John is chuckling, Alison is conversing, and Liz is critical. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Immigration (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3) Letters of comment Ang Rosin Dave Coxon Raj Chris Garcia Fempire by Honora Talbot Lost Beyond the Stars by Kayla Arend Bean Feasa by Daniel Butler AlieNation by Ray Raghavan I XXXX My Sex Doll by Fay Beck Chengdu is a shower PR1 The USA says “reconsider travel”, which is level 3 of a 4-level alert, partly due to COVID which may change before October. They have level 4 alerts which are “do not travel” Conversation COVID policy Liz thinks Boskone has a nice, straightforward policy Picks: John: Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring (only available in the US: ebook, Amazon) Alison: Spider-Man: Far From Home (Disney+) Liz: The Owl Job Credits Cover art: Sqrrl Grrl by Alison Scott Alt text: John and Liz are squirrels with acorns and Liz is Squirrel Girl, sitting in a tree under the words “Octothorpe 78”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)