The PyCon 2025 captioning team!
I see tons of #PyConUS posts in my timeline and it pains me a little. Not b/c of FOMO, but b/c it is not safe for people like me to attend a conf in the USA at this moment.
Very few confs are moving to online only and/or outside of the USA. I wish more would do this.
If not, just cancel as a form of protest. Keep going as scheduled is a sign that no one visible is hurt by this, and no one care about the invisible ones.
Yes, I will find any excuse to wear my llama ears at #PyconUS.
Sooo, I took an umbrella handle to the face tonight (the button is too easy to trigger) and wound up bleeding all over the exhibit hall floor. I'm fine. It was a face wound that bled a lot but was ultimately a teensy cut.
Still, I'm SO thankful to all the people who rushed to help! Y'all showed why our community is so awesome. I made it home safe and am in good shape because of your care!
Now I can say I bled for #PyConUS! 😂
Headed to #PyConUS, thinking about how to approach the excitement.
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202505/pycon_summer_camp.html
#PyConUS badge picked up! even got ribbons this time (albeit the lowest common denominators of pronouns & contact comfort level)
On the #COVIDCautious front, I shouldn't be surprised at this point, but I was still expecting more than 1% mask wearing from this crowd 😓
(Which is rich coming from me, since I was out & about last night w/o a mask for the first time in years; but I did have nasal spray in play & was picking venues for thin crowd / open windows. & am masking while in the CC!)
Only been near the Cathedral of Learning for a hot minute, but already learning a lot, like "Pittsburgh has some cool architecture!!"
#PyConUS goers, this university neighborhood has a bunch of neat buildings & was a like 10 minute bus ride from near the CC.
I think I just rode the elevator up to my room with @freakboy3742 whose work I admire tremendously!
But one of the downsides of being partially blind is that after the 500th time when you say “hello are you $X“ and they look at you like you’re an alien you get a little bit more cautious about that kind of thing :-)
Set the alarm for 6:15. Woke up at 5:10. Think I’m excited about #PyConUS ?
Birds and ponies, and spaceships, oh my! If you're at #PyConUS, here's a preview of the Wagtail and @django swag you can get! Come say hi to us at the Django Software Foundation booth in the exhibit hall tonight. 👋
