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)