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PyCon UK @pyconuk.org · 7h

🎭✨ The world premiere of Ada — written by Emily Holyoake & performed by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social at #PyConUK2025 — is on YouTube! 👉 buff.ly/PzPqzBv

Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ

💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!

PYCON UK 2025: Ada by Emily Holyoake, a rehearsed reading

This year at PyCon UK, you’re warmly invited to a world premiere: Ada, a brand-new play inspired by Ada Lovelace, written by Emily Holyoake, and staged as a rehearsed reading by Nottingham-based…

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 19h

Chemotherapy is starting on Monday.

We're not sure there's anything else we can say at this point - we're waiting to find out if chemo makes a difference before we know how long we're looking at.

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 19h

For those who don't find out via other means:
My wife Joan has recently been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.
She's been having lots of tests, the most recent being a PET CT scan, which confirmed that the cancer has spread and she has Stage 4, so we're not looking at a cure.

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 6d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. Text markup languages
2. Data transfer, from magnetic tapes through file formats through Apache Kafka...
3. Programming languages, 1960s through 1990s

(I have to stop at three? so cruel!)

Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 6d

This is quite exciting!

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 9d

This Hallowe'en!

When Victoria Williams receives an inheritance from a woman she's never met, she's drawn to a haunted seaside town full of magic, mystery, and murder!

books2read.com/SOR1

A promotional image for Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm by Vivian Moira Valentine. It depicts the book's cover, featuring a goth woman and her faithful tarantula against a misty cityscape. Text reads:

"A funny, flirty, freaky paranormal romp with everything to satisfy both the goth and the goth-at-heart reader, Shadows over Ravenkirk is the most fun I've had reading in ages!" - Bitter Karella, Creator of The Midnight Pals

From the author of the acclaimed books, The Amelia Temple Series

Haunting your favorite bookstore October 31.

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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 7d

I'm in Dordrecht for @fronteers.bsky.social Dark Mode conf tomorrow, and they left a little gift pack of speaker goodies in my hotel room including this, and I think it's absolutely delightful. ❤️

It's one of those things you hang on your hotel room door but instead of saying DO NOT DISTURB it says DON'T WORRY. I AM NOT TALKING TO MYSELF. I AM REHEARSING MY TALK.

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PyCon UK @pyconuk.org · 11d

📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨

Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.

💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 11d

actually the UK prime minister has unilateral power to declare universal basic income at any point. the way this is done is by making every single citizen a member of the house of lords

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14d

457k!!!! LOL

Cobie Yo @cobieef.bsky.social · 14d

Real good news/bad news thing for Starmer.

Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.

Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Hynek Schlawack @hynek.me · 16d

Go and find out why Judy is so angry!

Judy2k @judy.co.uk · 16d

Why on EARTH is YouTube recommending this crappy talk from @hynek.me to me??? The algorithm must be broken.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDvw...

PYCON UK 2025 Friday Keynote: Python's True Superpower, Hynek Schlawack

YouTube video by PyCon UK

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PyCon UK @pyconuk.org · 18d

🐍 Head over the the PyCon UK 2025 site to check out the photos of the past 3 days: buff.ly/dyTct4A
📽️ Check out our YouTube channel to see all of the live recordings: buff.ly/8INqCpu

PyCon UK 2025

PyCon UK Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September 2025, Contact Theatre, Manchester

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 17d

It was absolutely incredible!

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Chronic Insanity @chronicinsanity.bsky.social · 20d

We're at @pyconuk.org today presenting a rehearsed reading of Ada by @emilyvhs.bsky.social :)

ADA is an intricate re-telling of the life and legacy of Ada Lovelace, pioneer of computing, paralleling her history with a contemporary story about the potential of artificial intelligence.

The stage at a theatre, with a projected slide saying "Pycon UK 2025" on the backdrop

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations!!!

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PyCon UK @pyconuk.org · 28d

🚨🐍 PyCon UK 2025 is just 1 week away! 🚨🎉

4 days of Python, community, and creativity in Manchester 💜🐍

For tickets, schedule, venue & travel info and more, check out our site 👉 buff.ly/HinZZTe

#PyConUK2025 #Python #Community

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Tibs @tibs.bsky.social · 28d

Yesterday I visited Richard at skilt.co.uk headquarters and bought two new kilts. I fell in love with the skilt.co.uk/product/rain... and had to have one (and wore it the rest of the day), and also couldn't resist getting a skilt.co.uk/product/rain....

Modern Kilts For Sale – Made in London For The Man of the World

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Sep 6

I post a piece of good news every day (climate, civil rights, disease eradication, science, sanitation, conservation) because, to keep our activism & resistance going, we need reminders that, when we try hard, we do succeed. They *want* doomerism; Despair is how we lose. #ShareGoodNewsToo

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just gonna... leave this here... youtu.be/hkTgYiMDRHY

Send Us Thine Asteroid, O Lord

YouTube video by Joseph Murray

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Sep 6

U.K. residents, could this be your chance to stop paypro censorship in the country? Please sign this petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition
Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content
Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwise legal content and, if they do so, must face legal penalties and must remunerate platforms and individuals for lost income until service is restored.
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PyCon UK @pyconuk.org · Sep 4

🎭✨ Something special is coming to #PyConUK2025! 🎭✨
On Friday 19th Sept, attendees are invited to a world premiere: a staged reading by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social of Ada, a play inspired by #AdaLovelace 💜🐍 Playwright Emily Holyoake has kindly written a guest blog all about it! 👉 buff.ly/5SdWTx2

Ada Lovelace, AI, and poetical science – staging Ada at PyCon UK 2025 – PyCon UK 2025

PyCon UK Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September 2025, Contact Theatre, Manchester

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · Sep 3

In any case, absent pink triangles, Linehan is inciting violence against any woman with short hair or a wig, or who is tall or small-breasted or flat-chested or who someone thinks is trans.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · Sep 1

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RI DaSēr K @sotreu.blacksky.app · Sep 1

Sigh.

"The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator."

craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance

The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 1

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · Aug 31

Article 8 of the ECHR is the protection on which not only all positive trans law rests but also most LGB rights to, as well as those of families where one parent wasn't born in the UK. It prevents asylum seeking families from being split.

It is utterly monstrous for Labour to want to weaken rights.

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