140: Nerdiest Nerds Who Ever Nerded
Update: 2025-07-31
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John is laughing, Alison is coughing, and Liz has already eaten.
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Content warnings this episode: Coughing (aftershow)
- Letters of comment
- Ali Baker Brooks (Facebook)
- Constanze Hofmann (Facebook)
- David Bamford (Bluesky)
- Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
- Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)
- Jonathan Baddeley (Facebook)
- Tommy Ferguson (email)
- We also heard from Olav Rokne, Shi Lala, Tammy Coxen
- 2025 Worldcon: Seattle
- Business Meeting
- Business Meeting Agenda and Recaps
- File 770 reporting: 4 July, 19 July, 25 July
- YouTube recordings: 4 July, 19 July, 25 July
- 13 July was not reported/recorded because of executive session
- Trial Committee
- Doctor Science, España Sheriff, Ian Stockdale, Kat Kourbeti, Kris “nchanter” Snyder
- Mark Protection Committee
- Nicholas Whyte, Alan Bond, and Chris Rose have benefitted quite massively from shortcomings in the WSFS voting mechanism, reports Nicholas Whyte
- University of Cambridge’s Single Transferable Vote regulations
- There’s a new way to remove MPC members
- E.2 got ratified and then un-ratified again
- Andrew January visualised what the changes imply
- Nicholas Whyte pointed out this would accidentally hugely disenfranchise Attending Memberships
- Meg MacDonald pointed out in the Business Meeting that Glasgow had 1390 “First Worldcon” members
- We should vote with “Everybody Votes” style
- Business Meeting Agenda and Recaps
- Smofcon 42 bursaries are available
- Business Meeting
- 2027 Worldcon: Montreal bid
- Picks
- John: One Soul by Ray Fawkes
- Alison: Bitter
- Liz: Superman
- Credits
- Cover art: “WSFS Everybody Votes Channel” by Alison Scott
- Alt text: Three Miis in the style of John, Alison and Liz on a background reminiscent of the Everybody Votes Channel from the Nintendo Wii. The words “Octothorpe 140” appear at the top and “WSFS Everybody Votes Channel” at the bottom.
- - Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- Cover art: “WSFS Everybody Votes Channel” by Alison Scott
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