Octothorpe

156: Surprisingly Well-Adjusted Young Gentlemen

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John has a headache, Alison has a cold, and Liz is fine, thanks for asking.

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  • Letters of comment
    • Liz said “RoboCup world championship” not “RoboCop world championship”
      • RoboCup Germany
      • RoboCup Federation
      • RoboCup on Wikipedia
      • Alexandra Lanes (Bluesky)
      • Ali Baker Brooks (Facebook)
      • Ang Rosin (Facebook)
      • Ed Morland (Bluesky)
      • Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
      • Fredrik V Coulter (Facebook)
      • Juan Sanmiguel (email)
      • Kin-Ming Looi (Facebook)
      • Neil Ottenstein (Facebook)
      • Paul Weimer (Bluesky, email)
      • Phil Dyson (Facebook)
      • Renay (email)
        • Hugo Award Recommendations!
        • We also heard from Alex Holden, Finbarr O’Reilly, Kev McVeigh, Roseanna Pendlebury, Shi Lala
        • GUFF result
          • Farah’s Facebook group: From Perth to Perth!
          • Nebula Awards
            • The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
            • This year’s nominees
              • “How SFWA Is Administering the Nebula Awards Policy Against LLM-Use” on File 770
              • “Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur’s GOTY wins over use of generative AI” on Polygon
              • G Willow Wilson’s thoughts on the Best Comic category
              • Locus
                • 2026 fundraiser
                • Eastercon 2026: Iridescence
                  • The program is out
                  • You can find John here and Alison here and Liz here
                  • “Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names – With Examples”
                  • Picks
                    • John: Vantage
                    • Alison: Slay the Spire 2
                    • Liz: Formula 1: Drive to Survive
                    • Credits
                      • Cover art: “Eastercon Planning” by Alison Scott
                        • Alt text: A black-and-white cartoon. John is behind a stack of games, saying “Games Room”; Alison is behind a stack of printers and paper, saying “Newsletter”; Liz is on a beach reading with sunglasses and a cocktail. In purple, the words “Octothorpe 156 Eastercon Planning:” appear at the top and “questioning our life choices” at the bottom.
                        • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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