One of the metaphors that crops up over and over again in government is The Drunk Looking For His Keys Under the Streetlight.
Are poor people really cheating? No, but that's where the light is.
sasha magee
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Fed, cyclist, rabble-rouser, programmer, San Franciscan. Not in that order. (Opinions are only my own, as should be obvious.) He/him. #bikepacking #civictech #mtb
There is literally no headline possible in this universe I am less likely to click on.
Safe Street Rebelyearly costs from car crashes: $500 million
stopping Muni cuts that would make people buy cars: $7.2 million
someone please help me budget this, my city is dying
https://sfba.social/@MLNow/114389440475044251
Mission Local (@[email protected])
Car crashes in S.F. cost billions, report reveals The city's budget analyst urges better reporting to inform the public and reduce costs. https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-car-crashes-cost-billions/
Grimm 
And with that, not an hour later, I got my first solicitation email from Gavin Newsom's PAC. Unsubscribed immediately with some choice words when the template asked me why. Don't platform and fellate and cheerfully validate nazis on camera and ask for my money, kids.
scott fSFMTA board voted 4-3 for summer Muni cuts, against overwhelming public comment pleading with them to backfill the $7.2 million from the rainy day fund, which exists for just this purpose.
Thank you directors Cajina, Henderson and Heminger who listened to and sided with commenters. Shame on Felder, Tarlov, Mike Chen, and Hinze. #sfpol #transitTooter
Imagine chilling out in a parklet on a nice day havin a beer watchin the game and just getting flattened by some asshole in an $85,000 SUV.
https://missionlocal.org/2025/02/car-crashes-into-mission-sports-bar-during-super-bowl-injuring-six/
https://missionlocal.org/2025/02/car-crashes-into-mission-sports-bar-during-super-bowl-injuring-six/
It would have surprised me like a year ago that the Hummer would be edged out for EV Most Likely to Fly a Confederate Flag by this cyberpunk cosplay nonsense.
I swore this in 2014 and again in 2022:
"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
If you know a federal employee, maybe check in on how they're doing. Anxiety is really high, and if they are trans, or an immigrant, or been working at their current job less than a year (or two, maybe), or don't go to the office every day, or don't live in DC, or do live in DC, they are probably worried about their job.
I wrote up my year of cultural consumption (or at least the book and music part of it): https://sashax.medium.com/what-i-read-and-listened-to-in-2024-1d1ddf58f587
