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I'm Lorena Mesa. Software engineer, PSF Fellow and Ex-Chairperson, PyLadies Chicago founder, and occasional Starfleet enthusiast. Abides by the motto to live long, Python, and prosper. 🖖
LATEST · NOV 2026
Make It So: Election Night Was the Easy Part
Patrick Stewart is gone, and a wave of first-time leaders just got elected. Waves don't fail at the ballot box — they fail in the months after. Here's the arithmetic of the next election nobody is talking about, and a small Python tool for the work that comes after.
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