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Judy2k
@judy.co.uk
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Developer Advocate @ JetBrains; Comedy Python Programmer; PSF Fellow; Terrible Rust Programmer; Enthusiasm As A Service; He/him/they/them
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malwarejake.bsky.social
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers. Over the past two decades, the office of the US Trade Representative–which is responsible for developing and coordinating US international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy—has pressured most of the world into adopting these laws, hamstringing foreign startups that might compete with Apple (by providing a jailbreaking kit that installs a third-party app store), or Google (by blocking tracking on Android devices), or Amazon (by converting Kindle and Audible files to formats that work on rival apps), or John Deere (by disabling the systems that block third-party repairs), or the Big Three automakers (by decoding the encrypted error messages mechanics need to service our cars). The rents that these digital locks help American companies extract run to hundreds of billions of dollars every single year. The world’s governments agreed to protect this racket in exchange for tariff-free access to American markets. Now that the US has reneged on its side of the bargain, these laws serve no useful purpose.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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houseofmoran.com
As it often the case when I am in Germany, the topic of (painful) train travel came up, and in particular: is it quicker to go North↔South than East↔West? Me being me, I wondered if I could answer this with data: geo.houseofmoran.io/posts/2025-1...
Cities in Germany broken down into which quadrant they belong to (North-East, etc).
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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europython.eu
While in Prague, we asked around for opinions on favorite lightning talks at EuroPython 2025. Check out which one touched @judy.co.uk the most 🫶

Which one of the lightning talks was most interesting to you? Do you want to give the person a shout out in the comments?
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
judy.co.uk
Exciting news! My new role at Jetbrains is Head of Python Ecosystem.

That means I’ll be driving strategy for our products aimed at #Python developers, including #PyCharm. It’s going to be a fun but tough role, and we have exciting things in store :)
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
The Home Secretary’s sweeping new immigration plans have been praised by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage.

We can't accept a system that exposes people to hostility and hatred.

Please ask your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose these harsh proposals
scottishrefugeecounc...
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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prum.bsky.social
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Load-bearing Huge Wak˜ ∏◊ı˜ Closet
windows98support.bsky.social matt @windows98support.bsky.social · Dec 1
Oh shit waddup
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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gibtsdes.bsky.social
In 2022 Russia lied about its intentions and useful idiots world wide blamed the West for stoking unjustified fears. Immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion, those same idiots told everyone that it had been inevitable because NATO etc
isayusibov.bsky.social Isa Yusibov @isayusibov.bsky.social · Nov 30
Putin said earlier this week that Russia has no plans to invade Europe. I had a deja vu moment when I was listening to his crap:
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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jetbrains.com
If you’ve ever wanted direct access to JetBrains experts… congratulations! December is your month. We’re hosting a multi-language AMA series on Reddit.

Stay tuned to join the conversation! 👇

➡️r/jetbrains: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jetbrains/

➡️r/kotlin: https://www.reddit.com/r/kotlin/
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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prisonjournalism.bsky.social
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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miketheman.com
There's a nasty #OpenSource #SupplyChain worm going around named Shai-Hulud. It's also capable of exposing some projects' long-lived PyPI API Tokens. Read more on what's happening, and what you can do to protect your projects.

TL,DR: Adopt Trusted Publishing 🔐🚀📦

blog.pypi.org/posts/2025-1...
PyPI and Shai-Hulud: Staying Secure Amid Emerging Threats - The Python Package Index Blog
Shai-Hulud is a great worm, not yet a snake. Attack on npm ecosystem may have implications for PyPI.
blog.pypi.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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cuducos.me
Last month @python.org declined a 1.5M grant for US government because it was that or… dropping #DEI initiatives.

They are almost reaching their fundraising goal with the power of the community. Now @jetbrains.com is offering 30% on PyCharm for those donating!

I've donated, have you?
Support Python With JetBrains
Purchase PyCharm at 30% OFF, and have all the proceeds of your purchase donated to support Python.
lp.jetbrains.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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spokes.org.uk
#Tram consultation - Spokes submission

--> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🙋 You have till midnight Monday for your own response!
HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

@edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
Intro... Tram, Granton to Bioquarter consultation Spokes Planning Group response, November 2025 1. Introduction Spokes has the objective of promoting cycling as part of an overall sustainable transport and access strategy. As such, we support a growing tram system for Edinburgh, provided cycling is well catered for in the project design and operation. The aim of the tram is to reduce car traffic, and to head off potential traffic growth in development areas such as Granton and the Bioquarter. If successful, this is a huge benefit to walking and cycling, as well as its benefits in terms of congestion, public health and climate. However, the project should be accompanied by complementary measures to further encourage use of public transport and active travel, for example bus gates, traffic filters, and, notably, congestion charging. It is well established that traffic reduction is best achieved by a carrot/stick combination. The tram project must support and promote active travel as a whole, and cycling in particular, and must not introduce additional dangers without effective mitigation. The Council has ambitious targets to increase cycle use, much of which must come from novice and inexperienced cyclists, as well as visitors and locals using an expanding bike hire scheme. As such it is essential that there is a safe, comprehensive and connected bike network of segregated bike lanes and low-traffic areas, easy and safe to use by anybody, and with any kind of cycles - including cargobikes, adapted bikes, hire bikes, etc. Introducing the tram should be seen and planned from the outset as an integrated sustainable transport place making project, not a tram-only project into which cycling and walking have to be slotted in once all the tramline decisions are taken as happened with tramline 1 and to a considerable (though lesser) extent in the Newhaven extension. The Bridges corridor is hugely problematic.. 8. City Centre to Bioquarter Top issues ● The section through North and South Bridges is of extreme concern to Spokes, with no cycle provision, new tramlines and continued through traffic on a road where width is at a premium. This is making cycling provision far worse than in the current bus lanes. The project should include a bus gate / modal filter (as was planned, though never implemented, as part of the Spaces for People proposals ) potentially single track sections (like at Roseburn) and fully segregated cycle provision, or consideration to tram tracks on one side of the road and a bidirectional bike path on the other. For the reasons in the following two bullet points, many cyclists will continue to use this corridor - our above section on Bikes and Tramlines notes that Princes Street as a good example of this, with many choosing not to use the quieter George Street when it is less direct or lacks desired destinations. Thus cycling conditions must be safe. ● Whilst alternative north-south routes for cycles are proposed in the consultation, these would not suit all journeys, with many cyclists using the Bridges to travel between South Edinburgh and Leith given the more suitable gradient and directness than the Mound. And whilst there is a brief reference to the proposed Meadows to George Street route on the west side of the Bridges, there is no reference to the east side, where the Mobility Plan suggests a new active travel bridge connecting from the Old Town to Leith Walk. Such projects must be an integral part of the tram project provision including during the construction phase, also providing a permanent legacy of improved provision once finished. ● The Bridges corridor is a major residential, shopping and destinations location, and many cyclists use it for that reason; indeed many live along or just off the corridor. Routes via the Mound or Pleasance are irrelevant as alternatives for these categories of user.… linking the North Ed Network to the new canal path without descending and re-ascending - a transformative opportunity - diagram. ● Connecting Roseburn to the new Canal link path - The sketch below shows a possible layout for this crucial linkage. The yellow dotted line shows a ramp down to Russell Road, but this is possibly optional if it would cause engineering difficulties, given that most people will stay at high level, whilst those needing to descend or ascend could do so at Roseburn or at the nearby ramp to the new canal path. Finally, we understand that earlier discussions with Network Rail did not meet objections to a bridge provided that all necessary clearances are achieved. Picture of single-track shopping-street tram in Amsterdam
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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galaxykate.bsky.social
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
Conversation with Claude about tracery parsers, and it advises me to look at kate comptons parser, to which i reply “but Doctor i am kate compton”
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
judy.co.uk
This month's #Edinburgh #RustLang meetup looks particularly good.
houseofmoran.com Mike Moran @houseofmoran.com · Nov 11
I am relieved to resolve my "watch this space" pun 😀, and announce the second set of Rust and Friends presenters this month will be Tiago Santos and Cafer Eren Şimşek talking about "Rust in Space at Spire" 🛰️ 🦀! #rustlang
Exotically Sized Types, and Rust in Space at Spire!, Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Tonight we’ll be hearing from: [David Wood](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtwco/) on "Extending Rust’s notions of sizedness". From David: * "All of Rust’s types either
www.meetup.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
having read both versions of frankenstein and a book of criticism and a novel based on frankenstein in the last month… i am happy to release my creature (this blog)

defector.com/guillermo-de...
Guillermo del Toro's ‘Frankenstein’ Is Flawed Because His Creature Is Not | Defector
Guillermo del Toro has devoted much of his career to sanctifying monsters. In his first feature film, Cronos, an aging antique dealer stumbles into eternal life, becoming a vampire who, rather than be...
defector.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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richardlittler.bsky.social
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
The Womble and The Clanger in the style of The Omen and The Exorcist
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
judy.co.uk
When we heard the news, I wondered are @rebkwok.bsky.social and I the first pair of married PSF Fellows?

Becky reminded me of @audrey.feldroy.com & @daniel.feldroy.com. Foiled!

Still, great company to be in 🙂

pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/anno...
Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q3 2025! 🎉
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
judy.co.uk
The PSF have turned down a large grant because it came with the criteria that they could not do DEI work. Bravo!

It's the right decision, but it leaves the PSF financially weakened. If you or your organisation can step up, now is the time to do so!

pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...?
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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t-redactyl.bsky.social
Come and join me on Thursday!
pycharm.dev PyCharm, a JetBrains IDE @pycharm.dev · Oct 13
Learn how to build an OCR AI agent that reads handwritten text using LangGraph, OpenCV, and PyCharm’s AI toolkit.

🎥 Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/OeR2OiU...

#PyCharm #Python #AI #LangGraph #OpenCV #OCR
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
judy.co.uk
I've been using GoLand and Junie, JetBrains AI coding assistant.

GoLand's Productivity Guide shows that I haven't really been using the features of my IDE at all! I think in a real-world project I'd be using a combination of Junie for the boring stuff and hand coding the interesting pieces.
A window showing that I've been using GoLand for 2 days, but code completion has only saved me from typing 1 character, and there's a list of IDE features that I have never used.
October 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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olil.bsky.social
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
A picture of a foggy street
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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merchistoncc.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow! 🗓️ MDCC Public Meeting - Tues 21 Oct, 7pm
at Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Clubhouse

Discuss Harrison Rd closure 🚧 Polwarth Junction redesign 🚶‍♀️
Tram extension 🚊 & more!

Meet ward councillors & Raise any concerns 💬 at Residents' Forum. All welcome! 👋 #Edinburgh #Community
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
judy.co.uk
Come on then, #Edinburgh. Paris has done it. Cardiff is doing it. We can do this too.

nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM