT @Ben_Inskeep: Alright buckle up buttercup time to hate-watch the tire fire that is Michael Moore's new Earth Day documentary release att… 19:28:48, 2020-04-22
It's always been the warmest year. https://t.co/ls5hiIu2f8 18:31:36, 2020-04-22
@ericmbudd Fucking millennials. in reply to ericmbudd 18:29:19, 2020-04-22
Feeling thankful for all of the Angry Climate Women in my life & timeline, especially @amywestervelt @emorwee… https://t.co/wxIL8OXnTc 16:36:01, 2020-04-22
This makes it like the quintessentially American tale. https://t.co/mA5uctTPCl 14:50:39, 2020-04-22
Also, probably easy to keep everyone at least 2 meters away with that scythe. https://t.co/i9sutWP8fO 13:13:20, 2020-04-22
@CostaSamaras @electronecon But hey at least he's got hair. in reply to CostaSamaras 12:57:30, 2020-04-22
Man that guy was toxic. https://t.co/PQlUMpSbgv 10:23:09, 2020-04-22
@CHThiem Maybe it's time for a subscription to @TeenVogue in reply to CHThiem 09:29:49, 2020-04-22
@DrJaneFlegal Maybe it's just me, but it almost feels like the connotation of the "climate policy" label is becomin… https://t.co/1cT5RDOXK8 in reply to DrJaneFlegal 09:29:31, 2020-04-22
@DrJaneFlegal "Political Will!" in reply to DrJaneFlegal 09:23:33, 2020-04-22
@DrJaneFlegal Do you see this issue primarily coming up in conversations with the public at large? Or is it also a… https://t.co/rsDwrGeTXw in reply to DrJaneFlegal 09:18:57, 2020-04-22
Given the opportunity to side with democracy in general as a principle, over particular political interests, it see… https://t.co/eNCEj5XbFU 09:15:39, 2020-04-22
@emorwee @1a Wow that's some heady company! Congrats! in reply to emorwee 08:52:00, 2020-04-22
@DrJaneFlegal Does this feel like a failure of the discourse? Or is it a sign of maturity — that there's so many d… https://t.co/G3euQzHNKG in reply to DrJaneFlegal 08:50:51, 2020-04-22
@AllieLHunter @ericmbudd Because they already lack support, from Council. in reply to AllieLHunter 07:01:55, 2020-04-22
Welp, here we go. https://t.co/cBITb0tjNl 20:53:49, 2020-04-21
RT @BenDWalsh: everyone says they're pro-union until it happens under their roof https://t.co/wc0OjqkO6x 20:29:53, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd There could be two product lines, one containing actual budd. Maybe the other one could be like, "seeds… https://t.co/LMhItJhhk1 in reply to ericmbudd 18:37:21, 2020-04-21
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
I'm 44. https://t.co/3LDRmxyj2V 18:08:38, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd And we were tired of being mild
We were so tired of being mild
And we were [so] tired

So don't you
Don'… https://t.co/UOBRUoSwhA in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:41:27, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd 'Cause listen, after the fall there'll be no more countries
No currencies at all
We're gonna live on our… https://t.co/UzQ9WaZTd0 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:39:12, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd I know we're gonna meet some day
In the crumbled financial institutions of this land
There will be tabl… https://t.co/AhcTvgJA4K in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:38:34, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd THERE WILL BE SNACKS THERE WILL
https://t.co/5x4ZSiFOSc in reply to ericmbudd 17:36:08, 2020-04-21
@ericmbudd Imagine another party or president where they did the same thing but for like, equity and sustainability. in reply to ericmbudd 17:29:57, 2020-04-21
@CostaSamaras There are good facetious arguments, in which environmental cleanup costs and employee pensions/health… https://t.co/foV5Xc53om in reply to CostaSamaras 17:26:23, 2020-04-21
@LaurenGifford (sorry, it just triggered old geology brain cells https://t.co/2MA5rD79id) in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:48:33, 2020-04-21
@LaurenGifford Like sneaking up on them from below, all hot and molten, before freezing in place deep down beneath… https://t.co/2orIhPJYom in reply to LaurenGifford 13:45:00, 2020-04-21
There sure seem to be a lot of things denominated in trillions these days. https://t.co/FhNaIqXsyw 20:29:35, 2020-04-20
@darkolina Parecen *tan emocionadxs* sobre esta comida exótica norteamericana. (espero que México no esta atrapado… https://t.co/VWfCYYKQTo in reply to darkolina 20:17:14, 2020-04-20
@darkolina omh "Seguro que ya has visto en las series y películas americanas, esas líneas enormes de chupitos de co… https://t.co/nuZhF5cqJv in reply to darkolina 18:40:28, 2020-04-20
What a fascinating modern age it is we live in. https://t.co/sFs8xxAI6r 18:14:06, 2020-04-20
Fuck it. I'm gonna make jello shots. 18:01:48, 2020-04-20
@thebmbennett The Few. The Proud. The Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com in reply to thebmbennett 18:00:30, 2020-04-20
@Olivia_R_Will Four TWENTY Twenty twenty in reply to Olivia_R_Will 14:40:48, 2020-04-20
@ericmbudd The thing with renewables is it's almost all up front expenditures, with declining technology costs. So… https://t.co/djbCTwuOBp in reply to ericmbudd 14:36:13, 2020-04-20
@ericmbudd Or maybe you dump power into long-term storage. Molten salt reservoirs? Electrolysis of water to produce… https://t.co/6iSPRNX3yl in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:33:00, 2020-04-20
@ericmbudd If you have an electricity system that's overwhelmingly dominated by variable power sources, you're prob… https://t.co/pwRFihedm0 in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:29:30, 2020-04-20
@ericmbudd I think this depends on a lot of things. And what kind of consequences are you thinking of? And what ki… https://t.co/TESW53upal in reply to ericmbudd 14:27:49, 2020-04-20
@leahstokes It would be nice if it were all some kind of A Christmas Carol thing. in reply to leahstokes 00:20:56, 2020-04-20
RT @nils_gilman: UBI in the 1970s was a Milton Friedman idea (he called it a reverse income tax); the aim was to use UBI to abolish welfare… 22:13:07, 2020-04-19
It's so tempting to believe that we can learn from history. https://t.co/RCBmglz2LD 21:07:46, 2020-04-19
RT @jbouie: Must be said that forcing states to prematurely open up (under threat of bankruptcy) is guaranteeing more infections and more d… 17:20:14, 2020-04-19
Getting this giant yoga mat has reminded me just how much I like lolling around on the floor. 16:24:59, 2020-04-19
Seems bad. https://t.co/Amg2KRP8Fv 15:37:56, 2020-04-19
@thebmbennett Would it still be voyeurism if it were only the machines watching and listening? in reply to thebmbennett 15:32:38, 2020-04-19
This definitely feels relevant to the US situation too. Democracy would function better if we had some shared basel… https://t.co/bdF3LhvAg5 11:16:05, 2020-04-19
Sunday mornings are quiet enough now, that the main sound outside my window is the haunting, pulsating hum of cicad… https://t.co/vZai6rf9Oo 09:18:21, 2020-04-19
@ElephantEating Yeah it does seem like the public trust is a pretty huge asset, not to be squandered. Also seems li… https://t.co/5bghQBfeuE in reply to ElephantEating 09:15:18, 2020-04-19
@ElephantEating What if the predicted response to a straightforward argument is undesirable? If they said "masks wo… https://t.co/yiPkUjHbRe in reply to ElephantEating 08:11:04, 2020-04-19

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