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2024-07-14

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Schluessel: My Zoom Background Censored Again

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Guest Post By Edmund Schluessel: Worldcon staff have once again policed and censored my Zoom background. This morning starting around 9 a.m. New Zealand time I was observing the Interplanetary…

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Pretty Terrible: George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun

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The host for this year's festivities was George R.R. Martin and he spent an awful lot of time talking about John W. Campbell, noted fascist and racist. Pretty sure that between Martin and Bob Silverberg, Campbell (noted fascist and racist!) was mentioned more than the aggregate of the folks being honored. I aged approximately 67 years during Silverberg's segment.

We were treated to tales of how Martin is Just Like Us while he was broadcasting from the movie theater he owns for funsies.