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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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The VGR is always a fun place to pass the time at a con. But I can agree, Sunday is kind of a slow and boring day.
Yeah down time at cons is how I usually try video games I’m on the fence on buying, or just ask the vgr desk person for anything they think is not as popular as it should be. That is oddly how I discovered Katamari Damacy.
I kill a lot of my time at cons finding someplace out of the way I can watch the hall traffic and just enjoy the parade of costumes passing by.
I’m more wondering why people aren’t running around screaming, “Oh noes!” and preparing for the end times. Hearing the words “I’m so bored right now” from Sarah would be like a rattlesnake’s rattle, or a porcupine presenting it’s quills. If the situation doesn’t get resolved right quick, bad stuff is liable to happen to anyone in the immediate area. Not purposefully, probably – but boredom must be assuaged – and it may get hairy.