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Cynthia / Estienne
@cynthb.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🧦 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.
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I WON AT 🧶 CHICKEN!!!
Pattern: Narae (knitted fisherman's rib) on Ravelry
I needed the 3rd ball of Merino sock but only 2 of the alpaca laceweight
A knitted shrug sits on a wooden table. The shrug has two yarn strands: copper-coloured laceweight alpaca, and dark brown Merino sock weight. The ball of alpaca is almost all gone, and the ball of Merino is almost full.
October 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Speaking of France, I'm a proud owner of these earrings from ItsTiffDesigns (PEI) on Etsy. Fuck billionaires.
A pair of earrings in the shape of guillotines. Each earring has a red heart on the silver blade, is made of laser-cut dark wood, and has the words "til' death" etched on the bottom.
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Something I ordered back in June from Gustin (who do crowdsourced men's casual clothing, mostly jeans-type pants) just arrived today! I now have a pair of their Teal Hedgehog Shorts, just in time for our annual friends' Thanksgaming hangout at a rented cottage 🎉

The hedgies are right side up IRL.
A pair of shorts on a grey background. The shorts are cream-coloured, with rows of teal and blue hedgehogs, side pockets, and cream-coloured waist ties.
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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My hold on Robin Hood Math by Noah Giansiracusa came up! F U Amazon and Bezos 😝

I also took advantage of the walk to the library to strap on my 40lb pack for today's iteration of habit-forming for exercise.
The cover of the book "Robin Hood Math" by Noah Giansiracusa, held up in front of the entrance to the Ottawa Public Library in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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New to me find on our trip to Halifax, NS to see family: Moonrise Ridge Wild Blueberry Cider. Nice balance of sweetness and tannins, and VERY blueberry
A can of Moonrise Ridge Wild Blueberry Cider, on a wooden pub table, with someone's arm and hand in the background
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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1,$s/fabric/yarn/g (I don't sew much these days)
A blue-green image with a white dashed line around the edge. Inside the line, there is a white silhouette of an old-fashioned sewing machine at the top. Below the sewing machine are the words: Soft fabric / Warm fabric / Buy it by the yard / Happy fabric / Pretty fabric / Here's my credit card
August 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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My therapy has moved forward from addressing the PTSD to the decluttering / unhealthy-level attachment to objects. I've always loved style, but I've had trouble getting rid of stuff I no longer wear. The Big Brothers / Sisters bin in the garbage room is getting a lot from me :)
Closet after purging. A closet full of clothes on hangers, mostly black, cream / white, and blue-green. On the shelf above the clothes rail are two stacks of folded T-shirts to the right, and a couple of folded long-sleeve shirts to the left. Clothes for donation 1/2. Three large full black garbage bags tied shut, in an entrance hallway, with a beige rug on the floor, several pairs of shoes on the right, and a closed wood door in the back. Clothes for donation 2/2. A grey clothing donation bin with a "Big Brothers Big Sisters Clothing" sign on the wall behind sits in a room with the walls and floor painted white. The bin is held open to show two large full black garbage bags at the top, and a third bag sits on the floor in front of the bin.
August 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Hah, not surprised 🙂
A graph showing the social and economic distribution of the major Canadian federal parties. My dot is very near the Green and NDP parties.
April 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Playing around with #AI images and cartoonery on my day off. I am particularly amused by this one. My prompt, generated using a trial account at openart.ai .
An AI-generated image of a golden statue on a marble pedestal, facing toward the viewer. The bottom half of the statue is the body and legs of a calf, and the upper half is Donald Trump in a suit, with his hands folded in front of him, smiling, wearing a red baseball cap and with the ears and horns of a cow. The statue sits in a large room with marble pillars, walls and floor. In the room with their backs to the viewer are six men in suits with red baseball caps, kneeling in three rows facing the statue.
April 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Just voted in the advance poll, almost no wait for A-K. Get out there folks! #cdnpoli
A selfie showing a person's shoulder on a red shire and a grey vest, in front of the voting information poster at the polling station for the Canadian federal election
April 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A picture of a pet hedgehog with light beige quills sleeping in her human's lap. Her nose is barely visible to her bottom left and she is on a light blue fleece blanket. Her human is wearing a blue Velour sweater and black shorts.
March 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Cool! Mine is same brigade but different everything else.
A picture of a piece of the skin of a Russian tank that was destroyed in Ukraine, engraved with 37 Motorized Rifle Brigade, Russian Federation, Military Unit no. 51460, T-72 no. 583. The metal piece sits in a display box on a wooden desk. The lid beside the box reads "Made in Russia Recycled in Ukraine".
March 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Had to replace the lovely glass buttons on my #knit Camden (detachable sleeves yay!) because the glass balls were coming off the shanks, but found equally lovely shell ones from a Canadian maker on Etsy (AvocadoStitches). 🧶
A close-up view of a knit sweater in a pale grey-green. The top is the body of the sweater, which is joined to the detachable sleeve with four shell and silver buttons.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Yay my book arrived today, Entrelac Knitting, Japanese with charts 🙂 Ordered from pompadour24 on Etsy.

I don't speak or read Japanese, but #knitting is sufficiently formulaic that the charts and Google Translate are enough for me. I already have several Japanese stitch dictionaries.
The cover of a Japanese book, Entrelac Knitting, shows a Japanese woman with short hair wearing a multicolour entrelac knitted scarf over a white sweater, with a white background. The book is resting on a black mesh chair seat.
February 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Not blurring out their source number or web address so folks know where to send the response 😁 F PP in the goat ass. Immediately blocked this # after sending the reply. #cdnpoli
A screenshot of a promo message for a Poilievre rally, with an F-bomb response.
February 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Just got back from trying on sleeve #1 of the Typical Tudor 16th c. #knit sleeves I'm making for my friend @proteandreams.bsky.social and it fits and she loves it! 🧶 is Swan (merino / Shetland) from Blacker Yarns in undyed Stone, 3 balls per sleeve. #sca
The top of a knit 16th century style sleeve, pinned to the red shoulder strap of a 16th century dress worn over a white shirt. The sleeve is undyed beige. The bottom of a beige knit sleeve with a pattern at the wrist, worn over a white ruffled sleeve with a black edge. The wearer's red dress is in the background. The wearer is holding the leftover yarn in her hand. The right side of a woman who is wearing a beige 16th century knit sleeve pinned to the shoulder strap of a red dress. The dress is worn over a white shirt with black edging. The wearer is holding the leftover yarn in her hand.
January 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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From the Convoy Watch newsletter on Substack, apparently one of the organizers of the Election Slow Roll has quit, and the group has been informed by the OPP that "slow rolling" is illegal - see screenshot of OPP post with alt text.

Some of the participants are calling the whole thing a psyop 😂
Screenshot of a post by the Ontario Provincial Police - East Region that says: "The OPP does not condone or facilitate roadway or highway rolling blocks or slow-downs. While the OPP fully respects the rights of Canadians to participate in lawful, peaceful and safe demonstrations, slow-moving traffic resulting from a protest on a major highway can result in serious collisions and is a danger to the public. Slow-rolling traffic on the highway is also illegal under the Criminal Code and Highway Traffic Act."
January 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just in time #knitting 🧶 Stocking stuffer entrelac dishcloth for my MIL, a tradition 🙂
A navy, purple, sky blue and white square knitted entrelac dishcloth sitting on a black mesh chair seat
December 24, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Ottawa Charge home opener against the Toronto Sceptres! #PWHL #ottawacharge
A view of a hockey arena from the stands, with the Ottawa Charge in red warming up, and the Toronto Sceptres in white
December 3, 2024 at 11:46 PM