Tweets for the Week of 2022-09-11 to 2022-09-17

Reading about the development of early capitalist markets (both fictive and historical) and the whole crypto bubble… https://t.co/OCdLMc1jmy in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:58:39, 2022-09-17
I would totally watch an 8 season long HBO adaptation of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. 18:55:30, 2022-09-17
@MBforBoulder I dunno, but the community on the right just looks so… ✨vital✨ in reply to MBforBoulder 18:48:46, 2022-09-17
"Don't worry, after the climate apocalypse all the parking will be free." https://t.co/miFuzoTBnG 14:22:07, 2022-09-17
What vital but obscure place am I forgetting to change my "permanent address?" 🤔 14:20:30, 2022-09-17
@drvolts I learned how to touch type by emailing my mom from college. When email was fresh and new in the world!
E… https://t.co/mtjMDcgNcG in reply to drvolts 12:26:13, 2022-09-17
A theropod, but smol. Hard to believe it's related to T. rex. https://t.co/9JUmP39aOe 11:50:22, 2022-09-17
Wait so, de-risk the police? https://t.co/eLe0epKQRa 10:49:37, 2022-09-17
Meanwhile…
https://t.co/mybc5DBshQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:38:36, 2022-09-17
*ahem* https://t.co/gQusdsTWcH in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:37:12, 2022-09-17
Oh this is bad. I did not realize. And it's so easy to do. https://t.co/0vefE90QAU 08:55:59, 2022-09-17
Following The Rules™ is a choice. Frequently the right one, because living in a society is nice!
But your wealthy,… https://t.co/HW4YK2TFqP in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:51:51, 2022-09-17
You can also dumpster dive and feed people in the park, or give away your $3B company, or install your own bollards… https://t.co/FmLENrk8pv in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:46:32, 2022-09-17
There aren't any rules. There's power and choices and consequences.
You can slash those tires or blow up that pipe… https://t.co/Mu9y2mTG41 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:44:53, 2022-09-17
Convincing your opponents that there are rules they have to follow, which you *refuse* to follow is super effective… https://t.co/YCjp9YChgf in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:25:57, 2022-09-17
This dynamic shows up in policy fights everywhere! Carbon capture, local zoning, abortion, "free speech," assault w… https://t.co/4HCWQAdzYo in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:19:48, 2022-09-17
@simonw I've really struggled to figure out where to put the metadata so I can query parquet without downloading all the data first. in reply to simonw 08:15:05, 2022-09-17
Being tricked into thinking you're engaged in a policy discussion, when you're *actually* having a power struggle d… https://t.co/HGSuJXl8pB in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:11:00, 2022-09-17
Power likes to hide this way because policy discussions are generally expected be polite and constructive and even… https://t.co/QONzaLFMw2 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:06:15, 2022-09-17
I think the most enduring lesson I learned in a decade of shitty local politics is that some issues are about polic… https://t.co/Y3ozea517t 08:02:20, 2022-09-17
RT @anildash: I need a shorter way to say “I am happy for the nice people who made a good product and appreciative of the innovation and ri… 19:35:43, 2022-09-16
@SarahdawnH But what if you don't want to provide services for those people and also don't want to look like you do… https://t.co/FHDUymm6gY in reply to SarahdawnH 17:39:29, 2022-09-16
RT @erinoverturf: After reading this @robinsonmeyer piece I feel compelled to share the best piece of legal career advice I ever received.… 14:42:52, 2022-09-16
And not just lawyers! https://t.co/99Tczss7Xh 14:42:45, 2022-09-16
I'm sure Asimov is turning in his grave. https://t.co/KShZCAdnqm 09:55:22, 2022-09-16
@SamanthaZeitlin It's bonkers. in reply to SamanthaZeitlin 09:49:35, 2022-09-16
@blkahn 🙈 in reply to blkahn 09:48:45, 2022-09-16
@blkahn I dunno. The *idea* of its feasibility is already useful at scale to existing oil and gas producers. Do we… https://t.co/i8DAyFqcmc in reply to blkahn 08:53:34, 2022-09-16
I imagine you're all over this alraedy but… @ifoundtheme @mariacastillotx @EnviroDGI @EEW_Network https://t.co/kPHS4VDXhE 07:25:58, 2022-09-16
Sometimes we would make runs down to Rosemead from Pasadena to shop at the massive Pan Asian Supermarkets™ where no… https://t.co/WKqzEx1Ra6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:14:50, 2022-09-16
🔥🐓🔥 https://t.co/NWKbnYZEmM 06:59:40, 2022-09-16
@SamanthaZeitlin But those ad clicks, man, they are totally cured. in reply to SamanthaZeitlin 06:58:17, 2022-09-16
@mariacastillotx Barry! My dude! in reply to mariacastillotx 06:53:30, 2022-09-16
I'm familiar with a bunch of plants, but only as rows in databases and dataframes. Especially the ones close to the… https://t.co/2nB7tOrwGZ 20:43:16, 2022-09-15
@kyrib 🙈 😬 in reply to kyrib 16:55:00, 2022-09-15
@CHThiem Poor Grendel's had an accident. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:31:30, 2022-09-15
@CHThiem I wasn't always like this. in reply to CHThiem 14:06:34, 2022-09-15
@CHThiem BECAUSE IT'S THERE. in reply to CHThiem 08:14:43, 2022-09-15
@ntnsndr @patagonia I love that they created a 501(c)4. No holds barred! in reply to ntnsndr 21:27:27, 2022-09-14
A retrospective panopticon. How long until it runs in real time? Or maybe Peter Thiel already has a datacenter doin… https://t.co/aX6tTk1czO 20:33:01, 2022-09-14
Seems bad. https://t.co/bQ8zHjXVg3 20:26:52, 2022-09-14
Sounds like they went with the @purpose_economy trust-owned model. Really curious to understand the details! https://t.co/8X1D5tR4SJ 14:34:40, 2022-09-14
@SarahdawnH @KGNU Did you read / listen to the @VICENews pieces on the national landlord conference? Both totally p… https://t.co/jYhMWfbJ3x in reply to SarahdawnH 14:23:45, 2022-09-14
@chrisnelder @FirstTechFed Great to hear! The seem to have some flexible options to qualify for membership. in reply to chrisnelder 20:37:03, 2022-09-13
Anybody have good or bad experiences with the @firsttechfed credit union? Either as an individual or a (remote) business member? 19:06:08, 2022-09-13
Changing my "permanent address" in the US that I don't actually live at feels weirdly more significant than I would have thought. 19:03:36, 2022-09-13
Well apparently one downside of writing code that's more amenable to testing is that then you have to write a bunch of tests. 19:01:31, 2022-09-13
@clairebcarroll Sailing across oceans singlehanded comes to mind. in reply to clairebcarroll 16:55:37, 2022-09-13
RT @kyrib: https://t.co/5oB1ju27lM 11:48:28, 2022-09-12
The corporate criticism of @doctorow & @rgibli explores a lot of what seems so broken to me about capitalism. Excit… https://t.co/cGFfMOQaG9 09:03:22, 2022-09-12
RT @GrimKim: This mentality is so alien to me as a person who grew up rural & working class. When I was a kid, restaurants like Olive Garde… 08:03:55, 2022-09-12
RT @thedigsy: *breaks down crying while doing laundry*
You okay? Did you hurt yourself?

*takes out airpod*

No… It’s just *wipes tear*… 07:34:58, 2022-09-12
@mxcatnap First gut response is definitely suspicion / skepticism. Like I can't keep myself from 1) trying to figur… https://t.co/pCeZj8S665 in reply to mxcatnap 20:39:18, 2022-09-11
RT @geo_coe: Tried out a new color ramp on these gorgeous tidal channels of the #DeeEstuary along the border of Wales and England. Pretty d… 17:53:38, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal Joyful and universal sufficiency. Conviviality instead of consumption as a marker of a good life. Bicycl… https://t.co/s8oMuh6Odi in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:23:23, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal Ugh. This is a hard question. I feel like society isn't willing to consider the things I've been unabash… https://t.co/OVUCOoN0PZ in reply to oatesmeal 16:14:34, 2022-09-11
A disquieting thread. https://t.co/EKFGOTSsoz 15:59:52, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal Which ends up making it hard for me to be unabashedly enthusiastic. in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:46:02, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal I wish I had as good of resources on that!
I'm worried that nuclear is in the process of being polarize… https://t.co/BnG6Zej2aI in reply to oatesmeal 12:45:15, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal Er, *development not double-design. But you know! in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:34:13, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal It ends with molten salt fast reactors, one design for which that's currently in design is Natrium. This… https://t.co/QR4ZivTDWF in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:33:04, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal This is a good engineering focused walkthrough of various Gen IV reactor designs, what problems they sol… https://t.co/NuSmIlUeOt in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:27:05, 2022-09-11
@oatesmeal I really appreciated David Bodansky's book "Nuclear Energy" but I don't know if I'd call it short. Great… https://t.co/kR5v8owhnh in reply to oatesmeal 12:17:29, 2022-09-11
@mariacastillotx Are you familiar with @EEW_Network / @EnviroDGI & @ifoundtheme ? in reply to mariacastillotx 12:11:37, 2022-09-11
RT @mariacastillotx: in this clip, a man proclaims that twenty “colonias” (neighborhoods along the US-Mexico border on the outskirts of lar… 10:37:24, 2022-09-11
@devonzuegel @_brianpotter Really? What about all the @yimbyaction / @cayimby legislative successes? in reply to devonzuegel 10:05:30, 2022-09-11
@shwiffles A major caveat… all this money has to be allocated in the next 4 years, which is a very short time frame for utility planning. in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:02:07, 2022-09-11
@brendanpierpont This 4 year time limit is so brutal in UtilityLand. in reply to brendanpierpont 08:46:16, 2022-09-11
@shwiffles It's an expansion of existing authority under the Loan Programs Office, mostly under Section 1706, with… https://t.co/h2R9EN0JcJ in reply to shwiffles 08:40:44, 2022-09-11
Boaty McBoatface: THE REVENGE. https://t.co/sqGS2hcHIW 08:36:24, 2022-09-11
In comparison, US federal tax revenue ~$3.7T, and GDP ~$21T, so the $250B in loan guarantees for energy infrastruct… https://t.co/2kuoV0mYlx in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:21:16, 2022-09-11
When the British Empire abolished slavery in 1833 (except in the territory of the East India Company…) they borro… https://t.co/o8fWWuLtlU 08:16:34, 2022-09-11
@EIAgov Okay okay, my bad it's "line delimited JSON" in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:41:59, 2022-09-11

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