Becky Sweger

Wanna support #PyLadies AND have fun AND get amazing #Python swag? Come to #PyConUS #PyLadies auction! Snag a ticket on @pycon.us for the auction and maybe I’ll convince you to get some cool item(s) when I’m behind the podium actioning things off. #pythonicallyyours 🤓🐍

Wanna support #PyLadies AND have fun AND get amazing #Python swag? Come to #PyConUS #PyLadies auction! Snag a ticket on @pycon.us for the auction and maybe I’ll convince you to get some cool item(s) when I’m behind the podium actioning things off. #pythonicallyyours 🤓🐍

Auspicious start to #PyConUs: the boarding area to Pittsburgh is directly across from La Colombe, a rare treat ☕️

UMass Amherst Libraries Falcon Cam 2025 YouTube video by UMass Amherst Libraries

🚨Mama falcon is feeding her babies *right now* on the UMass library falcon cam!!!
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I can't spend all day complaining about Google's AI maligning us, so I'll take this moment to handle some overdue marketing.

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When you're writing up the Five Whys for an incident report...

FWIW this blog entry is about Donald Rumsfeld, not the current Donald.

"So we're ridin on down the road in our Cross Country Journey of Inner Discovery and Of Course the American Dream when Donald Rumsfeld hits a moose..."

For maximum effect, read this story in the voice of Arlo Guthrie

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You can get your very own copy of the database that powers usaspending.gov.

Here's a walk down memory lane about the original reason for publishing the usaspending PostgreSQL archive: a bug, a delivery date mandated by law, and a roadmap.

beckysweger.com/2025/02/11/i...

#usaspending #data

Why are they taking it all the way to Florida instead of sinking it next to the Hooters boat?

Everyone is tired, but please…posting screenshots with no attribution or link or other way to verify their accuracy is absolutely not helping.

Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You. We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.

Hello population researchers and demographers. I spent five years at the Carolina Population Center. I now work at @propublica.org. Reach out and say hi.

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If for some reason you want to dig into the myriad of ways that federal grant money funds the things around you, spend some time with usaspending.gov

You can try usaspending.gov, which can search grants (and contracts, too) by location. But note that many grant programs funded by the federal government are administered by states, so the website isn’t able to track that money beyond the state level

If for some reason you want to dig into the myriad of ways that federal grant money funds the things around you, spend some time with usaspending.gov

I just wanna live my life and share Python scripts without Futzing Around

Python + uv run: sharing is caring: https://beckysweger.com/2025/01/06/change-your-life-with-uv.html

This is the winter we’ll make a Deeper ‘n Ever pie 🥔🥧

20 years later, I still fondly and frequently remember Fafblog and Fafnir and the Medium Lobster and Giblets.

Fafblog perfectly encapsulates the intersection of peak Bush-era War on Terror and peak weblog. Is there a 2024 equivalent?

fafblog.blogspot.com/2004/09/driv...

Don’t own a paper, so doing my endorsements here, like a plebian:

- wooly worms
- peanut butter on everything
- Kamala Harris
- snake_case
- 100% cotton pajamas