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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"Mom! Dad won't stop talking about the lead up to the Iraq War again."

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

When was the last time a CR was released with enough time for members to actually review it? Like, a week or more?

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Walked past the site where Sen. Cruz planned his 2013 shutdown for the first time in ages…RIP Tortilla Coast

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

One bad commutation produces ten thousand times the outrage of thousands of unnecessary incarcerations. If you are chiming in only now, ask yourself why you are demanding perfection here, but not on those we lock up in our sadistic prisons? Why does mercy anger you but cruelty does not?

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The metro pop up’s sweater has lights AND sound (the metro door ding!). Matt just had to pick it up!

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 06/12/2024

Planning for a bike lane in Seattle has taken nearly 3x as long as building the 31 mile Channel tunnel. We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.

5th avenue bike planning timeline spanning from 2007 to 2024

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well, my employer decided to plug my #FOIA work in the latest edition of our quarterly magazine, so for those who might not be familiar with my backstory, this provides a cogent summary: www.cato.org/free-society...

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Unmasking the Surveillance State: Patrick Eddington’s Fight for Government Transparency

Patrick Eddington was a CIA whistleblower. Now, he’s keeping all intelligence agencies accountable.

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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

So I wrote this, and it's the best thing I've ever written. "We will resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole." That right there. That tells everyone how Trust & Safety is going to act, and it gives T&S profound latitude. They're not there to rules-lawyer or first-amendment.

A screenshot from the GitHub Acceptable Use Policy. It says:

"11. User Protection

You must not engage in activity that significantly harms other users.

We will interpret our policies and resolve disputes in favor of protecting users as a whole."

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Inspired to get this doormat I saw at our last Christmas party

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Preview of the top DC issues Congress will focus on next year - crime and RTO - and Mayor Bowser’s approach to each: cautious optimism and clear support, respectively

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. 🧪 👩‍🔬 As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n) Image: Computer History Museum

A black and white photo of Grace Hopper standing in front of a computer bank. She is wearing a dark knee-length dress and has glasses. She is holding a piece of paper that says "COBOL" in her right hand, and flipping a switch on the computer with her left.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Prattville, Alabama authorities removed a Pride float from the town parade when float sponsors cited possible threats and asked for more security. Federal judge R. Austin Huffaker, Jr.: no, that'd be a heckler's veto and the float stays.

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PrawfsBlawg: Tell me what a heckler's veto looks like, this is what a heckler's veto looks like

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Joe Bishop-Henchman @jbhenchman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime. CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 04/12/2024

“Encryption is your friend, whether it’s on text messaging or if you have the capacity to use encrypted voice communication. Even if the adversary is able to intercept the data, if it is encrypted, it will make it impossible,” - CISA www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls

FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Washington DC wildlife: Merlin with house sparrow prey this afternoon by Constitution Gardens on the Mall. 🪶

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Seasonal depression onset, a nasty cold that won't go away, and finals prep all aligning on the same week🙃🙃🙃

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I worked on criminal justice reform for years so my broader criticism of the Biden pardon is not partisan: the pardon process is broken and it functions to the benefit of those close to the President.

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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Neat, a post I did on Instagram went viral on Threads. However if I had included a link on Threads (which isn't even possible on Instagram) then Meta would have throttled it. My job is links, that's why I wont use Threads

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

When I worked at the movie theater customers were at their meanest on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Annual reminder: if you decided to go to the movies because you can’t stand talking to Aunt Carol and a dark room is the only solution, don’t take it out on the poor usher.

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I’m rooting for Vito the pug in Best of Show!

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! Thankful for family and the friends who invited us to help the JCC in its effort to provide food to those in need in DC earlier this week!

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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

You: Christmas is too corporate Dallas: Hold my frankincense

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Washington DC wildlife: Golden-crowned kinglet this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

before even clicking I swear to god my first thought was “this person works at the Manhattan institute” and lo / behold

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Twitter’s legal argument and flexing of their TOS aren’t baseless. But you gotta pick your battles when it comes to asserting ownership - preferably tied to protecting users and communities. Does this accomplish that?

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Elon Musk Claims 'Superior Ownership' Over Alex Jones, Infowars X Accounts as The Onion Pursues Acquisition

Elon Musk's X filed a limited objection to The Onion's attempt to purchase Alex Jones' InfoWars, claiming it had "superior ownership."

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

When I got back home from LA for my Reddit offsite Matt was rewatching Community. Great episode!

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In short, Republicans work with their base to *organize* supporters - long-term cultivation of socio-political spaces that offer community, services, & a place to cultivate understanding of issues & action. Democrats mobilize. Mobilization is not enough.

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is the most exciting time for social media in decades. Different models for users to enjoy! Incumbents adapting to new challenges! But I wish we’d all agree on which platform we’re using already 😭

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

No tariffs? Okay, cool, let’s 👑 this guy then

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 25/11/2024

sorry to be The Bluesky Defender but: 1. this is a team of 20 people 2. the site suddenly has 20+ million people 3. the team is extremely trans positive with multiple trans people on the team 4. the team is not "taking orders from transphobes" jfc 5. the banned people were engaging with CSAM

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/11/2024

Do I really want to spent a couple hours writing up how badly our incoming FCC Commissioner is misrepresenting the law?

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Brandon Moore @brandonmoore.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I've pledged. This is an excellent media source - and as a Mille Bornes fan, the game sounds fun too!

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Schlossberg proves my theory that people (especially the gays) will go gaga over any tall, decent looking, white guy* no matter how aggressively weird and off-putting they are *the Kennedy thing helps

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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Jesus was at Walgreen’s again.

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Very annoying that Presidents always push talented black folks to lead HUD even when they have clear expertise elsewhere. Rep. Marcia Fudge openly campaigned to lead the Department of Ag. Nope - straight to HUD. Ben Carson? HUD

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Only thing I’ll say about Matt Gaetz: I hope the eventual AG is as dedicated to surveillance reform as he is.

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My quest continues! Reddit swag obtained in: LA, SF, NYC, Sydney, and London Still need to go to Chicago, Dublin, Spain and Germany

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Matt sent me this after this weekend and he kinda clocked me youtu.be/syVkXzpjF4I?...

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Extrovert has a lowkey weekend

YouTube video by Betches

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

No thoughts just Edo period depiction of hammerhead sharks

An old drawing of two hammerhead sharks, one of them smiling

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

So excited to see my Reddit coworkers in LA tonight 🥰

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Favorite airplane chat of the year: Talked to a Mormon kid who was just finishing his mission and hadn’t seen a movie in a year (!) and was struggling to pick what airline movie was gonna be his entry point back into the world He went with King Fu Panda 2. Good pick!

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

From Oliver Darcy's newsletter @oliverdarcy.bsky.social The speaker is The Verge's Editor-In-Chief, Nilay Patel. Both are writers who know where to look in understanding what's likely to happen in the media industry. www.status.news/p/nilay-pate... (likely to be paywalled)

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Andy Richter @andyrichter.co · 05/07/2023

I know one of you is Elon Musk, and I will figure it out

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/07/2023

Exceeded my rate limit what’s everyone up to

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Billy Easley II @billyez2.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

Gonna start using the doom scroll machine that doesn't try to rate limit my ability to see bad news

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