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Is it weird that my only reaction to Automattic buying Tumblr is “oh good, maybe there’ll finally be decent tag management”?

And I’m off to Dublin. Going to be a bit scattered here - I would give a lot for a queue-pausing function, let me tell you what.

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The light of my life and I have maybe five hours of sleep between us and all the busses are coming down the road from the wrong direction. But the weather is lovely!

I have had a small, very bitter coffee and am being assessed by what appears to be the world’s biggest goddamn seagull.

Sleeeeeeeeep.

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The Hugos - that thing AO3 is nominated for - are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, given by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). They were first awarded in 1953, and have been awarded every year since 1955.

All you need to be able to vote on which of the nominated works gets the Hugo for its category is to be a member of the WSFS. This isn’t free. (Yes, there is a lot of discussion about how this skews the voting pool. No, really, a lot.)

However! This is the age of the internet, a lot of the stuff nominated for the Hugos is online, and it’s not like you need to have a membership to read stories. File 770 has put up a list of places to find the Hugo finalists for free online, and I pass it on to you.

(Fun Fact: There are also Retro Hugos, which can be given out for a year if (1) the year was 50, 75 or 100 years in the past, (2) there was a WorldCon that year, and (3) no Hugos have yet been given for that year. So this year, the Retro Hugos are for works from 1944, because that’s (1) 75 years ago, (2) there was a WorldCon that year, and (3) no Hugos have been given for it yet. We can’t do Retro Hugos for 1919 (because there was no WorldCon that year - the first was in 1939) or for 1969 (Hugos for that year have already been awarded). And Now You Know.)