Forrest Tanaka
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Software developer for Stanford School of Medicine. Trying to get better at science and critical thinking. Flight and race simulation enthusiast. #ReactJS #NextJS #Javascript
Would you have gone on strike too? Would you have been a Nazi collaborator? I used to think that was a ridiculous question for Americans. Now I think it’s ridiculous *not* to ask this.
February 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Would you have gone on strike too? Would you have been a Nazi collaborator? I used to think that was a ridiculous question for Americans. Now I think it’s ridiculous *not* to ask this.
Today and every year on this date at 11:00 a.m., all public transit in Amsterdam stops for one minute to remember the February strike. A statue called “De Dokwerker” shows an ordinary dock worker looking up and beginning to clench his fists.
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De Dokwerker (The Dock Worker)
Today the fearless image of a dockworker expressing the brave folks who went on strike on February 25, 1941: the February Strike. A large-scale protest against the persecution of Jews and forced labor...
stadscuratorium.nl
February 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today and every year on this date at 11:00 a.m., all public transit in Amsterdam stops for one minute to remember the February strike. A statue called “De Dokwerker” shows an ordinary dock worker looking up and beginning to clench his fists.
stadscuratorium.nl/en/collectie...
stadscuratorium.nl/en/collectie...
On Tuesday, February 25, 1941, tens of thousands of non-Jews in Amsterdam went on a general strike to protest specifically the Nazi treatment of Jews, bringing the Dutch economy to a halt. The Nazis reacted swiftly and violently, and the strike ended on Thursday.
February 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On Tuesday, February 25, 1941, tens of thousands of non-Jews in Amsterdam went on a general strike to protest specifically the Nazi treatment of Jews, bringing the Dutch economy to a halt. The Nazis reacted swiftly and violently, and the strike ended on Thursday.
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academics (especially if you are in a “leadership” position”) have been told for years to limit public engagement, stay off social media, avoid controversy, etc. Look where that got us…
February 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
academics (especially if you are in a “leadership” position”) have been told for years to limit public engagement, stay off social media, avoid controversy, etc. Look where that got us…