Laura Langdon
@lauralangdon.io
Open Source Community Manager | Professional Generalist | Team Neurodivergence | Black Lives Matter | SF Bay Area native but also a citizen of 🇨🇦 | Optimizing all the things and raising The Goblins with @brandonlangdon.bsky.social
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Laura Langdon
@lauralangdon.io
· Apr 23
Hi! I'm a #DeveloperAdvocate and I write #docs in the and #WebAssembly space. Previously a #math prof. I'm in the #ADHD or maybe #AuADHD zone of the #Neurodivergent world.
I'm into #ResponsibleAI, #OwnYourData, #a11y, and #FuckWhiteSupremacy.
I like meeting kind people who do neat things!
I'm into #ResponsibleAI, #OwnYourData, #a11y, and #FuckWhiteSupremacy.
I like meeting kind people who do neat things!
The Langdon Lemma (8) got in the car for the school run, searched for “Purple Rain”, and recounted its origin story because he learned about Prince in music class yesterday. I thought @anildash.com would be pleased to hear it. 💜
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Langdon Lemma (8) got in the car for the school run, searched for “Purple Rain”, and recounted its origin story because he learned about Prince in music class yesterday. I thought @anildash.com would be pleased to hear it. 💜
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This is a very good sign about his understanding of what good governance involves
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team | TechCrunch
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is a very good sign about his understanding of what good governance involves
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
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🤖 Did you know your voice might be cloned without your consent from just *one sentence* of audio?
That's not great. So with @frimelle.bsky.social, we brainstormed a new idea for developers who want to curb malicious use: ✨The Voice Consent Gate.✨
Details, code, here: huggingface.co/blog/voice-c...
That's not great. So with @frimelle.bsky.social, we brainstormed a new idea for developers who want to curb malicious use: ✨The Voice Consent Gate.✨
Details, code, here: huggingface.co/blog/voice-c...
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🤖 Did you know your voice might be cloned without your consent from just *one sentence* of audio?
That's not great. So with @frimelle.bsky.social, we brainstormed a new idea for developers who want to curb malicious use: ✨The Voice Consent Gate.✨
Details, code, here: huggingface.co/blog/voice-c...
That's not great. So with @frimelle.bsky.social, we brainstormed a new idea for developers who want to curb malicious use: ✨The Voice Consent Gate.✨
Details, code, here: huggingface.co/blog/voice-c...
My kid was helping me last weekend and laughed and said “Mom, you just pulled out a sparkly `Hello world` sticker from @pyladiescon.bsky.social that you got at @pybeach.bsky.social while you were fishing in your bag for the key to the @pybay.bsky.social storage unit.” 😁
PyBay is this Saturday! 🥳
PyBay is this Saturday! 🥳
October 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
My kid was helping me last weekend and laughed and said “Mom, you just pulled out a sparkly `Hello world` sticker from @pyladiescon.bsky.social that you got at @pybeach.bsky.social while you were fishing in your bag for the key to the @pybay.bsky.social storage unit.” 😁
PyBay is this Saturday! 🥳
PyBay is this Saturday! 🥳
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Has anyone done “Chipotles are just smoked jalapeños” yet?
I was probably at least 30 before I found out that pickles were just pickled cucumbers, not an entirely different thing.
Folks, get in here. We’re admitting all the dumb wrong shit we believed until we were way too old.
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Has anyone done “Chipotles are just smoked jalapeños” yet?
I was interviewing for a technical writer job with a gov contractor a few years ago and eventually she said “This org supports ICE. You can look them up if you don’t know who they are”.
*sounds of screeching tires*
I said “I do know who they are, and we can stop right here.” 🙅🏻♀️
*sounds of screeching tires*
I said “I do know who they are, and we can stop right here.” 🙅🏻♀️
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I was interviewing for a technical writer job with a gov contractor a few years ago and eventually she said “This org supports ICE. You can look them up if you don’t know who they are”.
*sounds of screeching tires*
I said “I do know who they are, and we can stop right here.” 🙅🏻♀️
*sounds of screeching tires*
I said “I do know who they are, and we can stop right here.” 🙅🏻♀️
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Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
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you can migrate to blacksky
non-black users have the choice of "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles
sources and additional information under this video thread hereby blacksky.community/profile/shar...
non-black users have the choice of "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles
sources and additional information under this video thread hereby blacksky.community/profile/shar...
I just don’t know where else to go? Won’t do Meta, and won’t do X. Guess I could try Mastodon again, don’t want to if I can help it.
October 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
you can migrate to blacksky
non-black users have the choice of "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles
sources and additional information under this video thread hereby blacksky.community/profile/shar...
non-black users have the choice of "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles
sources and additional information under this video thread hereby blacksky.community/profile/shar...
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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🐍 PyBay 2025 Talk 🎤: Maggie Moss “Increasing Types in Large Codebases with Pyrefly and AI Tooling”
Typed Python at scale: learn how Meta built Pyrefly to boost coverage, improve dev experience, and scale typing across huge codebases.
📅 Oct 18th | 🌐 pybay.org | 🎟️ pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
Typed Python at scale: learn how Meta built Pyrefly to boost coverage, improve dev experience, and scale typing across huge codebases.
📅 Oct 18th | 🌐 pybay.org | 🎟️ pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🐍 PyBay 2025 Talk 🎤: Maggie Moss “Increasing Types in Large Codebases with Pyrefly and AI Tooling”
Typed Python at scale: learn how Meta built Pyrefly to boost coverage, improve dev experience, and scale typing across huge codebases.
📅 Oct 18th | 🌐 pybay.org | 🎟️ pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
Typed Python at scale: learn how Meta built Pyrefly to boost coverage, improve dev experience, and scale typing across huge codebases.
📅 Oct 18th | 🌐 pybay.org | 🎟️ pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
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Google controls Streetview data. They spent billions to collect it and they'll happily sell it to you. But with Mapillary, everyone can add to the data and use it as they please for free or nearly free. @openstreetmap.bsky.social is a major partner- it's like Wikipedia for maps!
September 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Google controls Streetview data. They spent billions to collect it and they'll happily sell it to you. But with Mapillary, everyone can add to the data and use it as they please for free or nearly free. @openstreetmap.bsky.social is a major partner- it's like Wikipedia for maps!
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reminder that bsky.team only has jurisdiction over what happens on their servers. If you self-host or are hosted by blacksky.app they cannot remove your posts.
they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere.
signups and migrations are open.
they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere.
signups and migrations are open.
Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family.
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
reminder that bsky.team only has jurisdiction over what happens on their servers. If you self-host or are hosted by blacksky.app they cannot remove your posts.
they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere.
signups and migrations are open.
they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere.
signups and migrations are open.
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🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Alla Barbalat “AI, IP, and Your Code: What Developers Need to Know”
Who owns AI-generated code? What risks exist around copyright and training data? Alla will unpack the legal landscape and share best practices for developers.
Details ITT 🧵
Who owns AI-generated code? What risks exist around copyright and training data? Alla will unpack the legal landscape and share best practices for developers.
Details ITT 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Alla Barbalat “AI, IP, and Your Code: What Developers Need to Know”
Who owns AI-generated code? What risks exist around copyright and training data? Alla will unpack the legal landscape and share best practices for developers.
Details ITT 🧵
Who owns AI-generated code? What risks exist around copyright and training data? Alla will unpack the legal landscape and share best practices for developers.
Details ITT 🧵
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Migrate to BlackSky instructions:
1. tektite.cc, disable 2FA
2. Login w/ real pw NOT app pw
3. Click migrate to blacksky button
4. Add handle, new pw, use dropdown if non-Black user
5. Click Migrate
6. When done transferring, enter code sent to your email
7. Complete!
blacksky.community is site
1. tektite.cc, disable 2FA
2. Login w/ real pw NOT app pw
3. Click migrate to blacksky button
4. Add handle, new pw, use dropdown if non-Black user
5. Click Migrate
6. When done transferring, enter code sent to your email
7. Complete!
blacksky.community is site
September 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Migrate to BlackSky instructions:
1. tektite.cc, disable 2FA
2. Login w/ real pw NOT app pw
3. Click migrate to blacksky button
4. Add handle, new pw, use dropdown if non-Black user
5. Click Migrate
6. When done transferring, enter code sent to your email
7. Complete!
blacksky.community is site
1. tektite.cc, disable 2FA
2. Login w/ real pw NOT app pw
3. Click migrate to blacksky button
4. Add handle, new pw, use dropdown if non-Black user
5. Click Migrate
6. When done transferring, enter code sent to your email
7. Complete!
blacksky.community is site
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🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Bernát Gábor “What's new in Python packaging?”
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Bernát Gábor “What's new in Python packaging?”
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
Python is now the #1 language on GitHub. In 2024, packaging took huge steps forward to match that success.
At PyBay 2025, Bernát Gábor will share the TL;DR on what is new in Python packaging, why uv is leading the way.
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🎤 PyBay Speaker Spotlight: Guido van Rossum
Structured RAG > RAG.
🔹 Faster, smarter Q&A across text + images
🔹 Basis for long-term AI memory
🔹 New Python library coming this summer
Catch the talk + demos at #PyBay2025!
🎟 pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
Structured RAG > RAG.
🔹 Faster, smarter Q&A across text + images
🔹 Basis for long-term AI memory
🔹 New Python library coming this summer
Catch the talk + demos at #PyBay2025!
🎟 pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🎤 PyBay Speaker Spotlight: Guido van Rossum
Structured RAG > RAG.
🔹 Faster, smarter Q&A across text + images
🔹 Basis for long-term AI memory
🔹 New Python library coming this summer
Catch the talk + demos at #PyBay2025!
🎟 pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
Structured RAG > RAG.
🔹 Faster, smarter Q&A across text + images
🔹 Basis for long-term AI memory
🔹 New Python library coming this summer
Catch the talk + demos at #PyBay2025!
🎟 pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
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🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Chris Neugebauer “Guardrails: An alternative view of safely working in Python”
📍 Catch this session at PyBay 2025 in San Francisco on October 18th, 2025
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
📍 Catch this session at PyBay 2025 in San Francisco on October 18th, 2025
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
August 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Chris Neugebauer “Guardrails: An alternative view of safely working in Python”
📍 Catch this session at PyBay 2025 in San Francisco on October 18th, 2025
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
📍 Catch this session at PyBay 2025 in San Francisco on October 18th, 2025
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
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🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Pamela Fox “Just because AI can write your tests... should it?”
📍 Oct. 18, 2025, San Francisco, CA: pybay.org
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
📍 Oct. 18, 2025, San Francisco, CA: pybay.org
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🐍PyBay 2025 Speaker Highlight🎤 Pamela Fox “Just because AI can write your tests... should it?”
📍 Oct. 18, 2025, San Francisco, CA: pybay.org
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
📍 Oct. 18, 2025, San Francisco, CA: pybay.org
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
#PyBay #Python #PyBay2025
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🐍 PyBay 2025 Spotlight: Lisa Roach “Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Converting Multiprocessed code to Free-Threading”
📍 Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
📍 Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🐍 PyBay 2025 Spotlight: Lisa Roach “Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Converting Multiprocessed code to Free-Threading”
📍 Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
📍 Oct. 18th in San Francisco, CA
🎟️ Tickets: pretix.eu/bapya/pybay-...
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I was at a show where a mosh pit opened behind me and started to pin me against the stage, and some random dude managed to get his body between the pit and me and braced himself around me and against the stage. Then other folks noticed too and helped him get me safely out. ❤️
I was at a show where a mosh pit opened behind me and started to pin me against the stage, and some random dude managed to get his body between the pit and me and braced himself around me and against the stage. Then other folks noticed too and helped him get me safely out. ❤️
Mosh pit rules also apply to gender. Be supportive, kind, and have fun. 🖤
August 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I was at a show where a mosh pit opened behind me and started to pin me against the stage, and some random dude managed to get his body between the pit and me and braced himself around me and against the stage. Then other folks noticed too and helped him get me safely out. ❤️
I was at a show where a mosh pit opened behind me and started to pin me against the stage, and some random dude managed to get his body between the pit and me and braced himself around me and against the stage. Then other folks noticed too and helped him get me safely out. ❤️