John is bad at Twitter, Alison discovers jigsaw puzzles, and Liz exercises.

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Eastercon

Concentric 2020 cancelled

This episode was recorded on Sunday 22 March, before gatherings of more than two people were banned in the UK

Convoy (the cancelled Liverpool Eastercon)

Contemplation (the last-minute Chester Eastercon)

Fan funds

The funds are:

The Transatlantic Fan Fund (TAFF)

The Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF)

The Going Under/Up-and-Over Fan Fund (GUFF)

A primer: “TAFF in Thirteen Paragraphs” by Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Michael Lowrey is cancelling his TAFF trip

Alison is running for GUFF

CoNZealand is the 2020 Worldcon in New Zealand

Online fandom

Concellation 2020

Journeyfolk of Fandom

Staying sane in the apocalypse

The Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House are offering free streams

Games:

Joy Con drift

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch)

Polyhedral Park Planner (tabletop)

Free print-and-play games on PNPArcade (tabletop)

One Shot Safety Net on GoFundMe (tabletop)

Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)

The Last of Us (PS4)

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (PS4/PC)

Books:

A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

The Labyrinth Index by Charlie Stross

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are the first and second instalments

Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchison

Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller

Toilets:

How to use bidet sprayers