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Mark Hogan
@markasaurus.bsky.social
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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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markasaurus.bsky.social
I hate getting notifications on my Garmin watch so much but I can't figure out how to turn all of them off forever
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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clbergpowers.bsky.social
YOU CAN PRINT THAT... honestly, too many outlets not being able to share this obvious and dangerous truth is a big part of how we've gotten to where we are.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”

Sounds accurate to me.
The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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astrokatie.com
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
No matter what your opinion is of the teachers' contract situation, SFUSD (and the mayor) fumbled the strike and set a bad precedent for other upcoming negotiations missionlocal.org/2026/02/sfus... via @missionlocal.org @esksf.bsky.social
SFUSD fumbled the teachers strike
The district’s write-the-term-paper-in-the-hallway strategy put it on the back foot from the get-go in this week's walkout
missionlocal.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
I meant to tag @stephenjacobsmith.com on this one
markasaurus.bsky.social Mark Hogan @markasaurus.bsky.social · 2d
The tower crane is going up at the construction site by my office
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
Teachers are going back to work in San Francisco. UESF and SFUSD have an agreement (at 5:30am)

mailchi.mp/uesf/uesfbar...
We Won an Agreement!
mailchi.mp
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
The tower crane is going up at the construction site by my office
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
i would rather have a robust public education system with a big comfy budget thx
nymag.com New York Magazine @nymag.com · 3d
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
The Homeschooling Hack
Looking for an edge in college admissions? Just pull your kid from school. Homeschooling, long associated with hippies and religious conservatives in the U.S., is in the middle of a rebrand and a boom.
nymag.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
How fast is the WP assuming people are driving to Tahoe
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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jaksays.bsky.social
100% this

"AI" isn't replacing any large number of workers at all

It is allowing them to be fired for a massive downgrade in quality of result, knowing that people accept slop most of the time anyway
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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provenwinner.bsky.social
my basic response to this is that if you can replace the guy writing the email with AI and also replace the guy reading the email with AI then the email kind of inherently didn’t need to be sent, which means the existence of those two jobs was not due to a ”need” that a technology like AI can fill
chrislhayes.bsky.social Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3d
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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webuiltthiscity.bsky.social
Sending love to all the #SanFrancisco teachers, here’s hoping the SFUSD decides to end the strike soon by offering a fair package. Info on how to support striking teachers: wecantwait.info/parents/uesf
Support San Francisco Educators
wecantwait.info
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
So curious how the administration’s policy of racial terror, grift, robot overlords, R&D destruction, and tariff mayhem is bad for jobs.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Mark Hogan
paleofuture.bsky.social
Trump: “The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup.”
Trump: As everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now, things are turning around for the U.S.A., and FAST! But imagine, Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content. President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just "take advantage of America!" What does the United States of America get — Absolutely NOTHING! Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits, beverages, and other alcoholic products, on their shelves, they are absolutely prohibited from doing so and now, on top of everything else, Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We'll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
Here is the latest on the contract negotiations between UESF and SFUSD for those of you in San Francisco. A strike is called for tomorrow but it will be called off if they come to an agreement today
mailchi.mp/uesf/uesfbar...
2.7 Bargaining Update
mailchi.mp
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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gammacounter.bsky.social
@markasaurus.bsky.social @gillyarcht.bsky.social They must have run out of pale yellow siding. (or maybe they were offered a steep discount on wooden shingles.)
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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nickhasthoughts.com
here’s a gable for you @markasaurus.bsky.social and also a mondo A-frame for @langealexandra.bsky.social
dezeen.com Dezeen @dezeen.com · 6d
Peter Pichler Architecture designs museum depot for South Tyrol's archaeological artefacts: www.dezeen.com/2026/02/05/museum-depot-peter-pichler-architecture/
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
The worst spam message ever received was the one this morning assuming I am a New England Patriots fan
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
In addition to lying about the contract being offered to teachers, the school district is restricting access to programs for recent immigrants contrary to official communications via @esksf.bsky.social @missionlocal.org

missionlocal.org/2026/02/teac...
The strange and terrible claim that S.F. immigrant students are scared to enroll in immigrant programs
Documents obtained by Mission Local — along with multiple district sources — indicate SFUSD is restricting enrollment to unfavored schools
missionlocal.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
The San Francisco teacher's union has set Monday for a strike date, unless a deal can be reached before then

Via @missionlocal.org @esksf.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2026/02/s-f-...
S.F. teachers union to call for Monday strike date
The long-brewing San Francisco Unified School District walkout would be the first S.F. teachers strike since the late 1970s
missionlocal.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Nothing says prayer breakfast like concentration camps
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "One of my favorite people, President Bukele ... he operates rather large prisons. Very strong prisons."
February 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
You have to wonder what's going through someone's head when they propose putting a contract to buy ChatGPT subscriptions for the school district on the board agenda during tense teacher contract negotiations where they are claiming to have no money missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-s...
In midst of labor talks, SFUSD proposes deal with OpenAI — then backtracks
The heavily redacted OpenAI contract was put on the San Francisco school board's agenda — the removed without notice. Why?
missionlocal.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
In case you have never read my famous anti shipping container piece here you go-

Opinion: What’s Wrong With Shipping Container Housing? Everything. | ArchDaily share.google/MpbZj6tmeCXC...
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
markasaurus.bsky.social
Has anyone in North America on here been using wood fiber insulation? I haven't seen it in the wild on a built project near me.

I know @holz-bau.bsky.social is a fan
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TimberBoard by TimberHP Carbon-Negative Insulation Board TimberBoard rigid board insulation protects homeowners with strong, sustainable wall insulation, floor insulation, roofing insulation, and cont...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM