Mahmoud Hashemi @mahmoud@qoto.org

👋 Hey again #Mastodon.

Giving this a spin again, whatever the future of general purpose social media may be.

I'm into #python, #software, #opensource, #foss, #wikipedia, #freeculture, #فارسی, #fintech, and #photography. Oh, and lately, #fatherhood.

More about me on my site: https://sedimental.org/about.html

Coming out of the cave https://sedimental.org/what_i_ve_been_up_to_in_2025.html

So if nominative determinism has any sway, feeling somewhat #blessed. Not a bad thing to reside in Byzantium while the other half of the empire falls...

Fun #California history for y'all. I'd assumed the Golden Gate was named after the Gold Rush, but the name predates the rush by a year. Instead, it's named after the Golden Horn:

> The name first appeared in his Geographical Memoir, submitted to the U.S. Senate on June 5, 1848, when he wrote, “to this Gate I gave the name of “Chrysopylae” or “Golden Gate” for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn.”

This talk was completely unexpected and totally next level. Any other #python #packaging talks getting on Peter Wang's level? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7NVwmx3gw

Even when I skip the CFP, I still land on screen. Thanks for the shoutout, Peter Wang! #pybay #python

There's this little recurring theme in Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht that sounds just like Yoko Kanno's Rush (from Cowboy Bebop) [2]. Coincidence or connection?

[1]: https://youtu.be/5h5Xc-rUef4?t=479 and https://youtu.be/5h5Xc-rUef4?t=514
[2]: https://youtu.be/XtxsYF4e3uM?t=151

lolling off the title alone. cannot wait to see how this unfolds in part 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILYaDNez4g

real talk asottile is doing amazing work and no amount of thanks will offset the underflow when it comes to python web software infra.

Don't ask me why I'm doing this, but never try to make a codebase #pydantic 1-2 compatible lol.

It'll make you appreciate some of those cushy #python 2-3 compatibility affordances.

Fediverse woes: Just noticed I'm missing a bunch of updates from fosstodon. E.g., @pybay and @djangolondon both show months-dormant accounts despite having posted in the last 3 days.

Not really sure how to report this, so I'm just going to @ the qoto admins:
@freemo
@khird
@barefootstache

And #Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 is officially a wrap! See the #wlm International Winners here: https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/where-time-stands-still-the-winners-of-wiki-loves-monuments-2023-11b5601d7a20

Congrats to Mona Hassan from Egypt for the shot that one top prize. One of two from #Egypt this year!

#wikipedia #photography