Mark Hogan
@markasaurus.bsky.social
Architect in San Francisco. Principal at OpenScope Studio (openscopestudio.bsky.social). Working in SF + LA. Housing, #Architecture, London, Buffalo and #gardens.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markasaurus
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/markasaurus
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Markasaurus
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and yes, brussels sprouts have become less bitter in our lifetimes thanks to Hans van Doorn, a Dutch scientist, figuring out what made them bitter, and seed banks, and cross breeding the less bitter varieties with modern high-producing types
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
and yes, brussels sprouts have become less bitter in our lifetimes thanks to Hans van Doorn, a Dutch scientist, figuring out what made them bitter, and seed banks, and cross breeding the less bitter varieties with modern high-producing types
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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for all they scream about "importing the third world" it's the most idiotic, base tribal clannishness they aspire too as well. fuck rule of law, fuck the law, fuck rules, fuck neutral institutions, fuck universalism, fuck meritocracy.
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
for all they scream about "importing the third world" it's the most idiotic, base tribal clannishness they aspire too as well. fuck rule of law, fuck the law, fuck rules, fuck neutral institutions, fuck universalism, fuck meritocracy.
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
Sad to see that Bob Stern passed away. He brought a lot to the field of architecture by understanding what worked from the past and knowing how to bring that into the present. Also he didn't use a computer, which sounds fantastic right now
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sad to see that Bob Stern passed away. He brought a lot to the field of architecture by understanding what worked from the past and knowing how to bring that into the present. Also he didn't use a computer, which sounds fantastic right now
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Again, as with all the other federal budget cuts that are incinerating 20-25% of the funding & the entire budget model of every R1 university in 🇺🇸, this is a five-alarm emergency that requires immediate, loud, collective condemnation by our university presidents. Total 🦗 as it’s all being gutted.
They're trying to break the pipeline for future social science research.
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Again, as with all the other federal budget cuts that are incinerating 20-25% of the funding & the entire budget model of every R1 university in 🇺🇸, this is a five-alarm emergency that requires immediate, loud, collective condemnation by our university presidents. Total 🦗 as it’s all being gutted.
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red state governments have been out of pocket for quite some time and their commitment to growing a nanny state that ignores and bullies the municipal sovereignty of large cities is only growing. something has to give.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
red state governments have been out of pocket for quite some time and their commitment to growing a nanny state that ignores and bullies the municipal sovereignty of large cities is only growing. something has to give.
Didn't a lot of people vote for the guy because he was against foreign wars or was that just the first time
“Three in four Americans also say Trump would need congressional approval before taking military action in Venezuela, including just over half of Republicans.”
x.com/cbsnewspoll/...
x.com/cbsnewspoll/...
CBS News Poll on X: "*New* CBS News poll: Most would oppose U.S. military action in Venezuela, say Trump hasn't explained Those prioritizing economy say Trump not spending enough time on it, as ratings of economy, handling of inflation slip https://t.co/KakzLzE7p2" / X
*New* CBS News poll: Most would oppose U.S. military action in Venezuela, say Trump hasn't explained Those prioritizing economy say Trump not spending enough time on it, as ratings of economy, handling of inflation slip https://t.co/KakzLzE7p2
x.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Didn't a lot of people vote for the guy because he was against foreign wars or was that just the first time
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Also a bunch of the hardcore posters I know from twitter are all dependent on their group DMs so yeah, it’s a sticky feature for the power users stuck to X but who would like to leave
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also a bunch of the hardcore posters I know from twitter are all dependent on their group DMs so yeah, it’s a sticky feature for the power users stuck to X but who would like to leave
If it looks too good to be true it probably is. Also if you are going to buy property at an auction you should do a bit more due diligence ahead of time:
San Francisco couple wins $25,000 property auction, only to learn they bought a dirt alley share.google/RUt3b1EhJQkW...
San Francisco couple wins $25,000 property auction, only to learn they bought a dirt alley share.google/RUt3b1EhJQkW...
San Francisco couple wins $25,000 property auction, only to learn they bought a dirt alley
A couple in San Francisco's Sunset District thought they got a steal of a deal on a million-dollar home right next to theirs. They bid $25,000 for a two-unit building, and they won — or at least that'...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If it looks too good to be true it probably is. Also if you are going to buy property at an auction you should do a bit more due diligence ahead of time:
San Francisco couple wins $25,000 property auction, only to learn they bought a dirt alley share.google/RUt3b1EhJQkW...
San Francisco couple wins $25,000 property auction, only to learn they bought a dirt alley share.google/RUt3b1EhJQkW...
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
Is there a real estate bubble and is it likely to burst? Not in NYC, San Francisco (or London, Hong Kong and Paris)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/r...
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Is there a real estate bubble and is it likely to burst? Not in NYC, San Francisco (or London, Hong Kong and Paris)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/r...
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Amazing to witness this level of disconnection from reality (with alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Amazing to witness this level of disconnection from reality (with alt text)
This post is so good and points to some of the challenges of only allowing commercial uses in limited zones (which are often where all the housing is supposed to go too)
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This post is so good and points to some of the challenges of only allowing commercial uses in limited zones (which are often where all the housing is supposed to go too)
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I think the idea that marine-grade birch veneer ply is a cheap material is kind of the load-bearing lie of dwelling magazine
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I think the idea that marine-grade birch veneer ply is a cheap material is kind of the load-bearing lie of dwelling magazine
Pro tip: don't buy a brand new Aeron chair right now
For @aftermath.site I blogged about how I found so many Herman Miller chairs, the collapse of offices, and how the best gaming chair for you is the one some guy sells you on craigslist or FB Marketplace.
aftermath.site/the-best-gam...
aftermath.site/the-best-gam...
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Pro tip: don't buy a brand new Aeron chair right now
I am skeptical of how a plywood cabin is going to hold up in the Adirondack Mountains. The design concept is pretty cool.
www.dwell.com/article/adir...
www.dwell.com/article/adir...
Go Modern or Traditional? My Family’s Adirondack Cabin Proves You Don’t Have to Pick
Burdened by kitsch and ancestral expectations, my parents rebuilt their camp in a contemporary style that frames what’s worth holding on to.
www.dwell.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I am skeptical of how a plywood cabin is going to hold up in the Adirondack Mountains. The design concept is pretty cool.
www.dwell.com/article/adir...
www.dwell.com/article/adir...
One party thinks deporting immigrants and tariffs are a route to long term economic prosperity, not sure how this doesn't immediately become ideological
If @gelliottmorris.com is amenable, I'd accept peace in the Moderation Wars based on: "voters don't care about ideological labels as such they like politicians who are willing to set both sides' interest group agendas aside and focus on economic well-being."
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One party thinks deporting immigrants and tariffs are a route to long term economic prosperity, not sure how this doesn't immediately become ideological
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Some folks over at “Inclusive Abundance” the think tank promoting the “abundance agenda” have been complaining about Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act for quite some time.. looks like they’re getting their wish. bsky.app/profile/dust...
New ESA rules proposed by the administration revive earlier rollbacks, weaken habitat protections and section 7 consultations, expand economic exclusions for oil and gas, and offer fewer automatic safeguards for threatened species. #energydominance #permittingreform www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Some folks over at “Inclusive Abundance” the think tank promoting the “abundance agenda” have been complaining about Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act for quite some time.. looks like they’re getting their wish. bsky.app/profile/dust...
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It turns out the built environment is not a straightforward expression of consumer preference, nor a perverse invention of an evil cabal, but in fact a secret third thing.
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It turns out the built environment is not a straightforward expression of consumer preference, nor a perverse invention of an evil cabal, but in fact a secret third thing.
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it makes you think about some stuff
Larry Summers is on the board of OpenAI
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
it makes you think about some stuff
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not to give a stranger marriage advice but my man should probably have let those secrets regrow until new leaves started to emerge and then hired a licensed invasive species manager to apply a 1% imazapyr foliar spray at 1-2 year intervals
I see we’re having an unnecessarily flowery writing competition in public
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
not to give a stranger marriage advice but my man should probably have let those secrets regrow until new leaves started to emerge and then hired a licensed invasive species manager to apply a 1% imazapyr foliar spray at 1-2 year intervals
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It seems to me that the public interest would be best served by moving a surviving earthquake shack to a park, restoring it, and opening it to the public as a museum rather than forcing people to live in these substandard homes forever.
‘Worst fears’: Historic S.F. earthquake shacks destroyed without permits, neighbors say
Preservationists have long fought a developer’s Noe Valley project, which the city red-tagged only after the buildings were reduced to roofs and frames.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It seems to me that the public interest would be best served by moving a surviving earthquake shack to a park, restoring it, and opening it to the public as a museum rather than forcing people to live in these substandard homes forever.
Why is the Bluesky app so terrible for Android? Why do I have to log in to the app every 3 days?
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why is the Bluesky app so terrible for Android? Why do I have to log in to the app every 3 days?
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Haven’t read the report, but the photo of three-dimensional modules being craned in with double-hung windows kinda sums up the problems with Americans trying to pursue industrialized construction – it’s an advanced topic and we haven’t mastered the basics.
Center for American Progress Housing Plan:
Take down barriers that make it harder to build homes.
Build more affordable homes at a lower cost.
Protect consumers and lower other housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org/article/buil...
Take down barriers that make it harder to build homes.
Build more affordable homes at a lower cost.
Protect consumers and lower other housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org/article/buil...
Build, Baby, Build: A Plan To Lower Housing Costs for All
CAP’s plan would focus federal efforts on building homes and lower housing costs.
www.americanprogress.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Haven’t read the report, but the photo of three-dimensional modules being craned in with double-hung windows kinda sums up the problems with Americans trying to pursue industrialized construction – it’s an advanced topic and we haven’t mastered the basics.