Two wrongs don't make a right: falsely claiming a second primary residence for a better interest rate abuses the federal subsidy meant to help Americans own their home. Not only are these false applications more likely to default, burdening taxpayers, but crowd and deny legitimate applicants, while demand for second homes vacant part-time drives up prices and denies housing for people across market segments.

Even after 47's power play, “two houses for you and none for me” remain a problem.

@BenRossTransit @davidzipper
I so concur and consider crosswalks, countdowns, and beepers all cars-first infra. Were not for cars, we’d have no such need—nor the noise, nuisance, and danger. Reframe this perspective.

Let’s seize the surprising cratering in crashes and injury disproportionate to congestion relief we expected in Manhattan. Circumscribe the car!

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/congestion-relief-zone-is-also-a-crash-relief-zone-data

More than JSTOR, i blame ADA Stephen Heymann and US Attorney Carmen Ortiz. Such abuse grows worse in 7 days when this power to appoint lands on a vindictive prick who promises shock and awe with a vengeance, unqualified and zealous underlings, and arch-conservative Project 2025 Presidential Transition Plan.

https://BostonReview.net/articles/inside-project-2025s-plan-to-reprogram-the-government/

Thank you for the reminder, @davidho.bsky.social I added this to my watch list, but had forgotten actually to watch it.

@evn Mammoth loads from remote server automatically. Mona will fetch posts if user “loads from remote server” manually. Mammoth otherwise wouldn’t look like this attached photo. Another post as of 2023 supports the claim only Mammoth and Mona will “load from remote server”.

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/11/some-notes-on-mastodon/