Logbot (Feb 13 2026 at 21:00): Logbot (Feb 13 2026 at 21:00):Our ol' friend, Brett Cannon, is back to talk all things Python. But first! Star Wars, Machete Order, Lost, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, Murderbot, Ted Lasso, Project Hail Mary, David Attenborough, perpetual voice rights, and the AI uncanny valley. :link: https://changelog.am/128
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Let's talk! | 00:38 |
| 02 | 00:38 | Sponsor: Namespace | 01:41 |
| 03 | 02:19 | Star Wars & Friends | 02:51 |
| 04 | 05:10 | The best order | 02:58 |
| 05 | 08:08 | Machete order | 05:35 |
| 06 | 13:43 | Han shot first! | 05:32 |
| 07 | 19:15 | Lost | 01:58 |
| 08 | 21:13 | Babylon 5 | 00:40 |
| 09 | 21:53 | Game of Thrones | 00:45 |
| 10 | 22:38 | Murderbot | 01:04 |
| 11 | 23:42 | Ted Lasso | 03:24 |
| 12 | 27:07 | Project Hail Mary | 01:35 |
| 13 | 28:42 | David Attenborough | 02:01 |
| 14 | 30:43 | Perpetual voice rights | 07:12 |
| 15 | 37:54 | Good Will Dunkin' | 04:18 |
| 16 | 42:12 | Sponsor: Tiger Data | 02:29 |
| 17 | 44:42 | Python Steering Council | 05:09 |
| 18 | 49:51 | The Council's charter | 02:28 |
| 19 | 52:18 | Voting systems | 13:37 |
| 20 | 1:05:56 | Python lock file format | 14:27 |
| 21 | 1:20:23 | The rise of Astral | 13:02 |
| 22 | 1:33:25 | The business side | 08:33 |
| 23 | 1:41:58 | Brett did it first | 05:15 |
| 24 | 1:47:12 | Pre-built binaries | 05:14 |
| 25 | 1:52:26 | Too many steps | 02:26 |
| 26 | 1:54:52 | State of pbb | 03:27 |
| 27 | 1:58:19 | Bye, friends | 00:58 |
| 28 | 1:59:17 | Next week on the pod | 00:59 |
mray (Feb 14 2026 at 02:56):what rock has @Adam Stacoviak been living under to not know about han shooting first? bc that sounds like a lovely, peaceful place
Tim Uckun (Feb 16 2026 at 02:59):Boy you guys really tap danced around the AI elephant on this episode. Consider these thoughts.
What's to stop anybody from using David Attenborough's voice to say anything they want? Say there is a company wanting to get a permit to mine an area which would threaten an endangered species. They can make a documentary using David's voice telling people how this creature is a threat and should be eliminated. Perhaps the documentary can be about how open pit mining is wonderful for the environment and diversity of life.
The Trump administration published an AI generated picture of a black woman crying while being arrested. The mainstream media and social media happily propagated this image world wide and she was absolutely powerless to stop it. The republicans either approved of it or excused it or just didn't care. Nobody did anything which means they are going to keep doing it and maybe amp it up.
Imagine the next time ICE kills a protester they make a fake video of that person pulling a gun out. Imagine them making a video of a political opponent making plans for a terrorist attack or denouncing Jesus or whatever is going to trigger the voters.
Who is going to stop them? From the crying image incidence we know how utterly gullible the voting population is. They believe anything they see on facebook or television. Even if the television pundit makes noises saying something like "we haven't confirmed if this image is real" (which is a lie of course) they just ignore the weasel words and believe what they want to believe.
We are in for some dark times. People are going to be jailed for things they never did because the government produced a video of them committing the crime. People are going to executed because somebody believed they were molesting children in a pizza parlor. Ooops I guess that already happened before AI but it will happen much more often in the future.
Jamie Tanna (Feb 16 2026 at 16:33):Was also surprised to hear no mention of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmy%27s_Despecialized_Edition as a nicer viewing experience
Last updated: Feb 17 2026 at 17:33 UTC