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Join us every week for a Gundam and One Piece Card Game casual play event, perfect for beginners and casual players! 🃏 Whether you're new and looking to learn or looking for a laid-back gaming experience, this event welcomes players of all skill levels. 📅 When: Every week alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays 🏷️ Price: $6 + tax, **or** a purchase of a Gundam or One Piece TCG pack If you do not RSVP for the event OR pre-purchase your event ticket on our site by noon on the day of the event the price will be $8+ tax. 💼 Bring your own decks and don't forget to pack your trade binders for friendly exchanges with fellow enthusiasts. It's not just about the battles on the table; it's about building connections and expanding your collection.

**Description** Coming Out Being Out (COBO) is a peer discussion group that has served the LGBT community for over 15 years in downtown Toronto. We meet to share stories and opinions, challenges and triumphs at all stages of coming out and being out. COBO participants are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit and questioning people. We welcome all who identify under the banner of queer sexual orientation and gender identity. **What We Do** \|\-\| COBO participants are often seeking to: * Understand what experiences others have in coming out to family, friends and their respective communities. * Develop comfort in discussing their identity with others. * Meet others having the same experiences when it comes to living openly. * Receive the encouragement of peers. \|\-\| Regular topics of discussion include: * How people choose to come out (at work, with family, with friends). * Where to find others like us in the community. * Challenges and triumphs in navigating family and partner relationships. **Where & When** * Every Wednesday from 6-8pm * Community meeting space at Casey House - 119 Isabella St., Toronto **How to Access the Meeting** Registration on Meetup is not required to attend. Attendance is on a drop-in basis. The front door to our meeting space at Casey House is controlled by the main floor receptionist. To access the space when you arrive: * Press the button to the left of the main entrance door. * Tell the receptionist that you are there for the COBO meeting. * You will be buzzed in and someone from our group will come to show you to the meeting. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON WEDNESDAY! *COBO is a community group led by non-professional peer facilitators and is not a Casey House program.*

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SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE! If you’re interested in improving your public speaking and leadership skills at an entertaining, educational and inspirational meeting, please visit us … it’s free! We meet weekly on Wednesday evenings. The location or link will be sent to those who confirm attendance. Brainwave Speakers Toastmasters club is a place where strangers become friends, where new ideas and experiences are shared. With a wide variety of ages, backgrounds and experiences, our members are an interesting and diverse group. Regardless of whether you are a professional, student, stay at home parent, job seeker or a retiree, you will find something of value at Brainwave Speakers Toastmasters club. Please feel welcome to visit us! Contact our Vice President of Membership at karen.goodyear333@gmail.com for details.

Toronto Babel \| Language Exchange & Social Event @ Madison Ave Pub We’re back on Wednesday, April 29 for another night of good conversations, new connections, games & music. Whether you’re practicing a new language or just looking to meet new friends from all over the world, this is the place to be! Plus special guest DJ on the decks! DJ FLŸ will be spinning Salsa, Reggaetón, and Latin Classics all night long in the 2nd room 🔥🎶 Bring your dance shoes! 🌍 Toronto Babel Social ✅ Language Exchange 🇫🇷🇯🇵🇲🇽🇩🇪🇰🇷 ✅ Make New Friends 🗣️ ✅ Arts & Crafts Table 🎨 ✅ Fun Board Games 🎲 ✅ DJ Music with DJ FLŸ 💃🕺 📍 Madison Avenue Pub – Toronto 14 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 2S1 🗓️ Wednesday, April 29 🕖 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Pull up solo or bring a friend—either way, you’ll leave with new connections, good laughs, and even better vibes 💬🫶🌟 💵 $5 Entry Donation Your contribution helps cover meetup costs, name tags, games, and all the little extras that make the night special ✨ 📲 E-transfer also available: tmg8@wealthsimple.me 🔗 Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/torontobabel 💬 WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EYMdUw8XaxE5irFSNg5bt7 👉 Check out the calendar & RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel/[#calendar](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/calendar/) 📝 Note: Toronto Babel is a welcoming and safe space for all attendees. Any form of harassment or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. If you experience or witness any issues, please inform one of the organizers immediately so we can address it appropriately. [#LanguageExchange](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/languageexchange/) [#MadisonPub](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/madisonpub/) [#TorontoEvents](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/torontoevents/) #LearnEnglish

The Test Tribe 13th Toronto Meetup – From Tests to Trust: How QA Creates Value That Outlasts Technology Shifts Tools change. Frameworks evolve. AI reshapes workflows. But one thing remains constant: the expectation that QA delivers value. In a world of rapid technological change, the real question isn’t what tools we use - it’s how QA creates trust, clarity, and better decisions across teams. At the 13th Toronto Meetup, we step back from tools and trends to explore a deeper question: What does quality really mean to the business - and how can QA deliver it consistently, regardless of technology shifts? **Event Details** * **Date: April 29th, 2026 (Wednesday)** * **Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET** * **Venue: Tribal Scale** * **Maps Link:** https://maps.app.goo.gl/hqUyAVXKLQhPFsUK6?g_st=ic (Please enter via **35 John St.**, where a volunteer will be stationed downstairs to guide you to the venue) **Session: From Tests to Trust: How QA Creates Value That Outlasts Technology Shifts** **Speaker: Youssef Menkhour** **About the Session** Technology in QA is evolving rapidly - but expectations from stakeholders often remain unchanged. In this session, Youssef Menkhour brings a QA Director’s perspective to explore: * What different roles (engineering, product, business) actually expect from testing * How QA creates value indirectly, beyond test execution * Why traditional outputs - tests, reports, meetings - often fail to drive real decisions * How to simplify QA practices to better support clarity, alignment, and impact This talk challenges conventional thinking and focuses on how QA can move beyond activity-driven work to become a driver of trust and decision-making within organizations. **Key Takeaways** * Understand what stakeholders truly expect from QA * Learn how QA delivers value beyond test cases and execution * Simplify testing outputs to better support real decisions * Shift from activity-driven QA to impact-driven quality engineering * Build practices that remain relevant across changing technologies **About the Speaker** Youssef Menkhour is a Director of Quality Assurance with 15+ years of experience leading enterprise and SaaS-focused QA organizations across industries including insurance, banking, media, and telecommunications. At Alithya, he advises clients on quality modernization, helping organizations adopt automation-first strategies, shift-left testing, and CI/CD-aligned delivery models. Youssef is passionate about redefining QA’s role - from a supporting function to a strategic contributor that drives trust, alignment, and long-term value. **Why You Should Attend** * Gain a leadership perspective on the future of QA * Learn how to create value beyond tools and frameworks * Understand how to align QA work with business outcomes * Rethink how testing supports decision-making * Connect with Toronto’s QA and tech community **About The Test Tribe** The Test Tribe is the world’s largest software testing community, empowering testers globally since 2018. With 700+ events and 150K+ members across 130+ countries, we bring testers together to learn, grow, and connect through meetups, conferences, cohorts, masterclasses, and more. By RSVPing, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and consent to be contacted by The Test Tribe and our event partners.

We know you have a shelf of unpainted miniatures waiting to be brought to life, but might find it hard to start, stay motivated, or are afraid you'll make it look bad. Come out and paint with us! We'll be hosting a monthly social paint night to allow for folks to body double while painting. It's a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange painting tips and tricks, all while working through your backlog of models. This isn't just limited to miniatures either. Bring a canvas, some blank sneakers, or just some cash (and buy a mini at the store). Test out different paint brands from Acrylicos Vallejo, AK Interactive, The Army Painter, and Citadel Paints. A fee of $5+tax (to be paid at the event) applies to help cover the cost of some painting supplies that will be provided by the store. If you do not RSVP for the event OR pre-purchase your event ticket on our site by noon on the day of the event the price will be $8+ tax. Hope to see you!

Fri May 1 - ROBOT ROCK: Electro & Electronica Dance Party w/ DAFT PUNK Spotlight ADVANCED TIX $10: https://RobotRockDaftPunk.eventbrite.ca ROBOT ROCK will bring you on a trip through the greatest electro and electronica music from the 70s 80s 90s to now. This month we spotlight DAFT PUNK. So you'll be hearing lots Daft Punk through out the night. ARTISTS YOU MIGHT HEAR: Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Underworld, Egyptian Lover, Juan Atkins, Aphex Twin, LCD Soundsytem, Royksopp, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, Anthony Rother, Gary Numan, New Order, Digitalism, Soulwax, Mirwais, Simian Mobile Disco, Fisherspooner, Rattan, Boards of Canada, The Orb, Thievery Corporation, Groove Armada, Bob Mosses, Air, Devo, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Justice, Ladytron, The Hacker, Legowelt, Dopplereffekt, Sven Vath, DMX Crew, Ascii.Disko, Felix Da Housecat, Arnaud Rebotini, Ellen Allien, Adriano Canzian, DJ Hell, Miss Kittin, Dave Clarke, Westbam, and more. Friday May 1, 2025 ROBOT ROCK: Electro & Electronica Dance Party w/ DAFT PUNK Spotlight Ground Control - 1279 Queen St West - Toronto DJ's Lazarus and Be Kind Rewind Doors 9pm 19+ event Adv. Tix ONLY $10: https://RobotRockDaftPunk.eventbrite.ca $15 at the door INVITE: www.facebook.com/events/2449107528919166/ (please INVITE your friends) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- SOCIAL: www.instagram.com/groundcontroltoronto www.facebook.com/livingonvideoclub www.facebook.com/djlazarusrocks www.twitch.tv/livingonvideoclub www.mixcloud.com/livingonvideo www.instagram.com/djlazarusrocks www.twitter.com/djlazarusrocks

**This is a ticketed event. Please register at [this link](https://luma.com/gprawfks).** In this talk, Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali: 1) Discusses rare cases where deployed LLMs have been observed to engage in self-directed behavior which would have led to catastrophic outcomes if the agent escaping containment were equipped with stronger capabilities. 2) Introduces arbitrium, a peptide-based communication method used by certain bacteriophages which release small molecules known as autoinducers to decide coordinated population-level behavior, and in particular lytic and lysogenic pathways, with a quorum-sensing mechanism. 3) Explores landmark results from alignment science which inform our current understanding of LLM biology (<250 malicious documents required to poison training datasets vs <100 viral particles required to produce infection in humans). 4) Analyzes early findings from experiments which attempt to investigate scalable improvements to defenses that monitor the internal activations of production transformer models (such as probes) and demonstrates how these enable targeted interventions on known distributions which are more difficult to achieve with input/output only methods (such as prompted classifiers) in certain cases (such as long context windows or latent reasoning models) ​​​**Event Schedule** 6:00 to 6:30 - Food and introductions 6:30 to 7:30 - Presentation and Q&A 7:30 to 9:00 - Open Discussions ​​​​​​If you can't make it in person, feel free to join the live stream starting at 6:30 pm, via [this link](https://www.youtube.com/@Trajectory-Labs/live).

The playbook for AI agent integration is becoming predictable: build an MCP server, expose your APIs as tools, and define the rules in prompts. That approach works, but it often pushes workflow and guardrails into client-side logic, where they are harder to enforce and easier to bypass. This talk presents a different approach. HATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State)—a largely overlooked part of REST—allows an API to describe allowed actions and constraints at runtime. That makes it a natural fit for agents, which need clear, machine-readable guidance about what they can safely do next. We’ll show this in action with MoneyMate, an AI agent that performs sensitive operations such as money transfers. Using the Spring HATEOAS project, the agent is guided entirely by the API rather than by hardcoded tools or fragile prompt logic. AI hype aside, this is ultimately a talk about architectural validation. For years, HATEOAS was the hill REST purists loved to die on—complete with finger-wagging about “doing REST correctly”—while everyone else quietly shipped simple JSON and moved on. It turns out the purists weren’t wrong—just 20 years early. Come see why that extra structure finally pays off when your client is an LLM. **About the venue** Free Times Cafe has bistro-style seating and a full food and drink menu. Please consider helping to support the venue by planning to have supper during the talk. **Speaker Bio** Adib Saikali is a distinguished engineer at Tanzu by Broadcom, focused on helping Tanzu’s largest customers design and build cloud native applications and platforms using Spring and Kubernetes. Adib is the author of Securing Cloud Applications a book that teaches application developers the fundamental security technologies and protocols required to secure cloud native applications. Over the past 25 years Adib has worked at startups and global enterprises on numerous software systems in a variety of roles, from software developer, architect, agile coach, and CTO. He has developed a 360-degree view of what it takes to build software systems efficiently, and economically.

**We will be meeting at the public bathrooms across from the Andrew N Fairbairn Memorial Bench**. There are multiple routes and pathways in this area near the intersection of Leslie St and Eglinton Avenue East, so please arrive early and give yourself enough time to find the meeting location. You can walk in or drive in from Leslie Street. From the meeting location, we will walk East to the set of stairs that we will climb. There are many stairs but we will go slowly and it is so worth it for the treasures at the top- so many trilliums! The cost for this event will be $10. Bring 1 guest free of charge. Cash or e-transfer to daniellepellatthall@gmail.com can be paid upon arrival at the event. If things change and you can no longer attend, please make sure to change your RSVP to NO at least 2 HOURS before the event starts. Please and thank you. It is not enough to know the names of plants. This group gives you the opportunities to use those words and commit the plants to memory. Bring your plant and tree identification guide if you have one, and if you don't have one, the library is a great place to try some out. Plant ID apps are also welcome. -Be safe -Treat people with respect -Don't eat things without a firm confidence in their identity -ID trees and plants -Take and post pictures -Repeat (and join the Facebook group here: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/543563029520168/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/543563029520168/) )

*To join this event, you must be able to speak full sentences in Mandarin. This event is for those wanting to practice Mandarin and/or English. Here, you can chat with others and play board games in either language to improve your linguistic skills. Feel free to join our WeChat group during the event, as it is the best way to stay connected with us. If you have any questions, leave a comment on this event page. ＜中文版＞ 此活动是以聊天和玩桌游练习中文或英文，等级不限，平时有6-10位参加者。此活动微信群可在活动中加入，互相学习，天天向上。 如果您有任何疑问，请随时在活动页上留言或联系主持人

## Level Up: AI Agent Masterclass Imagine an intelligent assistant, built by you, operating directly within your web browser to conquer your daily tasks. Using cutting-edge techniques, this concept becomes reality. ### [Reserve Your Spot Now](https://remoteready.io/product/OpenClawMasterclass?city=Columbus&groupurlname=circle-of-professionals-mastering-ai-income&startgmtdatetime=2026-05-01T22:00:00Z) (Please note: Registration via the link is essential to secure your enrolment.) --- This intensive masterclass provides the blueprint for designing, training, and deploying your very own AI agent powered by OpenClaw. This accessible platform enables anyone to build effective browser-based helpers for automated task completion. Prior coding knowledge isn't a barrier. **Who Should Attend:** * Freelancers looking to dramatically enhance their output. * Individuals eager to craft a personalized AI assistant. * Professionals from non-technical backgrounds seeking practical AI skills. * Tech enthusiasts wanting direct experience with AI. * Developers exploring AI agent frameworks. **Key Takeaways:** * Expert techniques for monitoring and refining agent performance over time. * Practical experience automating diverse tasks, encompassing data gathering, form population, and in-depth research. * Step-by-step guidance on configuring and utilizing OpenClaw within your preferred browser. * Strategies to implement task chaining, empowering your agent to manage sophisticated, multi-stage workflows. **Testimonial:** *"Tasks that once consumed hours each week are now expertly handled by my AI agent."* – Successful Entrepreneur Seize the opportunities and build your AI agent today!

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.

It feels like we just saw each other 🤷. Join members of the local design and UX community for our monthly breakfast. For May we’re stopping in for Rooh’s popup breakfast/cafe concept. You know someone is getting the lobster yuzu croissant, and that’s not even the prettiest thing on the menu!.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas ***NOTE:*** Pre-registration is required for this event. **Please arrive 10 minutes early** to check in at the security desk.

Central Ohio Radio Enthusiasts—CORE—is an informal community for anyone enthusiastic or curious about radio—whether you're new to radio and want to learn or you've been tinkering for years and want to share. Ham radio operators, GMRS users, Meshtastic fans, software-defined radio nerds, makers, and technical and non-technical folks are all welcome. No experience required or expected. This month we have **Radio Signal Analysis Using SDRs and OpenWebRX+** with **Scott McCrory**. Details are are [core.radio](https://core.radio/).

FREE event [https://www.ccad.edu/chroma](https://www.ccad.edu/chroma) Friday, May 16, 3–7 p.m. CCAD campus, 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH Join Columbus College of Art & Design for *2025* *Chroma: Best of CCAD*, our annual campuswide exhibition showcasing outstanding student work from across the college’s academic programs. This faculty-juried show features select work from CCAD students of all class years, and is a can’t-miss end-of-year campus celebration recognizing their tremendous achievements. It’ll be a night of fun and entertainment, with interactive games, animation and film screenings, art symposiums, poetry and prose readings, and more (along with some of the best local food trucks). *Chroma* is free and open to all. Many exhibitions including... **Game Art & Design:** **DSB, first floor, Welcome Center lobby and Room 115**