SPECIAL NOTE: We will be watching the Hugo Awards presenation and will be updating our 2019 HUGO AWARDS post live. Visit TheHugoAwards.org for the live stream, which is scheduled to begin at 3 pm EDT.
OTHER SPECIAL NOTE: News Features today are a bit truncated as they are being prepared a bit early this week, owing to travel restrictions.
SOCIAL
Youtube’s crackdown on conspiracy theorists sends traffic to Fox News
Jews Against ICE members arrested for protesting immigration detentions
Illinois Schools Mandated to Teach LGBTQ History
WAPO Publishes list of all mass shooting victims since 1966
ENTERTAINMENT
Ian’s Realm Saga is having a screening, and a sale!
Fortress Shanghai film tanks – director and scriptwriter apologize
Stranger Theories Department: Is Disney screwing with Star Wars to ace Lucas out?
The Ditmar Awards and SF Commentary
The New Gulliver, Russian Claymation
INDUSTRY
Indian Fandom Debuts Anime website “KnowSenpai attempts to create an experience for Indian Otakus by developing the anime and cosplay culture present in India.”
Open Call for Submissions, Aurealis Magazine
When an AI writes a book – who owns the copyright?
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
What is, and what isn’t, Space Opera
SCIENCE
Russian Nuke Accident Kills at Least 7
Pompeii “Sorcerer’s Trove” Unveiled
Gravity Suit (for exiting flying cars in an emergency
