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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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Shades of “No Peanutbutter!!!” (Or the Masquerade where I wore a costume a floaty scarf/train in back and the guy behind me was the Westworld android as he was after being fried and thus having lots of snaggy electronic debris in front…)
“No Peanutbutter?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_World_Science_Fiction_Convention#Notable_events
The No Peanut Butter rule.
How have I never heard of this before? Wow.
The amusing part is I’ve met the gentleman who wore the peanut butter.
When he was our convention’s Guest of Honor. Crazy world.
P.S.: ‘No Peanut Butter” is a good rule.
homestucks never seal there paint some cons have a rule now because of it that ppl in body paint can’t touch vendor items
The con I went to flat out didn’t allow body paint.