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Café entre acompañantes: Honestidad, Vínculos y Coherencia
Propongo una primera quedada pequeña entre personas que acompañan procesos personales, relacionales, terapéuticos, corporales, creativos o comunitarios.
La idea es encontrarnos entre pares y ver si hay afinidad para hablar de práctica, vínculos, límites, comunicación, coherencia, cansancio, exposición, dinero y soledad profesional; pero también de algo más de fondo: qué implica intentar cuidar la forma en que nos relacionamos con los demás y con nosotros mismos, y qué consecuencias concretas tiene vivir y acompañar desde un lugar más honesto.
No está pensado como una formación, una supervisión formal ni un grupo terapéutico. Tampoco como una tribu cerrada, un espacio donde todo el mundo hable igual o un encuentro de networking vacío.
Está pensado para personas que ya acompañan o tienen experiencia en relación de ayuda, terapia, educación social, mediación, cuerpo, procesos grupales, creatividad o acompañamiento comunitario, y que echen de menos espacios más horizontales donde poder pensar, contrastar y compartir desde la práctica y desde lo que implica intentar vivir con más honestidad y cuidado en la forma de relacionarse.
Esta primera quedada será simplemente una mesa tranquila para conocernos y ver si aparece resonancia. Si hay afinidad, me gustaría que pudiera nacer algo con continuidad: una mesa mensual de apoyo/intervisión entre pares, sí, pero también una pequeña red viva desde la que puedan surgir otros planes y formas de compartir más allá del contexto puramente profesional.
Si no, simplemente habrá sido un café y una conversación :)
Pd: Esta convocatoria forma parte de una primera fase de prueba del grupo. Habrá una mesa presencial de domingo y una mesa presencial entre semana.
La idea es ver dónde aparece afinidad y, más adelante, si tiene sentido crear algo con continuidad
Breathwork Journey in English • Relax & Release
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This session is guided in English.
A gentle breathwork journey designed to help you reconnect with your body and create space for soft emotional release and nervous system regulation.
Through conscious breathing, somatic awareness and supportive guidance, we slow down the mind and return to the natural intelligence of the body.
This is not about pushing or forcing change.
It is about allowing, listening and creating the conditions for the body to open in its own rhythm.
✨ This session may support:
• Stress reduction
• Emotional release
• Nervous system regulation
• Greater grounding and inner calm
• Body awareness and presence
Session includes:
• Arrival & grounding
• Guided breath awareness
• Active breathwork journey
• Somatic integration
• Closing reflection
No previous experience is needed.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
📅 Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
🕡 6:30 – 8 PM
📍 Siri Quantum – Poblenou, Barcelona
💫 **Donation based** (pay what you feel)
Info & Reservation: Gabriela +34 634 335 378
Somatic Breathwork & Emotional Release (In English)
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This session is guided entirely in English.
A gentle and immersive breathwork experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, release tension and regulate your nervous system in a safe and supportive space.
Through conscious breathing, somatic awareness and guided facilitation, we create space for relaxation, emotional release and inner balance — without force or pressure.
This session is ideal if you want to:
• Slow down and reconnect with yourself
• Release stress and emotional tension
• Improve body awareness and breathing
• Experience a calm and grounded somatic practice
• Explore breathwork in a gentle and safe way
✨ No previous experience is needed.
The session includes:
• Arrival & grounding
• Guided breath awareness
• Gentle active breathwork
• Somatic integration & relaxation
👤 Facilitated by Gabriela
📍 Siri Quantum – Poblenou, Barcelona
📅 Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
🕡 18:30 – 20:00
💫 Donation based (pay what you feel)
IMPORTANT:
This session is guided entirely in English.
June edition
**🎉Next event is here!**
We’re glad to announce our next Claude Code Barcelona meetup! Don’t miss these two talks plus a great networking session, all thanks to our new host **Fotocasa!**
**⚠️** **Spots are limited.** We recommend reserving your spot as soon as possible. If you’re unable to attend, please let us know in advance so we can release your seat.
**📅** Jun 17th \| Doors open at 6:00 PM\, kick off at 6:15 PM
📍 Adevinta - C/ Ciutat de Granada 150, Sant Martí, 08018, Barcelona
**Agenda**
**➡️** 6:15 PM — Check-in
🏢 6:30 PM — Host company presentation
🎤 6:40 PM — *Razzmatazzing and Recombobulating*, by Sergey Cherepanov, in English
🎤 7:20 PM — *Mochila de 48h para sobrevivir a la era agéntica*, by Rafa Granados, in Spanish
🤝 8:00 PM — Networking
**\*\*\***
**🎙️Talks**
**Razzmatazzing and Recombobulating (In English)**
How to let coding agents dance on their own in your project without them bothering you with requests every 2 minutes and how to get them to tidy up afterwards
*By Sergey Cherepanov, CTO at Gauss*
**Mochila de 48h para sobrevivir a la era agéntica (In Spanish)**
**The agentic era is already here.**
AI agents are redefining how we interact with technology and foreshadowing a profound transformation in software architecture as we know it today.
We will explore how software design will evolve, which new interaction patterns are emerging, and what capabilities modern platforms will need to operate effectively in an environment dominated by intelligent agents.
This talk will provide both a practical and strategic perspective on how to prepare for this new reality and how to start building products and systems that are aligned with a future that is already beginning to unfold.
*By Rafa Granados\, VP and field CTO at WSO2 \| Microsoft MVP \| Co\-Founder Apicurios Podcast \| Apiaddicts \| Open API initiative \| Arazzo \|*
**\*\*\***
We’d like to thank our sponsor, **Fotocasa** 🙌, for providing the space, snacks, and drinks! 🍕🧃
Don't miss it! 🎉
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🎉 **¡Ya está aquí nuestro próximo evento!**
Nos alegra anunciar nuestro próximo meetup de Claude Code Barcelona. No te pierdas estas dos charlas, además de una excelente sesión de networking, gracias a nuestro nuevo anfitrión, **Fotocasa.**
⚠️ **Las plazas son limitadas**. Te recomendamos reservar tu plaza cuanto antes. Si finalmente no puedes asistir, por favor avísanos con antelación para que podamos liberar tu asiento.
📅 17 de junio \| Apertura de puertas a las 18:00 h\, inicio a las 18:15 h
📍 Adevinta - C/ Ciutat de Granada 150, Sant Martí, 08018, Barcelona
**Agenda**
➡️ 18:15 h — Registro y bienvenida
🏢 18:30 h — Presentación de la empresa anfitriona
🎤 18:40 h — *Razzmatazzing and Recombobulating*, por Sergey Cherepanov (en inglés)
🎤 19:20 h — *Mochila de 48h para sobrevivir a la era agéntica*, por Rafa Granados (en español)
🤝 20:00 h — Networking
**🎙️Talks**
**Razzmatazzing and Recombobulating (Inglés)**
Cómo permitir que los agentes de programación trabajen de forma autónoma en tu proyecto sin interrumpirte con peticiones cada dos minutos y cómo conseguir que además dejen todo ordenado al terminar.
*Por Sergey Cherepanov, CTO de Gauss.*
**Mochila de 48h para sobrevivir a la era agéntica (Español)**
La era agéntica ya está aquí. Los agentes de IA están redefiniendo cómo interactuamos con la tecnología y anticipan un cambio profundo en la arquitectura del software tal y como la conocemos hoy.
Hablaremos de cómo cambiará el diseño del software, qué nuevos patrones de interacción están emergiendo y qué capacidades necesitarán las plataformas modernas para operar en un entorno dominado por agentes inteligentes.
La charla ofrecerá una visión práctica y estratégica sobre cómo prepararse para esta nueva realidad y cómo empezar a construir productos y sistemas alineados con el futuro que ya está comenzando.
*Por Rafa Granados\, VP y Field CTO en WSO2 \| Microsoft MVP \| Cofundador de Apicurios Podcast \| Apiaddicts \| OpenAPI Initiative \| Arazzo\.*
Queremos agradecer a nuestro patrocinador, **Fotocasa** 🙌 por proporcionar el espacio, así como la comida y las bebidas. 🍕🧃
**¡No te lo pierdas!** 🎉
"Trading para Principiantes: Cuándo SÍ (y cuándo NO) Comprar un Activo"
Mentes Inversoras: Introducción a la Inversión (Formación Gratuita)
¿Te interesan las finanzas pero no sabes por dónde empezar? Mentes Inversoras es un espacio gratuito y sin tecnicismos para aprender las bases desde cero, en un ambiente cercano y seguro.
📚 ¿Qué haremos?
Aprende: Explicación sencilla de conceptos clave (mercado, interés compuesto y entorno financiero).
Comparte: Ronda abierta para resolver todas tus dudas.
Evoluciona: Charla relajada para compartir recursos educativos gratuitos y hacer networking.
🎯 ¿Es para ti?
Si partes de nivel cero absoluto y buscas explicaciones claras.
Si quieres adquirir cultura financiera para tu día a día.
🔒 Compromiso: Evento 100% educativo. No gestionamos capital, no promovemos plataformas ni vendemos productos financieros.
💸 Precio: Gratuito (solo se pide una consumición para apoyar al local).
⚠️ Aforo limitado.
👉 Haz clic en "Asistir" y asegura tu plaza. ¡Te esperamos!
BUZOKU | AI & Crypto Meetup
Buzoku Meetup | Web3 and AI | Barcelona
Join us in Sant Gervasi for Buzoku, a bi monthly casual meetup for people building in Web3, AI, and digital systems.
What started as a Web3 focused group is now expanding to include AI builders as well.
The format
No panels
No presentations
No agenda
We meet at a bar, grab a drink, and talk.
That is it.
Who comes
A mix of:
• Engineers and technical builders
• Founders and operators
• Investors and traders
• Designers and curious minds
Working across:
• Crypto, Web3, and digital assets
• AI, agents, and applied machine learning
You do not need to be working at the intersection. If you are deep in either space, you will find your people here.
We are also very interested in where AI and crypto meet, including agentic systems, automated finance, and new coordination models.
What to expect
• Real conversations about what people are actually building
• War stories, ideas, experiments, and lessons learned
• A relaxed environment where you can meet people naturally
No pressure to pitch. No structured talks. Just good people and good discussions.
Why join
• Meet high quality builders in Barcelona
• Exchange ideas without the noise of formal events
• Find collaborators, hires, or new opportunities
🍺 🍷 Drinks on us, both alcoholic and non alcoholic
We try to keep the group high signal. If you are actively building or deeply involved in AI or crypto, you will get the most out of it.
Women In Tech: Building Products People Love, the Monzo Way
**Women In Tech: Building Products People Love the Monzo Way 🚀**
✨This event is 'full' but please sign-up to the waitlist and we will move you to attending!✨
Join us for an evening of talks from some of our Product Managers and Engineers as they share how we build products that solve real customer problems.
It's also a great opportunity to learn more about Monzo, what it's like to work here, and to chat with the team over drinks and pizza. We'd love to see you there! ✨
*This event is aimed at women in Tech and allies. If you'd like to join us, please sign up via the event page. We'll be prioritising women for the initial round of invitations, with remaining spaces offered from the waitlist.*
**Agenda**
* **How we scaled to become one of the UK's biggest pension consolidation products in under 6 months** \- Rebekah Hornsby\, Product Manager\, & Michael Kerby\, Engineering Manager\, in the Wealth team
* **Making Tax Digital *(and maybe even likeable)*: Building a tax filing product for real people** \- Eleni Fragkiadaki\, Engineering Director\, & Natalia Edwards\, Product Manager\, in the Business Banking team\.
Each talk will be around 15 minutes with 10 minutes for questions 🚀
Interested in what we get up to? [Check our tech blog](https://monzo.com/blog/topic/technology) and [careers page](https://monzo.com/careers#jobs)
***\*Please be aware that if you're attending this event you will need to bring ID to sign into the building\****
Help reach our ambition of making money work for everyone! **[Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62l09nB0M4)** ✨
Quantum Computing Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Constelaciones Familiares – Relaciones y Patrones Inconscientes
**[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/)
21st BcnRust Meetup
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.
The rise and fall of the intellectuals
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.
Cloud Native Barcelona OpenTelemetry #3
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! 👋
Fintech paper reading. PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model
**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!
Constelaciones Familiares – Sanar Patrones y Dinámicas Familiares
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¿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
Activación Kundalini – Energía y Liberación Emocional (Barcelona Poblenou))
**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/)
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Quantum Computing Events Near You
Connect with your local Quantum Computing community
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
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/).
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
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?
* 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.
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**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
Manic Mondays with Salsamante Dance Academy
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
Prototype, Play, and Build Workshops (In-Person @GameArena)
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!/)
Want to Truly Heal from Emotional Trauma?
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.
NFT AI ART Columbus
NFT's are here to stay folks!
This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more.
**PLUS**
This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.























