Dan Fingal-Surma @dfings
Engineer @Google | Urbanist | Pragmatic liberal | History buff | MCU enjoyer | Public school parent | Partner @urbanistvc | Alum @UCLA @Stanford San Francisco, CA Joined February 2008-
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👀 It's Urbanist Ventures portfolio company @symbiumhq getting a shoutout from patron saint of YIMBY Senator @Scott_Wiener! If there were a Guinness World Record for *legislator inspiring the most founders to innovate,* Scott would break it. 💥 x.com/scott_wiener/s…
👀 It's Urbanist Ventures portfolio company @symbiumhq getting a shoutout from patron saint of YIMBY Senator @Scott_Wiener! If there were a Guinness World Record for *legislator inspiring the most founders to innovate,* Scott would break it. 💥 x.com/scott_wiener/s…
What could a necktie cost, $10?
Paleo artists often "shrink wrap" fossilized animal depictions The T-Rex, Utahraptor, Triceratops—popular depictions of each of these animals shows skin so close to bone that it might be unrealistic So let's shrink-wrap existing animals🧵 Can you guess what this is?
Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>
Why consider California Forever over traditional American urbanism like my neighborhood in Noe Valley? Founder Jan Sramek paints a surprisingly vivid and tantalizing picture. ⬇️
A massive container ship crashed into the main bridge of Baltimore’s beltway this morning, causing total collapse to the bridge and cutting off the city’s container port from the global ocean. At least 6 people are missing. 🧵
Many argue that Russian FSB organized the terror attack in Moscow I think they are wrong and this is why: the U.S. “duty to warn” policy The U.S. indeed warned Russia about the attack. It can embarrass Russia by releasing the details of its warning. 1/
It is honestly insane that we live in a world where ISIS can commit a terrorist attack, claim responsibility, release bodycam footage from the attack and you still have cRiTiCaL ThInKeRs going “It is definitely not ISIS”.
Hey Siri, what is a useful idiot?
I love how insanely YIMBY the Squamish Nation is. The white Canadians complained about their skyscrapers in downtown Vancouver, and they were just like: "OK. MOAR." vancouversun.com/opinion/column…
This is how parking minimums shape what our neighborhoods look like: (@CarFreeAmerica)
Thread of sweet sweet maps 🧵
(((Matthew Lewis))) p.. @mateosfo
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Kanishka @KaniKinSF
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Laura Fingal-Surma �.. @urbanistvc
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Mike Chen 陳懋華 �.. @MikeChenSF
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Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener
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Sharky Laguana @Sharkyl
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Kanishka @KaniKinSF
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Laura Fingal-Surma �.. @urbanistvc
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isaacs @izs
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@KristiNoem do they call me the bridge builder, no. but you kill one goat..
Westcoast Housing is a strange bedfellows political crossover btw homeowners nakedly pursuing increased prices for their main asset through artificial scarcity and weird socialists who don't believe artificial scarcity increases prices.
it’s wild that coastal cities have spent years debating if YIMBY policies will lower rents, and Austin just… did it they streamlined permitting, upzoned most of the city, and eliminated parking mandates. Tons of housing is going up and rents are plummeting. YIMBY policies work
Breaking: New SF Democratic Chair Nancy Tung has formed a special committee to review concerns about sexual assault and harassment within the city's political community The move comes amid startling accusations that political activist Jon Jacobo sexually assaulted multiple women
wonder why china would block data flows curated by its adversary
Marcus Aurelius was born on April 26, 121 AD, in Rome. Here are some of his most famous quotes a 🧵 1. "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Resist libs are cooking here
Did you know the speed limit on Upper Market St in San Francisco is 20mph? I’ve never been in a car that drove so slowly until tonight. Not a single human driver obeys the speed limit. But my robot car does! 🤖 🚘 This computer is THE SAFEST driver on our roads. Recently…
It's obviously impossible to know what was lost in the great libraries — so put it this way: All of our knowledge of the Greco-Roman world comes from some 500 volumes. 700,000 scrolls were potentially lost at Alexandra alone.
India had 200 million TikTok users when they banned TikTok. Creators quickly just switched to YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, and life continued much as before.
TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it apnews.com/article/india-…
If you think this is awesome, you'll love @swyftcities... Their *modular mass transit* solution looks like a gondola, but... THE CABLES DON'T MOVE. 🤯 This has massive implications. ⬇️
1⃣ Learn more about Swyft Cities below 2⃣ Follow @urbanistvc and @swyftcities for updates x.com/urbanistvc/sta…
Transportation dictates urban form. Why autonomous gondolas were born at Google: The strategic value of transportation. 🧵👇
America is ravaged by PEDESTRIAN HELLSCAPES. With Swyft Cities, we can *hop over* them. Pedestrians and bikes cost-effectively soar over cars and traffic, connecting and *growing* friendlier places near every stop. This is a critical enabling technology for scaling urbanism —…
Progressives should talk a lot about their health care ideas and pretend they've never heard of electric cars. blueprint2024.com/polling/tlp-bi…
Sudden brake, and I look up to see my Waymo stopped perfectly for someone wandering across multiple lanes of traffic. Human driver next to us gave them much less space. Have I mentioned that these rides are crazy pleasant? A far superior experience to ride share.
My biggest question when I first heard @CAForever's new city proposal was whether it would be resilient to climate So I researched the key issues & wrote a post about what I found out about...: - Flood risk - Fire risk - Water access
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