#NOKINGS New York City, NY

Alright, I expect everyone who was with me a month ago about the risks of individual GFMs, to give to WCK now that they're back operating, yeah?

Lander is being release now from DHS/ICE custody now.

FYI: Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, and Scott Stringer have all turned up at Federal Plaza to protest Lander's arrest. I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there

This is Manhattan specifically which is the largest rally. But there were protests in all 5 boroughs

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

I can’t make this but you should go.

Brooklyn Tesla protest less than 100 people today. I guess it’s raining?

This thread and the piece at the end are incredible. SCOTUS ruled just before 1am and Chris wrote a thread through the night and published a full, polished analysis at 4:41am. I must note that Chris wrote this on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride — to the hour.

Tens of thousands of Anti-Trump protesters met at Bryant Park and are marching in Midtown Manhattan. "Protect Migrants, Protect the Planet - Marcha por los migrantes y por el planeta" Our City, Our Fight! Nuestra ciudad, Nuestra lucha!

This is interesting. Most national pollsters haven’t yet produced surveys on Trump approval post tariff-induced market meltdown. Rasmussen, on the other hand, though they are notoriously skewed to the right, polls every day, rolling tracker style. Here’s their data for the last 10 daily tracks…

Sounds like the next protest is April 19th.

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Pittsburgh

Person who's only lived through three era-defining crises before: "getting some era-defining crisis vibes from this"

Elon's involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race cost his candidate around 5% of the vote--even though he spent $25 million dollars on his behalf. Elon's endorsee ran 5 points behind the other statewide Republican candidate. That's an unbelievably negative return on investment.

JFC he is going hard.

Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise. “Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”

assemblag.es/@inquiline/1... direct link federalregister.gov/documents/…

AOC has done a great job of communicating on here what is it isn’t effective, and after a phone campaign to tank a bill that would’ve criminalized being gay on the Internet, she confirmed that it was the calls that did it.

the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable

The study has been published in Science. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

The push for *another* continuing resolution from Trump/Johnson is a good reminder that one of Republicans key weaknesses is that they just suck at legislating. Dems had already passed the American Rescue Plan and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by this time their last two trifectas

My favorite Harris campaign invention is how everyone got furious in the immediate aftermath about ground game and how worthless it was and blah blah blah. And then once the map was complete and the votes were counted, it turns out that good ground game is worth like 3-4 points.

This does *not* mean no flu shots in the US next year - not by itself, anyway. The WHO picked and published their recommended strains as always. This year. It’s an A/H1N1, an A/H3N2, and a B/Austria (+ a B/Phuket for quadrivalent shots*). US manufacturers *can* still use the WHO guidelines.

Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

I thought this thread was interesting (and of course detour into time zones is always good time)

Reporters, commentators, etc. not quite understanding the actual work ability of a programmer is one of these problems that I think is starting to surface. A fair portion of my work is leading engineering teams doing automations interfacing with very complicated government regulations.

Hold off on USAID obituaries and suggesting staff have gone. Most actions so far are under legal challenge, only Congress can get rid of USAID (and its funding), the staff are on administrative leave. What has happened is terrible, but it is time to push back, not give in.

@wired.com Chuck Schumer’s NYC office.

As a patriotic American, I would like my country to stop doing bad, harmful things and start doing good, constructive things. Making good policy is hard and well-intentioned people can be unintentionally cruel. But avoiding intentional cruelty is not hard.