django shell error

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$ django-admin shell
Python 3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44) 
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In [1]: from thefederation.tasks import poll_nodes
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ImproperlyConfigured                      Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-178073b1a85e> in <module>
----> 1 from thefederation.tasks import poll_nodes

~/code/the-federation.info/thefederation/tasks.py in <module>
     12 
     13 from thefederation.enums import Relay
---> 14 from thefederation.models import Node, Platform, Protocol, Service, Stat
     15 
     16 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

~/code/the-federation.info/thefederation/models/__init__.py in <module>
----> 1 from .node import *
      2 from .platform import *
      3 from .protocol import *
      4 from .service import *
      5 from .stat import *

~/code/the-federation.info/thefederation/models/node.py in <module>
     10 
     11 from thefederation.enums import Relay
---> 12 from thefederation.models.base import ModelBase
     13 from thefederation.utils import clean_hostname
     14 

~/code/the-federation.info/thefederation/models/base.py in <module>
      4 
      5 
----> 6 class ModelBase(models.Model):
      7     uuid = models.UUIDField(unique=True, default=uuid.uuid4)
      8     created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py in __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs, **kwargs)
    101 
    102         # Look for an application configuration to attach the model to.
--> 103         app_config = apps.get_containing_app_config(module)
    104 
    105         if getattr(meta, 'app_label', None) is None:

~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py in get_containing_app_config(self, object_name)
    250         Return None if the object isn't in any registered app config.
    251         """
--> 252         self.check_apps_ready()
    253         candidates = []
    254         for app_config in self.app_configs.values():

~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py in check_apps_ready(self)
    132             # INSTALLED_APPS raises a more helpful ImproperlyConfigured
    133             # exception.
--> 134             settings.INSTALLED_APPS
    135             raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.")
    136 

~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py in __getattr__(self, name)
     77         """Return the value of a setting and cache it in self.__dict__."""
     78         if self._wrapped is empty:
---> 79             self._setup(name)
     80         val = getattr(self._wrapped, name)
     81         self.__dict__[name] = val

~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py in _setup(self, name)
     58         if not settings_module:
     59             desc = ("setting %s" % name) if name else "settings"
---> 60             raise ImproperlyConfigured(
     61                 "Requested %s, but settings are not configured. "
     62                 "You must either define the environment variable %s "

ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.