96: A Less QR-Code-Using Society

John didn’t, Alison would’ve done, and Liz tried.

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Content warnings this episode: China

• Was Chengdu a shower?
  • Nicholas Whyte signs autographs
  • Chengdu Worldcon on YouTube
  • WorldconEvents on YouTube
    • Site selection meeting videos are going up here
  • WSFS Business Meeting” group on Facebook
  • File 770’s reporting on this year’s WSFS
• Picks
  • John: Hallowe’en
  • Alison: New Zealand
  • Liz: Poker Face
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Chengdu Worldcon Report” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: A giant panda stands in a metal tub wearing a rainbow show cap with helicopter blades beneath a shower made of bamboo. A purple towel with “42” on it is over the side of the metal tub. The words “Octothorpe 96” are above “Chengdu Worldcon Report” with a footnote reading “might not have been a shower after all”.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)