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).

• This episode is sponsored by Stow Shirts. Use promo code OCTOTHORPE for 10% off!

• 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

John used to have a different face, Alison is going to Smofcon, and Liz is in disguise.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 discussion (chapter 2)

• We’re doing Octothorpe Live at Novacon on 1pm at Sunday!

• COVID: Jonathan Baddeley, Ali Baker, Bill Burns, Chris Garcia, Ang Rosin

• Dragonmeet’s COVID policy

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Cheap flights by Fascinating Aida

• Chris Garcia

• File 770

• Edited by friend of the show Dave Langford and John Clute, with Graham Sleight as managing editor and remembering the late Peter Nicholls as founding editor

• How to get from Thailand to London by train

• John: Lovecraft Country (on Now)

• Women

• Arrival (on Netflix)

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

John is going on holiday, Alison had a cold, and Liz is sleepy.

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• Letters of comment

• Bug Bradshaw

• FantasyCon 2021 on the FantasyCon 2022 website

• John: Constelación #1

• Three Men in a Boat on iPlayer

• GoodNotes for iPad

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

John is listening to podcasts, Alison is reading stories, and Liz is watching TV.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 discussion (chapters 3 and 7)

• Letters of comment

• Chris Garcia

• Heathers

• Edge of the Earth

• John forgot to mention the NHS Covid Pass last week

• NHS page (for England and Wales)

• Scotland

• Please wear a mask if you can, no requirement for vaccines or negative tests

• They will announce a policy but not until closer to the time

• FantasyCon

• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

• The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (paperback, ebook, Kindle)

• iPlayer

• The Otherwise Award

• Star Trek: Lower Decks (on Amazon Prime in the UK)

• The Needles Old Battery and New Battery is maintained by the National Trust

• Alison notes “they are super misleading – the [page] has a photo of Woomera on it."

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

John is at his usual podcasting setup, Alison is in a cauldron, and Liz is on Plague Island.

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Content warnings this episode: death (chapter 3) and COVID-19 discussion (chapter 4).

• Coded messages appeared in This Here… #45

• Ali Baker

• Alison appeared on episode 3 of Ali’s podcast

• American Vandal

• Recipe for fifteens

• Recipe for bar cookies

• John’s TAFF trip report, Best. Trip. Ever.

• DisCon III have released a new COVID-19 policy

• Vaccination required (no exemptions)

• Vaccination required (medical/child exemptions mean you can test instead)

• Dave Hicks will be in charge of this

• No vaccination policy (!)

• There was widespread criticism of the early-June plans

• File 770 linked to CONvergence’s Twitter thread outlining a COVID case in a convention attendee

• First

• By which we mean, we haven’t found any reports thereof

• Caroline Mullan is the chair

• Aloy and unrealistic depictions of beauty

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

John, Alison, and Liz are recording around a dining room table.

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• Letters of comment

• We didn’t discuss them again but we swear we will next week

• Sorry we don’t really have any topics

• Thank you very much to our hosts Steve and Giulia!

• It does have a hyphen

• We might run an in-person Punctuation

• Our theme music is Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

John, Alison and Liz didn’t record this week.

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• There are no letters of comment this episode because we recorded this episode OUTSIDE LINEAR TIME.

• File 770 post by Hampus Eckerman on the Retro Hugos

• The Magic Faraway Tree features in the first episode

• Our theme music is Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

John is wrong, Alison is putting out fires, and Liz is in lockdown.

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• Letters of comment

• Ang Rosin

• This piece contains links to some of the previous events which led to this occurring

• Alison has a role in the Glasgow in 2024 Promotions Division

• Facebook page

• Rebecca’s World by Terry Nation is on Audible for a credit

• The Finishing School Facebook group

• First Foz Meadows thread

• Our theme music is Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

John likes carrot cake, Alison is not resigning, and Liz is coming home.

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• Letters of comment

• Chris Garcia

• ”Commas”

• Jason Sanford’s first primer

• Looking for people/suggestions for the working group on remote business meeting attendance

• John Clute’s interview

• For anyone who thinks the issue with Octothorpe is that John and Liz occupy too much air time

• John Finnemore’s blog

• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

John, Alison, and Liz are live from Punctuation 2.

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• Letters of comment

• Chris Garcia

• How to know when the pandemic is over

• Wild Goose

• Procrastinations (John’s fanzine)

• John’s new dice

• Fabrique recipes:

• Cinnamon buns

• Octothorpe merchandise

• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.