Jon Banafato

Jon Banafato

@jonafato.bsky.social

PyCon US Chair '27-'28 • https://conferencechats.org • PyGotham

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Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Starting now! www.conferencechats.org

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato@jonafato.bsky.social

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means we have a Conference Chats call scheduled at 1:00PM EDT. If you're a community organizer (or would like to be) and want to talk shop with other folks doing that work, join us. Info and Discord invite on the website at www.conferencechats.org.

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means we have a Conference Chats call scheduled at 1:00PM EDT. If you're a community organizer (or would like to be) and want to talk shop with other folks doing that work, join us. Info and Discord invite on the website at www.conferencechats.org.

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Already planning my travel. See you in Cleveland next July?

PyOhio@pyohio.org

Thank you again for all those who attended #PyOhio 2026. We'll miss you, but we look forward to seeing you next year! If you didn't attend this year, join us next year! We'll be working hard to make sure it's a great event. Follow us for updates to find out more! See you next year! 👋

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PyOhio
@pyohio.org

Last but certainly not least, we need to thank our Organizers for PyOhio 2026. These tireless folks have been working all year to ensure everyone who attended had a great experience. Thank you each for your hard work! #Python #Conference #ThankYou

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm trying to compile some information about conference t-shirts. If you have a shirt from a conference and know the make and model (e.g. Next Level Apparel 3600), I'd like to add it to a spreadsheet.

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Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

The first time I ordered shirts for a conference, I didn't have much of a reference point and recall asking the print shop I was using to recommend "whatever high quality options you have".

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm trying to compile some information about conference t-shirts. If you have a shirt from a conference and know the make and model (e.g. Next Level Apparel 3600), I'd like to add it to a spreadsheet.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

My goal here is to have a reference for "I have a shirt from <conference> in my closet that I like, can I also order those for my own event?". I'm aiming to be descriptive rather than prescriptive here.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Tonight's Conference Chats call starts up in about five minutes. Looking forward to chatting with folks about conferences, other communities, and everything in between.

Jon Banafato@jonafato.bsky.social

July snuck up on me! Here is your belated reminder that there's a Conference Chats call tomorrow, about 20 hours from now! www.conferencechats.org

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

It took a bit of time for this to click for me, but I've realized that the theme song to The Vampire Lestat is functionally the same as A Little Bit Alexis from Schitt's Creek, and that is fantastic.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Starting now! Discord invite link at www.conferencechats.org.

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato@jonafato.bsky.social

July snuck up on me! Here is your belated reminder that there's a Conference Chats call tomorrow, about 20 hours from now! www.conferencechats.org

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.

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Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm trying to compile some information about conference t-shirts. If you have a shirt from a conference and know the make and model (e.g. Next Level Apparel 3600), I'd like to add it to a spreadsheet.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm trying to compile some information about conference t-shirts. If you have a shirt from a conference and know the make and model (e.g. Next Level Apparel 3600), I'd like to add it to a spreadsheet.

View full thread
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm aiming to be descriptive rather than prescriptive here. The first time I ordered shirts for a conference, I didn't have much of a reference point and recall asking the print shop I was using to recommend "whatever high quality options you have".

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I'm trying to compile some information about conference t-shirts. If you have a shirt from a conference and know the make and model (e.g. Next Level Apparel 3600), I'd like to add it to a spreadsheet.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I've seen a few conference websites recently that have a page to highlight other communities. No strings, no sponsorships, just "communities we think you should know about". I really like this concept and want to do more of it.

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Children's B🎃🎃kshelf
@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social

Ahead of their appearance at Children’s Institute, author-illustrator @jessiesima.bsky.social spoke with PW about their new picture book, ‘The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever,’ and metafictional magic

buff.lyChildren's Institute 2026: Inspiration Stew: PW Talks with Jessie SimaSima is the author-illustrator of 11 picture books, including Not Quite Narwhal; Love, Z; and Weather Together. Their new book, The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever (S&S, out now), tells the darkly humorous...
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Season finale this week, so I supposed I'll need to find something new to watch soon. Thankfully, if my local hardware store's calendar is correct, Halloween season starts in less than a month, so there should be plenty more horror media out soon.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

The PyCon US 2026 survey is open until Tuesday, June 9th. Your feedback helps improve the conference. If you haven't yet filled it out, please do so. (If you attended the event, you should have received an email about the survey with a link to complete it.)

Jon Banafato@jonafato.bsky.social

If you participated in PyCon US, please fill out the survey. It helps a lot. Remind your friends.

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pyOpenSci
@pyopensci.org

📣 Join the pyOpenSci editorial team & support software peer review! We're looking for folks with expertise in: 🧬 bioinformatics ⚛️ physics/simulation 📊 sports analytics 🧪 computational chemistry 📈 time-series analysis 🔭 astronomy 🌍 earth science Flexible time commitment, full onboarding. 🐍

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RLadies+
@rladies.org

Same community, new look. Whether you're learning R for the first time or leading a chapter — this is your community. We're RLadies+ and we're just getting started 💜 rladies.org #RLadies #RStats

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I have recently doubled down on some travel gear, and it has made trips over the last few months quite a bit more pleasant. Of note, I can recommend a travel pillow, a dedicated outfit for plane days, and modern noise-cancelling headphones.

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Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

It is still very tech-heavy (and Python in particular), but our topics are the organizing side of things, which is almost always pretty separate from the subject matter of any given conference or meetup.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

If you're a community organizer looking for other folks with that experience, there's a good chance that one of us has an experience to share, or at least a helpful outside perspective. I am, of course, biased, but I think it's a wonderful group to be a part of. www. conferencechats.org

conferencechats.orgConference ChatsA community space for community organizers. Join our twice-monthly video calls and Discord server to share advice, support, news, and other topics related to community organizing and event planning.
Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

Like any community, some are more active than others, and it's still a pretty tiny fraction of the population of conference and community organizers that could be part of it, but it's certainly grown a bit over the years from its "a few of us on a calendar invite" origin.

Jon Banafato
@jonafato.bsky.social

I am revisiting pdfpc after a number of years away from it. Not quite like riding a bike, but I am pretty quickly falling back into the workflow and why I find it comfortable as someone who spends a lot of time in a terminal-based text editor.