John does a funny voice, Alison recoils, and Liz loves big stats and she cannot lie.

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Content warnings this episode: Death (chapter 5)

• Letters of comment

• Abigail Nussbaum

• Alison closing a parenthesis

• Upcoming eclipses

• 2024 Sankey diagrams

• John: The Substance

• Definitely not Subterranea

• Cover art: “Judge Coxon” by Alison Scott

• Alt text: Words read ‘Octothorpe 120: Introducing Judge Coxon. “I am the lore”’. They are around a picture of John as a Judge in the style of 2000AD, holding a big stack of books. The logo of the Clarke Award may or may not appear in the artwork.