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Chelsea Finnie

@pengu.nz

Technical swiss army knife. Network DevOps Engineer (I know what a DevOps is because I use it everyday). President of Python New Zealand. Folk song enthusiast. Collects hobbies as if they were Pokémon. Will threaten to sing a song at your conference.

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Tickets are selling so fast, we sold out of blind bird tickets a month early! So we're extending the discount until midnight tonight!

If you were procrastinating your #pyconau registration then TODAY is the day!
Save $50 by registering your ticket before midnight tonight!

2026.pycon.org.au/tickets

01.03.2026 23:45 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Are you at @everythingopen.au this week? Say hi to @gdayitsjack.bsky.social and @pengu.nz and grab a #pyconau sticker!

Our call for specialist tracks closes soon too! Don’t miss out!

Details (and blind bird tickets!) at 2026.pycon.org.au/specialist-t... and catch Jack and Chelsea before Friday!

21.01.2026 23:18 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Early bird tickets extended until 31 December 2025.

If PyCon AU is on your 2026 wishlist, now is the best time to lock it in.

Give yourself the gift of an early bird ticket!
2026.pycon.org.au/posts/early-...

24.12.2025 04:45 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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👉 Kiwi PyCon 2025 in 11 Days! You’ve got till the end of Wednesday at the very latest to get your order in for a conference t-shirt. 👉 Check out / order the design https://kiwipycon.nz/attend/t-shirt

https://python.nz/2025/11/09/%f0%9f%91%89-kiwi-pycon-2025-in-11-days/

09.11.2025 06:52 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Kawaiicon — Kiwi PyCon Kawaiicon

Kiwi PyCon ❤️ Kawaiicon. Several of our folk are excited to be heading to @kawaiicon.bsky.social. Be sure to say hi if you see us floating around. #kawaiicon

Nothing to see here...👩‍💻😈
kiwipycon.nz/kawaiicon

05.11.2025 17:39 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Kiwi PyCon 2025 keynote reveal! 🎉

We’re stoked to welcome Benno Rice — long-time Pythonista, open source contributor, and all-around thoughtful human.

👉 kiwipycon.nz/keynote-benn...

11.09.2025 04:11 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2

If you’re every wondering “how do I get involved in running conferences” or “how do I become a leader into the community”, you should volunteer.

Volunteering is a really effective way to see what’s going on under the hood. You’ll also get to meet those really cool people running things.

09.09.2025 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Become a Volunteer at Kiwi PyCon 2025: Join the Fun! Join us as a volunteer for Kiwi PyCon 2025! Help create an amazing conference experience while enjoying the buzz of the event!

Kiwi PyCon 2025 is coming together! 🙌

Tickets ✔️ Schedule ✔️ Now we’re after volunteers.

Bring your energy, meet great people, and help make the magic happen.

👉 python.nz/2025/09/10/v...

09.09.2025 23:24 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

The Tom Phillips story is fascinating to me for a few reasons
1) Was raised in the King Country, so this is close to home for me
2) I am baffled, yet not surprised by the dogshit takes around this.
3) TLDR; "Divorced man loses custody, immediately proves why he lost custody in the first place"

08.09.2025 05:06 👍 72 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 2

Thinking some thoughts about how people can spend more effort sympathising with a man who *might* have lost *some* access to his kids than with a woman who actually did have her kids stolen for four entire years

08.09.2025 05:51 👍 175 🔁 30 💬 6 📌 3
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If only there was a saying to describe this

07.09.2025 04:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy August, everyone! 🎉
⏳Less than a week to get your Kiwi PyCon 2025 talk proposal in — CFP closes 21 Aug (AoE)! 🎤Submit your talk: kiwipycon.nz/present/subm...

14.08.2025 23:41 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Huge thanks to our amazing #KiwiPyCon community! 🎉

Our 1st Contributor Ticket for Kiwi PyCon 2025 has been sold! It directly funds our Financial Aid program, helping us "pay it forward" to the next gen of Py users.

🗓️ Financial Aid applications close August 21st! Apply now! tinyurl.com/fph2985r

18.07.2025 02:02 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Kiwi PyCon 2025 Early Bird Ticket Sales Now Open Get in before August 17th to secure your place at exclusive Early Bird rates

Kiwi PyCon 2025 Early Bird Ticket Sales Now Open

Get in before August 17th to secure your place at exclusive Early Bird rates

03.07.2025 07:00 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Seeking an LGBTQ-friendly tech community? Try one of these Python conferences (2025) Heya - it’s Matt (they/them) from Melbourne, Australia, one of Remote Queer's writers and co-founders. I’ve been working as a Linux systems administration for over 15 years, and I’m here to dispel the...

Check out @mattcen.com’s roundup of @python.org events around the world in 2025 and 2026, featuring @pyconau.bsky.social, @pycon.us, @kiwipycon.nz, @pythonitalia.bsky.social, @northbaypython.org, @europython.eu, @pythonbrasil.bsky.social, and more! remotequeer.co/pycon-2025/ #Python #PyCon

24.06.2025 15:25 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Unfortunately it’s not within the budget for this year. All presentations are in person 🎤

04.06.2025 06:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Kiwi PyCon 2025 Call for Proposals now open! Kiwi PyCon 2025 is the fourteenth New Zealand Python programming language and community conference. It will be held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, from the 21st to the 23rd of November. Today we a...

Kiwi PyCon 2025 Call for Proposals now open!
python.nz/2025/05/27/k...

27.05.2025 04:08 👍 16 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

21.03.2025 17:20 👍 29299 🔁 7432 💬 170 📌 202

gandi .net shat the bed on email hosting, any recommendations on where to move my domains/email?

09.03.2025 06:13 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It’s about time someone said this

25.02.2025 09:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
repost is trans people should have free boneless wings

repost is trans people should have free boneless wings

I love boneless wings :3

24.02.2025 16:51 👍 10361 🔁 5490 💬 98 📌 154
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Membership There are plenty of perks to being a member of InternetNZ, from regulars newsletters, invites to events and much more. Find out how to join and get involved.

Hey NZ / #Kikorangi, the very not actually Free Speech Union is lobbying its members to sign up to Internet NZ, and we need to do the same to ensure that organisation doesn’t get dominated by loonies. You can sign up here: internetnz.nz/membership/ (it does cost a wee bit)

25.02.2025 02:59 👍 93 🔁 66 💬 14 📌 6
North Bay Python 2025 Schedule, talks and talk submissions for North Bay Python 2025

We've extended our talk submissions window for another two weeks (until Feb 21st!) If you missed our original opening, fret not, and submit your talk ideas today! https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2025/cfp

#PyCon #Python #sfba

11.02.2025 20:58 👍 1 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Pretty much goes with every general rule/standard. There are going to be exceptions you just need to know when to break the rule

03.02.2025 00:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

and Nebula :) bsky.app/profile/lily...

22.01.2025 21:30 👍 291 🔁 49 💬 3 📌 0
YouTube thumbnail featuring a syringe propped up between two vials of medication. Text reading "THIS VIDEO IS LEGAL (for now)". The backdrop is a trans flag.

YouTube thumbnail featuring a syringe propped up between two vials of medication. Text reading "THIS VIDEO IS LEGAL (for now)". The backdrop is a trans flag.

DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You

My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo

youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc

22.01.2025 21:30 👍 10884 🔁 5847 💬 82 📌 130

Granted I’m in the position of not living in the USA but we’re all on the same planet

21.01.2025 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s my way to go about it, live my life to the fullest in spite of the people who hate me.

21.01.2025 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Kiwi PyCon: Gearing up for 2025 Kiwi PyCon 2024 – our 13th Python conference since 2009 – was an amazing three-day event with 219 participants enjoying 4 workshops, 22 presentations, a live coding competition, 2 inspi…

Kiwi PyCon is gearing up for 2025 - join us!
python.nz/2024/11/26/k...

25.11.2024 21:49 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah I’ve gone the other way and have been more explicitly anti-nazi

18.11.2024 02:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0