Get ready for PyCon Ireland 2026, coming to Dublin on Saturday, 21 November! Experience three insightful talk tracks, two engaging workshop tracks, and the ever-popular "hallway track."

Secure your spot and grab your tickets now at 2026.pycon.ie

Python Ireland is hosting PyCon Ireland 2026 to bring together the Python community for a full day of talks, workshops, and networking.

📅 Date: 21 November 2026

📍 Location: Chartered Accountants House, Pearse St, Dublin 2

Website: 2026.pycon.ie

📋 Details: A single-day, multi-track conference featuring three tracks of talks and two workshop tracks, connecting over 500 Python developers and data scientists.

Tickets range from €35 to €159.
#python #pycon #pydata

Fair play to the new organizing team for getting such a magnificent venue for their first conference. charteredaccountants.ie/chartered-acco…

On a different matter - this highlights the potential secondary uses of indoor sports venues, and why we should build more of them in Ireland.
Bercy Velodrome in Paris functions similarly
#Limerick

"In Praise of the City of Mullingar" was written by William Rankine - The Engineer and Mathematician

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His first poem in this book is "A Mathematician in Love". It has mathematical equations in the footnotes.

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Paul Robeson had an amazing career as a sportsman, singer, actor and activist - and definite should have a much higher profile that he does now. This would be well-worth attending

(T.W This article contains 1930s quotes that use outdated language) irishamerica.com/2020/05/paul-r…

Bilbao

Could it be the reenactment of the 1920s London Dachshund Club Jubilee Show? The writer Radclyffe Hall was the judge for long-haired Dachshunds.

The ethical way to mitigate the effect of promiscuous tourism is to make an effort, a small investment, in learning a bit of the local languages of the places you are visiting.

#skininthegame

Anna May Wong's Dance Scene in "Piccadilly".
Absolutlwy fantastic on the big screen.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=njtyFA…

Recent research from Kyoto University reveals that female dogs actively assess human competence—while male dogs do not.

Female dogs clearly prefer approaching humans who successfully complete tasks, such as opening food containers, over those who fail. In contrast, male dogs treat both competent and incompetent humans equally.

These findings, published in a study titled "Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans," indicate that female dogs exhibit a more advanced form of social evaluation, particularly when food or resources are involved. They pay closer attention to human actions and their outcomes, using this information to decide who is the most reliable partner for obtaining rewards.

This competence bias suggests female dogs are more sensitive to efficiency and social results than previously thought. For dog owners, it means your female companion isn't just loyal—she's also quietly evaluating your ability to provide. These results highlight an intriguing sex difference in canine social cognition, potentially evolved to enhance females' chances of securing resources and survival.

[Chijiiwa, H., Horisaki, E., Hori, Y., Anderson, J. R., Fujita, K., & Kuroshima, H. (2022). Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans. Behavioural Processes, 203, 104778. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104778]

2026 so far

The Angelus but the bongs have been replaced with Cardi B and Michael D Higgins saying Coronavirus

The 2026 edition of this festival (for February Bank Holiday, if it is going ahead) - needs to be programmed announced and launched within the next three weeks. #Limerick
If this does not happen, Limerick Mayor and CCC can not legitimately say they tried there best.

There is a lot to be said for this way of picking heads of state.

If Cillian Murphy is really good at Snooker or Darts, just give him the job permanently and be done with it

#aras2

📅 Save the Dates: UseR! 2026 The international #Rstats community will gather in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 from 6–9 July 2026 for the next edition of UseR!, the premier conference for users and developers of the R programming language. Website: user2026.r-project.org/index2.html

Jim Gavin dropping out and a massive "Spoil The Vote" campaign (and it is massive), will probably propel Irish political landscape into truly bizarre territory. Imagine if he tops the poll now.
Flann O'Brien type stuff

My prediction is that Catherine Connolly will win the election easily.
Good campaign so far, contrasting with the absolute chaos everywhere else.

Anything that could have derailed her would have damaged her by now ( Her trip to Syria)

I reckon this will be a low turnout election. Had before these revelations were published, and doubly so now.

37-42% is my forecast