Buddy Bear Security

👋 hi, since I haven’t done an intro - I LOVE systems and how people interact with them. It’s why I explore documentation, automation, security and astro. It’s why I have strong opinions about the entire process tree and different tools. Severe ADHD made it a must-learn so I’ll help where I can ❤️

There was an ant in my hair. The kitchen is now just ant-out. The floors and some of the counter tops. Sprinklings of ant carcasses about. These creatures can stay on the “out” of the house

One more day!

Today in musings without data: - AI feels like the first system designed for a neurodiverse brain - ND folks are more likely to question the ethics of AI RN: Trying to describe how I use AI with high efficiency basically “I can’t give you ADHD, like you can’t make me NT” is all I got 🤦🏻‍♀️🫠

Baby Kitty and Teddy Bear explored Volta and tried blending in to the coworking space overlooking downtown Halifax.

In many cases, we'd prefer not to know.

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

🤯 getting final grades back and realizing that I’m graduating in May with a degree in astrophysics, done while doing life for 8.5 years… and Magna Cum Laude.

Finished my last exam of my undergrad. This has taken almost 10 years to do. Teddy is unsure what to do with his time.

Intro to observational astronomy: the only intro course I’ve taken that’s a 4000-level course. The math isn’t hard, but it’s a course in how physics will tell you to fuck off at every opportunity. I made a diagram to help me understand sources of pain. #astrosky #astrophysics #study #physics #ouch

In a compulsory research class I stood before undergrads who clearly didn't want to be there, nor saw the need for it. I began class by asking them to imagine that the next professional they sought help from didn't think researching best practice really mattered. They got my point.

My kid will watch Minecraft videos in any language because he doesn’t care about the words. W/E, hearing the cadence of language helps passively gain intuition for language, and I can study. Except today he found a French video & I’m bilingual. I’m now learning vocab instead of CCDs 😭🤦🏻‍♀️

This is why the international community is concerned about another country’s leader - especially if a lunatic is able to launch nuclear weapons.

It appears my tire held up great! The rest of the car after being rear ended? Ugh. Less so. This trip back to Halifax was destined to be main character energy.

Teddy thanks @oktire.bsky.social for helping us get home this weekend after a particularly spicy rock flattened our tire to the rim!

How to tell your kid might have ADHD: Two days cooped up means finding anything exercise related in the houses we travel to. Today: treadmill.

We should probably teach more about slide rules and why logarithms make way more fucking sense as a thing we use when that concept is explained.

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

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

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

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

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.

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

Not going to lie, I’m actually surprised the #Halifax bike lane is mostly plowed on South Park st. #bikeHFX

While 2 days of snow days was met with “really??!!” - I *did* manage to get Minecraft set up for kiddo and me to play together. 10/10 happy he’s old enough to play games with, and he’s going to probably be -5 happy to learn what I do for a living when he’s older (security)

Me: “I don’t book calls on Mondays so I can focus on deliverable work!” Weather: ☃️ //schools closed for two Monday’s in a row. Something about best laid plans…

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Stamps arrived this week, along with some other stationary supplies. Clearly playing around was in order.

Wild thread with a safe ending, not really a great one.

Teddy found the most important supplies on this snow day: COFFEE Enjoy the #snowday, Halifax!

De-stressing with watercolour cartoons. Sorry to OG artists as I’ve lost the sources.

Downside to letting my kid watch Crunchlabs on repeat for a month and a half is waking up to him in a lab coat and goggles telling me about his science potion to make acid to dip a drumstick into. #sciencekids

greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

Teddy is happy that the last undergrad course of the astrophysics degree is in the main classroom that I’ve been in for my undergrad degree. Bonus: it’s an astronomy course!

I spoke to GirlsTalkCyber podcast about understanding and being aware of threats against critical infrastructure. We talked about things you should think about as geopolitical, economic, and climate instability increase, and how that relates to cyber threats. girlstalkcyber.com/24-what-happ...

A #studyhack I wish I had realized years ago: use a paper roll dispenser to write textbook notes on.

Cybersecurity isn’t for a month - engage your cyber stuffie friend to stay safe online!

Teddy is ready for his last semester of undergrad! Happy first day of school! 🥳

The travelling Teddy wishes you all a Happy Holidays as he experiences the life of a typical teddy bear. I think the flights stuffed in a backpack may be more enjoyable…

Canada: you never know if it was a mistake, or a passive jab to air the pulled segment.

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how my 2026 will go. Why yes, I will play this age dating game of social engineering… If by pure year: Armageddon If my the range I was 10: The Titanic. …. I’m planning to be one of the extras who survives if this is the case 👀

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

For a crafting and audiobook escapism, I cannot recommend Of Monsters and Mainframes enough. Sci-Fi, 2SLGBTQIA+, and wholly amazing! Found this on @libro.fm from curated book lists. #booksky #audiobook

It helps if you try to read this as if he’s Gaston singing in Beauty and the Beast

When people tell me that data centres never go down… //adds example to the list