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Ser Darth 🔜 PhilCon
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A fun science fiction convention in Rockville, MD. Oct 2-4 2026 Guests of Honor Nino Cipri and Rebecca Roanhorse
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Capclave 2025 is winding down, the con suite is almost empty.

Thank you to everyone who made Capclave a success, especially Guests Joe and Gay Haldeman and Naomi Kritzer. Thank you to the participants, volunteers, and members who make everything happen.

Safe travels and get a good night's sleep
A very energetic yet tired Pedro supervising the con suite tear down. He has flyers for the WSFA meeting on October 3rd via zoom. Go to wsfa dot org for more info.
September 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Pedro hanging out in the con suite, have a snack or pick up one for the road. We're open until 2pm
Pedro in his finest Hawaiian shirt and green sombrero has his beak in a coke can because Sunday afternoon comes after Saturday night. Even dodos need to caffinate
September 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Capclave Sam Lubell welcoming everyone to the award ceremony
5 adults at a table
September 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The mass signing started plenty of time to get your books signed. Here's a photo of the room and there will be cake.
Photo of the people getting books signed by the guests of honor and others sitting Photo of the cake as part of the festivities, a vanilla cake with white frosting and fruit decorations A chocolate cake for the festivities, has chocolate frosting with red frosting decorations and fruit decorations. Chocolate cake is also Dawn's favorite cake, she wants you to know
September 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Dodo Esquire took a break to chat with a friend from Balticon. Best part of cons is seeing old friends and making new friends
Dodo Esquire is a small dodo wearing a suit, he's always a dapper dresser. He's in conversation with a dragon friend from Balticon. The dragon is black with purple wings and green chest. Dodo Esquire is sitting on their shoulder. There's a jack-o'-lantern on the floor next to the dragon because September is Halloween eve.
September 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Be like Rosie and buy your Capclave 2026 memberships. They make great gifts and you get to meet Guests Nino Cipri and Rebecca Roanhorse Oct 2-4, 2026!
Rosie the dodo puppet wearing a purple lei around her neck with her Capclave badge with Rosie the dodo handwritten on it. She is in front of a clipboard with the Capclave 2026 preregistration information. She was gracious to pose for a photo before writing anything down. Did we mention that Capclave memberships make great gifts? For early holiday shopping, birthdays, or to say happy Tuesday.
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Pedro had a great night's sleep, and a healthy breakfast. Now he's volunteering in the con suite, say hi to Pedro.

Thank you to all the volunteers that make Capclave happen.
Pedro the small plush dodo wearing a Hawaiian shirt and green sombrero sits next to a bottle of chocolate milk and behind a bowl of rice crispy squares. Pedro thanks all the volunteers for their hard work.
September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Superheroes versus the Law panel. Batman is a form of wish fulfillment where he always gets the bad guy even though he breaks the law. Every super criminal would be acquitted due to Fourth Amendment violations.

I'm not a lawyer so I'm probably not explaining it right
Three people sitting at a table speaking about superheroes versus the Law.
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Accessibility restrooms part 2. Another set of accessible restrooms are in the lobby by the elevators. There's a small black sign with white text that says restrooms. Follow the hall to the restrooms

The women's room has one accessible stall with multiple bars. No photos for privacy reasons.
View of the accessible restrooms sign from the lobby by the elevators. The black sign is near the top of the entryway. It has white text that says "Restrooms". Next to it is a screen advertising hotel restaurant. It also has helpful information about locations and hours
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Bathroom update, the accessible restrooms are across from Plaza III. The women's room has 2 larger stalls with hand rails and a baby changing space.

No photos of the inside of the restroom due to privacy reasons.
A photo of the women's restroom in the hotel across from the Plaza III room. The door is dark grey with a metal handle and lock. The black placard with white text says women with a graphic of a figure wearing a dress and the accessibility symbol.
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Pedro is ready to go to Capclave and meet new friends. The humans need a few minutes to double check a few things and load the dodomobile
Pedro the small plush dodo is impatiently waiting for the humans to get going. He is wearing a green sombrero and his head is poking out of a black travel bag. The bag is on a beige couch on top of a black, yellow, and pink blanket. Pedro and his dodo family will be at Capclave this weekend in scenic Rockville MD
September 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Pedro and friends are having a great time at #LitRPGcon

No table, say hi to them and get a cool ribbon as a gift
Three plushies in a row. From left to right, rusty the red panda cosplaying as Queen Akira, Cinnamon the brown bunny cosplaying as Sylvie, and Pedro wearing a Hawaiian shirt and bowler hat at a jaunty angle. Say Hi to them and they will give you a ribbon
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Our Dodo Esq visits his plushie friends from @psfs.bsky.social and @balticon.bsky.social . While telling people about Capclave is fun, it's also great to see friends.
Dodo Esq catching with friend Minerva from Balticon. Dodo is sitting next to Minerva, a purple bookwyrm. In front of them is a container full of hard candies and next to a sign promoting their writer's group. Dodo Esq with the Philly Phanatic and Gritty at the Philcon table. Esq is more of a Nats and Caps fan, it's okay friends can have different tastes and interests and still be friends.
July 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Capclave has a table at the #Shoreleave convention center in scenic Lancaster, PA. Say hi to the dodos and buy a Capclave membership, they make great gifts for all occasions. We're sharing a table with LA Con V, remember to check them out too.
A dodo plushie wearing a Star Trek command gold uniform sits on a black chair, she wished that everyone reading the alt text lives long and prospers. The Capclave half of the fan table with the usual Capclave table drape, Capt Dodo in command yellow, a smaller blue dodo with a Capclave bandanna, WSFA Press books, plus the usual bookmarks and flyers. There's also origami dinosaurs because everything is more fun with origami dinosaurs. Remember one can never have too many bookmarks
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We're at #Hanacon in scenic Silver Spring, MD. Our table is across from the vendor's room. Say hi to the dodos and they have guava candy to share
The Capclave table at Hana Con. We have our dodo family including Darth cosplaying Carl, Gwen and Dawn cosplaying from Redshirts by John Scalzi, and gramps decided against cosplaying. We also have the usual flyers and bookmarks. Did we mention guava candy?
June 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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One of the Capclave dodos taking time to thank the #balticon59 volunteer dragons for their hard work and asked for a photo.
Capclave dodo with a beanie propeller is sitting on a chair while flanked by two inflatable dragons who are ready for the Christmas season, one holds a gift and the other a warm beverage. Volunteers are the life of any convention, please consider volunteering even if it's for an hour
May 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Good morning, Capclave has a table at the #gaithersburgbookfestival today. Pedro is being smart and delegating the hard set up work to the humans. He's looking forward to meeting people today.
Pedro the Capclave dodo is wearing his Honolulu blue jersey, sitting in a folding chair getting comfortable while he delegates the table set up at the Gaithersburg book festival in lovely Gaithersburg, MD. He's looking
May 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Speaking of #ImdieBooksellerDay.....

Rosie has WSFA Press books for sale at the Capclave table by the Author's Alley.

WSFA Press books make great gifts such as Mother's day, Father's day, graduation gifts, birthdays, or any gifting occasions.
Rosie has WSFA Press books for sale at the Capclave table. Rosie, a Capclave dodo plush with a purple lei and name tag with "Rosie the dodo" handwritten on it. On the the table are several books for sale and a paper with a QR code for T-shirts. She concedes that t shirts are not books, but it was the best place for the codes. In front of Rosie is her apprentice who is learning how to sell books from an expert.
April 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Dodos will not be contained, see us at our table and a half at RavenCon this weekend. We have books and dodos and a party tonight
The Capclave tables at RavenCon. From right to left a table with a white Capclave drape with the dodo logo with plush dodos on top who are very excited to see everyone and tell them about Capclave. There are books for sale as well as copies of the Forever War by GoH Joe Haldeman which is not for sale since it's a library book, and a copy of Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer also not for sale since it's personal property. Support the vendors and see if they have a copy. On the second table is a flyer for a party in room 112 on Friday night
April 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Hello Awesome con!

The dodos are settled in their table #1110. Say hi to the dodos and learn about Capclave and WSFA, our parent organization
The Capclave table at awesome con, the table is covered by a white table drape with the phrase Capclave where reading is not extinct. There are two humans behind the table and the usual assortment of dodos on the table including Rosie with her purple lei, Darth in a universal union uniform and Pedro cosplaying a young Alex Karras. We're next to the Loundon county library and the USS Mae Jemison
April 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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On the way to #awesomecon

We will be at table #1110, all weekend long.

Stop by and say hi to the dodos and buy a Capclave membership
Pedro the small dodo is poking his head out of a black bag you can see a bit of his costume and his pretty necklace. We'll be at table #1110 at awesome con in Washington DC all weekend long. Say hi to Pedro and his siblings. He need to get back inside of his bag now since it's time to leave dodo central for the convention center.
April 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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This door looks familiar, maybe if the dodos paint it a certain shade of blue the room will be bigger on the inside.
Doors to a room not being used by Convivial. It is a double door made from a dark wood with pieces sticking out, not sure the technical term. The dodos want to paint it TARDIS blue and see what happens
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Hello Convivial! The dodos are at the Capclave table in the main hallway between the vendor's room and gaming room. Say hi to the dodos and learn about Capclave
A photo of the Capclave table at Convivial in Williamsburg, VA. The table is covered by a white table drape with dodo art by Fran Perkins and says "Capclave where reading is not extinct". On the table are books for sale and others from the library. There are flyers, books, and plush dodos. Behind the table are two humans and the Capclave banner
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Pedro getting ready for a big day at #Convivial. We will have a table in the dealer's room. Details when we check in, but first breakfast
Pedro is wearing a blue jersey with a pretty necklace. He is next to a black travel bag and wondering what he forgot. Join Pedro and friends at Convivial this weekend
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Dodo eyewitness weather report from Pedro. The weather is rainy and humid with a temperature of 72F/22C.

If you're driving today, take your time. Lots of fun happening, can't wait to see old friends and meet new friends
Pedro sits on a black mesh table outside of the hotel, making a dodo eyewitness weather report. He needs to get inside and help with set up
September 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM