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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.
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I remember doing something similar. I remember going to the storage unit for No Brand Con with someone who knew the combo to the lock. We went to check in on the stuff and I ended up taking a staff tshirt from that last year’s con. I told staff that I did that so they weren’t upset. It was sort of what this comic reminds me off.
20 says there is loot in there worth enough to revive the con
I have no idea, what does the rent on a storage unit run?
Seriously dependent on where, at least in the U.S. it is. Low low end in Southern Cali is like $40 to $100 and some a month – that’s like a 5X10 “Hey look it’s a closet” unit. High end/I actually need space for some stuff” like $100-400 and some. That’d be say 10X20.
Conversely a friend of mine that lives in Kentucky is renting a 10X10 for like $40, and that’s with climate control and such – so a decent one.
YMMV
So on a yearly payment, cheap end will be around $400, while expensive side could be $5000. Either way, not likely something to be paid out of pocket until the con gets back on it’s feet.
I’ve currently got a 10′ x 10′ indoor with a/c and insurance for ~$150. Same thing outdoor with no a/c and no insurance is under $100. But I wouldn’t keep valuable convention stuff in anything other than the indoor/air conditioned/insured