{"id":611,"date":"2018-08-23T00:12:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T00:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2018-08-23T22:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T22:08:46","slug":"worldcon-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=611","title":{"rendered":"Worldcon 76!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-612 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worldcon76Logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Well, another Worldcon is in the books.\u00a0 It was a great con with great donuts, culminating in <a href=\"https:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2018\/08\/20\/quick-hugo-update\/\">NK Jemisin&#8217;s acceptance speech for the Hugo for best novel<\/a>.\u00a0 Well, it didn&#8217;t really <em>culminate<\/em> in that, for those hanging out for the closing ceremony and so on.\u00a0 But I had an early flight, so I went to bed and arose in the wee hours of the morning to get a cab.\u00a0 And it was then that I witnessed a melancholy scene.\u00a0 There were two groups of people engaged in drunken conversation outside the hotel, which is nothing unusual at Worldcon.\u00a0 But now, only one of the groups contained someone with bright pink hair and a spangly rainbow dress.\u00a0 The other group was three very well-dressed people sharing a wine bottle while one declaimed about &#8220;Winston FUCKING Churchill&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was sad, seeing San Jose being handed back to normal old wealthy people who like to yell about Churchill.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on the plane home I overheard a snatch of conversation between two Worldcon-goers: &#8220;&#8230;so that&#8217;s how he found out about furries&#8221;, which cheered me up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another Worldcon is in the books.\u00a0 It was a great con with great donuts, culminating in NK Jemisin&#8217;s acceptance speech for the Hugo for best novel.\u00a0 Well, it didn&#8217;t really culminate in that, for those hanging out for the &hellip; 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