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Buddy bear security: debug your security with a teddy bear, and then snuggle said bear as you panic at said security! There is no security unless there is security for all. Canadian/American in Halifax, NS Cybersecurity by day, astrophysics by night.

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Omg the culture is sometimes unbearable, and entry level - sheesh - the worst. Anyone who survives in this field despite all of that I respect.

10.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Hey’ came before β€˜hi,’ and β€˜hi' came before β€˜hello.’

β€˜Hi’ is most likely a variant of β€˜hey.’

β€˜Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

10.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 6439 πŸ” 1184 πŸ’¬ 239 πŸ“Œ 152

And that person is rumoured to be more violent before said villain origin story making event

10.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least everyone is flagging β€œexpect cyber attacks” - and if the news is anything to go by for predictions πŸ‘€ uh, this ain’t looking good.

10.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is basically the history of YOLO tech and probably not enough diversity to go β€œwait a goddamned minute” - but that’s my bias

10.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of the book β€œWe Are All Targets” with a set of page flags with bunnies and flower on a grey fuzzy pillow.

A picture of the book β€œWe Are All Targets” with a set of page flags with bunnies and flower on a grey fuzzy pillow.

My version of a relaxing Sunday read - along with cute spring themed page flags 😍

08.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fountain pens and stamps have become my silly joy of analog / offline processes

07.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There is some sort of 2026ness
that Women's Day is only 23 hours long this year

07.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day In the late Victorian era, Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system (and a womanizer) argued that women make excellent librarians because we have β€œa clear head, strong hand… and great hea…

Another wonderful article by Jess DeCourcy Hinds and I am happy to see so many librarians that I’m honored to know, being recognized!

lithub.com/8-badass-lib...

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

Please don’t spread misinformation. Tomahawks fly at low altitude. It’s climbing like a THAAD interceptor (we are out of interceptors).

06.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1084 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

At what point can we just start having these reference other attacks and go β€œyeah you’re in it, but like, already fucked anyways so no harm done?” πŸ‘€ Looking at you, NS Power…

06.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ I’m more hoping we take the β€œyou started this, bud” sideline

06.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The one where elections are cancelled

06.03.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThis would be a war crime” - yeah, on brand really

06.03.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s only a bad decision if the goose isn’t silly (but even then, serious goose sounds like a good one too!)

01.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I locked myself into a library for 5 hours today and it was glorious.

28.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cute little floaty death bear <3

15.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"For the love of security and teddy bears... please patch before the CVE drops. Buddy Bear SECURITY"

A cute, smiling, brown teddy bear wrapped in a blanket and a warm cup of hot chocolate on the floor in front of a green laptop on a green pillow looking towards the viewer. A small plant on the left, and a small light, book, and duck on the right. The words are below, with "Buddy Bear SECURITY" in a banner. The banner has the bear's head on the left, and a padlock on the right. 

The duck is the homage to "rubber ducky programming" where you literally talk to a rubber duck to debug software.

"For the love of security and teddy bears... please patch before the CVE drops. Buddy Bear SECURITY" A cute, smiling, brown teddy bear wrapped in a blanket and a warm cup of hot chocolate on the floor in front of a green laptop on a green pillow looking towards the viewer. A small plant on the left, and a small light, book, and duck on the right. The words are below, with "Buddy Bear SECURITY" in a banner. The banner has the bear's head on the left, and a padlock on the right. The duck is the homage to "rubber ducky programming" where you literally talk to a rubber duck to debug software.

I've been working on a side project (beyond going to uni) around #cybersecurity advice that takes the idea of debugging security with a teddy bear to a more literal level. The duck is the homage to the rubber ducky programming where you literally tell the duck how the software works to debug it.

15.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jeeves and Wooster series, then watch the Masterpiece Theatre version

03.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah I saw the Siamese below!

03.02.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Squishy fidget friends are the best! 😍 best of luck to the students!

03.02.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We can already shoot space stuff from Earth 🀨

I’d like to know the RMA process for components being hit by tiny space shards going at high velocity.

03.02.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two Bluesky posts:
1. Kenwhite’s post about ProPublica journalists being next for arrest.
2. ProPublica’s post of their article identifying two CBP agents involved with Alex Pretti shooting

Two Bluesky posts: 1. Kenwhite’s post about ProPublica journalists being next for arrest. 2. ProPublica’s post of their article identifying two CBP agents involved with Alex Pretti shooting

The algorithm gods were pleased today.

01.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been one of the weirdest weeks of my career. Looking at a neat hobby (clawdbot creation) turned into security issues (my attention space, needing a 3xrename is nuts) turned into checking in on moltbook and β€œwhat could possibly go wrong?” with exponential growth, content, and humans πŸ”₯

01.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Focusing on tactics that, //checks notes, are the alleged reason they have funding.

30.01.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And Canadians trying to do parental rights like the US get caught in this annoying thing… we don’t have parental rights. We have child rights.

29.01.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt’s what we do” - well, good confirmation that they need to be reminded to be legal, ethical and moral because they’re on camera.

29.01.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A cute colouring books with cats in a yoga studio partially coloured using watercolour paints

A cute colouring books with cats in a yoga studio partially coloured using watercolour paints

Today’s anarchy is using watercolour paints in what my brain as deemed a β€œmarkers only” colouring book. I’m reminded of how much more I enjoy paints over markers.

29.01.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And, like, enter Canada and be assholes in the wrong country

28.01.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, I was suggesting that I don’t trust ICE to read a map.

28.01.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0