My day job is recruiting more Python Developers (remote within the UK). We're a worker co-operative of ~20 people working on data infrastructure/standards for social good. opendataservices.coop/careers/pyth... closes 6pm BST 12th April.

Here's a compilation of code generated art that I made for #genuary. (Context: genuary.art is an idea each day in January for making art using code). (1/3)

It's another of our CLOTHES SWAPS! 4-6pm, Saturday 21st March Lichfield Community Hall, CB1 3SJ Free! Refresh your wardrobe and/or pass on unwanted clothes! No pressure to bring anything - take as you want, give as you can; the Lockon is kindly lending us their free shop. Or just come to hang out!

Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵

I'm giving a talk next week at @csvconf.bsky.social (a community data conference, not just CSVs!), on @opendataservices.coop's work for the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI, @iatistandard.org), and our approach to systems that are useful, usable, and designed to drive social impact.

csvconf@csvconf.bsky.social · last yr.

Bee Webb (@beewebb.xyz‬) will be speaking at #csvconf about "Trade-offs in designing open data infrastructure for 1700+ aid organisations"! Register now: http://csvconfv9.eventbrite.com

And a reminder for cis allies: the right thing to do when accused of being trans, of having a different AGAB, is to decline to answer. You might not like it, especially when being threatened with exclusion, but the more people who refuse, the easier it is for trans people.

I genuinely made the mistake of assuming by "ditching X" someone meant swtiching to Wayland or something!

Congrats to Emmett FitzGerald & company on the Ambie nomination for Not Built For This, a 99pi miniseries exploring how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.

Not Built For This - 99% Invisible

In a 6-part series, 99% Invisible explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap…

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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

TIL that Google Sheets will silently overflow times when they're added together. There's a separate duration type that does what I actually want. LibreOffice Calc seems to do the thing I want out of the box.

For those who don't know, the Vagina Museum is a great trans inclusive space. Please support this if you can.

Vagina Museum@vaginamuseum.bsky.social · last yr.

On Friday we are closing our #Menopause fundraiser. It's time for a last hurrah of fundraising for this programme! We raised about half of our target, which is enough for the exhibition to open to the public on 1st March, but we need more to do this topic justice! www.gofundme.com/f/r9tszw