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Buddy bear security: debug your security with a teddy bear, and then snuggle said bear as you panic at said security! There is no security unless there is security for all. Canadian/American in Halifax, NS Cybersecurity by day, astrophysics by night.

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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
One more day!
A stuffed bear and stuffed pigeon in a graduation cap in front of the book “Will the pigeon graduate?” By Mo Williams
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Baby Kitty and Teddy Bear explored Volta and tried blending in to the coworking space overlooking downtown Halifax.
A teddy bear and a stuffed grey kitty are propped up and facing each other between a window sill and a table ledge. The window overlooks Halifax downtown during the day.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Finished my last exam of my undergrad. This has taken almost 10 years to do. Teddy is unsure what to do with his time.
A teddy bear on a window ledge overlooking a grey Saint Mary’s University.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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
A whiteboard diagram of many things that go wrong when trying to image a star. On the left hand side, there is a column starting with the title “Get Fucked!” And details a few challenges such as distance, wave-particle duality, SNR ratios and the speed of light changes in a medium. On the main section there is an orange line going diagonally from a star at the top left corner, through the centre with a crude telescope drawing saying “starlight bucket contraption” and then to the bottom right with a square and a scribble and the caption “WTF is this??” - along the path there are statements or questions in green about how one might try to image a star, and then blue saying how this goes wrong. Then off the blue there are correction ideas and then more blue saying how this also goes wrong
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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.
A small teddy bear in front of a black SUV with the back window smashed in and bent bike rack
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Teddy thanks @oktire.bsky.social for helping us get home this weekend after a particularly spicy rock flattened our tire to the rim!
A tire with a flat section. The flat tire sank to the rims on the ground.A teddy bear looking at the camera with the “OK Tire” sign in the backgroundTeddy found a spot to wait in a tire
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Last night’s head-desk-Earth-solar system-galaxy read while getting sources on nation state attacks.
A photo of the book Countdown to Zero day that has a tldr of “in 2010 a USA report said not to fuck with Iran. They will retaliate.”
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My version of a relaxing Sunday read - along with cute spring themed page flags 😍
A picture of the book “We Are All Targets” with a set of page flags with bunnies and flower on a grey fuzzy pillow.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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.
"For the love of security and teddy bears... please patch before the CVE drops. Buddy Bear SECURITY"

A cute, smiling, brown teddy bear wrapped in a blanket and a warm cup of hot chocolate on the floor in front of a green laptop on a green pillow looking towards the viewer. A small plant on the left, and a small light, book, and duck on the right. The words are below, with "Buddy Bear SECURITY" in a banner. The banner has the bear's head on the left, and a padlock on the right. 

The duck is the homage to "rubber ducky programming" where you literally talk to a rubber duck to debug software.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The algorithm gods were pleased today.
Two Bluesky posts:
1. Kenwhite’s post about ProPublica journalists being next for arrest.
2. ProPublica’s post of their article identifying two CBP agents involved with Alex Pretti shooting
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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.
A cute colouring books with cats in a yoga studio partially coloured using watercolour paints
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Not going to lie, I’m actually surprised the #Halifax bike lane is mostly plowed on South Park st. #bikeHFX
Mostly plowed dedicated bike lane surrounded by snow. Picture is of a downtown scene at sunrise
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Stamps arrived this week, along with some other stationary supplies. Clearly playing around was in order.
A couch with various art and paper craft supplies. There is a watercolour paint pallet, ZIG Clean Dot pens, a ruler, a white bin full of stamps and stamp pads, watercolour pens, a swan sticky note set, a stencil set, and a container of fountain pen cartridges and a fountain pen.An open watercolour paper book with many colourful flower stamps, cat stamps, and weather stamps have been placed. There’s a watercolour frog in a suit with a thinking bubble saying “flies”. In the top left there’s text that states, “Orders for stamp supplies from: Papergram - Toronto. Paper Whisper - Sweden. Nekoto Books - Calgary”
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Teddy found the most important supplies on this snow day: COFFEE Enjoy the #snowday, Halifax!
A teddy bear looking out of a car windshield at an open sign at Cortado (coffee shop) in a snowy scene.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
De-stressing with watercolour cartoons. Sorry to OG artists as I’ve lost the sources.
Two watercolour pages with cartoons. One page is of a frog on a seat with a briefcase and the sign “me on my way to make things worse” the second page had four areas of drawings. On the top left is a frog at a laptop saying “just doing my silly little task”. Top right has a raccoon with “don’t be a part of the problem - be the whole problem.” On the bottom left, there are six small frogs with FERG, FORG, FIRG, FURG and FARG. The bottom right is of a shah head where the eyes are looking outwards with the word “hi”
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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!
A small teddy bear in front of a sign on a glass window into a dark classroom. The sign says “AT305. Meeting room. Astronomy and Physics.”
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A #studyhack I wish I had realized years ago: use a paper roll dispenser to write textbook notes on.
A paper roll dispenser with paper out to the left hand side as if it’s a scroll of paper from traditional books. On the page is written ASTR 4200 and lists 11 book chapters from To Measure the Sky - an introduction to observational astronomy textbook.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Cybersecurity isn’t for a month - engage your cyber stuffie friend to stay safe online!
A teddy bear in front of a poster for cybersecurity awareness. The poster is of a stuffed husky in front of a laptop, and the top banner says “Be Vigilant… Protect the Pack” for Saint Mary’s University cybersecurity awareness month
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Teddy is ready for his last semester of undergrad! Happy first day of school! 🥳
A picture of a bear in the pocket of a tote bag on a desk. The bear’s head, arms, and part of his body is sticking out. He has a brown body, white belly area and mouth/nose area, yellow inner ears and black eyes, nose and mouth. The bag is light pink. The desk is wooden with frosted glass dividers. There’s a sign saying “quiet please! This is a non-taking floor” signifying it’s a quiet study area of a university library. It has been graffiti’d with cute space people.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
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…
A small brown teddy bear in a pink toy baby stroller being pushed by a child in green Christmas clothing. On a day lit wooden floor with a brown couch on the left.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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
A share image of the audiobook Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, from the Libro.fm platform.

The image structure that the audiobook cover image on is the left, with the text of the book title and author centre-right, and the logo of Libro.fm in the bottom left hand corner on a gradient brown-black background.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Halifax is a strange beast. You can tell who the non-locals are by the ones not speeding and generally obeying laws. Speed limits, painted lines, and signs are suggestions - yesterday’s construction park job in a bike lane is Exhibit A. The fact I’ve been hit twice in my car is Exhibit B.
A construction vehicle is parked in a protected bike lane.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Today the rare special “bike” sleeping in its natural habitat. Not at all frustrating for biking around Halifax! #bikeHFX #halifax #parkedinabikelane
A photo of a construction vehicle parked for the evening in a bike lane. It’s a scene taken at night in a city.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hello new bike day. You were unexpected!
A bicycle is lifted up onto a service clamp in a bicycle shop where repairs also occur.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Teddy is ready for #B-Sides Halifax!
A small teddy bear propped up by beige headphones in an empty classroom auditorium. There’s a sticker saying B-Sides Halifax in front of him
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I wish they were more commercially viable as the little gizmo is the best (yes, I has 2 for redundancy, and the mini usb-c one). I have the Yubikey Authenticator on the phone for MFA but the small one, for those who lose things, would be handy to have plugged in for website authentication
USB-c + lightening Yubikey dongle being held by a hand to show the dual ends
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Baby Kitty wanted to get in on the photo trend with a stunning #sunset on the walk home. While the days can be crazy, a sunset always grounds me. Plus, how flipping cute is the kitty?! I mean, really - insta-stress dissolver! #halifax
A very red sunset with reflections on a large puddle in an excavated rocky placeA pretty red sunset with autumn coloured foliage near the ground. It’s blurry as there’s a stuffed grey and white IKEA kitty head in the foreground looking at the camera. The kitty looks like it’s smiling and trying to take a photo.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
After an odd day, Teddy enjoyed travelling to see the pretty Autumn views around #Halifax
A park bench with fallen leaves and blue sky in the background. A teddy bear is in a pink bike heat and a reflective bag is on the bench.A darker park scene with blue sky and a crescent moon. The sun is setting causing the shadows to have the entire park darker Sunset view from a bus on a bridge overlooking a city basin.Sunset as seen from a parking lot. A few tall buildings, and bare branches as the leaves have all fallen.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The things I do for my kid… paint by number kitty on acrylic
A paint by numbers acrylic kit of a white kitty
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
While I traditionally have done oil or water colours - paint by numbers allows me to get some painting in without completely ditching homework. Then this challenge came in. Kiddo wanted the kitty. This is round 2 after all the lessons of round 1 were washed off 🥲 #paintbynumbers
A paint by numbers kit of an acrylic (transparent) pane with the numbers on a sheet in the back. It’s of a kitty and only some paler colours have been painted.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Baby Kitty approves of biking
A bike in the sidewalk by a bus shelter that has a small stuffed kitty on the seat
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Today I had a day that was “Fuckit, using a teacup for chocolate chips.” Then “hey I’m running late, can you get the kid?” Going to go puke now from all the chocolate then biking. Why is #halifax so damn hilly?!
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Best one-liner in a movie? This is how I describe remote power off commands to systems (OOB interfaces, etc.)
"This is my boomstick" - Ash, from the Army of Darkness movie, is thrown back in time to castle raids but he has a rifle. He calls it his boomstick.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“Hey take this meth* to help your brain with the fact that you have a disability around time, memory, and schedules, and for you that’s non addictive! But other ppl abuse it so sometimes go days without refills because the regulations target your disability!” (Meth* - the Rx methylphenidate)
“Shoppers Drug Mart: Your Rx(s) beginning with METH are ready for pickup”

Text message for methylphenidate, a stimulant used to treat ADHD, is entertaining for the Meth shortening.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Finally, a clear night while travelling to see the Milky Way better! iPhone 13 camera results :)
A picture of the night sky with a large area of light with dark spots that go across the photo - it’s the Milky Way and the dust is from the spiral arm we belong to.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
“I need to pee!!!” - said the kid who didn’t need to pee at the rest area in the Cobequid Pass. At least Teddy finally got to check out the giant blueberry in Oxford. You know, 10-20 minutes after we left the first bathroom 👀
A stuffed teddy bear in front of a giant blueberry statue.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Happy Long Weekend to all those who celebrate either the holiday, or “holy bananas this is going to be a long ☠️ weekend” For those who are celebrating both, I invite you to Sky Screaming at sundown. I’m releasing the feelings of 7 day old glasses being broken to answer “how far do they twist?” 🫠
A stuffed kitty next to a pair of broken glasses in a ziplock baggie
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Injecting a drop of ✨ joy ✨ for the internet. My kid forgot 2 kitties at his grandparents while they are traveling around. They're now on the "take photos of adventure stuffy friends!" bandwagon. Today they went apple picking.
Two stuffed kitties are placed on a tree branch, with an apple behind one of the kitties. They're in an apple tree.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
SMU has a message AND stuffy friend Teddy can get behind! I heard of using Cybersecurity Awareness Month as a way to talk about cybersecurity check-ins as if they’re any other life component. Finance check -ins, career check-ins, and your security routines and practices review. I like this more.
“Be Vigilant… Protect the Pack” sign for Cybersecurity Awareness Month at Saint Mary’s University (SMU). The sign is of a cute, plush husky with a scarf and earmuffs in front of a laptop as if the husky is using the computer. The SMU mascot is a husky. The website is of smu.ca - the university homepage.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Teddy’s most favourite place in Dartmouth. Next to the ferry terminal, a walking path, and train tracks. ❤️
A small teddy bear looking at the camera in front of a white brick wall. The text on the wall is of “nature folk” with a bohemian style logo of two flower looking outlines.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This semester’s goal is to write a research paper on how computer hackers influenced technology in the pre-2000 era. Picking up hard copies of some favourite books for referencing general history ❤️ The Cuckoo’s Egg is my #1 recommendation for anyone wanting a good intro. Countdown to Zero Day is #2
Four books in a stack in a car.
Books: 
The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll
We Are All Targets by Matt Potter
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
Tracers In The Dark by Andy Greenberg
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
At least the fire alarm was during a nice day! Happy to be back at SMU after travelling 😅
A blurry teddy bear head in front of a building with people outside. There is blue sky.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Along with a teddy bear, don’t forget a healing dinosaur for the soul. My grandmother and I had the same dinosaur; she said hers was her little healer when she was in pain. She passed, and her healing dinosaur is coming home with mine and Teddy to live a cozy rest of his life. He was a good Dino.
Two green stuffed dinosaurs and a teddy bear buckled into a seat of a car.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
On the 4th week of travel, the bear enjoyed a peaceful morning scene. #travellingTeddy
A small Teddy Bear head is looking at the camera as if he’s taking a selfie. A morning scene of a lake, a mountain in the background, blue sky, and fog lifting from the lake. In the foreground is a grass bank to the lake, trees, and a humming bird feeder. The trees have started to have their leaves turn colour for Autumn.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Teddy knows the first thing about security: share *after* your adventures. NYC subway system from the 9/11 memorial to Times Square: explored!
A teddy bear looking up in nighttime city background of tall buildings, large electric billboards, and people. The view is of New York City’s Times Square - a popular tourist destination so is very crowded.A photo of a blurry teddy bear looking at the camera. He is in the foreground while the photo is focused on a subway train in a subway. The sign for the subway says “Uptown & The Bronx” along with a red circle with a white number 1 denoting the train line. Next to the 1 it says “To Van Cortland Park - 242 Street all times”A blurry teddy bear looking at the camera. The camera is focused on a nighttime city background of tall buildings, large electric billboards, and people. The view is of New York City’s Times Square - a popular tourist destination so is very crowded.A blurry teddy bear in the foreground looking at the camera. The camera is focused on a nighttime view of the reflecting pool for the 9/11 memorial. The reflecting pool is a large hole where the North Tower was located and became a giant hole after the 9/11 event. There is a stream of water light up falling into the hole.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Using a teddy bear to share an adventure story to my kid when I travel for work.
A small brown teddy bear sitting on a commuter train seat. The headrest reads Marc to denote the train system the bear is on.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
You’ve heard of Paddington Bear - now meet Pentagon Bear! After seeing the Pentagon, he happily went home! Work travel upside is exploring new transit systems. I’m very jealous of the system in DC and Maryland. I want this in Halifax. 🥺 #transit #securitybear
A picture of a brown teddy bear face in the foreground and the background is a concrete subway wall. On the wall is a sign saying “Pentagon” to denote the subway stop the bear is at.Teddy Bear is happy to be home! 

A small brown teddy bear is at the bottom of a large white door with a green wreath. This is an outside door leading into a residence.An aerial photo of the Pentagon as seen from an airplane window.A photo of a brown teddy bear in front of a large sign saying “Greenbelt” with an arrow pointing to the left with the words “Baltimore Track 2” the scene is outside near sunset on a rail platform.
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Happy First Day of School! 🥳
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This weekend we were lucky to travel to rural Canada, and my kid finally was able to enjoy a dark sky full of stars. His joy reminded me of why I wanted to study space - it’s just so neat, and gorgeous! Photo of a sunset with the moon before the star-filled show.
A photo of a sunset on a body of water. Across the water are trees and hills. There is a wheel for a boat dock visible, and a boat on the water. There’s a small white spot in the sky that is the moon
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Buddy Bear Security @buddybearsecurity.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Instead of touch grass, find some starry pictures to remind you that we’re continuously falling towards a giant nuclear reaction and it’s honestly insane that we exist at all. Breathe in at the entire absurdity of life, and breathe out stressing over everything for a little bit.
Photo of a building peak and starry night
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