And that's without taking into consideration the contemporry issue that most of these cons are held in fascist countries... not keen to travel these days...

The horror :(

A+ usage of quisling, I am delighted to see this vocab in the wild. ...regardless of the context I suppose

There was a moment. A tiny slice of time, when AI could have been brilliant. We are waaaay past that moment, and people need to realize that no amount of magical thinking will bring us back there...

Thats honestly a horror story in itself. The whole creeping infiltration bit...

Good point. Only exceptions i can think of are creepy child vamp Kirsten Dunst in the Interview movie and Spike (from BtVS)'s mom for like 5 seconds...

It was lovely to meet you, Arley. Glad to see your con experience was a good one :D

Oh, and Can*Con is the Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Convention, which was just held in Ottawa. It was a ton of fun, and fully of excellent and kind folks :) their account is @canconsffh.bsky.social and they are pretty active, at least around this time of year.

'fit is short for "outfit" :)

YES to all of these. Esp Quiet Lunch. I am a big fan.