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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
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Protest is one of the most important tools we have. The sense of mission, commitment, and camaraderie grow. Great showing this time in NYC. Will be larger next time.
Bonus: in an assembly of creative scientists, there are always fantastic signs. Justin's 🧵 here; mine below including a Drake ref!
Bonus: in an assembly of creative scientists, there are always fantastic signs. Justin's 🧵 here; mine below including a Drake ref!
#StandUpForScience demonstrators in New York's Washington Square Park called on the administration of US President Donald Trump to restore cuts for scientific and medical research.
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Protest is one of the most important tools we have. The sense of mission, commitment, and camaraderie grow. Great showing this time in NYC. Will be larger next time.
Bonus: in an assembly of creative scientists, there are always fantastic signs. Justin's 🧵 here; mine below including a Drake ref!
Bonus: in an assembly of creative scientists, there are always fantastic signs. Justin's 🧵 here; mine below including a Drake ref!
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Since the sourcing of this fantastic 1979 IBM training slide is buried in various Twitter threads (and linking to Twitter sucks now because logged out users can't navigate conversations) I put together some notes on its origin: simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a...
February 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Since the sourcing of this fantastic 1979 IBM training slide is buried in various Twitter threads (and linking to Twitter sucks now because logged out users can't navigate conversations) I put together some notes on its origin: simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a...
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I can't lie, this is so soothing right now
Asteroid's chances of hitting Earth have nearly doubled in a week, ESA scientist warns
An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I can't lie, this is so soothing right now