On Earth Day this year, thousands of Darwinians descended upon the streets of downtown San Francisco to profess the importance of scientific literacy. And with them, tongue-in-cheek rally signs celebrating all things factually based—who said science geeks don't have a sense of humor?
We are living in strange times, to put it mildly. With every passing hour, it seems, the legitimacy of fact-based reasoning is questioned by a baseless tweet. But while half of Americans reject evolution and nearly as many don't think climate change is our fault, Bay Areans, at least, still believe in upholding the virtues founded on scientific evidence. This weekend, at the San Francisco March for Science, we set out to#MakeScienceGreatAgain.
Checkout some of the quirky Instagram highlights from the march below:
What the birds saw...
@brent_firestone: Honored to have snowballed into lead video producer for the March for Science, San Francisco @sciencemarchsf
Captain America gets woke.
@sciencemarchsf: These two badasses are part of why we march. Science has no borders. #MarchForScience #ScienceMarch #SanFransisco #protest #racism #captainamerica #cosplay
Beanies with brains.
Free the data!
@sciencemarchsf: Marching for the next generation. #MarchForScienceSF #WhyIMarch #FreeTheData #ScienceNotSilence 📷 @Brent_Firestone, ✏️ @AnnaElizabeth31
Without science, there would be no Marvel franchise.
@kyoza: March for Science San Francisco ⚛ #marchforsciencesanfrancisco #marchforsciencesf #sanfranciscomarchforscience #sfmarchforscience #marchforscience #sciencemarchsanfrancisco #sciencemarchsf #sanfranciscosciencemarch #sfsciencemarch #sciencemarch #science #earthdaysanfrancisco #earthdaysf #sanfranciscoearthday #sfearthday #earthday #trumpprotest #donaldtrumpprotest #antitrump #antidonaldtrump #resist #impeach #protest #marketstreet #sanfrancisco #sf #bayarea #norcal #california #howsfseessf
Carbon-handprints?
@holy_smokes: Knowledge is power. #sciencemarchsf #sciencedoesntcarewhatyoubelieve #sciencematters #knowledgeispower #earthday2017 #april22nd #sanfranciscosciencemarch #love
Science is not a partisan issue.
@peacelotusgirl: Science March San Francisco, nevertheless she persisted and continued to persist and resist #sciencemarch #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscosciencemarch #neverthelessshepersisted #resist #activist #sciencerules #protest #ilovethiscity #strongwomen #stronger #tattoo #tattooedwoman #downtownsanfrancisco #dowhatmakesyouhappy #myhappyplace #pinkhair #smokeythebear #earthday
Science is timeless.
@sciencemarchsf: About to walk down market street! Join us for the march and for a science fair in civic center plaza from 1:30 to 6pm! #sciencematters #earthday #sciencemarch #marchforscience #marchforsciencesf #sciencemarchsf #sfbay #sf #oakland #california #sanfrancisco #science
Amen!
@sciencemarchsf: The rally is happening now, but you're not too late for the march! We march towards civic center plaza at 12:30 and then the science fair goes until 6pm! #marchforsciencesf #marchforscience #sciencemarch #earthday #sciencematters
#HalfLivesMatter is everything.
@r_mckeon: 4/22/2017 "#Surf report: brought to you by #SCiENCE" and my favorite poster during the march: "Half lives matter" #poster #sign #marchers #marchforscience #sciencemarch #sciencemarchsf #sanfrancisco #CivicCenter #hipstamatic #dale lens #kodotsouvenir film #standard flash
Liberty, Equality, Reality!"
@nessacollects: March for Science SF #marchforscience #sciencemarchsf #sfsciencemarch #protest #earthday #marchforsciencesf #marchforsciencesanfrancisco #protestsigns
A crafty chemist.
@druchunas: Have you all seen this? It was featured on the PBS Newshour blog today! Repost from @craftimism Scientists need funding like Knitters need yarn! You can't tell but I was knitting a hat while marching. #sciencemarch #marchforscience #marchforsciencesf #dontunravelscience #projectthinkingcap #resistorhat #sciencemarchsf #craftimism #craftivism
March onward, young science guys.
@sciencemarchsf: #WhyScienceMatters! Let our youth become the leaders of tomorrow. #YouthInScience #Community Credit: @brent_firestone #ScienceMarchSF #MarchForScience #SanFrancisco #BayArea #EarthDay2017
All that.
@adarlingtale: Still can't believe we had to march for facts #sciencenotsilence #sciencemarchsf #marchforscience
For the sake of all that is peer reviewed, we must save Santa!
@purplepebblecoco: Not Santa! #sciencemarchsf #scienceinthebay #signs #santa #sanfrancisco
