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/
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Operators from the 8th SOF Regiment are clearing central Kupyansk of Russian sabotage groups. During recon, they located a fortified Russian position inside a building. Outnumbered, the team broke contact without losses. The structure was later destroyed with TM-72 mines.
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Operators from the 8th SOF Regiment are clearing central Kupyansk of Russian sabotage groups. During recon, they located a fortified Russian position inside a building. Outnumbered, the team broke contact without losses. The structure was later destroyed with TM-72 mines.
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The two brightest comets currently visible in the sky, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), captured last weekend with an ASI294mc Pro on my C8. #Comet Lemmon is already bidding farewell to the northern hemisphere, so I had to catch it in the near-horizon haze. #astrophotography 🔭
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The two brightest comets currently visible in the sky, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), captured last weekend with an ASI294mc Pro on my C8. #Comet Lemmon is already bidding farewell to the northern hemisphere, so I had to catch it in the near-horizon haze. #astrophotography 🔭
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Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
Currently reading: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and really enjoying a good space adventure.
And I've noticed a few non-binary folks mentioned, just there with no fanfare, which makes me happy.
#BookSky
And I've noticed a few non-binary folks mentioned, just there with no fanfare, which makes me happy.
#BookSky
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Currently reading: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and really enjoying a good space adventure.
And I've noticed a few non-binary folks mentioned, just there with no fanfare, which makes me happy.
#BookSky
And I've noticed a few non-binary folks mentioned, just there with no fanfare, which makes me happy.
#BookSky
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Soldiers of the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade are holding the line in Pokrovsk and its southern outskirts, continuing to repel Russian assaults in one of the most contested areas of the front.
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Soldiers of the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade are holding the line in Pokrovsk and its southern outskirts, continuing to repel Russian assaults in one of the most contested areas of the front.
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A TB outbreak has been declared in Edmonton
Story from my colleagues there👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Story from my colleagues there👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tuberculosis outbreak declared in inner-city Edmonton: Primary Care Alberta | CBC News
Provincial health officials have declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Edmonton's core, after lab tests confirmed two inner-city residents had the same strain of the infectious disease.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A TB outbreak has been declared in Edmonton
Story from my colleagues there👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Story from my colleagues there👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🧪The global Green Sea Turtle population has been recovering and they are no longer considered endangered species! But in some regions they are not out of the woods yet 🐢 so, who wants to babysit a sea turtle? 🥹
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/0...
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/0...
@lbscience.org
Good News for Sea Turtles - Little, Big Science
In early October, the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species [1] took place in Abu Dhabi. Experts at the conference upd...
www.lbscience.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🧪The global Green Sea Turtle population has been recovering and they are no longer considered endangered species! But in some regions they are not out of the woods yet 🐢 so, who wants to babysit a sea turtle? 🥹
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/0...
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/0...
@lbscience.org
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This thread is interesting about the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers. I had no idea that the video created received an Emmy nomination!
It's an amazing video today still.
🧪🐡🔭
It's an amazing video today still.
🧪🐡🔭
It's the Mars Exploration Rover video (aka Spirit and Opportunity). Dan Maas created this video by himself (in consultation with the PI Steve Squyres) while an undergraduate (at 16yo!), using a bunch of tech that he built himself, including significant advances to 3D animation. He won an Emmy.
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This thread is interesting about the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers. I had no idea that the video created received an Emmy nomination!
It's an amazing video today still.
🧪🐡🔭
It's an amazing video today still.
🧪🐡🔭
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Get your shots, folks. It won't prevent you from getting infected, but it could lessen the severity and keep you out of the hospital.
“It’s just the flu”
Mask up, get vaxxed.
Mask up, get vaxxed.
Warnings rise for U.S. as a severe flu strain causes outbreaks. A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing unprecedented outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly 2 months.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Get your shots, folks. It won't prevent you from getting infected, but it could lessen the severity and keep you out of the hospital.
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Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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hey. Check out this squirrel
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
hey. Check out this squirrel
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Forgot this good advice I gave about throwing sandwiches and felony murder
/2 Also let me just remind you to throw any foodstuffs at the more svelte, weaselly-lookin feds because under the felony murder rule if ICE Special Agent Figgus McHiggis has a massive coronary lumbering down the street after you hit him with a Ding-Dong your ass is going down for MURDER son
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Forgot this good advice I gave about throwing sandwiches and felony murder
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Screw Tatooine: astronomers have found a binary star system where *both* stars have planets!
Well, maybe. But this is a cool story!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-we...
🔭🧪
Well, maybe. But this is a cool story!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-we...
🔭🧪
Another weird planetary system has been found
A binary star may have planets orbiting both stars
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Screw Tatooine: astronomers have found a binary star system where *both* stars have planets!
Well, maybe. But this is a cool story!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-we...
🔭🧪
Well, maybe. But this is a cool story!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-we...
🔭🧪
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Light Horse, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, scans entire proteins with CRISPR to find functional vulnerabilities, then hunts for molecules that exploit them. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
Light Horse puts function first in pursuit of precision cancer drugs
The company scans entire proteins with CRISPR to find functional vulnerabilities, then hunts for molecules that exploit them
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Light Horse, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, scans entire proteins with CRISPR to find functional vulnerabilities, then hunts for molecules that exploit them. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪
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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Two things they fear most: us connecting, and us boycotting the corporations that want to own us. This post does both. Starter pack drops tonight. I’ll begin with everyone who reposts, comments, interacts. Boycotts work—especially when they reach fresh eyes.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Menace
The beast eats money. Don't feed it with yours.
psychopete1.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Two things they fear most: us connecting, and us boycotting the corporations that want to own us. This post does both. Starter pack drops tonight. I’ll begin with everyone who reposts, comments, interacts. Boycotts work—especially when they reach fresh eyes.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
It's that time of year again, at least for Ontario peeps! Farm Boy organic eggnog in my coffee is better than anything from $tarbucks, has less sugar, and a 1L bottle is $6 + glass bottle deposit, so same price or cheaper than a commercial eggnog latte. Less waste too.
#Boycott #BuyCanadian
#Boycott #BuyCanadian
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's that time of year again, at least for Ontario peeps! Farm Boy organic eggnog in my coffee is better than anything from $tarbucks, has less sugar, and a 1L bottle is $6 + glass bottle deposit, so same price or cheaper than a commercial eggnog latte. Less waste too.
#Boycott #BuyCanadian
#Boycott #BuyCanadian
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American owned paper in Canada presents us the "spokesman" to break up our country.
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Another Alberta separatist leader is courting U.S. conservatives in Washington and Mar-a-Lago
The Republican Party of Alberta’s leader says he's meeting with U.S. officials to advocate for Alberta independence and strengthen ties.
nationalpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
American owned paper in Canada presents us the "spokesman" to break up our country.
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.