Mackey Guenther
@mackeyguenther.bsky.social
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YIMBY is progressive, populist and antitrust. Not centrist. Not Reaganite.
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement
There’s nothing centrist or conservative about the push to lower housing costs.
www.theatlantic.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
YIMBY is progressive, populist and antitrust. Not centrist. Not Reaganite.
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Atlantic published my piece and I’ve included a gift link.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The elected leaders of Bothell, WA, a city of 51k just north of Seattle, rank among the biggest YIMBY heroes nationwide.
There's no lack of evidence that reforms like this are the right thing to do.
But in most cities there's a lack of leadership.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/b...
There's no lack of evidence that reforms like this are the right thing to do.
But in most cities there's a lack of leadership.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/b...
Bothell Drops Parking Mandates, Legalizes Neighborhood Corner Stores Citywide » The Urbanist
# Bothell becomes the first city in either King or Snohomish County to fully eliminate off-street parking mandates in order to reduce costs for homebuilding. The move clearly solidifies the city as a ...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The elected leaders of Bothell, WA, a city of 51k just north of Seattle, rank among the biggest YIMBY heroes nationwide.
There's no lack of evidence that reforms like this are the right thing to do.
But in most cities there's a lack of leadership.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/b...
There's no lack of evidence that reforms like this are the right thing to do.
But in most cities there's a lack of leadership.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/b...
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Don’t forget to come hang out on Saturday evening w @theurbanist.org and a bunch of awesome folks who are making our north sound communities more liveable! Coolest thing to ever happen in Mountlake Terrace? Possibly! www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
North Sound Urbanist Social
The Urbanist is hosting a social with local urbanist groups to celebrate renewed focus on the cities and issues north of Seattle.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Don’t forget to come hang out on Saturday evening w @theurbanist.org and a bunch of awesome folks who are making our north sound communities more liveable! Coolest thing to ever happen in Mountlake Terrace? Possibly! www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
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We’ve got some good momentum and energy going up here, come hang w us and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy on March 15 and let’s see what we can build together!
www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We’ve got some good momentum and energy going up here, come hang w us and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy on March 15 and let’s see what we can build together!
www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
www.eventbrite.com/e/north-soun...
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I just got this email from our statewide city association about @jessdbateman.bsky.social's parking bill, and boy it’s frustrating to see the org we pay dues to sending emails like this out. So frustrating that I will address their local control talking points in a thread.
February 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I just got this email from our statewide city association about @jessdbateman.bsky.social's parking bill, and boy it’s frustrating to see the org we pay dues to sending emails like this out. So frustrating that I will address their local control talking points in a thread.
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New @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social: For disability rights advocates, Seattle's comp plan is seen as a chance to improve accessibility in the city because it will allow more apartments in more neighborhoods. www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
Why Seattle’s housing density plans are a disability-rights issue
The city’s comprehensive plan would shift zoning rules to allow more multifamily and mixed-use buildings, which have accessibility requirements.
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February 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social: For disability rights advocates, Seattle's comp plan is seen as a chance to improve accessibility in the city because it will allow more apartments in more neighborhoods. www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
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Today in @worksinprogress.bsky.social, I reflect on Donald Shoup's legacy. Perhaps the most interesting question: how did the most unlikely professor kick off an international parking reform movement?
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The prophet of parking
A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup
substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today in @worksinprogress.bsky.social, I reflect on Donald Shoup's legacy. Perhaps the most interesting question: how did the most unlikely professor kick off an international parking reform movement?
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Whoever headed up the redesign of the Washington legislature's website should get a statue on the capitol grounds
January 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Whoever headed up the redesign of the Washington legislature's website should get a statue on the capitol grounds
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Imagine using the word "hyperdensification" and what you're talking about is LYNNWOOD WASHINGTON.
January 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Imagine using the word "hyperdensification" and what you're talking about is LYNNWOOD WASHINGTON.
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A new bill just dropped in #waleg to require the state building code council to allow smaller, internationally best-in-class elevators to be built in small apartment buildings.
Read #SB5156 here: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
Read #SB5156 here: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
January 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A new bill just dropped in #waleg to require the state building code council to allow smaller, internationally best-in-class elevators to be built in small apartment buildings.
Read #SB5156 here: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
Read #SB5156 here: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
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NEW STORY // Riders Plan Vigil for Metro Bus Driver Shawn Yim Following Stabbing www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/21/r...
Riders Plan Vigil for Metro Bus Driver Shawn Yim Following Stabbing - The Urbanist
# The Transit Riders Union is hosting a vigil tonight, Saturday, 7pm at 15th Avenue NE and NE 41st Street in the U District, near where King County Metro operator Shawn Yim died in a recent stabbing.
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December 21, 2024 at 11:44 PM
NEW STORY // Riders Plan Vigil for Metro Bus Driver Shawn Yim Following Stabbing www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/21/r...
Killzone
There's active organizing against adding housing in Tangletown, which has recently lost 2! restaurants in the last 2 months due to a lack of customer base.
You know what kills cities? Not having enough residents for business pro formas to land in the black.
You know what kills cities? Not having enough residents for business pro formas to land in the black.
December 21, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Killzone
fascinating pattern here: the IRS sprinkles in photos of missing children to fill blank pages in documents
December 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
fascinating pattern here: the IRS sprinkles in photos of missing children to fill blank pages in documents
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Name the Puget Sound municipality that has this in their 2024 Comprehensive Plan.
“Shared lanes have become the nationally accepted method to improve bicycle mobility through urbanized areas.”
“Shared lanes have become the nationally accepted method to improve bicycle mobility through urbanized areas.”
December 17, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Name the Puget Sound municipality that has this in their 2024 Comprehensive Plan.
“Shared lanes have become the nationally accepted method to improve bicycle mobility through urbanized areas.”
“Shared lanes have become the nationally accepted method to improve bicycle mobility through urbanized areas.”
spending friday night downloading video of every single Edmonds City Council meeting since 2015 🤠 only 500gb to go!
December 14, 2024 at 3:51 AM
spending friday night downloading video of every single Edmonds City Council meeting since 2015 🤠 only 500gb to go!
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The 2nd big recent US transit expansion is the Lynnwood extension of Seattle's Link. Ridership on the system is now at a record high and is up 35% year-on-year!
December 5, 2024 at 11:22 PM
The 2nd big recent US transit expansion is the Lynnwood extension of Seattle's Link. Ridership on the system is now at a record high and is up 35% year-on-year!
this is what legislative deliberation rooms should feel like
December 6, 2024 at 12:39 AM
this is what legislative deliberation rooms should feel like
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What a beautiful summary of what polis can be, from a team working in Greece.
Here's to seeing beyond the math to the political
Here's to seeing beyond the math to the political
These aren't just numbers – they're pathways to policy.This shows how digital democracy tools can help find practical solutions to complex urban challenges.
December 3, 2024 at 6:52 AM
What a beautiful summary of what polis can be, from a team working in Greece.
Here's to seeing beyond the math to the political
Here's to seeing beyond the math to the political
i've heard a lot about the centrality of "alignment problem" in A(G)I development
seems like coordination/alignment within & between states (groups of people & their institutions) is a very tangible alignment problem, and apt problem space for AI tooling
can we learn about alignment by *doing* it?
seems like coordination/alignment within & between states (groups of people & their institutions) is a very tangible alignment problem, and apt problem space for AI tooling
can we learn about alignment by *doing* it?
December 3, 2024 at 3:52 AM
i've heard a lot about the centrality of "alignment problem" in A(G)I development
seems like coordination/alignment within & between states (groups of people & their institutions) is a very tangible alignment problem, and apt problem space for AI tooling
can we learn about alignment by *doing* it?
seems like coordination/alignment within & between states (groups of people & their institutions) is a very tangible alignment problem, and apt problem space for AI tooling
can we learn about alignment by *doing* it?
Vashon is such a fun place for an overnighter
November 19, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Vashon is such a fun place for an overnighter
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instead of a world's fair - which is a temporary show - what if instead we copied the german IBA - the international bauausstellung (international building exhibition). the IBA is a architecture and planning expo that builds durable, innovative, and experimental communities.
November 7, 2024 at 8:10 PM
instead of a world's fair - which is a temporary show - what if instead we copied the german IBA - the international bauausstellung (international building exhibition). the IBA is a architecture and planning expo that builds durable, innovative, and experimental communities.
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This is why I left. It wasn’t ideological – it’s just that I joined Twitter to share and find information, and the X algorithm now punishes that by punishing people for posting links. So what is left is not information, but disinformation.
Yea, you can't reach anyone if you're chucking your stuff into a giant black hole. At least no one in this universe.
i am of course a lil bit conflicted about leaving X (not bc of my followers but bc the job is to reach people and i think filter bubbles can have real effects too) but i think what Musk has done changes the calculus and i laid that case out here
November 12, 2024 at 3:50 AM
This is why I left. It wasn’t ideological – it’s just that I joined Twitter to share and find information, and the X algorithm now punishes that by punishing people for posting links. So what is left is not information, but disinformation.
Light rail is thriving in Seattle
November 10, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Light rail is thriving in Seattle
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Rad. Never in a million years thought I'd be holding a book I wrote.
Thanks to Island Press and my editor Heather Boyer.
Thanks to Alex Steffen, Dave Roberts, and Carlos Moreno for the incredibly kind words.
Let's get to work building better, more affordable, and climate adaptive cities!
Thanks to Island Press and my editor Heather Boyer.
Thanks to Alex Steffen, Dave Roberts, and Carlos Moreno for the incredibly kind words.
Let's get to work building better, more affordable, and climate adaptive cities!
October 17, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Rad. Never in a million years thought I'd be holding a book I wrote.
Thanks to Island Press and my editor Heather Boyer.
Thanks to Alex Steffen, Dave Roberts, and Carlos Moreno for the incredibly kind words.
Let's get to work building better, more affordable, and climate adaptive cities!
Thanks to Island Press and my editor Heather Boyer.
Thanks to Alex Steffen, Dave Roberts, and Carlos Moreno for the incredibly kind words.
Let's get to work building better, more affordable, and climate adaptive cities!