Richard Shea
@shearichard.bsky.social
It was intended as an April Fools Joke but it rapidly became the second most used web framework in the #Python world.
What made this "joke" a crazy success story ? The author of #Flask, Armin Ronacher, was struck by how early adopters loved the documentation and other support material .... 1/n
What made this "joke" a crazy success story ? The author of #Flask, Armin Ronacher, was struck by how early adopters loved the documentation and other support material .... 1/n
Flask started as an Aprils Fool's joke | with Armin Ronacher
YouTube video by CultRepo
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November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Department that was never a Department is no longer ... whatever it was.
Presumably all the money has been saved?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Presumably all the money has been saved?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Doesn't exist': White House disbands DOGE months early
The department, established by Donald Trump and once headed up by Elon Musk, promised to slash billions from the US government but has quietly faded into the background in recent months.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Department that was never a Department is no longer ... whatever it was.
Presumably all the money has been saved?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Presumably all the money has been saved?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Ha, that's a really funny one 😆 ... but it's not 1st April 🤔 ?
The European Commission is now digging deeper in to our complaint against Ireland’s process by which Ireland appointed ex-Meta lobbyist as its Data Protection Commissioner
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
EU seeking information over data commissioner appointment
The European Commission is seeking further information from the Irish authorities in relation to the appointment of Niamh Sweeney as the third commissioner of the Irish Data Protection Commission.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ha, that's a really funny one 😆 ... but it's not 1st April 🤔 ?
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The bird takes its revenge on the kings in The Thieving Magpie (1964), dir. Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini
Federico Fellini loved this film: "it makes me furious that I don't know how to draw so I could resolve my films in the same way"
Federico Fellini loved this film: "it makes me furious that I don't know how to draw so I could resolve my films in the same way"
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The bird takes its revenge on the kings in The Thieving Magpie (1964), dir. Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini
Federico Fellini loved this film: "it makes me furious that I don't know how to draw so I could resolve my films in the same way"
Federico Fellini loved this film: "it makes me furious that I don't know how to draw so I could resolve my films in the same way"
Fancy a@laugh ?
Try the e-mail.wtf quiz about what is, and is not, valid in an email address.
Did you know that you can have comments in an email address? No, nor did I 😆.
Try the e-mail.wtf quiz about what is, and is not, valid in an email address.
Did you know that you can have comments in an email address? No, nor did I 😆.
Email is Easy
Everyone knows what an email address is, right?
e-mail.wtf
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fancy a@laugh ?
Try the e-mail.wtf quiz about what is, and is not, valid in an email address.
Did you know that you can have comments in an email address? No, nor did I 😆.
Try the e-mail.wtf quiz about what is, and is not, valid in an email address.
Did you know that you can have comments in an email address? No, nor did I 😆.
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#Photography Pierre Jamet (1933), France.
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#Photography Pierre Jamet (1933), France.
Did you know that as of #Python 3.13 you can add custom keyboard shortcuts to the REPL, or that if you don't like the new, in 3.14, syntax highlighting in the REPL you can cook up your own ? No? me neither.
I don't spend a lot of time in the REPL but I can easily see how I would use the .... 1/n
I don't spend a lot of time in the REPL but I can easily see how I would use the .... 1/n
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Did you know that as of #Python 3.13 you can add custom keyboard shortcuts to the REPL, or that if you don't like the new, in 3.14, syntax highlighting in the REPL you can cook up your own ? No? me neither.
I don't spend a lot of time in the REPL but I can easily see how I would use the .... 1/n
I don't spend a lot of time in the REPL but I can easily see how I would use the .... 1/n
If you're interested in trying the free-threading capabilities of the newly released #Python 3.14 you will have to compile it with the necessary --disable-gil flag.
If that sounds daunting (it's not at all really) you may find my latest blog post useful mainlydata.kubadev.com/python/tryin... .
If that sounds daunting (it's not at all really) you may find my latest blog post useful mainlydata.kubadev.com/python/tryin... .
October 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
If you're interested in trying the free-threading capabilities of the newly released #Python 3.14 you will have to compile it with the necessary --disable-gil flag.
If that sounds daunting (it's not at all really) you may find my latest blog post useful mainlydata.kubadev.com/python/tryin... .
If that sounds daunting (it's not at all really) you may find my latest blog post useful mainlydata.kubadev.com/python/tryin... .
Recent #Python releases have seen significant performance increases, this week's 3.14 release continues the trend.
Although most commentary on the 3.14 release has been around the (opt-in) introduction of free-threading (allowing multiple threads to run simultaneously on multiple cores), ... 1/2
Although most commentary on the 3.14 release has been around the (opt-in) introduction of free-threading (allowing multiple threads to run simultaneously on multiple cores), ... 1/2
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Recent #Python releases have seen significant performance increases, this week's 3.14 release continues the trend.
Although most commentary on the 3.14 release has been around the (opt-in) introduction of free-threading (allowing multiple threads to run simultaneously on multiple cores), ... 1/2
Although most commentary on the 3.14 release has been around the (opt-in) introduction of free-threading (allowing multiple threads to run simultaneously on multiple cores), ... 1/2
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Some good news today: Researchers using remotely operated submarines keep discovering new fish species, hundreds so far. This one is the bumpy snailfish
September 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Some good news today: Researchers using remotely operated submarines keep discovering new fish species, hundreds so far. This one is the bumpy snailfish
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"Python: The Documentary" - released today, a documentary telling the story of #Python. A story arc that spans Guido van Rossum in 1991, setting out to solve a very specific problem he had, to today's language that is used everywhere and for almost everything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4...
Python: The Documentary | An origin story
YouTube video by CultRepo (formerly Honeypot)
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Python: The Documentary" - released today, a documentary telling the story of #Python. A story arc that spans Guido van Rossum in 1991, setting out to solve a very specific problem he had, to today's language that is used everywhere and for almost everything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4...
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www.iccl.ie/digital-data... Today we apply in court to take a class action against the massive data breach at the heart of Microsoft’s advertising system (Real Time Bidding “RTB”)
Microsoft’s vast advertising business is target of ICCL Enforce application for class action launch under EU data law
Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU
www.iccl.ie
May 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
www.iccl.ie/digital-data... Today we apply in court to take a class action against the massive data breach at the heart of Microsoft’s advertising system (Real Time Bidding “RTB”)
Reposted by Richard Shea
#Photography John Stanmeyer (2014), World Press Photo of the Year. VII Photo Agency/National Geographic
Migrants on the shore of Djibouti city raising their cell phones attempting to capture a more affordable signal from neighbouring Somalia.
Migrants on the shore of Djibouti city raising their cell phones attempting to capture a more affordable signal from neighbouring Somalia.
May 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Photography John Stanmeyer (2014), World Press Photo of the Year. VII Photo Agency/National Geographic
Migrants on the shore of Djibouti city raising their cell phones attempting to capture a more affordable signal from neighbouring Somalia.
Migrants on the shore of Djibouti city raising their cell phones attempting to capture a more affordable signal from neighbouring Somalia.
Reposted by Richard Shea
Reposted by Richard Shea
May 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Built to fix Y2K for a small town library in New Zealand, today used in 19,000 libraries around the world. A great open source success story and great to think it all started in #Wellingon , #NZ. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Open source library software used worldwide
Open-source library software Koha, developed in Levin, is now used by 19,000 libraries around the world.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Built to fix Y2K for a small town library in New Zealand, today used in 19,000 libraries around the world. A great open source success story and great to think it all started in #Wellingon , #NZ. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Liz Oyer, the DOJ attorney who got fired for refusing to reinstate Mel Gibson’s gun rights after Trump took power, is on TikTok now and she’s making some interesting videos.
Follow her here: www.tiktok.com/@lawyer.oyer...
Follow her here: www.tiktok.com/@lawyer.oyer...
May 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Liz Oyer, the DOJ attorney who got fired for refusing to reinstate Mel Gibson’s gun rights after Trump took power, is on TikTok now and she’s making some interesting videos.
Follow her here: www.tiktok.com/@lawyer.oyer...
Follow her here: www.tiktok.com/@lawyer.oyer...
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
Django Admin is a true accelerator, with remarkably few lines of code, you can whip up a fully functional admin interface.
In case that wasn't enough, here's a gallery of ready made themes to give your #Django admin a distinctive look.
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...
#python
In case that wasn't enough, here's a gallery of ready made themes to give your #Django admin a distinctive look.
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...
#python
April 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Django Admin is a true accelerator, with remarkably few lines of code, you can whip up a fully functional admin interface.
In case that wasn't enough, here's a gallery of ready made themes to give your #Django admin a distinctive look.
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...
#python
In case that wasn't enough, here's a gallery of ready made themes to give your #Django admin a distinctive look.
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...
#python
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If it can be used to reach you without your consent, it will be eventually put to just that use.
April 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If it can be used to reach you without your consent, it will be eventually put to just that use.
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Oh. One more thing
April 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oh. One more thing