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| A shot of the Hands Off Protest in Chattanooga, TN, April 5, 2025. You can see me in the street on duty as a crossing guard. (Credit: Sophia Cowan) |
Yesterday, April 5, 2025, saw the the confluence of two events. For Star Trek fans, it was First Contact Day, a day that celebrates first contact between humans and Vulcans, which in most Star Trek timelines will take place on April 5, 2063 (a mere 38 years from now!). Yesterday was also a Hands-Off protest with over 1000 individual events around the US, including here in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Millions of Americans nationwide protested the recent dramatic actions of the Trump administration and his ally Elon Musk.
How on Earth (or any other planet) could these two events be connected?
