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Matt Separa
@mattsepara.bsky.social
Gov't Oversight. MI/DC/VA/elsewhere. Here: Politics, Star Wars and other nerdery, DIY projects, bread, and occasional puns. Views expressed are my own. Mark Hamill mentioned me once on the beforetimes social media app.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Leni Wifenstahl
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So uh it's probably not great when people in the US start getting ads saying "seeking a safe haven for your family? Move to Canada!"
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I think it's fair to say he's a fan
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Germany re-arming as a nascent right wing political movement is gaining traction there? What could go wrong?
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ALL PRAISE TO DEAR LEADER FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM THAT HE HIMSELF CREATED! WHAT A GENIUS!
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Chat, let me tell you, I was not at all prepared for where this article was going to go.
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
that's not a porcupine that's duny who will become emperor emhyr var emreis, the white flame dancing on the graves of his foes
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, yesterday in Iceland was a national women and nonbinary strike day. An announcement in our hotel declared their support for it and stated that services would be reduced.

Just so we are clear how different the US is from other nations.
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My conspiracy theory about the WH ballroom is that the project is being used to conceal significant upgrades/changes to the PEOC, which, coincidentally, is underneath the East Wing:
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
You lost *another* racist secret Republican group chat?
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
WOW SO ITS ILLEGAL TO PAY YOUR BILLS NOW
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
TIME didn't have the WILL to do the full Leni Riefenstahl for their cover, so I fixed it.
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
He's literally doing the @internethippo.bsky.social meme
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I mean look at this eyesore:
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is the language on the Fannie Mae rider. If James committed bank fraud, so does literally everyone who buys a second house to AirBnB some of the time.

And the terms explicitly allow short term rentals immediately, and long term rentals after 1 year.
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is the language on a Fannie Mae second home rider. If Letitia James committed bank fraud, so does literally every person who buys a second house to use it as an AirBnB.

The problem is, the terms EXPLICITLY allow for short term rentals immediately, and long term rental after 1 year.
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is the language on a Fannie Mae second home rider:

It says that the borrower will maintain exclusive control over occupancy of the property, including for rentals. It explicitly allows rentals after one year of ownership.
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM