Oh, did we??? Did *we*???

Sent from April 31. Help.

I've just sent an email to Seattle Worldcon about all this, but I wanted to highlight this for everyone else:

Their own Privacy Policy does NOT give them permission to share your personal data (even "just" your name) with genAI seattlein2025.org/about/privac...

The struggle is real, especially bc I have a friend with my same birth year born in January. When she turns the next age, so do I.

...not to mention everything else that has already been said. We can all see that this saved no time and violated the broader community's sense of morality, ethics, and trust. This was a bad decision, plain and simple. Stop making excuses.

I'm sorry, is the dept of gov efficiency running this organization??? Using their own numbers:

1300 apps
10-30m/app to vett
= max 650hrs
w/ 10 volunteer staff, this would take about 8 days

How long did it take to decide on the new process? To consult experts, as they claim? To verify results?

The scifi dystopian shit is supposed to be discussed DURING the panels, not used to select them

Qatar is the world's second largest supplier of LNG (liquefied methane) and also the lowest cost supplier. So what do they choose when they need new power generation? Solar.

Simple math. When it's their money, oil and gas companies choose solar, while telling you that YOU need their LNG.

First, the grammatical error in the headline really sets the tone for celebrating incompetence. Second, how long did it take the rest of you to stop screaming? I finished the article, but the scream continues. Thanks.

👋 Hi, Dystopian SciFi here. Same problem.

I keep thinking, "Oh, I'll write a satire!" And getting lapped.

How can anyone work under these conditions?