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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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Oh come on Sarah. At the very least tools can be useful for a specific purpose.
Seems like Lynn is the only one of the group who wants him on their staff. I think him lending her a hand against a nazi and his attempt to warn her has softened her up to him. I like to think we all softened up to Garner a bit.
I can’t believe that in what I would assume to be all that time no one told him who Garner is. Don’t leave Max in the dark.
I would be in the camp wondering if Garner would be a good idea. Garner as a stopped clock tells the right time once per day. And if that turns out to be the right moment for a stopped clock to tell the time so much the batter.
But don’t mistake it for a usable timepiece.
From a writing perspective Garner is a great addition. he stirs any number of pots, sows chaos in the ranks to keep things interesting. Sort of like a domesticated Terrence.
At this point I support telling Max nothing, because it amuses me. It’s sort of cruel, but so am I.
It would be a little like the beginning of Here is Greenwood.