Tweets for the Week of 2020-11-29 to 2020-12-05

RT @braveenk: If we’re calling people “diversity hires” then I would like to also coin the term “homogeneity hire”:
A person who is hired… 20:15:29, 2020-12-05
They're like the equivalent of corporate Palantir. Except a whole giant spy company already took that name. https://t.co/t7eUdRzqPx 20:11:36, 2020-12-05
@gschivley Soon it will be self-undergrounded. in reply to gschivley 17:21:10, 2020-12-05
@joshdr83 Gotta have somewhere to practice for direct actions against the remaining smokestacks. in reply to joshdr83 09:02:38, 2020-12-05
RT @elemloe: “This is the way” https://t.co/UY6gfUJOJC 20:22:56, 2020-12-04
Yeah I think they're "managing" to extract the carbon from natural sequestration sites and helping to deliver to th… https://t.co/mb2nxqjYMn 19:57:58, 2020-12-04
@ericmbudd @CatalystCoop Yes yes though "Come use our free resources!" is a weird kind of marketing. in reply to ericmbudd 09:25:25, 2020-12-04
And by the same token, US cities need to be legalizing apartments, reinvesting in transit, building protected bike… https://t.co/iwbLqh4hMf 07:24:14, 2020-12-04
I did not realize that Biontech was a smallish Germany company founded by Turkish immigrants. And also they already… https://t.co/oxSmLF747M in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:05:51, 2020-12-03
Y México ya pidió 34 millones de dosis: https://t.co/x2veBoWk9I in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:45:49, 2020-12-03
I feel like there's going to be a strong nostalgia for media from before everything got so weird. Like reading scie… https://t.co/oklcIU7PIU 21:43:50, 2020-12-03
RT @roto_tudor: These are iPad stations being prepared for virtual ICU end of life visits by a palliative care doc I know. Jesus. https://t… 21:16:01, 2020-12-03
Does it matter if this is parody? https://t.co/IeNqTueM8r 21:09:14, 2020-12-03
I do all the @CatalystCoop tweets and yet somehow I still feel like that account is happier and more optimistic than I am. 20:41:52, 2020-12-03
@MyleneJac Maybe it's having trouble because it's dizzy? in reply to MyleneJac 20:39:51, 2020-12-03
I forget how general and widespread these tools are.
For example, here's someone *else* automating their public da… https://t.co/tjT0gHIYGg 20:36:33, 2020-12-03
@JadeResurrected The timing is pretty awful. 🙁 in reply to JadeResurrected 19:05:36, 2020-12-03
OK USA, you've hit some horrific new round numbers. Time to turn this thing around. https://t.co/OmurNh4GgS 18:49:58, 2020-12-03
RT @MaryHeglar: As someone who spent years editing climate and environmental policy reports, I am thrilled for whoever proposed this title… 17:04:09, 2020-12-03
@MichaelWWara Is there an EPA dataset for refineries that's similar to the EPA CEMS / AMPD hourly data for power plants? in reply to MichaelWWara 16:44:51, 2020-12-03
@ericmbudd Or be born in NYC. in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:39:23, 2020-12-03
@ericmbudd In the US you really have to be a zealot, and either put up with personal hardship, or organize your life around it purposefully. in reply to ericmbudd 16:39:05, 2020-12-03
@thebmbennett And I think a lot of the ideas are already in my head, but they're in pandas, and I need to translate them. in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:27:51, 2020-12-03
@thebmbennett Do you happen to have a favorite SQL primer for people who are already familiar with Pandas? I have a… https://t.co/a1GiZarnR4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:26:18, 2020-12-03
(says the guy who lived in SoCal for 11 years with no car 🙄) in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:24:39, 2020-12-03
We gotta make doing the right thing also the rational thing. https://t.co/4YsICWOQPt 15:58:18, 2020-12-03
Sometimes I feels exhausted by trying to figure out what *kind* of climate communication I'm hearing. Is this perso… https://t.co/VxPOmg86fC 09:46:43, 2020-12-03
@JonRea5 @DavidPomerantz I'm guessing 2018, based on FPL? They jumped to $62M last year! in reply to JonRea5 09:37:07, 2020-12-03
@JonRea5 @DavidPomerantz Was that also from the Form 1? in reply to JonRea5 09:30:59, 2020-12-03
@electronecon So sorry for your loss. 😭 in reply to electronecon 09:27:18, 2020-12-03
@DavidPomerantz Ah okay, they're mingling together annual and quarterly income reporting. and they do this weird cu… https://t.co/VlUU05tMdu in reply to DavidPomerantz 22:23:12, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Oh is this The Power Broker? I have long meant to read it. in reply to DavidPomerantz 22:19:13, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Not familiar with Caro. in reply to DavidPomerantz 22:00:37, 2020-12-02
@thebmbennett I seriously didn't know that until just now. 😳 🙈 in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:55:57, 2020-12-02
@thebmbennett OMG it turns out SQL is just like pandas! It's got "group by" and everything! https://t.co/HxfEs3fPzP in reply to thebmbennett 21:54:22, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz This is totaled up for each respondent in each year covering the last decade. I just, man. What the… https://t.co/ZlWO8wlK5q in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:51:09, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Are those numbers even possible? FPL has some huge amounts, and is showing up more than once. in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:27:54, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Here's utility political spending reported in FERC Form 1, under FERC Account 426.4 for 2019, order… https://t.co/r9jJt8Pzkv in reply to DavidPomerantz 21:25:46, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Shocked, I say! 🤯 But in any case, here's what they reported in that account for 2019:
https://t.co/r4WZuJLzQM in reply to DavidPomerantz 21:20:54, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Ah yes, on page 117, FERC Account 426.4: "Expenses for Certain Civic, Political & Related Activities" in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:57:07, 2020-12-02
@DavidPomerantz Ya know there's a political contributions line somewhere in the FERC Form 1. in reply to DavidPomerantz 20:53:14, 2020-12-02
@Revkin @BethFishYoshida @Columbia @CU_SPS_NECR Think long-term: tattoos. in reply to Revkin 19:08:25, 2020-12-02
@simonw @datasetteproj Am I totally misunderstanding something here? Trying to use a SpatiaLite DB + the leaflet-g… https://t.co/10m2Ud5gcT 19:06:47, 2020-12-02
@thebmbennett Reluctantly planning to finally replace all these Python database wrapper functions with views. 😬 in reply to thebmbennett 17:59:09, 2020-12-02
RT @furrygirl: 2020 in a nutshell. https://t.co/9hzQyzZVnU 15:21:01, 2020-12-02
RT @CostaSamaras: The federal highway system is a cross-subsidization program between states, & since gas taxes haven't been enough to cove… 07:04:28, 2020-12-02
What does the analogous financial process look like for state-owned national oil companies? How does it present in… https://t.co/3XHrrkGLBQ 20:55:25, 2020-12-01
It's great how Palantir unironically adopted the name of Lord Sauron's spycam and everyone's like "meh" https://t.co/J0mPkP9v3T 19:09:40, 2020-12-01
This is largely How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Market (Index Fund). https://t.co/XlNG06q6NB 18:57:02, 2020-12-01
This is a *fantastic* thread on the weirdness of the massive, agnostic mountains of money sloshing around in Vangua… https://t.co/82WOrbbXbp 18:52:29, 2020-12-01
@JaneAFlegal I love that index funds have revealed large swaths of the finance world to be grifters and/or delusion… https://t.co/bdHFYICkMH in reply to JaneAFlegal 18:36:17, 2020-12-01
Yo no habría encontrado @datasetteproj sin esta charla de @tacosdedatos (y el español). Que raro que estoy en Méxic… https://t.co/C3IefUd5MU 18:17:37, 2020-12-01
Does eating three entire fried plantains qualify as dinner? 17:12:57, 2020-12-01
I keep hoping that Boulder's large non-monogamous community will create a legal household of unlimited size through… https://t.co/rksNj2YFQ8 15:48:40, 2020-12-01
Strangely, the IRS has exactly the opposite selection bias in its auditing, preferentially going after low income t… https://t.co/9piAps0qiq 15:40:55, 2020-12-01
@lilscientista tbh I'm not totally sure we want to reproduce 2020. in reply to lilscientista 15:33:20, 2020-12-01
OMG it's This Old Heat Pump! But what happened to Bob Vila? It's been a while since I had a TV. https://t.co/28cnJb5my0 15:28:20, 2020-12-01
@ericmbudd Fatten up for winter. Work hard go slow less wind stay warm! in reply to ericmbudd 15:17:51, 2020-12-01
Okay sure, but what if you include the environmental externalities? https://t.co/sV4l3moelK 15:14:39, 2020-12-01
Or maybe I just tend to make friends with other people that have low discount rates. in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:30:15, 2020-12-01
@joshdr83 What is up with geothermal here @TimMLatimer? (and also nuclear *sigh*) I guess I should read the post. in reply to joshdr83 08:26:25, 2020-12-01
So many people I'm far from now but have been close to in the past are taking the same very conservative approach t… https://t.co/z9HqFuaFYm 08:24:42, 2020-12-01
RT @CostaSamaras: We need a massive reinvestment in public transportation or else there is no way we are going have a functional national e… 08:05:36, 2020-12-01
RT @ezraklein: I also wish people, like Deese, who want to hold high-up positions in government would stop going to places like BlackRock i… 08:04:30, 2020-12-01
@JacquelynGill @CostaSamaras @leahstokes @joshdr83 Oh interesting, thank yoU! I'll definitely check that out. It l… https://t.co/NvcDcrC4Ds in reply to JacquelynGill 15:26:37, 2020-11-30
I'm sure we'll be posting lots of snippets and links to the data portal over time, but please do check it out and t… https://t.co/faksxiqFSP 14:04:06, 2020-11-30
RT @CatalystCoop: We fill in these respondent names and indicate that they are "PUDL Determined" There are also some Missing respondents wh… 11:47:06, 2020-11-30
It's weird that FERC often fails to add new respondents to the table that links respondent IDs and names. But there… https://t.co/LdivNS2RV6 11:41:05, 2020-11-30
@JesseJenkins @Princeton Do you know if it will be recorded and posted online publicly later? in reply to JesseJenkins 08:48:40, 2020-11-30
@simonw Why is there so much YAML in the world. in reply to simonw 22:57:06, 2020-11-29
@joshdr83 @CostaSamaras @leahstokes @JacquelynGill I think I would find that helpful, if they're handy! in reply to joshdr83 20:41:24, 2020-11-29
Does anyone out there have a favorite guide to writing grad school letters of recommendation? I did not have this o… https://t.co/lJ4GFNprAC 19:56:35, 2020-11-29
@JaneAFlegal Is there a meaningful difference between someone promising something they have no intention of deliver… https://t.co/2nuYHykxuj in reply to JaneAFlegal 18:04:06, 2020-11-29
@drvox Have you come across @carbonplanorg? They're trying to rigorously vet various carbon removal proposals in co… https://t.co/sKtNreq8bA in reply to drvox 16:00:29, 2020-11-29
@gschivley If you put your phone on there can it do wireless charging? in reply to gschivley 15:38:16, 2020-11-29
@erinoverturf @finleybruce @CDPHE Can y'all share what the data source was that recorded these malfunctions & pollu… https://t.co/xrzylG9glw in reply to erinoverturf 15:24:18, 2020-11-29
"Following major breakdowns [like those] on March 17, May 17, June 19, Aug. 13 and Oct. 21, company officials issue… https://t.co/6JOOmTa6He 15:20:45, 2020-11-29
@AnimaAnandkumar #BellyWood 😆 in reply to AnimaAnandkumar 14:53:56, 2020-11-29
The fact that we may want or need to use carbon removal in some applications doesn't mean it won't be abused. Just… https://t.co/aS8NoUlDgF 12:48:27, 2020-11-29
@ChazTeplin @ericmbudd No, it's only in the metadata. in reply to ChazTeplin 12:04:48, 2020-11-29
Ah look, here's the private sector hard at work creating demand even as we speak.
Blands need a narrative: “We wer… https://t.co/LAWOrMz5CW in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:25:36, 2020-11-29
Galbraith talks about this a lot in "The Affluent Society," and how constantly increasing private production / inve… https://t.co/ca3KhodXK2 10:06:53, 2020-11-29
@fenellascorner Not sure if this counts as a reason to fetishize but, it's also just so *soft* compared to stubble, and that feels nice. in reply to fenellascorner 10:00:02, 2020-11-29
@ericmbudd I continue to wonder if my digital thermometer is miscalibrated or something. 273 days in and I'm averag… https://t.co/ltu2EmXr7f in reply to ericmbudd 09:49:34, 2020-11-29
This seems like an interesting organizational analog to the inter-generational household wealth gap created by raci… https://t.co/CPgLPzsci7 09:45:44, 2020-11-29
"JOE also focuses on subsidized housing, which in NYC largely aligns with areas of the city that were historically… https://t.co/TWjlyCQ651 09:41:31, 2020-11-29
Listening to another customer tell the tamale lady about how everyone in her family is coughing and exhausted and o… https://t.co/J0oLPm20MY 09:36:51, 2020-11-29
@CHThiem Oh noes, will it come out in the online version eventually? in reply to CHThiem 09:34:03, 2020-11-29
Mexico was in the midst of its own Bronze Age when the Spanish showed up. https://t.co/xJqnqOvdEO https://t.co/EfpRDRPef0 08:10:31, 2020-11-29
Of course because it's always especially warm in the Arctic now. https://t.co/EsBrndsnpv 08:00:24, 2020-11-29

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