Matthew Lasar
@matthewlasar.bsky.social
San Francisco flâneur, video historian, public domain image enthusiast, mystic, rationalist. https://www.youtube.com/@90cubedrule
"The upzoning, in fact, may have a much more limited effect than anticipated. Even in the best-case scenario, the mayor’s upzoning plan would lead to only about 14,600 additional units over the next 20 years . . . . " missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-d...
#upzoning #sanfrancisco #lurie #housing
#upzoning #sanfrancisco #lurie #housing
At Richmond upzoning town hall, crowd is tough and Mayor Lurie is feisty
Residents of the Richmond want Mayor Daniel Lurie’s upzoning plan to change. Lurie says time for change is over.
missionlocal.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"The upzoning, in fact, may have a much more limited effect than anticipated. Even in the best-case scenario, the mayor’s upzoning plan would lead to only about 14,600 additional units over the next 20 years . . . . " missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-d...
#upzoning #sanfrancisco #lurie #housing
#upzoning #sanfrancisco #lurie #housing
In case u want to apply 4 the open District 4 supervisor position in San Francisco, here is the questionnaire. 10 references seems a bit much, but perhaps Mayor Lurie is overcompensating 4 the apparent lack of any vetting 4 the last appointee. newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com/mission/wp-c...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In case u want to apply 4 the open District 4 supervisor position in San Francisco, here is the questionnaire. 10 references seems a bit much, but perhaps Mayor Lurie is overcompensating 4 the apparent lack of any vetting 4 the last appointee. newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com/mission/wp-c...
Some day I hope to be able to keep the distinctions between alpha and luma in my brain for more than 20 seconds.
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some day I hope to be able to keep the distinctions between alpha and luma in my brain for more than 20 seconds.
Cheer up NYC, here in San Francisco we just picked someone who has never held political office before + whose career consisted of rich folks "jobs" (fundraising, "deputy" director, "senior" adviser, etc). I mean, you could still elect the nursing home/sexual harassment scandal guy but I wouldn't.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cheer up NYC, here in San Francisco we just picked someone who has never held political office before + whose career consisted of rich folks "jobs" (fundraising, "deputy" director, "senior" adviser, etc). I mean, you could still elect the nursing home/sexual harassment scandal guy but I wouldn't.
All three parts of my series "The Constitution's Invisible Word" are now available in this YouTube video. youtu.be/5QfWOMjrT-M?...
#constitution #history
#constitution #history
The Constitution's Invisible Word: all three episodes
YouTube video by history nine
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November 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
All three parts of my series "The Constitution's Invisible Word" are now available in this YouTube video. youtu.be/5QfWOMjrT-M?...
#constitution #history
#constitution #history
Part two of my series on the Constitution's invisible word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKz...
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Part two of my series on the Constitution's invisible word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKz...
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
There's an invisible word in the Constitution of 1787. Can you guess what it is? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H289...
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
The Constitution's Invisible Word, Part One
YouTube video by history nine
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October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There's an invisible word in the Constitution of 1787. Can you guess what it is? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H289...
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
The eternal struggle . . . 18th and Mission Street, San Francisco, California #selfvsself #innerconflict
October 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The eternal struggle . . . 18th and Mission Street, San Francisco, California #selfvsself #innerconflict
If I put one foot in a bucket of hot coals and the other in a bucket of dry ice, on average I'm a journalist looking for page views. #singularity
Humanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 3 Months, Scientists Suggest
Some experts predict the singularity will occur by 2026. But how close are we really to artificial general intelligence?
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October 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If I put one foot in a bucket of hot coals and the other in a bucket of dry ice, on average I'm a journalist looking for page views. #singularity
I finally finished my YouTube series titled "Why Third Parties Always Fail." Seven episodes (!). Like some of you, I'm starting to wonder if we'll even have a second party soon. Anyway, I'm done. Here ya go. #thirdparty www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Why third parties always fail. - YouTube
Since the founding of the USA, no independent political party has turned the country from a two party to a stable three party political system. Why?
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September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I finally finished my YouTube series titled "Why Third Parties Always Fail." Seven episodes (!). Like some of you, I'm starting to wonder if we'll even have a second party soon. Anyway, I'm done. Here ya go. #thirdparty www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Was the Republican Party ever a third party? In this video I scratch at that itchy question. youtu.be/Kg0VEWZ6ai0?...
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
Postscript: Was the Republican Party ever a third party?
YouTube video by history nine
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was the Republican Party ever a third party? In this video I scratch at that itchy question. youtu.be/Kg0VEWZ6ai0?...
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
September 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Doctor: I live in a country where third parties always fail. What should I do? youtu.be/ID0aVGqEC-s?...
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
5. What should you do in a country where third parties always fail?
YouTube video by history nine
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Doctor: I live in a country where third parties always fail. What should I do? youtu.be/ID0aVGqEC-s?...
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
Sorry Walmart shoppers: no radioactive shrimp for you this Labor Day. #laborday #shrimp #walmart #radioactive
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www.npr.org/2025/08/20/n...
Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination
The risk from the recalled shrimp is "quite low," said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.
www.npr.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sorry Walmart shoppers: no radioactive shrimp for you this Labor Day. #laborday #shrimp #walmart #radioactive
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You may mistake this for a gimmick photo from the 1880s. But I read it as a composite of the House minority leader, the Senate minority leader, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
August 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You may mistake this for a gimmick photo from the 1880s. But I read it as a composite of the House minority leader, the Senate minority leader, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
The story of two nineteenth-century USA third-parties: one made a difference for the better, the other for the worse. youtu.be/zW3nbVvnIY4?...
#populism #thirdparty
#populism #thirdparty
4. A tale of two third parties. Why third parties in the USA always fail, part four.
YouTube video by lasar's histories of everything
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The story of two nineteenth-century USA third-parties: one made a difference for the better, the other for the worse. youtu.be/zW3nbVvnIY4?...
#populism #thirdparty
#populism #thirdparty
As I've said before, any conference on Ukraine that takes place without Ukraine isn't a peace conference, it's a pieces conference: who gets which pieces of Ukraine. That isn't peace, it's a reward for aggression. #standwithukraine
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As I've said before, any conference on Ukraine that takes place without Ukraine isn't a peace conference, it's a pieces conference: who gets which pieces of Ukraine. That isn't peace, it's a reward for aggression. #standwithukraine
Andrew Johnson. Every time I see this pic, I think of one word: fiber. #history #reconstruction #fiber
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Andrew Johnson. Every time I see this pic, I think of one word: fiber. #history #reconstruction #fiber
Why third parties always fail. Three episodes out and I'm working on number four . . . www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Why third parties always fail. - YouTube
Since the founding of the USA, no independent political party has turned the country from a two party to a stable three party political system. Why?
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Why third parties always fail. Three episodes out and I'm working on number four . . . www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...