Tweets for the Week of 2022-08-21 to 2022-08-27

@thebmbennett Maybe @darkolina? in reply to thebmbennett 14:44:21, 2022-08-27
We've been playing this game for almost exactly a century and the cars are still winning.
https://t.co/dtPFOTRpOF… https://t.co/b4lv7VPOzz 10:10:22, 2022-08-27
😻 "The academic publishing business is a scam and everyone knows it."
https://t.co/CzJaLQ5nP1 https://t.co/bMaL4D3Nvf 10:02:58, 2022-08-27
But the absurdity of the things that kind of constituency has been able to get funded on the war side makes me nerv… https://t.co/t5FNoD5p2R in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:59:06, 2022-08-27
Clearly many claims that rich countries "can't afford" something BS. Good things just aren't a priority. Which is… https://t.co/yBajInYxTq in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:57:13, 2022-08-27
@gvwilson Ahhh, okay. Well I'm sure there's an English translation of Venas Abiertas de Latinoamerica, but it's not… https://t.co/E5siyl1vmv in reply to gvwilson 08:52:19, 2022-08-27
But this counts toward GDP, right? https://t.co/cmgiIQkqqo 08:47:42, 2022-08-27
@gvwilson Inevitable Revolutions was good. It has a narrower scope though, focusing on the US relationship with Cen… https://t.co/TIkww8ubhZ in reply to gvwilson 08:41:37, 2022-08-27
RT @gvwilson: can anyone recommend a for-the-layperson one-volume history of post-colonial Latin America (in English)? I know a lot less th… 08:39:09, 2022-08-27
@drvolts We've seen this movie before. https://t.co/dtPFOTAmMF https://t.co/7NpDzIlbfo in reply to drvolts 08:37:27, 2022-08-27
RT @thebmbennett: open call for what i should write back lol https://t.co/UkEXKYO62o 19:15:47, 2022-08-26
The real immanent Alignment Problem is the conflict between the interests of the plutocrats and the rest of us. https://t.co/IaNeo7H1Eb 16:09:05, 2022-08-26
Where's that Mandate of Heaven these days. https://t.co/mWOjTCS03o 19:15:25, 2022-08-25
I guess this XaaS business model helps them preserve their monopoly on a particular exploit for longer, rather than… https://t.co/i4BepbbQyY 12:42:15, 2022-08-25
@EIAgov Welp, I'm also having trouble reproducing it now. I just updated to Firefox 104, but I don't know if that's why it went away. in reply to EIAgov 12:37:12, 2022-08-25
@gschivley @CatalystCoop @nworbmot @east_winds @mikejrob @PauliJllo @inesliaz @TheEnergyCraig @JesseJenkins I think… https://t.co/F3fRzF2PZG in reply to gschivley 12:33:02, 2022-08-25
And now for a completely different kind of big energy bill. https://t.co/tSmTKDob0O 12:30:16, 2022-08-25
@SarahdawnH If this is about what I think it's about, there are some crazy antecedents from the mid-20th century. G… https://t.co/SRBBSKQRoK in reply to SarahdawnH 12:02:35, 2022-08-25
@EIAgov Oh wait, now it's back and still reloading itself once a second. in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:50:07, 2022-08-25
@pydantic @frictionlessd8a It looks like this might be semi-automatable, since I think the @frictionlessd8a standar… https://t.co/GRTadsTsxF in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:49:14, 2022-08-25
@EIAgov Earlier this morning I was getting it on: https://t.co/gR6ra7wvGR
Yesterday I got it on:… https://t.co/CqmvQVl7bL in reply to EIAgov 09:46:09, 2022-08-25
Is anyone else thinking about or working on building @pydantic types that represent the @frictionlessd8a standards?… https://t.co/bO6XS0VTZ9 08:57:59, 2022-08-25
@EIAgov I am running Firefox 103.0.2 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:03:46, 2022-08-25
@EIAgov The little popup questionnaire you have running on the website is breaking it badly for me. The popup reloa… https://t.co/VA4D6IYstR 08:02:59, 2022-08-25
I know this is a hopelessly niche question but are there any good primarily online credit unions for entirely remote small businesses? 22:09:27, 2022-08-24
@gschivley @mariacastillotx @uscensusbureau And we've also stopped relying on the Zenodo API for accessing all our… https://t.co/94UG9DcPdb in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:16:29, 2022-08-24
@gschivley @mariacastillotx @uscensusbureau Easier to just archive the whole bulk download once a month automatical… https://t.co/Faq1hXCjiX in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:14:05, 2022-08-24
@gschivley @mariacastillotx @uscensusbureau We have completely given up the EIA API. Just downloading historical fu… https://t.co/GTArS79Ei5 in reply to gschivley 20:12:59, 2022-08-24
@JD_Schnee A story I haven't seen you mention that I think you might really enjoy, and that has lots of character a… https://t.co/U72BABAMEO in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:05:34, 2022-08-24
@JD_Schnee I hope The Algorithm isn't punishing you too much for branch out from Arcane! I literally decided to wat… https://t.co/Ia1Lc6ZWxP 20:03:46, 2022-08-24
@mariacastillotx @uscensusbureau One of the federal agencies that Gets It. in reply to mariacastillotx 18:58:15, 2022-08-24
@thebmbennett 🤠🔥 in reply to thebmbennett 12:35:34, 2022-08-24
It's good I'm not in the US. I would probably get in trouble for slashing tires eventually. https://t.co/YHtXCzK2Ft 10:22:02, 2022-08-24
@yuvipanda Though this did result in my showing up to a meeting with a CO state senator without realizing my leg wa… https://t.co/FGhGTZul4z in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:41:59, 2022-08-23
@yuvipanda I've done the WFR 3 times and had great instructors for all of them. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:39:42, 2022-08-23
@yuvipanda Even if you only ever use it once it feels worthwhile! Or it did to me. in reply to yuvipanda 22:37:55, 2022-08-23
@yuvipanda Yep that one. in reply to yuvipanda 22:34:48, 2022-08-23
@yuvipanda The WFR is like 2 weeks (10 days), and IIRC First Aid + CPR is a long weekend. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:34:08, 2022-08-23
@yuvipanda I haven't done that class, but I've done the NOLS wilderness first responder several times and it was de… https://t.co/YSPUtCnN0p in reply to yuvipanda 22:30:20, 2022-08-23
@lenazun The ones where they wire an electric resistance heater right into the shower head and you get a tingly fee… https://t.co/TiQcRaIRuQ in reply to lenazun 18:36:36, 2022-08-23
@drvolts There was a map/meme after the recent election where some wealthy right-wingers noted that the outlying ar… https://t.co/hISqNBT70u in reply to drvolts 10:54:38, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts It's a great book. I think you'd really enjoy it. in reply to ericmbudd 09:23:43, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts In the longer run, I believe we can reshape the economy to do other things, and grow in ot… https://t.co/CO8weWJ2d6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:23:06, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts Highly recommend "Making Climate Policy Work" for an exploration of the extremely challeng… https://t.co/mEDKqfVoTa in reply to ericmbudd 09:21:09, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts We'd be saying in effect "Hey these huge destructive swaths of the economy where you were… https://t.co/ITNpVXtWyX in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:18:48, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts But that has not been the pattern of growth historically, and would be a very different ki… https://t.co/8aEOYBsoDc in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:16:28, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts I think it's exactly that prescription as to what the potential productivity gains can be… https://t.co/VhZGLmnGUU in reply to ericmbudd 09:14:49, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts Conversely, if everyone takes the money they saved by switching from a car to an ebike, an… https://t.co/HtAeVVZJZL in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:37:42, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd @deapthoughts Are increased productivity and degrowth mutually exclusive?
If you *just* increased effic… https://t.co/4yzKzosyik in reply to ericmbudd 08:35:30, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd It's displacing a material and capital and energy intensive industry with a much more efficient substitu… https://t.co/hCZnlhF7DA in reply to ericmbudd 07:58:26, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd ~100x less materials, ~100x less energy, and ~10x less capital cost for the vehicle, dramatically less e… https://t.co/dH3Kd00l2g in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:56:19, 2022-08-23
@ericmbudd Here's a nice degrowth policy: https://t.co/bIq4z571c6 in reply to ericmbudd 07:50:41, 2022-08-23
@NOLSedu Take a swig, douse the gunshot wound to the thigh in whiskey, and stitch it right up! Never mind applying… https://t.co/feMhHnLRWb in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:47:42, 2022-08-22
I wonder how many lives would be saved if popular media only depicted accepted best practices for basic wound care,… https://t.co/eQc1hGcWCv 21:44:48, 2022-08-22
@drvolts https://t.co/iLXryMgoZR in reply to drvolts 21:40:41, 2022-08-22
RT @operaqueenie: I assume assassination still counts as an attack. https://t.co/I3PPCD7ous 20:19:37, 2022-08-22
@CatalystCoop @JigarShahDC @ENERGY @CaitlinAOdom @joshdr83 @mariacastillotx @JonRea5 @itsgreengreg @gschivley… https://t.co/EgOuzehGYR in reply to CatalystCoop 13:10:27, 2022-08-22
RT @CatalystCoop: The IRA has $250B in Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Financing for @JigarShahDC's @ENERGY loan programs office. It all… 13:03:32, 2022-08-22
Meanwhile the Dutch and Ming Chinese were busy fighting over who would get to exterminate the indigenous people of Taiwan. in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:23:04, 2022-08-21
https://t.co/VtuyBptcUO in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:15:24, 2022-08-21
Newton holed up alone in the dark at his childhood home, looking at the first spectra from other worlds, after blin… https://t.co/hTf1lv8Kun in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:10:32, 2022-08-21
Reading about the Great Plague of London, the parallels with our response to the current pandemic are eerie. The ri… https://t.co/o05XXOHaWQ 11:05:14, 2022-08-21
It's also been a long 4 years. https://t.co/0BM0ew6c5O 08:54:39, 2022-08-21
It's been a long 3 years. https://t.co/KecoxlD5nl 08:53:38, 2022-08-21
The US is a relative paradise for monopolists. https://t.co/iL0d0gDndo 08:52:51, 2022-08-21
There are definitely some creeper billionaire dudes pushing bad takes through longtermism.
And also a general back… https://t.co/uS6hOkyw7X 08:43:09, 2022-08-21
@choldgraf @googlefi Wow, and I though $10/mo for 3GB in Mexico was a deal! in reply to choldgraf 08:39:11, 2022-08-21

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