Tweets for the Week of 2021-10-31 to 2021-11-06

It's all pretty depressing and I'm sure this doesn't quality as "productive" but at least I'm debugging US energy d… https://t.co/hzUsWQGGlJ 23:36:38, 2021-11-06
RT @KanielaIng: This bill is in fact NOT, by any scientific or common sense metric, a climate bill. https://t.co/AHcIm10eDp 23:25:49, 2021-11-06
Okay, feeling a little better about the #BIF now. https://t.co/fNLiJBpEoz 21:38:35, 2021-11-06
RT @IanColdwater: LOL https://t.co/dpo1UaGYUH 21:37:03, 2021-11-06
@daveregrets https://t.co/61CI9qkfHQ in reply to daveregrets 21:31:52, 2021-11-06
RT @leahstokes: Feel like a broken record, but the facts are clear: the infrastructure bill the House passed last night is NOT a climate bi… 21:22:05, 2021-11-06
Wait I thought it was just that I have no idea what I'm doing. https://t.co/q9BJvSejKq 19:33:03, 2021-11-06
@alexkyllo @natorro omg I thought it was just me not knowing what I was doing. in reply to alexkyllo 19:22:09, 2021-11-06
By some miracle I am now able to understand Narcos Mexico without the Spanish subtitles. Not sure how being holed u… https://t.co/O6vDwadhDH 19:21:32, 2021-11-06
I guess in a certain light Mutually Assured Destruction is also bipartisan. Gotta have both sides cooperating to get it done. 19:18:39, 2021-11-06
Electrify Everything Some Time After 2030! https://t.co/og4UM9mCoZ 19:16:08, 2021-11-06
Innovation! https://t.co/GKaJ0JzVnW 19:13:53, 2021-11-06
@DavidPomerantz Dude I'll eat your words for you if you're wrong. in reply to DavidPomerantz 19:10:59, 2021-11-06
RT @DavidPomerantz: 49 senators and 2 bucks will still get you a decent cup of coffee in some places! https://t.co/FU44zPcnfb 19:09:48, 2021-11-06
RT @LandoGoesWest: Do parents of kids that aren’t white get to ask this? https://t.co/Jgz4BrDTkA 18:06:38, 2021-11-06
Ethanol really is a crap drug. We can do *so* much better. https://t.co/YfYGNmQe6l 18:04:40, 2021-11-06
@ericmbudd I think it's warmer there today than it is here. https://t.co/9w9HPQFK8w in reply to ericmbudd 15:13:44, 2021-11-06
@yoavlurie @ericmbudd @shayshinecastle Oh and then they made it impossible for students to run such funding initiatives in the future. in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:12:03, 2021-11-06
Dude! It turns out you don't even have to imagine!
https://t.co/54j9gE3KQx in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:03:44, 2021-11-06
I do love me some cinematic drone footage.
But also, imagine what the military versions of these are like today, a… https://t.co/XYM5Q1K75h 13:54:22, 2021-11-06
NOCs gonna make bank. Oil majors gonna… have to figure something else out. Probably a combination of public bailo… https://t.co/t3WzPfqpHC 13:44:53, 2021-11-06
(And of course like nearly every living arrangement arrangement I had in Boulder, this was illegal.) in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:40:12, 2021-11-06
If I hadn't *literally* been living in a van and parking on the street at the time, I would also have had to pay fi… https://t.co/8uNAHJCWaa in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:37:25, 2021-11-06
When I started grad school at CU in 2002 I got a bill for these student fees due before I'd ever been paid as a res… https://t.co/c23qaYMq76 13:36:05, 2021-11-06
@MyleneJac I'm finding I can't take it seriously given the persistent disconnects we've seen between pledges and im… https://t.co/WICzBqQCit in reply to MyleneJac 11:52:56, 2021-11-06
@MyleneJac ACAB in reply to MyleneJac 11:50:27, 2021-11-06
@simonw 🤦‍♂️ in reply to simonw 00:17:32, 2021-11-06
Well, I guess we're going to have a lot of work supporting state-level climate policy and advocacy. 23:41:04, 2021-11-05
RT @CO2_earth: 📈 Monthly average #CO2 in the atmosphere was 413.93 ppm in October 2021. 📈 Up from 411.41 ppm in October 2020. 📈 Mauna Loa O… 23:36:23, 2021-11-05
RT @daveregrets: So glad I don't work in govt tonight so I don't have to put on a brave face and tweet out forced positivity from an offici… 23:33:47, 2021-11-05
@ericmbudd @yoavlurie @shayshinecastle Unfortunately housing costs about 5x as much now. in reply to ericmbudd 22:18:45, 2021-11-05
@yoavlurie @ericmbudd @shayshinecastle Well, they did intentionally prevent the students from creating a housing co… https://t.co/aN0mC8FUA8 in reply to yoavlurie 22:17:26, 2021-11-05
It bums me out how frequently I see one of the amazing nerdy women I follow on here lament that their nerdiness is… https://t.co/dyXZmaqfSG 22:08:35, 2021-11-05
Wacky hijinx to ensue shortly. https://t.co/uiGvPfGuhS 22:03:13, 2021-11-05
@lenazun Ugh. Seems generally bad.
My 1st experience of this was at 17 when a CS prof got a student pregnant, lost… https://t.co/3naPcewWSz in reply to lenazun 20:17:59, 2021-11-05
Between Donziger getting locked up by Chevron, and that douchecanoe suing @SarahdawnH, @ericmbudd, @boulderprogress… https://t.co/b4BOkI310y 19:39:37, 2021-11-05
Hmm. 🤔 What does this remind me of?
"Turns out, it’s hard to adjust to a new normal when that new normal keeps cha… https://t.co/u2VKl19a5D 13:59:00, 2021-11-05
Yup. Very clear and successful strategy. Odd-year local elections are a pox. https://t.co/T6Q44UFoRd 12:39:05, 2021-11-05
When I did the grocery shopping for a housing co-op made up of 12-15 adults we went through 3-4 gallons of milk a week. 00:36:32, 2021-11-05
RT @LilaHickey: insulting people with GEDs – or passing any kind of judgement based on credentialing – just exposes your own lack of confid… 19:01:26, 2021-11-04
@thebmbennett My god this guy is just a walking talking climate villain parody. in reply to thebmbennett 16:54:33, 2021-11-04
*ahem* #Boulder https://t.co/KNPEqsCsvl 16:45:25, 2021-11-04
@SarahdawnH *sigh* Hostile for whomst? in reply to SarahdawnH 16:00:49, 2021-11-04
@LilaHickey @nataliebrownist @bolderbekah People would lose their goddamned NIMBY minds.
Also, I suspect that if B… https://t.co/sxusaQaVct in reply to LilaHickey 15:58:31, 2021-11-04
@CaitlinAOdom So many layers. in reply to CaitlinAOdom 15:51:21, 2021-11-04
@LilaHickey Oh the life of a self-sovereign developer. in reply to LilaHickey 14:52:47, 2021-11-04
@drvolts I mean if you were consistent it would get boring. Intermittent, unpredictable reinforcement is far more addictive. in reply to drvolts 12:49:01, 2021-11-04
@Revkin Wacky Hijinx Ensue? in reply to Revkin 09:50:07, 2021-11-04
@ericmbudd @CocoDavies The off-year electorate is so sad. in reply to ericmbudd 09:46:19, 2021-11-04
@ericmbudd Which, conveniently, will be about the time to start another campaign. in reply to ericmbudd 09:05:08, 2021-11-04
I'm used to being able to hear my neighbors, but not really used to being able to smell them. When their toast is b… https://t.co/xlKVU8e53R 08:58:53, 2021-11-04
So many layers. https://t.co/rRPZcaAzfo 08:25:28, 2021-11-04
Born at 332ppm, I hope not to live to see 500. https://t.co/xZq46c3pAN 00:38:40, 2021-11-04
@kejtia And then there's the transmission lines required to make renewable energy work well. https://t.co/xAfIIPQPyw in reply to kejtia 00:35:39, 2021-11-04
@joelindsey @LilaHickey @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer https://t.co/f7plENlL5O in reply to joelindsey 21:48:58, 2021-11-03
@bikeshopgirlcom @sueprant https://t.co/f7plENlL5O in reply to bikeshopgirlcom 21:48:28, 2021-11-03
RT @d_olivaw: Academic publishing in a screenshot. Because I live in South America, I cannot access this paper on temperature projections i… 19:34:36, 2021-11-03
@CastellanoChels @BoCoClerk They're out! in reply to CastellanoChels 18:12:41, 2021-11-03
RT @amywestervelt: Uhhh guys? there’s a reason the bulk of economists are team “the markets will fix it” or “climate action is too expensiv… 18:11:03, 2021-11-03
@IceSheetMike @CHThiem said every appointment in Boulder was taken shortly after midnight! in reply to IceSheetMike 18:07:57, 2021-11-03
@miblogestublog Maybe you've already seen this but: space tacos! https://t.co/sRfI5i2eOG 14:44:19, 2021-11-03
@lenazun The Unbearable Hotness of Being. in reply to lenazun 13:30:02, 2021-11-03
RT @drvolts: Has anyone seen a story — an interview, even a passing mention — of how black Virginia parents feel about how history is tau… 13:26:30, 2021-11-03
@joshdr83 Or maybe just tank the economy to own the libs? in reply to joshdr83 10:48:16, 2021-11-03
Just seems odd that we keep pledging to reduce emissions while also being on track for record high emissions.… https://t.co/OAJ8voNRYN in reply to ZaneSelvans 04:09:37, 2021-11-03
Has anybody analyzed whether the things countries say at a COP have any information content? Meaning, empirically i… https://t.co/f4rltSzALj 04:04:28, 2021-11-03
Off year election night is even more depressing because hardly anyone is even paying attention to the horrors and s… https://t.co/a77VZV9OAL 00:03:44, 2021-11-03
And as always trying to switch between English, Spanish, and Japanese all at once proved totally impossible. It just crashes my brain. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:55:29, 2021-11-02
I think the people who come to the language exchange have got to be at least a little bit odd. One of the aforement… https://t.co/pwDjFqfcdj in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:54:31, 2021-11-02
Okay but the expectation value of $5M spread across like 2.5M vaccinated people is only $2/person, while 10 guarant… https://t.co/Fc6HvkSUMz 23:10:13, 2021-11-02
LET THE GAMES BEGIN. https://t.co/8FmM1cO9qK 23:01:35, 2021-11-02
Tonight at intercambio: younger dude totally cornered by two sisters on the structural nature of patriarchy in Mexi… https://t.co/CDkza6e0Bt in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:47:59, 2021-11-02
Every time I get out and actually interact with people in Spanish they seem pretty great. Maybe I'm getting a biase… https://t.co/SuuGJkwBbq 22:42:34, 2021-11-02
@lenazun 😍 in reply to lenazun 17:14:06, 2021-11-02
There is such a thing as enough.
https://t.co/AbHWFLMhul 17:11:10, 2021-11-02
@LilaHickey 🇲🇽🌮🤠🌴 in reply to LilaHickey 16:13:23, 2021-11-02
@LilaHickey While somehow also seeming to have no context on the place and it's ongoing political battles! in reply to LilaHickey 16:12:40, 2021-11-02
@Noahpinion I'm amazed there isn't more fiction set amidst the pre-contact mesoamerican empires. in reply to Noahpinion 13:38:50, 2021-11-02
@janehummer Oh man, I could retire if they'd backdate this to when I turned 16. in reply to janehummer 00:18:47, 2021-11-02
RT @sdamico: BTC increasing by like 5x could turn this into something like double-digit percentages of our base load electricity and latest… 23:34:05, 2021-11-01
@drvolts What if he has communicated (in private or implicitly) that he's going to tank BBB no matter what, and Bid… https://t.co/w1qNG8vFar in reply to drvolts 23:28:09, 2021-11-01
Someone please tell me that the Mercer family isn't a major investor in Lord Zuck's new venture.… https://t.co/lrpM2L2uZK 21:52:14, 2021-11-01
@duncan__c It's all so, meta.
https://t.co/9ovurEtg7k in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:46:57, 2021-11-01
@duncan__c …centered on a martyr-like character, Wilbur Mercer, who eternally climbs up a hill while being hit with crashing stones." in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:46:22, 2021-11-01
@duncan__c "The trend of increased empathy has coincidentally motivated a new technology-based religion called Merc… https://t.co/KGlEpEuG5y in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:46:07, 2021-11-01
@duncan__c I feel like Phillip K. Dick described this in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. in reply to duncan__c 21:29:09, 2021-11-01
@simonw I don't understand how folks can describe these scenarios with a straight face and imagine that they're going to convince anybody. in reply to simonw 21:26:39, 2021-11-01
Ah, the enlightened petrostate. https://t.co/jsB06Sj6Hy 16:18:28, 2021-11-01
There's really no nice way to say it. https://t.co/fdKuBVP6iW 13:30:45, 2021-11-01
JFC 🤦
Markets are (sometimes!) useful tools. They're not magic. https://t.co/H9M42OBPWa 13:26:13, 2021-11-01
@drvolts Okay but maybe we can get them to build giant corporate mechs that fight to the corporate death like in Pa… https://t.co/XZo8oT0lJ2 in reply to drvolts 12:39:53, 2021-11-01
@joshdr83 Nacogdoches always makes me think of that scene in Charlie Wilson's War where a donor is trying to get hi… https://t.co/UMFWbPLYGy in reply to joshdr83 11:40:00, 2021-11-01
@CaitlinAOdom Gonna to be a slog. IEA is predicting 2021 will come close to matching record pre-pandemic emissions. in reply to CaitlinAOdom 11:37:11, 2021-11-01
@DynamicWebPaige "Crabgrass Frontier" and "Fighting Traffic" are interesting histories of how US cities & cars deve… https://t.co/HTcc3l6EIh in reply to DynamicWebPaige 22:51:19, 2021-10-31
@simonw Oh man. Driving is high on my list of things that every regular person maybe shouldn't be expected to do. in reply to simonw 22:24:53, 2021-10-31
What Would Henry George Do? 🔰 https://t.co/s2t1pCzv9U 22:21:25, 2021-10-31
RT @upulie: Did the fossil fuels write this tweet https://t.co/XWEDytHOir 22:18:25, 2021-10-31
RT @StoicalSophist: @nytimes Popularized by Hollywood in films like "Die Hard" and "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Christmas is a centu… 20:27:17, 2021-10-31
But shouldn't oil companies have a seat at the climate negotiation table? https://t.co/I4g40W7hev 19:54:40, 2021-10-31
@miblogestublog Bond? WTF? in reply to miblogestublog 16:20:10, 2021-10-31
I may never get over how trippy it is to understand people speaking other languages. 16:09:45, 2021-10-31
@ericmbudd Oh man that's what we thought when the co-op ordinance finally passed too. Who knows what kind of cluste… https://t.co/oZjZdPxHgC in reply to ericmbudd 15:47:18, 2021-10-31
@llmunro @SYoungReports And then they even send you a text/email at every step in your ballot's journey until it's… https://t.co/p9ET3eQD6t in reply to llmunro 15:45:33, 2021-10-31

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