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
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Markasaurus
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markasaurus
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Markasaurus
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.
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?
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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...