Iqbal Abdullah @iqbalabd@mtd.pythonasia.org

Hey you out there, organizer of Python meetups and / or conferences: Are you a managing member of the PSF yet (https://www.python.org/psf/membership-faq/#what-membership-classes-are-there)? If not, your work very likely already meets the requirements to become one, and doing so will let you vote in the upcoming PSF board elections.

You gotta break a few billionaires to make a well-functioning society.

Our friends of PyCon EE is having a CfP that will end in 2 weeks!

#PyConEstonia #PyCon2023

https://pyconestonia.typeform.com/to/hBOEtTQ3

Hey @PyConUS folks - i'm continuing to add speaker photos between talks! you can see them all over here: https://brandfolder.com/ben-berry/pycon2023

If you're in a picture and would like other shots, uncropped, or raw format feel free to DM me!
#PyConUS #PyCon #PyCon2023

@Thepsf grant spending by continents, wow! That said we need more global spread! Have a #Python event you think that’d be great for @Thepsf? Learn more about our grants program https://www.python.org/psf/grants/ @pycon #PyConUS2023

The Call for Proposal for #pyconapac2023 is officially open here: https://pretalx.com/pyconapac2023/cfp

We look forward to your proposals! 💕

@pycon you would definitely increase the level of inclusiveness of PyCon US 2023 if you could start posting news again on this account as well 🫂

Thank you 🙏

#PyConUS2023 #PyConUS #PyCon

@paulox Thanks! We're having PyCon APAC in Tokyo from Oct 26th to Oct 29th 2023. Hope to see many of you kind folks there! 🇯🇵 🗼

Updated: The upcoming PyCons within East, South East and South Asia:

11-13 Aug: PyCon KR 🇰🇷
17-19 Aug (Tentative): PyCon SG 🇸🇬
26 Aug : PyCon MY 🇲🇾
2-3 Sep: PyCon TW 🇹🇼
29 Sept- 2 Oct (Tentative): PyCon IN 🇮🇳
26-29 Oct (Tentative): PyCon APAC (by PyCon JP) 🇯🇵
Oct/Nov (Tentative): PyCon HK 🇭🇰
Nov (Tentative): PyCon ID 🇮🇩

How the heck do you open source folks handle a full-time gig, children, a social life AND open source contributions?! I only have one and a half of those things and I always find myself wanting to do more.

Seriously, every one of you are impressive.

Haraldur "Halli" Þorleifsson is the employee Elon is currently making fun of on Twitter. He has muscular dystrophy.

He's won multiple Person of the Year awards from Icelandic media outlets for his efforts to build wheelchair ramps across the country and his charitable givings during the holidays.

When his design firm Ueno was acquired by Twitter in 2021, he opted to be paid the sale price through wages rather than receiving stock that would be taxed at the much lower capital gains tax rate.

His employment contract wasn't that of a typical employee, nor is his termination. Twitter now owes him the entirety of his outstanding sale payment.

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/haraldur-thorleifsson-sweeps-person-of-the-year-awards/

#Twitter #ElonMusk #Musk #HaraldurÞorleifsson #Þorleifsson #Halli #Iceland #Tech #Ueno #Employment #Contracts #Ableism #Discrimination

I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.

I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻

Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations.

Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com

#OpenSource #GetFediHired