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Patrick O’Keefe

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · Jun 9

Quick word on the "LA Riots"...

1. I was at Disneyland on Saturday, went out for bagels in Burbank on Sunday, and walked Sunset in Hollywood today. Drove the 101 (main road that goes through DTLA) multiple times. LA is fine. Actually, it's not fine, but "riots" aren't the reason.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 11h

"She thought her dad was an unassuming family man — until the FBI knocked on her door. The daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her shocking story."

My Father, the BTK Killer is out today on Netflix, care of the doc team @blammoair.bsky.social is on.

A promotional poster for the Netflix documentary "My Father the BTK Killer." The poster features the dark silhouette of a person, seen from the side, against a blurry, muted-toned background of what looks like a sunset or sunrise over a field. The person's face is obscured, and their hair is pulled back. The title MY FATHER THE BTK KILLER is prominently displayed in large, white, distressed letters below the silhouette. The top of the poster reads A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY in a smaller font. At the bottom, it says ONLY ON NETFLIX | OCTOBER 10 in red and white text. The image has a distorted, glitched effect near the top, where a faint, shadowy face is barely visible in the background.

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Community Signal @communitysignal.bsky.social · 13h

Today marks 10 years since Karn Broad started working on Community Signal as the show's producer. I've actually worked with Karn for roughly 14 years in total, going back to a previous show that I hosted.

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Katie Sharp @sharpstats.bsky.social · 3d

Most HR in Potential Elimination Games in Postseason History:

Aaron Judge 6
David Ortiz 6

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 2d

People are weird about music and forget that the most popular things in the world are often things that you personally don't like. 🙂

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 2d

LEE GREENWOOD. I audibly chuckled.

Bad Bunny is the #1 global artist on Spotify this week.

First week of July? #1.
First week of March? #1.
First week of January? #1.

Not sure you can find a more indicative metric of "broader appeal."

House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

variety.com

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 2d

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley is out now. Love the reporting @jacobsilverman.com has been doing, so had to pick up a copy.

www.jacobsilverman.com/p/preorder-g...

A top-down shot of a book titled "Gilded Rage" by Jacob Silverman, resting on a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star, which is a reddish-pink color with a brass rim, has the name SILVERMAN inscribed in brass letters. The star also has a brass television icon in a black circle, indicating a contribution to television. The book's cover is black with an orange crown. The bottom of the book's cover reads, "Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley." The star's background is a speckled black and gray.

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 3d

Going to go ahead and bump this moment I had with John Fetterman for no apparent reason.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · Jun 17

I saw John Fetterman in Beverly Hills on Saturday (No Kings Day), sitting under a tree in a garden, drinking Starbucks.

I'm posting this because he's mentioned the California protests twice on Twitter. Both times, it was to say they were violent and destructive. So what are you doing here?

John Fetterman sitting in Beverly Hills on Saturday, June 14.

A Twitter post from John Fetterman, made on June 9, 2025. It features a photo of Waymos on fire, and a person standing on one of them, waiving a Mexican flag. It reads:

"I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that.

This is anarchy and true chaos.

My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement."

A Twitter post from John Fetterman, made on June 11, 2025. It features a photo of Waymos on fire, and reads:

"WIN THE ARGUMENT

DO NOT
- loot
- set shit on fire
- assault law enforcement

DO
- protest peacefully
- organize to win elections
- call out destructive behavior like this"

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Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 4d

Rebecca is a legend and needs some help. Consider donating if you can!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...?

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

www.gofundme.com

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 4d

From the doc team that @blammoair.bsky.social is on.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 4d

"One woman. Dozens of 911 calls. And a close-knit neighborhood caught in a nightmare. What begins as one woman’s relentless harassment of children spirals into a shocking act of violence."

The Perfect Neighbor. Netflix. October 17.

The Perfect Neighbor | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 4d

Love to see solid homeschool representation. Congrats @mychal3ts.bsky.social!

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 6d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

www.nytimes.com

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 5d

You're telling me that Trump and co. want to take California National Guard troops and send them to *Portland, Oregon* to provide physical backup for unskilled worked that are beating up on Portlanders?

I can't vote YES on 50 fast enough.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

What a legend. Hyacinth Bucket was an all-time great character. Rest in peace.

Patricia Routledge, Hoity-Toity Housewife of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

"The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address 'giftgirl2025' and initially told the museum that they were looking for 'like a sword or something,' according to a person familiar with the discussions."

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

So they forced the museum director out of his job after 30 years in public service. That's pretty bad, but take a look at this gem of a paragraph:

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

Trump wanted the Eisenhower Presidential Library to give him a sword to gift to King Charles. They declined, saying that the sword was government property, to be preserved for the American people.

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

In one fell swoop, Musk scares away countless people from contributing to online projects or, at least, from ever receiving the credit they deserve by attaching their name to those contributions.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

This post would be incomplete if I didn't also call out the fact that Musk is, at minimum, creating an environment where his own users are body shaming this man, on top of the zealots who are likely seeking him out to scare or possibly even harm him. I hope Pruitt is doing alright.

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

Musk uses Pruitt's voluminous contributions to cast doubt on the integrity of both Pruitt and Wikipedia. Because this guy made a lot of contributions, clearly Wikipedia must be questioned. Or maybe this is just simple online community dynamics. How many tweets are sent by the top 0.05% of users?

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

Instead of celebrating an incredible volunteer contribution to an online project, Musk singles him out as the latest recipient of abuse due to his grievances, which will have a real world cost for Pruitt, as it did for Yoel Roth and plenty of others.

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

In fact, it appears that in most non-Twitter segments of the internet, Pruitt is celebrated as someone who has given his time to enhance the world's knowledge.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

Whether or not that is hyperbole, his contributions are impressive. From my research, I see nothing to suggest that Pruitt is anything other than an upstanding citizen. He isn't tied to the Epstein files or apartheid South Africa. Musk can say neither of those things.

Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

Musk has made Wikipedia a recent target. In his post, Musk draws negative attention to the fact that in 2019, CBS News reported that Steven Pruitt had made almost 3 million edits on Wikipedia and written 35,000 articles. The headline says this means he's behind "a third of what's on Wikipedia."

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Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social · 8d

Elon Musk is not capable of appreciating online communities - or online social projects - and there are many examples of this, but I wanted to show you this one, which I find gross.

A screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) post by Elon Musk. Musk's post shows a CBS News tweet from January 27, 2019, with the text: "Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia". The tweet includes a photo of Steven Pruitt, a man with light-colored hair and a green shirt, looking off-camera during what appears to be an interview.

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