Subject: Marching for Science
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Posted on: 2017-04-22 14:08:00 UTC
I'm joining my first protest today. Wish me luck. ^^
Is anyone else participating in their city?
Also, Happy Earth Day! If you're not marching, maybe go hug a tree or something. ^~
~Neshomeh
We've just got back from the London version. ^^ Oddly enough, neither of us have been one a protest march before either.
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We took the kids to the Science Museum first, and let them pick out what they wanted on their signs. Aaaand then I had to draw them, so that took a while.
It was fun! (And worryingly small, but since I doubt anyone was in the Houses of Parliament to see, I doubt that matters.) And all four of us joined in with at least some of the chanting - "Science, not silence" got the best response, I think.
hS
Don't worry, the Chicago crowd was reassuringly large. It was a very relaxed atmosphere, though. There was some chanting, but in sporadic pockets. The march ended at Museum Campus, where there's the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Field Museum of Natural History, and there was a science expo behind the museum, too. The crowd sort of mysteriously dissolved, and I suspect it's because we all went "ooh, science!" and wandered off to the various attractions. I'm not too sure about how that reflects our commitment, but it was fun, and it was visible! There were helicopters overhead, watching. I saw people wave at them sometimes. I did, too.
I took some pictures, but the only one with me in it was taken by a choir-friend of mine and also includes her grandkids, so I dunno about sharing. I got a few interesting things on my cell phone, though. I'll put them in a folder in my my Photobucket, assuming my computer decides to acknowledge my cell phone's existence any time soon.
As always, hS, your family is adorable, and those signs are great. ^_^ Gotta ask, what is that hair style you're sporting? It looks partly buzzed underneath... or am I seeing things?
~Neshomeh
(Such as on the BBC)
But what's that, way over on the right-hand side?
MAGNIFY.
ENHANCE.
^_^ Iiii found the tallest little short scientist at the protest - and her mummy's head (face covered by some guy) right below her pigtails and white coat.
Oh, and over here...
I happen to know that this is the moment the short march got slotted in at the front of the long one - and that we were pretty much the first people under the tape. Which means...
MAGNIFY ENHANCE
Yup, that's the side of my head right there. (The black t-shirt is my xkcd 'Stand back, I'm going to try science!' one, and you can also see my black backpack.)
Oh, oh! And #16 here has the side of Kaitlyn's head - I recognise her hairclip:
magnifyenhance
I have found a rabbithole, and boy howdy am I ever going down it. For science!
okay i'll stop now
hS
It's probably not likely I'll turn up in any pictures of the Chicago march, but if you spot anyone in a light green jacket, possibly with a tan hat with brown and white stripes around the bottom, accompanying a lady and two kids in green hats... that might be me.
We had these guys as marchers, though:
How cool is that? ^^
Also some pretty sweet chalk art at the Shedd Aquarium:
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#SheddTheStraw is about reducing plastic waste, as of plastic straws, in our water systems. For instance, maybe, if we're in a restaurant with reusable glasses, we don't actually need straws?
~Neshomeh
... they started at the Science Museum, and let everyone get it out of their systems. Canny (plus it let us finish outside the Houses of Parliament, which is always a plus even if the government won't pay the least bit of attention.)
I'm pretty sure that hairstyle is known as 'it's a hot day and I put a small child on my shoulders'. ;) The weird forelock... thing is usually swept off to the side, being the end result of a side parting. I do not have interesting hair. ^_^
hS