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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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um ….is the guy from the other con just this D hole in a wig?
I think Garner is used to feeling small/weak and lashes out to feel strong, whereas Terrence is used to feeling important and powerful and lashes out at people who threaten that feeling. The result is the same though, so how about we let the two of them go off and start their own con. Clearly they think they know enough.
And this is when Terrence gets fired from staff for not being a team player. Well at least I would wish that. No but Terrence could get put in his place by Lynn in my opinion only if Lynn wanted to.
It’s hard to fire people when they’re all unpaid volunteers and you’re understaffed.
Not when they’re a negative. Either fix your attitude or be gone. I’d rather be short staffed than having a member that causes that much drama.
I’ve walked away from volunteering at two cons because of jerks like this in charge. They weren’t mistreating me but I wasn’t going to be part of an organization that allowed it.
Ah, lifestyles of the socially clueless. Dammit Terrence, you CAN be the guy that calls people on their crap – but only if you’re actually good at knowing when it’s warranted. This “Actually it’s a free opportunity to wave your superiority peen around” stuff just makes you an asshole – and is just gonna get your face rearranged eventually. Sadly, that’s often what it takes. Not really into that as a first option, but there are genuinely times when I’ll allow it.
I take back everything I’ve ever said in defense of this guy, put to and including the idea that maybe Sarah as a little harsh. He assumed they were out to annoy him over freaking pancakes… Pancakes! What the actual heck?
I do have to wonder… Is this particular scenario based on an actual event?
I should also mention that I’ve worked the con scene before and met my fair share of crazies… Such as a treasurer who decided to hide a super expensive projector from the tech guy’s staff because she decided he needed a lesson in responsibility. She then proceeded to call his parents’ home number in the middle of the night and left him in a panic frenzy for hours trying to find the damn thing. This all happened during a convention when panelist and staff needed said projector.
He has quite a bit of real life inspiration, yes.
Saving me the trouble of posting the same thing. I’m still inclined to think Sarah’s behavior could have contributed to this outcome. Terrence being an ass doesn’t mean Sarah hasn’t been one.
Sarah hasn’t been a saint, and we havn’t seen everything, but my opinion of Terrance is dropping like a rock.