Notices by Paolo Melchiorre (paulox@fosstodon.org)

PyCon US 2026 has officially started at the Long Beach Convention Center with the opening presentation from the Python Software Foundation ✨

The venue is now completely full of people from the Python community from all around the world.

#PyConUS #PyCon #US

I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚

“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️

See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026

Please boost 🙏

#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python

CC @standardebooks

I’ve realized that many posts and photos from conferences I shared before joining Mastodon (2019) are now basically trapped on Twitter/X.

They still exist, but accessing them has become difficult.

I’m considering moving to a self-hosted Mastodon instance and importing some old tweets to “free” them.

Has anyone tried this?
Any guides or tools to recommend? 👀

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SelfHosting #OpenWeb #Twitter #X

Have any of you used Codeberg static pages for your developer blog or for your Open Source project's homepage? :codeberg:

I would love to hear about some experiences or see your Git repositories. 🙂

https://codeberg.page/

CC @Codeberg @forgejo

#Codeberg #Forjeo #Git # Page #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

I'm happy to share that I'll be speaking at DjangoCon Europe 2025 🎉

I'll tell you about my experience as Djangonaut Space navigator 🚀

See you in Dublin from 23 April 2025 🇮🇪

Info 👇
https://www.paulox.net/2025/04/23/djangocon-europe-2025/

#DjangoConEurope #DjangonautSpace #Django #DjangoCon

CC @djangoconeurope @djangonautspace

I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚

“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️

See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2025

Please boost 🙏

#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource

CC @standardebooks

"When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works entered the public domain in 2025. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform." 🄯
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_public_domain

Happy belated Public Domain Day 2025 🎉

“Popeye, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and thousands of other captivating creations are finally free for everyone to use.” ©️

“Yesterday, January 1, 2025, copyrights expired for books, films, comic strips, musical compositions and other creative works from 1929, as well as sound recordings from 1924.” 📽️

Find out more 👇
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/happy-public-domain-day-popeye-rhapsody-in-blue-the-sound-and-the-fury-and-thousands-of-other-captivating-creations-are-finally-free-for-everyone-to-use-180985744/

#PublicDomain #PublicDomain2025 #Popeye #RhapsodyInBlue #TheSoundAndTheFury #Copyright #Tintin

Interesting discussion on Lobster about "Fedora moves towards Forgejo" 🦞
https://lobste.rs/s/mgneu0/fedora_moves_towards_forgejo

#Git #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #VCS #Fedora #SelfHosting #Forjeo #Gitea #Gogs #GoLang #Go

CC @fedora @forgejo @Codeberg

It seems after all that Meta used Django to build Threads 🧵

> "… Instagram uses Python (Django) for its backend. By using the same backend for Threads, we could leverage a lot of the existing tech stack for Threads and reuse most of our existing data models, business logic, security features, and server infrastructure.…"

"Threads: The inside story of Meta’s newest social app" 👇
https://engineering.fb.com/2023/09/07/culture/threads-inside-story-metas-newest-social-app/

#Python #Django #Meta #Threads #Backend

@adamchainz is a very exhaustive article. 👍

@adamchainz something Django related to add could be @takahe and @bookwyrm

I highly recommend supporting the Standard Ebooks project. 📚

«Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain e-books that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of copyright restrictions, and free of cost.»

👇
https://standardebooks.org/donate

Please boost 🙏

#standardebook #standardebooks #ebook #ebooks #publicdomain #book #books #reading

Dear #Fediverse, I ask you for #help 🌌

Recommend me some #books to buy on 📚
• #Python (language)
• #Django
• #Accessibility (#web)
• #PostgreSQL
• #ArtificialIntelligence
• #DesignPatterns
• #FreeSoftware
• #OpenSource

I'd like to have 🪪
• author
• title
• suggestion reason
• purchase URL

I prefer #ePUB (more than Amazon and content with DRM), but #paperback is fine if there are no alternatives ✨

Thank you 🙏

P.S. It's fine to propose books that you've written 👍

P.P.S. #boost please 🔁