Phildini @ Home ✅ @phildini@wandering.shop

pouring one out for gvrossum today. i know he's not leaving python development or anything, but the implications of stepping down from an honorary "for life" position really gets me down.

guido has consistently been one of my computing heroes. he tried to make a language that was both friendly to learners and suited for large scale applications.

every time i interacted with him at pycon i was astonished at his genuine patience and kindness.

sad anyone wouldn't want him as a bdfl :(

Guido van Rossum steps down as BDFL of Python project. Sounds like he was not having fun any longer... Quote: “I'm tired, and need a very long break.”

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-committers/2018-July/005664.html

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Wait wait wait wait wait.

"coffeeshop AU" is a term for wholesome romance fanfic?

I thought there was this entire niche genre for fanfic set in Central Perk.

I finished A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers and loved it every bit as much as I loved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, perhaps even a little bit more. <3

I'm thinking of writing a blog post in which I interview some fediverse admins/mods about what it's like to manage communities. Gonna come up with some questions of my own, but if you have specific inquiries you'd like answered, let me know

RT @harleivy@twitter.com: in russia, the act of displaying the LGBT flag in public can get you arrested. so these 6 activists from latin america resorted to creativity: wearing uniforms from their countries' football teams, they turned themselves into the flag and walked around moscow with pride. 🏳️‍🌈

How I learned to do the stuff I do
❌ School
❌ Uni
✅ Screwing around on my computer

I'm going to add Mastodon support to an upcoming release of this tool BUT if you want to do it I won't stop you https://freedom.press/news/meet-open-source-twitter-bot-help-you-surface-stories-anything/

I've been recruited to run an RPG at a convention next month. Exciting times!

This a fucking lie

- Stares at follow buttons on mastodon social.

- vaguely stares at url

- does internet search for 'frame qr code generator'

- half an hour of messing around in inkscape later...

(reupload without cairo's little rendering glitches)

Ahh. Better skybox is better.

#gamedev #godotengine

Stripes with Rotation
oil on canvas, 24"x24"

The US Army is quietly reneging on its "path to citizenship" promise and discharging immigrant service members: https://apnews.com/38334c4d061e493fb108bd975b5a1a5d