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Paul Shread

@paulshread.bsky.social

Cybersecurity writer, journalist, threat intelligence and disinformation researcher, would-be novelist and folk musician, lover of progressives, diversity and dark humor, he/him

112 Followers  |  46 Following  |  28 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  2.1626

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I appreciate the Blue Jays for knocking out the hated Yankees but I think the clear optimal postseason outcome at this point is a Mariners v Brewers World Series, in which the teams would combine for zero championships

a team being guaranteed their first title would be pretty fucking cool

14.10.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6
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Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

12.10.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 30127    πŸ” 7030    πŸ’¬ 707    πŸ“Œ 420
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🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

12.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 23504    πŸ” 9474    πŸ’¬ 853    πŸ“Œ 654
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. β€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

13.10.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 30926    πŸ” 8383    πŸ’¬ 829    πŸ“Œ 438

You know they’re worried about this weekend’s turnout at the No Kings rally when they’re already making comments about it. Who’s ready for Saturday?

13.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13624    πŸ” 2439    πŸ’¬ 592    πŸ“Œ 163
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There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

13.10.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 26174    πŸ” 6988    πŸ’¬ 579    πŸ“Œ 151
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Just saw this today! Gawd, we are ignorant!!

03.07.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shameful

02.07.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 25097    πŸ” 7020    πŸ’¬ 434    πŸ“Œ 225

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

03.07.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29267    πŸ” 6834    πŸ’¬ 395    πŸ“Œ 218
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

03.07.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 101115    πŸ” 22056    πŸ’¬ 3579    πŸ“Œ 936
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British National Alleged to be β€˜IntelBroker’ in U.S. Court Filings The U.S. is alleging that 25-year-old British national Kai West is the prolific hacker β€œIntelBroker.” IntelBroker was arrested in February,

We now know who the prolific hacker β€œIntelBroker” allegedly is. These court filings always seem like a tutorial on how to be a better cybercriminal.
thecyberexpress.com/british-nati...

26.06.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US ally Israel's tanks fired at hundreds of unarmed civilians lined up for food from aid trucks in Gaza, they massacred least 59 people and injuring at least 200 more. Hundreds have been killed trying to get aid in past three weeks.

US politicians say they stand by Israel.

18.06.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1167    πŸ” 594    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 74
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Israel-Iran Conflict Sparks Wider Cyber Conflict, New Malware The Israel-Iran conflict that began with Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear and military targets on June 13 has sparked a

Hacktivism in the Israel-Iran conflict has been off the charts

#CyberSecurity #CyberAttack #Iran
#Israel #Hacktivism #ThreatIntelligence

thecyberexpress.com/israel-iran-...

18.06.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m begging you to call your representative and urge them to vote against the reconciliation bill and its ban on HRT for adults (and minors) on Medicaid.

The changes would also make it so insurance companies and marketplace plans can stop covering gender-affirming care.

22.05.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 366    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

🚨Reports around the country today that some people who showed up for their immigration court hearings were told that ICE prosecutors had dismissed their cases β€” and then were arrested moments later by ICE officers and taken to detention centers for unknown reasons. Happening in multiple cities.

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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

22.04.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 19362    πŸ” 10009    πŸ’¬ 3188    πŸ“Œ 3417
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

β€”Pioneering cancer researcher;
β€”*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
β€”Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
β€”"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

22.04.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 29352    πŸ” 13660    πŸ’¬ 739    πŸ“Œ 857

Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.

She has been on a govt salary for years.

Something aint right

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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.

Why?

Because an algorithm said so. 1/

11.04.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10572    πŸ” 4691    πŸ’¬ 487    πŸ“Œ 585

Dan was a friend for more than 40 years. Devastated at the loss of this beautiful human

10.04.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cities should be so lucky to have relentless advocates willing to give literal decades of their life to demand a slightly better future.

Never met him personally but having heard him testify and having read his voluminous work, it’s clear that Handelman was nothing short of a civic treasure

10.04.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

DragonForce appears to be taking over the infrastructure of RansomHub, the largest ransomware group. A huge scoop courtesy of the Cyble threat intelligence research team. #Ransomware #Cybersecurity #ThreatIntelligence

thecyberexpress.com/dragonforce-...

02.04.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weirdest Threat Group Names: The Funny, Scary and Just Plain Weird With thousands of threat groups trying to make a name for themselves and new ones cropping up every day, it

A little humor to start your week: Hacker and threat group names that make you wonder if they want to be taken seriously. #Hackers #ThreatActors #ThreatGroups #Cybersecurity #Security #Humor
thecyberexpress.com/weird-funny-...

17.03.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got lazy using Amazon. No more. Buying directly from businesses, using Costco on-line, local small businesses and my wonderful public library for books. No more Kindle. It feels good and I will continue.

27.02.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 14526    πŸ” 1428    πŸ’¬ 591    πŸ“Œ 124
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New book by RFK Jr, a sequel to his first book, The Very Hungry Brain Caterpillar.

27.02.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17439    πŸ” 3446    πŸ’¬ 346    πŸ“Œ 139
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Who’s the boss in Washington? An unelected, chaotic billionaire thinks he is | Moira Donegan Elon Musk’s senseless cuts and email ultimatum have left federal workers scrambling, unsure who to listen to

Elon Musk brags about cutting $2T from the federal budgetβ€”but in reality, he’s done almost nothing. Worse, he’s too clueless to see that gutting programs preventing mass injury and disease doesn’t save money, it creates bigger crises. This isn’t strategy, it’s billionaire stupidity.

28.02.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 460    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 5

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