Quantum Computing

**Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:** [https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) 🇪🇸 **Sesión guiada en español e inglés / Guided in Spanish & English 🇬🇧** Un espacio para descansar, reconectar y entrar en un estado profundo de relajación a través del sonido, la respiración y la presencia. Esta experiencia combina meditación guiada, silencio consciente y un viaje sonoro inmersivo con cuencos, campanas, tambor chamánico e instrumentos vibracionales. No es algo que haya que “hacer”, sino una experiencia para recibir. ✨ Beneficios posibles: • Relajación profunda • Regulación del sistema nervioso • Reducción del estrés • Claridad mental y presencia • Reconexión con el cuerpo y la respiración No se necesita experiencia previa. English: A space to rest, reconnect and reset through sound, breath and presence. This immersive experience combines guided meditation, intentional silence and layered sound to support deep relaxation and nervous system regulation. You do not need to do anything — simply receive. ✨ Possible benefits: • Deep relaxation • Stress reduction • Nervous system regulation • Presence and inner balance No previous experience needed. 📅 Thursday, June 18, 2026 🕡 10:30 – 11:30 📍 Siri Quantum – Poblenou, Barcelona 💰 15€ (Bizum or Cash) TO RESERVE A SPOT SEND A MESSAGE TO/ PARA RESERVAR PLAZA ENVÍE UN MENSAJE A: WhatsApp: +34 670 086 420 Instagram: @ramon.self.love Email: ramon.self.love@gmail.com ##

This is the third in a series of meetups exploring the exciting world of **[OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/)** within the cloud-native ecosystem. And this time, we are partnering with our good friends at [Write the Docs Barcelona](https://www.meetup.com/write-the-docs-barcelona/). Whether you're just curious about observability or already a seasoned OpenTelemetry user, this series will offer valuable insights, practical knowledge, and opportunities to connect with fellow enthusiasts in the Barcelona cloud-native community. **📍 Location:** **[Factorial](https://factorial.es)** \- Carrer de Llacuna 56\, building C\, Barcelona \| [https://maps.app.goo.gl/baTqk9H8m3ACK4jD7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/baTqk9H8m3ACK4jD7) **👉 Here's a sneak peek of the agenda:** **18:30:** Check-in and welcome 👋 **18:45:** 🎙️ **"Collaborating in OSS projects: The OpenTelemetry Docs case study"** by **[Anna Urbiztondo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaurbiztondo/)** - *Senior Technical Writer at [Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com)*, **[Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizioferri/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizioferri/)- *Principal Technical Writer* *at [Elastic](https://elastic.co)***.** This Write the Docs meets Cloud Native talk covers what makes open-source projects succeed in practice — clear focus, community ownership, organization, goodwill, and excellent communication in a fast-moving codebase. OpenTelemetry Documentation is a perfect example because it encompasses new, state-of-the-art concepts and spans across multiple languages and vendors. Therefore, its docs must explain workflows, implementation scenarios, deployment tools, and APIs to both newcomers and seasoned users to guarantee adoption and success. **19:45 - 20:30:** Networking, Snacks, and Drinks 🍻🍕 We appreciate **[Factorial](https://factorial.es)**'s generosity in hosting us at their Barcelona office and to **[Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com)** for providing snacks & refreshments. Thank you so much 🙌 See you there! 👋

We’re thrilled to announce the next edition of the BcnRust Meetup, this time hosted by **[Protofy](https://protofy.xyz/)**! Join us for an evening exploring two very different but equally ambitious Rust projects: an AI-native virtual machine that rethinks how code is executed, and a distributed task queue built as a hands-on journey into async Rust, concurrency, and fault-tolerant systems. Whether you're interested in language runtimes, AI agents, distributed systems, or simply seeing how Rust enables bold ideas, this meetup is for you. **Driver: An Agentic VM in Rust** by [Cristian Sánchez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cr3at0r/) Most virtual machines are deterministic by design. LLMs break that. But what if AI wasn't an external API on top, but a native execution primitive inside the VM itself? Driver is a Rust VM where AI is a first-class execution primitive. The stdlib is aware of whether it's being invoked by deterministic bytecode or by an LLM-generated action and behaves accordingly. We'll cover the practical decisions behind the core VM, and the toolkit around it. **Aether: Learning Async Rust by building a Distributed Task Queue** by [Arnau Berenguer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnau-berenguer-jimenez/) Building a distributed system is a great way to learn async Rust because you run into all the hard parts for real. In this talk I'll walk through Aether, a personal project of a task queue that lets you submit and run Python scripts on a cluster from a CLI. We'll cover the system architecture, how to handle multiple concurrent tasks sharing state, how to handle loss of connection, and propagating cancellation signals on concurrent tasks over the network. Along the way we'll see the honest lessons learned and what makes async Rust hard but fun. **Why Attend?** * Explore advanced Rust applications, from AI-native runtimes to distributed infrastructure. * Learn practical lessons about virtual machine design, async programming, concurrency, and fault tolerance. * Discover how experienced Rust developers approach complex systems and architectural trade-offs. * Connect with Barcelona's Rust community and exchange ideas with fellow engineers, makers, and enthusiasts. * Get inspired by real-world projects that push Rust beyond the usual web services and CLI tools. Whether you're a Rust beginner curious about what's possible, or a seasoned developer looking to dive deeper into systems programming, you'll leave with new ideas, technical insights, and plenty to discuss. Let’s build, learn, and geek out over Rust together! 🦀 **Streaming**: We will stream it via YouTube so you can also subscribe to our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@bcnrust) to get notified when we go live.

### **🎤 Thorny Thursday Open Mic – A Comedy Night with a Twist!** ### **🌵 What is Thorny Thursday?** Welcome to **Thorny Thursday Open Mic**, the comedy night where **anything can happen**! This is a **welcoming stage for comedians of all levels**, whether they’re testing new material or delivering their **best jokes** to impress. **You are the audience they need**, and your laughter (or silence) helps shape the future of their sets. **Why Thursdays?** Well, until we officially get a **4-day work week**, make **Thursdays your new Fridays**! Stick it to the man, have a drink, and enjoy a night of **hilarious, unpredictable stand-up comedy**. *** ### **🎭 Why Should You Come to Thorny Thursday?** At **Thorny Thursday**, we go beyond comedy—we balance the universe! Each week, we give **you** the chance to share your highs and lows in our **"Thorns & Roses" challenge**. 🌹 **The person who had the BEST week** and 🌵 **The person who had the WORST week** will get a FREE shot on us!! That’s right—**we restore universal karma, one drink at a time**! *** ### **📍 Where & When can I see Thorny Thursday Open Mic?** 📍 **Secret Comedy Club, Barcelona** 🗓️ **Every Thursday at 8.30pm** 🎟️ **Get your tickets now at [Secret Comedy Club](https://yourwebsite.com/tickets)** *** ## **🍹 The Secret Comedy Club Experience** **Secret Comedy Club** is an **exclusive underground venue** dedicated to **stand-up comedy in English and Spanish**. Designed for **raw, unfiltered comedy**, it offers an **up-close and personal experience**, just as stand-up was meant to be seen. Want food with your comedy? Upstairs, there’s a **Chilean restaurant** serving delicious empanadas and drinks—come early or stay late to enjoy! *** ### **🔗 Want More? Follow Us!** 📲 **Follow us on Instagram** →[Thorny Thursday Comedy](https://www.instagram.com/thornythursdaycomedy/) 📢 **More comedy nights?** → Check out our [full lineup at Secret Comedy Club](https://secretcomedyclubbarcelona.com/en/english-shows/) *** ## **🎟️ Get Ready for a Night Like No Other!** **Reserve your ticket in advance** to guarantee your seat (and give comedians a reason to live!) or take your chances at the door—seats may still be available. Looking forward to seeing you at **Secret Comedy Club**—**tell everyone, but tell them quietly.**

*Presentación-coloquio sobre el libro Los algoritmos de la vida*: Una mirada al orden oculto en el caos. **Descripción del evento:** Entrada libre. Sin coste. ¿Somos parte de una inteligencia colectiva que nos precede y rige el funcionamiento de todos los reinos de seres vivos? Te invito a la librería **+Bernat** (c/ Buenos Aires 6, Barcelona) para compartir una reflexión sobre el *elegante orden que acoge al caos de lo vivo*. En este encuentro, exploraremos los algoritmos que rigen desde la inteligencia del universo hasta nuestra relación actual con la Inteligencia Artificial. Es una invitación a habitar el MISTERIO. Conversaremos acerca de cómo, en esta era de la IA y del transhumanismo, el movimiento *Personal Degrowth* surge como una vía para recuperar nuestra naturaleza relacional y nuestra conexión con la TOTALIDAD. **Puntos a tratar:** · **La inteligencia colectiva:** De la simbiosis bacteriana a la red *wood wide web* de los bosques. · **El futuro humano:** ¿Estamos ante un salto evolutivo o ante la extinción de nuestra esencia? Ven a conversar y a ser partícipe de esta reflexión inclusiva. Porque, como decía Einstein, *la mente es como un paracaídas: solo funciona si está abierto*

**Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:** [https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) 🇬🇧 Guided in English & Spanish 🇪🇸 A space to slow down, reconnect and receive. Immersive Sound Meditation combines breath awareness, silence and a layered sound journey to support deep relaxation and emotional balance. This is not something to “do” — it is an experience to receive. ✨ You may experience: • Deep rest • Presence and clarity • Emotional release • Nervous system regulation • Inner balance No experience needed. *** 🇪🇸 Un espacio para descansar y volver a ti. Esta experiencia combina respiración, silencio y sonido para facilitar relajación profunda, presencia y bienestar. No necesitas experiencia previa. 📅 Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 🕡 18:30 – 20:00 📍 Poblenou – Barcelona 💰 15€ WhatsApp Ramón: +34 670 086 420

Hi and welcome to our next Socrates Café philosophy meetup! Do you have a hunger for deeper understanding of yourself and the world? Do you value deep, honest and respectful dialogue? If yes, then this meetup will be very interesting for you. • WHAT IS A MEETUP ABOUT? At every meetup we have a discussion using Socratic method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method We ask, answer and discuss questions and ideas to stimulate critical thinking and to widen our perspectives with new concepts and thoughts. The main purpose of these meetups is to enrich ourselves with the perspectives of others, not to convince others about our own perspectives. Our meetups are about our own philosophies of life and not necessarily what the great philosophers and academics have said or written. It is not a debating club or a platform for proselytizing. Instead, we place the emphasis on questioning, open mindedness and challenging our own assumptions while listening to and respecting the views shared by others. A Socrates Café meetup is considered a success when participants leave a discussion with many more questions than they had at the beginning. • WHAT TOPIC IS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETUP? Participants suggest topics at the beginning of each meeting. We then vote and choose that event's most popular topic for discussion. No academic training in philosophy necessary; just enthusiasm for exchanging ideas and points of view. Some examples of subjects chosen on previous meetups: * What ideals are worth dying for? * Why are we never satisfied? * Why is it that human beings know that the society is going wrong, leaders are well informed about it and things continue as is? * Is identity necessary? * How can it be that people in democratic societies are so obsessed with power? (Desire to be different, better, stronger than others) * What is friendship? • WHO PARTICIPATES AT THIS MEETUP? Anybody is more than welcome to join our meetups. Our events gather people from different backgrounds, different cultures, while no philosophical background is mandatory. Our usual participants are people that have a hunger for deeper understanding of themselves and the world. People that value deep, honest and respectful dialogue. The inspiration for Socrates Cafe originates with the book of the same name, written by the philosopher Christopher Phillips. (Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy, 2002). Phillips felt that the Socratic method of dialogue and discussion should be practiced not just in academic settings, but among everyday people interested in examining deep questions together. Hundreds of Socrates Cafe groups now exist around the world. To learn more, visit [https://socratescafe.com](https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocratescafe.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C1b245fc060a24a1b22c508dd324f736a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638722038989360624%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pLtcEu25qgDHP1XvhFs5Cx4L1rRDYmqwnNWgxalKovY%3D&reserved=0 "Protegido por Outlook: https://socratescafe.com/. Haga clic o pulse para seguir el vínculo.").

**[Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:](https://www.meetup.com/paola-siri-quantum-poblenou/events/jpwhwtyjcjbrb/?eventOrigin=group_events_list)**[ ](https://www.meetup.com/paola-siri-quantum-poblenou/events/jpwhwtyjcjbrb/?eventOrigin=group_events_list)[https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) ¿Repites patrones en tus relaciones o sientes que hay algo que te bloquea sin saber por qué? Las Constelaciones Familiares permiten explorar cómo los conflictos personales pueden estar conectados con dinámicas inconscientes dentro del sistema familiar. A través de una experiencia grupal guiada, se revelan patrones ocultos y se abre un espacio para la comprensión, el equilibrio y la transformación. ✨ ¿Qué puedes trabajar? • Relaciones personales y familiares • Bloqueos emocionales • Sensación de estar perdido/a • Patrones repetitivos • Conflictos internos ✨ ¿Cómo funciona? En una sesión grupal, los participantes representan elementos del sistema familiar, permitiendo visualizar dinámicas invisibles y facilitar procesos de cambio. 👉 Tanto si constelas como si participas como representante, el proceso tiene impacto. 📅 Sábado 20 de junio 🕓 16:00 – 20:30h 📍 Barcelona – Poblenou Constelar: 55€ Representante: gratuito WhatsApp: +34 641 378 146 Más información: [https://siriquantum.com/taller-de-constelaciones-familiares/](https://siriquantum.com/taller-de-constelaciones-familiares/)

**[Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:](https://www.meetup.com/paola-siri-quantum-poblenou/events/jpwhwtyjcjbrb/?eventOrigin=group_events_list)**[ ](https://www.meetup.com/paola-siri-quantum-poblenou/events/jpwhwtyjcjbrb/?eventOrigin=group_events_list)[https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) ¿Te gustaría entender mejor tus relaciones o por qué repites ciertas situaciones en tu vida? Las Constelaciones Familiares son una dinámica grupal que permite observar desde una nueva perspectiva cómo nuestras relaciones y emociones están conectadas con nuestro sistema familiar. No necesitas experiencia previa — es una actividad participativa, accesible y guiada. 🔹 ¿Qué ocurre en el taller? A través de ejercicios grupales, se representan situaciones que ayudan a comprender patrones y abrir nuevas perspectivas. 🔹 Puedes participar como: • Observador/a o representante • Persona que desea trabajar un tema personal 👉 Muchas personas participan por primera vez como representantes. 👉 Puedes participar sin experiencia previa, solo con curiosidad y apertura. 📅 Sábado 20 de junio 🕓 16:00 – 20:30h 📍 Barcelona Constelar: 55€ Participar: gratuito WhatsApp Maribel López – +34 641 378 146 👉 Más información: [https://siriquantum.com/taller-de-constelaciones-familiares/](https://siriquantum.com/taller-de-constelaciones-familiares/) ⚠️ Plazas limitadas – reserva previa necesaria

In this session, we explore the figure of the intellectual, the belletrist who rose from a position of suspicion and ridicule to become, through the written word, a force capable of defending democracy and shaping our collective moral consciousness. Along the way, we'll consider a curious paradox: how well-written fiction in an imaginary book can profoundly shape our perception of reality, and, with it, our judgment and decisions as individuals and as a society. Turning from fiction to fact, one historical and canonical case study will help us examine how critical thinking and the courageous intervention of intellectuals helped a society confront its own prejudices, biases, conspiracies, and fallacies, and in doing so, helped save its democracy and uphold its universal values. We will then turn to the evolution of relentless technology, from the Belle Époque to today, to ask what has changed in the power and influence of the 'man of letters' vis-à-vis the technologies we've developed, and what risks we now face, more than ever, as cracks in our democracies widen through a consciousness increasingly compromised by shady influencers. This talk is the second in a three-part series examining how new technologies, cultural intermediaries, and information systems shape our beliefs in subtle but consequential ways. Each talk stands on its own and requires no prior attendance. This session will be led by Eyal. Bring wine/beer/drinks/food/snacks/whatever to share. **Our events fill up very quickly. To avoid missing out on future events, join the WhatsApp group via this link:** [https://tally.so/r/w4G5L5](https://tally.so/r/w4G5L5) Press the buzzer marked Semi sotano 2 to be let in. It's down the stairs, first door on the right. Image: *Zola, Insulted* by Henry de Groux 1898, oil on canvas.

**Scientific Paper Reading Club: What**: PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08649 **Summary**: We'll discuss a paper about a new kind of foundation model for banking. Instead of building separate models for fraud detection, credit scoring, customer engagement, and dozens of other tasks, the authors train a single model that learns a general representation of a person's financial behavior and reuse it everywhere. **Meeting Details:** 🗣 **Presenter:** Maksim Ostroukhov 💬 **Language of the meeting:** English 🎟 **Entrance donation:** 10 eur 📍 **Location:** Maui coworking (Note: For some reason, Meetup maps sometimes wrongly point to other addresses. Here is the exact address: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/fjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9?g_st=ac](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.goo.gl%2Ffjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9%3Fg_st%3Dac) ) Looking forward to a great discussion this Saturday!

**Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:** [https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) ¿Sientes que repites patrones en tu vida o que algo no está alineado? Las Constelaciones Familiares son una herramienta profunda que permite comprender y sanar dinámicas familiares inconscientes que influyen en nuestras relaciones, decisiones y bienestar. A través del trabajo grupal, se hacen visibles las lealtades invisibles y los vínculos que pueden estar generando bloqueos emocionales. ✨ Un espacio seguro, respetuoso y acompañado para mirar hacia dentro y permitir nuevos movimientos. 🔹 ¿Cómo funciona? En el taller, los participantes representan elementos del sistema familiar de una persona, permitiendo observar dinámicas ocultas y facilitar procesos de comprensión y sanación. 🔹 Puedes participar como: • Consultante (trabajando tu tema) • Representante (participación activa sin exponer tema propio) 👉 Ambas formas generan un trabajo profundo. 📅 Sábado 20 de junio 🕓 16:00 – 20:30h 📍 Barcelona – Poblenou Constelar: 55€ Representar: gratuito

**Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:** [https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) La Activación Kundalini es una experiencia energética profunda que permite despertar tu energía vital y facilitar un proceso de transformación interior. A diferencia de otras prácticas, no requiere esfuerzo ni control: simplemente te recuestas, te relajas y permites que la energía fluya de forma natural a través de tu sistema. Este taller mensual ofrece un espacio seguro y guiado para explorar tu energía interna, liberar bloqueos y conectar con una mayor claridad, presencia y bienestar. ✨ ¿Qué puedes experimentar? • Liberación emocional • Activación energética • Estados de calma profunda • Claridad mental • Conexión interna ✨ ¿Cómo se desarrolla? • Movimiento guiado • Breathwork (respiración consciente) • Activación energética (recostado/a) • Integración Cada experiencia es única y ocurre según lo que tu sistema necesita en ese momento. 📅 Sábado 20 de junio 🕚 11:00h 📍 Barcelona – Poblenou 💰 48€ (42€ socios) Reserva: 15€ WhatsApp (más rápido): Silvy D’Oms – +34 654 496 183 👉 Más información: [https://siriquantum.com/taller-activacion-kundalini/](https://siriquantum.com/taller-activacion-kundalini/) Plazas limitadas.

**Join our Telegram Channel– Siri Quantum:** [https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8](https://t.me/+6BN_YIxiSHY4ZjI8) ¿Sientes curiosidad por la energía, la meditación o el crecimiento personal? Este taller de Activación Kundalini es una experiencia guiada, accesible y profunda para explorar tu energía interna sin necesidad de experiencia previa. A través de movimiento suave, respiración consciente (breathwork) y transmisión energética, entrarás en un estado de relajación profunda donde tu cuerpo puede liberar tensiones y recuperar equilibrio de forma natural. No es una clase tradicional de yoga, sino una experiencia interna guiada. 🔹 ¿Para quién es este taller? • Personas sin experiencia en meditación • Interesados en crecimiento personal • Personas que se sienten bloqueadas o buscan claridad 🔹 ¿Cómo se desarrolla? • Activación corporal suave • Respiración consciente • Activación energética (recostado/a) • Integración Cada experiencia es diferente y se adapta a lo que cada persona necesita en ese momento. 👉 No necesitas conocimientos previos, solo venir con apertura y curiosidad. 📅 Sábado 20 de junio 🕚 11:00h 📍 Barcelona • 42€ hasta el 30 de abril (early bird) • 48€ a partir del 1 de mayo ### Info y Reserva WhatsApp Silvy D’Oms – +34 654 496 183 Más información: [https://siriquantum.com/taller-activacion-kundalini/](https://siriquantum.com/taller-activacion-kundalini/) ⚠️ Plazas limitadas – reserva previa necesaria

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).

Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

Start your week the right way with Manic Mondays. Giving you an enjoyable Bachata lesson with a push of cool moves. The second hour has Beginner/Intermediate Salsa on 1. You must understand basic Salsa skills to participate. 730pm-830pm Bachata Cool Moves 830pm-930pm Salsa On 1 (Beginner/Intermediate) 15 for One Class 20 for Both Free Parking & Plenty of Dance Space. Viva Dance Columbus 2809 Festival Lane Dublin OH 43017

We're going to GameArena! We'll be in-person at the GameArena Gateway for our monthly COGG Prototype and Play event. Come to play and showcase your games! We're back in the upper levels of the catwalk area. It'll be packed with lots of camaraderie playing your game(s) and other's games on the 2nd floor. Light snacks and water provided but you can buy food and drinks at the bar (alcoholic drink ID required). [www.game-arena.co](http://www.game-arena.co/) **Attendees:** Don't have a game to show? Not a problem! All are welcomed and invited from all ages and backgrounds. The more we can have to play test our games is all the better! **Developers:** Do you have a game that you would like to get critical feedback on? Would you like an excuse to work on a game with other talented artists, programmers, musicians, designers, and writers? Digital, table-top, non-experienced developers, and the like are welcomed! We'll provide signage for your game to help others learn more about your work. Wifi, outlets, tables, and seats (though standing tables also) are available. Come to the Prototype and Play workshop to collaborate and meet local game developers for an evening of epic and raw game play fun! Play works-in-progress, show off your own game, work with others to add polish to a game, or even lend your talents to other fellow developers. For this event, light snacks from the bar and water will be provided! Though you can purchase you own if you like at the bar: [https://www.game-arena.co/menu](https://www.game-arena.co/menu) Can use South Garage at the Gateway with a $5 voucher on your way out. 75 E 11th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwgveUYG37Jy7RtS9) If you have any questions or comments, as always, feel free to reach out to us at [info@thecogg.com!](http://info@thecogg.com!/)

Why are we unhappy? Where does emotional pain come from? Studies show that people who suffer from long-term emotional pain have painful experiences in their lives that were never fully resolved in their mind. In other words, there were issues in the past that were not completely dealt with. This can include abuse in childhood, breakups, divorce, death of a loved one, to name a few. How do you know whether you have gotten over something painful? Here is an easy test: Do you still have attention on what had happened to you? For instance, do you still find yourself thinking about something painful that you went through? If you are, then you are not over it. In fact, in severe cases, people find themselves playing a "tape" in their mind over and over again. So how do you heal from your past? How do you stop the "tape" playing in your mind? In this meeting, you will learn a technique to help you with that. Come join us! Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9