Loren
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
@sethmlarson.dev and I went through months of intense, complex work to climb a steep and slippery learning curve, only to be stopped short at the very end by a hard ethical line we couldn't cross—it was gut-wrenching.
I'm proud of what we did and I'm proud of what we didn't do.
I'm proud of what we did and I'm proud of what we didn't do.
unironically thrilled to hear my radiator finally burbling on
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
unironically thrilled to hear my radiator finally burbling on
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Curious what the PSF has been up to in 2025? Check out our ✨ fundraiser launch blog post ✨ that includes some of our highlights from 2025! pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/11/pyth...
#PythonForEveryone
#PythonForEveryone
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Curious what the PSF has been up to in 2025? Check out our ✨ fundraiser launch blog post ✨ that includes some of our highlights from 2025! pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/11/pyth...
#PythonForEveryone
#PythonForEveryone
read replies for NYC joy <3
If you have a favorite thing(s) about living in New York City, please tell it to me.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
read replies for NYC joy <3
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Python Foundation Donations Surge After Rejecting Grant - But Sponsorships Still Needed
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/2017240/python-foundation-donations-surge-after-rejecting-grant---but-sponsorships-still-needed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Python Foundation Donations Surge After Rejecting Grant - But Sponsorships Still Needed
After the Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million grant because it restricted DEI activity, "a flood of new donations followed," according to a new report. By Friday they'd raised over $157,000, including 295 new Supporting Members paying an annual $99 membership fee, says PSF executive...
developers.slashdot.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Python Foundation Donations Surge After Rejecting Grant - But Sponsorships Still Needed
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/2017240/python-foundation-donations-surge-after-rejecting-grant---but-sponsorships-still-needed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Coverage from the @thenewstack.io about overwhelmingly positive support from the #Python community after our announcement re: NSF grant withdrawal. Yall are amazing 💜
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
thenewstack.io
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coverage from the @thenewstack.io about overwhelmingly positive support from the #Python community after our announcement re: NSF grant withdrawal. Yall are amazing 💜
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
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if anyone is at kubecon (or in the atl area) this week hit me up! i’d love to chat about the psf and/or python 🥳
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
if anyone is at kubecon (or in the atl area) this week hit me up! i’d love to chat about the psf and/or python 🥳
New blessing/curse just dropped - May your reddit replies be quoted in a public news article.
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New blessing/curse just dropped - May your reddit replies be quoted in a public news article.
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Sending a HUGE thank you to @amethyst.cat, @offby1.net,
@glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @yhg1s.bsky.social, and
Chris Petrilli, the individuals behind the matching campaign. You have the PSF’s deep gratitude for enabling, catalyzing, and inspiring the #Python community to come together 💝💝💝
@glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @yhg1s.bsky.social, and
Chris Petrilli, the individuals behind the matching campaign. You have the PSF’s deep gratitude for enabling, catalyzing, and inspiring the #Python community to come together 💝💝💝
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sending a HUGE thank you to @amethyst.cat, @offby1.net,
@glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @yhg1s.bsky.social, and
Chris Petrilli, the individuals behind the matching campaign. You have the PSF’s deep gratitude for enabling, catalyzing, and inspiring the #Python community to come together 💝💝💝
@glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @yhg1s.bsky.social, and
Chris Petrilli, the individuals behind the matching campaign. You have the PSF’s deep gratitude for enabling, catalyzing, and inspiring the #Python community to come together 💝💝💝
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Here we are again: stunned & full of hope, because of you–each of you wonderful humans in the #Python community. Since we shared the news about our withdrawal from the NSF grant opportunity two weeks ago, we've received >$160,000 in donations across 1,937 donors, which includes 313 new Members–WOW!
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here we are again: stunned & full of hope, because of you–each of you wonderful humans in the #Python community. Since we shared the news about our withdrawal from the NSF grant opportunity two weeks ago, we've received >$160,000 in donations across 1,937 donors, which includes 313 new Members–WOW!
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Snek language good. Be like snek.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Snek language good. Be like snek.
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The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
Let's show up for The Carpentries!
The support the Python community has shown to PSF for its decision has given us hope in the sustainability of open science communities. Please consider extending your generosity to our organisation’s fundraising efforts, and help us to reach others aligned to our mission: carpentries.org/support/
Support The Carpentries
We are grateful to the individuals and organisations who provide financial support to The Carpentries. If you are interested in supporting our work, you can learn more about becoming a Member Organisa...
carpentries.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Let's show up for The Carpentries!
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I love that python did this and so my yt channel has sponsored python. links in this thread if you want to donate.
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love that python did this and so my yt channel has sponsored python. links in this thread if you want to donate.
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We're #hiring a new Head of the Sovereign Tech Fund! 🚀
The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3
The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We're #hiring a new Head of the Sovereign Tech Fund! 🚀
The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3
The #SovereignTechFund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical #opensource infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS powering the web—to strengthen #digitalsovereignty. 1/3
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For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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🌴🐍 PyCon US 2026 is heading to California! 🇺🇸☀️
Join us in Long Beach for the world’s largest Python conference! 💙
📅 May 13–19, 2026
📍 Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
💡 CFP open until Dec 19, 2025
🤝 Sponsorships now open
🔗 us.pycon.org/2026
#PyConUS2026 #Python #PSF @python.org
Join us in Long Beach for the world’s largest Python conference! 💙
📅 May 13–19, 2026
📍 Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
💡 CFP open until Dec 19, 2025
🤝 Sponsorships now open
🔗 us.pycon.org/2026
#PyConUS2026 #Python #PSF @python.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🌴🐍 PyCon US 2026 is heading to California! 🇺🇸☀️
Join us in Long Beach for the world’s largest Python conference! 💙
📅 May 13–19, 2026
📍 Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
💡 CFP open until Dec 19, 2025
🤝 Sponsorships now open
🔗 us.pycon.org/2026
#PyConUS2026 #Python #PSF @python.org
Join us in Long Beach for the world’s largest Python conference! 💙
📅 May 13–19, 2026
📍 Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
💡 CFP open until Dec 19, 2025
🤝 Sponsorships now open
🔗 us.pycon.org/2026
#PyConUS2026 #Python #PSF @python.org
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I really want to stress that if you work at a company that makes a *profit* from your use of Python, you should be _extremely_ embarrassed if you have raised less money than we did
https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115499665145387452
https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115499665145387452
@brettcannon on the one hand; yes, boosted. On the other: this effort was spearheaded by me, personally, and 3 friends in the community, over the course of 7 days. We received matches from just over 100 donors from the community out of an audience of potentially millions, and notably, zero […]
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mastodon.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I really want to stress that if you work at a company that makes a *profit* from your use of Python, you should be _extremely_ embarrassed if you have raised less money than we did
https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115499665145387452
https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115499665145387452
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Forget about supporting the PSF, too abstract.
Pip installs from PyPI. It would be bad if `pip install` stopped working. Support the org that runs PyPI.
Surprise, it's the PSF! Your company depends on #Python. You want it to keep working and keep being good.
python.org/psf/sponsors/
Pip installs from PyPI. It would be bad if `pip install` stopped working. Support the org that runs PyPI.
Surprise, it's the PSF! Your company depends on #Python. You want it to keep working and keep being good.
python.org/psf/sponsors/
Python Software Foundation Sponsors
The official home of the Python Programming Language
python.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Forget about supporting the PSF, too abstract.
Pip installs from PyPI. It would be bad if `pip install` stopped working. Support the org that runs PyPI.
Surprise, it's the PSF! Your company depends on #Python. You want it to keep working and keep being good.
python.org/psf/sponsors/
Pip installs from PyPI. It would be bad if `pip install` stopped working. Support the org that runs PyPI.
Surprise, it's the PSF! Your company depends on #Python. You want it to keep working and keep being good.
python.org/psf/sponsors/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115493527623089000
This is amazing! But I want to remind others who weren't able to donate now but can in the future or whose US employers use Python, PyPI, etc. but are not PSF sponsors, that this drive covered a little over 2% of the funding that the PSF […]
This is amazing! But I want to remind others who weren't able to donate now but can in the future or whose US employers use Python, PyPI, etc. but are not PSF sponsors, that this drive covered a little over 2% of the funding that the PSF […]
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/115493527623089000
This is amazing! But I want to remind others who weren't able to donate now but can in the future or whose US employers use Python, PyPI, etc. but are not PSF sponsors, that this drive covered a little over 2% of the funding that the PSF […]
This is amazing! But I want to remind others who weren't able to donate now but can in the future or whose US employers use Python, PyPI, etc. but are not PSF sponsors, that this drive covered a little over 2% of the funding that the PSF […]
TONIGHT IS A GOOD NIGHT
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TONIGHT IS A GOOD NIGHT
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Also, one more round of thanks for @glyph @Yhg1s @offby1 and @petrillic for their generous donations that set the goalposts for this campaign. We’re truly blessed to have you all in this community. 🙏
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also, one more round of thanks for @glyph @Yhg1s @offby1 and @petrillic for their generous donations that set the goalposts for this campaign. We’re truly blessed to have you all in this community. 🙏
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We did it! Y'all are absolutely amazing, and together we've matched $17,000, for a total of $34k raised for the PSF.
A personal thank you to everyone who donated, and an extra heap of thanks and gratitude to @glyph for organizing and managing all of this. And of […]
[Original post on toots.n7.gg]
A personal thank you to everyone who donated, and an extra heap of thanks and gratitude to @glyph for organizing and managing all of this. And of […]
[Original post on toots.n7.gg]
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We did it! Y'all are absolutely amazing, and together we've matched $17,000, for a total of $34k raised for the PSF.
A personal thank you to everyone who donated, and an extra heap of thanks and gratitude to @glyph for organizing and managing all of this. And of […]
[Original post on toots.n7.gg]
A personal thank you to everyone who donated, and an extra heap of thanks and gratitude to @glyph for organizing and managing all of this. And of […]
[Original post on toots.n7.gg]
*screaming, waving hands, hugging strangers*
With only a few hours left to go, WE HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE, and fully matched all $17,000! Here is a screenshot of my own match (as I said at the beginning, I was going to give $5000 regardless and $5000 to match, so this is the full $10k).
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
*screaming, waving hands, hugging strangers*
I need something engaging and non-cerebral to watch tonight to distract me from elections returns coming in, who's got recs
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I need something engaging and non-cerebral to watch tonight to distract me from elections returns coming in, who's got recs