mmautner
@mmautner.bsky.social
Software + economics 🌇 🚶🏽♀️🚲🛴🚌🚅 Urban environmentalist, pro-freedom of movement, we are all immigrants. Charge market rate for parking.
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Modifications to the project since December - 129 garage spaces up from 105 which meets commercial parking requirements. Residential parking satisfies density bonus reduced requirements. Mayor asks what requirement would normally be under city law, staff says at least 98
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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Common experience, observing local/regional government decisionmaking:
First time seeing this and it makes me want to scream/cry/throw up thinking about what could have been. I hope some day we have the political will to achieve this
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Common experience, observing local/regional government decisionmaking:
It is called “lying”
O'Keefe to Homan: "2 agents now on leave bc video evidence shows sworn testimony appears to be untruthful. DHS initially said officer who shot the migrant was being ambushed. Combine that w/ 2 deadly shootings & a Chicago incident where evidence contradicted govt - does this undermine trust in ICE?"
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It is called “lying”
Today, I boarded my favorite @samtrans.com route to Half Moon Bay for a Valentines outing—lo and behold: one of my newer coworkers was on the bus, on a Valentines date with her date to HMB! 💗 I had hyped up this very bus route to her over lunch months earlier—transit shilling works, friends!!!
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Today, I boarded my favorite @samtrans.com route to Half Moon Bay for a Valentines outing—lo and behold: one of my newer coworkers was on the bus, on a Valentines date with her date to HMB! 💗 I had hyped up this very bus route to her over lunch months earlier—transit shilling works, friends!!!
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February 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“The paradox of transportation in the late twentieth century is that
while it became possible to travel to the moon, it also became impos-
sible, in many cases, to walk across the street.”
while it became possible to travel to the moon, it also became impos-
sible, in many cases, to walk across the street.”
February 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
“The paradox of transportation in the late twentieth century is that
while it became possible to travel to the moon, it also became impos-
sible, in many cases, to walk across the street.”
while it became possible to travel to the moon, it also became impos-
sible, in many cases, to walk across the street.”
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This judge is a menace.
Why is age an excuse, as if her own age was a surprise to the driver?
If she had remorse beyond crocodile tears why did she hide her money from her victims' family?
If she was so sad about her husband dying in a crash why didn't she avoid driving dangerously?
Why is age an excuse, as if her own age was a surprise to the driver?
If she had remorse beyond crocodile tears why did she hide her money from her victims' family?
If she was so sad about her husband dying in a crash why didn't she avoid driving dangerously?
February 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This judge is a menace.
Why is age an excuse, as if her own age was a surprise to the driver?
If she had remorse beyond crocodile tears why did she hide her money from her victims' family?
If she was so sad about her husband dying in a crash why didn't she avoid driving dangerously?
Why is age an excuse, as if her own age was a surprise to the driver?
If she had remorse beyond crocodile tears why did she hide her money from her victims' family?
If she was so sad about her husband dying in a crash why didn't she avoid driving dangerously?
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America, where you can mow down a family in your car, transfer all your assets when they file a civil suit, say “boo hoo I’m old and feel really bad I killed an entire family and I had to go to therapy” in criminal court and the judge is all, “okay, I see that crocodile tear, we good!”
She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
February 14, 2026 at 8:02 AM
America, where you can mow down a family in your car, transfer all your assets when they file a civil suit, say “boo hoo I’m old and feel really bad I killed an entire family and I had to go to therapy” in criminal court and the judge is all, “okay, I see that crocodile tear, we good!”
Narrator: “And not much was different”
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Narrator: “And not much was different”
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After housing, this is the next big zoning reform: the right to do business. Always found it odd that the USA, supposedly the land of the free market, makes it the hard if not outright illegal to open a business in most places.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
The al pastor taco truck at sleepy North Berkeley BART is booming every night with neighbors, cyclists and families. Imagine what we could do with fully legalized street vending citywide.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
After housing, this is the next big zoning reform: the right to do business. Always found it odd that the USA, supposedly the land of the free market, makes it the hard if not outright illegal to open a business in most places.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
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great work as usual by sf prosecutors. you can go 70 on a 25 mph street, plow into a bus stop and kill a whole family and you don't even permanently lose your license. meanwhile they're trying to lock people up for inconveniencing drivers during a protest
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
great work as usual by sf prosecutors. you can go 70 on a 25 mph street, plow into a bus stop and kill a whole family and you don't even permanently lose your license. meanwhile they're trying to lock people up for inconveniencing drivers during a protest
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The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
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She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
February 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
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A reader made an excellent point:
February 14, 2026 at 5:34 AM
A reader made an excellent point:
"We will use taxes to pay for affordable housing, ladies & gentlemen!" - Republicans, 2026
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"We will use taxes to pay for affordable housing, ladies & gentlemen!" - Republicans, 2026
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“The verticality is just jarring to me, those long lines are out of scale, it is architecturally jarring”
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
“The verticality is just jarring to me, those long lines are out of scale, it is architecturally jarring”
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
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preventing changes to the built environment is the last gasp of death denial
“The verticality is just jarring to me, those long lines are out of scale, it is architecturally jarring”
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
“This building is too tall, it is an attack on my lifestyle”
NIMBYism is the last grasp of boomers who don’t have any productive hobbies so they want to make everything worse for everyone
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
preventing changes to the built environment is the last gasp of death denial
Always an honor being published beneath a car-brained surgeon.
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Always an honor being published beneath a car-brained surgeon.
Midwest emo hits you right in the guts, oof
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Midwest emo hits you right in the guts, oof
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
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So let me get this straight. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had a draft statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” dated August 9, 2019. He didn’t die until August 10. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
February 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
So let me get this straight. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had a draft statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” dated August 9, 2019. He didn’t die until August 10. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
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Islamic Republic security forces in Iran run over protestors.
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Islamic Republic security forces in Iran run over protestors.
The American road: big crown + curb-and-gutter system efficiently moves stormwater while creating the visual hierarchy: road > parking > sidewalk (optional). It's remarkably effective for its intended purpose: moving cars and water.
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The American road: big crown + curb-and-gutter system efficiently moves stormwater while creating the visual hierarchy: road > parking > sidewalk (optional). It's remarkably effective for its intended purpose: moving cars and water.
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This is the law firm that petitioned for the removal of the bike lanes because bike lanes violated due process, like ICE agents made of paint.
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
This is the law firm that petitioned for the removal of the bike lanes because bike lanes violated due process, like ICE agents made of paint.