Mark Thurber

The days of affordable housing and infrastructure in California being blocked by endless delays are finally over.

I just signed a historic package of laws that simplifies building, cuts timelines, and will help make it more affordable to live in the greatest state in America.

01.07.2025 03:12 — 👍 1336    🔁 209    💬 56    📌 29

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I absolutely love this. It's been such a pleasure to work with an amazing team, especially Byron and Way who managed to turn something incredibly dry into something cold, sweet and engaging (and thanks to @aedwardslevy.bsky.social for her help with the puns) www.cnn.com/interactive/...

24.06.2025 19:23 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 3

a big ol’ fish with a great big face at the toronto aquarium

how it feels to feel anything

12.06.2025 15:05 — 👍 130    🔁 24    💬 3    📌 0

Call the State Senate to pass SB 79! Please call your State Senator and urge them to vote YES on SB 79!

SB 79 may come up for a vote today -- now is the time to call your State Senator to urge them to vote YES on this bill to legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. Click here for an easy way to make your call:

02.06.2025 15:31 — 👍 194    🔁 55    💬 5    📌 20

All of us, all of you, are better writers that AI could ever hope to be. Even with mistakes. Because of mistakes.

26.04.2025 15:15 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for the heads-up, just called my state senator's office!

18.04.2025 18:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sen Cory Booker on the Senator floor succinctly explaining the physics and plot of TENET

01.04.2025 21:26 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, I’ll plan to reach out, starting with VTA. I live in South San Jose and had noticed that the VTA 68 bus to Coyote Valley OSP was one of the few viable options, especially if you exclude weekday-only buses.

11.12.2024 01:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks, will do! And please let me know if I can be helpful at any point. I work at Stanford on unrelated issues, but making open spaces accessible via transit is something I feel strongly about, so I’m delighted to see your work in this area!

11.12.2024 00:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is great, exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to find!

11.12.2024 00:04 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0