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#bluesky needs more baby goats... ☺️

It is not your job to make it easy for those who would exploit or oppress you. Be difficult. Be stubborn. Be a problem that keeps them up at night.

Sometimes when you're away from home and overwhelmed by differentness, you need a small comfort break of familiarity. Ideally a very short break, to power you up for more wonderful differentness.

@moderation.bsky.app suspended our director, Evan Greer's Bluesky account for speaking out about an awful experience from a transphobic bigot...is @bsky.app on the way to becoming the next Twitter/X ?

Re-skeet + demand Bluesky unsuspend her account!

Remember that Wi Spa fiasco a few years ago? The trans person at the center of it was found not guilty on all counts last month. Everyone seems to have forgotten all about it. For years, along with Karen White, that was the number one argument for preventing British trans people getting a GRC easier

Tell the CDC: We Need Broad Access to Vaccines and Science-Based Expert Advisory Committees Public comment to CDC ACIP vaccine committee opens today, 6/9, and closes 6/20 at 11:59pm EDT

This is only barely WisCon adjacent, but, for our health and safety at future in-person WisCons...

We have until June 20 to submit a comment to the CDC about reinstating experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Talking points and tips:

precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...

I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series.

Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.

J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.

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I forwarded your email to registration. They should be on it shortly, if they haven't already handled it for you!

WisCon 2025 Schedule Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

You can still register for WisCon! Panels, workshops and readings all weekend. Pay-what-you-can. wiscon2025.sched.com

Coming up on FRIDAY (5/23):
-Asexual representation in SFF
-Moving beyond Western structures of storytelling
-Author reading at 4pm CDT

And more! Register via the link above ^

Get Ready for WisCONline 2025 on Memorial Day Weekend WisCon 47 (2025) is fast approaching! The entirely online convention will occur over the Memorial Day weekend, stretching from Thursday May 22 to Monday May 26 with pay-what-you-can tickets availab…

WisCon mention in File 770! #WisCon2025
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2025 WISCON TOWN HALL (Virtual): Wed Feb 19 7-8:00 PM

Check-in about current state of WisCon, our challenges and victories. Chairs & Board have many changes to share, too. Current/former WisCon attendees, volunteers welcome! Details + link: wiscon.net/2025/02/11/2...

VOLUNTEER AT WISCON!
WisCon is an all-volunteer organization, with a variety of positions available. Help put on WisCONline 2025. Reach out to personnel@sf3.org for more information. This page has open volunteer positions: wiscon.net/open-volunte...

REMINDER to ARTISTS! Though WisCon 2025 is online only this year, we're still helping artists showcase their work. We're accepting 40 artists who have online stores to display their work at WisCONLINE. Application deadline 3/1/2025. Details at the link. wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

WisCONLINE 2025 Call for Academic Papers WisCon invites papers/ panels engaging with Palestine & Gaza, for example works listed in Sonia Sulaiman’s #ReadPalestinianSpecFic reading list, edited volume Thyme Travellers (2024). Lots more detail here: wiscon.net/programming/...

WisCon is renewing our call for WisCONLINE 2025 programming! The original deadline was 1/31, but it has been extended to 3/1. Suggest your panel or event!
wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

More volunteers needed for WisCOnline 2025, including Guest of Honor Co-Lead. Details here: wiscon.net/2025/02/01/v...

Chart showing instances of wild animals using a hamster wheel left out in the wild, with visits dominated by wild mice, followed by slugs, rats, shrews and a few frogs and snails.

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts.

The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.

The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

IT VOLUNTEER needed: Help with server migration project. Are you experienced with server infrastructure? LAMP stack knowledge good but not required. For more info, please contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: IT volunteer).
wiscon.net/2025/01/26/v...

Planning for WisCon 2025! This is the form where you tell us everything you want to happen for WisCon programming this year including panel suggestions, signing up for readings, teaching workshops, and anything else you can th...

WisCon community! Please take a minute to give us your thoughts on what kind of programming you'd like to see in WisConline 2025. SURVEY CLOSES 1/31. forms.gle/Q9j2A5cADQbm...

More thoughts that can't fit in the survey? Feel free to email Panels@wisCon.net .

WisCONline 2025 Art Show Application Thanks for applying to the Art Show for WisCONline 2025! Since the con is online-only this year, we won't be setting up a physical room or selling artists' work directly (or charging commission fees)....

Artists! Apply for the WisConline art show here: forms.gle/8D94BCMzmZCz... Applications will be open through March 31.

Questions? Contact the Art Show organizers (Tahlia and Sherry) at artshow@wiscon.net .

PERSONNEL CO-CHAIR! Experience with HR /volunteer management? Help SF3 gear up for next WisCon! Remote role, involves follow-up with Personnel volunteers. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Personnel Co-Chair) for info.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! DISCORD CO-LEAD Discord Co-Lead As part of the Online Con team, setup/ manage WisCon Discord. If you’re familiar with Discord or similar, and have project mgmnt skills, contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Discord Lead) for info

Latest WisCon volunteers needed! IT Infrastructure Chair and Academic Program Lead. More details here: wiscon.net/2024/11/17/i...

Halloween horror! Horrifying: 1. Floating skull 2. Evil fog 3.Slime fiend Utterly horrifying: 1. Floating skull who borrows books and never returns them. 2. Evil fog with some really awful opinions (it is saying we've got the internet so we don't need libraries") 3. Slime fiend who browses bookshops then buys online

A horrifying cartoon for Halloween (originally for Guardian Books).

Seeking a VP for the SF3 board! Details here wiscon.net/2024/10/29/s... Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: SF3 VP).

🎉WisCon will be having an online convention in 2025!!🎉 WisCONline 2025 will take place Memorial Day weekend as always (May 23-26, 2025.) There are still important volunteer roles to fill! Details here: wiscon.net/2024/10/11/a...

WisCon wants an AppDev Team Lead! Manage app developer team; plan/ execute updates; work with others to prioritize enhancements/fixes. Work with Convention Committee leadership. Interested? Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: AppDev Lead)

FUNDRAISING LEAD NEEDED Get valuable experience building a fundraising program! Work closely with Treasurer, meet mthly with Fundraising volunteers, mthly with Chairs. Mentoring available. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Fundraising Lead). wiscon.net/2024/09/30/f...

We've been advertising a lot of open volunteer roles. Looking for a summary of open roles AND what it would take to make 2025 WisCONline possible? Read more here! wiscon.net/2024/09/16/w...