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seventeen dorks in a hand-knit trench coat | software hand waver | healthcare IT | biomedical engineer | queer lefty crafter | they/she
living in broome/rubibi, remote western australia

PyCon Au 2024 Programs chair

@sauramaia @nickzoic

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The Primordial Code

You are running on an operating system a couple of billion years old which is full of primordial libraries, monkey patches, self-modifying code, viral hacks and even containers running a different operating system.

Content Warnings
Mention of infectious and genetic diseases, including cancer, but nothing gruesome.

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i have been waiting for someone to give @nickzoic's talk about the parallels between human genetics and IT infrastructure for a decade or two #pyconau2025
OH:
"busy day tomorrow. park run, therapy, afternoon disco."
"the middle aged agenda"

✨ Can you believe it? PyCon AU kicks off this Friday! ✨

It’s going to be amazing — full of learning, inspiration, and great people. We’ll have a fantastic time together! 🎉

If you haven’t grabbed your ticket yet, don’t wait — secure yours today and join us! 🚀🐍
👉 https://2025.pycon.org.au/attend?ref=fv

#PyConAU #Python #Data #AI #Science #Education #Conference #Tech

Interested in helping out with one of the most innovative, grassroots, publishing efforts around? The Journal of Open Source Software (@joss) is looking for editors: https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2025/08/call-for-editors

We conduct collaborative checklist-based peer review of research software using GitHub issues.

JOSS is a positive, rewarding, community-based reviewing/editing effort. I'm happy to answer questions if anyone is interested.

Call for editors | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software • <a href='https://joss.theoj.org'>https://joss.theoj.org</a>

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'is there an autistic flag?'
'if there is it'd be the esperanto of flags'

PyCon AU 2025 tickets are available now — and score a limited-edition conference T-shirt! 👕✨

🐍 Be part of Australia’s biggest Python event
🧠 Learn from top speakers and workshops
🎫 Choose the ticket type that suits you

👉 Book now https://2025.pycon.org.au/attend?ref=fv

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🎉 It’s here! The PyCon AU 2025 conference program is now live!

Explore the exciting lineup of talks, workshops, and events waiting for you
👉 https://2025.pycon.org.au/program/list

#PyConAU #Python #Data #AI #Science #Education #Conference #Tech

🌟 LAST DAY to sign up!
👉 Volunteer now – Call for Volunteers closes today!

https://2025.pycon.org.au/attend/volunteer

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😱 Hold on... what?!

One of our PyCon AU speakers from last year just had their conference talk turned into a published journal paper! 🎉📄💚

Check it out 👉
Paper: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07725
Talk: https://2024.pycon.org.au/program/HMWPGH

#PyConAU #Python #OpenSource #JOSS

Potnia: A Python library for the conversion of transliterated ancient texts to Unicode

Tour et al., (2025). Potnia: A Python library for the conversion of transliterated ancient texts to Unicode. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(108), 7725, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07725

Journal of Open Source Software