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+    "# PyData London<small> May 2026</small>\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### 107th Meetup, hosted by Man Group\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### [@pydatalondon.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/pydatalondon.bsky.social)"
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+    "## PyData Code of Conduct\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Be thoughtful. Be kind to each other.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct/**"
+   ]
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+   "source": [
+    "## PyData\n",
+    "\n",
+    "+ Educational program of **NumFOCUS** \u2014 the charity behind NumPy, pandas, Jupyter and friends\n",
+    "+ A global community: **121 groups across 51 countries** on Meetup (plus more off-platform)\n",
+    "+ **209,000+ members** worldwide\n",
+    "+ https://www.meetup.com/pro/pydata/ &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; https://numfocus.org"
+   ]
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+    "<img src=\"../utils/images/pydata-uk-map-2025.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"UK PyData map\" />"
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+    "## PyData London\n",
+    "\n",
+    "+ **16,290 members** and growing \u2014 monthly meetup + annual conference\n",
+    "+ All run by volunteers\n",
+    "+ Propose a talk: https://london.pydata.org/submit-a-talk/"
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+    "## UK PyData Meetups \u2014 May 2026\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- **Wed 6 May** \u2014 PyData Exeter #13 _(Open Source Community Talks, Innovation Hub)_\n",
+    "- **Thu 7 May** \u2014 PyData Cornwall #4 _(Data Engineering Edition, Newquay)_\n",
+    "- **Fri 22 May** \u2014 PyData Wolverhampton _(Python for Data Collection)_\n",
+    "- **Thu 28 May** \u2014 PyData Manchester _(Krakenflex, Circle Square)_\n",
+    "- **Fri 29 May** \u2014 PyData Bradford _(Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library)_\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**PyData Bristol** \u2014 looking for a new sponsor / venue. **If you can help, grab John after the talks!**"
+   ]
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+   "source": [
+    "## Since We Last Met\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### **Python 3.14.4** shipped 7 April\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Bugfix-only maintenance release \u2014 but a useful nudge that **3.14 is the first version with free-threaded (no-GIL) CPython officially supported** via PEP 779.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "_If you've been waiting to try it, now's the time._\n",
+    "\n",
+    "https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3144/"
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+    "## Tonight's Speakers\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- **Robin Linacre** \u2014 _Rapid deduplication and fuzzy matching of large datasets using Splink_\n",
+    "- **Filip Makraduli** \u2014 _Small Model Inference Infrastructure: Lessons Beyond vLLM_\n",
+    "- **Ian Ozsvald** \u2014 _Build your own LLM, Live, with MicroGPT_"
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+    "## Tonight's Schedule\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- **18:30** Doors open\n",
+    "- **19:00** Introduction <- **YOU ARE HERE**\n",
+    "- **19:15** Main Talk #1 & Q&A -> Rapid deduplication and fuzzy matching of large datasets using Splink - Robin Linacre \n",
+    "- **19:45** Break + Networking\n",
+    "- **20:00** Main Talk #2 & Q&A -> Small Model Inference Infrastructure: Lessons Beyond vLLM - Filip Makraduli\n",
+    "- **20:30** Main Talk #3 & Q&A -> Build your own LLM, Live, with MicroGPT - Ian Ozsvald\n",
+    "- **21:00** We're done -> The Banker\n"
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+   "source": [
+    "## Upcoming Conferences\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### Courtesy of https://pythondeadlin.es/"
+   ]
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+    "## Got something to share?\n",
+    "\n",
+    "### We're always looking for speakers \u2014 beginners welcome.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**https://london.pydata.org/submit-a-talk/**\n",
+    "\n",
+    "_Lightning talks (5 min) and full talks (~30 min) both welcome._"
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+    "<img src=\"../utils/images/pydata-london-2026.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" alt=\"PyData London 2026 \u2014 Fri 5 - Sun 7 June, Convene Sancroft, St. Paul's. Book at https://ti.to/pydata/pydatalondon26\" />\n",
+    "<p style=\"margin-top:0.4em;\"><em>No regular meetup in June \u2014 but PyData Surrey is running a satellite!</em></p>\n",
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