This is my garbage site. It's supposed to be garbage, which I'm told is
liberating. You aren't supposed to like it, or me.
I created this site because I wanted a site where I could talk about
personal shit, particularly gender politics, regular politics, and my
assorted gender issues. Goal is to write more freely/stream
of consciousness instead of trying to edit myself and play it safe. There will
be some questionable punctuation and design decisions.
"If I have peed farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of
giants."
Tw doge
I recently renewed my passport and was sternly warned on the website that it would
take 4 to 6 weeks to process and I should plan not to travel internationally. I
figured it would take even longer than that given all the turmoil and cuts lately.
But get this. I got the thing in less than two weeks. Signed, sealed, delivered.
Does this mean the DOGE crew were right
all along, and the government really can get by with much less? Maybe. But I think
it’s more likely that the admin is making the deepest cuts to long-term government
investments, while leaving intact and well-staffed these immediate, citizen-facing services.
It’s a deliberate, cynical strategy:
Identify programs that, if shut down, won’t have negative impacts for several years.
Cut those programs.
Announce X zillion dollars in taxpayer savings.
Point to efficient passport renewals and the USPS as evidence
that the taxpayer savings represent increased efficiency, not diminished benefits.
In five years, when the long-term cuts start to show their impact and shit
starts to hit the fan, blame the new Democratic administration
for mismanaging the “beautiful” hand it was dealt.
