John is critically bereft, Alison made a mistake, and Liz is carving papayas.
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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 (chapter 4) and problematic behaviour such as racism, sexism, and abuse (chapter 6).
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- We’re doing Octothorpe Live at Novacon at 1pm on Sunday!
- Letters of comment
- Facebook: Ali Baker, Dave Mansfield, Ang Rosin
- Bridget Bradshaw
- Chris Garcia
- Papaya carving
- COVID policy roundup
- Smofcon Europe
- Corflu Concorde (in PR5)
- Theme songs
- Guests of Honour
- Disinvitations
- File 770 reporting on Toni Weisskopf
- Frank Miller disinvited from Thought Bubble
- Elizabeth Moon disinvited from Wiscon
- Reflections on Racefail
- N. K. Jemisin
- Jaymee Goh
- Fanlore write-up
- Ghosts of Honour
- H. G. Wells’ speech at Beccon (the 1987 Eastercon)
- Paul Cornell suggested the “foetus of honour”
- Picks
- John: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)
- Always Be My Maybe (Netflix)
- Dune
- Alison: irrelevant waffle [Alison wrote that—Ed]
- Liz: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (PS4)
- Some pretty cutscenes from Uncharted 4
- Music credits
- Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license