Description

John is sitting, Alison is watching, and Liz is typing.

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Content warnings this episode: AI (chapter 3), China (chapter 4), colonialism (chapter 5)

• Letters of comment
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  • Chris Garcia
  • Duncan MacGregor
  • Edward Morland
  • Ersatz Culture
  • Farah Mendlesohn
    • Ash by Mary Gentle
  • Raj
  • Roman Orszanski
• Transcription
  • We have uploaded transcripts and subtitles for Episodes 49, 62, and 72 as part of our Hugo Voter Packet submission
  • What do people want from transcripts? Do any of our listeners use them?
  • You can find the transcripts and subtitles for episodes on our GitHub
• Glasgow in 2024
  • Liz has taken a role in the Programme Division as the Area Head of Podcasting Content
    • John’s panel suggestion: “Why don’t podcasters just shout? Why use microphones? Our panel discusses the pros and cons of literally shouting into the void.”
    • Please put this into the programme suggestion form
  • Glasgow in 2024 has released an AI Art Statement
    • ASFA
• Chengdu Worldcon
  • None of us are planning to take the Worldcon up on their offer of a free trip
  • File 770 articles about finalists going to China: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Picks
  • John: Asteroid City
  • Alison: Beyond a Boundary by CLR James
    • Miles Jupp’s Fibber in the Heat
  • Liz: The Last Blade Priest by WP Wiles
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Eight-Fingered Monkeys” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: Three monkeys, each with eight digits on their hands and eight on their feet, do the classic “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” triptych under the words “Octothorpe 89”.
  • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)