Iraq’s Militias Find a New Reason to Keep the Guns
These goalposts have legs, and they run. On September 22, Iraq's prime minister Ali al-Zaidi pushed the deadline for disarming the militias from September 30 to June 2027. The two…
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Goulburn Waterworks
October is crowded. Maker Faire Rome runs October 23 to 25 in Rome, Italy. Amberley Museum in West Sussex holds its steampunk days on October 10 and 11, with airship…
Mizzou Investigates Its Own Sociology Chair
Mizzou flunked, and as an IT professional I know a rename job when one's described to me. In a hidden-camera video that Accuracy in Media says it shot in January…
Rogue Makers and Air Pirates
Now that's a theme name with some swagger to it. Clockwork Alchemy runs Rogue Makers and Air Pirates for three days in Redwood City, October 16 to 18, and I'd…
Steampunk Rendezvous: Winthrop, Washington
A Wild West town. Steampunks. A gear swap and a potluck barbecue. This is not a convention, it is not a festival, it is a rendezvous, which is the correct…
Boston’s Steampunk Gathering: Charlestown, September 18-20
This weekend, Charlestown, Massachusetts transforms into the Doctor's kind of town: gears on everything, corsets as far as the eye can see, and enough top hats to block out the…
Steam Punk Festival: Aurora, Indiana
A brand-new steampunk festival just dropped on the map, ladies and gentlemen: Aurora, Indiana threw its first-ever Steam Punk Festival this past weekend, September 12-13, at Gabbard Riverfront Park on…
2026 Hugo Award Winners
The rockets have landed. Last night at LAcon V in Anaheim, the 2026 Hugo Awards were handed out at a live ceremony, and the sci-fi/fantasy community has (once again) argued…
Weekend at the Asylum 16
Nine days. That is how long you have before Weekend at the Asylum 16 kicks off in the Historic Quarter of Lincoln, U.K. (August 28-31), and if you are not…
LAcon V
Worldcon is nine days out. LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, descends on the Anaheim Convention Center August 27-31, 2026, and the Hugo Awards ceremony hits the stage…