Tweets for the Week of 2021-12-12 to 2021-12-18

RT @juliaioffe: Last night, I was talking to my dad and telling him I was concerned that 2021 would make us miss 2020. He responded with a… 23:15:52, 2021-12-18
RT @ErnestoMorua: https://t.co/9pyHmauwim 23:14:15, 2021-12-18
@moaimx de cual libro / ensayo es este? in reply to moaimx 23:10:13, 2021-12-18
@amywestervelt This history sounds adjacent to your series exploring fossil fuel industry influence of education, a… https://t.co/pWIQAlFxUx 23:08:08, 2021-12-18
@SamanthaZeitlin I've had it so highly recommended, and three episodes in I just feel confused about why folks like… https://t.co/A0Q6pZUsMM in reply to SamanthaZeitlin 22:59:39, 2021-12-18
@ZLabe @NSIDC Do you think it'll ever hit the rolling average extent of 10-40 years ago again? in reply to ZLabe 22:52:38, 2021-12-18
Lol. The most entertaining explanation of ranked choice voting I've seen. And who doesn't like a well hung parliame… https://t.co/9fvDK34s3S 22:42:47, 2021-12-18
RT @aetiology: It's so frustrating to hear "we didn't know." We did. If y'all didn't, you've been using the wrong folks to advise you. 22:28:52, 2021-12-18
@welcomehomebldr https://t.co/f3GTJdNoCt in reply to welcomehomebldr 17:36:49, 2021-12-18
@AaronBrockett12 Ah sorry it's only "the" NSO zero-click exploit like it's "the" mouse that lives in the co-op kitchen. in reply to AaronBrockett12 15:22:28, 2021-12-18
@choldgraf It's a sign. in reply to choldgraf 23:43:05, 2021-12-17
@seancllns Uh, shit. in reply to seancllns 17:47:15, 2021-12-17
RT @OptimoPrincipi: Ancient mosaic glass bowl, made with opaque yellow spirals fused in a translucent cobalt-blue matrix and cast over a dr… 17:39:39, 2021-12-17
The NSO Group zero-click exploit is kind of nuts. They hijacked an image compression algorithm that just happens to… https://t.co/h5kFP9v2VP 16:58:36, 2021-12-17
I think I saw someone else cover this same report with a lede like "Coal use may have peaked!" 😆💀 https://t.co/vG01IrY6Ms 16:24:27, 2021-12-17
An interesting looking series of videos on open data stewardship from @ODIHQ:
https://t.co/gb1Gi9ySlm 08:47:42, 2021-12-17
@Thatmushroom @ericmbudd Time flows differently in The Beige Windowless Room. in reply to Thatmushroom 08:41:38, 2021-12-17
@Thatmushroom @ericmbudd The EIA retirement data are at the generator level, so I assume that it would show up. But… https://t.co/L9mTFKLXb6 in reply to Thatmushroom 08:27:17, 2021-12-17
@ericmbudd That lump around 2010 is gonna be hard to get rid of. in reply to ericmbudd 08:06:04, 2021-12-17
@CHThiem Are you thinking of jumping some balconies in Vienna? in reply to CHThiem 21:49:16, 2021-12-16
Dude, nobody puts $10,000,000,000 in their pockets.
"The Sacklers have said much of the money went toward taxes an… https://t.co/h5Oc2vgoS9 in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:34:44, 2021-12-16
🍿🍿🍿 https://t.co/rGDKRErnTS 20:29:39, 2021-12-16
@bendnorman Hmm. How are the precious bodily fluids doing up north? https://t.co/M8PX1k0Ews 19:42:07, 2021-12-16
Jeeeebus. https://t.co/zaKQnDHe3B 19:36:48, 2021-12-16
@CHThiem The wonderful thing about tiggers, is tiggers are wonderful things. in reply to CHThiem 19:34:26, 2021-12-16
@SarahdawnH @shayshinecastle 🚀🚀🚀 in reply to SarahdawnH 19:25:10, 2021-12-16
@CHThiem "I just don't think they were a good fit for our culture." in reply to CHThiem 19:22:29, 2021-12-16
Wild photos. The Dust Bowl blew my grandparents from Nebraska to California. https://t.co/YBreO70xTg 17:27:22, 2021-12-16
@SarahdawnH @shayshinecastle AND THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES. in reply to SarahdawnH 17:11:44, 2021-12-16
So do people just 3D print this kind of things these days? https://t.co/9jEx5mPZh2 17:09:07, 2021-12-16
Ahhhh, I see. https://t.co/bXjuyD2CXy 15:18:05, 2021-12-16
@joshdr83 @drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Huh, interesting! So is there a non-ridiculous future in which the… https://t.co/N5PdLJfprf in reply to joshdr83 15:04:38, 2021-12-16
@martharoskowski Oh man they were everywhere in Zürich too! So cool! in reply to martharoskowski 14:57:35, 2021-12-16
@joshdr83 @drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Can you build electricity transmission lines on ROW that's already… https://t.co/GZip4Cxjfa in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:49:41, 2021-12-16
@joshdr83 @drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul IIRC they were suggesting doing electrolysis near the renewable ene… https://t.co/FMTfefW1KK in reply to joshdr83 11:48:52, 2021-12-16
@joshdr83 @JesseJenkins @drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul There were some obvious things to mention that were o… https://t.co/SKGFAyg6gm in reply to joshdr83 09:57:02, 2021-12-16
@jacob_mays @cody_a_hill @JesseJenkins @tipvortice @jfdecarolis @EIAgov What institution is Xie at? in reply to jacob_mays 18:11:06, 2021-12-15
@kyrib So metal. 🤘 in reply to kyrib 17:03:47, 2021-12-15
@joshdr83 @KatherineBlunt @RobertFares @RockyMtnInst @CatalystCoop Thus far we haven't really gotten into T&D costs… https://t.co/4vs318DcUF in reply to joshdr83 15:59:26, 2021-12-15
@CatalystCoop It seems unlikely that S&P would allow the federal government to do this. in reply to CatalystCoop 13:09:48, 2021-12-15
@cody_a_hill @JesseJenkins @tipvortice @jfdecarolis @EIAgov Sadly it's not all public data. The ISOs aren't governm… https://t.co/hWWnsuSXgn in reply to cody_a_hill 13:05:32, 2021-12-15
@ericmbudd Now with more Billionaires and Killer Robots! in reply to ericmbudd 11:29:04, 2021-12-15
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Would also be curious what @joshdr83 and @JesseJenkins think. in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:48:04, 2021-12-15
@shayshinecastle Well good thing there's still the 400 pages of written applications. in reply to shayshinecastle 22:09:10, 2021-12-14
@kyrib I dunno, Diana the Huntress definitely meant business. in reply to kyrib 22:05:57, 2021-12-14
@SarahdawnH Or you can easily save too much for retirement, get disqualified on the basis of your assets, and be ki… https://t.co/SLYCH6y07u in reply to SarahdawnH 20:38:31, 2021-12-14
@mitchellbyars Or 309,329 furlongs per fortnight. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:28:21, 2021-12-14
@mitchellbyars I think that's ~185 km/hr. in reply to mitchellbyars 14:27:32, 2021-12-14
@shwiffles https://t.co/9UgSEKZ5Ui in reply to shwiffles 14:26:32, 2021-12-14
@shwiffles (though I do think we *drastically* underestimate the potential for 'growth' that's driven by innovation… https://t.co/jGsJuiP7KS in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:06:36, 2021-12-14
@shwiffles Like what was the multiple on Mexico's seed round to Spain? in reply to ZaneSelvans 13:47:53, 2021-12-14
@shwiffles Haha, now they're "funders" not colonies? 🤣💀 in reply to shwiffles 13:43:29, 2021-12-14
Cc: @shwiffles @dcullenward https://t.co/H74QnYXxex 13:41:41, 2021-12-14
@ericmbudd @ztuylime It's not really a decline is it? It's exile. The populations of the US, Colorado, and the Fron… https://t.co/eEBaXJ37bH in reply to ericmbudd 12:50:56, 2021-12-14
@drvolts Though to be fair, NZ has approximately the population of Brooklyn & Queens combined. in reply to drvolts 12:49:05, 2021-12-14
@mitchellbyars Meanwhile… https://t.co/Rb0pLokupQ in reply to mitchellbyars 11:58:51, 2021-12-14
@welcomehomebldr OTOH… https://t.co/Rb0pLokupQ in reply to welcomehomebldr 11:55:22, 2021-12-14
We got the PUDL dev environment working with Python 3.10, and I feel like a dork because I am excited for the improved ✨error messages✨ 10:29:04, 2021-12-14
@welcomehomebldr endlessscreaming.gif in reply to welcomehomebldr 09:50:36, 2021-12-14
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Also: they asserted that per MW-mile gas pipelines are far cheaper to build t… https://t.co/zaG6jPjJOG in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:43:11, 2021-12-14
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Also: the idea that residential heating would be difficult to electrify becau… https://t.co/GN3kJ25YO5 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:40:35, 2021-12-14
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul And then also: the suggestion that it would be unreasonable / uneconomic to w… https://t.co/qSCavHdjnO in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:38:32, 2021-12-14
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul Burning a mole of methane (CH4) looks like it's 810kJ, and burning 2 moles of… https://t.co/K6RZtZxYQ6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:36:18, 2021-12-14
@drvolts @amywestervelt @GriffithSaul A couple of things that seemed suspicious: when discussing production of hydr… https://t.co/AnAp7jrcee in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:32:57, 2021-12-14
Would love to know what @drvolts, @amywestervelt
& @GriffithSaul think about this take on the future of gas in a de… https://t.co/7csa2ncgnG 08:26:23, 2021-12-14
@ericmbudd I feel like entropy is winning. in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:02:15, 2021-12-14
@ericmbudd A series of unfortunate events. in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:01:05, 2021-12-14
@ericmbudd A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. in reply to ericmbudd 23:59:52, 2021-12-13
@SarahdawnH It's true. I haven't been though. Apparently there are minerals in the soil there that preserved the bo… https://t.co/oGixorO1lZ in reply to SarahdawnH 23:25:56, 2021-12-13
Do I miss going to AGU and rant-sobbing into drinks with folks after a full day of talks like this? *sigh*
https://t.co/Lp2bcYfa5w 19:52:54, 2021-12-13
@soycamo Yikes $19 for 2oz! I think I was spoiled by access to the Asian supermarkets in LA. in reply to soycamo 19:28:03, 2021-12-13
Apparently the mineralized dental plaque is great at preserving DNA for as much as a hundred of thousand years! So… https://t.co/dL7ZT9QnVY 19:27:09, 2021-12-13
@amywestervelt Really? To me it all feels like a very coherent body of work. At least the parts I've come across. A… https://t.co/P64mYOO7KQ in reply to amywestervelt 18:14:49, 2021-12-13
I'm sure they're here somewhere. Just not *here* here. Or on the interwebs. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:04:46, 2021-12-13
Cooking Sichuan food without Sichuan peppercorns is not the same, and so far as I can tell there do not seem to be any available in Mexico. 18:04:02, 2021-12-13
@Solomun Sadly most of the structure is being imposed by us. FERC hasn't really been a fan of structured data histo… https://t.co/2XjgKz9rQB in reply to Solomun 16:06:05, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd (And for extra fun, it's not just plant level data on the FERC side — it could be generator, or unit, o… https://t.co/QVcOYf2fez in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:54:19, 2021-12-13
@Thatmushroom We've been calling it "allocation" (vs. "aggregation") but it has come up so many times that it seems… https://t.co/NPZzmsyoaO in reply to Thatmushroom 15:51:47, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd But the breakdown is associated with the generator ID, and can depend on attributes / values which are f… https://t.co/dAtr1avCcj in reply to ericmbudd 15:50:53, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd (which is of course a fraught estimation process) in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:48:05, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd The thing is we're trying to *disaggregate* the data, not aggregate it. in reply to ericmbudd 15:47:25, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd I.e. applying an arbitrary function that takes a single number associated with a group of rows, and esti… https://t.co/CTapKi23r0 in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:46:58, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd Like… take the bulk book value remaining in the entire plant and split it up as a function of generato… https://t.co/QxM2LE1Ntg in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:44:40, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd A simple example would be, in FERC we have the undepreciated value of a whole power plant. In EIA we hav… https://t.co/rvWkGbEIg1 in reply to ericmbudd 15:42:54, 2021-12-13
@SarahdawnH https://t.co/8NL96Y1r9B in reply to SarahdawnH 15:40:35, 2021-12-13
We end up doing this frequently (e.g. scaling FERC plant or unit level data down to individual EIA generators) but… https://t.co/a1G5fCWtRn in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:25:49, 2021-12-13
Okay, "group by then aggregate" is a common pattern in relational data, but what's the reverse called?
When you ha… https://t.co/PTbAAkdpcE 15:24:13, 2021-12-13
@MyleneJac @cmgosnell is giving an AGU talk on Wednesday! in reply to MyleneJac 11:55:43, 2021-12-13
@ericmbudd Anagram for Satan. in reply to ericmbudd 11:29:03, 2021-12-13
Well @FERC's transition to using XBRL for financial reporting seems to be going fine.
"You can view the current ta… https://t.co/nVL9HzIDAy 10:40:42, 2021-12-13
Is there anything more emblematic of US capitalism than accepting government subsidies, and then lobbying against o… https://t.co/0xAakQ35Hi 10:33:01, 2021-12-13
@duncan__c #bikelife in reply to duncan__c 10:30:39, 2021-12-13
@JesseJenkins https://t.co/yAI2zFrgja in reply to JesseJenkins 08:24:55, 2021-12-13
@gschivley Downright artisanal. in reply to gschivley 22:53:05, 2021-12-12
@LaurenGifford Is Elsa gay? in reply to LaurenGifford 22:49:48, 2021-12-12
@drvolts I mean hell, imaging pretending economists understand inflation. in reply to drvolts 22:47:13, 2021-12-12
@SarahdawnH Hmm. Reminds me of "freedom from" vs. freedom to" in the Handmaid's Tale. in reply to SarahdawnH 17:37:51, 2021-12-12
@gwenwindflower This is my favorite style (though the exact one I've used for years doesn't seem to be available an… https://t.co/gnsMTiQXQE in reply to gwenwindflower 17:37:05, 2021-12-12
Opposing development that doesn't provide "enough" affordable housing when "enough" is an amount that *cannot* be p… https://t.co/idQbMswvmo 14:19:46, 2021-12-12
I try and sign into my new student loan servicer (@Nelnet) every day, and it keeps not recognizing me. I assume it… https://t.co/0gJSSy6bG6 13:14:14, 2021-12-12
I should go read my book in a park and eat some strawberries. 13:10:02, 2021-12-12
Sounds like they're working with Edelman PR!
Cc: @amywestervelt https://t.co/5wMufORSYQ 13:03:04, 2021-12-12
Well, defection when everyone else cooperates is the optimal (individual) response to the prisoner's dilemma. https://t.co/cTBcPfrYWo 12:53:55, 2021-12-12
@ericmbudd It's almost like we're all trapped on the same planet. in reply to ericmbudd 11:45:03, 2021-12-12
@SYoungReports It's probably NAFTA. in reply to SYoungReports 11:43:28, 2021-12-12
@gvwilson Unless you can get the computer to run the code you thought you wrote. in reply to gvwilson 11:39:57, 2021-12-12
@JesseJenkins @emilygrubert @S_HastingsSimon Haha it's AB-Fab. in reply to JesseJenkins 11:36:34, 2021-12-12
@jesslynnrose I could imagine it being useful in the context of electricity demand response. E.g. allowing grid ope… https://t.co/xEfdZ0LEwx in reply to jesslynnrose 11:35:56, 2021-12-12
But why would SCOTUS let itself be constrained by self-consistency? https://t.co/rpoVitodef 11:15:06, 2021-12-12

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