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Python Software Foundation (npub1vv8…6fhk) staff. Opinions, bad puns, and tiny dog are my own.

Pronouns: she/her
employer website: python.org/PSF
Days since trash can incident: 0

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2024-09-24 16:17:19

I have a lot of thoughts I’ve been noodling on since @jacobian’s excellent #DjangoCon talk on What Would the DSF do with $1 million? But for now let me just say -
Blessings upon the treasurers.
cc Jacob, DSF treasurer, @npub1y5y…sjam PSF treasurer, @npub1nsp…ahke former PSF treasurer, @npub18he…8d3x ditto

2024-09-23 18:17:12

i allocated 20 minutes to join a webex meeting and it was not enough minutes

2024-09-19 20:12:46

who’s got intel on what temps to expect inside the #DjangoconUS venue? like should i be packing cardigans

2024-09-17 08:59:45

nobody:
coffee shop speakers: *soft rock cover of superfreak*

2024-09-14 23:23:34

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I’m concerned about the level of competency on the current PSF board on ‘90s-00s US alt rock

2024-09-14 22:37:23

can someone confirm I did not hallucinate the existence of a band called eve6

2024-08-07 22:12:35

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I am an incorrigibly superstitious person, so yes that helps haha

2024-08-07 22:00:05

I’ve been trying not to imagine any “what if she wins…?” scenarios because I frankly just can’t bear going through the disappointment again. But a scene came to me where I’m a crotchety old lady crankily lecturing a young’un “we hadn’t even had a female president when I was your age!” and I want to do that bad.

2024-05-27 14:16:39

me: oh what a beautiful day, why don’t I haul myself out of my post-pycon hibernation to walk in the park and lay in the sun with a book and my dog 🥰
the universe: no❤️
*volleyball directly to the face*
(i am fine, my face doesn’t feel great but increasingly confident nothing was broken other than my general sense of wellbeing)

2024-05-24 16:44:11

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Also the more times I type "sell out", the more it feels like I'm a teen insulting an alt-rock band in the nineties.

2024-05-24 16:43:17

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Oh yeah, I'd for sure bet there was late demand over the sell out cap. We probably also increased late demand by not selling out the last few years, since there wasn't a 'cost' to registering late in '22 or '23, so there was less pressure to make sure to buy a ticket early. (If that all makes sense -- I just got home around midnight yesterday and my brain is still a little soupy.)

2024-05-24 16:33:05

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I would guess that regional conferences also have the effect of fewer airplane tickets required in general? E.g. I'm assuming a much higher share of people drive to PyOhio or PyTexas than to PyCon US.

2024-05-24 15:11:56

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One of my theories about the late bump is that there are more population centers in easy-ish driving distance from Pittsburgh [eta: vs SLC], which means more people who didn’t have to commit in advance by buying plane tickets, so they could leave buying conference tickets until later in the game.

2024-05-21 18:55:47

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Important update !!!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/480/592/928/887/380/original/2624a1a0f2b543ff.png

2024-05-21 12:12:30

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feel free to lobby Elaine to support my proposal for a “haunted” theme for next year’s PyCon US (she can attest that I was pitching it days before this thread 👻)

2024-05-21 11:42:46

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Just don’t take away my pi release 😭

2024-05-20 21:00:13

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Good news, I remembered that boxes are also containers!

2024-05-19 16:23:47

The proud new adoptive parent of “Loren 2” the 18 foot purple stuffed snake auctioned off last night at the #PyLadies auction needs a LARGE duffel bag to transport her home.
Any ideas of where to source that in Pittsburgh ?
#PyConUS #PyCon