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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• Facebook: Ali Baker, Dave Mansfield, Ang Rosin

• Smofcon Europe

• Disinvitations

• File 770 reporting on Toni Weisskopf

• N. K. Jemisin

• H. G. Wells’ speech at Beccon (the 1987 Eastercon)

• John: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)

• Always Be My Maybe (Netflix)

• Some pretty cutscenes from Uncharted 4

• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license