Alida
@balancedxp.com
Born in Manila, Raised in California, Being a menace in Knoxville, TN. Mum of two, Wife, Certified Public Accountant. I love history, softball, astronomy, World of Warcraft and animals
My astro pics: https://www.instagram.com/bellaastropics
My astro pics: https://www.instagram.com/bellaastropics
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Musk’s hubris is only eclipsed by his narcissism
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Musk’s hubris is only eclipsed by his narcissism
I’m kind of sad today. I lost my last bookkeeping client. I still have tax clients but they didn’t provide the steadier monthly income and trying to find new ones when you’re not a sales person is such a nightmare.
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m kind of sad today. I lost my last bookkeeping client. I still have tax clients but they didn’t provide the steadier monthly income and trying to find new ones when you’re not a sales person is such a nightmare.
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Too late for a career change?
From Grave Conversations with David Dastmalchian. Yes, we’re both in coffins.
From Grave Conversations with David Dastmalchian. Yes, we’re both in coffins.
March 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Too late for a career change?
From Grave Conversations with David Dastmalchian. Yes, we’re both in coffins.
From Grave Conversations with David Dastmalchian. Yes, we’re both in coffins.
I can’t work with people who are high-strung. They just cause unnecessary stress for EVERYONE. Tired of calming you down. 😭
March 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I can’t work with people who are high-strung. They just cause unnecessary stress for EVERYONE. Tired of calming you down. 😭
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
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If they aren’t willing to face their constituents, maybe we should hold town halls for them.
February 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If they aren’t willing to face their constituents, maybe we should hold town halls for them.
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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Covid was the biggest transfer of power from bosses to workers in 75 years and billionaires were so angry at this they demanded governments inflict 'pain' on the economy to punish 'arrogant' workers and it's amazing how so little analysis of the last 5 years includes this.
Listen to this asshole:
Listen to this asshole:
February 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Covid was the biggest transfer of power from bosses to workers in 75 years and billionaires were so angry at this they demanded governments inflict 'pain' on the economy to punish 'arrogant' workers and it's amazing how so little analysis of the last 5 years includes this.
Listen to this asshole:
Listen to this asshole:
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Trump blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelenskyy a “dictator” isn’t a serious take—it’s just his usual projection.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
• If Russia stopped fighting, the war would end.
• If Ukraine stopped fighting back, Ukraine would end.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
• If Russia stopped fighting, the war would end.
• If Ukraine stopped fighting back, Ukraine would end.
February 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelenskyy a “dictator” isn’t a serious take—it’s just his usual projection.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
• If Russia stopped fighting, the war would end.
• If Ukraine stopped fighting back, Ukraine would end.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
• If Russia stopped fighting, the war would end.
• If Ukraine stopped fighting back, Ukraine would end.
February 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why do Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX and any of the other companies even bother having Elon in charge? He’s going to drag each of them down by the end of this, if not already.
February 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why do Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX and any of the other companies even bother having Elon in charge? He’s going to drag each of them down by the end of this, if not already.
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What Democrats did today.
Special shout out to Virginia Democrats! 👏
Special shout out to Virginia Democrats! 👏
February 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What Democrats did today.
Special shout out to Virginia Democrats! 👏
Special shout out to Virginia Democrats! 👏
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“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
![February 4, 2025
Edward R. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Patrick Henry Building
601 D Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
Transmitted via email
Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE
Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.:
We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who
"target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue.
On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of
"all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots.
As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest.
Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreibo4srxmqoq44eo4bp5wyc26moq2mvevrpvyul5eibwjeh6l6acia@jpeg)
![X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names.
As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them.
Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to
'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.'
You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2
Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S.
Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreigtzd6v5yrwc6ikbo6jmt77r4yc5oikqeop4g3a6qswpxbhjtzxuq@jpeg)
![government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical.
It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17
Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would.
Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism.
We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreihjaig2236xfdb6rhe5u5644xzvjc5p2lva7fkj6rc3z3sthfswbi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
This man... who was badly hurt? They all died... HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT NO ONE BUT HIS IMAGE!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxT...
Trump on Visiting Collision Site: 'You Want Me to Go Swimming?' | WSJ News
YouTube video by WSJ News
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February 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This man... who was badly hurt? They all died... HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT NO ONE BUT HIS IMAGE!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxT...
Yeah... just because they're elderly don't mean they're friendly...
Watching this on repeat how is your day going?
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yeah... just because they're elderly don't mean they're friendly...
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if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
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Wooooooooooboyyyyyyy!
Senator Jeff Merkley on Pete Hegseth:
"What experience does Mr. Hegseth bring? He ran two little micro nonprofits, and he ran them into the ground."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Senator Jeff Merkley on Pete Hegseth:
"What experience does Mr. Hegseth bring? He ran two little micro nonprofits, and he ran them into the ground."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
January 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wooooooooooboyyyyyyy!
Senator Jeff Merkley on Pete Hegseth:
"What experience does Mr. Hegseth bring? He ran two little micro nonprofits, and he ran them into the ground."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Senator Jeff Merkley on Pete Hegseth:
"What experience does Mr. Hegseth bring? He ran two little micro nonprofits, and he ran them into the ground."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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The amount of online SUCKING up and BOOTLICKING to this new administration or for "clout" on multiple platforms is just so unreal. It makes me want to vomit.
January 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The amount of online SUCKING up and BOOTLICKING to this new administration or for "clout" on multiple platforms is just so unreal. It makes me want to vomit.
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They really are.
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They really are.
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Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
January 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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