🚨 Welcome back to SDC Weekly! Let’s start off on a positive note with congratulations to Roger W. Smith, Helmut Crott, and Jean-Jacques Paolini for their 2025 Prix Gaïa awards! I wrote about this prize a while ago if you aren’t familiar with it; here are this year’s winners:
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