- 00:30:47 Listening to Ctrl-Walt-Delete Walt and Nilay make tech vanish
via iCatcher! https://t.co/qpRFSt87Ae - 01:48:42 Reading – How the U.S. Superpower Experience Wrecked the Paris Climate Agreement (Heather Hurlburt) https://t.co/96iDgiWtiO
- 02:29:39 Reading – How the Trump administration’s secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short (Michael Isikoff) https://t.co/n0gx96iJKO
- 02:37:46 Reading – Explanations for Kushner’s meeting with head of Kremlin-linked bank don’t match up (WaPo) https://t.co/Qz0vfnph12
- 13:10:27 Reading – I can’t stop laughing at the Trump administration. That’s not a good thing. (Dan Drezner) https://t.co/C3RtxlIOeE
- 14:42:39 Listening to Slate’s Political Gabfest The “Jared Went to Him” Edition
via iCatcher! https://t.co/4NKHeWOiAC - 17:34:19 Reading – Supreme Court could rule within days on lifting temporary stay on travel ban (Bill Mears) https://t.co/hZkASQr5vx
- 17:35:24 Retweeted @matthewamiller 14:37:34 This would be politically suicidal and would likely be quickly rejected by a court. In other words, Trump will prob… https://t.co/BGpK5zjj7m
- 18:03:06 Reading – In Rejecting Popular Paris Accord, Trump Bets on His Base (Peter Baker) https://t.co/3UMG3i0Etw
- 19:44:38 Interesting thread on conservative approach to climate change. For conservatives who don’t want to pretend it does… https://t.co/amkkLXFL0Y
- 19:57:14 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 19:56:57 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam 1. Interesting? More like dishonest obfuscation. Remember US is the OUTLIER among develo… https://t.co/9OzSMX68mx in reply to abulsme
- 20:00:09 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam Very true. But latter parts of thread point toward helpful actions that many con… https://t.co/63FyDeqPVr in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:00:20 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 19:58:38 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam 2. Climate Science is universal & global. Other developed countries also mostly have dem… https://t.co/XB5VfuFgEY in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:03:10 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam I think the difference is primarily because the issue got defined as R vs D. At… https://t.co/wLvwUwurwi in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:04:37 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam Also, usually “solutions” presented highly regulatory, so rubs against basic con… https://t.co/qS5AOPJCHV in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:05:25 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 20:01:16 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam 3. US population more religious, which leads to lower science literacy. In fact perfect… https://t.co/zcyLRdu08T in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:05:40 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 20:03:20 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam @washingtonpost 4. Virtually lack of campaign finance regulations in US politics, and fo… https://t.co/EvD18ancwV in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:05:54 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 20:04:22 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam @GOP politicians can’t budge because it’s against their money daddies’ interest. 22 GOP… https://t.co/U3rCB0cUtS in reply to abulsme
- 20:07:07 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam @GOP That too. All of these reasons contrib. The thread highlighted that there A… https://t.co/m9viPPFoms in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:07:21 Retweeted @accidentalflyer 20:06:31 @abulsme @alex @NW_Horadam Point is how it became a partisan issue in the US but not other countries. Money and low… https://t.co/wXGIwpJKFj in reply to abulsme
- 20:10:12 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam I think those are big parts of it to be sure. Question now though is finding pos… https://t.co/wKSIafC59R in reply to accidentalflyer
- 20:12:32 @accidentalflyer @alex @NW_Horadam Thread suggests reframing. Less “we’re killing the world make huge changes!”, mo… https://t.co/QQpRDqOqvZ in reply to abulsme
- 20:34:37 Reading – Parabola? Half a hyperbola? What is that curve? (VisualizingMath) https://t.co/CEJKJtkGnj
- 20:49:07 Retweeted @JayWCobb 20:28:27 UK election polls from brexit to now.Or: how to blow a 20 point lead
Or maybe: early polls are stupid and mislea… https://t.co/DW0XzFgODx
- 20:51:24 Retweeted @mckaycoppins 18:36:13 Incredible. Of 559 key positions requiring senate confirmation, only 39 have been confirmed—and 442 have no nominee… https://t.co/UmwmhKxfql
- 21:26:15 Retweeted @imbou 21:24:43 @abulsme This is preposterous. Conservatives aren’t debating wether the scientific estimates are accurate they kee… https://t.co/WNqoRDJ4VZ in reply to abulsme
- 21:27:58 @imbou Lots yes. But there are some that do believe the science. We should encourage honest debate on “So what do w… https://t.co/6ljRKh71RF in reply to imbou
- 22:05:04 Woo! https://t.co/udH6pAW0WV
- 22:13:50 Retweeted @NBCNews 21:56:25 JUST IN: SCOTUS asks challengers in travel ban case for a response to the government’s appeal and the request for a stay in next 10 days
- 22:17:44 Retweeted @jdawsey1 21:49:43 CNN chyron: “President’s spokesman says he can’t speak for president”
- 22:34:20 Since this is donut day or whatnot, all I have had to eat so far today is four donuts. Going in for my fifth now. #HealthyDonutLiving
- 22:45:35 Retweeted @JonyIveParody 22:39:54 Ever wonder how your iPhone stays powered on even when it’s not plugged into the fucking wall, Rick?… https://t.co/Tgq29Sl8Fz
- 23:13:52 Retweeted @imbou 23:01:53 @abulsme I don’t think there are reasonable scientists rejecting debate. Once you mix politics with the science you are a demagogue in reply to abulsme
- 23:15:46 @imbou Not talking about scientists. Point of thread was that if you reframe the debate slightly you could get usef… https://t.co/u4krZmGYNH in reply to imbou
- 23:22:39 Retweeted @imbou 23:21:12 @abulsme We are the only damn country where this issue is politics, so no I don’t blame a scientist that rolls his… https://t.co/vUvBzIRDbe in reply to abulsme
- 23:22:40 Retweeted @imbou 23:22:12 @abulsme The war on facts in this country had also turned into a war on science by the right I don’t want to hear h… https://t.co/mi2p85WQMi in reply to abulsme
- 23:25:39 @imbou Missing point. I roll my eyes too. But by giving OTHER REASONS to do things, might get helpful things done b… https://t.co/Mz2KKTvGe0 in reply to imbou
- 23:26:18 Retweeted @imbou 23:23:03 @abulsme When republicans run government such as the state of Florida and the govern forbids the discussion of clim… https://t.co/RxrvvUKict in reply to abulsme
- 23:28:31 @imbou Ex: Invest in solar cause it creates jobs, not because better than coal or saves planet. Plant trees cause p… https://t.co/18Y1Kf1sVl in reply to abulsme
- 23:29:57 @imbou By avoiding framing things in terms of the polarized issue, you are more likely to get consensus on actual actions that help problem. in reply to abulsme
- 23:31:40 @imbou If you make it about climate change, the environment, etc, agreeing to the action makes people have to admit… https://t.co/ccOtDy4v0Q in reply to abulsme
- 23:34:10 @imbou If goal is improving things rather than making other folks change, you find a way to frame it so they can su… https://t.co/X5zyQb26xr in reply to abulsme
- 23:34:13 Retweeted @imbou 23:33:03 @abulsme It’s an adult thing to admit being wrong. And being the only fucking country where some political leaders… https://t.co/oA6KweFL4y in reply to abulsme
- 23:34:21 Retweeted @imbou 23:33:13 @abulsme Is fucking bullshit. in reply to imbou
- 23:36:15 @imbou There was a really good article on this framing stuff last year some time. Of course I won’t be able to find it. :-) in reply to imbou
- 23:37:21 @imbou Lots of places where you might actually be able to get R’s and D’s support the same policy… in reply to abulsme
- 23:38:37 @imbou But you have to describe and frame it very differently to the two groups… and keep both sides from feeling… https://t.co/apJRO9llDM in reply to abulsme
- 23:43:28 Retweeted @imbou 23:37:47 @abulsme I am exhausted about having to “frame” to people that the earth is not flat. Fucking respect science damn… https://t.co/tIrNxhE0rq in reply to abulsme
- 23:43:31 Retweeted @imbou 23:38:15 @abulsme People too and the autism vaccine assholes! in reply to imbou
- 23:43:42 Retweeted @imbou 23:39:43 @abulsme It’s not a win/lose thing it’s science damn it! Since when did saying that water is composed of hydrogen… https://t.co/Zpt4eehrtP in reply to abulsme
- 23:43:46 Retweeted @imbou 23:40:28 @abulsme Ohh ever since Roger Ailes started Fox News that’s right… in reply to abulsme
- 23:51:07 Just texted this to my wife. How did my life lead to this? —> “Do we actually need a duck to have fun?”