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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Taking on the Cardiff Half Marathon this October for @cancerresearchuk.org!🏃‍♂️ Running in memory of friends lost too soon, and to back the vital research that has helped other loved ones survive. Target: beat 2:19:59 Any support means the world: fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/adams-g...

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In data science, our currency is predictability. Yet a total solar eclipse is clockwork predictable and totally awe-inspiring. 🌘 100 seconds over Maderuelo, Spain: day collapsed into a dreamlike indigo twilight. Here is the 14mm composite tracing the Sun’s journey across Castile 🧵👇

Total Solar Eclipse sequence finishing in a shark-fin sunset outside Madereulo, Spain in August 2026

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Staring at token-burn warnings in Claude Code is standard developer life. But this week, the illusion of borderless SaaS officially shattered. When a foreign state order can pull the plug on your primary software runtime overnight, what do you do? 🧵 www.horsewithapointyhat.com/posts/geopol...

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The Geopolitical Kill Switch: AI Supply Chains and Sovereign Risks

When the US Government ordered Anthropic to cut off foreign nationals from its frontier models, the illusion of a stable, global AI supply chain shattered overnight. How do we architect for a fracture...

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You know you've gone down the #pydatalondon2026 rabbit hole when your laptop is out on bar!

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Robin Wilson @robintw.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm looking forward to PyData Southampton next week - talks on Azure AI Foundry, astronomical image alignment and AI for sign language. Sign up at www.meetup.com/pydata-south... and come along at 7pm Tues 17th at Carnival's HQ, Southampton @pydatasoton.bsky.social #pydata #python #ml #ai

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PyData Southampton - 22nd Meetup, Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup

**Venue**: Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST **📢 Want to speak 📢: [submit your talk proposal](https://bit.ly/pydataSoton-talks)** **Main Talks**

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Time for the 105th @pydatalondon.bsky.social meetup, with an intro from inimitable @johnsandall.bsky.social - and an appropriate big advert for the summer PyData London 2026 conference. Get your tickets now

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

From small beginnings to great things! @emlynclay.bsky.social tells us the history of PyData London.

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It’s finally time! 🥳 PyData London 100 is here! 💯

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Next up we have Sam Joseph LLMs can tell jokes, but they’re pretty bad. Sam found he can breed better jokes using ideas from evolutionary computing—with pretty decent results!

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Now hearing from Victor Zommers on his experiments getting LLMs to play Go. They were not good, not only losing to KataGo but also Wally, developed in 1981 with just 7 rules.

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Next up Why Python is the best language for algorithmic trading from @richardhickling.bsky.social

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Now hearing HangMAN vs AI - Kavit Tolia Learnings building a custom transformer to play hangman.

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Congratulations @pydatalondon.bsky.social on your 💯 th meetup; I've been here since Meetup number 4 and this community is awesome! #datascience #machinelearning #python

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Day 1 ✅ Tutorial Day at #PyDataAmsterdam I gave a packed intro to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — great questions, great energy (even when the demo gods 👀 had their fun). Now onto 2 days of talks, celebrating 10 years of PyData Amsterdam 🎉 #PyData #MCP #LLMs #DataScience

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Well that was unexpected; I arrived at @pydatalondon.bsky.social as an attendee and ended up as the August Meetup MC!

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Thanks for attending, glad you enjoyed it.

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PyData Global @pydata.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

IT’S HERE! PyData London 2025 has officially KICKED OFF! 🤩 This event would not be possible without the support of our entire open source community, and we can’t wait to put on a show for you! Without further ado, welcome to PyData London 2025! 🇬🇧 ❤️

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Just finished a great tutorial from Samuel Joseph taking us step-by-step through creating a simple GPT model… to tell knock knock jokes. And building intuitive visualisations along the way!

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Welcome to the PyData main conference! 🎉 @jaspajjr.bsky.social getting things going with opening remarks alongside Andy Terrel from @numfocus.bsky.social

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Lightning talk slots already filling up! Want to share something cool with the rest of the conference? Sign up at the @numfocus.bsky.social booth!

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@johnsandall.bsky.social is a great speaker and long-time contributor to the @pydata.bsky.social community. I think it's fair to say that I've learned something new every time I've attended one of his talks!

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Tony Mears, an NHS Director in strategy & innovation, authored ‘Innovation is Dead’ to boost public sector innovation. Previously, he led tech strategy and EU Exit talks at the UK Space Agency (UN delegate) and was deputy director of innovation for a new hospital programme.

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Leanne Kim Fitzpatrick, Financial Times' Data Science & AI Director, is a passionate data leader skilled in building teams and embedding data/AI solutions operationally, from startups to large firms. Active in the tech community, she shares best practices and advises academic AI programmes.

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🚨 PyData London 2025 6-8 June | Talk spotlight Are coding assistants as good as we thought in coding? -- @cheukting.bsky.social Coding assistants seem to be everywhere these days. But exactly what can these agents do well? Will AI take my job? Get your tickets here today! pydata.org/london2025

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I'm really excited for this year's PyData London conference - there are some awesome talks on the schedule and I'm excited to hear the keynote speakers @jayalammar.bsky.social, Tony Wears, & Leanne Fitzpatrick #pydata #datascience

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Kicked off this years MLOps Zoomcamp! ⚙️ Week 1 of the Zoomcamp was all about setting up our systems and training an ML model that we'll be revisiting later in the course. github.com/DataTalksClu...

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mlops-zoomcamp/cohorts/2025 at main · DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp

Free MLOps course from DataTalks.Club. Contribute to DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

🚨 I'm speaking at PyData London 2025! 🎙️ “Not Another LLM Talk… Practical Lessons from Building a Real-World Adverse Media Pipeline” If you care about getting GenAI into production, this talk is for you. 🎟️ Grab your ticket now! ti.to/pydata/pydat... @pydatalondon.bsky.social

PyData London 2025: 6-8 June 2025, "Not Another LLM Talk... Practical Lessions from Building a Real-World Adverse Media Pipeline" by Dr Adam Hill

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#Southampton Half Marathon completed; 10th anniversary race (I've run 9/10) and happy to say it's my 4th fastest time in 10 years and my fastest post-pandemic. Now for a well deserved rest...

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Don't miss out on one of the best UK data science events of the year. Tickets are available now! The #PyData community is an awesome group ⭐

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PyData Southampton @pydatasoton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It's not too late, you have time to submit your talk proposal for this year's PyData London conference! Why you ask: - Give a talk & get a complimentary ticket to one of the biggest, friendliest, data conferences out there - showcase your skills to an engaged audience - Looking for a new job?

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Call for Proposals — PyData London 2025

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

@kristenalice77.bsky.social thought I should come and find you here before your SM exodus! Hope you and the family are well, it was great seeing you all last year

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Excited to kick off the 2025 PyData meetup season ⚽

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Headed home for Christmas and I've crossed the border into Dragon Land 🎄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎄

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Adam Hill @astroadamh.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Looking forward to delivering the @prefect.io workshop at @pydatasoton.bsky.social on Tuesday with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social - it should be a great session, plus there will be prizes! #datascience #dataengineering #python

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PyData Southampton @pydatasoton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Final chance to register, there are limited places left for our @prefect.io pipelines workshop on Tuesday.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

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Steven Kell @stevenkell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The PyData Global 2024 schedule is out! Check out the different tracks to find your area of interest whether you are a Python, R, or Julia user! pydata.org/global2024/s... #PyData #Python #Stats #RStats #DataScience

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Schedule — PyData Global 2024

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PyData Southampton @pydatasoton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🏆 Prizes for lucky participants: - PyData t-shirts 👕 - Prefect socks 🧦 - 📚 A signed copy of Seren and the Polar Bear Cub 🐻‍❄️, a children's book by local author, Sadie Jones! - 💻 Grand prize: A 1-year personal subscription to the JetBrains IDE of your choice! Don’t miss out – see you there! 🎉

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PyData Southampton @pydatasoton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🚨 Only 1 week to go! 🚨 Join us on Tuesday, 26 November for our 11th Meetup: a practical workshop on building data pipelines with @prefect.io 3.0. 📍 Carnival House, Southampton UK 🎟️ Register now: meetu.ps/e/NBsbD/q8J9... ... 🧵 #PyData #DataScience #Prefect #Networking

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PyData Southampton - 11th Meetup, Tue, Nov 26, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup

**Venue**: Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST **📢 Want to speak 📢: [submit your talk proposal](https://bit.ly/pydataSoton-talks)** **Please note**

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PyData London @pydatalondon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The PyData Global schedule is now live! A top notch 3 day virtual event spread across 4 tracks to share ideas and learn from each other. Join us for the chance to attend live keynote sessions, talks and tutorials, and get to know fellow members of the community! pydata.org/global2024/s...

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Schedule — PyData Global 2024

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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

🧑‍💻 Job vacancy 🧑‍💻 Reminder that we're looking for a Public Engagement Officer to join our team. Are you passionate about our work and keen to harness that inspiration to teach a world-class programme to a wide range of audiences? To apply, visit: buff.ly/3YNao2Z

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