Billy Easley II
@billyez2.bsky.social
Reddit’s Man in Washington
Tell me about your D&D character
Tell me about your D&D character
Texas…y’all already know
January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Texas…y’all already know
When was the last time a CR was released with enough time for members to actually review it? Like, a week or more?
December 17, 2024 at 12:32 AM
When was the last time a CR was released with enough time for members to actually review it? Like, a week or more?
Walked past the site where Sen. Cruz planned his 2013 shutdown for the first time in ages…RIP Tortilla Coast
December 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Walked past the site where Sen. Cruz planned his 2013 shutdown for the first time in ages…RIP Tortilla Coast
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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?
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?
December 15, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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?
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?
The metro pop up’s sweater has lights AND sound (the metro door ding!). Matt just had to pick it up!
December 14, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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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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.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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.
We need to desperately change how we plan and build things at every level of government.
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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...
www.cato.org/free-society...
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.
www.cato.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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...
www.cato.org/free-society...
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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.
"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.
December 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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.
"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.
Inspired to get this doormat I saw at our last Christmas party
December 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Inspired to get this doormat I saw at our last Christmas party
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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.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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.
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
December 11, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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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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
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
December 9, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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
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
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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.
PrawfsBlawg: Tell me what a heckler's veto looks like, this is what a heckler's veto looks like
prawfsblawg.blogs.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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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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
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
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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
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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“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...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
“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...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Washington DC wildlife:
Merlin with house sparrow prey this afternoon by Constitution Gardens on the Mall. 🪶
Merlin with house sparrow prey this afternoon by Constitution Gardens on the Mall. 🪶
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Washington DC wildlife:
Merlin with house sparrow prey this afternoon by Constitution Gardens on the Mall. 🪶
Merlin with house sparrow prey this afternoon by Constitution Gardens on the Mall. 🪶
Samus in orange ball mode
December 3, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Samus in orange ball mode
Seasonal depression onset, a nasty cold that won't go away, and finals prep all aligning on the same week🙃🙃🙃
December 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Seasonal depression onset, a nasty cold that won't go away, and finals prep all aligning on the same week🙃🙃🙃
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.
December 2, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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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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
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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
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.
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.
November 29, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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.
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.
I’m rooting for Vito the pug in Best of Show!
November 28, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I’m rooting for Vito the pug in Best of Show!
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!
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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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You: Christmas is too corporate
Dallas: Hold my frankincense
Dallas: Hold my frankincense
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
You: Christmas is too corporate
Dallas: Hold my frankincense
Dallas: Hold my frankincense
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Washington DC wildlife:
Golden-crowned kinglet this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Golden-crowned kinglet this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
November 27, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Washington DC wildlife:
Golden-crowned kinglet this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Golden-crowned kinglet this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶