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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 21h
📺 Over the Garden Wall

What a joy this show is.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 1d
📺 Scare Me (2020)

Most of this movie consists of a few people hanging out in a cabin telling scary stories, which is the closest to capturing the feeling now that I had watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? as a kid.
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Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk.dev · 2d
Just released! 🚀

Please install and enjoy Python 3.14! 🥧

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

#Python #Python314 #release
Two snakes enjoying a pie with 3.14 on the top and π crimping.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 5d
Thinking, once again, about starting a horror movie book club
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Wagtail @wagtail.org · 6d
Only SIX days until we blast off for Wagtail Space! Got your space helmets everyone? Because between incredible talks and fun socials, this is going to be a spaceflight to remember!

Get your free ticket to Space right here: events.zoom.us/ev/AtWesoZI_...
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PyTexas Foundation @pytexas.org · 8d
Join us next Tuesday for our monthly 📆 meetup! This month we'll be joined by @webology.bsky.social as he shows us how he uses Claude Code 🧑‍💻 to increase his productivity in both his professional and open source projects! 🤩

We hope to see y'all there! Info in the comments

#PyTexas
#python
#Meetup
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 7d
Banned Books Week is next week, and I quite like their "if you have X minutes" webpage to give readers concrete and actionable steps. bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-...
Let Freedom Read Day | Banned Books Week
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 7d
Turns out that KDE has a section along the lines of what I was thinking. Neat. kde.org/for/
KDE for You
KDE is developed by a community of passionate people. We develop KDE for everyone, from kids to grandparents and from professionals to hobbyists.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 9d
New Halloween decor
A carved wooden jack-o'-lantern
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 9d
Good news Tuesday (is that a thing? sure, why not?):

Reading Rainbow is coming back: bookriot.com/new-host-of-...

Scholastic launched a streaming service with shows like The Magic School Bus, Goosebumps, and lots in between: www.scholastic.com/newsroom/all...
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
Square has a bunch of these pages, as well. So when I search for "point of sale for barbershops", I get one of their landing pages near the top of the results page. Are our open source websites missing this?
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
Definitely. Part marketing / landing page, part user success story / testimonial, part showcase for third party tooling. All this info is out there in the world, so the thought here is mostly "what if a place to collect it?". Could be a great opportunity for community contributions, too.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
There's also the angle of I just really like hearing about how people are using Python in ways that I don't encounter all that often. I talked to a few people at DjangoCon US that work in interesting fields I have no insight into, and they're building everything with Python and Django.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
Mostly as a way to highlight different capabilities to different audiences, e.g. Python for astronomy? We've got you covered, including links to popular libraries and some highlighted use cases from people in your field. Same goes for web dev, journalism, etc. etc.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
That, and more. The types of pages you mention as well team size / business stages like startups, for small IT teams at nonprofits, for large teams at major corporations.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
e.g. Squarespace has "tours" of websites for musicians, photographers, small business owners, and other example use cases -- are there equivalents like this for programming languages and frameworks?
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 13d
What are some examples of open source projects that take a marketing approach of maintaining dedicated landing pages for different target users?
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 21d
Today is not Friday, but it's still a good day to support these groups. Do you use Python at work? If so, does your employer sponsor or contribute to the PSF and the Python packages you depend on?
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · Aug 29
Happy Friday. It is a good day to support your open source foundations, maintainers, and communities.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 23d
Thanks for clarifying. Yes, the short version is that enrollment ends some time before voting begins for the current election cycle (with this year's dates detailed in that blog post). You should expect to receive information and reminders for next year. Thanks for being a Contributing Member!
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 23d
The election just closed, but I wanted to respond here and follow up for the future. Did you join as a Supporting or Contributing member and affirm your intent to vote before 2:00PM UTC on August 26th (pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/06/2025...)? If so, I believe you should have received a ballot.
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 23d
I voted. Did you?

This year's election is down to the final hours, and voting is an high-impact way you can continue to contribute to Python.
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · Sep 2
ATTN PSF Voting Members: The 2025 PSF Board election vote is open now until September 16th! If you affirmed your intention to vote in this year's election, or voted last year, you should have an email with voting instructions 🗳️ Learn more on our blog:
Python Software Foundation News
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 23d
Feedback is hard to come by, especially positive feedback. If you appreciate someone, if their work has helped you, and especially if you want them to continue doing the things they're doing, let them know.
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · Sep 2
ATTN PSF Voting Members: The 2025 PSF Board election vote is open now until September 16th! If you affirmed your intention to vote in this year's election, or voted last year, you should have an email with voting instructions 🗳️ Learn more on our blog:
Python Software Foundation News
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Jon Banafato @jonafato.bsky.social · 26d
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DjangoCon US 2025 | jonafato
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