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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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Duh duh dum!
Just realized that is the Lismore formerly known as Ramada used for the building…
Is that restraining order still in effect?
More than likely yes. It’s only been a year (maybe two?), and I’m pretty sure they don’t just end that quickly. Which makes it interesting that he even approached the desk in the first place since Ruth is clearly visible right there.
It would very much depend on the state and jurisdictions: for example a TRO in Florida is initially good for only 15 days, pending a judicial review for renewable extension or conversion to a PRO. Extensions or conversion very much depend on demonstration of an ongoing threat of violence or harassment beyond the initial incident(s). Terrence badmouthing the convention would be unlikely to be a demonstration of that harassment; directly badmouthing, harassing, or having contact with Ruth and Sara during the TRO would clearly be demonstration. Unless Ruth or Sara filed a complaint against Terrence for violating contact during the whole “Nazi cosplay” incident, the court would not have that incident to work off of. If they had, he’d probably have been or still be in jail.
Ultimately, it’s up to Trae and the power-of-the-plot as to whether the restraining order is still in effect: could be ongoing, could have lapsed.
However, Lynn is pretty much in the clear to tell Terrence to pound sand, right to refuse service. If Terrence has rented a room, it would be up to the hotel to decide if he should leave the physical hotel property. If he has not rented a room, the hotel is free to ask him in no uncertain terms to leave or suffer trespass.
So now the question is can Lynn maintain her anti-Jim professionalism? I mean, Terrance is a pretty unabashed dick.
I’m not even sure why there’s a question – I’d just invoke the refuse service to anyone rules and call him banned, now GTFO. Why even engage with a moron like that – call venue security now and have him 86’d out of all event spaces at the very least. Have yet to see a venue that’ll argue about that one – some will even flat out find the person another room somewhere else, as it’s obvious they’re trying to get around a ban with cause that’s going to end in liability issues for the venue when it all inevitably goes south – restraining order or not. It usually ends up amounting to a slightly less version of, “This event is paying more for the venue than you are for a room – they win.”