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SMOF News, volume 4, issue 35
Apr. 30th, 2025 08:15 pmNo court news this week! In fact, not much news of any sort, so I wrote a bit about back-of-house departments.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 34
Apr. 23rd, 2025 08:12 pmThe latest back-and-forth between CESI (Ohayocon) and Sekai Guild. Also the Gen Con plea hearing has been rescheduled aaaaaaaaaagh.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 33
Apr. 16th, 2025 08:08 pmWhy it's hard to move a big convention at the last minute. Yes, partly inspired by that editorial at File 770, but also recent discussions about other cons elsewhere.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 32
Apr. 9th, 2025 07:46 pmMore Ohayocon/Sekaicon developments. I'd complain about how much I'm covering court cases these days, but looming ahead is the possibility of having to write about US tax laws before this one is over.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 31
Apr. 2nd, 2025 08:04 pmPossible end in sight for the Gen Con heist saga! Plus a happy ending for Wild Wild West, and a lawsuit over the 2023 Hugo... trophies.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 28
Mar. 12th, 2025 08:01 pmOhayocon/Sekaicon lawsuite update, SDCC licensing its name, and ReedPOP found an interesting growth metaphor. Fan convention... World's Fair... why does that ring a bell...
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 25
Feb. 19th, 2025 06:24 pmOhayocon gets its restraining order. Two weeks ago, actually, but this story is moving at the speed of updates to a county court's site.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 23
Feb. 5th, 2025 07:51 pmBig new revelations about the damage to Ohaycon, and Substack still looks like the least awful place to publish this newsletter. I sure am finding new reasons to be glad its inbox is hosted by a company in the EU, though.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 22
Jan. 29th, 2025 06:47 pmThe balkanization of social media isn't just a geographic analogy anymore.
Bonus Mastodon vs. Bluesky stat I was reminded of when posting the link to them: I have gone "wait where is the post button again" and had to hunt around for it exactly 0 times when using Mastodon, but more than 0 when using Bluesky.
Bonus Mastodon vs. Bluesky stat I was reminded of when posting the link to them: I have gone "wait where is the post button again" and had to hunt around for it exactly 0 times when using Mastodon, but more than 0 when using Bluesky.
SMOF News, volume 4, issue 21
Jan. 22nd, 2025 06:40 pmCostume-Con in trouble and Vic Mignogna somehow not in trouble. If you're looking for some relief in a terrible week, maybe skip this one...
