Links for 25/01/23

• Many of you have likely heard about the Hugo Awards statistics controversy, but here is an interesting discussion. The short version is that the statistics for the awards have been posted at the last possible second, and they feature nominations that have been mysteriously found ineligible, and numbers that make no sense.
• And one of the explanations for the mysterious ineligibilities is the fact the awards this year were held in Chengdu, China, and there are concerns there may have been government pressure. Here is a post from Ada Palmer about understanding and thinking about censorship, that was prompted by this.
• in lighter news: TIL that dimsims and honey king prawns are distinctly Chinese-Australian dishes
• an interesting video about the ~philosophies behind historical fashion, taking the form of trying to reconstruct your great grandma's shabbos dress without having any pictures of her, let alone the dress.