Judy Anderson<p>Very small protest</p><p>For <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDay</span></a> I decided that I should go to a protest. I figured <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> would be doing something so I checked their website, and they had a thing listed, conveniently at noon (the train gets me there at 11:45).</p><p>It turned out to be a very small event with only about 50 people. They had a sort of silly skit and some speakers about how private jets were killing the environment (they are), and then we had a little die-in, for only 5 minutes. The whole thing was over in about an hour, so I just took an earlier train home. There seemed to be more people taking videos and stuff and than there were attendees. I guess they just didn't really advertise it very well.</p><p>I hadn't known whether it was going to be a real protest or not, so I brought a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> sign that was relevant to the environment. When I got there, nobody else had signs, but I was randomly chatting with the other attendees and they encouraged me to get it out. A few more people with signs did show up later. </p><p>Their next thing is on Saturday, marching to the state house. Maybe there will be more people there.<br><a href="https://xrboston.org/action/2025-earth-day/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xrboston.org/action/2025-earth</span><span class="invisible">-day/</span></a></p>