Cynthia / Estienne
@cynthb.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🧦 they / she / iel / elle
Enterprise architect / former #infosec security assessor and pen tester, CAF veteran. Avid MMO / D&D gamer, reenactor, and knitter. We rescue hedgehogs and have 1 (Smidgen). Pan / enby.
Enterprise architect / former #infosec security assessor and pen tester, CAF veteran. Avid MMO / D&D gamer, reenactor, and knitter. We rescue hedgehogs and have 1 (Smidgen). Pan / enby.
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Also, unpaywalled here: Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
Here is a breakdown of what I (🇨🇦 cybersecurity professional) use:
- Email + cloud storage: Proton; still have Google Docs for limited collab
- Messages: Signal. Still have an active FB / Messenger acct for those I can't contact anywhere else, but minimize its use.
- Passwords: 1Password 1/
- Email + cloud storage: Proton; still have Google Docs for limited collab
- Messages: Signal. Still have an active FB / Messenger acct for those I can't contact anywhere else, but minimize its use.
- Passwords: 1Password 1/
For those not aware, the leader of the Opposition Conservatives has been refusing to get a security clearance for years.
We, the undersigned, citizens, call upon the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance . . .
Add your name!
#CDNPoli #Canada #CanadianPolitics
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Add your name!
#CDNPoli #Canada #CanadianPolitics
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 1:53 AM
For those not aware, the leader of the Opposition Conservatives has been refusing to get a security clearance for years.
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Can't wait until thirty seconds into the deposition when Norm asks whether Elon has taken any medications that could affect his testimony
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Can't wait until thirty seconds into the deposition when Norm asks whether Elon has taken any medications that could affect his testimony
Great thread.
Art is expensive because artists have bills like food and shelter, on top of the time they spent learning to art: the thousands of hours of practice doodling, sculpting, and generally creating to get to where they are now, from when they first doodled in the margins of their homework.
Art is expensive because artists have bills like food and shelter, on top of the time they spent learning to art: the thousands of hours of practice doodling, sculpting, and generally creating to get to where they are now, from when they first doodled in the margins of their homework.
The fact that AI boosters always go to “but art is EXPENSIVE” is telling.
Most people started with crayons, lined school paper, cheap pencils, ballpoint pen, the back of junk mail and misprinted pages.
Art supplies can be outrageous but you can make art with literal trash
Most people started with crayons, lined school paper, cheap pencils, ballpoint pen, the back of junk mail and misprinted pages.
Art supplies can be outrageous but you can make art with literal trash
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Great thread.
Art is expensive because artists have bills like food and shelter, on top of the time they spent learning to art: the thousands of hours of practice doodling, sculpting, and generally creating to get to where they are now, from when they first doodled in the margins of their homework.
Art is expensive because artists have bills like food and shelter, on top of the time they spent learning to art: the thousands of hours of practice doodling, sculpting, and generally creating to get to where they are now, from when they first doodled in the margins of their homework.
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#MeltTheIce hat is coming along quickly. Haven’t seen anyone wearing them around town yet but the yarn store was wiped of red yarn so it won’t be long.
🧶 #knitsky
🧶 #knitsky
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
#MeltTheIce hat is coming along quickly. Haven’t seen anyone wearing them around town yet but the yarn store was wiped of red yarn so it won’t be long.
🧶 #knitsky
🧶 #knitsky
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Two-piece suit, USA, 1892
Absolutely incredible style here. The cut of the jacket is just sublime, and the embroidery (?) is a simple design, but massively elevates the overall look of the outfit. Just a perfect suit, I love it so much!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #fashionsky #ootd #TheMet
Absolutely incredible style here. The cut of the jacket is just sublime, and the embroidery (?) is a simple design, but massively elevates the overall look of the outfit. Just a perfect suit, I love it so much!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #fashionsky #ootd #TheMet
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Two-piece suit, USA, 1892
Absolutely incredible style here. The cut of the jacket is just sublime, and the embroidery (?) is a simple design, but massively elevates the overall look of the outfit. Just a perfect suit, I love it so much!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #fashionsky #ootd #TheMet
Absolutely incredible style here. The cut of the jacket is just sublime, and the embroidery (?) is a simple design, but massively elevates the overall look of the outfit. Just a perfect suit, I love it so much!
#fashionhistory #dresshistory #fashionsky #ootd #TheMet
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ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Yes to the “ICE Out of My Face Act”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on
www.eff.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
When I was in the 🇨🇦 military in the 80's and 90's, the advice at the time was for women to wear menstrual pads during tear gas training, in theory to protect those sensitive tissues.
THIS IS NOT CURRENT ADVICE. The pad may actually trap the gas against the skin.
phr.org/our-work/res...
THIS IS NOT CURRENT ADVICE. The pad may actually trap the gas against the skin.
phr.org/our-work/res...
Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR
Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...
phr.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
When I was in the 🇨🇦 military in the 80's and 90's, the advice at the time was for women to wear menstrual pads during tear gas training, in theory to protect those sensitive tissues.
THIS IS NOT CURRENT ADVICE. The pad may actually trap the gas against the skin.
phr.org/our-work/res...
THIS IS NOT CURRENT ADVICE. The pad may actually trap the gas against the skin.
phr.org/our-work/res...
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A prisoner exchange is expected in the near future, President Zelensky said. He did not provide further details but sources indicate it will involve the return of 157 Ukrainian servicemen. #Ukraine
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
A prisoner exchange is expected in the near future, President Zelensky said. He did not provide further details but sources indicate it will involve the return of 157 Ukrainian servicemen. #Ukraine
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What's the trends for BEVs in China, Europe & USA? As @robertferry.bsky.social points out, China & Europe are now majority electric for new car sales. The US is another story. If the world shifts to Electric cars & US automakers are selling only fossil cars, what's likely to happen to them? 🧪☀️🔌💡💨💧🔋
If you include plug-in electric hybrids then EU sales have hit majority electric as of December and EVs are taking over market share at a rate of 57% year-on-year. To see U.S. sales going the other direction is frustrating but I have to think it is temporary.
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
What's the trends for BEVs in China, Europe & USA? As @robertferry.bsky.social points out, China & Europe are now majority electric for new car sales. The US is another story. If the world shifts to Electric cars & US automakers are selling only fossil cars, what's likely to happen to them? 🧪☀️🔌💡💨💧🔋
Europol, the French, and the Brits have coordinated raids on Xitter offices after investigating the production and distribution of CSAM and non-consensual content.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaH3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaH3...
Europe RAIDS Trump's Tech Empire - France Charges Musk, Treats America as Criminal Enterprise
YouTube video by House of El
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Europol, the French, and the Brits have coordinated raids on Xitter offices after investigating the production and distribution of CSAM and non-consensual content.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaH3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaH3...
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will the piece mention that one of the free press founders is in the files, robby?
Free Press bravely fighting the Woke War on Pedophilia
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
will the piece mention that one of the free press founders is in the files, robby?
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1/2 For #NationalHedgehogDay we’re sharing Hilda’s story. She was found as a juvenile wandering in a road in December weighing just 316g. She was very underweight & dehydrated and had ringworm.
Ringworm is a fungal skin infection that causes spine loss & skin irritation. It’s…
Ringworm is a fungal skin infection that causes spine loss & skin irritation. It’s…
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
1/2 For #NationalHedgehogDay we’re sharing Hilda’s story. She was found as a juvenile wandering in a road in December weighing just 316g. She was very underweight & dehydrated and had ringworm.
Ringworm is a fungal skin infection that causes spine loss & skin irritation. It’s…
Ringworm is a fungal skin infection that causes spine loss & skin irritation. It’s…
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Meeting of my local antifa chapter..busily knitting hats. 🧶
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Meeting of my local antifa chapter..busily knitting hats. 🧶
My "sanity in an insane world" current sweater knitting project is coming along well, due to... needing sanity in an insane world. Also, Aran weight knits up faster than I'd remembered.
May also need a 7th skein of 🧶; we'll see.
May also need a 7th skein of 🧶; we'll see.
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
My "sanity in an insane world" current sweater knitting project is coming along well, due to... needing sanity in an insane world. Also, Aran weight knits up faster than I'd remembered.
May also need a 7th skein of 🧶; we'll see.
May also need a 7th skein of 🧶; we'll see.
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PM Carney: “Mr. Speaker, I recognize that the leader of the opposition is just visiting his riding and will be turning in another riding in the next election”
If you pay close attention someone asks on the background: “Whose riding?” 😂😅😂
🎥 Credit CPAC Live / YouTube
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
If you pay close attention someone asks on the background: “Whose riding?” 😂😅😂
🎥 Credit CPAC Live / YouTube
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
PM Carney: “Mr. Speaker, I recognize that the leader of the opposition is just visiting his riding and will be turning in another riding in the next election”
If you pay close attention someone asks on the background: “Whose riding?” 😂😅😂
🎥 Credit CPAC Live / YouTube
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
If you pay close attention someone asks on the background: “Whose riding?” 😂😅😂
🎥 Credit CPAC Live / YouTube
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
Another great video from this YouTube creator, this time on the now missing rungs on the career ladder, and digital feudalism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbV...
Hard Work is a Scam (Unless You Work outside the System)
YouTube video by things your mom should’ve told you
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Another great video from this YouTube creator, this time on the now missing rungs on the career ladder, and digital feudalism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbV...
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
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The US isn't Denmark when it comes to vaccines, written by a scientist from Denmark @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The US isn't Denmark when it comes to vaccines, written by a scientist from Denmark @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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Shields and biological countermeasures could help protect astronauts during prolonged missions beyond Earth's magnetic bubble.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/46p5BrA
Learn more: https://scim.ag/46p5BrA
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Shields and biological countermeasures could help protect astronauts during prolonged missions beyond Earth's magnetic bubble.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/46p5BrA
Learn more: https://scim.ag/46p5BrA
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Where do solar flares come from? Just as earthquakes are the release of built up frictional energy along fault lines, solar flares are the release of built up magnetic energy above sunspots. This week, complex magnetic field mixing = strong flare chances! (See Earth for scale).
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Where do solar flares come from? Just as earthquakes are the release of built up frictional energy along fault lines, solar flares are the release of built up magnetic energy above sunspots. This week, complex magnetic field mixing = strong flare chances! (See Earth for scale).
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Welcome home, Liam ❤️
5-Year-Old Boy Abducted By ICE Gets Wings From Pilot On Flight Home To Minneapolis In Sweet Viral Video
www.comicsands.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Welcome home, Liam ❤️
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