John is going to have lunch, Lori is going to brunch, and Liz is not hungry?

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Content warnings this episode: Mispronounced names (chapter 4), class structures (chapter 7)

• Worldcon 2025: Seattle
  • Hugo Awards
    • The ceremony
      • Pronunciations
      • Grigory Lukin
      • Nisi Shawl on Bluesky: first, second
      • K Tempest Bradford on X in 2020: first, second
      • K Tempest Bradford on Bluesky
    • The winners
    • Billy on the Street
      • “For a dollar, name a woman!”
    • Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
• Worldcon 2030: Edmonton bid
• Picks
  • John: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia
    • The Wall and The Horizon
    • Andrew Openshaw’s review
  • Lori: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
  • Liz: The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Ceremony Script Revealed” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: A picture of a book entitled “Hugo Award Pronunciation Guide” written by George R R Martin. The cover design is in the style of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, with an Iron Throne made of Hugo Awards. The words “Octothorpe 142” are at the top in a Game of Thrones-y typeface.
  • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)