We're doing the thing again!

I note we have once again decided to give out the Not-a-Hugos after the fan awards. Sigh.

Behold! Survey data! Have some shiny infographics about this year's virtual Business Meeting for @seattlein2025.org

If you attended the virtual WSFS Business Meeting, please fill out the survey if you have not already done so! We've had a great response rate so far, but I want as much data as possible to poke! forms.gle/AyQ7cHxPtBFW...

Missed the last virtual WSFS Business Meeting or want a recap? The notes are now available for review! Catch up on the discussion and decisions from the Third Main Meeting, held July 25: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines... #WSFS #SeattleWorldcon2025

The final online session of the 2025 WSFS Business Meeting is complete. And now, I'm going to go crawl into some fanfic and pretend that I don't still have an in-person meeting to preside over in 3 weeks.

Today's virtual meeting is finished, and I'm really freaking tired. Presiding with a headcold is a *challenge.* But hey, presiding with a headcold also gave us the WSFS Unicorn Sparkle Committee, so.

We’ve posted a summary of Friday’s Virtual WSFS Business Meeting! Catch up on what was discussed and stay informed ahead of Seattle Worldcon 2025. Read the recap here: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines...

I have never been more proud of the nerds, we did it nerds

The first virtual WSFS Business Meeting has wrapped up, and I'm really happy with how that went. Now I'm gonna go eat ice cream.

If you’re excited about the idea of the virtual Business Meeting allowing more folks to participate in WSFS governance, I really hope you’ll join the meeting tomorrow and show your support!

It's 3 days away now, and I hope to see folks there! There's a decent chance you'll get to meet my dog at some point!

We made an agenda! It is very big!

The 2025 WSFS Business Meeting Agenda & Virtual Instructions are now live! Attending or virtual attending members of Seattle Worldcon are eligible to review these documents to help shape the future of the WSFS at the first virtual business meeting on July 4! seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines...

Many thanks to Jesi Lipp @artzfreak.bsky.social for this Affirmation of Faith to accompany this year's Trans Day of Visibility. Let this statement ground and encourage your congregation this Sunday!

Imagine following a coworker on Bluesky and then not being willing to abandon your homework to go see Wicked with them.

@tarabarnes.bsky.social sorry, I was really rooting for you. Well, really I was rooting for myself being able to sleep and my dog not being traumatized, but also for you.

There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.

So my friend’s 3rd grade niece needed help with her homework tonight. Linguistics folks, how would you sort these words into the 3 categories at the top? What if I tell you the “correct” answer has 2 words in the left column, 4 in the middle, 4 in the last? @gretchenmcc.bsky.social

I have spent the last six weeks rebingeing Suits and reading a truly absurd amount of fanfic and I have zero regrets. Thanks to @tarabarnes.bsky.social for out of nowhere reminding me that I love this show and have so many feelings about these characters.

So it’s icy out. My car slid all the way down the driveway after I put it in park and tried to get out.

Weekends like this, l'm really glad my mom lives 15 minutes away in a neighborhood that never loses power. (I'm in KC, in the middle of the worst of it)

“If someone is inspecting your baseboards, their face is close enough to the floor to kick it.”

Sigh. AO3 is down. Worst birthday present ever.

When the pastor quotes you during the sermon and your friends know without being told that you were edited 🤣

I appreciate that this has been the example in "anankastic conditional" for 18 years

Say whatever shit you want about me, but don't fucking misgender me while doing it. It makes it really difficult to follow my "assume good intentions until proven otherwise" rule and believe you're operating in good faith if you're using the wrong pronouns for me while doing so.

And if anyone thinks they’ve painted themselves into a corner with the interaction of Santa they’ve allowed their kids to believe in - why not tell them that Santa has been overthrown and a new Santa will be elected by the elves council in due course? The reset is in easy reach.

“A couple weeks ago we announced that we have about. $50k shortfall for this year and asked you all to help us make up that gap. I’m happy to announce you’ve met about half that need, and still have half to go.” [congregation claps] Y’all. Don’t clap. Give. We still have $25k to go.

Virtual business meeting! We're doing the thing!

1. In a major development, the first national consensus guidelines for trans youth have been released in France. They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see." They refute much of the Cass Review. Subscribe to support my journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...

Just remembering that line from Puff the Magic Dragon and how for years I thought that one day I would be grown up enough to understand what ceiling wax was for (waterproofing the roof? hanging down in aesthetic wax stalactites?) Well today I'm grown up and it's sealing wax SEALING WAX

Jesus invited the world to judge his followers by their actual practice of his commandment to love God & neighbor. Let your love be a beacon of hope and healing!

The world has experienced terrible, sinful things done in Christ’s name.This Advent we’ve an opportunity to show the world that evil & injustice have no place in Christ’s realm. (1/2)

I want all of these

It's no surprise to hear this from Bishop Robinson, but full-throated support of trans people is always welcome.

Is the movie more Glinda-critical than the musical, or is it just that I’ve become more Glinda-critical in the past 20 years?

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut. I am ISËJ, a modern interpretation of an old secretary desk with lots of satisfying cubbyholes that you never actually use.

If you're willing to leave trans folks behind. Or bisexual folks in hetero presenting relationships. Or Ace folks, you aren't any better than any other bigot. I'm sick of your needless desire to be accepted by people who will ultimately pitch you on the fire with the rest of us.

I've officially registered for the Deaconess/Home Missioner discernment event in February! (I've already discerned, I'm doing this thing)

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by (actually at leasr Tamora Pierce Nnedi Okorafor John Scalzi Seanan McGuire Diane Duane

Lord save me from people who want to talk about how awesome I am and consistently misgender me while doing so.

I don't know if it's even possible to delete my tweets and twitter account since my account is suspended (I have absolutely no idea why, it just happened one day after Musk bought it and I didn't give a fuck because I didn't use it)

Looks like the UMC folks are starting to arrive here; I'm not terribly active but if we're RL mutuals please ping me so I can be following you!

@artzfreak.bsky.social just called @peripateticmeg.bsky.social a “Chaos Goblin masquerading as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl” and I have never heard anything so fucking accurate in my life.

I’m on flights home, so the longest WSFS Business Meeting ever must actually finally be done. Quite proud of myself and the team, and very happy to never deal with an agenda quite that large ever again.

It took a bit, but it finally got here! Meg remains the best best friend ever!!

Glasgow bound.

I love lists, and what is an Agenda but a list with actions attached to it! Here's my look at the WorldCon Business Meeting Agenda, with my decidedly own opinions on each item, as an issue of Claims Department including wonderful words from Jesi Lipp!!! claimsdepartment.weebly.com/claimsdepart...