Tweets for the Week of 2021-10-03 to 2021-10-09

"In late 1973 the oil company admitted illegal campaign contributions and paid a fine of $5,000, and in January it… https://t.co/55L4YL1Ouc in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:56:38, 2021-10-09
"For Phillips, sponsorship of the series is but another attempt to spread the good word about free enterprise. Last… https://t.co/TVOHZ0z1wX in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:56:17, 2021-10-09
A piece on the series from the NYT archive:
https://t.co/eoeBklRk8M in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:55:08, 2021-10-09
@SceneOnRadio @amywestervelt From the description the uploader included:
"Now, take a trip back to school in the 1… https://t.co/ylRxKVyIiF in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:51:54, 2021-10-09
This 1976 film series on "American Enterprise" narrated by William Shatner is such a weird time capsule from the ye… https://t.co/GjnYdlGiAo 23:49:00, 2021-10-09
RT @VladChituc: This idea was too stupid to not try so please buy this jpeg for $69,000. https://t.co/Xtu2RC2a7Z https://t.co/ikVz112Kkr ht… 23:11:49, 2021-10-09
@andrew_leach Wow, this is some classic oil and gas PR work. @amywestervelt in reply to andrew_leach 22:43:42, 2021-10-09
@kyrib One thing I did like about Boulder was that it was kind of taken for granted that people could / would remai… https://t.co/1whlx1QuhX in reply to kyrib 15:52:42, 2021-10-09
@kevpluck kind of familiar but in 2-D. https://t.co/eWsHVpzBLg 08:26:44, 2021-10-09
RT @laurieontech: The more time you spend in a codebase the longer your “want to refactor” list becomes.
This goes double if the original… 08:24:33, 2021-10-09
Man I watched one lousy hoof video out of curiosity and now The Algorithm will forever think I want to be part of H… https://t.co/TLIQRm7nRS 19:40:50, 2021-10-08
Ah, the "zoom, enhance!" trope has finally come home to roost. https://t.co/sllhY2FGfj 15:44:45, 2021-10-08
@Ben_Inskeep Ask @CHThiem if there are any good public hearings about affordable housing at Planning Board or Council 🤣💀 in reply to Ben_Inskeep 21:05:49, 2021-10-07
Man the startups you can get funded these days. https://t.co/6AMhBAwSIM 07:24:58, 2021-10-07
RT @PaulAlejandros: Uno de los argumentos que más escucho para defender la reforma eléctrica de CFE es que necesitamos precios bajos porque… 23:24:56, 2021-10-06
RT @PaulSegal12: Today’s energy crisis is not a failure of renewables, but it is a harbinger of things that we need to address to get throu… 23:16:20, 2021-10-06
RT @amywestervelt: In case anyone doesn't know, the U.S. Chamber was one of the primary hubs through which climate denial campaigns were or… 23:14:01, 2021-10-06
@ctrlshifti Thank you for the suggestion! in reply to ctrlshifti 21:34:54, 2021-10-06
Oh we *know*
We just don't *care* in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:34:13, 2021-10-06
Or you could say that we *are* acting on our knowledge, and our action is to totally half-ass it and doom half of a… https://t.co/6pKzwfXAaN in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:31:30, 2021-10-06
I know (ha!) it sounds cheesy at first, but there's something to think about in there. Especially in the case of co… https://t.co/kL8gn1AOsV in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:25:55, 2021-10-06
"To know and not to act is not to know."
https://t.co/EPDGniComL https://t.co/qBLqhVz0iw 21:20:11, 2021-10-06
@LibSkrat Sometimes it feels like piracy will eventually end up being only way to "own" anything digital. in reply to LibSkrat 20:52:29, 2021-10-06
@gschivley @cmgosnell So much needless pain and suffering could be averted. in reply to gschivley 18:50:04, 2021-10-06
Some say we need endless population growth and/or off-world artificial intelligence unconstrained by the material l… https://t.co/D7lKEFc0Vo 16:12:54, 2021-10-06
@CaitlinAOdom I've been listening to lots of good (disturbing) podcasts lately from @WeAreDrilled & @amywestervelt… https://t.co/05lT0DwCpy in reply to CaitlinAOdom 16:06:34, 2021-10-06
@CaitlinAOdom Have you met @ifoundtheme ? in reply to CaitlinAOdom 15:55:54, 2021-10-06
@ericmbudd @CastellanoChels @BoulderBedrooms @notFromShrek I'm just hoping the ecofascist wing of XR doesn't win out. in reply to ericmbudd 15:51:02, 2021-10-06
@drvolts Oh *that's* what I'm doing! in reply to drvolts 14:08:50, 2021-10-06
Randomly bought some avocados and fresh cheese from a little old lady on the street. It turned out to be goat chees… https://t.co/UoIlPvKTdg 14:07:53, 2021-10-06
@drvolts The framing on studies like this often strikes me as pretty weird. Like, having kids *at all* is in many c… https://t.co/rDOq8YTOSV in reply to drvolts 14:00:48, 2021-10-06
RT @CatalystCoop: Do we know anybody from #EnergyTwitter that's familiar with DOE's OE-417 "Electric Disturbance Events" data? And why is t… 09:57:55, 2021-10-06
RT @oliviacpu: Me: “Can I work at the library? I know it would be a change but I want to help people”
Library: “No”

Me: “Thanks I’m sad a… 18:54:56, 2021-10-05
@ntnsndr @openclimatedata @yuvipanda @lenazun @simonw Every crypto scheme may not be a pyramid scheme, but there ar… https://t.co/dHRrnbyGwp in reply to ntnsndr 14:03:58, 2021-10-05
@lenazun But also sometimes the ass-saver. in reply to lenazun 13:59:35, 2021-10-05
@yuvipanda @lenazun @simonw @ntnsndr Do any of y'all have favorite articles critiquing cryptocurrency, especially… https://t.co/2xhoKh70tB 13:06:34, 2021-10-05
RT @briankrebs: Just published a short (hopefully broadly accessible) writeup on the ongoing outages at Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp. Inc… 13:36:08, 2021-10-04
RT @drvolts: Microsoft is trying to go carbon-negative. Its recent RFP solicited bids for 154 million tonnes of negative emissions; of thos… 13:35:37, 2021-10-04
RT @fightfortheftr: Under the recently-passed CASE Act, librarians could be fired or fined $30k for sharing resources with patrons.
The US… 00:47:53, 2021-10-04
RT @alixhawley: Library patron of the week: the fella who came in, wandered around for a good while, then asked pleasantly, “What is this p… 00:44:23, 2021-10-04
@histoftech My god he's frustrating. in reply to histoftech 20:34:15, 2021-10-03
@GreatDismal The Klept and The Jackpot are two parts of the same thing. in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:18:47, 2021-10-03
@GreatDismal Will anything change beyond a few fancy law-firms having to re-org? Or will leak after leak of this ki… https://t.co/0KK1ffDk7D in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:16:38, 2021-10-03
"This is something I would bring to the attention of every diplomat, politician and corporate leader: the future, e… https://t.co/9iW7rKN1qz 16:12:42, 2021-10-03
@JaredPardi @janehummer @bolderbekah A lotta people are lazy and they're gonna stay lazy. We need great options for… https://t.co/zmR4NHKBhm in reply to JaredPardi 15:45:44, 2021-10-03
Adversarial gene editing. https://t.co/0D8RpSmyIC 12:01:29, 2021-10-03
RT @ForrestFleisch1: In the last week I've started to receive inquiries from people running tree planting programs wanting my help. I am su… 01:38:35, 2021-10-03

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