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Inspired by the life and legacy of Gene Roddenberry, The Roddenberry Foundation supports innovative thinking, original ideas, and extraordinary people who can change the world.

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Apr 10

If you’re a Trekkie, you just get it. 🖖

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · 12d

If humanity ever hopes to reach its full potential, we must set aside prejudice, hatred, and fear of the unfamiliar.

With an eye towards the stars, we’ll never stop learning and exploring for the sake of all humankind.

Quote graphic featuring Tuvok. The quote is “We often fear what we do not understand. Our best defense is knowledge.” Tuvok appears at the right side of the graphic.

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · 12d

Our whole vibe:

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16d

We have inadvertently referenced Star Trek.

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No Context Earl Grey @frames.earlgreymemes.club · 19d

DS9; "Paradise Lost"; Ben Sisko speaking sternly to Kira, with caption: The trouble is Earth.

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you! Duly noted

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · 20d

When the government can silence one artist, it threatens freedom for all.

#picard
#startrek

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Who says it’s not real? 🖖

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · Sep 4

Things I thought were real because of Star Trek: hope for the future

Theo Priestley @tprstly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Things I thought were real because of Star Trek: video calls that worked

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · Sep 3

"I liked Star Trek before it was political"

Star Trek before it was political:

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · Sep 4

Somethings are black and white.

star trek Picard inspired illustration of Seven of Nine. she's staring at the viewer with a determined look on her face. at the top left is the red Borg emblem, shattered. text says "resistance is never futile."

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy Trek Tuesday!🖖🏿
#StarTrek #TrekTuesday

The Federation president says "This president is not above the law." Star Trek VI.

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Seven of Sixty Nine @internetperson69.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡

Screenshot from Star Trek DS9. Leeta, Rom, and the rest of the workers at Quark's Bar are all huddled together. Caption: "(all chanting): Union! Union!"

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 5

Glad to see it! The blue states are stepping up where the federal government has failed us.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 3

The Star Trek franchise is actually sort of ambivalent about the extent to which Starfleet is a military organization but one thing it’s clear about is that while Starfleet has military elements, its primary job is curiosity, exploration, and to function as Federstion ambassadors to the galaxy

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5

Shax from Star Trek Lower Decks saying "Fighting Fascism is a Full-time Job!" the statment is done is Star Trek the next generation font.

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Calling all NYC area Trekkies!

9/11 Day and New York Cares are looking for hundreds of volunteers to pack meals on 9/10 and 9/11.

In the Star Trek future, there will be no hunger.

You can help create that future right now.

Sign up at 911day.org

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Sep 4

The tricorder is not simply a Star Trek prop we all wish we had, but a reality to come.

Over 15 years, we’ve provided millions of dollars in funding for extraordinary projects that are saving lives around the world, including these three ventures!

#startrek
#philanthropy

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Aug 19

On this day in 1921, Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was born in El Paso, Texas.

At a time when it feels like scarcity and human suffering will never come to an end, Gene’s legacy dares us to dream bigger and create a better future.

Happy Birthday, Gene. 🖖

Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry on a graphic with a photo of Gene

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · Jun 13

To our trans friends, we say: Never give up. Never surrender. 🏳️‍⚧️

Quote from @jessiegender: Transgender folks are like Galaxy Quest. Sure Galaxy Quest wasn’t assigned as a Star Trek film at birth, but only fools deny that it isn’t truly a Star Trek film. In fact, it’s one of the best Star Trek films of all time. The same with trans folks.

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kannbrown65.bsky.social @kannbrown65.bsky.social · May 26

What was the acronym? IDIC? Infinite DIVERSITY in Infinite Combinations. THAT is the world I want to live in. surak.daughterofkrypton.com/idic.php

IDIC: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity -- and the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty.

surak.daughterofkrypton.com

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NPR @npr.org · May 19

The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and has since become a symbol of peace.

Washington honors an ancient tree that survived Hiroshima

The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and has since become a symbol of peace.

www.npr.org

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · May 19

This is an excellent euphemism. 🏳️‍⚧️

Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · May 18

I've been wanting to rework my "Friend of Dax" design for a while, and I'm finally ready to share it. New enamel pins should be here in time for pride month. I'll also be ordering shirts; if you want to make sure you get one, preorders are 10% off and will ship in 4-5 weeks.
www.willburrows.art/shop

A digital painting of Jadzia Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Behind her is a trans pride flag, and in front are the words "friend of Dax."

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The Roddenberry Foundation 🖖 @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social · May 19

Bigfoot is real

Thomas O’Connor @thomasoc.bsky.social · May 16

What if in a Star Trek they just casually revealed that Bigfoot was real. Someone just mentions it to make a point or something, like "well people didn't think bigfoot existed until 2078". And then they never bring it up again, but canonically in the Star Trek universe, Bigfoot exists now.

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · May 19

My reaction when someone says they don't like Star Trek

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Apr 29

Mike Myers wearing a t-shirt reading “Canada is not for sale”

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · Apr 28

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28

Other countries have watched their democracies slip away quietly, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.

Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?

Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.

www.newyorker.com

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