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Kushal Das
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Public Interest Technologist. CPython core developer. PSF fellow and director. Tor Project core team member. Digital security trainer.
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Indians comprised 72.3% of all H-1B visas issued by the United States in the financial year 2022-’23.

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September 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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hugovk.dev
🗳️ I've voted in @thepsf.bsky.social board elections!
🗳️ Remember to vote!
🗳️ Remember not to vote for FK!
#Python #PSF #election #vote
OpaVote. Python Software Foundation Board of Directors Election 2025. Your vote has been received. Thank you for voting!
September 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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ayoub.bsky.social
Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit System closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribed
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September 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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savannah.dev
Here goes nothin'...I'm the Release Manager for Python 3.16 and 3.17, y'all!
discuss.python.org/t/welcome-th...
Welcome the 3.16 and 3.17 Release Manager: Savannah Bailey!
Each release manager shepherds a pair of consecutive Python versions through alphas, betas, release candidates, bugfix releases, and security releases to end-of-life. Following 17 months of prerelease...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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hynek.me
#kingOfHashTags #EuroPython
Brett Cannon keynoting about lockfiles. With the classic #neverFlyWithHynek hashtag expanded with #NeverLetHynekCommentOnYourPEP and due to recent events #NeverGoForDinnerWithHynekWhenYouHaveAKeynoteTheNextMorning
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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hynek.me
He has risen again and is dropping the bass. #EuroPython
Little Cthulhu giving another legendary musical lightning talk.
July 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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georgically.bsky.social
🌍✨ EuroPython just ended.
In many hallway chats and community organisers open space, one issue came up again and again: Sponsorship.
Now that AI is taking the spotlight, I’m asking: Who's left behind?
My thoughts here:
✍️ georgiker.com/blog/is-ai-l...

#EuroPython #OpenSource #AI #Python #community
Is AI Leaving the Python Community Behind?
Georgi’s Official Website
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July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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hugovk.dev
Thanks to everyone for taking part in the #CPython sprint at #EuroPython2025!

Across all CPython repos this weekend:

* 122 PRs created (69 the previous weekend)
* 79 PRs merged (65)
* countless invaluable in-person discussions (a few?)

#EuroPython #Python #sprint #Prague
Looking down on many tables of sprinters. Sprinters at their laptops. Sprinters at their laptops. An array of snacks and sweets including one with a written warning poster: "VERY SPICY. EAT ONE A TIME. CAROLINA RIPPERS. WASH FINGERS." Plus two types of Finnish salmiakki which should have a warning, and a big rainbow unicorn balloon.
July 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
kushaldas.se
This week, what is a new thing you learned in #python
? Can be any tool/language feature/module/community, anything?
July 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Dear #Python friends, do you write/use any Python code which deals with #DNS somehow? If yes, then can you please tell me the usecases?
July 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
Not “liberal states,” New York Times. Pro-democracy states.
Lawmakers in Liberal States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 9
REPORTER: Yesterday you said you were not sure who ordered the munitions ordered to Ukraine. Have you figured it out?

TRUMP: I haven't though about it

REPORTER: What does it say that such a decision could be made without you knowing?

TRUMP: I would know. If a decision was made I will know.
July 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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who.int
What happens when you stop smoking? #NoTobacco
An infographic titled “When You Stop Smoking.” It includes three timeframes showing the health benefits of quitting smoking, each with text and a heart illustration: After 1 year: The risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s. Between 5–15 years: Stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker. After 15 years: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of someone who has never smoked.
July 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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danximenes.bsky.social
Image showing the arms of a man holding a gun and making a "give me" gesture on the right side and the hand of a man with hands raised in a conciliatory motion The captions reads: "Getting robbed? Just say no. You robber legally cannot take any of your possession without your consent."
July 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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wagtail.org
Designing for scale: core contributors @laymonage.bsky.social and @thibaudcolas.bsky.social discuss their plans to better benchmark CMS performance for larger sites! 🚀 youtu.be/61E09NdJ2ZI

Looking into all aspects from #Django ORM performance to JS bundle size and perceived performance
Design for scale: planning CMS performance benchmarks
YouTube video by Wagtail
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July 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
kushaldas.se
People from #Sweden in the timeline, what do you think about govt's steps on attracting international talents to Sweden?
July 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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bcantrill.bsky.social
Paul Graham's latest piece is the hottest piece of garbage he's ever written -- which honestly is really saying something. But I take solace in the HN comments, the most upvoted of which observes that his mind has turned to mush. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4268...
The Origins of Wokeness | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
An IKEA instruction diagram. In the first pabel the confused man looks at a land mine. In the second he calls the Polish Embassy.
January 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Anyone knows any #Mac #Apple #virtualization application with ""com.apple.vm.device-access" entitlement? Will help for #USB passthrough. I want to use a mac vm on Apple silicon with USB pass through.

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January 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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filippo.abyssdomain.expert
The just-announced NIST SP 800-38D Rev. 1 Call for Comments asks how NIST should address the low message limit of AES-GCM with random nonces (yay!): whether by defining Rijndael-256-GCM, or by blessing a nonce-key generation method.

It cites: @soatok.bsky.social, Shay Gueron, and me. Love it.
[1] “Extending the AES-GCM Nonce Without Nightmare Fuel,” December 2022. Available at: https://soatok.blog/2022/12/21/extending-the-aes-gcm-nonce-without-nightmare-fuel/ [2] Shay Gueron, “Double Nonce Derive Key AES-GCM (DNDK-GCM),” October 2024. Available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gueron-cfrg-dndkgcm/00/ [3] Filippo Valsorda, “The XAES-256-GCM extended-nonce AEAD,” September 2024. Available at: https://c2sp.org/XAES-256-GCM
January 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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mitsuhiko.at
For the end of the year, i did some reflecting on my life. “My core belief is that fulfillment and happiness comes from deliberate commitment to meaningful work, relationships, and personal growth and purpose.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/12/26/r...
Reflecting on Life
Things I learned and believe, condensed into some sort of guide.
lucumr.pocoo.org
December 26, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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tsoding.bsky.social
Libraries just grow on Dependency Trees.
December 29, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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mikenellis.bsky.social
My wife sent me this a few minutes ago and I haven't stopped laughing. Read the description: "A colorblind elementary school teacher meets an optometrist who helps bring color into his life in time for the holidays."
December 26, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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evacide.bsky.social
My local nightclub is raising money to replace their toilets. If you sponsor a toilet, they will engrave a name on it. Anyone's name. So if you have $5k and someone you truly hate, all I'm saying is that you have the opportunity to do something really funny right now.
December 25, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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johncusack.bsky.social
Happy holidays to all -
December 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM