Tweets for the Week of 2020-08-02 to 2020-08-08

@ericmbudd It'll all go away when the weather turns. When the weather gets nice again in the spring, I'll give it 1… https://t.co/JvI4KeFjiO in reply to ericmbudd 21:01:48, 2020-08-08
@RevDrDrPhill @miblogestublog Okay from "Tortillas: A Cultural History" processed lime (for making nixtamal) and co… https://t.co/XlsPZJwSuu in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:37:54, 2020-08-08
RT @democracynow: .@nils_gilman and a bipartisan group of participants ran "wargames" playing out various electoral outcomes. "The results… 17:23:48, 2020-08-08
@RevDrDrPhill @miblogestublog That was the first hit I got when I searched too and it had no references, it's just… https://t.co/Ulz23MIg6x in reply to RevDrDrPhill 17:22:43, 2020-08-08
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms Oh that orange bike sure is cute ? @CHThiem in reply to ericmbudd 14:20:22, 2020-08-08
Seriously people now is not the time to be heading into the Oaxacan hinterlands for psychedelic trips. WTF?
"The t… https://t.co/muI5MJvopW 14:14:16, 2020-08-08
The almost infinite adaptability of humans combined with our singular unwillingness to adapt is really something else. 11:47:27, 2020-08-08
You'll never guess what happened next! https://t.co/r1BaIfS6Yo 11:36:40, 2020-08-08
RT @SICKOFWOLVES: FOR THE RECORD, BEING ANTI FASCIST IS EXTREMELY GOOD ACTUALLY 11:35:53, 2020-08-08
@gschivley @CatalystCoop @n_kracov @EIAgov @frictionlessd8a @toggl @harvest It seems really good for *time tracking… https://t.co/IfB17avJUM in reply to gschivley 11:35:44, 2020-08-08
Like maybe humanity will only give up on obsolete concepts of normalcy when it's pried out of our hot, sweaty, dead hands. in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:09:16, 2020-08-08
Speaking of which, here's a recent paper looking at the spatio-temporal extent of deadly heat+humidity events, whic… https://t.co/POnZEbUlbX in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:03:53, 2020-08-08
@judesantopietro Yo también, yo también. in reply to judesantopietro 10:57:49, 2020-08-08
Wow.
https://t.co/vEqseIuZMb https://t.co/lj7AnIA1Jm 10:55:59, 2020-08-08
The zombie-like insistence that schools have to re-open because NORMALCY even though that will kill a bunch of peop… https://t.co/ZSBceXYtIz 10:34:23, 2020-08-08
@RevDrDrPhill @miblogestublog I'm looking for something with a little more in the way of footnotes ?
Also, I think… https://t.co/pDhQZtJrNq in reply to RevDrDrPhill 10:17:21, 2020-08-08
@gschivley Physics Part 2: THE REVENGE. in reply to gschivley 10:15:22, 2020-08-08
Omfg. Lawyers. 10:10:31, 2020-08-08
The Demon Haunted World. https://t.co/cPl6Z0WAZm 22:46:26, 2020-08-07
Right but now I guess we'll see if ? can take credit for it within the bubble. https://t.co/LVCrJxfyeQ 20:54:28, 2020-08-07
@thmscwlls But only if you're more than 35 feet tall. in reply to thmscwlls 20:51:19, 2020-08-07
@gschivley @CatalystCoop @n_kracov @EIAgov @frictionlessd8a Who knows! Not much debugging getting done Friday night. in reply to gschivley 20:46:48, 2020-08-07
I knew I liked Berlin. https://t.co/cLyyrHYrbq 17:07:46, 2020-08-07
Me interesa mucho ver la película "Ya no estoy aquí" porque las reseñas de @darkolina y @judesantopietro fueron muy… https://t.co/U7XTJ2BZUe 17:03:47, 2020-08-07
@Yimbyindenver Yeah it's wild. Somehow there's a visceral edge that creeps in when it's talking about people who want to *live differently*. in reply to Yimbyindenver 16:11:44, 2020-08-07
I *finally* feel like have some headspace for work-related reading, and so I got @leahstokes' book about utility co… https://t.co/IQ92mDLAzR 16:07:38, 2020-08-07
@miblogestublog Do you have any idea how long tortillas have been a thing? Like what's the earliest archaeological evidence of them? in reply to miblogestublog 14:44:39, 2020-08-07
@drvox "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" in reply to drvox 12:11:14, 2020-08-07
@shayshinecastle @CHThiem Definitely a series. in reply to shayshinecastle 12:07:56, 2020-08-07
Rhymes with "I'm not a NIMBY, but…" https://t.co/vAUPtRK2Rr 12:03:05, 2020-08-07
Because then you'd be housing more people, and not discriminating in favor of patriarchal heteronormative nuclear f… https://t.co/Y4vmKjbRfw 11:13:23, 2020-08-07
Oh, neighbors. https://t.co/NyLHnt8AMF 08:55:14, 2020-08-07
Zombies? Cordyceps fungus? https://t.co/49MnfSeExl 21:35:31, 2020-08-06
RT @NRA: From our cold, dead hands. 21:30:32, 2020-08-06
History's also the process of selectively forgetting some things, so we can know new things. https://t.co/lgtljB6eJX 21:28:59, 2020-08-06
I suspect this kind of planning — taking constructive advantage of disruptions — would be a good thing for humani… https://t.co/aPrikO85OW 21:25:28, 2020-08-06
RT @QiaochuYuan: in japanese they don’t day “normie” they say “reaju” which means “satisfied with reality” and i think that’s beautiful 21:14:41, 2020-08-06
It's weird to feel how bad internet has become its own kind of distance. Guatemala felt further away from the world… https://t.co/0swIuSXdRS 21:10:00, 2020-08-06
Okay but like who else was in the running for this award? Maybe someone should look into them? https://t.co/NpJ1jR8nye 20:52:51, 2020-08-06
RT @lanasequoia: ?????? https://t.co/bimgbM55Og 19:43:43, 2020-08-06
@Thatmushroom And I wonder what fraction of such deals they need to go through undetected for them to keep being a… https://t.co/Q6c7BBI9Z9 in reply to Thatmushroom 19:36:45, 2020-08-06
It's like with silicon semiconductors. Once we can do everything with a single medium pretty well, resources pour i… https://t.co/kSolsl6gxy in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:30:51, 2020-08-06
@Thatmushroom Yeah and like who came in 2nd and 3rd for that lobbying award? in reply to Thatmushroom 19:29:08, 2020-08-06
Once a single energy medium attains reasonable cost & efficiency in all phases of production (generation, transmiss… https://t.co/brJUjvjIyy 19:28:25, 2020-08-06
I mean, it *was* kind of an extraordinary effort. https://t.co/NpJ1jR8nye 19:18:34, 2020-08-06
End it now. https://t.co/NouZ7kTKiw 19:12:44, 2020-08-06
To all the folks who bring up water supply constraints as a reason to exclude new Colorado / Front Range / Boulder… https://t.co/H3Fd8qU0CW 13:56:13, 2020-08-06
RT @CocoDavies: Made my 1st food box delivery for Front Range Mutual Aid Network. Food rescue such a radical act! A volunteer told me: "Com… 19:16:07, 2020-08-05
@rachelkfriend @jaredpolis Also in all seriousness, if @BoulderBedrooms does get on the ballot, I wouldn't be surpr… https://t.co/EXk8pQ3vjL in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:56:44, 2020-08-05
@rachelkfriend @jaredpolis They *did* suspend the occupancy limits after the floods in 2013 though. Which meant (so… https://t.co/F9N2fzutlW in reply to rachelkfriend 18:47:42, 2020-08-05
@rachelkfriend @ericmbudd @jaredpolis "I'm sorry, but could you send me a copy of that order? I don't recall seeing that anywhere." in reply to rachelkfriend 18:44:12, 2020-08-05
@ericmbudd The price you pay for funding them with federal flood mitigation monies. in reply to ericmbudd 18:42:02, 2020-08-05
Seems weird to me when stories set centuries in the future still have everyone drinking ethanol for entertainment.… https://t.co/gmhAaBLVJT 18:40:11, 2020-08-05
@ericmbudd Markets at all time highs because:
* Big Tech is over-represented, and benefiting from everyone living o… https://t.co/91VTWTZQ1z in reply to ericmbudd 16:37:34, 2020-08-05
Remind me again why younger people should trust the so-called grownups to make decisions? https://t.co/aSQWcRirgg 16:35:02, 2020-08-05
@CHThiem Is this typically a thing that parents get excited about? in reply to CHThiem 14:22:22, 2020-08-05
@seancllns Hah, yeah, I recall Mr. Yates in particular being very enthusiastic about that proposal. Such complete BS. in reply to seancllns 13:41:28, 2020-08-05
And the full video of the 2-hour long Rad-ish Candidate Forum is up here, if anyone is interested: https://t.co/UWUVchQlOn in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:37:37, 2020-08-05
Oh hey, here's Mary Young on "What a Grassroots Petition Should Look Like" in 2013 — It's remarkably similar to… https://t.co/03MFJFiXmt in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:24:16, 2020-08-05
Basically, everyone lies when they're campaigning, and tells you whatever they think you want to hear. And if you'r… https://t.co/5K0sTVA3za in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:18:46, 2020-08-05
Mary Young's response is especially ironic / cynical:
"You need to start a movement on this. You need to come to C… https://t.co/oLVUrMkKUq in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:13:55, 2020-08-05
And if the conversation about occupancy limits was "long overdue" in 2013… what would that make it now? in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:09:51, 2020-08-05
7 years ago when Sam Weaver was initially running for #Boulder Council, we asked him — and all the other candidate… https://t.co/pnMH0w0FI0 12:06:30, 2020-08-05
RT @CHThiem: The Boulder city attorney's office employs 15 lawyers. They couldn't interpret their own election laws for residents. Now they… 12:03:16, 2020-08-05
They love it when "young" people show up for state and national stuff. But it gets ugly real quick if you don't agr… https://t.co/7UHLvTaLFC 09:42:54, 2020-08-05
@sueprant I didn't make this request, but I think it was as simple as an email containing the required CORA languag… https://t.co/IRLEYblKmd in reply to sueprant 20:50:10, 2020-08-04
@NathalieOttawa @OICompanions Ooof. in reply to NathalieOttawa 20:25:37, 2020-08-04
@DrTaraGoddard Kill it before it takes hooooold! in reply to DrTaraGoddard 20:18:38, 2020-08-04
Unequally enforced, and the consequences are not the same for everyone. If you have social capital, you can work it… https://t.co/2XAOvNMe80 20:15:03, 2020-08-04
@Thatmushroom @thmscwlls @shayshinecastle Wait is that a real photo of Mr. Yates? in reply to Thatmushroom 20:07:27, 2020-08-04
I dunno, "Bullying, demanding, and entitled." behavior sure reminds me of #Boulder homeowners. https://t.co/ok7DnLc1W0 20:00:54, 2020-08-04
@ericmbudd @BoulderBedrooms ??? I'll chip in another $50, since it turns out my @YIMBYtown refund was $200, not $150 like I thought. in reply to ericmbudd 19:05:31, 2020-08-04
The reality is finally setting in. https://t.co/UTbc41EEav 18:56:12, 2020-08-04
@notFromShrek ??? in reply to notFromShrek 18:47:44, 2020-08-04
@ericmbudd @GovofCO Though this *would* be very helpful in avoiding political retaliation from opponents, during the ballot campaign. in reply to ericmbudd 16:14:33, 2020-08-04
@robbieorvis @gschivley @EIAgov @NREL That's the table where we got the NEMS numbers we filled in as well.
Maybe I… https://t.co/fmduDvf4ii in reply to robbieorvis 16:02:36, 2020-08-04
@CHThiem Whew well at least they came down on *a* side. Yikes. in reply to CHThiem 15:59:50, 2020-08-04
@CHThiem I had no idea Yoda played golf. in reply to CHThiem 14:32:54, 2020-08-04
RT @borzou: Stunning video shows explosions just minutes ago at Beirut port https://t.co/ZjltF0VcTr 11:23:13, 2020-08-04
RT @Sputnik_Insight: A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It's not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut https://t.co/h7ayT5DKdK 11:23:10, 2020-08-04
I feel like Matt is personally trolling Gary Wockner with this book. https://t.co/l9fMYvQWvO 09:35:11, 2020-08-04
Or even if you wanna vote "No!" https://t.co/mh4U3b7sgN 20:33:48, 2020-08-03
RT @meaggagan: Just another day in paradise: crowdfunding a lawsuit against our city gov't to force them to uphold democracy. I donated. ht… 20:33:10, 2020-08-03
RT @legroth: Protecting democracy starts at home. Changing the rules of the election process midstream is never acceptable and Bedrooms is… 20:33:02, 2020-08-03
@bryanlbowen @ericmbudd @JasenThorpe IT'S THE SONGBIRD OPEN SPACE BRYAN COME ON. in reply to bryanlbowen 20:05:01, 2020-08-03
@bryanlbowen @ericmbudd @JasenThorpe And it's buried out there on the Open Space somewhere. in reply to bryanlbowen 20:03:23, 2020-08-03
This really is wild — like even if @BoulderBedrooms had miraculously interpreted the law as Council eventually did… https://t.co/pRqkBl2AuE 20:02:16, 2020-08-03
RT @boulderweekly: Only 24 states allow citizen initiatives as part of the democratic process. What began as a normal election season in Bo… 19:06:07, 2020-08-03
And Bouldermort has used what, like 5 out of his last 6 regular @DailyCamera editorials on the personal axe he has… https://t.co/2Ng6f2sHdj 19:01:08, 2020-08-03
@JasenThorpe @ericmbudd https://t.co/pi36g7wCP2 in reply to JasenThorpe 18:56:45, 2020-08-03
☝️ @Olivia_R_Will in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:37:55, 2020-08-03
Less screamy version: Council probably wants to use the credible *threat* of a parallel ballot measure which would… https://t.co/4sIIqWxUKB 18:35:56, 2020-08-03
@sueprant Yeah there were some choice emails in the CORA request. in reply to sueprant 18:20:26, 2020-08-03
The legal complaint itself is ??? and really lays out a detailed timeline of incredible actions and commentary by C… https://t.co/1BBrluhzlc 17:13:03, 2020-08-03
This is some stark, raging, bullshit. Even with all the shenanigans around changing deadlines and signature require… https://t.co/AUGVmJGwnU 15:05:07, 2020-08-03
@NEWR_Boulder @ericmbudd How the hell is that even a thing? You got your petition certified?! in reply to NEWR_Boulder 15:01:43, 2020-08-03
@JasenThorpe Can't fire them? Just make them accountable so they don't enjoy the job anymore. Who would have thought. in reply to JasenThorpe 14:34:50, 2020-08-03
Since @YIMBYtown was cancelled this year due to the pandemic, I'm donating my refunded $150 registration fee to… https://t.co/6ZqpfFWiIa 11:51:13, 2020-08-03
@BotSentinel hey do you have an explanation up somewhere of why the newest version of the Firefox plugin requires a… https://t.co/xbXyqDEUbo 11:42:47, 2020-08-03
@JMPyper @brucenilles @mateosfo @drvox @Guay_JG A couple of years ago I was thrilled to discover that my local libr… https://t.co/GmW0CQVEwW in reply to JMPyper 07:59:48, 2020-08-03
@DrZackaryBerger A floor covering that's made by weaving or otherwise entangling worn out rags that have been twist… https://t.co/ctgSaYsE4y in reply to DrZackaryBerger 21:46:32, 2020-08-02
@KendraWrites Are you looking for recommendations? For travel or household use? in reply to KendraWrites 21:09:43, 2020-08-02
Gay sex-crazed zombies on 'shrooms.
"Massospora manipulates male cicadas into flicking their wings like females wh… https://t.co/ITejcZSG9d 19:17:41, 2020-08-02
And for the homework assignment, see if you can identify the Designated Liars at the State and Federal level! in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:45:12, 2020-08-02
Jeff Flynn, Ken Beitel and increasingly, Steve Pomerance, are the Designated Liars: People with no credibility amon… https://t.co/bbBoGydGw8 17:41:22, 2020-08-02
I took 3 years of Latin in high school. Would it have been any less reasonable for them to offer Nahuatl instead? I… https://t.co/DFN8bhhV1O 17:37:55, 2020-08-02
So what, exactly, is the argument for completely innoculating one class of people (land owners) from the effects of… https://t.co/jXgc5uodgC in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:30:03, 2020-08-02
Every time a property changes hand, the mortgage payments reset to reflect the new higher price, and that increased… https://t.co/h0Vv6c8QLv in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:27:15, 2020-08-02
Renters are already exposed to *the full economic consequences* of land value increases. Any land tax short of Henr… https://t.co/38kGGxnoWX in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:25:43, 2020-08-02
Okay another thing: lots of land owners object to the idea of funding things with land taxes. Often the objection t… https://t.co/0ZHfcVWJpW in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:23:05, 2020-08-02
@CHThiem Did not see any pigs. Several burros, lots of lizards. A few cows. Two herds of goats. It was great. I'll… https://t.co/Vr1o4wC66e in reply to CHThiem 17:19:36, 2020-08-02
@emma_vawter David Adamson from the Goose Creek CLT did the cumulative $1B calculation, so you might get in touch w… https://t.co/SZxdF2KO0P in reply to emma_vawter 17:18:19, 2020-08-02
My plan for the day: https://t.co/VhW2mZ0wvX 07:53:33, 2020-08-02
One of my grandmas was 14 years old at the time, and in Pennsylvania. The other was a 12 year old girl living in a… https://t.co/QiNyleUukv 07:50:44, 2020-08-02

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