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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 15h

“It’s a snuff film—state-sanctioned, -sponsored, -broadcast snuff film—that should make everybody fucking furious!” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons

Jennifer Gonnerman reports on how two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point.

www.newyorker.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 21h

this reminds me, I have a great firewall I've been meaning to tell you about

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 21h

As someone who also gets similar messages, I would be SHOCKED if these people read the profile closely enough to see this. I think they search for an org + the word cyber on LinkedIn Sales Nav and hit fire on pitches. God help the people who do have actual purchasing power

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1d

draft the charlotte hornets roster

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1d

C. Lock it in

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Tim Starks @timstarks.bsky.social · 1d

The three lawmakers said the reported lifting of a stop-work order on a $2 million Paragon Solutions contract threatens Americans’ fundamental rights. cyberscoop.com/house-dems-s...

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

Three House Democrats questioned the Department of Homeland Security on Monday over a reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract with a spyware provider that they warn potentially “threaten...

cyberscoop.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

I guess I don’t remember, was all well during the GWOT?

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

Anyway, time to go back to real world news which bears no resemblance to this movie

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

I’ve been avoiding all pods, writing, and social about this movie which was good and now it’s funny to see what lines break through and get memed

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

I hear you. I love a good self-contained movie so much more than tv shows precisely because of the limits and choices they require/inspire. But i think that’s an unpopular opinion and I totally get why

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

Enabling my behavior, thank you for your service

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

I love Sensei. Great year for him too. Phoenician Scheme had ups and downs but he was a huge up. Loved him in both.

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

This is a great year for movies living up to the hype. This and Sinners, enormous build ups and I walked out of the theater very happy both times.

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

I will now consume one week straight of One Battle After Another content until it becomes medically unwise

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 4d

Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.

I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.

Discord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackers

Thanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses.

this.weekinsecurity.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 4d

“Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 4d

A good story about youth-led protests in Africa and Asia “against aging leaders, corruption, joblessness, income disparities and economies that have left people in their teens to late 20s behind” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gen Z Anger at Ruling Elites Is Erupting Across the World

From Morocco to Indonesia, young people are taking to the streets to protest against inequality and a lack of jobs.

www.bloomberg.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 4d

“Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been deported to El Salvador” www.wabe.org/family-says-...

Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara deported Friday

Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he wi...

www.wabe.org

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 4d

Some related reporting here today from my good friend Alfred Ng on ICE hiring an AI leader: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

The Trump administration is hiring a specialist to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement's use of artificial intelligence - part of a broader cross-government push on agencies to integrate
Al more closely into their operations.
The job listing, which closed on Sept. 23 with applications currently under review, is seeking an information technology specialist to "advance ICE AI priorities" and "identify opportunities and creative solutions for AI integration."

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 5d

New: Oracle is investigating hacks of numerous customers following a major extortion campaign targeting large organizations. The company told employees on Thursday they had discovered exploitation of known flaws in its product.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Oracle Investigating Hacks of Its Customers’ E-Business Suite

Oracle Corp. is investigating hacks of numerous customers’ E-Business Suite applications following an extortion campaign targeting large organizations, according to two people familiar with the matter...

www.bloomberg.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

i was choosing not to engage and reward this behavior but since we're here boo is a great response

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

me in the office today with my headphones in

a man wearing glasses and a scarf is looking at something .

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a scarf is looking at something .

media.tenor.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

Happy 25th birthday of Kid A to all those who celebrate (me) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUnX...

Everything In Its Right Place

YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 6d

Really appreciate that they're leaning into the weird faces in youtube thumbnails thing

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 6d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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