{"id":8623,"date":"2025-08-15T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/?p=8623"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:43:41","slug":"worldcon-2025-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/15\/worldcon-2025-day-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldcon 2025: Day Three"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Not a lot of pictures from today proper because our Friday volunteer had an unexpectedly rough trip in, and I’m again stuck at the Clockwork Alchemy \/ Milford Workshop table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But the costumes have been great! I’ve seen a fair bit of Oz this year …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Oz<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some Star Trek \/ Steampunk riffs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Star<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And whatever these folks sitting at the far table are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"More<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My buddy RM Ambrose gave a good talk on framework for discussing violence and nonviolence in fiction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ralph's<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have even finished a rough cut of Saturday’s presentation, and despite the fact that it is +110 plus slides, because many of my slides are sequences that add elements to existing slides, there are only like 30-40 content slides, and I was consistently able to get through it in ~20 minutes, well under time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Slides<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Don’t you think he looks a little tired?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Anthony,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictured: The WorldCon Bar, our table, various costumes, Ralph’s talk, my slides, and the Centaur, sleepy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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