Tweets for the Week of 2021-02-14 to 2021-02-20

@sepzilla @ericmbudd @MarkyV https://t.co/EBNzze63vQ in reply to sepzilla 21:10:55, 2021-02-20
Okay but what if we designed streets to be this safe when something goes horribly wrong too? https://t.co/RKaFPaeom7 17:36:35, 2021-02-20
@ericmbudd Meatspace is the new Myspace. in reply to ericmbudd 13:53:18, 2021-02-20
@ericmbudd Hmm, I thought Google Meat was still in beta. in reply to ericmbudd 11:19:59, 2021-02-20
I'm tired. I've become afraid of the disappointment that comes from imagining better futures. Like I'm hesitant to… https://t.co/P5XwyfzTtr in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:18:05, 2021-02-20
I've often appreciated the sentiment behind "We can't build what we can't imagine." — that we have to have constru… https://t.co/YBiyj4uClN 11:13:44, 2021-02-20
Interesting window into the market consequences of the deep freeze in Texas. https://t.co/ce48VJCVVT 07:59:31, 2021-02-20
@Olivia_R_Will Interested to hear what you learn from this! in reply to Olivia_R_Will 07:50:01, 2021-02-20
This seems like either a huge arbitrage opportunity, or a “The markets can remain irrational longer than you can re… https://t.co/Prb3eXT3Ta 07:38:22, 2021-02-20
@JadeResurrected Okay this takes fungal fashion to a new level. https://t.co/PlNL0LHAej 21:22:28, 2021-02-19
@JadeResurrected If you haven't come across her already, @SarahTaber_bww is an interesting person to follow on agri… https://t.co/hhHWoxF7b3 in reply to JadeResurrected 09:02:32, 2021-02-19
@MikeyFriesen @thmscwlls There was an interesting San Jose State University study where they polled a bunch of publ… https://t.co/M4AlPtPo1D in reply to MikeyFriesen 06:51:06, 2021-02-19
@ericmbudd @CHThiem It seemed to me like they rarely provided official connections to the adjacent properties, and… https://t.co/cyVfXtSoMV in reply to ericmbudd 21:29:21, 2021-02-18
@MikeyFriesen @thmscwlls There's a spreadsheet linked above the table. I think capital costs for the street are muc… https://t.co/rHSR1NVYJW in reply to MikeyFriesen 21:10:26, 2021-02-18
@thmscwlls @MikeyFriesen Some estimates under different assumptions here: https://t.co/mws1lwb4sf in reply to thmscwlls 20:50:10, 2021-02-18
@TheAncientWorld Do you have favorite novels set in antiquity that you'd recommend? Anywhere in the world, really.… https://t.co/UXu3zVCDH1 in reply to TheAncientWorld 18:00:22, 2021-02-18
Space exploration still makes me tear up after all these years. 14:07:20, 2021-02-18
@CHThiem Joking right. Joking… in reply to CHThiem 12:59:32, 2021-02-18
Hoy para la primera vez, NASA está proveyendo un livestream de aterrizaje en Marte en español. A partir de 11:30 am… https://t.co/GcuySoLkIw 10:02:37, 2021-02-18
@JaneAFlegal Do you have a favorite essay / article length exploration of the ideas from "An Engine, Not a Camera?"… https://t.co/fpTxq5eBKP 09:50:54, 2021-02-18
A bulletproof grid funded by ratepayers would be regressive, and the consequences of a vulnerable grid also disprop… https://t.co/jPv56a73tG 09:36:55, 2021-02-18
@JaneAFlegal Hoping to get a small dose of that feeling with the Mars rover landing at 3:55pm eastern today. in reply to JaneAFlegal 09:31:18, 2021-02-18
@JadeResurrected It's wild how resistant our society is to the idea that *helping others directly* can be not only… https://t.co/r5q8NuDy3l in reply to JadeResurrected 09:26:05, 2021-02-18
@CostaSamaras "We're building the infrastructure of today, tomorrow." in reply to CostaSamaras 09:23:29, 2021-02-18
@interfluidity It's sounds like it's still somewhat unclear whether this kind of polar vortex event is more likely… https://t.co/QbYWCi3SaY in reply to interfluidity 07:07:27, 2021-02-18
Atomic Heart. So metal. https://t.co/jNwMaNtqYM 20:10:08, 2021-02-17
A long overview of current science exploring possible links between rapid arctic warming, and extreme weather event… https://t.co/9lAURembOt 16:28:26, 2021-02-17
@SarahdawnH One of the all time most absurd public comments I've witnessed was the old guy who was like "I mean, I… https://t.co/QYpyebBkPm in reply to SarahdawnH 16:09:31, 2021-02-17
@SarahdawnH @ericmbudd STACKED LIKE CORDWOOOOD in reply to SarahdawnH 16:07:43, 2021-02-17
All generation is intermittent in its own way. https://t.co/djA2NviKsW 13:34:25, 2021-02-17
@ElephantEating https://t.co/zFEP2630zn in reply to ElephantEating 13:29:36, 2021-02-17
RT @CathyReisenwitz: Tough day for a lot of our dads 11:18:02, 2021-02-17
We built this giant xenoforming machine and we can't figure out how to shut it down. Is it going to destroy itself… https://t.co/xoJeI8KGHM 07:29:29, 2021-02-17
@graceyswer @neko20279936 Oops, I had meant to link to this one! But you probably saw https://t.co/fdfdfweKHA in reply to graceyswer 16:39:25, 2021-02-16
@graceyswer @neko20279936 Yeah, it's a systemic problem: https://t.co/d3Y2yZKjpG in reply to graceyswer 16:37:22, 2021-02-16
How Open Source sponsorship resembles Only Fans. https://t.co/cEgCfEipMw 16:04:55, 2021-02-16
@JesseJenkins Is there an exaplanation somewhere of what it means for gas lines to freeze? Like is it co-produced p… https://t.co/sweof6sQOA in reply to JesseJenkins 14:50:10, 2021-02-16
@amywestervelt Happened in Mexico at the end of last year too! https://t.co/JaadfzlDsW in reply to amywestervelt 13:51:35, 2021-02-16
@simonw We're able to do this at @CatalystCoop — though it doesn't always feel stable — through a combination of… https://t.co/A1HZStA3LH in reply to simonw 12:05:46, 2021-02-16
@gschivley Were you a parent in PGH? It seems to bloom in new parent circles a lot. "On Immunity" by Eula Biss is a… https://t.co/2gmTDMfH3Q in reply to gschivley 08:01:27, 2021-02-16
@Thatmushroom This is probably a @joshdr83 question. in reply to Thatmushroom 07:38:59, 2021-02-16
@JadeResurrected @econnaturalist He was interviewed by Ezra Klein about the book / ideas too, if you want a preview… https://t.co/VQtEznNvHE in reply to JadeResurrected 07:33:29, 2021-02-16
@JadeResurrected @econnaturalist has an interesting book "Under the Influence" about how a lot of consumption (esp.… https://t.co/tuQp5cEyKc in reply to JadeResurrected 07:27:07, 2021-02-16
@InariPopcorn https://t.co/Ge48d1r4ND in reply to InariPopcorn 22:40:14, 2021-02-15
RT @CostaSamaras: Basically a major portion of the country is in an electricity, heating, and transportation cascading crisis while the ent… 22:38:47, 2021-02-15
RT @erinoverturf: Good thread. https://t.co/9zUbKzimQT 22:30:46, 2021-02-15
Periodic rolling blackouts due to a political system that's (so far) unable to produce infrastructure appropriate t… https://t.co/m2lGE8XHuX 22:02:37, 2021-02-15
@deapthoughts lol it's probably not Twitter breaks. in reply to deapthoughts 21:55:24, 2021-02-15
@InariPopcorn Shermer would do all these events on campus at Caltech. It's grating when you kind of agree with some… https://t.co/DZu70EJRCf 21:53:08, 2021-02-15
Somehow a year of social isolation has made me super sensitive to socially uncomfortable situations. Even just watc… https://t.co/eLQV09o2bV 21:43:54, 2021-02-15
Is something analogous behind the gas pipelines "freezing" ? Or is it condensate or something else? Why keeps the g… https://t.co/Wnza6gnCBK 19:58:42, 2021-02-15
@ericmbudd "Software being 'done' is like grass being 'mowed'" in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:29:51, 2021-02-14
@ericmbudd "all" in reply to ericmbudd 14:29:04, 2021-02-14
In either case, our current biogeophysical situation doesn't lend itself to moving billions of tons of carbon from… https://t.co/4Wmrna1GmT in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:23:41, 2021-02-14
RT @emilygrubert: I've got people in OK & TX & I'm seeing a lot of "these conditions prove renewables can't work" in my texts and online.… 11:19:13, 2021-02-14
Ah okay here's that original essay from 2017 where I first saw this idea: https://t.co/5Ga7p4gAGa in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:12:54, 2021-02-14
And another 2016 paper comparing these two hypotheses directly: https://t.co/B7RZccDVDa in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:07:22, 2021-02-14
@gerbrandvd @fchollet God it would be tempting to try and make them subtly wrong. in reply to gerbrandvd 10:59:18, 2021-02-14
Here's a more accessible writeup of that PNAS paper: https://t.co/hMGkHxwHNJ in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:57:34, 2021-02-14
And a contemporaneous attempt to refute the idea. This is hard. Somehow the *story* is so good that it's hard for m… https://t.co/T9Cw9N2e6u in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:49:39, 2021-02-14
@JadeResurrected you might like this story 👆 in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:47:15, 2021-02-14
Ah, here's a recent iteration of the idea, from Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink: https://t.co/q4yIJ2czT0 https://t.co/XvSdN72NEX 10:45:30, 2021-02-14
@KenCaldeira I once read an article about how the biomass that became most coal was only able to go from the biosph… https://t.co/05QihLTTMT in reply to KenCaldeira 10:27:19, 2021-02-14
@fchollet Here's hoping we never find out how valid these models are. in reply to fchollet 10:08:36, 2021-02-14
Who among us has not written a large piece of code and had it work on the first try?
Whenever this happens my firs… https://t.co/4pCj9qKp0Q 10:08:01, 2021-02-14

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