Octothorpe

86: The Joy of Hemispheres

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John can do one, Alison don’t like cricket, and Liz will never get to bed.

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Content warnings this episode: Poor working conditions (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)

  • Letters of comment
    • Abigail Nussbaum
    • Chris Garcia
    • Chengdu is a shower
      • Hugo Award delay
      • Venue under construction
      • COVID Round-up
        • New recommendation: 5 air changes per hour (ACH)
          • The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel
          • HSE has general ventilation advice
          • Seattle is the only Worldcon bid for 2025
          • Pemmi-Con
            • Virtual memberships have been announced
            • You will have a supporting membership if
              • you voted in NASFiC site selection or
              • you got drunk and bought a $65 Moose T-shirt at Chicon 8
              • Glasgow in 2024
                • You can volunteer to be on programme or suggest an item
                • Arthur C. Clarke Award
                  • Liz has read one of them
                  • John has read a different one
                  • GUFF
                    • Alison has dates and a plan
                    • If you’re in Australia and want to have Alison (and maybe Steven) to visit, let us know
                    • Picks:
                      • John: UK Games Expo
                        • Earthborne Rangers
                        • Solar Sphere
                        • FlickFleet
                        • Asteroid Dice and Shape Invaders
                        • Catacombs
                        • Dungeon Drop
                        • Final Girl
                        • Find stockists for any of the above games through BoardGamePrices
                        • Alison: Cricket
                        • Liz: Rivers of London, specifically the most recent novels (False Value and Amongst Our Weapons)
                        • Credits
                          • Cover art: Apparently It’s Beach Cricket by Alison Scott
                            • Alt text: The three of us wearing cricket clothes in front of a picture of a beach that Liz took to taunt us.
                            • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
                              • ...more
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