def set_flash(data):
  local.flash_message = b64encode(pickle.dumps(data))
keep a ref to seqs cached on our behalf
dataset/ETHPy150Open IanLewis/kay/kay/utils/flash.py/set_flash--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open cjlee112/pygr/pygr/nlmsa_utils.py/SeqCacheOwner.cache_reference