@jacob a lesson for my own media literacy, I saw the name of the site and thought "hmm, is that a reputable news source? ah well, jacob posted it, maybe I'm not in touch with where games journalism is at these days". body horror at turning into a facebook dad
If for no other reason*, I support a mask requirement at #PyConUS because the kind of person who doesn’t attend because they’re required to mask is the kind of person who I don’t want to hang out with anyway.
I’ll also just add — look, I’m someone who has decided to accept a fair amount of COVID risk. I’m living a life now pretty similar to pre-2020. I don’t mask much in daily life. I’d feel comfortable at a conference without a mask. I’m a bit hard of hearing and mildly face-blind so masks actually are a bit tricky for me. But I’m still all for a mask mandate because it’s not just about me! It’s about inclusivity and being welcoming and JFC wearing a mask is easy so why not? #PyConUS
Someone in my network tooted something about how #PyConUS has for years made space for PyLadies, and musing about what it might look like for conferences to similarly make space for @blackpythondevs. I love this idea and have been mentioning it to several folks, but I forgot who said it and so I feel like I'm stealing! Can someone help me find who said this so probably attribute?
Phase 1 (we are here): optional, compile-time option for free threading instead of the GIL. Unsupported, experimental, get lots of feedback
Phase 2: support but not default. Stabilize the ABI and API, support noGIL as a build option, but not default. Could still revert if something goes terribly wrong.
Phase 3: default. Still possible to disable free threads and go back to the GIL, but noGIL is now the default.
Timeline for all of this is TBD, but, holy shit, it’s happening!
@brainwane ‘s talk is, among many other things, a comprehensive answer to “what does a project manager do?” If you come out of this talk not thinking project management is valuable you probably weren’t paying attention. #PyConUS
@kjaymiller is laying down some real talk about what it’s like to be Black in the Python community. I suspect it’s uncomfortable for some white people to hear — it certainly is for me.
If I can offer some advice: I think it’s important to sit with that discomfort, not push it away or try to forget it. Let it spur us not to rest on our laurels, and continue to try to do better.
“It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.”