Mark Sawchuk
@snarkmawchuk.bsky.social
Historian, Ph.D., recovering academic, cartophile, transit advocate (board, San Francisco Transit Riders), trolleybus stan, bridge player. 🏳️🌈 Anonymous accounts get ignored or blocked.
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The DOJ is suing California over Prop 50, saying it's a "brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process."
Nothing mocks democracy like a president ordering red states to gerrymander while prosecuting a blue state for letting its voters decide.
Nothing mocks democracy like a president ordering red states to gerrymander while prosecuting a blue state for letting its voters decide.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The DOJ is suing California over Prop 50, saying it's a "brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process."
Nothing mocks democracy like a president ordering red states to gerrymander while prosecuting a blue state for letting its voters decide.
Nothing mocks democracy like a president ordering red states to gerrymander while prosecuting a blue state for letting its voters decide.
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Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
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One thing I wasn’t prepared for as a parent was how much time I’d have to spend triaging damage done indirectly by other kids’ shitty parents.
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One thing I wasn’t prepared for as a parent was how much time I’d have to spend triaging damage done indirectly by other kids’ shitty parents.
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One of the inevitable conclusions from the Epstein files so far is that, as many have suspected, Donald Trump may very well never have had a real friend in his entire life. He puts forth that instrumental energy into the world, and he receives it back with interest.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
One of the inevitable conclusions from the Epstein files so far is that, as many have suspected, Donald Trump may very well never have had a real friend in his entire life. He puts forth that instrumental energy into the world, and he receives it back with interest.
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I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
Probably the key part of this piece. It comes down to the following: "What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?"
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.
An excellent, informative essay by my friend @maxdubler.com. "Some of our neighbors actually are obstacles to housing. The conflict between YIMBYs and . . . NIMBYs actually is a zero-sum political power struggle between groups with fundamentally different values and visions of their neighborhoods."
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 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
An excellent, informative essay by my friend @maxdubler.com. "Some of our neighbors actually are obstacles to housing. The conflict between YIMBYs and . . . NIMBYs actually is a zero-sum political power struggle between groups with fundamentally different values and visions of their neighborhoods."
Absolutely typical SF. Three people can veto a plan that's been in the works for years.
🚦 NEW, NOT SO FAST: A Bayview project was uncontroversial — until it went up for a vote and three people said SFMTA hadn't done enough outreach. Now it's been delayed indefinitely, and it's unclear how that will affect funding. @unazurda.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/bayview-stre...
Bayview Street Safety Project Delayed By 3 Complaints, Minutes Before a Vote
Calls for more outreach surprised SFMTA officials, but they shelved the plan’s approval for now. Will it jeopardize future funding?
thefrisc.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Absolutely typical SF. Three people can veto a plan that's been in the works for years.
That nasty bitch Kim Davis—please excuse my French—can go back to stewing in her own sauce while loving couples continue in loving relationships.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That nasty bitch Kim Davis—please excuse my French—can go back to stewing in her own sauce while loving couples continue in loving relationships.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Good.
Now Kim Davis can return to her messed-up family life and personal despair instead of trying to ruin people's loving relationships.
Good.
Now Kim Davis can return to her messed-up family life and personal despair instead of trying to ruin people's loving relationships.
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Good.
Now Kim Davis can return to her messed-up family life and personal despair instead of trying to ruin people's loving relationships.
Good.
Now Kim Davis can return to her messed-up family life and personal despair instead of trying to ruin people's loving relationships.
On the 49 Van Ness bus yesterday. Two tech engineers and a girlfriend laughing and chatting. At O'Farrell St a fare inspector gets on and all three rush off to avoid a fine.
A lof of people not paying their fares aren't poor. They make plenty of money. They just don't give a fuck.
A lof of people not paying their fares aren't poor. They make plenty of money. They just don't give a fuck.
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
On the 49 Van Ness bus yesterday. Two tech engineers and a girlfriend laughing and chatting. At O'Farrell St a fare inspector gets on and all three rush off to avoid a fine.
A lof of people not paying their fares aren't poor. They make plenty of money. They just don't give a fuck.
A lof of people not paying their fares aren't poor. They make plenty of money. They just don't give a fuck.
Watson treated Rosalind Franklin like shit during the height of his career and leaned into disgusting race science at the end. A deeply unlikable man.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
James Watson, who helped unravel genetic blueprint for life, dies at 97
With Francis Crick, he co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA. His reputation was tarnished when his later writings were condemned as racist.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Watson treated Rosalind Franklin like shit during the height of his career and leaned into disgusting race science at the end. A deeply unlikable man.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Love my neighborhood
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Love my neighborhood
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It's been 43 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's been 43 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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Clearest sign ever Chuck shouldn't do it. If Trump wants you to do something and is melting down about it, you do the literal opposite because everything he wants is about him and only him. The Art of the Deal is getting involved with a sucker who responds to bullying.
TRUMP: “SCHUMER AND RADICAL DEMOCRATS MUST PASS A CLEAN FUNDING BILL AND REOPEN GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY — JUST REOPEN IT.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Clearest sign ever Chuck shouldn't do it. If Trump wants you to do something and is melting down about it, you do the literal opposite because everything he wants is about him and only him. The Art of the Deal is getting involved with a sucker who responds to bullying.
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Aw, did somebody get a taste of their own medicine?
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Aw, did somebody get a taste of their own medicine?
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Glad folks in Marin are coming to their senses especially in Fairfax. Via @sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Glad folks in Marin are coming to their senses especially in Fairfax. Via @sfchronicle.com
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Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
One of my favorite websites is Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org
This service takes the hassle out of unsubscribing from catalogs (which you always get mailed after making an online purchse), reducing wasteful paper mailings and preventing all the mailbox clutter.
I also donate annually.
This service takes the hassle out of unsubscribing from catalogs (which you always get mailed after making an online purchse), reducing wasteful paper mailings and preventing all the mailbox clutter.
I also donate annually.
CatalogChoice Mail Preference Service - Put an end to junk mail, catalogs, and phone books.
CatalogChoice Mail Preference Service is a service to stop junk mail and save natural resources.
www.catalogchoice.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One of my favorite websites is Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org
This service takes the hassle out of unsubscribing from catalogs (which you always get mailed after making an online purchse), reducing wasteful paper mailings and preventing all the mailbox clutter.
I also donate annually.
This service takes the hassle out of unsubscribing from catalogs (which you always get mailed after making an online purchse), reducing wasteful paper mailings and preventing all the mailbox clutter.
I also donate annually.
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
Great point by Joyce.
I'm truly surprised that this regime finds it politically acceptable to head into the holiday season with high food prices, no SNAP, people starting to see how much more their health insurance will be, Federal employees not being paid, and airports doomed to be utter shitshows. No bread, no circuses
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Great point by Joyce.
City dwellers lose their mind about this. They truly think it's possible to have it all.
It isn't.
It isn't.
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
City dwellers lose their mind about this. They truly think it's possible to have it all.
It isn't.
It isn't.
A woman on the street eyed me suspiciously when I repeatedly kept pressing this button
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A woman on the street eyed me suspiciously when I repeatedly kept pressing this button
I've long felt that the Trump administration is basically the South rising again. We're living in the country that we defeated 165 years ago: the Confederacy.
The moment Trump dies, this will be the sum total of the GOP. It took them 60 years, but the Dixiecrats finally took over the entire party.
America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I've long felt that the Trump administration is basically the South rising again. We're living in the country that we defeated 165 years ago: the Confederacy.