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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.
Pinned
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...
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
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February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Wow 😮!

Polish police detain alleged cybercriminal with Phobos ransomware ties

via @jgreig.bsky.social & @therecordmedia.bsky.social
Polish police detain alleged cybercriminal with Phobos ransomware ties
A 47-year-old man was arrested by Polish police for his alleged involvement with the Phobos ransomware operation.
therecord.media
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Dutch police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of hacking... after they accidentally sent him a link granting him access to their own confidential documents.

Who is the bigger plonker? The police for sharing a download link, or the guy who demanded a "reward" for the return of the files?
Dutch police arrest man for "hacking" after accidentally sending him confidential files
Well, this is embarrassing.
www.bitdefender.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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An odd repost by NoName057(16) which seems to announce a coalition between them and the International Iranian Cyber Army, the auto translation doesn’t clear things up as much as I’d hoped.

“Accompaniment by a specialist from the cyber team, NoName057, to one of the Russian cyber arch agencies”
February 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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This might not quite be a Bluesky thing, but I feel I should point out that I'll be hosting this panel session as part of Infosecurity Magazine's Cyber-Resilient CISO Virtual Summit next week

(I've not hosted a live event before, it'll be fine, right?)

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/summits/cybe...
February 18, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I have an urge to scan that QR code, but I don't feel like having my device barfing at me, or some bad actor pillaging around my data. 😅
Hackers are sending snail mail letters to Trezor and Ledger wallet owners

coinpedia.org/news/ledger-...

image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/u...
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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I track thousands of publications for Metacurity, have a deep background in media analysis, and I see this every day: Other nations are far superior at maintaining and sustaining a vibrant press ecosystem than the US is these days.
The Irish Times says it now has ~150,000 print and digital subscribers, and it has reached a milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds its journalism (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Polish PM Donald Tusk: “Poland does not foresee participation in President Trump’s Peace Council.

“Poland will not send Polish soldiers to the Gaza Strip. Poland is not interested in co-financing development projects in Gaza.

“Our money is needed for investments in Polish cities.”
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Just a reminder if you're trying to move away from email providers who don't respect your privacy, you've got choices. Both @tuta.com and @startmail.bsky.social have profiles here on Bluesky and you can try our their services.
February 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Putin, of course, has no understanding or belief that public opinion matters. I wonder if Trump does. Ukrainian politicians know viscerally and confidently that they can't go against majority public opinion.
February 18, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Try this work-out with polio.
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.
February 18, 2026 at 1:23 AM
11 days left and i'm worried how bad the next month is gonna be. 😅
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Everybody’s talking about the destruction of consumer electronics and that’s bad, but basically everything in modern life has a computer in it. Hospitals, airports, transportation, shipping, medical devices, farm equipment, and point of sale terminals had a good run
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”

@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Do they make a roomba that has catpoop radar and avoidance?

Asking for some guy who is cleaning poop out of the robot for the third time in a month.
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Nice, brb getting another coffee! ☕
February 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Bugs on Skydeck DO get quashed! 😁
Happy Monday #Bluesky!

Looking for volunteer testers willing to give SkyDeck Live a good run and help me compile a list of:
- What's not working
- What's missing
- What's not working even though I said it was
- Bugs

Bugs will be squashed. All else will be saved for Version 2.

Thank-you,
Jeff
February 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Figured on doing a post showing step-by-step instructions for one really great feature we have, "Mixed Feeds". These customizable feeds let you combine some of your existing feeds, into one. This can help reduce the number of columns you need on Skydeck while not losing anything!
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Absolutely disgusting. Every single person who took part in this, needs to be punished for it. 😡
February 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Since launching MAE over the weekend I’ve had a lot of great feedback from the community and I want to say how thankful I am for everyone’s support.

One of the requests I had was for multi language support on subtitles, so I went ahead and added it to the platform.
go check it out lms.zsec.red
February 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
HAH! Someone give the orcs some tissues for their tears. Just kidding, they can cry into their shirts instead. 😁
Pro Russia Telegram accounts continue to melt down about Russian government moves against the platform. Auto translation in alt text.
February 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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This Charlie Hebdo front page might need to be framed.
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Russian news outlets claim that a Russian hacktivist group (PalachPro) has hacked Ukraine's DIIA platform

The platform is currently used by Ukrainians to register Starlink terminals

The Telegram post in question only contains two screenshots and no other proof.

t.me/shot_shot/92...
February 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Another week, another round of mass layoffs in online journalism and media because leadership has decided churning out AI slop is the way forward, is it? 🫠
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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People are changing file extensions in the browser for the Epstein files that are labeled as PDFs but are video and are able to play the actual videos according to a Reddit thread on it all. Screenshots from an IG reel that claims to show it all in action.
www.reddit.com/r/whennews/c...
February 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM