Tweets for the Week of 2020-10-11 to 2020-10-17

Also, adjusted for inflation $185,000 in 1972 is almost $700,000 in 1996. If he had to spend $135,000 or more to fi… https://t.co/SEeNaCk2BC 21:54:02, 2020-10-17
@whiteryanc Yeaaaaah. Almost nobody is a rugged individualist when their house is burning down. in reply to whiteryanc 21:43:34, 2020-10-17
@whiteryanc A similar story played out in San Diego, CA around water supply issues. A Grand Jury recommended requir… https://t.co/R0PRRnn4Oh in reply to whiteryanc 21:42:28, 2020-10-17
@whiteryanc I suspect the measures they recommended would have been voted down pretty hard if it'd gone to the peop… https://t.co/6AKoB9Kaub in reply to whiteryanc 21:36:39, 2020-10-17
@whiteryanc They ended up passing like, death benefits for firefighters and some other token changes that will do n… https://t.co/CjdYYI2ejv in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:33:01, 2020-10-17
@whiteryanc IIRC, the task force was initiated by the governor (Hickenlooper) and after they made their initial rec… https://t.co/4K1fkTnKr0 in reply to whiteryanc 21:31:43, 2020-10-17
@ColoradoStateU And just the named Colorado fires for 2010-2019 total more than a million acres burned. So that see… https://t.co/yBRh919Lmv in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:39:03, 2020-10-17
less than 100,000 acres burned per decade in the 1960s and 1970s. About 200,000 acres in the 1980s and 1990s. And t… https://t.co/ls6O2oUjmN in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:32:28, 2020-10-17
In that 80 page wildfire task force report, "climate change" appeared exactly one time: https://t.co/MH2KOKGZe2 in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:24:28, 2020-10-17
It's easy (and guiltily entertaining) to make fun of Miami's real estate industry trying to pretend everything is n… https://t.co/LlNtuB195I in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:15:27, 2020-10-17
They also recommended that folks choosing to live in high risk areas (mostly for aesthetic/lifestyle reasons…) sh… https://t.co/ml4utgNUKJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:09:11, 2020-10-17
In a nutshell, they wanted to make sure anyone buying property at risk from wildfires was informed about the level… https://t.co/g7qp1AQ7gj in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:06:18, 2020-10-17
Of course these recommendations were also rejected under pressure from… people who live in the wildland urban interface. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:52:20, 2020-10-17
Taskforce report (PDF) here: https://t.co/UxhcRhw22R in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:47:40, 2020-10-17
To my wonkish #Boulder friends, it's worth looking at the wildfire policy recommendations that were rejected by… https://t.co/VRLNh4lKKm 14:46:26, 2020-10-17
Life comes at you fast.
"Are there any schools of Soviet economics anymore? No. Were there any kinds of schools of… https://t.co/eTepBVdPgB 13:49:40, 2020-10-17
@CajaMexicana @TransferWise Gracias por su atención. Hace unos meses alguien en mi sucursal me ha dicho que CPM iba… https://t.co/u6MFarbcg1 in reply to CajaMexicana 13:34:18, 2020-10-17
@CajaMexicana está otorgando CLABE interbancaria? Podría usarla con mi cuenta de @TransferWise? 09:38:24, 2020-10-17
RT @nils_gilman: I wish this were merely a joke, either about PhD programs, or about what employers want in their employees. https://t.co/G… 09:18:38, 2020-10-17
@interfluidity The dixie flatline wants to know. in reply to interfluidity 09:08:54, 2020-10-17
Wait, so is it really called the John Snow Memorandum because Winter Is Coming?
https://t.co/HNoVvFnM0r 23:43:51, 2020-10-16
@threatresearch @ericmbudd I blame the cyanobacteria. in reply to threatresearch 23:29:21, 2020-10-16
@drvox This just makes me think of Scully and Mulder. in reply to drvox 22:03:13, 2020-10-16
One upside of using the virus as a voter suppression tactic, is that if the democrats manage to win anyway, they ha… https://t.co/dHTKuMWnWJ 21:36:29, 2020-10-16
@ericmbudd That's how this ends I think. in reply to ericmbudd 19:27:03, 2020-10-16
@ericmbudd @10salamanders The box-o-filters + box fan definitely looks like the co-op solution. in reply to ericmbudd 19:25:19, 2020-10-16
@ericmbudd Must be a lot of stirfry? in reply to ericmbudd 19:24:17, 2020-10-16
I can't believe I've been alone in this room for 230 days. 15:44:04, 2020-10-16
RT @suchnerve: i love how lesbians are women’s biggest fans but gay men are just like “ugh… men. yes they’re hot but at what cost?” https:/… 15:38:07, 2020-10-16
@ericmbudd ZERO CHILL in reply to ericmbudd 15:23:22, 2020-10-16
@TheFamilyAliens @interfluidity There's also this funny "It's safe *here* but not *there*" dynamic, and then when y… https://t.co/U4UjhCDLrw in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:08:23, 2020-10-16
@TheFamilyAliens @interfluidity My sense is it's still geographically variable. I go out on long bike rides into th… https://t.co/B1yUGRFvCK in reply to TheFamilyAliens 12:07:05, 2020-10-16
@interfluidity Already left. The tacos in Mexico are wonderful. in reply to interfluidity 10:32:44, 2020-10-16
@drvox Good podcast series from @SceneOnRadio here, looking at various twist and turns in US democracy, mid-1700s t… https://t.co/9FUzsQ6x9K in reply to drvox 22:15:01, 2020-10-15
@thebmbennett omg in reply to thebmbennett 22:12:27, 2020-10-15
RT @CatalystCoop: Interesting conversation about utility asset securitization for getting fossil infrastructure offline early going on at t… 10:43:30, 2020-10-15
@ericmbudd But the US is exceptional. in reply to ericmbudd 10:41:30, 2020-10-15
@Olivia_R_Will I think the weekly witnessing of eviction proceedings that @NEWR_Boulder did was really powerful. in reply to Olivia_R_Will 20:33:11, 2020-10-14
@ericmbudd Troublemaker. in reply to ericmbudd 11:54:19, 2020-10-14
We're probably gonna like, send them an unsolicited darkest timeline dickpic. https://t.co/3bQJnePNY6 23:35:26, 2020-10-13
Hmm this kind of compensates for that last happy graph. https://t.co/NZ5LPVmwtl 23:03:22, 2020-10-13
Holy shit that's a lot of rooftop solar. https://t.co/2ATQj1p6TU 23:00:16, 2020-10-13
@ericmbudd Or is that "voter wrath?" in reply to ericmbudd 22:43:44, 2020-10-13
On the other hand, violent transfers of power and social collapse have historically been the most effective wealth… https://t.co/u0MUxPaC3H 16:40:56, 2020-10-13
Riiiiiiight. https://t.co/h9JkNFN8qx 13:44:20, 2020-10-13
What's the threshold where this stops being true? Is it when like 1% of people have died, and so on average we all… https://t.co/mJbmnFiHxt in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:01:41, 2020-10-13
When "only" ~10% of people have been infected & 1 in 1000 have died, it seems like the risk can only be collectivel… https://t.co/1B7Cu0Y9zy 09:58:51, 2020-10-13
RT @CatalystCoop: Reminder that we're going to discuss Short Circuiting Policy tomorrow afternoon! Cc: @shwinnebego https://t.co/ShqwvjsurU 09:50:42, 2020-10-13
RT @BettyDevoe: https://t.co/G8OHVcr856 22:12:43, 2020-10-12
@poliastro_py @fperez_org Oh thank god. in reply to poliastro_py 20:50:06, 2020-10-12
@ericmbudd NO DEMOCRACY FOR YOU in reply to ericmbudd 20:47:02, 2020-10-12
Just, wow. "As we walked down the stairs to the first floor, she turned to look at me. She was very earnest, standi… https://t.co/RP9dfnGhUh in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:45:23, 2020-10-12
"People say Miami is douchey, but really, I loved almost everything about it […] The whole time I was there I was… https://t.co/UOn9Ox4Hsf in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:36:28, 2020-10-12
If I ever pass through Miami again I may just have to pretend I want to buy a condo. It's like Climate Borat. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:33:50, 2020-10-12
"It’s amazing people in these situations tell you what they think. I think bread actually takes twenty minutes to b… https://t.co/Bhw68zkJYx in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:26:25, 2020-10-12
From a story of pretending to be shopping for beachfront condos on Biscayne Bay, Miami. Found via @daveregrets in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:25:00, 2020-10-12
“'The scientists, economists, and environmentalists that are saying this stuff, they don’t realize what a wealthy a… https://t.co/XijuNqSH0u 18:23:45, 2020-10-12
@NuclearAnthro Weirdly, I don't think she really told me what he *said* (or I've forgotten) but she found it terrif… https://t.co/R4MatHoiw6 in reply to NuclearAnthro 18:01:24, 2020-10-12
@NuclearAnthro He spoke to my mom's high school class in Delano, California in 1960. She was still scarred from the… https://t.co/VDSein0ZLy in reply to NuclearAnthro 17:43:09, 2020-10-12
Two thirds of #Oaxaca's population is indigenous. I'm living in the territory of the Mixtec & Zapotec peoples, with… https://t.co/1thT7y5kqB 15:18:23, 2020-10-12
@ericmbudd Vaclav Smil, at your own company last year: https://t.co/RW226Fltgi in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:04:33, 2020-10-12
We live in a fairy tale. And it's one of the originals, not a Disney remake. https://t.co/Yqcq42seY9 08:58:18, 2020-10-12
Reminds me of the occasional housing co-op member who would loudly claim that "Consensus doesn't work!" as evidence… https://t.co/tnHpghTr7R 08:06:59, 2020-10-12
@drvox Agreed.
Especially after cooking almost exclusively with an Instapot since the end of February. in reply to drvox 22:40:24, 2020-10-11
Every year until the end of time. https://t.co/nJNdXhBfos 22:26:19, 2020-10-11
Okay serious question… how is it that a bunch of Vespa-like electric scooters being announced *almost two years a… https://t.co/70ypxHaPF2 19:22:18, 2020-10-11
@bryanlbowen I feel like street food is the shared community meal of the city. in reply to bryanlbowen 18:04:00, 2020-10-11
People have been arguing for at least 62 years over whether, beyond a certain level of material sufficiency, additi… https://t.co/aofyRtROv1 15:13:15, 2020-10-11
Se dice “El bolsillo no tiene nacionalismo," y me parece que también la lealtad de clase no tiene fronteras. https://t.co/7vSc8mTh9H 12:00:34, 2020-10-11
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