@georgetakei

Star Trek, and you, have been a part of my life since my earliest memories.

Both are treasured.

Thank you... @georgetakei

For the entertainment and the thought-provoking questions raised throughout. In short, thank you for your service, not just to the US, but to global human values worth their weight in gold!

@georgetakei

❤️

@georgetakei

The hope in humanity that Star Trek displayed was ahead of its time.

It showed "we don't have to live this way" to millions of people.

We don't have to accept corruption.

We don't have apathetically sit by & watch as the planet fries.

We don't have to tolerate dictatorship.

We don't have to live with an economy rigged against the very premise of "Live Long & Prosper" by selfish billionaires.

@georgetakei This turned out to be a very special project for a lot of people.

I know you've heard a million of these stories, so I won't imagine you'll make time to indulge mine, but I'll share it anyway: dad had (on Betamax) every episode of the original series except one, which he meticulously recorded from the Harrisburg airwaves over a summer or so, then re-recorded to drop the commercials. I was born in the '80s and it was one of the first shows I was ever familiar with; I don't know if Dad watched it with me at first or if I found the tapes in the collection and started putting them in, but it was on-background for most of my childhood from 3 to 12 at least. Next Generation then hit at just the right time to catch me, and dad and I watched it together for years. It didn't hurt that the character of Wesley Crusher was just a touch older than me and sort of became the fictional big brother I didn't have.

Thank you for making something that ended up very important in my life. It's a series I've come back to again and again as I've gotten older, and it's meant something different every time. You and your co-stars got the ball rolling on something very special, and I'm grateful for it.

@georgetakei

Mr. T, you have been an amazing inspiration for so many of us. You and Nichele especially. I will always cherish the two conventions I got to share with all of you so many years ago in Colorado. I still have the photos, memorabilia and memories from those days. You won't remember each of us, but we remember you sir. The franchise inspired my art and writing. Told me that a black, queer person CAN do something meaningful. Humble blessings to you and yours! 💜💙💛

@georgetakei thank you for boldly going where no one has gone before and for continuing to go boldly!

I am immensely grateful to you and and the whole Star Trek Universe - to bring it to The Next Generation for a minute, "Hmmm... Well... maybe... it's worth giving up cigars for, after all." -- Samuel Clemens

@georgetakei

#OTD #StarTrek began shaping the 7 yo grrrl I was into the #Nonbinary #AntiRacist person I've become

Each series opened new frontiers and pushed back against social straight-jackets by envisioning a future Free Of Them

That vision is still needed, perhaps more now than ever, as oligarchic autocracy spreads around the globe.

Thank you, @georgetakei , for representing that vision on #Mastodon with compassion, humor, & 🌈🔥 🖖🏽

@georgetakei
As the Jewish birthday greeting goes (because that was Moses' age) — until 120!

Congratulations and many more years!!

@georgetakei

Thank you for helping to bring us something so wonderfully inspiring!