Mastodawn

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Apr 22

Trey Hunner 🐍Apr 22

I made a thing last week and Earth Day seems like a great day to announce it. 🌏

https://Whereabouts.Earth is a fun (for me at least) app for learning the location of every country on Earth.

It uses a very effective learning technique (spaced repetition), but you don't need to know how that part works. It will work.

My geography knowledge has improved a LOT over the past week.

Join me in learning about the only home we'll ever have.

(And please share your feedback if you actually use this)

Whereabouts?

Learn where every country is, a few minutes at a time.

Whereabouts

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Apr 8

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daniel:// stenberg://Apr 8

@renedudfield if you don't run AI powered code analyzers against your own code, your miss out a lot of bugs...

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Apr 2

PyCon US Mar 30

🔐 Security Track Spotlight:
Join Hala Ali & Andrew Case at #PyConUS 2026 for "Post-Incident Runtime SBOM Generation from #Python Memory" and learn how to generate SBOMs from memory to uncover hidden dependencies and reduce false positives. #security

https://us.pycon.org/2026/schedule/presentation/104/

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Mar 22

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 20

What’s at stake in the fight against age verification is not just a single bill in a single state. It’s about whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control online that reinforces specific moral and religious worldviews. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control

Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control

What’s at stake is whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control over the internet to enforce specific moral and religious judgments—judgments that deny marginalized people access to speech, community, history, and truth—into law.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Mar 9

Jackie Singh Mar 7

Infosec pros fight ransomware, APTs, and foreign disinfo for a living. But when Trump weaponizes clearances, hollows out @CISAgov, and unleashes @DOGE as a systemic insider threat, our industry mostly chooses self‑preservation.

Join me as I unpack that trap: https://www.hackingbutlegal.com/p/the-industry-that-fights-governments #infosec

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

Most security reports could be a couple sentences and a small code snippet, and would be better for it. I hate that every report is written as if it were a blog post about their finding and how it's the greatest disaster of all time. Write as if you're having a dialog with a knowledgeable maintainer, wait for questions to elaborate if needed. LLMs have not made this better either.

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Jan 24

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Jan 18

The folks at #Retraction #Watch are my #science #heroes, detecting #falsified scientific studies. Follow the link to read about all that they do: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/science-journals-retract-500-papers-a-month-this-is-why-it-matters-8ckm8lfw9

Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters

A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism

The Sunday Times

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Jan 23

PyCon US Jan 21

🚀 Calling all Startups! 🚀

Good news! The #PyConUS 2026 Startup Row application deadline has been extended to January 30, 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your startup to the Python community! 🐍

Details and how to apply
👉https://us.pycon.org/2026/attend/startup-row/

Startup Row

PyCon US 2026

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

Look I know it's not a competition to have the _most_ maladaptive coping mechanism but you go to war with the psyche you have

Gregory P. Smith (he/him)

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Jan 14

Kattni Jan 3

Happy Solar New Year! My goal for this quarter is to figure out what kind of work I want to start looking for, and to put together a solid resume. To that end, I have a favor to ask. If you have any recent experience with looking for work, or any experience hiring folks, I'd like to pick your brain. If you've been looking for work or found a job, I want to know what worked for you and what didn't. If you're a hiring manager, I want to know what you look for, what kinds of questions you ask, and any other advice or ideas you may have. My initial list of questions is short, but I'm sure it will evolve as I talk to more folks. If you're up for having a chat with me, let me know and I will send you a meeting schedule link.

Boosts greatly appreciated.

#GetFediHired #HiringAdvice