Octothorpe

77: Slightly Less Troglodyte-y Than You

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John has trauma, Alison has poetry and Liz hasn’t got Paramount+.

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  • Letters of comment
    • Raj on Mastodon
    • Hugo, Girl! on Twitter
      • Whisper.cpp
      • Chris Garcia
      • Chengdu is a shower
        • Dave McCarty on Hugos
        • Since we recorded, people are reporting seeing emails about Hugo voting – they seem to be landing in spam folders. John posted more info on Mastodon.
        • Hugo handicapping
          • The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom
          • Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
            • John
              • The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”
              • Severance: “Defiant Jazz”
              • Star Trek: Strange New World: “Spock Amok”
              • Moon Knight: “Asylum”
              • The Boys: “Herogasm”
              • Alison
                • Severance: “The Way We Are”
                • Ghosts: “It’s Behind You”
                • Mythic Quest: “Across the Universe”
                • Harry Josephine Giles’ performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia at the Edinburgh Book Festival
                • Severance: “whatever other episodes, they’re all great”
                • Liz
                  • Andor: “One Way Out”
                  • Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Hear All, Trust Nothing”
                  • What We Do In the Shadows: “Go Flip Yourself”
                  • For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
                  • Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”
                  • Picks:
                    • John: The Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist
                      • The official website for the award doesn’t have historic shortlists on it (why) so have a Wikipedia article instead
                      • Liz: Strange Horizons’ 2023 criticism special
                      • Alison: More print and play games
                        • In lieu of a list of games, you can browse Alison’s post history on the BoardGameGeek forums to get an idea for what she’s playing
                        • Credits
                          • Cover art: “Denizens” by Alison Scott
                            • Alt text: In black and red, three fantasy creatures resembling John, Alison and Liz.
                            • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
                              • ...more
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