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My first Worldcon panels
Ever.
At CoNZealand last week I moderated "Death of Genre?" and was a panelist on "Good Omens at 30"
They are available for CoNZealand members to watch until August 8 (NZT) which is two days away.
Rewatch "Death of Genre?"
Rewatch "Good Omens at 30"
I was feeling nervous as I had never been on con panels before, so with "Death of Genre?" I took a ( Read more... ) -
The 2020 Hugo Award Ceremonies in a Different Trouser Leg of Time
The Hugo Awards showcase the best Science Fiction & Fantasy works of the year. The Hugo Awards Ceremony should similarly be honoring those works and their creators. It is the time to celebrate the present, with a view toward the future, but also not forgetting the past.
The Hugo Awards this year was a hot mess.
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“Don’t trust leaders to always be right” - Frank Herbert
“Don’t trust leaders to always be right” - Frank Herbert
Interviewed in 1982, before the David Lynch movie was released.
https://youtu.be/26GPaMoeiu4
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Tracking COVID19
This is an excellent article describing how COVID19 mutations are being used to track its movements around the world & to help identify links to clusters in NZ.
You can visit the Nextstrain site to explore further. Nextstrain is the repository of published COVID19 genome sequences shared from around the world & they continue to publish analyses ( Read more... ) -
Boss Bitch Fight Challenge
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Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing is a terrific piece of writing by Ed Yong.
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Mike Hosking debates Mike Hosking
Hosking is a well-known New Zealand radio broadcaster whose opinions alternate so quickly that if he were a dynamo, we could use him to power cities. His hot takes are ludicrously laughable. Unfortunately, he has a big enough audience that his opinions can cause harm. Please come comment at DW: Leave a commentRecreating art during lockdown
The Getty Museum challenged people to recreate works of art. The results are triffic!
Some are collected at the Getty blog.
Check them out on Twitter too.
And Instagram.
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