Tweets for the Week of 2022-01-30 to 2022-02-05

So many different kinds of terrible departure. Expected and unexpected. Accidental and intentional and under duress… https://t.co/2CcLR8wppO in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:52:49, 2022-02-05
I like how the Symphony is a kind of moving town, known and trusted in a bunch of places. People join the town and… https://t.co/OrpfGpSr72 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:29:02, 2022-02-05
Different people(s) telling different stories to stay coherent. The story of a place. The story of the Before Times… https://t.co/T89YjqVApI in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:21:56, 2022-02-05
Then twenty years later, everybody is pretty much wherever they were, or at least, within a few days walking distan… https://t.co/jqM3Pl7smT in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:55:33, 2022-02-05
@SarahdawnH Yeah can we get a refund? I wanna talk to a manager. in reply to SarahdawnH 21:53:04, 2022-02-04
RT @polotek: Shockingly I agree with the second part. Black people's optimism that America could actually be the nation it says it wants to… 16:53:11, 2022-02-04
@Heatmiser75 @paulgoldberger @stewartbrand In the US context, I think Crabgrass Frontier is a good contender. It pa… https://t.co/ch3rcrB7qt in reply to Heatmiser75 11:31:23, 2022-02-04
@CaitlinAOdom I was put off by how pushy the algorithm is. It seems like there's almost no way to curate what you s… https://t.co/cnM0a9uJrs in reply to CaitlinAOdom 11:25:36, 2022-02-04
@joshdr83 This feels like a Freudian typo. in reply to joshdr83 17:40:52, 2022-02-03
@HammanHydro This long video essay doesn't touch on the climate aspect, but it was pretty amazing:
https://t.co/tg56hfJ3xv in reply to HammanHydro 10:39:19, 2022-02-03
@e_w_anderson "self-funding bug bounty" in reply to e_w_anderson 00:36:24, 2022-02-03
I truly don't understand how anyone who writes software can think using *nothing* but software to control the flow… https://t.co/cG0q2mfqgi 20:23:45, 2022-02-02
RT @ChekosWH: fuck everyone involved. https://t.co/HAGkNsKu5z 20:03:04, 2022-02-02
RT @InternetHippo: Before you criticize my scam how about you give me a chance to lie to you about it 17:54:31, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd Would rapid building turnover (much shorter than their useful lifetimes) be desirable? Wh… https://t.co/4C1Yrs72Bg in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:51:12, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd If land value is going up, you kind of *have* to redevelop to higher economic productivit… https://t.co/Al3AqvDesY in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:49:41, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd I think Georgism is an interesting combo pack. The privatization of locational value (whi… https://t.co/SQx6ESBocW in reply to ryanschuchard 17:47:55, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd I'm jaded, but as far as I can tell the US would rather destroy and take the world down w… https://t.co/EBNHbZMfhU in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:42:19, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd Not Just Bikes has a lot of good video essays on Dutch urban planning: https://t.co/VGA1NatmIM in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:39:24, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd The proven paths toward low-carbon transportation & land-use systems are simple, but (his… https://t.co/U02LnjwLjB in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:37:37, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd I also enjoyed Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing, especially the historical pa… https://t.co/7eEyOWcghf in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:33:34, 2022-02-02
@ryanschuchard @ericmbudd The book that really made the relationship between land value + transportation systems cl… https://t.co/6rkQQnOMZS in reply to ryanschuchard 17:30:36, 2022-02-02
@erinoverturf https://t.co/2MGwfvVcLi in reply to erinoverturf 17:23:01, 2022-02-02
@ericmbudd Which is extra messed up, given how easy it is to retain ownership and the subsidized financing and… b… https://t.co/kzSxl2L1re in reply to ericmbudd 17:19:37, 2022-02-02
@Capeltic Interestingly their online store is managed by Amazon. (Amazon's logistics in Mexico are amazing compared… https://t.co/PswgDZSeGL in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:18:34, 2022-02-02
The US does a lot of wealth redistribution but it's often wealth *concentration* via tax and financing policy, rath… https://t.co/zbCsdZS25Y in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:10:57, 2022-02-02
This seems totally insane to me. At the very least, collective ownership shouldn't be financially penalized. And wh… https://t.co/g6GIKbxHGm in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:05:16, 2022-02-02
Now you've got $1M+ of real estate under your control, all financed with 30 year fixed-rate debt that would never h… https://t.co/5YiR8HXsmY in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:02:43, 2022-02-02
After a few years of Benevolent Dictatorship, the whole situation becomes uncomfortable and you move out. You buy a… https://t.co/bIC5DqULQe in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:58:37, 2022-02-02
@ericmbudd I'm not sure, but I suspect the bank and the FHA loan terms would not be into this at all. in reply to ericmbudd 16:56:37, 2022-02-02
The structural incentives lean strongly toward wealth concentration. But how different are these people? Just becau… https://t.co/F5mWh5UjTu in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:55:35, 2022-02-02
Unsurprisingly, your housemates are not terribly enthusiastic about this change, since in the short run it benefits… https://t.co/FIFaUilsiA in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:52:22, 2022-02-02
You'll need a commercial loan, with a higher rate and a balloon payment 7 years out. You'll have to refinance at wh… https://t.co/cchHVJytkv in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:49:28, 2022-02-02
But then you're like "Wow, this seems unethical. I don't want to screw over my friends like this." and decide you w… https://t.co/ufSaYqQ1Gi in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:47:08, 2022-02-02
You get to keep all the value that accrues in the land, and you get to keep pretty much all the money your housemat… https://t.co/cXWkENuFux in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:44:01, 2022-02-02
As long as you don't realize > $250k (or $500k if you're a couple) in capital gains, you will pay no taxes on any a… https://t.co/8pI57JFxjZ in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:42:21, 2022-02-02
@drvolts @JigarShahDC You can buy a house with less than 5% down, and get a 30 year fixed rate loan at ~4% right no… https://t.co/eWdw5X9yO3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:40:00, 2022-02-02
Listening to @drvolts interview @JigarShahDC about the DOE's loan guarantee program, and thinking about how financi… https://t.co/sGxl3G91CY 16:34:58, 2022-02-02
RT @CaseyNewton: I feel terribly for everyone involved but I would also think twice about uploading all my money to something called Wormho… 16:27:24, 2022-02-02
.@Capeltic is a vertically integrated coffee cooperative based in Chiapas, that not only grows the coffee, but proc… https://t.co/tomobDOkHg 16:23:53, 2022-02-02
@SarahdawnH @bouldercounty Sadly, IIRC, the VMT tax was the only CO transportation funding option that people liked… https://t.co/gzNvlRFkNN in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:14:02, 2022-02-02
@SarahdawnH @bouldercounty Ironically I think there's a lot of pressure to do the exact opposite, since EVs/PHEVs d… https://t.co/cIyAr4EPxd in reply to SarahdawnH 11:12:11, 2022-02-02
@CastellanoChels This has to be a parody. in reply to CastellanoChels 11:10:34, 2022-02-02
@amywestervelt Sometimes I feel anxious about learning more. Like I'm worried it's just going make me mad about new… https://t.co/5843aO57h7 in reply to amywestervelt 21:52:53, 2022-02-01
It really highlights how shallowly a lot of young people are written and portrayed on screen. Why aren't there more… https://t.co/BtX1it3SFv in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:35:00, 2022-02-01
I've started watching the series through again, and another thing that really stands out is just how *much* of a ch… https://t.co/UVx5Gn2WpB in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:32:13, 2022-02-01
Third time's the charm on vaccine side effects I guess. 🤒 Watch out ChAd, I'm gonna get you.
https://t.co/m70Ba2iIPp 20:44:09, 2022-02-01
In case anybody would like more backstory on this long-running policy debacle:
https://t.co/ukSbGRXlbm in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:48:41, 2022-02-01
@gweissman Ugh, if only there were a shortage. in reply to gweissman 21:51:25, 2022-01-31
I will always RT bashing on the TurboTax Lobby. https://t.co/OHATCpGFPW 21:47:22, 2022-01-31
"Scatter, Adapt and (Selectively) Remember." in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:44:41, 2022-01-31
@lenazun I imagine that I know which one you saw, but also there's really no bottom so it could be anything. in reply to lenazun 21:34:30, 2022-01-31
"…you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. All those childhood traumas magically wiped away… along with most of your personality." in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:18:02, 2022-01-31
One theme that really got to me in Station Eleven was the question of whether we need to forget the worlds that cou… https://t.co/XmziLHEkJI 20:08:12, 2022-01-31
@SarahdawnH Whew man. Housing advocacy. 😭 in reply to SarahdawnH 20:00:58, 2022-01-31
1.5 trillion bricks a year? On average we each generate our own weight in solid *stuff* every *week* https://t.co/21yelk4Ee2 17:02:13, 2022-01-31
RT @Pansyisinsane: love how social media is overflowing w hate speech but beware if you show a little bit of female nipple 😱 07:51:49, 2022-01-31
And yes I'm about to run out of Spanish vocab words in @AnkiDroid in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:16:56, 2022-01-30
Okay I'm going to memorize the geologic time scale down to the Epochs: dates, climate, evolutionary milestones, whe… https://t.co/mkxXTXLDlV 22:16:21, 2022-01-30
Treacherous as the sea. https://t.co/hhLOot6tKJ 22:04:49, 2022-01-30
@kyrib Ooh, torn between engineer & policy. Where does cleaning data and doing analysis in the service of policy fa… https://t.co/RTNiGlUI1F in reply to kyrib 21:53:07, 2022-01-30

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