Tweets for the Week of 2020-07-26 to 2020-08-01

@tau18analytics Trapped on a planet inhabited by psychotic apes, and way too much information. in reply to tau18analytics 22:44:46, 2020-08-01
And yet, still the safest world. https://t.co/LXyO2WbHvH 22:39:38, 2020-08-01
"They don't need fuel, they don't get sick. Most of the repairs, you can handle on your own. You're looking post-ap… https://t.co/0Rbq5LWGdI 22:37:42, 2020-08-01
Went to the grocery store for the first time in 4 weeks today. It was filled with "Back to School" displays. So I g… https://t.co/bY5QdUri7M 19:55:21, 2020-08-01
So… yeah. Keep fighting to make your city a better place. And you get to define what better means, no matter whet… https://t.co/wEq7wRmpTB in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:40:20, 2020-08-01
Meanwhile, all those 14% mortgage rates from the 1980s have long since been refinanced at like 4-6% with government… https://t.co/wSQgIkQmFl in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:36:23, 2020-08-01
Or the sales tax could have been paired with a property tax, with the property tax being used to buy urban land out… https://t.co/fOZ6NWkDuI in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:34:48, 2020-08-01
It didn't have to be this way — if equity had been a priority, the Open Space could have been paid for with proper… https://t.co/4C94eRRyNG in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:33:37, 2020-08-01
So the land value uplift generated by a public amenity paid for with regressive taxes has been almost entirely capt… https://t.co/ugv3cFtJ3U in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:31:03, 2020-08-01
On *top* of all that, renters — who also paid the sales taxes that bought the Open Space — have been forced to pa… https://t.co/9CyqLTH45S in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:27:53, 2020-08-01
So if even 10% of current property value is attributable to the amenities paid for with regressive sales taxes, the… https://t.co/ZxKBdaCVos in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:25:23, 2020-08-01
But did homeowners really make any sacrifice on behalf of the Open Space? There are about 30,000 households in Boul… https://t.co/iUE3i9VD1l in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:21:47, 2020-08-01
Part of the subtext of the argument here is "We taxed ourselves to make it nice here, and you — newcomer — also t… https://t.co/nNqVKkZgoS in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:15:09, 2020-08-01
Sales taxes are notoriously regressive. That means poor people paid more of their incomes toward the Open Space tha… https://t.co/2Eke1p5or4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:12:22, 2020-08-01
Some issues with this argument… a thread.
The Open Space was bought with sales tax revenues. About $1B of it. Mu… https://t.co/dZln0nN2aZ 19:10:48, 2020-08-01
@rachelkfriend @ericmbudd Oh right and then there's that! in reply to rachelkfriend 19:04:02, 2020-08-01
Welp, as of today it's been 2 years since I left the US. I still don't feel the desire to go back. I also don't fee… https://t.co/4kItGvjMkd 18:41:20, 2020-08-01
@ericmbudd The whole idea of going to the mat over freeway views is just bizarre to me. in reply to ericmbudd 18:36:10, 2020-08-01
@ericmbudd @scottholton @bldr_architect Very special. Like a year + of negotiations. in reply to ericmbudd 16:48:00, 2020-08-01
@JMPyper I think @drvox just went through the induction stove journey. I'm sure he's got a thread on it. in reply to JMPyper 12:39:50, 2020-08-01
@ericmbudd And an as-of-yet-undefined but non-zero amount to be fought thereafter. in reply to ericmbudd 12:06:22, 2020-08-01
What a time to be alive. https://t.co/mGGHsmL0V7 08:43:07, 2020-08-01
Now that I actually live in a walkable city filled with small businesses, I realize just how much I don't know how… https://t.co/OFcZSOJl0i 22:06:34, 2020-07-31
What they describe here every week is about to happen to millions of people in the US. The scale is unimaginable. https://t.co/0FVC5NODVr 22:04:02, 2020-07-31
This is especially impressive given that there are only like 12,000 tests administered per day. https://t.co/Xe0zeYhArA 20:55:22, 2020-07-31
@interfluidity Have you come across @econnaturalist's stuff on the social pathologies of positional goods? in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:34:19, 2020-07-31
That Contagion movie was way more entertaining when it only lasted 2 hours. 19:20:30, 2020-07-31
The Bomb and computers were born together, and have always been intertwined. The phone in your pocket has 10,000 to… https://t.co/ff37Z8RG92 19:15:33, 2020-07-31
@NuclearAnthro Ugh, I had a college friend go there to work on "pulsed energy weapons" and she was like "Well *some… https://t.co/K7OHci0DmR in reply to NuclearAnthro 19:11:22, 2020-07-31
@interfluidity I feel like there's a similar argument in the economics of happiness. Does having more wealth make f… https://t.co/jQXADK6Vl4 in reply to interfluidity 19:08:51, 2020-07-31
"In a society where there is both a high dispersion of outcomes and a high degree of mobility, from most individual… https://t.co/iYHTDT4ea0 18:57:54, 2020-07-31
And no, requiring 100% affordable housing of which 0 units are built does not qualify. https://t.co/kJfjy4PL5A 18:52:29, 2020-07-31
@ericmbudd omg and another one bites the dust. How long was @meltzere on the city beat? Was she the last long-terme… https://t.co/dsqKezuR4z in reply to ericmbudd 18:48:37, 2020-07-31
@markgelband @charlottecpitts No idea off the top of my head, but this should be easily scraped from the city/count… https://t.co/RKrOxQ7kyq in reply to markgelband 18:45:08, 2020-07-31
@drvox Wait but we could also be frustrated with Democrats for how *they* will behave if they win a majority in the… https://t.co/HSuszplg20 in reply to drvox 13:18:27, 2020-07-31
@welcomehomebldr @BoulderBedrooms But then we could use all the small lots for PARKING! in reply to welcomehomebldr 13:15:48, 2020-07-31
Direct democracy can be a blunt instrument, but that's what happens when you spend *decades* refusing to engage gen… https://t.co/UV2IBoWRiV 12:24:31, 2020-07-31
@interfluidity It's all very Wicked Witch of the West. in reply to interfluidity 12:19:25, 2020-07-31
@welcomehomebldr @BoulderBedrooms SHALL the Charter of the City of Boulder Colorado be AMENDED to PROHIBIT minimum… https://t.co/FbneMNzeMJ in reply to welcomehomebldr 12:15:45, 2020-07-31
@Letficks @bouldercolorado @rachelkfriend @sampweaver #SizeMatters in reply to Letficks 12:12:04, 2020-07-31
Perhaps another ballot initiative in the next even year election? @BoulderBedrooms @welcomehomebldr https://t.co/HulVu14s36 12:11:23, 2020-07-31
Boulder's minimum lot size in RL-1 (which covers most of the city's residential zones) is 7,000 square feet. https://t.co/YHS3gIGIq9 11:47:46, 2020-07-31
RT @YIMBYDurham: ?#VERMONT SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES #MISSINGMIDDLEHOUSING REFORM ?
✅5400sf lot MAXIMUM where sewer is present
✅ Re-legali… 11:42:52, 2020-07-31
RT @DrJenGunter: Love it! https://t.co/4BkQYMpSDM 17:04:03, 2020-07-30
RT @LucyMangan: This is great https://t.co/mcn3eRmBKe 17:03:50, 2020-07-30
@Thatmushroom @ericmbudd Hey man, in Spanish "exito" means success! in reply to Thatmushroom 16:52:01, 2020-07-30
@ericmbudd Happy PomPom actually got *named* for once in that @BoulderWeekly piece from @emmaathenam for sadly indulging his obsessions. in reply to ericmbudd 16:40:51, 2020-07-30
@ericmbudd Isn't it more like a legal offense fund? in reply to ericmbudd 16:31:23, 2020-07-30
@sharethecities @grquetin Lots of resources available from @OKFN @CSVConference and the @ProjectJupyter and Turing… https://t.co/grCbWFv2h4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:30:08, 2020-07-30
@sharethecities @grquetin It's easy to link a github repo to a Zenodo archive automatically, and have Zenodo archiv… https://t.co/xTpwrHwZ1w in reply to sharethecities 16:28:04, 2020-07-30
Give them time. When the choice is "Democracy or the Suburbs?" we'll see what they're dreaming of. https://t.co/iQILJM4kZI 11:11:10, 2020-07-30
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms @dailycamera Ugh, I so do not have good associations with being on the front page anymore. in reply to ericmbudd 09:46:00, 2020-07-30
RT @nami_knows: I wish it didn’t take Trump agreeing with PLAN to shock half of Boulder into realizing their views on zoning are racist. Li… 09:44:22, 2020-07-30
Maybe I need to stop being curious about these things. https://t.co/SOGPPTmtJp 07:48:51, 2020-07-30
They named their vaccine Chad. https://t.co/RDVe98Fwg8 07:47:02, 2020-07-30
Good long piece on the dangers of AI in an unabashed surveillance state. It's very focused on China, but this can b… https://t.co/hT5bJnZ3nm 07:35:07, 2020-07-30
@darkolina https://t.co/uQTDd62rxT in reply to darkolina 23:47:31, 2020-07-29
@ericmbudd Filled with viruses. in reply to ericmbudd 23:04:59, 2020-07-29
Uhhhh. https://t.co/RhS7ggVSkv 19:59:26, 2020-07-29
As if the vaccine landscape were not already confusing enough. Enter the biotech bootleggers. https://t.co/FcUjbt8nWt 18:41:17, 2020-07-29
RT @interfluidity: it's quite a game of chicken, this you can force people to go back to unsafe work out of sheer economic desperation, but… 18:35:06, 2020-07-29
RT @drvox: One of my pet dystopic theories is that older white NIMBYs are increasingly going to be confronted with their contradictions –… 14:05:51, 2020-07-29
RT @janehummer: I’m thinking Boulder might be one of the only places in which Trump’s 2020 vote share actually increases over 2016. https:/… 14:05:40, 2020-07-29
Now they need donations for the legal fund, and hopefully soon more volunteers for the actual campaign! I hear you… https://t.co/IAc5Rlzkac 14:04:30, 2020-07-29
Another world is possible. It's right there. Waiting for us. Still. https://t.co/4AZxgkttzu 13:57:21, 2020-07-29
Criminalize poverty, and lower income neighborhoods are filled with crime. https://t.co/U2RxNuphYF 22:46:04, 2020-07-28
US copyright law oozing across the border, but at odds with the Mexican constitution. https://t.co/vYuEDvYnrg 21:41:54, 2020-07-28
Paging @bobyatesboulder https://t.co/L3TJBB0jKS 21:38:19, 2020-07-28
RT @shayshinecastle: To which I replied, NIMBY isn't something people generally intend to be. It's kinda like racism: It happens without yo… 18:49:23, 2020-07-28
Well yes, it is part of that total US stock market index fund. https://t.co/Ft2GmDoEFL 18:43:54, 2020-07-28
And in fact it turns out we still have a pandemic at the end of July. https://t.co/R9amp0kIfa 18:39:47, 2020-07-28
@ericmbudd omg are you serious? in reply to ericmbudd 18:36:19, 2020-07-28
You go get you some voters that love you like these folks love them dogs. https://t.co/wnFpUTPIi0 18:30:20, 2020-07-28
Putting this out at the start of a 125+ person public hearing is pretty hilarious. https://t.co/xGGO7G9jHq 18:21:51, 2020-07-28
RT @darkolina: "La emergencia sanitaria se topó con la inequidad del espacio público."
@morozca 18:17:09, 2020-07-28
Is, is this, "legislative hardball"? ? Are the Dems still allowed to do that? https://t.co/5XtC1rqnPu 15:46:54, 2020-07-28
@JasenThorpe @samlounz That's MR. Yates to you bud. in reply to JasenThorpe 13:38:31, 2020-07-28
@ericmbudd @seancllns @markgelband Bob. in reply to ericmbudd 10:48:31, 2020-07-28
If you don't believe Bekah, go back and watch the videos of these meetings. They were very clear. https://t.co/uCehCJO60k 08:37:01, 2020-07-28
@nils_gilman @SevaUT How did you feel about the optimistic ending bit? in reply to nils_gilman 08:18:23, 2020-07-28
RT @ElleArmageddon: The algorithm has started trying to sell me jewelry made from the ashes of my loved ones, and wow, pandemic capitalism… 23:22:48, 2020-07-27
You can only take this trip in earnest so many times before your eyes start reflexively rolling out of your head. https://t.co/QkQcHppPvG 22:23:26, 2020-07-27
RT @nils_gilman: “…an unequivocal warning to the leaders of the United States of America that without urgent action the country risks havin… 22:16:55, 2020-07-27
Pshaw, an "Allowed" use? As if! It only really gets going once you link the use tables with the off-street parking… https://t.co/kVJwOLIEjB 18:57:55, 2020-07-27
@evacide @maassive @mguariglia Wow FUCK them. in reply to evacide 17:50:34, 2020-07-27
And yet #Boulder Council *still* does not believe that legalizing existing inexpensive housing options via… https://t.co/8v3mcDjk5F 16:45:28, 2020-07-27
Like a banana republic, but for carbon. https://t.co/4JyRb72aOj 12:56:41, 2020-07-27
RT @iSmashFizzle: You have to accept reality before you can change it. It's been this way for a long time, but even the most well-intention… 09:59:21, 2020-07-27
Eat all the ancient heirloom tomatoes and chiles and squash and beans and corn and that were being cultivated in me… https://t.co/O2RWoAjuGR 23:25:47, 2020-07-26
If this came up for concept plan review, open comment would be like "Why do all the buildings have to look the same… https://t.co/kBtxcs1WRl 23:12:36, 2020-07-26
Now 2020 trying to be cute apparently. https://t.co/moUAjECxyL 22:55:09, 2020-07-26
Oh I sure do like the new @BotSentinel formatting. https://t.co/iy3wVQYRS2 22:52:05, 2020-07-26
RT @devonzuegel: Schools offer History classes. What if they also offered Future classes? 21:47:49, 2020-07-26
Almost a century after it was written, Brave New World is still creeping me out.
The more I read things written in… https://t.co/GXPFDDH0oX 21:26:09, 2020-07-26
RT @graceyswer: People be like: listen to WHO they're experts
WHO organisation be like: decrim sex worker, it makes us safer

People be l… 19:58:47, 2020-07-26
@sharethecities "But maybe you'd like to join this working group…" in reply to sharethecities 19:47:24, 2020-07-26
@ericmbudd And a market of size 1. in reply to ericmbudd 19:37:20, 2020-07-26
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms @RmayorRchoice Wish I could somehow teleport in for the evening! in reply to ericmbudd 19:34:15, 2020-07-26
@bolderbekah @ericmbudd Ruh roh! in reply to bolderbekah 15:31:12, 2020-07-26
@ericmbudd @bolderbekah They seem more and more like the unmasked villains at the end of every Scooby Doo episode with each passing year. in reply to ericmbudd 15:23:48, 2020-07-26
@ericmbudd Oh okay. I was going to be surprised if Ray was openly anti-anti-fascist. in reply to ericmbudd 15:18:57, 2020-07-26
@ericmbudd Isn't that Ray Bridge? He lives in Martin Acres. Geologist. Former PLAN Chair. in reply to ericmbudd 15:16:26, 2020-07-26
A few examples, culled from the internet just now: https://t.co/jH12M9d2wh in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:28:47, 2020-07-26
@deapthoughts I dunno man, I feel like the English speaking world is pretty disadvantaged across the board when it… https://t.co/y0jEHHE788 in reply to deapthoughts 12:25:30, 2020-07-26
RT @inafutureage: Let me editorialize for a second: the protesters burned the equipment being used to build a jail for children. https://t.… 12:00:34, 2020-07-26
@mateosfo What even is free will? in reply to mateosfo 11:59:24, 2020-07-26
@thebmbennett Life comes at you fast. As they say. in reply to thebmbennett 11:58:56, 2020-07-26
@sharethecities ? in reply to sharethecities 11:47:27, 2020-07-26
"I hate density, it's so loud and polluted and the traffic is terrible."
Yeah duh, when you conspire to put the de… https://t.co/m6YNgIqkca in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:41:45, 2020-07-26
RT @alanawlsn: "As though a hand-picked working group might be more representative than the record number of voters expected to cast ballot… 10:39:38, 2020-07-26
In the US the experience of density is linked to loud, polluted, dangerous, automobile sewers, but they're not the… https://t.co/PvuoE0u8zj 10:28:28, 2020-07-26
RT @AnimaAnandkumar: When I refused to marry, my relatives suggested to my parents to confiscate my passport so that I cannot travel to the… 10:14:01, 2020-07-26
@bolderbekah @BoulderBedrooms @RmayorRchoice “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” — Bob Yates in reply to bolderbekah 10:11:30, 2020-07-26
Watching the archived discussions of this issue on YouTube, it's hard not to come to this conclusion. They were pre… https://t.co/OOrToatWhJ 09:54:34, 2020-07-26
Help make it clear to the judge that there's NO DOUBT this would have made it on the ballot if not for… https://t.co/U8qPt3kqbF 09:46:37, 2020-07-26

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