Andrew Kuchling
@akuchling.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy
#Python & SQL #developer at a healthcare startup in #WashingtonDC. Former core #Python developer.
Lives in #Bowie, #Maryland.
Reader of #books; player of […]
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Lives in #Bowie, #Maryland.
Reader of #books; player of […]
[bridged from https://dmv.community/@akuchling on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Time to see THE ROOM again! once more at the #greenbelt Cinema.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Time to see THE ROOM again! once more at the #greenbelt Cinema.
Via the WashPost Book Club newsletter:
"If the price is right, you could be receiving a cheery postcard from Anne Tyler, John Irving or George Saunders. The Common, a literary journal based at Amherst College, is auctioning off the opportunity to receive personalized postcards from dozens of […]
"If the price is right, you could be receiving a cheery postcard from Anne Tyler, John Irving or George Saunders. The Common, a literary journal based at Amherst College, is auctioning off the opportunity to receive personalized postcards from dozens of […]
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dmv.community
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Via the WashPost Book Club newsletter:
"If the price is right, you could be receiving a cheery postcard from Anne Tyler, John Irving or George Saunders. The Common, a literary journal based at Amherst College, is auctioning off the opportunity to receive personalized postcards from dozens of […]
"If the price is right, you could be receiving a cheery postcard from Anne Tyler, John Irving or George Saunders. The Common, a literary journal based at Amherst College, is auctioning off the opportunity to receive personalized postcards from dozens of […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
For first time, humans see the very early stages of a #supernova
“The explosion was detected on April 10, 2024, and just hours after astrophysicist Yi Yang of Tsinghua Univ formal request to aim the VLT at the supernova was granted.
The researchers thus observed the explosion just 26 hrs after […]
“The explosion was detected on April 10, 2024, and just hours after astrophysicist Yi Yang of Tsinghua Univ formal request to aim the VLT at the supernova was granted.
The researchers thus observed the explosion just 26 hrs after […]
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mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For first time, humans see the very early stages of a #supernova
“The explosion was detected on April 10, 2024, and just hours after astrophysicist Yi Yang of Tsinghua Univ formal request to aim the VLT at the supernova was granted.
The researchers thus observed the explosion just 26 hrs after […]
“The explosion was detected on April 10, 2024, and just hours after astrophysicist Yi Yang of Tsinghua Univ formal request to aim the VLT at the supernova was granted.
The researchers thus observed the explosion just 26 hrs after […]
I wrote a long reply to a Nextdoor post about climate change, pointing to some good learning resources.
First, here's a 30-minute video from Simon Clark that surveys the history of climate change for the past 200 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGtAilkWTtI
(This is like a video version […]
First, here's a 30-minute video from Simon Clark that surveys the history of climate change for the past 200 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGtAilkWTtI
(This is like a video version […]
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dmv.community
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I wrote a long reply to a Nextdoor post about climate change, pointing to some good learning resources.
First, here's a 30-minute video from Simon Clark that surveys the history of climate change for the past 200 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGtAilkWTtI
(This is like a video version […]
First, here's a 30-minute video from Simon Clark that surveys the history of climate change for the past 200 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGtAilkWTtI
(This is like a video version […]
The Bookseller: Axe murder and Montreal erotica titles vie for the Oddest Book Title of the Year
The #montreal title is "The Pornographic Delicatessen: Mid-century Montreal’s Erotic Art, Media, and Spaces", from Concordia Univ. Press.
Another nominee is "Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder", an […]
The #montreal title is "The Pornographic Delicatessen: Mid-century Montreal’s Erotic Art, Media, and Spaces", from Concordia Univ. Press.
Another nominee is "Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder", an […]
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dmv.community
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The Bookseller: Axe murder and Montreal erotica titles vie for the Oddest Book Title of the Year
The #montreal title is "The Pornographic Delicatessen: Mid-century Montreal’s Erotic Art, Media, and Spaces", from Concordia Univ. Press.
Another nominee is "Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder", an […]
The #montreal title is "The Pornographic Delicatessen: Mid-century Montreal’s Erotic Art, Media, and Spaces", from Concordia Univ. Press.
Another nominee is "Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder", an […]
#letterboxd question: is there a suggested rubric or scale for their five-star movie ratings? I don't have a clear idea of why I give movie A four stars and movie B three-and-a-half.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#letterboxd question: is there a suggested rubric or scale for their five-star movie ratings? I don't have a clear idea of why I give movie A four stars and movie B three-and-a-half.
Caught PREDATOR: BADLANDS this evening and enjoyed it; it's a neat unification of the Predator and Alien settings without having any xenomorphs onstage (or even referenced, as far as I can tell). #movies
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Caught PREDATOR: BADLANDS this evening and enjoyed it; it's a neat unification of the Predator and Alien settings without having any xenomorphs onstage (or even referenced, as far as I can tell). #movies
Yesterday I went to Eastern Market to see We Happy Few's performance titled "A Midnight Dreary", adapting three Poe stories for the stage.
https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/amidnightdreary
The three stories are well-known ones: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The […]
https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/amidnightdreary
The three stories are well-known ones: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The […]
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dmv.community
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yesterday I went to Eastern Market to see We Happy Few's performance titled "A Midnight Dreary", adapting three Poe stories for the stage.
https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/amidnightdreary
The three stories are well-known ones: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The […]
https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/amidnightdreary
The three stories are well-known ones: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at 97. Read the full story from @AssociatedPress:
https://flip.it/AJ6UMI
#science #discovery #humans #health #dna #criminology
https://flip.it/AJ6UMI
#science #discovery #humans #health #dna #criminology
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at 97. Read the full story from @AssociatedPress:
https://flip.it/AJ6UMI
#science #discovery #humans #health #dna #criminology
https://flip.it/AJ6UMI
#science #discovery #humans #health #dna #criminology
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
MeeplePhD: Three fun games ranked between 8,000 and 9,999 on BGG
The three games are:
* Deep Shelf, a heavy economic game about undersea mining; it's probably low-ranked just because not many people have played & rated it.
* Let Them Eat Shrimp, a light tile-placement game that probably […]
The three games are:
* Deep Shelf, a heavy economic game about undersea mining; it's probably low-ranked just because not many people have played & rated it.
* Let Them Eat Shrimp, a light tile-placement game that probably […]
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dmv.community
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
MeeplePhD: Three fun games ranked between 8,000 and 9,999 on BGG
The three games are:
* Deep Shelf, a heavy economic game about undersea mining; it's probably low-ranked just because not many people have played & rated it.
* Let Them Eat Shrimp, a light tile-placement game that probably […]
The three games are:
* Deep Shelf, a heavy economic game about undersea mining; it's probably low-ranked just because not many people have played & rated it.
* Let Them Eat Shrimp, a light tile-placement game that probably […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/attent... #smbc
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/attent... #smbc
CNN: NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
" But some of the sources CNN spoke with say they fear the sudden moves are part of an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to quietly gut the Maryland Goddard campus while the […]
" But some of the sources CNN spoke with say they fear the sudden moves are part of an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to quietly gut the Maryland Goddard campus while the […]
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dmv.community
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
CNN: NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
" But some of the sources CNN spoke with say they fear the sudden moves are part of an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to quietly gut the Maryland Goddard campus while the […]
" But some of the sources CNN spoke with say they fear the sudden moves are part of an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to quietly gut the Maryland Goddard campus while the […]
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With only a few hours left to go, WE HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE, and fully matched all $17,000! Here is a screenshot of my own match (as I said at the beginning, I was going to give $5000 regardless and $5000 to match, so this is the full $10k).
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
With only a few hours left to go, WE HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE, and fully matched all $17,000! Here is a screenshot of my own match (as I said at the beginning, I was going to give $5000 regardless and $5000 to match, so this is the full $10k).
My most frequent games for October. I was visiting family in Canada and brought Atiwa and Wingspan Asia to play solo, so they're well represented. We also tried out the new Owl Temple board for Lost Ruins of Arnak.
#boardgames
#boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My most frequent games for October. I was visiting family in Canada and brought Atiwa and Wingspan Asia to play solo, so they're well represented. We also tried out the new Owl Temple board for Lost Ruins of Arnak.
#boardgames
#boardgames
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A quotation from **Jonathan Swift**
> Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
**Jonathan Swift** (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”
* * *
More […]
[Original post on my-place.social]
> Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
**Jonathan Swift** (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”
* * *
More […]
[Original post on my-place.social]
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A quotation from **Jonathan Swift**
> Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
**Jonathan Swift** (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”
* * *
More […]
[Original post on my-place.social]
> Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
**Jonathan Swift** (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”
* * *
More […]
[Original post on my-place.social]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
Now that the remaining PNG files have been manually OCR'd, the total stands as follows:
We've raised $9238.74 which is 54.3% of our $17000 total. Once again within 24h of a contributor joining the match we are over half full, but we all stand ready to be maxed out so please keep those donations […]
We've raised $9238.74 which is 54.3% of our $17000 total. Once again within 24h of a contributor joining the match we are over half full, but we all stand ready to be maxed out so please keep those donations […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Now that the remaining PNG files have been manually OCR'd, the total stands as follows:
We've raised $9238.74 which is 54.3% of our $17000 total. Once again within 24h of a contributor joining the match we are over half full, but we all stand ready to be maxed out so please keep those donations […]
We've raised $9238.74 which is 54.3% of our $17000 total. Once again within 24h of a contributor joining the match we are over half full, but we all stand ready to be maxed out so please keep those donations […]
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In case you are still working on your jack -o'-lantern (and have advanced beyond triangles, which I have not😅 ) -- here are some neat templates from #jwst #nasa team!
📷 & more templates: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/space-pumpkin/
#halloween […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
📷 & more templates: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/space-pumpkin/
#halloween […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In case you are still working on your jack -o'-lantern (and have advanced beyond triangles, which I have not😅 ) -- here are some neat templates from #jwst #nasa team!
📷 & more templates: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/space-pumpkin/
#halloween […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
📷 & more templates: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/space-pumpkin/
#halloween […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
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How global cross-cultural folklore and legends shape the monsters we fear: Freddy Kreuger inspired by the Hmong sudden nocturnal deaths? Antlers and the windigo? And more.
#folklore #anthropology #horror […]
#folklore #anthropology #horror […]
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mastodon.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
How global cross-cultural folklore and legends shape the monsters we fear: Freddy Kreuger inspired by the Hmong sudden nocturnal deaths? Antlers and the windigo? And more.
#folklore #anthropology #horror […]
#folklore #anthropology #horror […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
This week, the #python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This week, the #python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
As with all such collective-action problems institutional changes are what's required to make big changes, but personal changes can help, and one change you can easily make is to run DevPI on every development machine you run Python on.
In addition to lightening the load on PyPI's global […]
In addition to lightening the load on PyPI's global […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As with all such collective-action problems institutional changes are what's required to make big changes, but personal changes can help, and one change you can easily make is to run DevPI on every development machine you run Python on.
In addition to lightening the load on PyPI's global […]
In addition to lightening the load on PyPI's global […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot 😉.
Gotham Early Music Scene: the early-music duo Hesperus presents twelve medieval improvisations inspired by a dozen manuscript illuminations from "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry." (55 minutes)
Unfortunately the mic'ing on their voices is poor, but the instruments are captured well […]
Unfortunately the mic'ing on their voices is poor, but the instruments are captured well […]
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dmv.community
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Gotham Early Music Scene: the early-music duo Hesperus presents twelve medieval improvisations inspired by a dozen manuscript illuminations from "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry." (55 minutes)
Unfortunately the mic'ing on their voices is poor, but the instruments are captured well […]
Unfortunately the mic'ing on their voices is poor, but the instruments are captured well […]
The Python Software Foundation just had to pass on a US$1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation for PyPI maintenance. One condition of the funding was that the PSF drop any DEI efforts, and if this condition is violated, they can claw back the money. (As if security would be a broad […]
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dmv.community
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Python Software Foundation just had to pass on a US$1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation for PyPI maintenance. One condition of the funding was that the PSF drop any DEI efforts, and if this condition is violated, they can claw back the money. (As if security would be a broad […]
Reposted by Andrew Kuchling
You know what else pisses me off about the proliferation of all these data centers, besides their unending thirst for potable water and energy and the enormous amount of pollution from the mostly fossil-fueled data centers? The fact that each of them need several football fields of lights to […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You know what else pisses me off about the proliferation of all these data centers, besides their unending thirst for potable water and energy and the enormous amount of pollution from the mostly fossil-fueled data centers? The fact that each of them need several football fields of lights to […]