John, Alison and Liz watch Dredd (2012).

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Content warnings this episode: Justice.

• Things that happened since we recorded:
  • Going Rogue released an episode about Dredd
  • Taika Waititi is making a Judge Dredd movie
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Judge Coxon Pain Scale” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: Six cartoons of John as a Judge from MegaCity One with the Clarke Award logo on his helmet, all of which are identical. Beneath them follows text. 0: NO HURT. 1: HURTS A LITTLE. 2: JUST A FLESH WOUND. 3: MINOR GUNSHOT. 4: BULLET THROUGH GUT. 5: FALL OFF SKYSCRAPER. The JUDGE COXON Pain Scale™. The words “Octothorpe 144” appear at the top of the cover.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

John skips leg day, Alison skips art day, and Liz skips opinions.

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Content warnings this episode: None

• Letters of comment
  • Alan Fleming & David Bamford (email)
    • Eastercon 2027: Unconfined in Glasgow
  • Christopher J Garcia (email)
  • Doug Faunt (Facebook)
  • Fredrik Coulter (Facebook)
  • Jake Casella Brookins (email)
  • Jesi Lipp (Facebook)
  • Meg MacDonald (Facebook)
  • Paul Weimer (Bluesky)
  • Raj (Bluesky)
  • Sari Polvinen (email)
  • Shi Lala (Facebook)
• Next episode, we are going to watch Dredd!
• 2025 Worldcon: Seattle
  • Seattle apologised after we recorded
  • The Hugo Awards longlist is now out!
  • Donald E Eastlake III at the MPC
• 2026 Worldcon: LAcon V in Los Angeles
  • ‪Weyodi OldBear‬: first post, second post
  • Apology from the chair
• 2027 Worldcon: Montréal
  • Old bid site
  • Jeph Jacques’s Questionable Content
• Picks
  • John: FlickFleet
    • Eurydice Games
  • Alison: Slay the Spire again
  • Liz: Luminous by Sylvia Park
    • “More Real Than Him”
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Inside Coverage” by Arthur Thomson
    • Alt text: An abstract, geometric figure stands, their torso through a panel which has various trailing wires. There is a radio or walkie talkie on the floor and a textured background which is also geometric. The words “Octothorpe 143” appear at the top, “Walt Willis” appear at the right, and “Inside Coverage” appear at the bottom.
    • Explanation: This is a previously unused piece of art by Atom (Arthur Thomson), originally intended for a Walt Willis column in Hyphen that never happened. Alison wants to use it as an Octothorpe cover to make Atom eligible for Best Fanzine Cover in the FAAn awards. Except, you know, not.
  • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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)