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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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…though, given what the rest of the convention will smell like by that point, I’m sure sure how much it will help.
It’s important for the staff room to remain a refuge. The VGR is a lost cause
Thats why we gave our volunteers traffic cone yellow vests……and named them the bees.
True story, Lynn. True story.
Taking a shower always helps.
Showers help, and so do washing machines, which most hotels have. For some reason, they are very seldom used.
I’d also like to think that while it’s 90 outside, it’s cooler in the convention hall… but I know that’s not always the case.
Basic rule – if you have gofers crashing in the Gofer Hole, make sure the room has showers and lots and lots of towels AND that there’s time for everybody to use them before they get going in the morning. Your sense of smell will love you for it.
We don’t make our volunteers wear T-shirts.. except for security.
Sunday night at the staff dinner, there’s a reason I don’t sit with security.. (>_>)
I once attended the volunteer meeting at a Free Software conference. (These are only *slightly* geeky, so most people do know about showers and changing clothes, plus no cosplay… So not smelly in general.) They said everyone is getting *two* shirts — because the conference lasts more than one day…