Tweets for the Week of 2021-01-10 to 2021-01-16

I wanted to put something like "Well, we're all trapped on this planet, so we're not exactly neutral on whether it… https://t.co/jAn2txPbTk 21:01:21, 2021-01-16
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@CHThiem @ericmbudd @Olivia_R_Will Okay now I'm curious what you think/feel with the context: https://t.co/ZWEeUUwua4 in reply to CHThiem 20:56:34, 2021-01-16
@JacquiPatt Definitely reminds me of the Masdar City project in the UAE. in reply to JacquiPatt 18:04:26, 2021-01-16
@JacquelynGill I enjoy @PaulMMCooper's @Fall_of_Civ_Pod. It's not all one narrative thread, but an exploration of t… https://t.co/rX7W9InD9y in reply to JacquelynGill 16:07:59, 2021-01-16
@JacquelynGill Have you already come across the recent @WeAreDrilled season covering the Chevron / Ecuador lawsuit? in reply to JacquelynGill 16:03:11, 2021-01-16
Without context, what does this quote make you think or feel?
"Wealth is created by owning assets that generate re… https://t.co/5XTZxfA5zk 15:50:51, 2021-01-16
@HammanHydro @ApacheParquet @martin_durant_ @rabernat Ah okay so in this case you've kind of got one dataset per pa… https://t.co/t9WZEBY1mP in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:25:41, 2021-01-16
@HammanHydro @ApacheParquet @martin_durant_ @rabernat And thanks for the examples! I will dig in. in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:20:12, 2021-01-16
@HammanHydro @ApacheParquet @martin_durant_ @rabernat It looks like there's a DirCache class that can cache whole d… https://t.co/eWYVVqcUpw in reply to HammanHydro 15:19:50, 2021-01-16
@judesantopietro Ay, acabo de comprar un kilo de otro lugar. Proxima vez voy a probarlo. in reply to judesantopietro 11:06:02, 2021-01-16
Even a year in, it all still feels freakishly like a game of Pandemic Legacy. New outbreaks, travel bans, mutations… https://t.co/PUWzrNJTtb 07:43:48, 2021-01-16
@ApacheParquet @martin_durant_ @rabernat @HammanHydro Hmm, apparently I am also confused about how to specify the u… https://t.co/eXkxb40GUK in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:19:04, 2021-01-15
@MyleneJac 🎉🤗 in reply to MyleneJac 20:11:34, 2021-01-15
Anybody know of any fully fleshed out @ApacheParquet Intake catalogs floating around? I'm struggling to understand… https://t.co/qscYwTH68z 19:54:55, 2021-01-15
RT @joannaeswan: classic LA shit to get turned away from COVID testing and vaccine sites without prior warning because you’re on a bicycle 19:49:17, 2021-01-15
RT @evacide: What the hell is going on with WhatsApp’s privacy policies and data-sharing with Facebook? @jenuhhveev breaks it down.
Is it… 17:38:59, 2021-01-15
@Olivia_R_Will 🙁 in reply to Olivia_R_Will 17:38:35, 2021-01-15
Public ownership, they said. https://t.co/6NhCEAIUw7 17:13:59, 2021-01-15
@ericmbudd A stark and immediate improvement would be great for all kinds of reasons, including politics? in reply to ericmbudd 14:47:24, 2021-01-15
@simonw Which I guess is also a pro-incumbent business stance. in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:56:22, 2021-01-15
@simonw Which allows the employers to exert downward wage pressure.
But yeah, it's obviously bad for innovation an… https://t.co/6AJpWgxf0o in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:55:49, 2021-01-15
@simonw I think the dynamic is kind of similar to how lots of businesses that employ undocumented workers want to k… https://t.co/EgDpsRxw1f in reply to simonw 11:54:34, 2021-01-15
RT @celestelabedz: Great news! After tireless work by student advocates and groups like @CIT4BlackLives against administrative resistance,… 11:38:43, 2021-01-15
Tens of millions of new users in a matter of days. I just hope it's mostly people fleeing WhatsApp, and not exiles… https://t.co/hJjikMcFkC 10:32:33, 2021-01-15
Weirdly, evolution is another thing that people in the US deny exists. https://t.co/u36YJ76yiW 08:22:17, 2021-01-15
Or do they want people to *think* they want to pass a $15 minimum wage, without needing to worry about corporate do… https://t.co/v3qdAx1SsW 15:49:59, 2021-01-14
@Olivia_R_Will They're just daring us to assert our worthiness. in reply to Olivia_R_Will 15:47:31, 2021-01-14
@CatalystCoop Does *anybody* use the FERC Form 2? It *seems* like it would be super useful for understanding the st… https://t.co/BfFN1mOww7 in reply to CatalystCoop 15:26:03, 2021-01-14
@CatalystCoop This @energy study from 2015 looks at the age of existing natural gas distribution systems, to predic… https://t.co/02rfSQOsvb in reply to CatalystCoop 15:16:18, 2021-01-14
RT @CatalystCoop: Okay, #EnergyTwitter data survey thread.
We're trying to understand what data gets used in what publications, and why so… 15:12:47, 2021-01-14
@CatalystCoop This @auffhammer paper uses FERC 714 hourly demand, and also EIA 861 for utility service territories… https://t.co/CMF9hvo76w in reply to CatalystCoop 15:12:28, 2021-01-14
@CatalystCoop @NREL Code is up here: https://t.co/GDr7DLDjgP in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:10:33, 2021-01-14
@CatalystCoop This @NREL paper lays out a methodology for inferring power plant thermal efficiency as a function of… https://t.co/iBDvJ0J3pV in reply to CatalystCoop 15:09:42, 2021-01-14
RT @CatalystCoop: Also, if you want to do research on this kind of stuff, the @SloanFoundation has put out a call for letters of interest.… 14:44:22, 2021-01-14
@ericmbudd Wait is this the *same guy* who literally advised Pence that he had the authority as VP to overturn the election results? in reply to ericmbudd 10:50:37, 2021-01-14
@ericmbudd Hmm, just in time for the B117 to really get a foothold. in reply to ericmbudd 10:48:10, 2021-01-14
@ericmbudd House meeting agenda item? in reply to ericmbudd 08:52:57, 2021-01-14
It's like Uber, but for Groupon. https://t.co/a1K92bSUQ7 23:20:28, 2021-01-13
At some level it's wild how similar all the energy infrastructure ends up being. Giant offshore steel platforms, bi… https://t.co/yztAuoBdmZ 23:18:16, 2021-01-13
RT @bitsybee17: Y'all Illinois is a lot of things, but today we're the first state to abolish cash bail. 21:07:18, 2021-01-13
But what if it's an abusive relationship? https://t.co/eFff8EPzuE 21:02:48, 2021-01-13
RT @harper: https://t.co/rjIn6zR5AZ 20:57:49, 2021-01-13
I always thought all the "manual override" levers in the movies were kind of fanciful but I guess not. https://t.co/szTVm6oIjv 20:50:44, 2021-01-13
@tayloramurphy AND THEIR THATCH ROOF COTTAGES!!!!!!!!!!! in reply to tayloramurphy 20:48:09, 2021-01-13
My god Aunt Flo was a spy. https://t.co/FW0bSJ9GXO 20:14:08, 2021-01-13
Maybe this is neurotic, but I just automatically feel close to people who get angry about things that are worth get… https://t.co/XicYqvY0yh 18:18:55, 2021-01-13
@leahstokes @Guay_JG https://t.co/tjWank4CyE in reply to leahstokes 18:16:26, 2021-01-13
@thebmbennett ❤️ in reply to thebmbennett 18:07:58, 2021-01-13
RT @JaneAFlegal: Want to open my window in Silicon Valley and scream-read this https://t.co/mpCyeIna5D 12:40:09, 2021-01-13
So grant proposals are officially done when you physically can't stand to edit them anymore right? 12:39:57, 2021-01-13
@damhnait I'm one of the proud few firstname dot lastname at gmail dot com. in reply to damhnait 07:08:37, 2021-01-13
Though I must say I wouldn't mind seeing Leah Stokes: policymaker edition someday. Maybe the CPUC or FERC will have… https://t.co/a1H4hLD0Z7 07:04:25, 2021-01-13
@leahstokes Yeah. Maybe if you're Tokyo or NYC or one of the other almost city-states, but small cities can just be… https://t.co/fKQJLUBBJu in reply to leahstokes 07:01:41, 2021-01-13
👀 https://t.co/Z7SIgiz2kl 07:00:06, 2021-01-13
@leahstokes It's nice to have staff on your side! in reply to leahstokes 21:24:12, 2021-01-12
I gotta say, I think this sounds like a bug not a feature. https://t.co/K62g56G6t0 20:51:57, 2021-01-12
RT @CleverTitleTK: Where my Gen Xers at https://t.co/RiWRTsTNPj 20:40:48, 2021-01-12
@leahstokes I've really enjoyed combining the two, with Twitter as a backchannel for links to documents, historical… https://t.co/8NeDe0ofbK in reply to leahstokes 20:39:46, 2021-01-12
I mean, is it cynical to wonder if they're being so insistent because they actually want to shoot somebody in there… https://t.co/Ftmrvs6sZI 19:23:33, 2021-01-12
@ElleArmageddon Ugh, too real. in reply to ElleArmageddon 19:18:06, 2021-01-12
@CostaSamaras I'd guess this does kind of reflect the politics of the territories they serve. Though the co-op boar… https://t.co/80HhY2f5ZZ in reply to CostaSamaras 19:06:57, 2021-01-12
😦 🌲🌲 https://t.co/bs4mWHFtn5 19:00:54, 2021-01-12
Welcome! C'mon down to Signal Town we're gonna have ourselves a time. https://t.co/vnQt8rxpmG 18:58:43, 2021-01-12
Traumatic memories.
"One of the more heartbreaking conversations that our healthcare workers share is about these… https://t.co/bz6EY8hueg 16:47:48, 2021-01-12
@simonw Wow, even with the fires over the summer, this feels worse? in reply to simonw 16:39:30, 2021-01-12
OK I compromised and had them fried last night and boiled this morning. https://t.co/pEzBhmQslH in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:17:29, 2021-01-12
@jdossgollin Sadly, I am currently living in sin parilla. in reply to jdossgollin 07:16:41, 2021-01-12
https://t.co/6nz8e4MC4N https://t.co/qk2ViQ7XNx 07:10:50, 2021-01-12
RT @charles_gaba: Holy shit. They’re holding vaccine distribution funds hostage until she reopens the economy…which she can’t do until th… 07:03:03, 2021-01-12
RT @KendraWrites: Explain to me how: "infecting me with Covid" is not a physical attack? 07:00:59, 2021-01-12
RT @RepJayapal: I just received a positive COVID-19 test result after being locked down in a secured room at the Capitol where several Repu… 07:00:54, 2021-01-12
Another $600B in stranded fossil assets. https://t.co/sAqlw9FCwO 06:53:38, 2021-01-12
RT @tonytost: As a screenwriter, one silver lining about recent events is that I don't anticipate too many notes about plausibility any tim… 21:34:13, 2021-01-11
@CHThiem I mean easily from a laws-of-physics point of view… it would just have to look more like this. https://t.co/jnfZZXDcPo in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:12:24, 2021-01-11
@CHThiem I'm sure this is not what Dickles meant but it is misleading: you could easily house 10x as many people in… https://t.co/Uiq2ezmuOu in reply to CHThiem 20:01:32, 2021-01-11
@judesantopietro It's all so surreal. in reply to judesantopietro 18:56:56, 2021-01-11
me at the market: "Oooh, plantains, if I boil them then they're a good breakfast."
me at home: "Oooh, plantains, i… https://t.co/7qrvuqITXv 16:30:55, 2021-01-11
Omg. Antifa NLP go brrrrrrrr. https://t.co/uBt55Mn5il 10:21:42, 2021-01-11
@damhnait That's awesome! I'd be super interested to know what's going on there — IIRC Ireland doesn't have a lot… https://t.co/DMeQbO3Fu3 in reply to damhnait 07:23:29, 2021-01-11
@drvolts https://t.co/ij3W7Mk4UC in reply to drvolts 21:21:05, 2021-01-10
@drvolts Do you follow @thebmbennett? She's data director for @sunrisemvmt in reply to drvolts 21:17:24, 2021-01-10
RT @emorwee: Lmfaoooo https://t.co/MBIlHltEgb 20:45:08, 2021-01-10
RT @roslemusmartin: Abro Hilo sobre la nueva #variante de #SARSCoV2 detectada hoy en México …
@WeTweetScienceM 20:40:44, 2021-01-10
@ericmbudd This was an interesting collection of threads, though not in a super encouraging way https://t.co/KvuKF0SKNT in reply to ericmbudd 18:39:38, 2021-01-10
@ericmbudd This is going to be such an extra total clusterfuck. https://t.co/Kyr69eU7vY in reply to ericmbudd 18:30:19, 2021-01-10
Welp, here we go again. https://t.co/QHv0u7l5QQ 18:22:48, 2021-01-10
@JadeResurrected If you're into classics stuff I imagine you've come across @Fall_of_Civ_Pod but the Memoirs of Had… https://t.co/8UlzyWhk7g in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:00:00, 2021-01-10
@JadeResurrected A friend recommended this book "Entangled Life" to me, about all the weird roles fungi play in the… https://t.co/FZx0BVEEH7 16:49:39, 2021-01-10
@interfluidity It's such a bummer that something like @matrixdotorg hasn't taken over as a universal infrastructure… https://t.co/UeLvYiwXwU in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:35:45, 2021-01-10
It is wild to me that one party is divided over whether trying to overthrow the government is okay.
And the other… https://t.co/CO5BYjb1oE 15:59:42, 2021-01-10
Uhhhh. https://t.co/heQ2Pkcvn1 12:53:06, 2021-01-10
RT @Ben_Inskeep: Social media companies extracted massive profits from Trump's ad purchases and user engagement while giving him a platform… 09:23:07, 2021-01-10
RT @ayanaeliza: “We are a country built on fabrication, nostalgia and euphemism. And every time America shows the worst of itself, all the… 09:19:16, 2021-01-10
It is going to be weird if a decade from now we all have traumatic memories attached to arcane virus mutation label… https://t.co/Z79F3iKKSr 09:01:06, 2021-01-10
Like "inciting a mob" that has a particular purpose you've chosen really does feel like a special and potentially d… https://t.co/Ipih9N48uB in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:15:38, 2021-01-10
It felt like something about the escalation of collective decision making / norm breaking briefly turned the group… https://t.co/Ga56ZVhvZa in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:12:14, 2021-01-10
And eventually *every single person* got naked and went swimming. 7/n in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:08:20, 2021-01-10
Sitting on the beach in the dark with some other people — many of whom I didn't know — there was this uncertainty… https://t.co/LfTMmiQpj1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:06:20, 2021-01-10
And then we were on the beach! It wasn't exactly hot, so not everyone was to immediately thrilled about jumping in… https://t.co/zvM3Qf2Eha in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:03:15, 2021-01-10
But then someone found a big pipe that crossed the ravine. And we stood there for a while, looking at it, almost si… https://t.co/udgnjKUb36 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:00:26, 2021-01-10
There were maybe 50 people? We stood around for a few minutes in the dark, disappointed, wondering what to do next.… https://t.co/OsRRI9wp01 in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:57:37, 2021-01-10
It was a loosely organized nighttime bike ride in the summer in Colorado, out into the country with the general ide… https://t.co/l8T2V4ZGzV in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:54:35, 2021-01-10
I was part of a mob once. It was bizarre and illuminating. They really are this kind of emergent collective entity… https://t.co/BYtEoHXHQe 07:51:56, 2021-01-10

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