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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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From the level of simmer on him, I’d suspect people would want to run the other way if he was a purple plesiosaur plushie. Accidental alliteration, argh! Btw Trae – 10 points on managing to draw someone that looks that pissed with that wide of a “shot” to draw. I’m kinda impressed with how well the death stare comes through.
I kinda want a purple plesiosaur plushie now…
Oh yeah. Were I at this con, I’d 100% avoid any table with a person behind it giving that kind of death glare. I wouldn’t be surprised if that look had a negative impact on pre-registers and people willing to approach his table, candy or not.
Also, I too would like a plesiosaurs plushie. 😛
I had to look after reading the replies – not going to link it here, but there actually is an Etsy vendor that sells fleece plush plesiosaurs in your choice of color. The internet is a truly amazing thing sometimes. You really can find everything.
Ooh! Maybe once I recover from paying for a Con hotel room … and a Soul of Chogokin Grendizer…