7: Pontificating from a Complete State of Ignorance

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• Black Lives Matter:
  • Black UK racial justice organisations
  • Anti-racism resources
  • FIYAH Magazine
  • The 2017 #BlackSpecFic Report
  • The 2018 FIYAH Black SFF Writer Survey Report
• Virtual conventions:
  • Balticon:
    • A mixture of Zoom and Discord with Twitch and YouTube
    • España Sheriff attended Balticon
  • CoNZealand:
    • The platform announcement: Using a similar pattern to Balticon
  • The Nebulas:
    • Alison spoke to Steven H. Silver about how the Nebulas went
    • John Scalzi posted his set list from the disco
  • Wiscon:
    • We did not attend! If you did, send us locs!
  • Virtually Expo (UK Games Expo)
    • 21–23 August 2020
    • Free at the point of use, but you can donate
• Hugo Voter Packet
  • It has been made available
  • What’s in the HVP
  • ALL THE COMICS
• Staying sane in the apocalypse
  • Oculus Quest
  • Calla: Specialized Voice Chat for Meetups
• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license