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AnnaAnthro<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCon</span></a> scifi convention organizers use of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to vet panelists prompts backlash </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/worldcon_uses_ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/05/07/wor</span><span class="invisible">ldcon_uses_ai/</span></a></p>
Emma Loves ☕️<p>The <a href="https://orbital.horse/tags/HugoAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAward</span></a> administrators have resigned from the Seattle <a href="https://orbital.horse/tags/WorldCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCon</span></a> over the convention committee's use of LLM's to vet program participants. </p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nwhyte.bsky.social/post/3loh4ukgm7s2u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/nwhyte.bsky.s</span><span class="invisible">ocial/post/3loh4ukgm7s2u</span></a></p>
Monica Cellio<p>Wow. The 2025 <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> used ChatGPT to vet participants, with neither consent nor the opportunity to contest the predictable false results. They say they need this because web searches are slow. They have access to an "expert in LLMs", but don't have someone who can write a search script? In a science-fiction org??</p><p><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/seattle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/sea</span><span class="invisible">ttle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt</span></a> - has links to Worldcon statement, with comments.</p><p>Starting to wonder how much Worldcon actually reflects SF fandom, especially after Hugo ballot censorship.</p>
Michael Hanscom<p>If anyone would like a moment of _non_-drama <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> related stuff, <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MichaelMoorcock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelMoorcock</span></a> has just left a comment on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@CoraBuhlert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CoraBuhlert</span></a></span>’s Elric post, replying to her and artist <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@MichaelWhelan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MichaelWhelan</span></a></span>, solving the mystery of whether or not <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Elric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elric</span></a> has pointed ears: <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/25/fantastic-fiction-elric-of-melnibone-tortured-elf-emperor-with-a-cursed-sword/#comment-690" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2025/04/25/f</span><span class="invisible">antastic-fiction-elric-of-melnibone-tortured-elf-emperor-with-a-cursed-sword/#comment-690</span></a></p>
Alan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏<p>To further reduce the workload on volunteers, next year all <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldcon</span></a> panellists will be AIs.</p><p>I didn't plan on going to this year's Worldcon because, you know, fascist state and all that. Still, I was going to attend virtually. No more. With this, it could be held in my back yard and be free to attend and my response would be "get off my lawn." <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/s</span><span class="invisible">tatement-from-worldcon-chair-2/</span></a></p><p>Seriously. In 2023 the Hugos were messed up. This year, an incomprehensible use of plagiarism engines for vetting panellists, many of whom are likely the victims of that plagiarism.</p><p>WorldCon 2026 is also in the US[LN]A. Failing a regime change that's really sucking the "world" out of the event. Organizers are going to have to knock that one out of the park or I think the whole Con is in trouble.</p>
Jeremy Kahn<p>Oh my neighbor nerds of the PNW, you should have asked me or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emilymbender</span></a></span> whether this was a good idea, and then you would have only been yelled at in private</p><p><a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://dair-community.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> science fiction convention vets panelists with ChatGPT – Pivot to AI<br><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/seattle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/01/sea</span><span class="invisible">ttle-worldcon-science-fiction-convention-vets-panelists-with-chatgpt/</span></a></p><p>thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidgerard</span></a></span> , this is some high-grade disturbance-of-rocks-to-expose-the-crawlies</p>
Emma Loves ☕️<p>Kathy Bond and the program committee for the Seattle <a href="https://orbital.horse/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> must resign. What they did was racist, transphobic, and a violation of trust. </p><p>There are no ethical uses of LLMs.</p><p><a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/s</span><span class="invisible">tatement-from-worldcon-chair-2/</span></a></p>
skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:<p>In his OpEd, Gary Westfahl asks for the next two WorldCon's (in Seattle and LA) to be cancelled because of the actions of the COTUS administration - <a href="https://file770.com/no-more-worldcons-in-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">file770.com/no-more-worldcons-</span><span class="invisible">in-the-united-states/</span></a></p><p>Should the WorldCon be removed from the US? </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFandF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFandF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WorldCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Seattle2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle2025</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LA2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA2026</span></a></p>
skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:<p>Hugo finalists announced - <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw</span><span class="invisible">ards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Hugo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hugo</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awards</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Seattle2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle2025</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WorldCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Octothorpe<p>Octothorpe 132 is here early, because we are discussing this year’s Hugo Awards finalists! It’s almost as if our fingers are on the pulse, or something. Listen here: <a href="https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/132-almost-everything-is-not-mac/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">octothorpe.podbean.com/e/132-a</span><span class="invisible">lmost-everything-is-not-mac/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HugoAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HugoAwards</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Worldcon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon2025</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SeattleWorldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleWorldcon</span></a></p>
Michael Hanscom<p>"...the last several years of discourse about the World Science Fiction Convention's host bidding processes have revealed what I would argue is a dangerous series of assumptions about the conditions under which many people would value any given convention location. Safety is obviously one of those conditions, but among those assumptions—the one presently being shaken by present political events—is the notion that North America is a uniquely safe place to travel to, unrisky in a manner with which many developing nations allegedly cannot compete.</p><p>"Nothing could be further from the truth. I do not say this disparagingly; after all, I love coming to the US for conventions and I hope to continue doing so. I just consider this a neutral fact: even arguably safer places in the world are not somehow safe in some essentialist sense, and even the safest among them can be tragically too challenging for some."</p><p><a href="https://brandonobrien.xyz/us-convention-travel-safety-and-what-we-can-do-together/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brandonobrien.xyz/us-conventio</span><span class="invisible">n-travel-safety-and-what-we-can-do-together/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SeattleWorldcon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleWorldcon2025</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a></p>
Till Westermayer<p>Auch aus Klimagründen war für mich klar, dass ich nicht zur <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> nach Seattle will - nach Trump: erst recht nicht.</p><p><a href="https://blog.till-westermayer.de/index.php/2025/03/21/kurz-reisewarnung/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.till-westermayer.de/index</span><span class="invisible">.php/2025/03/21/kurz-reisewarnung/</span></a></p>
Emma Loves ☕️<p>The proper thing to do is cancel the Seattle <a href="https://orbital.horse/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> and sue Trump supporters for damages.</p><p><a href="https://blan.cc/@jay/114196471356377370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blan.cc/@jay/11419647135637737</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>
NotASnark<p>When some of us commented at Glasgow that whether we'd be going to Worldcon in Seattle or not would depend on who won the US election, the people manning the Seattle desk seemed surprised.</p><p>Unfortunately, now it's a very real issue for some people, rather than just a matter of principle.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldcon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/seattlein2025/greetings-from-seattle-in-2025-worldcon-registration-12761371?e=b7cbe1b052" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/seattlein2025/greet</span><span class="invisible">ings-from-seattle-in-2025-worldcon-registration-12761371?e=b7cbe1b052</span></a></p>
Sandra Bond<p>Statement from current Worldcon chair, Kathy Bond (no relation), which will be of interest to anyone planning to attend -- especially if it involves travel from outside the US.</p><p><a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/03/20/statement-from-worldcon-chair/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2025/03/20/s</span><span class="invisible">tatement-from-worldcon-chair/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fandom</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>A fair point fellow nerds...</p><p>America is not safe. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
Jolan C. Bertrand<p>New year, nouveau compte Mastodon !</p><p>Salutations, hello all, mon ancienne instance devant fermer fin mars (imaginair.es pour les camarades qui seraient encore dessus et n'auraient pas eu l'info), je déménage chez les corvidés -c'est un peu un retour aux sources, finalement... Merci camarade <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@Zeph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Zeph</span></a></span> qui me l'a recommandée !</p><p>Comme les messages ne migrent pas d'un compte à l'autre, permettez que je me fende d'une nouvelle <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> :</p><p>Moi, c'est Jolan ! Dans la vie je fais plein de trucs, mais je suis principalement connu du public comme l'auteur de quelques romans jeunesse publiés chez l'école des loisirs. En privé, je suis surtout connu pour mon humour, mon manque flagrant de coordination psychomotrice, et mes lasagnes végétariennes. J'aime aussi voyager, et mon objectif dans la vie c'est de caresser tous les chiens. (Tous. Les. Chiens.) (J'aimerais bien aussi devenir pote avec un meurtre de corbeaux un de ces jours mais c'est quand même vachement plus ambitieux.)</p><p>J'écris aussi de la <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/sfff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sfff</span></a> -romans et nouvelles, en français et depuis quelques temps en anglais. Mes dernières publications dans ces domaines remontant un peu, le grand goal du moment c'est de réussir à placer des nouveaux trucs à droite à gauche. Je vous tiendrai au courant ici si ça fonctionne.</p><p>Je lis énormément, beaucoup de SF, hein, on se refait pas. Je me suis abonné à <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@clarkesworld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clarkesworld</span></a></span> après la <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/Worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldcon</span></a> 2024 et j'essaie de lire une nouvelle avec mon petit dej tous les matins. Je voudrais d'ailleurs parler davantage de mes lectures sur les RS, 2025 sera peut-être l'année où je vais me lancer ? </p><p>Politiquement je me considère comme anar (je voudrais d'ailleurs remercier personnellement <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/UrsulaLeGuin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaLeGuin</span></a> (RIP you great lady T_T) et <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@margaret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>margaret</span></a></span> pour m'avoir radicalisé en un bouquin chacune), ça ne vous dit pas grand chose alors ajoutons que je suis une énorme gauchiasse, et bien que ça n'ait aucun rapport je suis un mec trans NB qui aime bien s'imaginer que s'il vivait dans l'univers de <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tolkien</span></a> il serait un Rohirim mais qui, s'il est honnête avec lui-même (ou juste en présence de qui que soit qui le connaisse un tant soit peu), doit bien admettre qu'il est plus du genre <a href="https://corneill.es/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hobbit</span></a> -second petit déjeuner inclus.</p><p>Voilà, avec ça vous en savez déjà pas mal (sans doute même trop) sur ma pomme.</p><p>ACAB cependant, Macron démission etc.</p><p>Jo</p>
Tero Ykspetäjä<p>Well hello to you too, S!%att€^e World£&gt;on, I guess. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldcon</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sueden.social/@red_rooster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>red_rooster</span></a></span> we created a spontaneous <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/aikido" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aikido</span></a> dojo at the Glasgow <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldcon</span></a>. So for sure!</p>
Science Fiction Poetry Assoc<p>For the first time, a Special Hugo award will be be given at Seattle Worldcon 2025 for Best Poem. Eligible for nomination will be poems first published in 2024 <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2024/08/14/newsletter-august-2024-announcing-special-hugo-award-for-best-poem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2024/08/14/n</span><span class="invisible">ewsletter-august-2024-announcing-special-hugo-award-for-best-poem/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/worldcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/specpo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specpo</span></a></p>
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