>Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal

I guess that's me.

The post then goes on to link to a bunch of explanations including "not good" ones... and I've no idea what is going on.

The use of the word "programming" here makes me confused

"be on programming"

"pulling out of programming"

Is "programming" an entity?

edit: whoever downvoted this needs a life

I don't know much about it but apparently WorldCon is an old and respected organization of sci-fi fans and authors who gather annually for presentations, awards, etc. And this year they used ChatGPT to evaluate potential presenters, not a smart move for this crowd. And I'm not sure but I think that "programming" might have to do with setting up or orchestrating the convention?