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Leigh Metcalf

@ladyofgeek

Mathematician, Cybersecurity Researcher and Author. Be sure to read Cybersecurity: Myths and Misconceptions!

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Humor for our tough times #humor #pickles #fucktrump

05.03.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of 'Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions'

The cover of 'Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions'

Before you say 'wait, I can't understand this... I'm not technical!' we wrote it for you. We didn't write it for the people who know #cybersecurity we wrote it for the people who aren't experts! We debunk all the myths that the media feeds you about the topic!
#books #writing #security

03.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Iran Strikes Risk Civilian Lives β€” Congress Must Stop It Text SIGN PHSYLL to 50409 to send this to your officials.

#fucktrump #trump #fighttyranny

I ... have no words, but I shouldn't be surprised. Follow @resistbot and let your voice be heard and #nomorewar

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03.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you at least get room on the bed at night to sleep, or is it the dog's bed and you just deal with it?

03.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy HAPPY kitties!

03.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Oppose Bureau of Prisons Conversion Therapy Policy for Transgender Prisoners Text SIGN PPENNT to 50409 β€” I am writing to urge you to take immediate action against the Bureau of Prisons policy released last Thursday that subjects approximately 2,200 transgender people in federal custody to what constitutes conversion therapyβ€”a practice rejected by every major US medical association and recognized by the United Nations as torture. This policy denies transgender prisoners access to medically necessary healthcare, confiscates all gender-affirming items including binders and bras, and mandates treatment targeting psychological distress through talk therapy and psychotropic medication until gender dysphoria can be marked as resolved. The policy designates gender dysphoria as a mental illness requiring routine mental health care, with stated goals to assist progress toward recovery while reducing or eliminating symptoms and associated negative outcomes. Transgender people do not recover from gender dysphoriaβ€”they alleviate it through transition. The negative outcome being eliminated is transition itself, which is the explicit goal of conversion therapy. The policy incorporates terminology exclusively used by RFK Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services, including sex trait modification and sex rejection, and adopts HHS's assertion that exploratory therapy will help gender dysphoria resolve. Organizations like the Trevor Project and KFF characterize this approach as conversion therapy. Unlike Florida's September 2024 policy from which this was copied, the federal version makes no exceptionsβ€”even for individuals who no longer produce their own sex hormones, creating devastating health consequences. Most troubling, this policy creates a closed system with no end date and a measurable outcome that will be electronically recorded. If any cases are marked as resolved, the administration can claim conversion therapy works, validating a politically motivated treatment rejected by medical consensus. This constitutes human experimentation on a captive population subjected to empirically harmful practices shown to increase suicidal ideation, depression, and PTSD. I urge you to publicly oppose this policy, introduce or support legislation prohibiting conversion therapy in federal custody, and demand accountability for what amounts to state-sanctioned torture of vulnerable people who cannot consent or withdraw from this experimentation.

πŸ–‹οΈ β€œOppose Bureau of Prisons Conversion Therapy Policy for Transgender Prisoners” hit 250 signers!

πŸ’¬ Text SIGN PPENNT to 50409

03.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone have any happy thoughts for today?

#cats #dogs #happiness #chocolate

03.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She was an amazing woman who just said 'nah, I do this!' to math. Her impact was just amazing.

03.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And by imbibing the blessed liquid, you are worshipping the great caffeine god; long may he bless us.

03.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ever had the feeling that you were being watched? #catday #catsofbluesky

03.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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End ICE Detention of Families Text SIGN PASHYS to 50409 to send this to your officials.

I have no idea what these people's endgame is. We're all immigrants, you morons. #fucktrump #trump #iceout
Follow @resist.bot and let your voice be heard!

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01.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sherlock thinks I need company in the bathroom #catsofbluesky #catday

01.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hobbits. All the Hobbits. #reading #writing #hobbits

01.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #bird day, not to be confused with #catday

27.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kash Patel: he must resign or be impeached Text SIGN PUZIOG to 50409 to send this to your officials.

I have never seen an FBI leader so incompetent. He makes J. Edgar Hoover seem downright sane and reasonable.

Impeach Patel. resist.bot/petitions/PU...

And #fucktrump #trump #patel

25.02.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I wish!!! 🀣🀣

24.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Personally I plan on staring at the ceiling and saying β€˜Lalalala’ for an hour straight. I think that will have more relevant content that anything #trump will say in the #SotU
Though I have a side bet with my mother that the #SotU won’t happen

24.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A happy thought for an unhappy day #catsofbluesky #catday #fucktrump

24.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#booksky

23.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Blootoof it is! Though autocorrect tried to make that bloodroot!

23.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Portland's protest frogs are headed to Washington, D.C., to coincide with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday.
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23.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 322 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7

After much (HAH) thought, I've decided bluetooth should be spelled blootooth. #bluetooth #computers

What say ye, users of #bluesky

23.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Found this old photo of Sherlock being a #cat #catsofbluesky #catday is everyday

23.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope everyone is having a lovely Monday morning!

...I can't believe I typed that with a straight face. #mondays

23.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NO qualified immunity for ICE. Vote for Swalwell & Goldman ICE OUT bill Text SIGN PRKPVF to 50409 to send this to your officials.

I can't believe this timeline. #iceout #fucktrump #fighttyranny

Follow @resist.bot and let your voice be heard!

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21.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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She’s so excited by #caturday #catsofbluesky

21.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Baby Trump

Baby Trump

I can summarize this picture very well: WAAAAH WAAAAAH LOVE ME I'M THE BEST AT ALL WAAAAA
#fucktrump #fighttyranny

20.02.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NO Gestapo, NO gulags. NO COMPROMISE on ICE Text SIGN PPJVHA to 50409 to send this to your officials.

#fighttyranny #meltice #fucktrump

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Follow @resist.bot and let our voices be heard!

19.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sherlock is silently judging me... #catsofbluesky #catday

...I'm lucky it's silent in this picture, normally he tells me at the to of his siamese lungs what I did wrong.

18.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0