Matt Cengia

What do I have to do to *not* have my Copilot access renewed and get monthly emails about it? I didn't ask for subscription and I don't use it!

I almost used my safety razor as a spicy tongue scrubber this morning.

Oh the irony.

Interesting crypto-shredding PII management library from the #pyconau cybersecurity track: https://pypi.org/project/gdpr-officer/

What the fuck I thought at first the blog on screen was satire, it's actually fucking real. @cameronwilson.bsky.social at #PyConAU naomibashkansky.com/blog/telepat... someone actually wrote this! Dear lord, giving a company access to your thoughts, whyyyyy build the torment nexus

"How many parts of a vintage sewing making can I change before it is no longer a vintage sewing machine? Or a vintage car? Is it still vintage if I add seat belts?" -- @daedalus #PyConAU I also love that Pratchett's "my grandfathers axe" that has a new handle and a new head is, at least in this […]

"You don't just care *about* something; you care *for* it." -- @daedalus #PyConAU

The start of this morning's #PyConAU keynote seems to be an excuse for @daedalus.eigenmagic.com to show off his various sticker designs. And I'm not at all disappointed by this!

What an amazing first full day at #PyconAU 2026. Thanks so much to all our contributors, supporters and attendees. More professional photos, speaker video streams and more will follow. Feel free to post your experience in the replies.

Congrats A.L.! 🦑📘

A quick word from our Thursday keynote speaker: Liz Fong-Jones (Honeycomb.io) previews "30 to 70 PRs a day: How we managed to not wreck our systems". Thu 27 Aug. Talk: 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/NDW... Tickets: 2026.pycon.org.au/tickets/

This month, I'm offering *free* beta reads and 50% off developmental editing in return for a testimonial on @payhip.bsky.social. Reply or DM me if you want to get in on it. Limited spots available, open to most genres and word counts: payhip.com/b/F9S8H

Monogamy, in this economy/rental market!?

It's time for our eagerly awaited final keynote announcement of #PyConAU 2026. Join us and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on Friday morning for his keynote presentation "Slop, jobs and Elon Musk: why Australians don't trust AI and what that means for all of us". 🔍️ 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/BYL...

www.microsoft.com/en-us/corpor... > open-source software demonstrated that transparency can be more secure than obscurity Anybody else think this is a really compelling quote in favour of openness, given the reputations of the signatories?

OpenAI's latest PR release.

@fastmail.com Hey team, looks like your services are wobbling a bit? fastmailstatus.com is all green, but I can't reliably access webmail, IMAP, or log into the support page. I think I'm on slotpi18m11, if that helps.

We're very excited to announce our next keynote at #PyConAU 2026! Please join us in welcoming Justin Warren for "The Care of Software: Ethics and Ecosystems" on Saturday morning! 🔍️ 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/X79...

📣 ICYMI DDD Melbourne is back at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 20th February 2027 –– get Feb 20 blocked out on your calendar. 🙌 To check out key dates visit www.dddmelbourne.com

In late May, I dislocated my elbow at a queer wrestling event in Portland, OR. I've been trying to stay more active: bouldering, salsa dancing, acro yoga. But wrestling was a bad idea. I didn't have any experience, and the organizers gave only a basic safety briefing. Before I knew it I'd been […]

Is it just me, or does State Library Station smell permanently musty? #MetroTunnelVic

coming in atuin 18.17 🐢✨ ctrl-r search is 78x faster 780ms -> 10ms, across >500k entries

So #EXIF (metadata for images and other media) defines fields for ImageDescription and UserComment (https://timestampcamera.net/photo-guides/exif-tag-reference), both of which could theoretically contain image Alt Text. I wonder if any social media apps (clients for Mastodon of other […]

It is time once again to discuss the Most Dad Things we have done in the past year. A couple of reminders: - gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things - you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing - the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up I’ll go first:

“You cannot make billions of dollars without hurting lots of people. And you can’t hurt lots of people without, in some sense, believing that they’re not really people.” Corey Doctorow

📣 Announcing Write the Docs Australia 2026. 📅 3–4 December 2026 | Melbourne | AEDT 📝 Call for Proposals opens early July. 🎟️ Tickets on sale July 2026, with tiered pricing and Opportunity Grants. 🤝 Sponsorship opportunities announced soon. buff.ly/6yUO1lL

"We're accumulating code faster than we're accumulating trust." Code you can fix. Trust evaporates in an instant and doesn't come back. XP was a trust factory. Every practice that builds it makes you trustworthy. Vibe coding removes those moments: newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/trust-fact...

And the final case, 6-3 (usual split) - SCOTUS says immigration officers can deny admission to lawful permanent residents *without having clear & convincing evidence that the LPR committed a crime that renders them inadmissible* www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

Today, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates! We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people. Let's dive in... 1/🧵

Do you suck at finishing things like me? I designed a tool for getting shit done when you don’t feel like it! Activity PDFs are on crazy sale rn: anti-planner.com

read discworld

an average bluesky user

I'll say what Bluesky fails to address in v1.122 They've rolled out a new "adult content" tag applied on an entire account, hiding all their posts from users, including text posts, even if they may be SFW This update, while well-intentioned, defeats the whole purpose of the content filters system

Sorry for not posting for so long... I have been extremely busy working on my new project: The Enchanter (also called Modos Flow): a 300-ppi Eink portable monitor with 60Hz refresh rate and touch screen. It's fully open-source: gitlab.com/zephray/ench....

Want to read something but it's hosted on Substack? Use Kill Yr Substack jasoncosper.com/kill-yr-subs...

Psst! Have you heard? The #PyConAU schedule is now live! We're so excited to share the amazing line up of speakers who will be sharing their expertise at the conference this year! You don't want to miss it! 📆 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule 🎟️ 2026.pycon.org.au/tickets Help us get the word out? 📣

Happy Towel Day and Glorious 25th of May to those who celebrate! #HitchhikersGuide #Discworld #GNUTerryPratchett

the replacements.fyi site now lets you drop a package.json into it to see which dependencies can be replaced with native functionality, or more performant choices 🎉

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

I'm sure this bollard fought valiantly but ultimately failed in its quest. This is a relatively small alleyway so I doubt it wouldn't have been hit by anything larger than a light commercial vehicle, so it seems… inadequate for its task