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Burning the midnight oil, making some con giveaways for Anime Expo. The Con-Crud Busters project continues!

every protest I've ever been to(and I've been to a lot) was like 95% normies, don't let the cosplayers on the internet fool you, the people out there are the ones who drive change, not the ones serialposting about how wrongly they're doing it

Happy to see our Con Crud Busters project show up in the wild!

SourceDuMal dressed as Goku Black at C2E2, standing next to a DBZ statue wearing a black KN95

SourceDuMal dressed as 80s workout Barbie, wearing an N95

SourceDuMal wearing a gold KN95, dressed as Kamen Rider Sabela at C2E2, standing next to a man dressed as the original Kamen Rider

SourceDuMal dressed as Sailor Moon Eternal, wearing a pink KN95 mask that coordinates with her cosplay

Like baby even my fucking COSPLAY is mask coordinated.

Its not hard.

Put ya mask on!

Don't just say it.
Don't just show it.

Do. It.

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We went to the Wondercon Talk Back panel to see if we could talk about it but found that they had ended it early on Sunday :/

This is kind of inspired by the Cosplay Repair Guy and also by the very cool pranks of the Yes Men where you just make the world you want to see, (altho this was considerably more lofi than Yes Men productions. I agree so hard that any con that does this officially would be super cool

Call your R reps and yell at them. Tell them how the tariffs are screwing you and that you're holding THEM personally responsible. Tell them to use their powers to end the fake emergency and override Trump's tariffs. reps.fyi

Hi, are you doomscrolling about tariffs?

Have you had something to eat? Is there an offline activity you can do tonight instead, like read a book, compile a list of essential items you need to stock up on, or call an elected official about the recession ahead?

Try not to stay up too late tonight.

I think we just accidentally triggered some con rules meant to protect paying vendors that keep cons solvent- the con and ops doesn't really have rules that had pranks like this in mind. It was nice that individual staffers took us in and gave us a spot

I think it validated the hypothesis that con people still have anxieties about public health, and so they will react favorably to the presence of groups working on it, even at a geek con

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

鳩*\(^o^)/*

They found us a good spot that was right next to the entrance but technically off-grounds and our visibility was actually way better there!

We inadvertently triggered a rule against handing things out on con grounds since it competes with exhibit hall people. The security was very apologetic and said they thought we were doing a good thing and they knew we weren't actually trying to compete, but they had to enforce rules

If there's a con coming up in your area, please consider becoming Con-Crud Busters for your con! Just 1 member means you're already a Division

Big thank you to members of @CleanAirLA, Clean Air Claremont, and Mask Bloc North Hollywood for supporting this experiment with materials and logistics help

We came with two huge heavy bags of stickers, 300+ masks and 300+ tests thinking maybe we wouldn't manage to give away much of it, but this was the bag at the end! We found an interested Wondercon staffer who wanted to redistribute to their team. Glad to have a bit of impact beyond the con for staff

It was also an opportunity to meet working folks where they were at and give them tools and info too on PPE usage and how to adapt that for their situation since they might not otherwise have time to hear about it. (Plus also include them as people of con too.)

I think con security liked us because we were like the polar opposite of angry church groups that show up - instead of condemning ppl to guilt, death and hell, we were like: you're cool and you're gonna live! Thru science + the tools we brought!

Never give up! There's going to be cool people out there who get your vision! What an adventure!

After moving around like a reverse bandit giving away free masks and tests all weekend at Wondercon I inadvertently learned so much about con operations and security haha

We got official! (not really, but kinda?) Two people in masks at a tented table with giveaway mask display signage and assortment of mask and tests

It became a lot easier to find us. Two people stand in front of a mask and test display at a tented outdoor table.

Thank you awesome con staff person Person at tented table points at a free masks display

After distributing in two places, then getting kicked out of WonderCon, then going mobile haunting the perimeter with enthusiasm and friendliness (and free swag), we asked around enough times and ended up with our own temporary table at the con. A Clean Air Win!

You never know what cool people you have yet to meet!

Three people hold up signs for free masks and Rapid tests at WonderCon 2025

Con Crud Busters thanks you for wearing a mask

I love the con community because everyone's trying to bring something fun and delightful to the table for the culture. If we have cosplay repair doctors, how about clean air squads?

Some of the labels are in English but some are just labeled in romaji transliteration. Fun to learn the Japanese pronunciations of emoji thru fountain pen ink, heh

The animal themed ink looks really dark in the bottles and the fruit / vegetable themed ink looks lighter in color.

That's so cool that they've come up with a program that rewards people for trying new ink, so that they'll be able to find something they love without ending up with unused wasted bottles. Love this!

I don't know if this is any good as ink compared to like a fancy Robert Oster but gosh look how cute these wee little bottles are

I had only ever had it plain with just olive oil and onion saute, so the addition of cumin and paprika for this round really elevated it for me. Highly recommend. If you're in Southern California, foraging this is doing the world a favor too, since it's classified as a highly invasive weed here