John is a muppet bilby, Alison is actively drinking, and Liz MURDERS OWLS.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 3), animal hunting (chapter 7)

• Letters of comment
  • Malcolm Hutchison: ‘Listening to the sound John makes at start of this episode made me visualise John as a Muppet (in a good way)’
  • Chris Garcia
  • Roman Orszanski
  • Jersey Gryphon: ‘The Hello Internet podcast did a vinyl edition episode before jumping the shark and doing a 4–5 minute wax cylinder episode.’
• Reclamation 2022
  • 74 cases before tracing stopped,, all over the convention, lots of different fan networks
  • ‘One-woman superspreader event Alison Scott has absolutely no regrets’ – Shona (Prufrax)
  • Norwescon had case 3 and case 5 which will pass into fannish infamy
  • A journal article discussing Omicron attack rates
• Fia Karlsson has won TAFF!
  • The announcement
  • The fanzine with the stats
  • Follow Fia on Twitter
• Chicon 8
  • We’re all going!
• Picks
  • John: Detroit-style pizza from Square
    • John also likes this Detroit-style pizza from San Francisco that he didn’t mention
  • Alison: Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
  • Liz: Horizon Forbidden West (digital, PS4 disc, PS5 disc)
• Credits
  • Cover art: Alison Scott
  • Theme music: ‘Fanfare for Space’ by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)