John thought of something, Alison is educational, and Liz reads contracts.
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Content warnings this episode: Money (chapter 3)

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Letters of comment

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Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast

Cancelling non-refundable hotel rooms does not net one a refund

We get ourselves into knots trying to work out what’s happened here and we’re not sure
Alison taught John and Liz about complaining about cancellations

Cancelling goods or services
Make a court claim for money






Worldcon 2025: Seattle

Virtual Business Meeting details

Lumi Global
The meetings are all at 09:00–12:30 (PDT/UTC-7) on 4, 13, 19, 25 July


Hugo nominations are open

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Picks

John: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Marc Sumerak
Alison: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Liz: Nova by Samuel Delany

John Nielsen-Hall’s article, “Running up that Hill: or Life with the Brunners” appears in Prolapse #7

Prolapse
Motorway Dreams, a collection of Nielsen-Hall’s writing which includes the article






Credits

Cover art: “Thailand Positioning Service” by Alison Scott

Alt text: Words read “Octothorpe 129: Can you pin Thailand on the map?” above a black-and-white world map. The backs of John, Alison and Liz’s heads are shown. John is thinking “Yup!”, Liz is thinking “100%”, and Alison is holding Thailand and thinking “???”.


Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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