CaffeineIsLife
@caffeineislife.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸 = ✅. But 🇷🇺 = ❌
Caffeinated Canadian, geek, likes bicycle rides, refuting antivaxxers/science deniers, fighting conspiracies/misinformation.
Interests: Virology, Repro rights/Public Health, Geology, Tech, Social Sciences.
Caffeinated Canadian, geek, likes bicycle rides, refuting antivaxxers/science deniers, fighting conspiracies/misinformation.
Interests: Virology, Repro rights/Public Health, Geology, Tech, Social Sciences.
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Libraries - LibreTexts
The LibreTexts Libraries are the central platforms within our ecosystem and consists of 18 topic-specific repositories that can host your OER textbooks.
libretexts.org
Educational resources that are free online. Textbooks from High School to College/University (list of links):
libretexts.org/platforms/li...
open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
openstax.org
www.planetebook.com
www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
programming languages
github.com/EbookFoundat...
libretexts.org/platforms/li...
open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
openstax.org
www.planetebook.com
www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
programming languages
github.com/EbookFoundat...
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I was on @smashingsecurity.com and it was extremely silly but educational. Come find out the correct star sign to catfish people. It is not Wars or Trek, sadly.
www.smashingsecurity.com/449-how-to-s...
www.smashingsecurity.com/449-how-to-s...
449: How to scam someone in seven days
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology... and Taurus is their secret weapon.
In episode 449 of "Smashing Security", we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook - complete wit...
www.smashingsecurity.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I was on @smashingsecurity.com and it was extremely silly but educational. Come find out the correct star sign to catfish people. It is not Wars or Trek, sadly.
www.smashingsecurity.com/449-how-to-s...
www.smashingsecurity.com/449-how-to-s...
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1/3 Secure messaging is far more than adding E2EE with MLS.
You also need identity and key directories, per-device keys, verification UX, group controls, encryption at rest, backups, recovery, multi-device sync, safe push notifs, metadata controls, abuse handling, audits, and all hardened clients.
You also need identity and key directories, per-device keys, verification UX, group controls, encryption at rest, backups, recovery, multi-device sync, safe push notifs, metadata controls, abuse handling, audits, and all hardened clients.
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
1/3 Secure messaging is far more than adding E2EE with MLS.
You also need identity and key directories, per-device keys, verification UX, group controls, encryption at rest, backups, recovery, multi-device sync, safe push notifs, metadata controls, abuse handling, audits, and all hardened clients.
You also need identity and key directories, per-device keys, verification UX, group controls, encryption at rest, backups, recovery, multi-device sync, safe push notifs, metadata controls, abuse handling, audits, and all hardened clients.
You CAN still go get your flu vaccine, it's not too late!
😷💉PSA: Flu is still raging out there, regardless of what our unqualified acting director says. Flu hospitalization rates are higher now than at this time last year! Concerning given last year was the highest number of pediatric flu deaths since 2009 H1N1 (🐷 flu), pandemic. See RESP-NET for more info
January 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
You CAN still go get your flu vaccine, it's not too late!
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Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday.
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday.
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We’ve known for a while now about dementia risk being lowered by these vaccines. Now heart disease too.
Shingles and flu jabs may fend off heart disease and dementia — The Times and The Sunday Times
Vaccines are known to do one thing well: prevent infections. But a growing body of research suggests that routine adult jabs may deliver unadvertised benefits, reducing the risk of heart problems and ...
apple.news
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
We’ve known for a while now about dementia risk being lowered by these vaccines. Now heart disease too.
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Should ICE be declared a terrorist organization?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Absolutely
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Definitely Not
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I Don't Know
📊 Show results
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Absolutely
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Definitely Not
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I Don't Know
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January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Should ICE be declared a terrorist organization?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Absolutely
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Definitely Not
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I Don't Know
📊 Show results
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Absolutely
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Definitely Not
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/4xZVAq/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I Don't Know
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“…the panel found that in many cases Border Patrol officers were discharging their weapons out of frustration, rather than to guard their safety. It also suggested that officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them.”
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“…the panel found that in many cases Border Patrol officers were discharging their weapons out of frustration, rather than to guard their safety. It also suggested that officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them.”
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
I can practically guarantee that if you live in the #US, your footage very likely WILL be used by law enforcement and they might not even get your consent on that. They've already been co-operating with ICE. In case people need a reminder: www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/05/o...
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I can practically guarantee that if you live in the #US, your footage very likely WILL be used by law enforcement and they might not even get your consent on that. They've already been co-operating with ICE. In case people need a reminder: www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/05/o...
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"The largest gig we ever played as New Order was in Toronto" - Peter Hook, Joy Division/New Order from "CFNY: The Spirit of Radio"
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New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by New Order
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January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"The largest gig we ever played as New Order was in Toronto" - Peter Hook, Joy Division/New Order from "CFNY: The Spirit of Radio"
youtu.be/c1GxjzHm5us?...
youtu.be/c1GxjzHm5us?...
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Jesus, wtf… 😐😐😐
New: 6,700. That's how many sexually suggestive or nudifying images Grok is producing every hour, according to an analysis. X is now a top deepfake site. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X
Elon Musk’s X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Jesus, wtf… 😐😐😐
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The woman murdered by ICE: 37-year-old Renee Good.
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The woman murdered by ICE: 37-year-old Renee Good.
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100% fascist bullshit
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
100% fascist bullshit
WHY are rich people still investing in this crap? I suppose they'll enjoy it until Grok goes at them. Be a shame if the list of donors was used to start making Grok do up tons of vile pictures of them. 😈
Wired has a look at videos created on Grok. Includes knives being inserted into vaginas, “very young” people having sex. Around 10% are CSAM and still online. xAI declined to comment.
www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
WHY are rich people still investing in this crap? I suppose they'll enjoy it until Grok goes at them. Be a shame if the list of donors was used to start making Grok do up tons of vile pictures of them. 😈
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“Nobody in senior leadership at NCIRD saw the revised vaccine schedule, nor the supporting document until the administration released them on January 5th"
Dr. Faust with the inside story at HHS - thanks jeremyfaust.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #IDSky.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-nobo...
Dr. Faust with the inside story at HHS - thanks jeremyfaust.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #IDSky.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-nobo...
Scoop: “Nobody in senior leadership at NCIRD saw the revised vaccine schedule," CDC scientist says.
Plus, an exclusive look at the slide deck an NCIRD scientist presented comparing the US pediatric vaccine schedule with those of peer nations. Spoiler: Denmark is the outlier.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
“Nobody in senior leadership at NCIRD saw the revised vaccine schedule, nor the supporting document until the administration released them on January 5th"
Dr. Faust with the inside story at HHS - thanks jeremyfaust.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #IDSky.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-nobo...
Dr. Faust with the inside story at HHS - thanks jeremyfaust.bsky.social.
#MedSky + #IDSky.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-nobo...
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Reducing the number of recommended vaccines increases, rather than decreases, the risk of disease and death among children.
www.nfid.org/joint-letter...
www.nfid.org/joint-letter...
Joint Letter on US Childhood Immunization Schedules
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and more than 70 scientific and medical organizations sent the letter reaffirming their commitment to transparent, evidence-based immunization policy to...
www.nfid.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Reducing the number of recommended vaccines increases, rather than decreases, the risk of disease and death among children.
www.nfid.org/joint-letter...
www.nfid.org/joint-letter...
Hive0156 is going after #Ukraine Military and government again this time in a phishing attack against the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada. Following initial infection, the devices would have Remcos RAT found on them, previously seen used by Gamaredon (AKA Primitive Bear).
Russia-linked APT UAC-0184 uses Viber to spy on Ukrainian military in 2025
Russia-aligned UAC-0184 targets Ukrainian military and government bodies via Viber, delivering malicious ZIP files for espionage in 2025.
securityaffairs.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Hive0156 is going after #Ukraine Military and government again this time in a phishing attack against the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada. Following initial infection, the devices would have Remcos RAT found on them, previously seen used by Gamaredon (AKA Primitive Bear).
I applaud this response to someone from CBS, because it's literally about the only one they deserve.
I’m a journalist, and I 100% support actions that remind legacy media that neglecting their responsibility or practicing irresponsible journalism will not be tolerated.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I applaud this response to someone from CBS, because it's literally about the only one they deserve.
Anyone bored and into OSInt, should be able to find this guy. Have fun! 😁
It takes oceans of courage & bravery to stand that close to a terrorist that just shot someone in the FACE and scream “SHAME” over & over again at the top of your lungs while filming them.
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Anyone bored and into OSInt, should be able to find this guy. Have fun! 😁
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Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt: “Putin is increasingly humiliated as allied satellite regimes fall one by one, exposing Russia’s dwindling influence and its inability to safeguard ships under its protection.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt: “Putin is increasingly humiliated as allied satellite regimes fall one by one, exposing Russia’s dwindling influence and its inability to safeguard ships under its protection.”
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With recent attention on GrokAI's publication of illegal CSAM and other harmful content, it's a good time to re-up this piece I wrote for @theglobeandmail.com a couple of months ago on Canada's 🇨🇦 Minister of AI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada’s new Minister of AI must not be naive to its harms
AI is not just being deployed to expand human understanding, but to systematically subvert it as well
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
With recent attention on GrokAI's publication of illegal CSAM and other harmful content, it's a good time to re-up this piece I wrote for @theglobeandmail.com a couple of months ago on Canada's 🇨🇦 Minister of AI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
If you're a researcher or journalist, you can get access to the data. "DDoSecrets which calls this release “WhiteLeaks,” has not publicly released the data but is instead asking verified journalists and researchers to request access to the full 100 gigabyte dataset."
As you emerge from your holiday haze, don't forget to check out today's Metacurity for the latest critical infosec developments you should know, including
--'Martha Root' deleted white supremacist websites live at CCC conference, 1/5
www.metacurity.com/martha-root-...
--'Martha Root' deleted white supremacist websites live at CCC conference, 1/5
www.metacurity.com/martha-root-...
'Martha Root' deleted white supremacist websites live at CCC conference
Ledger third-party payment processor exposed customer data, UL Solutions withdraws from FCC Cyber Trust Mark, NordVPN denies breach saying hackers obtained only dummy data, Thefts stemming from 2022 L...
www.metacurity.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
If you're a researcher or journalist, you can get access to the data. "DDoSecrets which calls this release “WhiteLeaks,” has not publicly released the data but is instead asking verified journalists and researchers to request access to the full 100 gigabyte dataset."
This is some fantastic work. 🥰
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is some fantastic work. 🥰
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If you haven't used Security Onion in a while, we've added a ton of new features and functionality in the last year or so. This video walks through the platform, its architecture, and how to use it for investigation and threat hunting. And the best part is that it's all free and open!
Check out the latest version of one of our most popular videos and see how Security Onion can help you peel back the layers and make your adversaries cry!
Introduction to Security Onion 2.4
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Introduction to Security Onion 2.4
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Introduction to Security Onion 2.4
YouTube video by Security Onion
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January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
If you haven't used Security Onion in a while, we've added a ton of new features and functionality in the last year or so. This video walks through the platform, its architecture, and how to use it for investigation and threat hunting. And the best part is that it's all free and open!
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STINGs are the top Ukrainian anti-Shahed interceptor drone for the third month in a row
STINGs are saving lives thanks to amazing Ukrainian defenders and generous support from people world-wide
Thank you!
Please keep supporting—7 ways to help: linktr.ee/WildHornets
STINGs are saving lives thanks to amazing Ukrainian defenders and generous support from people world-wide
Thank you!
Please keep supporting—7 ways to help: linktr.ee/WildHornets
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
STINGs are the top Ukrainian anti-Shahed interceptor drone for the third month in a row
STINGs are saving lives thanks to amazing Ukrainian defenders and generous support from people world-wide
Thank you!
Please keep supporting—7 ways to help: linktr.ee/WildHornets
STINGs are saving lives thanks to amazing Ukrainian defenders and generous support from people world-wide
Thank you!
Please keep supporting—7 ways to help: linktr.ee/WildHornets