Rose Bigham
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Rose Bigham
@funchefchick.bsky.social
Seattle-area tech veteran, dog-lover, gardening n00b, culinary student/scholar. Now disabled by a collection of debilitating auto-immune disorders. I spend my time -when able- advocating for reasonable and appropriate pain care for chronic pain sufferers.
THIS. She remains a badass. Her speech had me in tears.
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"if businessmen had endorsed the prohibition against slavery, if bureaucrats had refused to handle paperwork involving murder, then the Nazi regime would have been much harder pressed to carry out the atrocities by which we remember it."

From: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/on-tyranny...
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century|eBook
Note: The ebook of this graphic edition combines a hand-lettered font with richly detailed images. Due to the nature of the design, readers will be required to zoom in on each page. For the best exper...
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February 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Doctors took part in ghastly medical experiments in concentration camps. Civil servants, from ministers down to secretaries, oversaw and recorded it all.

"If lawyers had followed the norm of no execution without trial, if doctors had accepted the rule of no surgery without consent.." Cont'd
February 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This chapter of the book goes into great detail about how Hitler chose lawyers to oversee the occupation of Poland, the annexation of Austria, etc. etc. Lawyers were vastly overrepresented among the commanders of the Einsatzgruppen (paramilitary death squads). Cont'd
February 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
(Rose here) This section seems especially critical RIGHT NOW. Federal employees are being pressured to resign, or to submit to the PFOTUS (Predicate Felon of the United States)'s demands, immediately. Overwhelmingly THEY ARE REFUSING. These are OUR Federal employees; SUPPORT THEM. Be proud.
February 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
" Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labor." 2/2
February 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. " 1/2
February 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labor."
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. "
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How to fight hate in your community: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide
Hate in America has become commonplace. What can we do to stop the hate?
www.splcenter.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM