Oh shit supernova :(

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A great idea, in which our hero has put overnight oats under the portafilter of an espresso machine. Coffee is running into the Tupperware container full of oats.

I have mutated the recipe
For overnight oats
That you posted
Online

And which
You were probably
Hoping
Would not be misused

Forgive me,
It was so delicious
So caffeinated
So cold.

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space.

Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

Image of the colourful Brisbane In 28 Meanjin logo, with text urging speculative fiction fans to become members of the 2026 Worldcon in order to be able to vote for the Brisbane in 2028 Worldcon bid, with proposed dates of July 27-31, 2028 and a QR code which goes to the Brisbane in 28 Pre-Support page. https://brisbane28.org

Site Selection for the 2028 World Science Fiction Convention will open soon.

To vote in Site Selection, you must be a WSFS member (supporting, virtual, or attending) of @laworldcon.bsky.social, the current year’s Worldcon.

Join LAcon V soon and vote to bring Worldcon Down Under!

#Worldcon

Brisbane and Montreal Worldcon bid fan tables

If you're at Eastercon in Birmingham this weekend, drop by at the Brisbane in 2028 table and say hello. You can also pick up some swag and candy. #Eastercon #Brisbane2028 #Birmingham

Image of varied Brisbane in 28 Worldcon Bid swag, including black bookmarks with the colourful MEANJIN in 28 logo on one side and the BRISBANE in 28 logo on the other side, a postcard of the Brisbane skyline with information about the bid printed on the reverse side, and a couple of emerald green badge ribbons that say "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Brisbane in 28" with a silhouette of the continent of Australia.

If you're at Norwescon or Minicon this weekend, keep a sharp eye out for our Brisbane in 28 swag including bookmarks, postcards, and badge ribbons!

#Brisbanein28 #Worldcon @norwescon.org @minicon-mnstf.bsky.social

Thanks to @bondkat42.bsky.social and @callys.bsky.social for their courier services!

I once horrified my mother as a teenager, by proudly showing the baby name book I’d gotten at an opshop.

It’s the worsssst.
I’m guilty of “most common names in (insert year)”

If we’re that concerned about fuel, public transport should be free, yeah?

And the Nebula Finalists for Best Short Story are... “Through the Machine” P.A. Cornell (Lightspeed 5/25) “Six People to Revise You” J.R. Dawson (Uncanny 1-2/25) “In My Country” Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) “The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead” E.M. Linden (PodCastle 2/18/25) “Because I Held His Name Like a Key” Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons 6/16/25) “Laser Eyes Ain't Everything” Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots 5/25)

Congratulations to our Nebula Finalists for the 61st Nebula Award for Best Short Story!

#SFWA #Nebulas #61stNebulaAwards

Gotta be in a safe room!

brisbane in 2028 logo

worldcon bid nuremberg 2028 with bird figure standing on a shield

LACon V is happy to announce that the following bids have completed the required filing to qualify to appear on the Worldcon Site Selection Ballot for 2028:
Brisbane in 2028
Nuremberg 2028

www.lacon.org/siteselection

Logo for Meanjin In 2028 Brisbane, each letter showing a picture of a speculative fiction-related image. The letter M contains an image of an Indigenous adventurer with a snake and a wooden walking stick, viewing a futuristic city with flying transport vehicles. The letters EAN contain an image of an Indigenous woman with long, curly hair, viewing the planets, stars, and constellations. The letters JIN contain an image of an Indigenous Elder in a canvas jacket wearing an Outback hat accompanied by three stylistic dingoes in a lush green Australian bush / forest. The snake's multi-coloured body weaves through the images from the M to the last N. The letter B is a dark purple swirl with many orange beast eyes, the letter R is a hovering UFO sending a beam of light down to the ground below, the letter I is a rocket blasting off, the letter S is an android, the letter B is an astronaut with a moon in the background sky, the letters A and N are of a spaceship flying over a red planet with another large orange planet in the sky behind it, and the letter E is a green Australian frog.

The Brisbane in 28 Worldcon Bid is now Officially on the LAcon V Site Selection Ballot!

www.brisbane28.org/the-brisbane...

Quinn, stop lending hellebuyck your ghosts.

Worldcon in Brisbane 2028 Welcome to Brisbane, Australia! Learn more about our bid to host Worldcon in 2028, and the brief history of "Aussiecon."

You can find us at: brisbane28.org

@brisbanein28.bsky.social

And if you want to help out - contact me direct or via the website!

If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane.

The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.

Thanks!

Hugo Award nominations now open.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.

columbo but mole

Molumbo

optus you say

flyer showing the Brisbane in 28 and Meanjin in 28 logos The Brisbane / Meanjin Worldcon Bid for 2028 is at Capricon 2026 this weekend from 5 to 8 February at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare in Chicago, Illinois, USA! We will have a Fan Table in the 1st floor corridor between the Grand and Chicago Ballrooms. Stop by to find out all the info on our bid! We're having an Open Party on Thursday and Friday nights February 5th and 6th from 8pm to 1am in Room 907. https://brisbane28.org

The Brisbane / Meanjin Worldcon Bid for 2028 is at Capricon 46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social in Chicago this weekend!

We're having a party on Thursday and Friday nights, the 5th and 6th. Stop by our Fan Table in the 1st floor corridor to find out more! #capricon46 #capricon2026 #brisbanein28 #worldcon

Ah, I see we have reached “I’m sorry for the shit you thought I did, also give me money.” Month.

It comes with a side of “but I wasn’t in the Epstein files.”

If you want to nominate in the Hugos, your deadline is January 31st to become a member of LaCon V so that you can be eligible to nominate.
www.lacon.org/register/
The actual nomination period is not yet, but you must be a member of the con by January 31st in order to be eligible when Hugo noms open

Ah! Opposites.
Pls send snow.

Australian?

I have commitments that mean I have to watch my tongue at the moment.

If it quacks like a duck…

But have you seen the all of the things?