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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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.
While I do not actually need an heirloom quality shovel like this I do think the website is fun to look at
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November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
While I do not actually need an heirloom quality shovel like this I do think the website is fun to look at
share.google/98dxQRpto2Rb...
share.google/98dxQRpto2Rb...
UHF (come on admit it)
What’s a movie you can watch over and over again?
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
UHF (come on admit it)
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"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty, staff and students,"
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
— Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
#DefendHigherEd
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alright folks - you have until midnight pacific time on 11/16 to snag my book, Building For People, for 50% off. grab an extra for your favorite mayor, council member, or legislator!
and not just mine - numerous other
@islandpress.bsky.social books are on sale.
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
and not just mine - numerous other
@islandpress.bsky.social books are on sale.
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
Building for People
islandpress.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
alright folks - you have until midnight pacific time on 11/16 to snag my book, Building For People, for 50% off. grab an extra for your favorite mayor, council member, or legislator!
and not just mine - numerous other
@islandpress.bsky.social books are on sale.
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
and not just mine - numerous other
@islandpress.bsky.social books are on sale.
islandpress.org/books/buildi...
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The other thing is that *housing* completions hit the highest level in 16 years in 2024, this guy is just pretending *multifamily* housing doesn't count at all lmfao
I am often stunned by just how fucking stupid republicans are. this guy is the head of a right wing think tank! he should at least be able to grasp the concept of causal inference, and yet!
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The other thing is that *housing* completions hit the highest level in 16 years in 2024, this guy is just pretending *multifamily* housing doesn't count at all lmfao
Uh oh everyone time to renovate your Airbnbs, "word signs" are out for 2026 (I would argue they were never really "in" with designers)
7 Decor Items Designers Think Are “Tacky”: share.google/gxt0rjzTrunN...
7 Decor Items Designers Think Are “Tacky”: share.google/gxt0rjzTrunN...
7 “Tacky” Decor Trends Designers Say Are Officially Out for 2026
Agree or disagree?
share.google
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Uh oh everyone time to renovate your Airbnbs, "word signs" are out for 2026 (I would argue they were never really "in" with designers)
7 Decor Items Designers Think Are “Tacky”: share.google/gxt0rjzTrunN...
7 Decor Items Designers Think Are “Tacky”: share.google/gxt0rjzTrunN...
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props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
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leaving out a Bible and a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy on the table for the reporter to notice is like the scene in Dodgeball when Ben Stiller pretends to be reading the dictionary and goes "oh, you caught me"
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
leaving out a Bible and a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy on the table for the reporter to notice is like the scene in Dodgeball when Ben Stiller pretends to be reading the dictionary and goes "oh, you caught me"
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Like, is it possible under certain circumstances? Sure, probably. But in many, many neighborhoods--like mine--gentrification starts with wealthier people trickling in of their own initiative in fits and starts--and indeed, accelerating unaffordability by then choosing to *suffocate* development.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Like, is it possible under certain circumstances? Sure, probably. But in many, many neighborhoods--like mine--gentrification starts with wealthier people trickling in of their own initiative in fits and starts--and indeed, accelerating unaffordability by then choosing to *suffocate* development.
I love the story of Captain Perk, a Great Lakes freighter captain who put potted trees on the deck of his ship to attract migrating birds.
naturewerks.com/migration?fb...
naturewerks.com/migration?fb...
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love the story of Captain Perk, a Great Lakes freighter captain who put potted trees on the deck of his ship to attract migrating birds.
naturewerks.com/migration?fb...
naturewerks.com/migration?fb...
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this is the height of irresponsibility and stupidity, and something that if you use, you certainly are on the fast track to be a CEO or COO
I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
this is the height of irresponsibility and stupidity, and something that if you use, you certainly are on the fast track to be a CEO or COO
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But then when you get into higher education there’s a bit of a divergence. If you study engineering, you’re still in the first mode. Understanding how to make a computer program, or the structural forces in a bridge intuitively seems hard, but you can learn how to do it!
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
But then when you get into higher education there’s a bit of a divergence. If you study engineering, you’re still in the first mode. Understanding how to make a computer program, or the structural forces in a bridge intuitively seems hard, but you can learn how to do it!
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Think about archaeology: hundreds of people can spend decades cataloguing pot sherds across dozens of sites as a prerequisite to knowing things, and even then there’s no self-evident answer to the kinds of questions you might want to ask. Knowing things is so hard!
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Think about archaeology: hundreds of people can spend decades cataloguing pot sherds across dozens of sites as a prerequisite to knowing things, and even then there’s no self-evident answer to the kinds of questions you might want to ask. Knowing things is so hard!
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I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
publiccomment.blog
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Excellent post by Max on why state level reform is necessary for housing law. I have seen firsthand how many cities STILL try to prevent ADUs from being permitted across California despite state law being extremely clear.
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Excellent post by Max on why state level reform is necessary for housing law. I have seen firsthand how many cities STILL try to prevent ADUs from being permitted across California despite state law being extremely clear.
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@boursier.bsky.social @burritojustice.bsky.social @markasaurus.bsky.social @gillyarcht.bsky.social I’m pretty sure this might be the only time it ever snows in San Francisco. Also, wait for it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
@boursier.bsky.social @burritojustice.bsky.social @markasaurus.bsky.social @gillyarcht.bsky.social I’m pretty sure this might be the only time it ever snows in San Francisco. Also, wait for it.
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Definitely Edinburgh, although I saw a chap putting up anti-20 minute cities stickers the other week…he was walking…in a town where you actually can access most things in 20minutes
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Definitely Edinburgh, although I saw a chap putting up anti-20 minute cities stickers the other week…he was walking…in a town where you actually can access most things in 20minutes
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and @markasaurus.bsky.social did a study for SF w/ his firm openscope studio
openscopestudio.com/single-stair...
openscopestudio.com/single-stair...
Single Stair Buildings for San Francisco: The Key to Building Small Scale Infill Housing - OpenScope Studio
Single stair buildings are a valuable housing type that is common in cities across the world and San Francisco could consider it as well
openscopestudio.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
and @markasaurus.bsky.social did a study for SF w/ his firm openscope studio
openscopestudio.com/single-stair...
openscopestudio.com/single-stair...
These people missed some key lessons from the Bible
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
These people missed some key lessons from the Bible