Author: Zane Selvans

A former space explorer, now marooned on a beautiful, dying world.

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-04-10 to 2022-04-16

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-04-17
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-04-10 to 2022-04-16

@VICENews There's also tens of thousands of Ukrainians & Russians in Mexico, with different fuzzy policies for Cent… https://t.co/o7YP2CMPKc in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:49:14, 2022-04-16
With all the macro scale algorithmic manipulation going on, it's easy to lose sight of all the personalized, 1-on-1… https://t.co/Zn6NDGNK2P 22:56:04, 2022-04-16
An interesting look at the situation in Georgia, which was invaded & occupied by Russia in 2008, and is now absorbi… https://t.co/nEQFEZ50P8 22:26:40, 2022-04-16
RT @timnitGebru: All of these things start off with the assumption that poor people are always committing fraud. Why can't we create risk a… 20:38:02, 2022-04-16
@ericmbudd @SarahdawnH 🤐 🙊 🔥
https://t.co/7Q8pgivw4d in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:08:08, 2022-04-16
I don't understand why redoubling our dependence on globally priced commodities subject to enormous volatility beyo… https://t.co/DbBcfkI3VO 18:17:51, 2022-04-16
@JesseJenkins @arvindpawan1 Just cut out the middle man and mint each of them as a unique NFT! 🤪 in reply to JesseJenkins 18:07:35, 2022-04-16
RT @arvindpawan1: This is just beginning as we'll see more developing countries pay the price for Europe's energy missteps. EU will be fine… 18:04:42, 2022-04-16
@JesseJenkins https://t.co/CWWD8DMnB9 in reply to JesseJenkins 18:01:21, 2022-04-16
@ericmbudd @bolderbekah Maybe after the 2nd Civil War the US will be more open to it. in reply to ericmbudd 17:57:28, 2022-04-16
RT @thebmbennett: 💁🏼‍♀️ “The cost-effectiveness of XR and the Sunrise Movement perform better than one of the top-rated climate charities g… 18:54:34, 2022-04-15
RT @TamsinSaysHi: @heynetters Tank Girl taught me my rallying cry when I want to give up on everything, and for that I will love her foreve… 18:50:01, 2022-04-15
@ericmbudd @SarahdawnH No, only Actually Existing fire season. in reply to ericmbudd 17:38:36, 2022-04-15
Unfortunately it was not the *US* Senate. https://t.co/2jCV4pDUKE 17:27:42, 2022-04-15
@ericmbudd @SarahdawnH "The first rule of Fire Club is…" in reply to ericmbudd 17:24:22, 2022-04-15
@SarahdawnH God what is July going to be like?! in reply to SarahdawnH 17:18:07, 2022-04-15
@lenazun 😆 I learned about "el plato hondo" from the preschool next to my house in Guatemala blaring this song at 8… https://t.co/ATLB8pkq2s in reply to lenazun 16:30:16, 2022-04-15
@DynamicWebPaige Well I just hope it was ISO 8601 compliant! in reply to DynamicWebPaige 16:21:07, 2022-04-15
Well one benefit of running out of food is that I can conveniently defrost the freezer. 16:19:43, 2022-04-15
It's weird to read an autobiographical book in which someone gets cancer, and feel like it's weirdly unrealistic be… https://t.co/OV1nLlbOxr 13:25:47, 2022-04-15
@CaitlinAOdom (though personally I still just want to ride bikes) in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:59:29, 2022-04-15
@CaitlinAOdom You know, I used to really strongly identify as a bike advocate, partly because being "anti-car" was… https://t.co/h4JjrAso9L in reply to CaitlinAOdom 11:55:03, 2022-04-15
Meanwhile…
https://t.co/va62XImMob in reply to ZaneSelvans 03:09:43, 2022-04-15
Opportunistic fossil CapEx is bad. Even if the people who build it lose their shirts, the infrastructure will still… https://t.co/SAwN28KEKU 03:09:14, 2022-04-15
@ntnsndr You know he's gonna reinstate 😡's account as soon as he takes over. in reply to ntnsndr 22:04:05, 2022-04-14
@clairebcarroll 😻 in reply to clairebcarroll 21:22:13, 2022-04-14
RT @mekkaokereke: Everyone in the US thinks they're saving for retirement, but in truth they're saving for the huge, not covered by insuran… 21:10:05, 2022-04-14
Ah, the sweet smell of technological dictatorship. https://t.co/0ClnW3RJfe 17:17:54, 2022-04-14
HOW DO THEY DO IT?!
They do it like every other dense, livable city: by largely eschewing cars. https://t.co/waxtlrEOnY 17:07:43, 2022-04-14
@CaitlinAOdom 🐜 🐛 🐞 🐝 🪲 in reply to CaitlinAOdom 17:02:06, 2022-04-14
@theatlaspro When I saw this I blocked their channel. in reply to theatlaspro 14:11:49, 2022-04-14
RT @CatalystCoop: Hey y'all, we're going to try holding office hours for our users and potential users, if you'd like to tell us about your… 10:30:27, 2022-04-14
@SarahdawnH https://t.co/J6RlOd2lky in reply to SarahdawnH 22:33:34, 2022-04-13
@SarahdawnH Did you see this poll on how people see density relating to environmental issues, traffic, crime, etc?
https://t.co/YZLYPwQLso in reply to SarahdawnH 21:31:16, 2022-04-13
Reading Angela Stent's book "Putin's World" (2018) and like so. many. things. it sounds like the people who were pa… https://t.co/zjLMZ5b6rl 21:28:41, 2022-04-13
And if you look at a geologic map of Canada, it's clear why. Almost the entire province has been scraped clean down… https://t.co/Oh04JCYxOU in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:26:33, 2022-04-13
Quebec produces no oil or gas. The province doesn't even show up in Canadian data reporting oil and gas production… https://t.co/PGttkjPdtV in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:21:43, 2022-04-13
This is like when they label romaine lettuce "Vegan! Gluten Free! No Cholesterol"
https://t.co/e3bUwpy7NE 16:04:27, 2022-04-13
endless_screaming.gif https://t.co/YmCoAicSAC 13:28:05, 2022-04-13
@mateosfo 🤦‍♂️ in reply to mateosfo 13:26:17, 2022-04-13
RT @TimMLatimer: I really don't want to reopen the projections/forecast/scenarios debate, but do want to point out, since so many utilities… 09:40:42, 2022-04-13
@drvolts 😬 🙈 in reply to drvolts 23:39:01, 2022-04-12
@NASCOcoop This 1798 GAO report on those programs sounds approximately right…
https://t.co/6eIjAGAgNu in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:50:52, 2022-04-12
@NASCOcoop Was it Section 221(d)(3) / Section 236 of the National Housing Act? Which shows up in this portion of th… https://t.co/HhGXAu0rUu in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:50:08, 2022-04-12
Hey housing #coop nerds, what was the federal mortgage guarantee program that allowed so many housing cooperatives… https://t.co/cIXDUGfO1E 19:48:59, 2022-04-12
@ProfanoMundano @miblogestublog And they're both sandwiches. Obvs. in reply to ProfanoMundano 15:50:16, 2022-04-12
RT @migueldeicaza: Microsoft friends, as you hear the news about compensation not matching inflation, and that your CVP’s hands are tied an… 14:17:51, 2022-04-12
@mateosfo Wasn't there someone in Greek mythology who was punished in Hades by forever having to move a dune one gr… https://t.co/c6kjjHhukk in reply to mateosfo 23:58:15, 2022-04-11
@SarahdawnH How did I not know about this? in reply to SarahdawnH 19:57:59, 2022-04-11
@SarahdawnH Wait is there literally a CU Psychedelics Club? in reply to SarahdawnH 17:40:08, 2022-04-11
If we had a capital-intensive business where we needed to buy equipment up front, or if we needed to scale up rapid… https://t.co/X11WG3wl4y in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:17:10, 2022-04-11
These structural attributes that prevent any one owner from having a wildly disproportionate economic stake in the… https://t.co/s3SS7yh71X in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:16:05, 2022-04-11
For now we intend to pay out member equity within 3 years of it being allocated to the members, but we'll see if th… https://t.co/8djeekuddQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:13:48, 2022-04-11
Almost all member equity is tied back to patronage (which is based on hours worked), and the member shares are all… https://t.co/UlXgmulScK in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:11:37, 2022-04-11
If members accumulate equity at very different rates, or over very different spans of time, you could imagine low-o… https://t.co/YwEajMM69C in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:10:24, 2022-04-11
One interesting consequence of worker co-op's using non-voting member equity (internal capital accounts) as working… https://t.co/bAK0TfdkZq in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:08:50, 2022-04-11
@ntnsndr @CatalystCoop @USFWC @jwpcPBC Would totally read that listicle. in reply to ntnsndr 15:57:06, 2022-04-11
A surprising* number of capitalists actually hate free markets.
*not actually surprising. https://t.co/DQ6i3p2GKY 15:39:13, 2022-04-11
@avilarenata Lo siento. in reply to avilarenata 15:29:18, 2022-04-11
The problem is it also seems to be increasing everyone's access to lies. https://t.co/F9GLfByOpE 10:29:58, 2022-04-11
@holz_bau It shouldn't take me more than 20 minutes to check Twitter but here we are. in reply to holz_bau 01:03:07, 2022-04-11
@alixtrot It's kind of barbaric. in reply to alixtrot 01:01:43, 2022-04-11
We're gonna create vast, arcane carbon capture, offset, and sequestration markets. Then we'll add debt and derivati… https://t.co/Jjb2NuEBpS 00:53:37, 2022-04-11
RT @uhshanti: why is this giving me PTSD from being on San Francisco Tinder in 2014 https://t.co/6O7QM7K7k0 22:20:59, 2022-04-10
RT @jdcmedlock: https://t.co/5IigD6f9bO https://t.co/hiy71uzOKe 22:19:30, 2022-04-10
RT @alexstamos: @karaswisher A lot of "I finally listened to the 400 voicemails from my lawyers" energy. 22:18:11, 2022-04-10
@drvolts If you're interested, Ixcanul is a beautiful (heart wrenching) recent film about rural indigenous life in… https://t.co/3V4Cv1HiS9 in reply to drvolts 21:30:42, 2022-04-10
This seems like it would be a great insurance policy. https://t.co/dA1WqyBhHE 19:29:53, 2022-04-10
@kanjun Because short-term optimality is often socially and economically preferred to long-term robustness?
https://t.co/NH8QEm3nne in reply to kanjun 19:26:06, 2022-04-10
I may yet manage to never take an Uber. https://t.co/39AL7gRlbj 16:02:41, 2022-04-10

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-04-03 to 2022-04-09

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-04-10
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-04-03 to 2022-04-09

@drvolts What part of the country is he going to? I only ever had good experiences. Hopefully the language schools… https://t.co/wavwPnySJf in reply to drvolts 22:19:42, 2022-04-09
@fishnette @cologop Hah, I thought you said cololgop. in reply to fishnette 21:31:16, 2022-04-09
https://t.co/D5OMcDSPmk in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:17:25, 2022-04-09
It seems like economic interdependence as a restraint on bad behavior only makes sense if there are reliable econom… https://t.co/p1ZsBJs0DP 21:17:06, 2022-04-09
@ericmbudd @boulderbeatnews I wish there was more discussion around making *not* owning a house just as good an opt… https://t.co/lQqZOWKWRk in reply to ericmbudd 18:22:53, 2022-04-09
@joshdr83 @rachelkfriend Such a great loop. in reply to joshdr83 15:36:00, 2022-04-09
@SarahdawnH I'm looking forward to having an elected board that's not everybody, and maybe sometime in the next yea… https://t.co/tWXFv3if4n in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:21:15, 2022-04-09
@SarahdawnH We're in this gray area now at Catalyst too! When it was just a few old friends, we could muddle throug… https://t.co/2hY4jTuKet in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:20:15, 2022-04-09
@SarahdawnH It definitely felt to me like there was an economy of scale. Like the systems become less work overall… https://t.co/NePemnAejX in reply to SarahdawnH 14:18:55, 2022-04-09
@duncan__c It looks like 30-50W/TH/s, so 30PH would be 1-1.5MW of continuous load?
https://t.co/zhzglUlnSu in reply to duncan__c 14:07:33, 2022-04-09
@SarahdawnH Do you think it's *intrinsically* hard, or is it hard because it's something we don't practice cultural… https://t.co/huD7a0xFKk in reply to SarahdawnH 13:47:26, 2022-04-09
@joshdr83 @rachelkfriend Is that up Sunshine canyon? Heading down from Gold Hill toward the burn scar? in reply to joshdr83 13:39:59, 2022-04-09
Wait is colonialism *literally* named after Cristóbal Colón aka Christopher Columbus how did I never notice this be… https://t.co/PdtWdpw0dB 01:40:51, 2022-04-09
Oooh, it has anti-violence filters.
I'm sure the Turing police will be awful. But also I can see how we might end… https://t.co/FySDBXFV4y 00:20:49, 2022-04-09
RT @WriteArthur: With all the cute, quirky #dalle2 AI images that have been circulating these last few days, I wanted to share some other i… 00:17:53, 2022-04-09
@lenazun I'm sure they're in the Google Drive somewhere. If only Google could find them. in reply to lenazun 00:15:48, 2022-04-09
@drvolts @annehelen Wow. The collapse of the USSR and the first Gulf War feels like a long time ago now. I feel old. in reply to drvolts 00:14:28, 2022-04-09
Omg I definitely would have lost my shit cackling and maybe literally rofl. https://t.co/5mhMgktE13 00:05:39, 2022-04-09
We have a poison pill in our articles of incorporation that require the demutualization of the cooperative to pay o… https://t.co/ilPgSc5w2D in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:03:12, 2022-04-09
Would it be fair for new members to share in those profits in proportion to their patronage of the co-op (hours wor… https://t.co/EiFQkpPKCL in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:00:31, 2022-04-09
But what if we eventually create an energy data product? A scalable value-added platform with subscribers? Then the… https://t.co/oF4FIZYVPA in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:58:21, 2022-04-08
In our case there's limited upside with our current business model. We do work, some has a higher margin, some has… https://t.co/MOdrzaJgof in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:53:47, 2022-04-08
Is this how lots of journeys into the tax code go? You start out thinking you're some kind of underdog, and you com… https://t.co/P4iJZTe2Zo in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:51:28, 2022-04-08
I even kind of enjoy learning these rules now that we have a business we can use them in, because they sure seem li… https://t.co/E0rxs4b3FQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:48:59, 2022-04-08
It sure sounds like a worker co-op could qualify:
"A business with no full-time employees other than the owner(s)… https://t.co/RRgClkyQnF in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:40:45, 2022-04-08
Though that would probably have to be after maxing out the already crazy generous $58,000/year in allowable tax-ded… https://t.co/a3M6kQF9PN in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:38:18, 2022-04-08
Something we're investigating for next year is whether a worker co-op in which all employees are members can set up… https://t.co/JKNVDYLLHS in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:35:59, 2022-04-08
That surplus income is *already* destined for the members. We'll get it as patronage dividends if we don't spend it… https://t.co/t9Gdm7tFRw in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:27:36, 2022-04-08
One thing I like about this model is that offering benefits like co-op laptops, continuing education, ergonomic fur… https://t.co/xIWmuQRAzZ in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:22:41, 2022-04-08
This equity is typically paid out on some predetermined schedule (like shares vesting) or when certain financial cr… https://t.co/bAdc1lm3Bu in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:17:25, 2022-04-08
But, you say, doesn't a business need working capital to fund day to day operations and provide stability?
Yes! So… https://t.co/ZtqLYrjVeo in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:13:55, 2022-04-08
Oh it's also pre-payroll tax.
Profits get distributed to members in proportion to their hours worked. They aren't… https://t.co/GEcfNMgRZx in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:10:17, 2022-04-08
@joshdr83 Good luck man. Just… don't mention protected bike lanes or the idea that lots of people sharing a big h… https://t.co/K0lc9ZwDyI in reply to joshdr83 23:04:04, 2022-04-08
We're talking about doing home-office / tech reimbursements, which would let us buy laptops, monitors, chairs desks… https://t.co/ZFhtlk15ZO in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:02:45, 2022-04-08
@joshdr83 Oh wait. You were in Boulder at the CWA. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:58:13, 2022-04-08
@joshdr83 whut? in reply to joshdr83 22:57:30, 2022-04-08
For me one of the weirdest / most interesting parts of being a member of a worker cooperative is learning about and… https://t.co/32j5XH8rgQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:56:51, 2022-04-08
Also, also, also… if you own a bunch of stuff you can borrow against its value and live off of the loan, at which… https://t.co/UEoDrnVGvk in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:51:49, 2022-04-08
Capital gains also don't incur ~15% in payroll taxes.
The majority of income among the wealthiest 1% in the US isn… https://t.co/tMboELBykj in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:42:41, 2022-04-08
Also the income and thus the tax on that income can be deferred indefinitely. At least, under current law.
https://t.co/ARsbEciMJT in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:38:53, 2022-04-08
What would a progressive income tax mean in this framing? That each additional marginal dollar of income becomes mo… https://t.co/LlaJUvbKEF in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:33:29, 2022-04-08
What *is* a fair share? What are we paying for when we fund the state? Some of it is stuff that benefits a person,… https://t.co/NYOItUhSH7 22:24:51, 2022-04-08
@LMegaparsec Sounds great! I doubt the bison will mind. Maybe we can service them with dirigibles to avoid the need… https://t.co/0YvbzWTbb8 in reply to LMegaparsec 22:19:12, 2022-04-08
Humans and our livestock currently make up ~95% of all terrestrial vertebrates by mass. Doesn't that seem kind of e… https://t.co/2yKXrFiY6u in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:01:22, 2022-04-08
Is it so crazy to strive for a world where we humans, a single species, H. "sapiens sapiens," use *only* half of ev… https://t.co/AMxugFRfZ3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:51:50, 2022-04-08
*labor organizing and direct action in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:48:20, 2022-04-08
@LMegaparsec 👍 https://t.co/hVvw4WRY9I in reply to LMegaparsec 20:45:33, 2022-04-08
Severance is a story about four data analysts who turn to labor organizing after struggling with work-life balance,… https://t.co/sq7qa47UP5 20:42:15, 2022-04-08
And then there's also the 75% of all soy that's fed to livestock.
https://t.co/ZxYFJbaZKB in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:36:29, 2022-04-08
Never mind ethanol, what will we do with all the land that's freed up when decent cultured meat gets cheaper than l… https://t.co/vbXhPRkFrO 20:32:34, 2022-04-08
DRAG. HIM. https://t.co/unGxqtev5m 20:17:07, 2022-04-08
I have no idea if those are the best estimates available, but eventually getting a carbon price in the range of $30… https://t.co/t5ev7zUNRV in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:27:13, 2022-04-08
And tallgrass prairie carbon sequestration is somewhere between 0.3 and 1.7 tons /acre/year?
https://t.co/5PaDiq7GiW in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:23:16, 2022-04-08
Maybe corn profits are somewhere in the $50-100/acre/year range?
https://t.co/y9UvVmjeHF in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:22:38, 2022-04-08
Wait is Iowa corn even profitable on average? https://t.co/6A082lkQin https://t.co/wNlvbpG02N in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:14:31, 2022-04-08
What's the profit per unit land area for corn? What carbon price + soil sequestration rate would be required to mak… https://t.co/vpvCUT7NAE in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:13:21, 2022-04-08
One could even imagine a world where bison, gray wolves, and pronghorn inhabit this carbon sequestering perennial g… https://t.co/tpuWXEJ51R 17:09:10, 2022-04-08
LIHTC development is… not great. https://t.co/KTFtRcRlJq 16:33:13, 2022-04-08
RT @CatalystCoop: With some help from @martin_durant_ & support from the @SloanFoundation we're working on distributing PUDL data using @An… 13:20:03, 2022-04-08
There are many things I love about Mexico but the cute little baby scorpions crawling up the walls are not among th… https://t.co/EXxrMH8tRx 00:27:15, 2022-04-08
@drvolts Some of the Canary Media channels seem uncomfortably credulous about CCS, CDR, offsets, blockchain, etc. in reply to drvolts 23:29:25, 2022-04-07
Though in that case maybe companies would spin off bad (carbon) banks, dump the worthless offsets into them, and le… https://t.co/DAkdEz0eyQ in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:27:22, 2022-04-07
It sounds like the blockchain can also be used to launder worthless carbon offsets.
Is there a way to force someon… https://t.co/MF7gTlfa8Q 23:24:17, 2022-04-07
@daveregrets https://t.co/3LyITolpXh in reply to daveregrets 21:25:53, 2022-04-07
La Universidad de Guanajuato se volvió a clases presenciales este mes y me parece que de repente la edad promedia d… https://t.co/ex5ydvplYj 19:55:52, 2022-04-07
No matter how basic the change you're advocating for is, someone is willing to Die On That Hill.
And when your opp… https://t.co/6iy747tNh6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:41:21, 2022-04-07
One thing I learned while advocating for housing in a "progressive" city is that you have no idea how vicious and d… https://t.co/SV1GTWAAMb 17:36:59, 2022-04-07
@JadeResurrected The power is beautiful. in reply to JadeResurrected 23:21:10, 2022-04-06
Wow.
“This bill would move Tennessee backwards, again,” Reiss told Jezebel by phone, noting that Tennessee only ad… https://t.co/iqMZWUnd36 18:54:13, 2022-04-06
@lenazun Wow they're like a postmodern version of the colossal Olmec heads in Mexico.
https://t.co/Fj8KlUDwtF https://t.co/TZvmcGjdtW in reply to lenazun 18:46:22, 2022-04-06
@choldgraf We've got 8 people total now, and are definitely experiencing some (lack of?) project management fatigue… https://t.co/vnsbH4OKXD in reply to choldgraf 15:27:06, 2022-04-06
@agelston Mostly it was internal changes, better metadata, etc. The only data update is 2021 eia860m. in reply to agelston 12:57:14, 2022-04-06
@SarahdawnH https://t.co/SZfoUx5nB9 in reply to SarahdawnH 01:39:06, 2022-04-06
@seancllns Everything's gonna b-ok. in reply to seancllns 22:34:29, 2022-04-05
@ericmbudd It's weird how different social media platforms have become their own epistemic jurisdictions. in reply to ericmbudd 22:26:57, 2022-04-05
For the most part it's only a thumbnail-deep clickbait strategy — the videos themselves are really about whatever… https://t.co/z1bwzbZcF6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:05:51, 2022-04-05
It's interesting because it's *not* just giving me generic sexy content — it really seems to be trying to combine… https://t.co/qpw1zOKtib in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:00:28, 2022-04-05
Or #VanLife in Mexico?
https://t.co/vaNJMzYzUf in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:56:02, 2022-04-05
Or maybe archery and wilderness survival?
https://t.co/9xfGe1vd2O in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:53:25, 2022-04-05
Oh you like permaculture and tropical fruits?
https://t.co/kBTu2Zthvz in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:36:49, 2022-04-05
This is the wrong kind of bikes, but nice try!
https://t.co/TRSGQkvswz in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:35:36, 2022-04-05
Honestly I'm impressed with the variety of hybrid options it has to work with. I guess it's a broadly applicable ma… https://t.co/z0CtILSNWX in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:32:22, 2022-04-05
One night last week I foolishly followed the YouTube algorithm down a rabbithole that involved breasts. Now it's de… https://t.co/gEADEA7wpY 21:08:52, 2022-04-05
Figuring out hard things is so rewarding. Figuring out dumb things is so not.
How many hours did it take for me to… https://t.co/rMBPuGo816 20:04:52, 2022-04-05
@SarahdawnH I've heard being black in China is also not easy. in reply to SarahdawnH 20:01:25, 2022-04-05
RT @SarahTaber_bww: You know what would drop food, fertilizer, & fuel prices overnight?
End the US ethanol program.

Here's what the US wa… 19:51:42, 2022-04-05
@SarahdawnH It just keeps on being tragic. in reply to SarahdawnH 12:13:13, 2022-04-05
Hey if there are zero pedestrians, there'll be zero pedestrian fatalities amirite? https://t.co/dK2I58bj6f 10:05:28, 2022-04-05
@SarahdawnH First tick… of the season? That's a cool tool! in reply to SarahdawnH 10:00:26, 2022-04-05
@SarahdawnH And also build dense, mixed-use cities with connected street grids that aren't car dependent!
https://t.co/fleh8sGW3K in reply to SarahdawnH 15:44:39, 2022-04-04
@joshdr83 I love that there are electronics & appliance repair shops here where they confidently cannibalize parts… https://t.co/U3e4ijlkP2 in reply to joshdr83 12:43:09, 2022-04-03

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-27 to 2022-04-02

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-04-03
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-27 to 2022-04-02

@RedwoodGirl @drvolts Weirdly, the income or savings requirements vary from consulate to consulate. Temporary resid… https://t.co/F4lte1f92P in reply to RedwoodGirl 22:32:32, 2022-04-02
@drvolts So far in my experience the cores of most older cities are insanely walkable by US standards. I'm in Guana… https://t.co/XHOlgQQYDn in reply to drvolts 22:17:02, 2022-04-02
@drvolts Mexico is incredibly generous with granting US folks residency and even citizenship. in reply to drvolts 22:11:37, 2022-04-02
@lenazun I just keep seeing "manticore" https://t.co/rpqArMHvY9 in reply to lenazun 22:33:18, 2022-04-01
This is the only part of the shirt that's wearing out right now. Fixing it cost about 10% of the price I paid for t… https://t.co/unJtVny0gK in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:10:57, 2022-04-01
The collar has two fabric faces, with a thin layer of batting between them to stiffen it. Only the face toward my n… https://t.co/ZluBbUbR2t in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:01:09, 2022-04-01
I kept one long sleeve button up shirt when I left the US 4 (omg) years ago. I finally wore through the fabric on t… https://t.co/B9HX1NOMRm 18:54:03, 2022-04-01
THIS IS NOT NORMAL. https://t.co/rsnJjuOcw3 18:48:28, 2022-04-01
I really need to find a local dentist while case numbers are low. 17:15:56, 2022-04-01
Okay so who wants to develop a Ukrainian language heat pump installation training program? https://t.co/e1cpEf0ntp 16:38:43, 2022-04-01
The disconnect between the narratives of fossil energy and energy transition folks right now is (once again) breaking my brain. 16:36:32, 2022-04-01
@choldgraf @yuvipanda @joshsimmons At first I was like "Wait why is Chris really into terms of service?" in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:34:33, 2022-04-01
@choldgraf @yuvipanda @joshsimmons A classic in the co-op world too. in reply to choldgraf 16:31:21, 2022-04-01
Very cool exploration of networked ground source thermal systems with distributed block/city scale boreholes and on… https://t.co/7Lz9LBUCzS 13:30:35, 2022-04-01
@darkolina @lenazun @ifoundtheme My friend @alanawlsn pointed me at it yesterday. I don't know how I missed it for… https://t.co/KjuiIRq4PJ in reply to darkolina 13:26:07, 2022-04-01
@lenazun @ifoundtheme @darkolina have y'all seen the film Woman at War? I think you might like it / I'm curious what you think of it. 12:32:44, 2022-04-01
@ericmbudd @davidrmillar Maybe he has a new book to sell. in reply to ericmbudd 12:28:03, 2022-04-01
@ericmbudd @davidrmillar Is he really running for governor of CA? in reply to ericmbudd 12:25:41, 2022-04-01
@thmscwlls @ericmbudd I like how there's no "Utility Returns" on the fossil/nuclear generation. in reply to thmscwlls 09:49:20, 2022-04-01
@ericmbudd The more I work on electricity, the less it seems like it has any actual price. in reply to ericmbudd 01:06:16, 2022-04-01
If anyone has been looking for an "Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama" about climate change, corporate rule, direct a… https://t.co/1BQpkvsmE2 23:43:09, 2022-03-31
RT @SICKOFWOLVES: I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT THE MICROPLASTICS ACCUMULATING IN MY MAJOR ORGANS ARE ALL FROM LUXURY BRANDS THANK YOU VERY MUCH 23:36:56, 2022-03-31
Through this coal plant, fossil fuel interests have conspired to force WV rate payers to bribe Manchin to keep thei… https://t.co/V7N4XGkmTn 15:33:10, 2022-03-31
@CHThiem You are uniquely qualified. in reply to CHThiem 14:04:50, 2022-03-31
Now this is infill. https://t.co/xvtRt2WAFp 14:02:30, 2022-03-31
@joshdr83 I miss kale. in reply to joshdr83 11:29:02, 2022-03-31
@bolderbekah @ericmbudd More of the same hard-hitting analysis she brought the municipalization fight. in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:24:31, 2022-03-30
@bolderbekah @ericmbudd Oh it's *her*. Wow. in reply to bolderbekah 20:19:39, 2022-03-30
@thmscwlls All it takes is one person from another epistemic universe importing your comment into their bubble. in reply to thmscwlls 13:49:01, 2022-03-30
@ericmbudd How would my life be different if I'd bought a little condo there when I arrived in 2002 for grad school? in reply to ericmbudd 09:20:24, 2022-03-30
@ericmbudd Or maybe market differentiation? Like the people/houses in the rental market have limited overlap with t… https://t.co/AzkXLfPZ3L in reply to ericmbudd 09:19:17, 2022-03-30
@thmscwlls How's that rational idealism treating you Thomas? in reply to thmscwlls 22:32:44, 2022-03-29
@ericmbudd "asking for" in reply to ericmbudd 22:26:11, 2022-03-29
Joe Manchin, aka
"The Bituminous G.O.B." 23:01:21, 2022-03-28
@SarahdawnH Community Cable Library FTW. in reply to SarahdawnH 22:25:31, 2022-03-28
@ericmbudd Yikes, what a dumpster fire. Feels weird / awful juxtaposed with @CatalystCoop's internal financial tran… https://t.co/3Qmd3WXJ62 in reply to ericmbudd 13:19:48, 2022-03-28
Wow! Who knew it was still possible to make buildings like this? https://t.co/tGH6zZIxsP 12:32:51, 2022-03-28
@drvolts 😱 in reply to drvolts 12:21:12, 2022-03-28
RT @daveregrets: "Should voters blame Joe Biden for the slap?" by David Brooks 23:06:12, 2022-03-27
RT @whatdotcd: "now imagine if you could own that moment as an NFT" 23:05:26, 2022-03-27
RT @darth: if u are a corporation with some bad news this is a good time to release it 21:46:50, 2022-03-27
"Bituminous gob" sounds like a Victorian era insult. I think it needs to make a comeback. in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:43:09, 2022-03-27
Drag. Him. https://t.co/jVKQ14vGco 20:50:58, 2022-03-27

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-20 to 2022-03-26

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-03-27
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-20 to 2022-03-26

RT @__femb0t: ……………. https://t.co/0PvXpjaird 22:23:28, 2022-03-26
See also: https://t.co/VEHYsYYOaV in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:19:04, 2022-03-26
It's almost like petrostates know that provoking a crisis just when people are starting take action will give the p… https://t.co/3pWzp1iUgM 10:07:30, 2022-03-26
RT @InternetHippo: https://t.co/H8JtbFnTlG 08:26:28, 2022-03-26
Oh. https://t.co/NgqMJVqXxI 17:09:38, 2022-03-25
@thebmbennett Can't wait to hear what's next! in reply to thebmbennett 10:35:56, 2022-03-25
@joshdr83 I dunno, looks like some kind of Markov chain text.. in reply to joshdr83 09:06:00, 2022-03-25
RT @MobyDickatSea: Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition! 01:27:22, 2022-03-25
Seems bad. https://t.co/4SZstGtxQC 23:50:12, 2022-03-24
@Yubico I'm trying to set up Google Advanced Protection on Android using a YubiKey NEO, and it wants to open up the… https://t.co/ViFeNppkKk 23:45:00, 2022-03-24
@Olivia_R_Will It seems like we're entering an exciting new phase everywhere of just shambling around in the dark near a cliff. in reply to Olivia_R_Will 18:17:51, 2022-03-24
❤️ Una comunidad de nómadas mexicana anarcosindicalista-ciclista que se llaman Andarres, por @karlatrobles:
https://t.co/LuhOF6WbhA 13:14:08, 2022-03-24
If I could buy a small 2BR zero-equity co-op apartment in one of these for less than a quarter million dollars in a… https://t.co/pUkkcA4GqY 13:03:17, 2022-03-24
Oh hey there's *lots* of different ways to get the new orange skies! https://t.co/y2TtVkMRpc 12:50:02, 2022-03-24
@coreyaevans @drvolts It's not quite what you're describing, but "Crabgrass Frontier" is a wonderful history of sub… https://t.co/mWa5s4ARdD in reply to coreyaevans 12:48:37, 2022-03-24
Somehow I was able to watch a bunch of the absurd Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, but found the KBJ hearings too p… https://t.co/yOPczJY5Dp 10:29:58, 2022-03-24
If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. https://t.co/2HyIBJsyqI 08:31:43, 2022-03-23
The answer is always no. https://t.co/7oelZgtIcQ 08:27:53, 2022-03-23
🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/21ajJTV7FP 15:36:53, 2022-03-22
@LSweeneyMiran @ericmbudd Oh man definitely don't tell this kid about Megalodon
https://t.co/3h3472hD7Q in reply to LSweeneyMiran 21:28:14, 2022-03-21
@lenazun Oh man time to make a release from the Strategic Chill Reserve. Otherwise the price of chill is gonna skyrocket. in reply to lenazun 21:00:19, 2022-03-21
@ericmbudd @unicorn Sounded like some folks were pretty underwhelmed by the creepy infomercial gaslight vibe at SXSW this year too. in reply to ericmbudd 19:40:41, 2022-03-21
@ericmbudd What kind of different? in reply to ericmbudd 19:33:41, 2022-03-21
@notFromShrek I mean who the heck else am I going to talk to? in reply to notFromShrek 19:28:31, 2022-03-21
Happy Equinox!
https://t.co/ibj141CFLS 11:40:19, 2022-03-21
A "seven sigma" event — or more like it's just not from the historical distribution. https://t.co/6grh36mNyY 11:31:40, 2022-03-21
Mexico has (temporarily?) eliminated its gasoline tax and implemented consumer fuel price subsides which are being… https://t.co/99syVsT9Bp 10:38:49, 2022-03-21
What could be more Google than your whole acquired division getting laid off on the same day that you all receive a… https://t.co/jIFPfHMNEP 10:33:55, 2022-03-21
This seems complicated and not in a good way.
https://t.co/wWoWeOLso1 10:21:10, 2022-03-21
💔 https://t.co/QKyrTeBFLw 22:29:37, 2022-03-20
RT @existentialcoms: Imposter syndrome is kind of funny. Like dude look at the world. You really think everyone else knows what the fuck th… 20:29:52, 2022-03-20
@erinoverturf 🤣 💀 in reply to erinoverturf 17:37:08, 2022-03-20
@erinoverturf https://t.co/ZUpLHSkDnK in reply to erinoverturf 17:33:13, 2022-03-20
A solo woman travel vlogger from Indonesia, who has been bopping around Belarus for the last few months:
https://t.co/22ol5A1h5t in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:01:32, 2022-03-20
Not to suggest that English-language YouTubers are going to be a representative sample of experiences, but it's sti… https://t.co/3pGIXMw859 in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:49:41, 2022-03-20
https://t.co/Yag6UOmDZv in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:45:50, 2022-03-20
Victoria found out she was pregnant with her 2nd child shortly before the invasion. She and her family decided to l… https://t.co/zy43lLvQ8t in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:44:54, 2022-03-20
Anastasia's family raises goats and bees in Southern Russia, 300km from the Ukraine border. She makes natural soap… https://t.co/AClzdzfynD in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:39:00, 2022-03-20
It's wild that all we have to do to get firsthand accounts from people in Russia and Ukraine (or fleeing) in almost… https://t.co/Oy6Mcnr1H4 16:34:16, 2022-03-20
RT @AstronautKill: https://t.co/NcSS3CKT8n 16:18:40, 2022-03-20
RT @_HannahRitchie: To be clear: any food shortages would not be because the world does not grow enough to feed everyone.
The world uses… 10:56:39, 2022-03-20
Very Ivan Illich / Mr. Money Mustache. Paper here:
https://t.co/xPYSEQNupA https://t.co/9aGs3BeDyI 10:15:03, 2022-03-20
@histoftech It is indeed a *lot* in reply to histoftech 02:20:47, 2022-03-20

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-13 to 2022-03-19

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-03-20
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-13 to 2022-03-19

It's *amazing* how much bigger the same space feels when it's just got people in it, and no cars. https://t.co/5irW9dYjX4 00:21:40, 2022-03-19
https://t.co/99DEZrr3Cp in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:13:20, 2022-03-19
I can hardly believe we have tens of thousands of clay tablets from Ashurbanipal's library 2700 years ago.
Maybe w… https://t.co/TZQq1TY4Gv in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:12:24, 2022-03-19
But now it can be lost in a way that's harder for widely written languages.
"the tender speech of Wu" in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:05:34, 2022-03-19
So written communication could be homogenized over long distances without losing the variety of spoken languages? S… https://t.co/ej1qPtld9q in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:03:22, 2022-03-19
But apparently it doesn't have its own way of being written? Which I guess makes sense if you've shared an ideograp… https://t.co/aKXfVWRfdN in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:01:34, 2022-03-19
Reading about regional Chinese languages. 80 million speak Wu. I'd never heard of it! A group of languages as dive… https://t.co/l26seMUgVh 00:00:11, 2022-03-19
Also it's wild that this is happening while we're all adrift in the sea of batshit political conspiracy nonsense flooding the internet. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:18:06, 2022-03-18
I feel bad that I'm laughing, but also the world feels like this. https://t.co/BFzmv7UxHd 23:07:20, 2022-03-18
So is it gonna be like one affordable housing advocacy lawsuit per year in Boulder from now on? I wonder which side… https://t.co/wbjmcWcoP9 23:03:32, 2022-03-18
@boulderprogress @SarahdawnH What. The actual. Fuck. in reply to boulderprogress 22:55:03, 2022-03-18
@Vanguard_Group Internal Server Errors look like: https://t.co/2kh7zKixAA in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:26:46, 2022-03-18
@Vanguard_Group I'm getting a bunch of Internal Server Errors when attempting to access the personal investors site… https://t.co/afEgBTQLqc 12:25:36, 2022-03-18
@CastellanoChels @ericmbudd @welcomehomebldr https://t.co/gnZe21EO9a 11:32:32, 2022-03-18
@LilaHickey @doctorow @ericmbudd @cmgosnell We live in weird times. in reply to LilaHickey 00:45:17, 2022-03-18
"The carbon markets have paid the landowner to not do what they were not going to do." https://t.co/mBSDBkuzPD 20:59:23, 2022-03-17
RT @revrrlewis: I've played over 1,000 hours of Civilization VI. Here's how Ukraine can defeat Russia. (1/47) 20:54:07, 2022-03-17
RT @MoreAndAgain: THIS IS NEOFEUDALISM!
RUN! https://t.co/KXdSy8H43p 20:53:55, 2022-03-17
It's like we never left the stone age. https://t.co/2gySh63eda 20:00:46, 2022-03-17
I tried to watch this and it was too cringe for me to get through. But thankfully Kendra has written up a nice summ… https://t.co/qBMLhzvlAT 19:59:28, 2022-03-17
Which starts to smell like a network of co-ops with a centralized development fund, or state owned (but not state m… https://t.co/pzoUKNUuwI in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:49:20, 2022-03-17
@doctorow @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell At which point, the difference between a simple UBI and UBA is the fact… https://t.co/wDVs3V3y4c in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:47:03, 2022-03-17
@doctorow @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell How would "universal basic assets" differ from "universal basic income?… https://t.co/k88i68MboC in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:44:03, 2022-03-17
@doctorow @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell What happens if everyone owns some of everything? If the stochastic div… https://t.co/sT6SwmuvEf in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:41:50, 2022-03-17
@doctorow @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell If it's all just stochastic (assuming some guardrails around truly dumb… https://t.co/DOouyYEt9F in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:39:01, 2022-03-17
@doctorow @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell The whole premise of index fund investing (which is pretty well borne o… https://t.co/XFdmt4sKcH in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:36:32, 2022-03-17
@doctorow The paper he's riffing on over here:
https://t.co/dSMju6XNph

Cc: @ericmbudd @LilaHickey @cmgosnell in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:29:12, 2022-03-17
An interesting look at how intermediated ownership of *all* companies via asset managers who *can't* sell their ass… https://t.co/BYyvdzEFwj 19:27:20, 2022-03-17
@RCunov @evacide Yeah me too! The migration from LastPass was totally painless. I was flabbergasted and wanted to u… https://t.co/HRnSJsSfU3 in reply to RCunov 18:20:26, 2022-03-17
RT @KatysCartoons: Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of… 16:04:47, 2022-03-17
@evacide I honestly expected BitWarden to be a pain because it offers so much for free and is open source but I was… https://t.co/UFkH4vodmY in reply to evacide 15:32:35, 2022-03-17
@lenazun One of the less prominent benefits of using a VPN where you can pretend to be… wherever. in reply to lenazun 15:30:14, 2022-03-17
RT @TrashEmpireFilm: Food Not Bombs Bielsko-Biała is coordinating with other chapters along the border to do great work. You can support th… 08:15:33, 2022-03-17
Today it feels like we have two (or more!) dueling politics of inevitability in climate. The geophysical inevitabil… https://t.co/hlaZz38GbM in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:08:51, 2022-03-16
Wow, there is *so* much in here that's ripe for application to climate change. in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:04:20, 2022-03-16
"The politics of inevitability is fundamentally anti-democratic and anti-freedom, because it's taking away from us… https://t.co/DM6SfQIYvF in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:02:15, 2022-03-16
@TimothyDSnyder "If you think that some larger process is inevitably bringing progress, you don't have to ask what… https://t.co/CcxVxM0FKp in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:59:34, 2022-03-16
Watching this talk by @TimothyDSnyder on the temporal dimension of politics.
"The basic problem with the politics… https://t.co/9AX978xDmA 18:53:31, 2022-03-16
lol, but darkly. https://t.co/Oznwxk75g3 18:32:18, 2022-03-16
@lenazun In the highly unlikely event… 😬 in reply to lenazun 12:53:12, 2022-03-16
@ericmbudd @LilaHickey @youfoundryan Oh man. *dislike* 👎 in reply to ericmbudd 21:29:39, 2022-03-15
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey I mean, why set up the target retirement funds differently than the total mark… https://t.co/lgfnQlcyIo in reply to youfoundryan 21:29:06, 2022-03-15
@LilaHickey @youfoundryan @ericmbudd Wait there are downvotes now? in reply to LilaHickey 21:23:37, 2022-03-15
"LeMay said if we'd lost the war we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals."
https://t.co/qfS3mtlAzV https://t.co/CwS8tORl8C 21:07:47, 2022-03-15
@ericmbudd @youfoundryan @LilaHickey The weird error here seems to have been setting up that other lower expense ra… https://t.co/TYUloL1Frv in reply to ericmbudd 21:06:07, 2022-03-15
@lenazun <3 in reply to lenazun 20:41:00, 2022-03-15
@ericmbudd @LilaHickey @youfoundryan It is weirdly, bizarrely, out of line with their normal behavior. It seems nut… https://t.co/ioJCXYBXmc in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:38:09, 2022-03-15
@ericmbudd @LilaHickey @youfoundryan Yeaaaah, this is gonna be a mess. in reply to ericmbudd 20:34:47, 2022-03-15
We're all trapped on the planet of the apes. https://t.co/Xp5tqBF0DZ 15:17:08, 2022-03-15
Big if true! https://t.co/PxNrzCfvt0 15:14:23, 2022-03-15
RT @JoshGeog: It is wild to hear mainstream US commentators decry the firing of media and academic persons in Russia while we are literally… 15:07:45, 2022-03-15
Man, this history. And we wonder why Russian literature is depressing. https://t.co/nm1Fb1zDML 12:11:57, 2022-03-15
RT @FoldableHuman: The way we’re perpetually “experimenting” with viable, humane social policy like a freshman with ready access to halluci… 01:24:38, 2022-03-15
That's a hell of a sign error. https://t.co/pvdeGB96XH 01:14:07, 2022-03-15
Every so often while I'm reading I'll forget when-where I am. Then I wake up, and have to unwind the recursively ne… https://t.co/slL1668fef 01:05:23, 2022-03-15
Dude is 👑THE KING👑 of predatory delay and he's dragging his feet all the way to the bank.
Every time he threatens… https://t.co/NPpw9mKNG7 22:57:21, 2022-03-14
This is also one of the areas most heavily contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster. in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:39:02, 2022-03-14
Humanizing timeline cleanse: A channel about village life, gardening, and food preservation in Southeast Belarus. T… https://t.co/OWvvuwZukh 21:37:36, 2022-03-14
@thebmbennett We were told pi equals 1 and pi^2 equals 10 in astronomy. in reply to thebmbennett 21:15:53, 2022-03-14
@erinoverturf Wow. Just 40 years ahead of schedule. in reply to erinoverturf 16:47:49, 2022-03-14
@ericmbudd I believe it's called a "Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity" in reply to ericmbudd 16:47:11, 2022-03-14
RT @SarahdawnH: APPLICATION DEADLINE: Bilingual Climate Equity Specialist
March 20, 2022

Boulder County Career opportunity https://t.co… 16:41:20, 2022-03-14
@ericmbudd omg I'm sure Leslie's eyeballs have rolled out of her head. 🙄 in reply to ericmbudd 16:35:15, 2022-03-14
@LaurenGifford I feel like something has changed in the way people talk about CCS and DAC in the last couple of yea… https://t.co/YXj178Ss7A in reply to LaurenGifford 22:34:58, 2022-03-13
I mean:
In a tacit acknowledgment of the problem of pursuing those with continued access to capital, it was report… https://t.co/t7f8cmXXl5 in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:25:30, 2022-03-13
@doctorow I love that there's such a thing as an "Unexplained Wealth Order" but can can anybody *really* explain ho… https://t.co/Fi5YuaRnBI in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:22:56, 2022-03-13
@doctorow Maybe the real problem is prevailing norms around ownership that allow this degree of wealth concentratio… https://t.co/vMqkQqoqVl in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:19:37, 2022-03-13
@doctorow Is the problem here really the particular mechanism of coercive wealth concentration? Or is it the way th… https://t.co/gypNpx9klX in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:15:17, 2022-03-13
The more I think about this @doctorow piece on the Klept, the fuzzier the line between them and monopolistic or pol… https://t.co/0O0XvEWLwo 17:13:14, 2022-03-13

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-06 to 2022-03-12

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-03-13
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-03-06 to 2022-03-12

So how long until someone sneaks in and blows up a Russian oil export pipeline? 23:10:29, 2022-03-12
RT @NeoliberalSnow: CHOLERA'S OVER PARTY AT THE BROAD STREET PUMP WOOO 23:06:06, 2022-03-12
@SarahdawnH Too soon. in reply to SarahdawnH 20:56:19, 2022-03-12
@energysmartwv @NobleIdeas @ramez @KenCaldeira There are also a bunch of old gas distribution systems in the northe… https://t.co/63QjIQ3Tto in reply to energysmartwv 17:45:00, 2022-03-12
I guess one way to get a world war is for everyone to just try and get away with stuff while they think everyone el… https://t.co/HJTXu6U5dN 17:34:31, 2022-03-12
C'mon man. https://t.co/9DPgSVS1tz 16:55:36, 2022-03-12
Deranged late night musings. https://t.co/ndQkfgw9vV 10:17:16, 2022-03-12
So much wrangling over who gets the dividends, and not so much over whether we should keep burning things. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:43:43, 2022-03-11
Petrostates vary in terms of who gets the cashflow: the state itself, the kleptocrats, hedge fund managers, literal… https://t.co/96B0UOZ6Lh in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:41:38, 2022-03-11
"The vast majority of these are owned by kleptocrats and their associates in three resource-rich countries – Azerba… https://t.co/doEcz4E93e in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:37:42, 2022-03-11
I wonder what social media properties are bundled in?
"…according to the US Department of Justice, she received… https://t.co/RiO7pvNlxE in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:35:04, 2022-03-11
Then again, the US financialized itself and I am living in México on an easy residency visa. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:29:05, 2022-03-11
Step 1: Financialize most of a country's wealth.
Step 2: Import that wealth to your country through easy residency… https://t.co/Z5Na0FAyyr in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:27:49, 2022-03-11
"Kazakh citizens were the fifth-largest group, totalling 206 applicants. As Kazakhstan is a country where just 162… https://t.co/4CWMLLEyUo in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:24:48, 2022-03-11
Selective political enforcement of anti-kleptocracy laws against disgruntled oligarchs in exile seems bad.
Also fe… https://t.co/ChDXPaJ56J in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:18:13, 2022-03-11
Huh, so I guess this is all up in Brexit too then. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:06:28, 2022-03-11
"…as well as the welcome from ‘respectable’ UK individuals, complement each other and in many ways could not exist independently." in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:02:46, 2022-03-11
"But, although the coordination of enabling activities is usually not done through explicit joint intent, the servi… https://t.co/nNQPZWJLWt in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:02:26, 2022-03-11
"Individually, each of these service providers may facilitate a transaction that is legal and within established no… https://t.co/dyHl7ejub4 in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:01:22, 2022-03-11
Lol. Overlords. https://t.co/HROMctqArw 22:54:00, 2022-03-11
Is Trump just another pet oligarch? Is he gonna flip out when he discovers that all of his assets were over *there*… https://t.co/D8aTZB2al6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:51:07, 2022-03-11
RT @daveregrets: "If," they continued, "he plays his cards right." https://t.co/01ZSc9wLIW 22:41:46, 2022-03-11
Now back to this long piece about the relationship between the UK and that network.
https://t.co/jNIgeXdkbE in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:39:20, 2022-03-11
And there's this weird split between stuff you can just "take" by law: super yachts, overseas foreign reserves, in-… https://t.co/Un1AfZvqFg in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:14:45, 2022-03-11
Some of them are more human-corporate hybrids. Others more human-state hybrids. Or some mix of all three. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:03:53, 2022-03-11
Doesn't this sound like a crime family? Or the hybrid spawn of humans and corporations? Your own personal zaibatsu… https://t.co/m5cAjvJDj9 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:01:39, 2022-03-11
"Mr. Putin kept little of his wealth in his own name. Instead he uses homes and boats nominally owned by Russian ol… https://t.co/0eJsNPodzO 21:57:51, 2022-03-11
Where do these videos come from? https://t.co/oIls9PRj9q 21:50:24, 2022-03-11
RT @HollyNeillNZ: Always a bit amazed that quietly taking photos of birds can attract comments like these, but there you go 🙃 21:46:57, 2022-03-11
"Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, joked that the slogan… https://t.co/ym0GsQlqFp 21:37:11, 2022-03-11
I feel like in the last couple of years a CCS has been getting taken a lot more seriously, but I don't understand w… https://t.co/6M9YXUhKj0 21:12:47, 2022-03-11
Welp, I'm glad I visited Russia when I had the chance. 19:05:46, 2022-03-11
I would happily live in this solarpunk future thanks. https://t.co/bxdPAqc8BN 12:06:09, 2022-03-11
@thebmbennett @gwenwindflower hey do either of you remember who had that Anakin / Padme data unbundling enterprise… https://t.co/Jyiv5TjqXj 11:59:38, 2022-03-11
Cars don't belong in cities. https://t.co/0qoU3255FF 21:51:58, 2022-03-10
@ZLabe @NOAA_ESRL Do you know why NOx is so much less seasonal than CO2 & CH4? in reply to ZLabe 20:59:54, 2022-03-10
Wooo, up and to the right! https://t.co/K3f2RvNUBW 20:58:32, 2022-03-10
@lenazun 😬 https://t.co/puC7mnBxPX in reply to lenazun 18:39:24, 2022-03-10
This is monstrous. About 1 in 50 pregnancies is ectopic. Prior to surgical interventions, the death rate was ~50%.… https://t.co/6ems78d5uV 16:52:48, 2022-03-10
@ericmbudd It's never enough until your heart. stops. beating. in reply to ericmbudd 17:15:07, 2022-03-09
@choldgraf @simonw @yuvipanda Well @bendnorman at least we are in good company? in reply to choldgraf 17:13:45, 2022-03-09
@simonw @choldgraf @yuvipanda 😭 ah well. in reply to simonw 16:47:34, 2022-03-09
Is there a good GCP IAM / organizational setup tutorial for *non* enterprise users somewhere? The urge to give ever… https://t.co/9f9Uy69t00 13:03:35, 2022-03-09
A fun takedown of current oil & gas company whining / attempts at war profiteering from @ClimateTown
https://t.co/tD8vUTgccj 12:39:29, 2022-03-09
Whew okay *now* we can call it a war. https://t.co/Tu3wVebv8n 23:50:07, 2022-03-08
What makes this way of thinking so easy to access in relation to a war, but so hard in the context of a pandemic or… https://t.co/6rfcgeBQQy 23:44:23, 2022-03-08
@drvolts https://t.co/4X9dKbUyy6 in reply to drvolts 23:22:51, 2022-03-08
@CastellanoChels @SarahdawnH Oh man. Good luck. Sounds like torrrrrtuuurrrre.
Are the meetings still at like, 9am on Wednesdays? in reply to CastellanoChels 23:21:22, 2022-03-08
@ericmbudd @LilaHickey @bolderbekah @youfoundryan Pro Tip: If your taxable income is below the 0% capital gains tax… https://t.co/N8OFSYCf78 in reply to ericmbudd 23:16:46, 2022-03-08
It's like the time I saw someone selling a radar detector detector detector at a truck stop on US 50 in Nevada. https://t.co/FbKCI71NEO 23:12:24, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey @bolderbekah @youfoundryan @ericmbudd I hate that people are supposed to understand this shit in the US… https://t.co/vN5cOxuHgB in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:09:23, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey I'm so glad you found the real answer! I wish they had explained it themselves! A 15% distribution on a… https://t.co/wqITkj5cTF in reply to LilaHickey 23:08:23, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey @bolderbekah @youfoundryan @ericmbudd Now however we are definitely getting into cost-basis-reset territory. in reply to ZaneSelvans 23:06:47, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey @bolderbekah @youfoundryan @ericmbudd I didn't have any losses to harvest, it was just that if I sold b… https://t.co/u3qfswBJ9n in reply to LilaHickey 23:05:48, 2022-03-08
@ifoundtheme @lenazun I think probably yes! in reply to ifoundtheme 23:04:11, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey @youfoundryan @ericmbudd It was total luck. Like why was I even looking at the estimated distributions… https://t.co/tLGzWeSF10 in reply to LilaHickey 23:03:37, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey Oh wow crazy! I wonder why they made it a whole separate fund instead of another share class like all the others?! in reply to LilaHickey 23:02:29, 2022-03-08
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey The US / Intl total stock market funds have almost zero turnover and extremely… https://t.co/n8jOyexj6A in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:56:45, 2022-03-08
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey And I don't think there are ETF shares for the TR funds. in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:55:13, 2022-03-08
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey I don't think it's ETF vs. Fund so much here, but the need to rebalance inside… https://t.co/FddqrBtxtH in reply to youfoundryan 22:54:41, 2022-03-08
@bolderbekah @youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey It was a mix of short and long term gains, but the gains & tax ex… https://t.co/I5i7OMf3w6 in reply to bolderbekah 22:51:04, 2022-03-08
@ericmbudd @youfoundryan @LilaHickey All the Vanguard TR funds are funds-of-funds (US/Intl stock/bond) that rebalan… https://t.co/TBnS3U1FTf in reply to ericmbudd 22:48:53, 2022-03-08
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey I imagined it was that they had to slosh a bunch of money from the stock funds… https://t.co/xshaxrtwi1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:44:50, 2022-03-08
@ericmbudd @youfoundryan @LilaHickey It's not supposed to be like this. in reply to ericmbudd 22:44:05, 2022-03-08
@youfoundryan @ericmbudd @LilaHickey Yeah holycrap what was up with that? I got lucky and saw that it was going to… https://t.co/NaVy1R0ekn in reply to youfoundryan 22:42:37, 2022-03-08
@LilaHickey This Is The Way. in reply to LilaHickey 22:39:30, 2022-03-08
@ifoundtheme Do you and the anarchoplantista @lenazun happen to know each other? in reply to ifoundtheme 22:36:33, 2022-03-08
Ugh. Happy #InternationalWomensDay https://t.co/aYw5oU9b6v 20:13:59, 2022-03-08
I seriously thought this was a LEGO set. https://t.co/Pn3PoK979T 19:56:51, 2022-03-08
I guess you can also have stable, high gas prices and give John D. Rockefeller a fortune worth 1.5% of US GDP. in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:09:47, 2022-03-08
You can have stable, high gas prices and fund a bunch of public goods. Or you can have occasionally low and volatil… https://t.co/SEPpJ1mjM3 18:06:45, 2022-03-08
RT @hausfath: Now it seems pretty clear that CO2 emissions were either higher than 2019 in 2021 (per the IEA) or will likely be higher in 2… 17:24:30, 2022-03-08
@yuvipanda High entropy omelette. in reply to yuvipanda 16:27:17, 2022-03-08
🚨🧜‍♀️ https://t.co/rOoMVJCbYL 12:10:05, 2022-03-08
Man, this bot. Tough but fair, as they say. https://t.co/utgDpepcD4 08:16:17, 2022-03-08
@ericmbudd See also:
https://t.co/pvxxdshP0V in reply to ericmbudd 22:46:04, 2022-03-07
@bolderbekah And the fact that the official Metro account commented "Tough, but fair." 💀 in reply to bolderbekah 22:32:50, 2022-03-07
@ericmbudd jfc I'm not even that old and this is like the fourth oil crisis I've been old enough to drive through.… https://t.co/rE9uIWxiUj in reply to ericmbudd 22:31:38, 2022-03-07
@bolderbekah I dunno how up you are on Mexican housing + transit memes but this had me cackling:
https://t.co/k8ehAnbdTL in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:10:56, 2022-03-07
@bolderbekah No. No me la de, porfis. https://t.co/8VmxEs7Rnp in reply to bolderbekah 22:06:54, 2022-03-07
@ericmbudd I mean *some* day they will be electric, and then this one minor pathology at least will die. Right?
Bu… https://t.co/ci2TOmqQYF in reply to ericmbudd 22:04:48, 2022-03-07
I hate all cars including the electric ones but god help me I don't think I can take another cycle of people with g… https://t.co/AotwnSsJNq 19:51:57, 2022-03-07
This whole thread is cringe inducing on multiple levels. https://t.co/2ujmppZyn9 16:57:28, 2022-03-07
@chaspinrad hard same. 😭 in reply to chaspinrad 16:51:21, 2022-03-07
RT @operaqueenie: Some choice excepts backing up the idea that nuclear families are not the ideal. https://t.co/qRxaZavZel 09:33:54, 2022-03-07
@Olivia_R_Will I know right?! in reply to Olivia_R_Will 09:33:19, 2022-03-07
@lilscientista 💔 in reply to lilscientista 09:31:44, 2022-03-07
@TheCharlier @ericmbudd https://t.co/9GDSjYDIBT in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:37:52, 2022-03-07
@TheCharlier @ericmbudd https://t.co/skAjAXvEXp in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:37:13, 2022-03-07
@TheCharlier @ericmbudd https://t.co/W4y4bg35hp in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:36:17, 2022-03-07
@TheCharlier @ericmbudd https://t.co/yECB3UAkJd in reply to ZaneSelvans 07:33:34, 2022-03-07
@TheCharlier @ericmbudd I'm so tired. in reply to TheCharlier 07:31:58, 2022-03-07
Well this is a depressing tendril reaching out through the internet, on top of everything else. @lilscientista
"I… https://t.co/XNNAFF78KI 21:44:04, 2022-03-06
RT @aweary: Ok, it’s been six months since web3 folks told me the environmental issues with ETH would be solved in six months, how we doing… 19:31:31, 2022-03-06
RT @smotus: Good reminder that we're in the middle of a propaganda war. Even if Ukraine is indisputably the aggrieved party in the actual w… 19:05:29, 2022-03-06
Well, speak for yourself. https://t.co/eQXPcvwRzI 14:58:21, 2022-03-06
RT @SaraJacobsCA: It's 2022. If you see a young woman at an event with only Members of Congress, best to assume she's also a Member of Con… 09:12:48, 2022-03-06

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-02-27 to 2022-03-05

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-03-06
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-02-27 to 2022-03-05

"Area hominid" https://t.co/d1OgBjHTu6 22:38:05, 2022-03-05
RT @TimMLatimer: Advocating for smart energy policy is hard. Pre-crisis, it’s “too expensive” and not a priority. During a crisis, it’s “to… 22:32:14, 2022-03-05
RT @mike_dvz: Do yourself a favor and remote work in Mexico City — it is truly magical ✨ 22:22:11, 2022-03-05
@DavidPomerantz Interesting related thread:
https://t.co/J0BhA8GwAV in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:19:03, 2022-03-05
It seems like the optimal outcome is a world in which everyone credibly pretends to have nuclear weapons, but nobod… https://t.co/qI7Z5UEEoR 18:15:57, 2022-03-05
RT @QJeffR: Ukrainian scientist points out that defunding the Russian war machine and action on climate change coincide almost perfectly: h… 15:53:48, 2022-03-05
Interesting thread on the nature of nuclear deterrents, with examples from a couple of times we almost blew ourselv… https://t.co/OKoTpgb1Qy 13:19:25, 2022-03-05
Meanwhile. https://t.co/pY1OeIlaPY 22:46:06, 2022-03-04
Meanwhile. https://t.co/6IHtoCuvPf 22:45:51, 2022-03-04
Meanwhile. https://t.co/36UZEETuAZ 22:45:41, 2022-03-04
@yuvipanda I'm a big fan of @DarnTough socks. They aren't cheap, but they're well made and have a lifetime guarante… https://t.co/y8ULtfS0Lr in reply to yuvipanda 22:38:37, 2022-03-04
Writing "Time, Tides, and Tectonics on Icy Satellites." during the 2008-2009 financial collapse turned out to be we… https://t.co/NYmFkdDS95 21:14:12, 2022-03-04
@SarahdawnH This would be amazing. 10/10 would buy drinks to get a water policy rant!
"Whisky is for drinking. Water is for fighting over." in reply to SarahdawnH 20:15:07, 2022-03-04
RT @amywestervelt: This right here — oil companies are squawking about how the government is holding them back while spending on stock buy… 19:09:47, 2022-03-04
@SarahdawnH Kinda related, lots of the post-Soviet Klept likes to chill in the UK partly because of their brutal pr… https://t.co/EpXC9t5f8E in reply to SarahdawnH 19:03:11, 2022-03-04
Buen artículo por @cesargalicia_ sobre lo personal y political, trabajo a distancia en CDMX y sus impactos en el me… https://t.co/TcoUThUUhF 17:16:14, 2022-03-04
Interesting thread on Russian economic/political entanglements with China. https://t.co/RGZ6oVjZMd 16:19:01, 2022-03-04
Doesn't Brutus end up committing suicide in exile after losing a bloody civil war to 21 year old Octavian who final… https://t.co/zE48gWjxUy 16:09:27, 2022-03-04
Not a great systemic bias. https://t.co/yLOQ1Sk2FK 15:47:14, 2022-03-04
@drvolts Thank goodness you have tendonitis so this doesn't happen? in reply to drvolts 15:45:58, 2022-03-04
@SarahdawnH Totally a reasonable demand given separated finances and the capitalist hellscape that prevails. in reply to SarahdawnH 11:58:06, 2022-03-04
https://t.co/5mnI7P1Sbm in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:16:18, 2022-03-04
@ChathamHouse Found via @doctorow
"The klept isn't criminal, because the klept writes the laws. This is how the Ja… https://t.co/XYwPe7eFCv in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:15:13, 2022-03-04
How London has become a willing host to parasitic post-Soviet kleptocrats, from @ChathamHouse:
https://t.co/zDSpHebrD3 09:13:43, 2022-03-04
It seems like this happens when the org that's being blasé about the language is much larger than the other party,… https://t.co/20oG2Cosy7 in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:50:17, 2022-03-04
If this is normal, what the hell is the point of contracts? Why agree to do something know you're not going to do?… https://t.co/wqIOSRvCQU in reply to ZaneSelvans 08:43:15, 2022-03-04
Is it common in the consulting business for people to be like "Oh don't worry about that part of the contract. We d… https://t.co/5XvOdU0za9 08:41:32, 2022-03-04
RT @james_acton32: Short thread on the dangers of the fire at Zaporizhzhya NPP.
As of 8am this morning, according to Ukraine's regulator,… 17:54:54, 2022-03-03
@Annaleen I thought there was a dramatic series made about Tamerlane but now I can't find it. in reply to Annaleen 17:32:27, 2022-03-03
@CHThiem Socialist. in reply to CHThiem 17:26:12, 2022-03-03
This seems like it was some major (and not entirely undeserved) GW Bush Iraq trolling.
"Russia says 'real danger'… https://t.co/BTX9NYpmMc 15:27:18, 2022-03-03
@chrisnelder @PJCavan Does it matter economically what the imported fraction is? Or is it entirely political? I com… https://t.co/5nEzgVW5o0 in reply to chrisnelder 15:11:29, 2022-03-03
This is where I got the 200k number: https://t.co/j7nOPRzsAF https://t.co/oQQERC4wIa in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:09:08, 2022-03-03
@SarahdawnH Jeeez. in reply to SarahdawnH 14:49:11, 2022-03-03
Also some quick googling suggests that the US imports about 200,000 barrels of oil from Russia every day, but consu… https://t.co/YmBKjFt4S8 14:47:30, 2022-03-03
RT @doctorow: @stefdelev If your rejoinder to "Defi is dangerous due to complexity, leverage and rigidity" is "Poor people can use defi," t… 09:14:01, 2022-03-03
It's a lavishly illustrated timeline. https://t.co/xoRfavR41w 21:49:37, 2022-03-02
@SarahdawnH @longnow I love that they let him just wander around and eavesdrop on all the negotiations. in reply to SarahdawnH 21:45:12, 2022-03-02
"But people *do* like sea level." — KSR pitching VCs on his new SLAAS (Sea Level As A Service) startup. 21:30:45, 2022-03-02
In 1997 a transit cop in Vladivostok tried to get my passport and shake me down for a bribe. He took me to the rail… https://t.co/u42YvGC3i0 18:37:01, 2022-03-02
@SarahdawnH Or the size of bitcoin. in reply to SarahdawnH 22:40:12, 2022-03-01
Or have they been looking to exit for other reasons, and this is a convenient time to do it and get a little PR bum… https://t.co/BXiaGokOu1 in reply to ZaneSelvans 18:08:03, 2022-03-01
Just sayin'
"The company said it would not make any new investments in Russia, although it will not leave the coun… https://t.co/l9rJkqHCex in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:59:34, 2022-03-01
Just because they're constantly lying to everyone to make themselves look better. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:54:56, 2022-03-01
Are the oil majors *really* pulling out of Russia? Or are they just announcing that they intend to pull out? If the… https://t.co/AZRKvdaNoN 17:53:33, 2022-03-01
It's like the Google is *begging* me to make everybody an admin on everything. in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:44:42, 2022-03-01
Every time I try do do anything with IAM, I learn to hate it a little more.
You can't apply dataset name-based con… https://t.co/yCXmg5Alsc 16:43:55, 2022-03-01
A lot of climate policy debates seem to be a game of choosing which "impossible thing" to believe is possible. Mass… https://t.co/CfB1Tnujqj 08:32:05, 2022-03-01
RT @mistressmatisse: This is not EVERYTHING you need to know about decriminalizing sexwork. But it’s a LOT of 💯 accurate information.
And… 19:17:46, 2022-02-28
RT @fruitsforbats: If you want to support me directly I’ll send you 1 day free trial link to my OnlyFans so you can donate. I don’t want yo… 19:13:23, 2022-02-28
RT @propublica: In the new @lastweektonight report on sex work, @iamjohnoliver cited our 2020 investigation into NYPD officers who cashed i… 18:34:44, 2022-02-28
RT @_cingraham: "if oligarchs can't launder their ill-gotten gains then what is crypto even for" https://t.co/cQQQNAjVfX 17:41:20, 2022-02-28
@SarahdawnH "Future" in reply to SarahdawnH 12:40:26, 2022-02-28
Apropos of absolutely nothing whatsoever. https://t.co/R4MN5BwjVP 22:56:46, 2022-02-27
@rachelkfriend Is any of this real anymore? in reply to rachelkfriend 22:53:29, 2022-02-27
How is this possible? Is it rigged?
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How can this timeline be real? https://t.co/QY3UeegdpU 22:20:43, 2022-02-27
RT @mekkaokereke: Zelinskyy's resume looks 100% fake.
* Law school grad
* Comedian
* Won Ukrainian Dancing with the Stars
* Ukrainian voic… 19:06:07, 2022-02-27
Make it stop. Just, not like that. https://t.co/2KGNmTAFkC 18:27:43, 2022-02-27
@DavidPomerantz I have all those close calls marked as recurring holidays on my calendar. It will happen someday. But not yet. Not yet. in reply to DavidPomerantz 18:24:17, 2022-02-27
@DavidPomerantz I think we got tired / bored of this particular apocalypse some time in the mid 1990s. It is a trip… https://t.co/t5xt6h36hQ in reply to DavidPomerantz 18:10:45, 2022-02-27
Mood. https://t.co/gS6N7owcNo 17:52:16, 2022-02-27
RT @mjohnharrison: for those who can–as someone put it this morning–chew gum & walk at the same time 17:48:14, 2022-02-27
RT @energybants: SOURCES: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY DISCUSSING ROLLING BACK NUCLEAR PHASEOUT
Trial-balloon report said to be emerging very s… 13:53:04, 2022-02-27
RT @ziontree: This is huge.
Dominique Reynié: "We found that Gazprom funded environmental NGOs that provided ministers to various governme… 13:53:00, 2022-02-27
@drvolts All I can think of is discount rates. https://t.co/VTnvd65er6 09:54:48, 2022-02-27
@ShellyMBoulder A DIY UV sterilization project, designed for small self-isolation spaces. https://t.co/UqRlhsMioK 09:29:24, 2022-02-27

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Tweets for the Week of 2022-02-20 to 2022-02-26

Post author By Zane Selvans
Post date 2022-02-27
No Comments on Tweets for the Week of 2022-02-20 to 2022-02-26

Colorado governors having a rough week on the finance front. https://t.co/YjqRgc1vF6 20:27:14, 2022-02-26
This explanation is 8 years old, but it starts with the 1850s.
https://t.co/9hts0kOdEp 12:28:40, 2022-02-26
RT @Revkin: I'd be amazed if Germany does decide to delay its shutdown of nuclear ⚛️ power plants but life is full of amazement these days.… 12:22:42, 2022-02-26
@holz_bau Oh man it was all the rage in St. Petersburg in 1997. Пицца Хат bought and paid for new street signs everywhere. in reply to holz_bau 12:01:33, 2022-02-26
The heart-rending story of the siege of Leningrad, and the Russian crop scientists who guarded seed stocks while pe… https://t.co/sRSdwa81we 11:59:34, 2022-02-26
I did not realize that Gorbachev is still alive. This has got to be strange for him.
https://t.co/6oj0NmzyaH 11:54:32, 2022-02-26
War by API? https://t.co/B8h4qy8oca 11:34:38, 2022-02-26
Winning isn't the same thing for Shell and the average resident of Lagos, or a rural farmer in Mexico, or a VC in L… https://t.co/TtEp4LCO06 in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:00:28, 2022-02-26
Different players in the game don't all have to have the same victory conditions!
And while it would be bad desig… https://t.co/sAT2kHBMFl in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:55:36, 2022-02-26
@SarahdawnH @kimbabianca What part are you at? in reply to SarahdawnH 09:53:25, 2022-02-26
But game designers go to great lengths to make sure that their creations are hard enough to be challenging and rewa… https://t.co/beSM3VVIk3 in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:52:48, 2022-02-26
And because I'm me I see parallels here with climate change/action/inaction. What constraints do we impose on ourse… https://t.co/pGkh7WErdC in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:41:54, 2022-02-26
"What’s interesting about games for him is that you have this thing— the finish line— but it doesn’t count unless y… https://t.co/TAZYiyN529 in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:38:17, 2022-02-26
@add_hawk "Someone hands you a belief system and you’re like, oh, this feels so good. That’s— and then you have to… https://t.co/7qTtsU1Y8K in reply to ZaneSelvans 09:27:45, 2022-02-26
An interesting interview with @add_hawk about how the structures of games pervade our lives, sometimes as joyful ar… https://t.co/a1Hp6IEUHJ 09:26:43, 2022-02-26
RT @chinchillesca: Todo mal en la manera de tender la ropa. Se podría secar en una hora, pero de esta manera le tomará tres y aparte las ho… 21:52:11, 2022-02-25
RT @JesseDamiani: "The thing that I think people don’t immediately grasp about the Jackpot concept is that if it is happening, it’s been ha… 21:46:32, 2022-02-25
Half an hour until sunrise. The sky is just starting to get some color to it. Ravens fly by more frequently. in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:12:19, 2022-02-25
Church bells ringing across the city. in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:00:41, 2022-02-25
I think those are ravens nearby. in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:51:13, 2022-02-25
Another long burst. Echoes of gunfire in the streets nearby. Continuous. Suddenly much closer. And closer. And some… https://t.co/AKKCxfipcm in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:49:26, 2022-02-25
Suddenly much closer, after a long quiet. The person in the room gasped, or yawned. in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:31:48, 2022-02-25
Now the barely audible but blaring music in the distance is more poppy. Maybe a little sappy. It's the loudest thin… https://t.co/CE2qbULBO8 in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:23:24, 2022-02-25
Larger, or closer guns now. A big burst. https://t.co/GmU6x2Oc4I in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:21:20, 2022-02-25
I can hear someone in the room with the camera. Every once in a while they shift their body on a piece of furniture… https://t.co/Dkz2w4xsKK in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:17:34, 2022-02-25
Also in the distance: someone blaring country music. in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:15:10, 2022-02-25
It's weirdly like listening to an audio live stream / police scanner from the WTO protests in Seattle 20+ years ago… https://t.co/xFyPM7ExTK in reply to ZaneSelvans 20:14:13, 2022-02-25
Watching the livestream, but it's night and nothing changes in the video. The sound is really quiet, but if you cra… https://t.co/otgQimAVOg 20:11:19, 2022-02-25
@welcomehomebldr @CHThiem @KaylaQFrawley Kurt. in reply to welcomehomebldr 20:04:09, 2022-02-25
Or the oil company does a bad thing in a small/poor country, knowing that the corporation has more sway in the wide… https://t.co/MBfMiVYhqm in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:54:59, 2022-02-25
When big oil companies have lots of power over governments (even if they don't produce much oil globally) they end… https://t.co/0nuFtskYmz in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:52:14, 2022-02-25
It seems like the same change in risk assessment can be caused by politically imposed sanctions too. "Your country… https://t.co/oMIWBBb1BV in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:47:39, 2022-02-25
But the companies can punish the nationalizing country, either by refusing to invest in them later (too risky) or b… https://t.co/5NC8Rk6hoV in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:43:17, 2022-02-25
Oil/gas nationalization is like imposing domestic sanctions on the companies. Cutting them off from their place-spe… https://t.co/uSuAyBE4jI in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:41:39, 2022-02-25
For a petrostate sanctions can be like the international political order cutting off your access to capital and mar… https://t.co/41PuzMZ1fb in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:37:13, 2022-02-25
It's weird to think about sanctions, oil industry nationalization, and oil companies refusing to invest in a countr… https://t.co/cRDLkxCWmP 19:35:08, 2022-02-25
Policy doesn't have infinite power. For better or worse it looks like we're going to see how far it can push carbon… https://t.co/bplnW9rHIs in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:08:01, 2022-02-25
We have a lot of agency over what is profitable — over what kinds of technology and business models are able to ag… https://t.co/Gx9tMDVXWG in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:05:39, 2022-02-25
But would it be happening *now* if Germany hadn't done its feed-in-tariff? If China hadn't poured state capital int… https://t.co/Ts4nqL3KPY 19:03:47, 2022-02-25
Awkward. 😬
@ericmbudd @CHThiem @Olivia_R_Will @welcomehomebldr https://t.co/S87iFCyuJf 18:27:38, 2022-02-25
It's messed up, but reflective of our messed up reality. If you've got nukes do you have to care what the UN says?… https://t.co/vX87LN3Y28 16:54:14, 2022-02-25
@ZenHubHQ The use case here is wanting to share a repo and project management with a client outside of our organization. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:29:55, 2022-02-25
@ZenHubHQ Is it possible to add an external collaborator to a ZenHub board / repo?
This page says that if they hav… https://t.co/7SWRsBAeNg 14:27:50, 2022-02-25
RT @AtomicAnalyst: Russia's seizure of the inactive Chernobyl nuclear power plant is concerning, but the bigger potential danger is that Pu… 09:16:35, 2022-02-25
@joshdr83 Ugh, it's so sad. in reply to joshdr83 07:39:36, 2022-02-25
@seancllns Wow, that's less than Mexico if it's PPP dollars. in reply to seancllns 00:05:58, 2022-02-25
And a thread on the topic from @doctorow:
https://t.co/BIkqBY2xE6 in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:27:08, 2022-02-23
@EWDurbin I switched to Bitwarden last year and it's been absolutely great! in reply to EWDurbin 18:57:17, 2022-02-23
It may not be *financially* sensible to enter into arbitration — often folks lose, and even when they win the doll… https://t.co/o6ch1EVJKT in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:47:53, 2022-02-23
The scammers at Intuit require users to agree to binding arbitration so they can't be sued in a class action lawsui… https://t.co/pTpTvnKTXO 17:45:35, 2022-02-23
Gahd man, come on.
https://t.co/XOdR5nMsoo in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:55:36, 2022-02-23
https://t.co/8XhmwTnJJU in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:35:50, 2022-02-23
Multiple kinds of bad coming out of the Texas Governor's mansion today. https://t.co/pWNxUhKo3z 16:35:28, 2022-02-23
The terrible beauty of Putin's "Peacekeeping Forces" https://t.co/KcOrDaF0iP 09:51:06, 2022-02-23
@jesslynnrose Is it the disease, or is it me? in reply to jesslynnrose 09:49:04, 2022-02-23
@SarahdawnH Oh yeah that first chapter is brutal. in reply to SarahdawnH 07:00:53, 2022-02-23
🤡 🍿 https://t.co/1H7HVyajYh 20:54:06, 2022-02-22
@ericmbudd THE WEEKEND STARTS NOW in reply to ericmbudd 18:55:17, 2022-02-22
@jesslynnrose @CatalystCoop is still looking for new members. In addition to the data wrangling / software roles we… https://t.co/OsD7T2XKMS in reply to jesslynnrose 16:24:36, 2022-02-22
A decade ago a friend biking around the world had their bike stolen in Turkey. I built a replacement from parts and… https://t.co/8ZXar3zkpj 09:01:49, 2022-02-22
RT @emilytgreen: In a 5-4 ruling today, Colombia’s highest court said women can legally obtain abortions during the first 24 weeks of pregn… 16:06:39, 2022-02-21
@LaurenGifford Haha, what's the square-root of negative emissions? in reply to LaurenGifford 15:50:13, 2022-02-21
https://t.co/3zYEXKCBRX in reply to ZaneSelvans 15:47:52, 2022-02-21
💚 🇨🇴 https://t.co/uMnnEdSshF https://t.co/J0CYzABKfF 15:46:48, 2022-02-21
@agelston No man, my grandparents just moved from Nebraska to the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s. in reply to agelston 14:40:15, 2022-02-21
@dcullenward @PauliJllo @MBazilian Wow. in reply to dcullenward 14:38:45, 2022-02-21
Fall behind on your payments or quit and you lose your "investment" in the vehicle, which is immediately turned over to a new employee. in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:30:25, 2022-02-21
Who needs a company town when every employer can turn the parking lot into a company trailer park?
I bet you could… https://t.co/8yDbs8qrah in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:27:34, 2022-02-21
I mean what could possibly go wrong with this arrangement?
"If they don’t already have a van or a similarly livabl… https://t.co/Ch8YZfO3Jf in reply to ZaneSelvans 14:25:16, 2022-02-21
Another feel-good story about how folks are coping with our self-imposed dystopia. Homelessness shouldn't be crimin… https://t.co/DE5NPL4yDv 10:18:31, 2022-02-21
A few days later many of the same steaks will end up in the dumpster or trash compactor behind the store. Often sti… https://t.co/Ke0Znm5MXm 21:27:30, 2022-02-20
RT @AlanRMacLeod: What stage of capitalism is this? https://t.co/iIArVbKw6T 18:37:58, 2022-02-20
RT @MargaretAtwood: It’s an old playbook. Create chaos, remove validity from gov’t, create a demand for #authoritarian order, step in; OR f… 18:37:48, 2022-02-20
RT @cjhood71: @nealejones If I were in charge I would simply not allow new covid variants that change everything again. 18:37:40, 2022-02-20
It's interesting that expertise in one domain can make people overconfident about their knowledge in other domains.… https://t.co/DK7rP1SO2D 13:02:46, 2022-02-20