Jacek @jacek@mastodon.technology

I'm the PyDev of the week! 🐍📦✨👩‍💻

I talk about getting involved in open source and the Python community, packaging, and more: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2019/10/14/pydev-of-the-week-elana-hashman/

Just voted, if you have a right to vote you should go too

Most chemists thought the lanthanides and actinides could be inserted in the sixth and seventh rows, but no, they're just floating down at the bottom with lots more undiscovered elements all around them.
https://xkcd.com/2214/

“Nice climate change sign!”

“What’s climate change?” she says, pulling an AK-47 out from under her coat

UN News: **Friday’s Daily Brief: Day of the Girl Child, mayors lead on climate emergency, Turkey Syria offensive, new statelessness pledges, extremism in social media**

"Our top stories for Friday: Day of the Girl Child celebrated around the world; city mayors lead on climate fight; humanitarian alarm rising over Turkey’s Syria offensive; history’s made as countr…"

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049101

#humanrights #news #bot

#praxis

Genie: You have ONE WISH.

Me: Alright, I have one, but it's very detailed.
Genie: As long as it is only one wish, you're allowed to spend as much time as you want detailing it.

Me: Alright, here we go. *Grabs notebook and takes a deep breath* The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

Genie: Wait, is that...?

Me: *Flips notebook* Chapter 1. Preamble.

Crazy xD
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RT @SteveStuWill@twitter.com
According to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects. Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This reduced the number of biting flies on the cows by more than 50%. https://realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html Applied evolutionary biology!
https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1181377413508239360

One nice thing about the mess that happened at NPM is that it acts as something to point to when it comes to "this is what happens when you fire people for organizing: you lose many of your most valuable engineers and staff"

@vertigo @rysiek @sillystring

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https://mobile.twitter.com/abt_programming/status/397854593474101248

Poll time: How many time did you move instances (or created an alt on another instance) in the last 12 months ?

(boost would be super appreciated)

(also there is another question bellow, maybe boost and reply to that one too)

Untitled Goose game, Goose of the wild edition!!
#BOTW #Untitledgoosegame #crossover #meme

The Fediverse #SFFBookClub October selection is A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar.

All you need to do to participate is use and follow the hashtag in discussions (and try to remember to add it to replies if your app doesn't), and mark in the CW how far along you are for any spoilers you're posting.

As always, we have crowdfunds available for those who might otherwise be unable to participate. Contact me directly if this applies.

#SFF #Fantasy #Books #SofiaSamatar #AStrangerInOlondria

new profile pic

also hi, it's been a while 🙃