Mark Hogan

NEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Even on 100% gas power, heat pumps cut emissions by ~48% and EVs by about half. The authors of an “electrification doesn’t cut emissions” paper made a series of compounding mistakes and used misleading assumptions. Here's why. janrosenow.substack.com/p/heat-pumps...

Hegseth’s staff broke Eisenhower’s globe. The symbolism is too much to bear. (And of course, they ignored the TRAINED EXPERTS WHO HANDLE HISTORICAL ITEMS. Because EDUCATION? EXPERTISE? WHO NEEDS IT?….im going to get some coffee…)

Clarifying article on how the single stair reform in SF is actually anything but that www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff

I, personally, would not go on the record with a reporter to announce I’m in favor of destroying the playground my kid is currently loving because I drive to work once a week (and the road still wouldn’t go there anyway), but everyone lives their lives differently I guess

The only way you can build a small 5-6 story apartment building under these rules is if you add a second (exterior) stair that fully complies with the regular building code. This is the case of doing nothing and trying to get a headline out of it. #sanfrancisco www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

And then transit spending includes a lot of sewer upgrades and road improvements

Here’s how this played out in Long Beach, where the grocery workers union prevailed with the punitive self-checkout rules they’ve been pushing around the country: “Of 13 stores included in a city survey, 10 said that they had closed down some or all of their self-check out kiosks.”

If you don't like self checkout lanes go to an independently owned grocer or Trader Joe's don't force this bad legislation on everyone www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/g...

Every once in a while I update the old #gablesgablesgables tumblr www.tumblr.com/gablesgables...

yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel

California's legislature continues to iterate on ADU laws and you will now be able to add 4-5 new units to an existing single family home (assuming you have enough space): openscopestudio.com/ab-956-two-d...

CNN Weather Editor: hey you finish that hurricane polo headline yet? Chris Dolce: sure did boss, real horny just like you asked.

“A future with less agricultural land but more organic farming would only be possible with widespread shifts to more plant-based, less land-hungry diets and large reductions in food waste” (They finally get there in the last paragraph) ourworldindata.org/is-organic-f...

hire staff for the love of god i know we dont have expertise for stuff like this so some amount of international consultants for expertise are necessary but like.... this ir a longterm project, hire them as staff or dont hire them at all

On the topic of ineffective altruism, it's easy to make fun of EA, but *this* is the current state of the art in philanthropy. "Resilient Cities Catalyst" is a Rockefeller Foundation production and lists a bunch of huge corporations and foundations as "partners" (donors?) www.rcc.city/our-partners

Check out the QTs – just falling over themselves to applaud him for this idiocy (which isn’t his administration’s initiative or even the city’s, it’s some ineffective altruism nonprofit’s). He’s got a mandate to do whatever he wants. So what does he want to do?

Anyone who accuses Pope Leo of being out of touch with Americans needs to see this photo of him at the grill in front of an above ground pool he turned 71 this past week: www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/my-mother-...)

On Sept. 11, Pete Hegseth defended the Iran war and declared: “The Lord trains our arms for war and our hands for battle.” Pope Leo XIV’s message bears repeating: Jesus “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”

Has anyone noticed deciduous trees changing color earlier than usual in the Bay Area this year? We don't have a ton of them but I have noticed it with ginkgoes and maples in particular.

It's find to paint your walls gray but that doesn't mean all your stuff has to be gray (hopefully you didn't install that gray fake wood LVP flooring). Lots of discourse about "Millennial Gray" lately.

There is no reason to vote on this again, 3rd time, as trafficpocalypse never came to pass. The traffic outcomes were in line as predicted. More and more people are enjoying the park. This is a waste of time and money. We have bigger fish to fry. www.instagram.com/reel/Dbv4iN9...

well that’s the price of getting new superpowers

Took a big cactus spine to the back of my thumb and it's very painful to say the least

I forget who here told me about this game (thank you) but we’ve become obsessed. 🫡 WhichYear 9/11/26 4955 pts (top 0%) 0.8 avg. years off 🎯 🎯 🎯 3️⃣ 1️⃣ whichyr.com

mr catholic jd vance chose to do a hate rally in texas last night instead of going to the 9/11 memorial mass at st patricks...he and djt both declined but mamdani was there and so was biden who stayed nearly and hour afterwards to greet families

we had decades of the cultural zeigeist in larges parts of entertainment and academia being 'you can't trust THE MAN' and it did absolutely nothing whatsoever to make people more resistant to actual no-shit authoritarian and corrupt politics and leaders, and I wish more people would reflect on this.

"why are the young people moving out of our town" Our town:

Absolutely phenomenal things are happening on anti-data-center Twitter. This person has over 18k followers.

S.F. is poised to spend $33M more on their no bid contract woth OpenGov. It’s still only handling basic permits and permit timelines are terrible. missionlocal.org/2026/09/open...

I am incredibly disappointed & frustrated that AB 1903, my bill to reform construction defect liability, just died in the Senate. Critical components were amended out Friday & it was ultimately held by the Senate late last night — missing the midnight deadline for concurrence.

"So we’ve established that if you disobey Roberts Rules of Order and sexually assault someone in plain view of multiple witnesses at a Democratic Club meeting or official event — the Code of Conduct has you dead to rights." Via @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/08/san-...

The gophers ate the roots of my fig tree so I'm trying to make the best of it

In the past week, reporters learned Pete Hegseth: - blocked more minority promotions - cut DOD's civilian protections against unanimous advice of commanders - was told by his brass that Iran ops are unsustainable - secretly hired far-right milbloggers - is exploring a 2028 presidential run

I was at the Council of Infill Builders Infill Housing Summit last week and have written a post about the land use panel where the successes (and misses) in California land use law were discussed. SB1116 just passed this week! #housing openscopestudio.com/notes-from-t...

A window into the havoc AI will cause: authors are getting regular AI-generated emails that look like invites to festivals, reading groups etc all to help boost sales/publicity. Often impersonating real industry people. It's such a niche phishing campaign + a demographic that famously HAS NO MONEY.

There's a case to be made for letting cities adopt stricter local codes, as a way of letting cities adopt life-saving rules (for seismic safety, etc.) that don't have political support statewide. Sadly, this process often seems to be used to adopt make-work rules that do little or nothing for safety

If you open the chapter of the San Francisco Building Code where the Residential Code should be located it refers you back to the regular building code "Replace this chapter with Chapter 2 through 35 of the San Francisco Building Code." codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_fr...

Probably fine to raise your kid like he's an orphaned condor

Remember when all the smart boys at IFP and other centrist think tanks who said Trump was gonna usher in a golden age of permitting reform?

Drive-by shootings: a cabbie, a camera and a disappearing San Francisco missionlocal.org/2026/08/driv... via @esksf.bsky.social

These giant African rats sniff out tuberculosis in 3 seconds flat, work microscopes take a full day to do. APOPO's HeroRATs are already saving lives across Africa and Asia.

I have always been skeptical of shipping container housing. I finally saw this modular project in LA from the train the other day. They did a good job with the exterior, I will give them that: www.modular.org/awards-the-h...