Veit Schiele

Have you had your identity verified on LinkedIn to get the blue tick? If so, I’m afraid I have to tell you that your passport, ID and biometric data are now stored with ‘Persona Identities’, a company funded by Peter Thiel, which has already been cross-referenced with numerous US government databases. This data is shared with any US authorities at their discretion.
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
#LinkedIn #Privacy

In future, Open Research Europe (ORE) will no longer be open solely to projects funded under the EU Framework Programmes for Research; instead, all research institutions in the participating countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland) will be able to use the platform free of charge, regardless of whether their projects receive funding.
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/new-era-open-research-europe-2026-03-26_en
#EU #OpenAccess #OpenData

OpenAI will acquire Astral and integrate its tools into the Codex ecosystem. Perhaps it’s time for forks: https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/
#OpenAI #Astral #Python

I took a look at the changes coming with Python 3.15 – and I can’t wait to put them to productive use. I’ve already updated our tutorials:
• utf-8 as the default encoding: https://python-basics-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/types/strings/encodings.html#unicode-and-utf-8
• Performance measurements: https://www.python4data.science/en/latest/performance/index.html#performance-measurements
• Tachyon: https://www.python4data.science/en/latest/performance/tachyon.html
• Python JIT compiler: https://www.python4data.science/en/latest/performance/index.html#python-jit-compiler
#Python

RE: @pypi@fosstodon.org

Many thanks to @sethmlarson@mastodon.social and @miketheman@hachyderm.io for their ongoing work on securing the Python infrastructure.

Enshitification at scale – Anthropic appears to be introducing an identity verification process for Claude. According to the FAQ, this is handled by Persona, a service provider with links to Peter Thiel, and may require official photo ID as well as a live selfie: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude
#Enshitification #Anthropic #Claude #Persona #PeterThiel #Privacy

Trump announces 10% punitive tariffs from 1 February 2026 against Germany, among others – as leverage in the Greenland dispute. From 1 June, the tariff will rise to 25%. This serves as a reminder that dependence makes us vulnerable to blackmail. It is time to detach ourselves from the United States as quickly as possible – especially digitally: away from big tech, US platforms and US offices. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/17/hands-off-greenland-protests-denmark-us-donald-trump-europe-latest-news-updates
#Trump #Greenland #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty

“Security for LLM Agents” has now been published in @linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2026/305/Securing-LLM-Agents
#ITSecurity #AI #LLM

The study ‘Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver?’ corresponds quite well with our experiences: ‘The age of AI coding has arrived – our challenge now is to harness it wisely.’
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04427v2
#AI #Coding #Cursor

Heute ist der vierte Teil der Artikelserie zu Open-Source-Lizenzen von Frank Hofmann (@hofmannedv@mastodon.social) und mir im Linux-Magazin (@redaktion@social.linux-magazin.de) erschienen: https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2026/03/nicht-software-lizenzen-teil-4/
#OpenSource #OpenData #OpenHardware

Social media algorithms prioritize right-wing content and influence the political views and behavior of real users. This is the finding of the recent study “The political effects of X’s feed algorithm”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
#SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech
@algorithmwatch@chaos.social

Donald Knuth is quite enthusiastic about his recent experiences with generative AI: https://cusy.io/en/blog/knuth-claudes-cycles.html
#Knuth #GenAI #AI #Claude #Anthropic

On the way to #Tübingen for a meeting with @zopyx@mastodon.world and @wosc@sueden.social.

Organise the @pyberlin@mastodon.social meeting on 12 February with a talk by Rodrigo Girão Serrão (@mathsppblog@fosstodon.org) on the paradox of itertools.tee: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/312711011
#Python #Berlin

Final preparations for the Python Users Berlin (@pyberlin@mastodon.social) meeting tonight. I’m looking forward to meeting all the Pythonistas in Berlin and Rodrigo’s (@mathsppblog@fosstodon.org) talk on itertools.tee: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/312711011/
#Python #Berlin

Berlin Pythonistas – save the date 14 August: There will be another BBQ together at the c-base space station: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/308184536/
I’m looking forward to meeting many diverse Pythonistas!
#Berlin #Python @cbase@chaos.social @pyberlin@mastodon.social @berlin_pyladies@mastodon.social @djangogirls@berlin.social @pyberlin@fosstodon.org

RE: @veit@mastodon.social

That wasn’t an April Fool's joke.

RE: @hugovk@mastodon.social

Thanks @hugovk@mastodon.social! I haven’t been this excited about a #Python release in a long time. I’m curious to see how some of our projects will fare with free-threaded Python: https://cusy.io/en/blog/free-threaded-python-hit-or-miss.html

RE: @jezdez@publicidentity.net

Thank you so much for all your hard work over the years, Jannis. And even if @pyOpenSci@fosstodon.org is currently struggling with AI slop themselves, they might still be able to support some scientific Python projects.

On the way to Berlin for the Christmas party of all Berlin Python User Groups in the c-base: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/302599745/
#Berlin #Python @cbase@chaos.social

Only one week to go until the Christmas party of all Berlin Python User Groups – come along and look forward to interesting conversations with many Pythonistas: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/302599745/
#Python #Berlin

I’ve written about design patterns for the securing of LLM agents: https://cusy.io/en/blog/design-patterns-for-the-securing-of-llm-agents/view
#AI #LLM #PromptInjection

My talk at PyData Berlin on ‘Democratizing Digital Maps – How Protomaps Changes the Game’ has been accepted. I’m looking forward to many exciting discussions during PyData Berlin from September 1-3: https://cusy.io/en/about/events/pydata-berlin-2025
#Map #Geography #GIS

Many thanks to @kirschner@mastodon.social for the great talk on ‘Let’s spark children’s interest in coding’: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/301407609/
And the presentation slides are now also online: https://python.berlin/en/latest/pub/resources/index.html

📆 Please save the date of 12 December – there will be another meeting of all Python user groups in Berlin at the c-base space station (@cbase@mastodon.social): https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/302599745/
#Python #Berlin

Final preparations for the @pyberlin@mastodon.social meeting tomorrow evening: https://www.meetup.com/python-users-berlin-pub/events/301407609/
I'm looking forward to @kirschner@mastodon.social’s talk on how we can get kids interested in coding. And of course I also hope to meet many of you.
#Python #Berlin

RT @bokeh@twitter.com
Bokeh 3.0 is out! 🎉✨
It includes:
- New contour plots,
- Restructured user guide,
- Expanded gallery examples,
- Layout engine overhaul,
- Improved widgets and tools,
- More accessible color palettes,
and many more exciting features!
Check it out: https://blog.bokeh.org/introducing-bokeh-3-0-914b8f67d0b

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/bokeh/status/1587113002951925762

Added links to automate changelogs: https://python-basics-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/libs/distribution.html#changelog-rst #Python