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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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I imagine Sarah has a playlist of Taylor Swift and Tragic Kingdom era Gwen Stefani on her phone right now.
Taylor Swift? Probably.
Gwen Stefani? Probably not.
Sarah was born in 1995. She probably only knows who Gwen Stefani is from The Voice.
(If she does, she considers No Doubt “Dad music” or something)
This is wrong in ways that make my eye twitch.
This…makes me feel so old. ;_;
Today’s teens and college students feel the way about 90’s ska as we did about 70’s disco.
Our joy is that in the 2030’s, the next generation will feel that way about Drake and Fetty Wap.
This doesn’t really seem to be Ruth’s fault. If in the past Steve had appt access and Sarah revoked it, she should have told her roommates in order to avoid exactly this situation. Not doing that means letting Steve in the appt is a perfectly reasonable decision for Ruth to make. (And no, a Facebook status change does not count as telling people, it’s far too easy to miss to be considered reliable)