@hwesta
Are you not interested in attending virtually?

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.

https://seattlein2025.org/2025/03/20/statement-from-worldcon-chair/

#writing #Worldcon #fandom

@skribe
I'm not sure that the WSFS Constitution would allow the selected site to be changed, even if a concom and venue could be set up in time. Remote attendance is the best option for non-US attendees until Montreal 2027. #WorldCon

@nyrath But are its rules available anywhere?

Timetravelers trying to navigate Toronto who get around the city by first time traveling to 2019 when TTC service was pretty decent, taking the TTC to their destination then returning to their present year. With time, the 2019 TTC becomes unusably crowded by time travelers and the service stops being so good. This demonstrates the problem of "induced demand"

@publius
"pizza martini?"
"only if it comes in pineapple!"

@graydon Oh. I hoped you were going to be talking about inputs to the growing process, not about transportation.

Tractors, trucks, and trains can be electrified or converted to synthetic fuels (LNG). These conversions are already in place, and will continue to scale up as the price of solar electricity decreases.

Ships can be converted to synthetic fuels (LNG), nuclear (NS Savannah), or wind. Many freight companies are experimenting with wind as a way to cut costs; check out WindWing and TOWT.

@graydon Why do you say that ag remains totally dependent on fossil carbon?

@suricrasia https://www.tumblr.com/stedilnik/749005362324291584?source=share

@gourd IMO the best part of AGE is the Third Generation's resolution to the disappearance at the end of the Second Generation.

The worst part is that for a show which does 0079-Zeta-Unicorn all in one go, you still have to sit through the 0079 bits.

The second-worst part is the AGE Builder should've had a _lot_ more effects on tech levels, if it's able to design and build exotic guns in minutes.

AGE has several suits in Gundam Breaker 4, including the AGEII Magnum from Build Divers Prologue.

They cannot stop us," Director Spencer gesticulated to rocket launching miles away for the 4th time today, another preparing to return in distance after delivering femtosats faster than the Chinese could down them, burning into high-atmo. "They cannot stop us owning the future."

I forgot who originally said this but doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of practicing

Many resources are entering the public domain in 2025, like Popeye the Sailor Man, The Sound and the Fury and more. The Internet Archive is ready and eager to provide access to these new items for free use and enjoyment.

Help us maintain access: https://archive.org/donate/?origin=mstdn-eoy2024

_Mobile Suit Victory Gundam_ rewrite where nobody dies. Even Oliver.

#Gundam #fanfic #WritingPrompt

New Megatokyo comic posted! Comic [1615] "he doesn't like me" https://megatokyo.com/strip/1615 #webcomic

you should have a website: a manifesto

https://nora.zone/manifesto.html

We're 13 days into November and I haven't touched my Gundam Iliad story, and I was just reminded of a writing project last updated in 2019....

@cstross "What does 'drop and run' mean?"

Odyssey fix-it fic where Odysseus doesn't tell Polyphemus his actual name, so Poseidon doesn't get mad, and as a result Odysseus sails straight home with a mostly-happy ending.

@suricrasia instructions unclear; mental blackle is oscillating at 3200Hz and climbing