Octothorpe

16: Coca-Cola is Not a Meaningful Naval Power


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John is an internet historian, Alison is an investigative journalist, and Liz is a time-traveller.

Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.

  • Letters of comment:
  • Steven Cain writes “TwillTone sounds like a record label”.
  • Karen Schaffer
    • DaVICI made Karen’s Russian puzzle
  • Alison’s puzzles on Jigsaw Planet
  • Claire Brialey
    • We didn’t mention this in the podcast, but she writes “I’m not sure that I’m strong enough for the crossover podcast ‘Alison and Lilian shout at movies’, though,” which is a shame given that the Alison/Lilian project now has Christina editing and appears to be A REAL PODCAST.
  • Futuricon and Octocon happened!
    • Alison presented a talk at Futuricon on her GUFF trip with mmhmm (which John recommended to her, and which requires macOS Catalina or later)
  • Alison is going to/has been to Zoomtopia
  • Eastercon will happen!
    • Online-only memberships are £50, £30 for concessions.
  • FIYAH are running a convention.
  • Finland (The Åland Islands) is bidding for the ’25 Eurocon.
  • You can now join Punctuation.
  • Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
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