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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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Run. Run now. Run fast.
Resign before you become an enabler.
Had something similar happen at a meeting. 4 hours of heated debate over an expense on some stage lights. And a newbie staffer finally pipes up: “How many of those lights do you need? I’ve got 4 of them in the truck right now that I was about to take to Goodwill.”
I’m not sure what’s wrong with them but I really hope it’s not contagious.
When I was at Marvel Comics, in the mailroom, I learned how to set type. I was then a typesetter for about 20 years before losing my last job to a takeover and liquidation. I remember at one point, the typesetter AT Marvel (the guy who taught me) talked about the time they were discussing updating from the Compuwriter IV (OLD school typesetting) to a Compugraphic CTRonic (100% digital). Someone suggested they just get RID of the typesetting department and replace it with a terminal where they would lease computer time on a mainframe. They debated this for two hours before someone crunched the numbers and discovered the the mainframe leasing would cost MORE than just updating the equipment and getting supplies!