159: Taking a Stand
Notas del episodio
John ran the Games Room, Alison ran the Newsletter, and Liz was on holiday.
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Content warnings this episode:
- Ancillary Review of Books
- Eastercon 2026: Iridescence in Birmingham
- Batik
- ConRunner
- Daves Hot Chicken [do not get me started on the lack of apostrophe—John]
- HaruhiCon
- Alison’s 365 Play challenge
- Eastercon 2027: Unconfined in Glasgow
- Eastercon 2028: Contract in Birmingham
- Guests of Honour: Adam Roberts, Aliya Whiteley and Chris Lintott
- Eastercon 2029: Bid for Chronologicon in Chester
- Aiming to cap at ~650 people
- Eastercon 2030: Bid from BSFA to join with Eurocon
- Eastercon “early 2030s”: Rumblings from Northern Ireland
- Picks
- Credits
- Cover art: “Thanks Guys” by Alison Scott (comic by Randall Munroe used under a CC BY-NC 2.5 licence, typeface by Phil Elson used under a CC BY-NC 3.0 Unported licence)
- Alt text: A stack of grey blocks being held up by two small stacks underneath. The stack is labelled “all current Eastercon digital infrastructure”, while the two small stacks are labelled “bits being thanklessly maintained by Andrew January” and “bits being thanklessly maintained by James Shields”. The words “Octothorpe 159” appear at the top.
- Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- Cover art: “Thanks Guys” by Alison Scott (comic by Randall Munroe used under a CC BY-NC 2.5 licence, typeface by Phil Elson used under a CC BY-NC 3.0 Unported licence)
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