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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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• Letters of comment
  
  • Facebook: Ali Baker, Dave Mansfield, Ang Rosin
  
  
  • Bridget Bradshaw
  
  
  • Chris Garcia
  
  
  
  


• Papaya carving


• COVID policy roundup
  
  • Smofcon Europe
  
  
  • Corflu Concorde (in PR5)
  
  
  
  


• Theme songs


• Guests of Honour
  
  • Disinvitations
    
    • File 770 reporting on Toni Weisskopf
    
    
    • Frank Miller disinvited from Thought Bubble
    
    
    • Elizabeth Moon disinvited from Wiscon
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Reflections on Racefail
    
    • N. K. Jemisin
    
    
    • Jaymee Goh
    
    
    • Fanlore write-up
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Ghosts of Honour
    
    • H. G. Wells’ speech at Beccon (the 1987 Eastercon)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Paul Cornell suggested the “foetus of honour”
  
  
  
  


• Picks
  
  • John: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)
    
    • Always Be My Maybe (Netflix)
    
    
    • Dune
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Alison: irrelevant waffle [Alison wrote that—Ed]
  
  
  • Liz: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (PS4)
    
    • Some pretty cutscenes from Uncharted 4
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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