The Election – Assertive
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Tomorrow, April 1st 2025, we have a massively important State Supreme Court election here in the state of Wisconsin. It will decide the balance of the state supreme court, and it's vitally important that we get Susan Crawford elected. Elon Musk has literally poured millions of dollars into Brad Schimel's campaign, and we are fighting for our lives here. I've already voted, and if you haven't yet and you live here... make sure you do.
But no matter what happens tomorrow, no matter what the result is, the fight is far from over. ICE agents are grabbing people off the streets, our public institutions are being systematically destroyed, and our international and diplomatic relations with historically close allies are just, honestly, fucked right now. Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and trans and queer rights have been under steady attack by the right. As a nonbinary person and member of the trans community, I'm genuinely scared for a lot of my friends right now.
But we fight. We stand up. We survive.
If we accept defeat, we are handing victory to those who want us dead. By living and fighting, we carry on to the next day and then the day after that. I know I posted it right after the election last November, but there's a pretty famous Joe Hill quote everyone should keep in mind: "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!"
Go out, hug your friends. Build a local community if you can, and get involved in your local politics. Make sure you call your Reps and Senators every day if you can, and for pete's sake fucking vote.
We can make it as long as we don't stop fighting.
Remember that on April 5th at 11AM Eastern/10AM Central you can join me for the Critical Thinking Witches' Collective's April Brew virtual event! Attendance is free, and you can register here!
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“your name really is scrappy for a while”?
Also since joining nobrandcon its been one “Your real name is what?” after another.
I can’t even begin to tell you how it is in furry conventions. Just about everyone has a Fursona with a completely different name, and then nicknames play in and out of those. Some nicknames are yours. Some are your Fursona’s.
It was years before I knew that “Bennie” was really Phil.
My assistant Director is “Jazzy” or “Foxish” or “Disco” to various people. His email says he’s “Tyler”. His real name is Tim, and I had to go double-check that just now.
–Robert “”Chi”aroscuro” Armstrong
Squall, Vash, ThunderGod, V-Chan, D-Chan, Bard… I’m bad with names to start with, so when nick names start getting thrown in… known some of these people for years, and still not sure what their ‘real’ name is.