Tweets for the Week of 2020-07-19 to 2020-07-25

My gosh they are so lucky, I mean what are the chances? https://t.co/i6P79of6B7 23:23:28, 2020-07-25
RT @helpmorras: Tenemos que hablar de aborto y clasismo/racismo ?
Vengan a seguirnos en IG ? Callateblanco y Morrashelpmorras https://t.co… 23:07:02, 2020-07-25
I feel ridiculous for still being entertained by these jokes but it seems like periodically, amidst the hellscape,… https://t.co/CoUlul6RSU 23:01:20, 2020-07-25
@SequoiaRedd my god that is some raging bullshit. in reply to SequoiaRedd 15:38:48, 2020-07-25
Big JRR Tolkein "Battle of the Five Armies" vibes in Louisville today. https://t.co/eB9pKCvWj9 14:26:35, 2020-07-25
@interfluidity Fight the ? campaign in court and lose? in reply to interfluidity 14:13:34, 2020-07-25
It wasn't actually "cake." https://t.co/3tXLyrSGMr 14:11:30, 2020-07-25
@ericmbudd Just not *those* people. in reply to ericmbudd 14:05:41, 2020-07-25
Are there more details on this? All I've really been able to find is this Medium post… https://t.co/Lthzqwwgwd https://t.co/hUt3zbpaiQ 11:54:04, 2020-07-25
I have a joke about fascism but it's not funny. https://t.co/IcgJrMf7ft 09:33:00, 2020-07-25
Wow the hits just keep on coming tonight. https://t.co/Zv4t16xXt6 23:39:08, 2020-07-24
A civilization that's figured out nuclear weapons is like a recovering alcoholic. The temptation will always be the… https://t.co/XGEMYQokDV 23:35:04, 2020-07-24
@ericmbudd @bouldercolorado omg @rpringle if only there were an intern who could upload all of the old archived video to YouTube! in reply to ericmbudd 22:51:54, 2020-07-24
It's pretty cool that New World agriculture *also* started about 7-10,000 years ago — totally independent of Old W… https://t.co/r0Yvh3WPuE 22:40:05, 2020-07-24
@brendanpierpont Or did it land… gentry? in reply to brendanpierpont 22:31:51, 2020-07-24
@nami_knows @rachelkfriend ? in reply to nami_knows 22:29:42, 2020-07-24
RT @sa0un: Basically. https://t.co/kv9N9nYKv7 22:28:24, 2020-07-24
And the Mexicans have only had corn for 9000 years! https://t.co/5P4Ia2ZPFM 22:18:35, 2020-07-24
Also seems bad. Everything == bad. It's baaaddd all the way down people. https://t.co/2zshpcTaQ8 22:16:27, 2020-07-24
@erinoverturf @MetroCaring I didn't realize it until you posted this but I had always assumed you were older than m… https://t.co/NL625vy4RP in reply to erinoverturf 22:15:14, 2020-07-24
@ericmbudd How's Cindy Carslisle doing these days? in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:09:59, 2020-07-24
@ericmbudd No but really. Watch out for dat 5G. in reply to ericmbudd 22:07:45, 2020-07-24
Seems bad. https://t.co/oC7REoo87Q 22:06:56, 2020-07-24
@nami_knows @sepzilla @abshaww I think I first became aware of Somerville as a hotbed of reform when I saw their ma… https://t.co/IxIztjvVhV in reply to nami_knows 16:34:33, 2020-07-24
I have a joke about sex workers, but it's been shadowbanned on here. https://t.co/CUTteISS6P 16:31:10, 2020-07-24
I have a zoning joke but it's hella racist. https://t.co/2pMSJqp2am 16:20:59, 2020-07-24
"Skeptical" to say the least!
Also, what migrations are going to be kicked off by the pandemic-induced economic im… https://t.co/qluiJLOvvf 16:13:59, 2020-07-24
@janehummer My god that is such trash. in reply to janehummer 16:08:52, 2020-07-24
@ericmbudd And it's so shiny! in reply to ericmbudd 15:42:18, 2020-07-24
RT @SamLMontano: This is irresponsible and everyone at the CDC knows it. https://t.co/inXMX62ARP 09:55:19, 2020-07-24
If #BoulderCouncil is facing pressure for a legislative fix then it needs to go to the ballot. If they're staring d… https://t.co/DFtjhLzdng 09:01:51, 2020-07-24
@ericmbudd One of the very first public engagement processes I ever encountered in Boulder was dedicated to definin… https://t.co/INA6DNP4wY in reply to ericmbudd 08:59:28, 2020-07-24
When we were organizing to legalize housing co-ops in Boulder, neighbors who had previously been friendly used code… https://t.co/91ajMSI6NX 08:33:16, 2020-07-24
@nami_knows @sepzilla @abshaww One thing that I think would be interesting about a purely "fair housing" style char… https://t.co/rllhYJuBn1 in reply to nami_knows 08:23:38, 2020-07-24
@stiricide @ericmbudd This is why @DancingRabbit ended up in an isolated rural county of Missouri, instead of Berke… https://t.co/emZzxIbtep in reply to stiricide 08:18:46, 2020-07-24
RT @liz_marasco: I’d like to share some info on Bob Yates, do with it what you will.
The YWCA in Boulder has a program called Reading to E… 07:56:33, 2020-07-24
@BoulderBedrooms Nah, probably the Charter should decide what a family is, not the zoning code. in reply to BoulderBedrooms 00:13:50, 2020-07-24
RT @m_ballesteross: Spanglish https://t.co/3WAQ1Eo9XF 00:09:05, 2020-07-24
@Revkin This dynamic certainly shows up a lot in processes governed by power-law distributions: https://t.co/yXr8BdcxVS in reply to Revkin 00:07:44, 2020-07-24
Una vista sobre la pandemia en México, desde @elpais_america: https://t.co/KcrR3UIUU9 22:29:37, 2020-07-23
RT @girlziplocked: Had Obamacare not raised the age that a full-grown adult could stay on their parent's medical insurance to 26, there's n… 21:55:31, 2020-07-23
This makes that creepy Disney "Welcome Home" re-opening video so much worse. Employees are subject to gag rules tha… https://t.co/EZvIzVyrW4 21:53:46, 2020-07-23
A grocery clerk at Whole Foods, serving only Karens, alongside Sisyphus & Tantalus.
At the current federal minimum… https://t.co/WI58iQ0X4K 20:32:27, 2020-07-23
@Revkin Insurer. Lawyers. Virus. Camera. TV? in reply to Revkin 20:15:00, 2020-07-23
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms And Bouldermort. in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:11:03, 2020-07-23
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms Only legal hurdle you got is the law itself. And the City Attorney. And the elected officials. in reply to ericmbudd 19:10:48, 2020-07-23
And this is why I feel like a crazy person. Well, one reason anyway. https://t.co/jMGNhU0SoX 17:14:18, 2020-07-23
@JadeResurrected Is that what "congee" is? in reply to JadeResurrected 17:08:29, 2020-07-23
@JadeResurrected Wait, but this is the origin story of fried rice, right? Like French toast (aka "lost bread") is h… https://t.co/t76qHHIKpA in reply to JadeResurrected 15:04:41, 2020-07-23
@ericmbudd Is it a bad job? He's representing his constituency of conservative homeowners, and using up whatever di… https://t.co/IbuuRnRlIU in reply to ericmbudd 09:48:45, 2020-07-23
@AaronBrockett12 @rachelkfriend When the revolution comes, comrades.
Also I live in an ADU. One of *4* ADUs on the… https://t.co/po64hnDOR7 in reply to AaronBrockett12 07:58:57, 2020-07-23
@Cliffhuckers @BoulderBedrooms It's very meta this year. in reply to Cliffhuckers 21:58:26, 2020-07-22
RT @AaronBrockett12: Petitioners have followed all of the city's guidelines and have gathered all required signatures in the middle of a pa… 21:55:24, 2020-07-22
@AaronBrockett12 @rachelkfriend I've had that post-council-meeting glow all day!
Or maybe it was staying up until… https://t.co/g1RUsARVkb in reply to AaronBrockett12 21:47:29, 2020-07-22
@CHThiem If you wanna do something evil, wrap it in something boring. in reply to CHThiem 21:45:20, 2020-07-22
And hooo boy you do not want them to catch you with a bootleg kilogram. https://t.co/rnfNG5zaqa 19:46:29, 2020-07-22
I'm starting to forget whether I've always felt this anxious and unfocused. Like intellectually I'm pretty sure thi… https://t.co/q7CKPXwMCP 19:44:24, 2020-07-22
? ? ? https://t.co/IDF3Ny8Bx6 19:39:52, 2020-07-22
RT @mckaycoppins: Speaking two languages. https://t.co/witkSZjU4y 19:38:30, 2020-07-22
RT @DrKateMarvel: HUMANS PROBABLY WON'T GO EXTINCT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT WE SHOULD SHOOT FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN "NOT EXTINCT" CO… 17:45:12, 2020-07-22
@JasenThorpe Oh sure but then you're going to tell us we had to vote yesterday. in reply to JasenThorpe 17:42:19, 2020-07-22
@markgelband @ericmbudd @seasweetie62 @BoulderBedrooms Performative deliberation! They kept themselves and everyone… https://t.co/s9VZ74rKUY in reply to markgelband 12:02:33, 2020-07-22
RT @CHThiem: Mood: https://t.co/sv2MpeX1ZH 12:01:25, 2020-07-22
@seasweetie62 @ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms It was so bizarre to see them talking both about Penfield Tate and the co… https://t.co/vSbgAyhKIF in reply to seasweetie62 11:59:21, 2020-07-22
The only path to the ballot this year goes through the courts. A judge can compel the city to abide by their origin… https://t.co/Ny1Uk6cKT8 10:08:02, 2020-07-22
@desundial @bolderbekah @BoulderBedrooms Yes it is all arcane and ridiculous. in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:48:11, 2020-07-22
@desundial @bolderbekah @BoulderBedrooms These aren't grandfathered — All the medium (RM) and high (RH) density re… https://t.co/rENSWz48Bo in reply to desundial 09:47:06, 2020-07-22
@wsquared3d @ericmbudd And boarding houses are allowed by right in the RMX2, RH1, RH2, RH4, RH5, MU1 & MU2 zones!… https://t.co/DZg1HzhMKR in reply to wsquared3d 09:42:57, 2020-07-22
If only Twitter had ranked choice voting. https://t.co/DNYWEYKFIe 08:36:52, 2020-07-22
@JasenThorpe Wow, this is a tough one. I feel like I'm playing Pokemon. in reply to JasenThorpe 08:26:00, 2020-07-22
Another good reason for a @BoulderBedrooms lawsuit — Council arbitrarily chose — from a wide variety of confusing… https://t.co/ZQimmrGySX 02:07:51, 2020-07-22
@SarahdawnH @BoulderBedrooms Well, from her point of view the working groups and housing studies have been 100% eff… https://t.co/VHgaZrKlyT in reply to SarahdawnH 01:55:35, 2020-07-22
@SarahdawnH It's all so disingenuous. in reply to SarahdawnH 01:52:38, 2020-07-22
@rachelkfriend This council seems to be setting a pretty nefarious bar! in reply to rachelkfriend 01:40:45, 2020-07-22
@rachelkfriend & @AaronBrockett12 Thanks for your efforts tonight! Not at all a surprising outcome, but thanks for… https://t.co/WCZtbFFMcM 00:36:23, 2020-07-22
@rorowe @BoulderBedrooms @RmayorRchoice It's a kind of witnessing. in reply to rorowe 23:51:07, 2020-07-21
@ericmbudd I wish we could go get tacos on the corner here at La Piñita ?? — they're open 4pm to 4am 🙂 in reply to ericmbudd 23:10:44, 2020-07-21
@seancllns @bolderbekah @jaredpolis We should study this at length for the next 10 years. in reply to seancllns 23:09:31, 2020-07-21
This was always going to be a choice between a lawsuit, or council putting it on the ballot. https://t.co/WWPAGKTvS7 22:15:37, 2020-07-21
And now @AaronBrockett12 offering the only possible source of incontrivertible clarity. Alas, it is not the clarity… https://t.co/0TR5iaSpI9 22:14:18, 2020-07-21
OMG in literally hundreds of hours of city council meetings I have NEVER seen them this obviously desperate to avoi… https://t.co/pqpukw3l12 22:04:42, 2020-07-21
Council (w/ exception of @AaronBrockett12 & @rachelkfriend) is now trying to hide behind the complexity of the law.… https://t.co/AB0YR5xhkI 21:56:32, 2020-07-21
@shayshinecastle ☘️? in reply to shayshinecastle 21:39:38, 2020-07-21
@markgelband @bobyatesboulder But whatabout those RayBans? in reply to markgelband 21:36:21, 2020-07-21
@ericmbudd Lolol, "Any Questions?" in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:25:58, 2020-07-21
@ericmbudd Noooot really getting the sense that this is clarifying anything for anybody. in reply to ericmbudd 21:25:04, 2020-07-21
@sueprant @JasenThorpe @PLANBoulder There's a remarkably diverse coalition forming up around the "Fuck Tom Carr" platform. in reply to sueprant 21:23:54, 2020-07-21
Yeah but when Bouldermort threatens you with a lawsuit if you don't do something you already *want* to do, it doesn… https://t.co/Fbfly7XMS5 21:14:57, 2020-07-21
RT @BartonMarks: @jneeley78 @Noahpinion I’m for nuclear power and all… https://t.co/YbfbJ1E2hU 20:42:42, 2020-07-21
Otherwise at some point you have to say "Uh, actually I do believe in democracy, so we're gonna put this to a vote,… https://t.co/XEXwSDisJF in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:35:44, 2020-07-21
And this is a super effective strategy!
But it requires its adherents to never explicitly believe anything. And it… https://t.co/0aunutQeNw in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:32:04, 2020-07-21
According to Sam Weaver it was too political for a normal public process and legislation — it's something that sho… https://t.co/wQ9JgL1AJW in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:29:12, 2020-07-21
Regarding the decriminalization of shared housing in Boulder: the opposition's tactics are so reminiscent of Mitch… https://t.co/svBe2rwj2m 20:27:46, 2020-07-21
@ntnsndr https://t.co/Wmfy3ORjEg in reply to ntnsndr 20:21:11, 2020-07-21
@ericmbudd @cannagenomics @BoulderBedrooms I resemble that comment. in reply to ericmbudd 20:17:33, 2020-07-21
@shayshinecastle lol hypothetical nefarious future councils. in reply to shayshinecastle 20:14:42, 2020-07-21
@cannagenomics @ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms However, there was no opposition in public comment. in reply to cannagenomics 20:08:27, 2020-07-21
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms SO RANDOM. in reply to ericmbudd 19:18:18, 2020-07-21
@CHThiem @dailycamera Wait wut? The Camera published a virus denier OpEd? in reply to CHThiem 16:53:05, 2020-07-21
Under normal circumstances you can tell when you're being kidnapped. But in 2020, who's to say? https://t.co/rYerFYFI2P 16:49:15, 2020-07-21
? +?+ ?, in that order. https://t.co/dlnOICm7Ms 15:21:04, 2020-07-21
@thebmbennett If only defeating fascism and addressing climate change was as easy as dealing with SettingWithCopyWa… https://t.co/atBXFO8sMs in reply to thebmbennett 13:03:14, 2020-07-21
@erinoverturf Quite the ROI! in reply to erinoverturf 12:58:47, 2020-07-21
@samuelbrasch Here's my attempt to summarize the dynamics at work. Lots of references for further reading. Land use… https://t.co/bMwKSe2EzM in reply to samuelbrasch 10:28:41, 2020-07-21
@CHThiem @MehdiHeris @alanawlsn @ericmbudd @willtoor @ericmbudd @sueprant @martharoskowski somebody seriously needs… https://t.co/O7RTUajTbj 10:26:09, 2020-07-21
Shocked. Shocked, I say. https://t.co/DH62nIEF0w 10:22:51, 2020-07-21
@cannagenomics @ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms They don't want poorer people, or browner people, or students in their n… https://t.co/LsfWPiK5l7 in reply to cannagenomics 10:07:50, 2020-07-21
@vermilionvixxxn looks kinda familiar. https://t.co/fCpD5tAkLv 08:55:53, 2020-07-21
Sure do love them free markets, eh guys? https://t.co/3hXrTmReS3 08:28:05, 2020-07-21
This is an unacceptable and unaccountable power which is routinely abused by wealthy homeowners. Thousands of mostl… https://t.co/sOERLaLFHi 08:21:01, 2020-07-21
@interfluidity @dvespinosa @AOC @JamaalBowmanNY Ah okay, so coordinating to potentially primary ho-hum candidates i… https://t.co/U4fiLrMk20 in reply to interfluidity 23:57:11, 2020-07-20
RT @SarahdawnH: An anonymous complaint about my occupancy (of my home of 17 yrs) was made after I spoke at a city council a few years ago.… 23:38:12, 2020-07-20
RT @Craig_A_Spencer: In the West, we mocked & maligned West Africans for clinging to traditional practices like burials that were known to… 23:25:02, 2020-07-20
Trial by algorithm. Trained by puritans. https://t.co/oUZ9SPstWe 22:34:42, 2020-07-20
@nami_knows @kejtia @liz_marasco @BoulderBedrooms That "random" algorithm they're using tho. ? ?‍♂️ in reply to nami_knows 22:18:45, 2020-07-20
My god this is just one dude. How many *millions* of cringey person-hours have been wasted with this stuff? https://t.co/368u79fJiV 21:56:06, 2020-07-20
@Terepema @MuseoMexicano https://t.co/YdJwL5kzEY in reply to Terepema 21:31:06, 2020-07-20
@interfluidity @dvespinosa How would this compare to systematizing and scaling up the parallel processes that got… https://t.co/waTYz7h0nk in reply to interfluidity 19:58:20, 2020-07-20
Solo he leído la primera parte del último volumen (lo septimo), pero pensé que era pensativo y acesible. Vínculo al… https://t.co/k22oeGZP8M in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:39:03, 2020-07-20
Si les gustaría algo de forma más larga para leer sobre la situación actual, acabo de encontrar este serie de ensay… https://t.co/z2wJG6DZj7 19:34:49, 2020-07-20
@drvox All while tapping into the exclusionary single-family zoning vibe too. in reply to drvox 15:22:35, 2020-07-20
RT @notFromShrek: Never bury the lede on a Tweet thread, so I won’t: illegal housing is not better. It is not better for renters to rent il… 15:02:24, 2020-07-20
One evening as the bar closed down, we heard a voice announcing.
A millennial rode by on her bike and said 'Fuck th… https://t.co/58My3YFCeG 11:31:19, 2020-07-20
RT @MovaRommel: @el_pais Batman, las discotecas ya abrieron, ¿vamos? https://t.co/3DMVu3QxGE 23:03:36, 2020-07-19
RT @elpais_america: El brote originado en la discoteca de Córdoba suma ya 73 positivos https://t.co/sZ2ogKxdSy 23:03:27, 2020-07-19
@dhornbein Praise the lord and pass the ammunition. in reply to dhornbein 22:57:16, 2020-07-19
1. Octavia Butler
2. @BillNye
3. Stephen Hawking
4. Sally Ride
5. Frank Oppenheimer https://t.co/jWH2a5tuzt 22:56:24, 2020-07-19
COULD. IT. POSSIBLY. BE. ANY. CLEARER? J. Fkn. C. https://t.co/vO2PntitOU 22:48:56, 2020-07-19
As @sarahkendzior has said many times: "A transnational crime syndicate, masquerading as a government." https://t.co/mBUDNx7ioU 22:28:03, 2020-07-19
@joshdr83 ivim joke here:wq in reply to joshdr83 21:31:59, 2020-07-19
Oh look, it's some actual historians of Boulder. I wonder what they think about all this? https://t.co/8SBrjc5YSy 21:24:23, 2020-07-19
@interfluidity @aarieff @wmhartnett Then, we will have a coffee in Huesca. in reply to interfluidity 18:39:25, 2020-07-19
@TajeewDR De verdad, así es. in reply to TajeewDR 18:38:21, 2020-07-19
Although this excellent thread is about libertarians, it's also got some weird echos of The Tyranny of Structureles… https://t.co/hMM297KAkk 16:43:58, 2020-07-19
*cough* *cough* #BoulderCouncil @BoulderBedrooms https://t.co/vjnjecA8hb 16:37:28, 2020-07-19
@drvox Huh, echoes of "The tyranny of structurelessness" here, wherein radically anti-hierarchical leftists discove… https://t.co/e9r833ndb1 in reply to drvox 16:34:32, 2020-07-19
@CostaSamaras More and more I'm wondering whether they're just fine with uncontrolled spread, since it seems likely… https://t.co/q5uvdYGG6c in reply to CostaSamaras 09:25:48, 2020-07-19
I've been meaning to read Evicted for a while. I guess this is a good time. 00:07:47, 2020-07-19

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