Think you’re safe travelling to the US? Think again. The EU is (correctly) telling staff to take burner phones. I’d advise people not to go at all unless they’re prepared to end up detained. The data rapists are in cahoots with the dictator, they already know everything. It’s NOT a safe country. - ThreadSky

supertanskiiii.bsky.social • 43 days ago

Think you’re safe travelling to the US? Think again. The EU is (correctly) telling staff to take burner phones.

I’d advise people not to go at all unless they’re prepared to end up detained.

The data rapists are in cahoots with the dictator, they already know everything.

It’s NOT a safe country.

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barneygreenway.bsky.social•42 days ago

Worth noting that no European countries have advised against travel to the US.

geoffballs.bsky.social•43 days ago

I regret not visiting New York more when it was part of an actual country. And that my kids will never see the Grand Canyon or the sequoias. Hard to envisage ever going there again.

doughnut678.bsky.social•43 days ago

I was there a year and a half ago, got plenty of cheap carhartt gear, so, no need to go bac, the way things are going, id rather spend my money in China, than the rotten to the core USA

michaelalanhunt.bsky.social•43 days ago

It was on my "Do NOT travel to" list last time the Tangerine Tyrant was in charge. Its now on my "NO!" list

avazig.bsky.social•43 days ago

On the "hell naw" list for me

sohame.bsky.social•43 days ago

Well I’m not going got kicked off twitter for calling the #mangomussolini a c*Nt in his first sojourn into madness so I’m fucked 😂

doc955.bsky.social•43 days ago

"Your name vil also go on ze list"

Well played BTW 👌

sohame.bsky.social•43 days ago

Thanks Bro it’s an honour 😂

ccjones90.bsky.social•43 days ago

I take it Elon threw a hissy fit and banned you?

sohame.bsky.social•43 days ago

God knows. One minute I was happily trolling right wing w⚓️’s then got highlighted by a post saying “hey………(name)……..here’s another one” then got booted straight away!

ccjones90.bsky.social•42 days ago

Oh.

I left there last year and came here when the lunatics just got to be too much.

bd-angry.bsky.social•43 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bd-angry.bsky.social/post/3lmu6kbi2q22d

butchugal.bsky.social•43 days ago

I seriously doubt I’ll ever set foot in the United States again. And I suspect that when my US passport expires in 2030, the country that issued it will no longer exist.

jakey-scot.bsky.social•43 days ago

Since the Patriot Act

Not even a consideration for me

delff.bsky.social•43 days ago

Saw this in Sainsbury's today. Someone at a certain PR firm didn't think that through.

joolzmadcat.bsky.social•43 days ago

They were up in our Sainsbury's on Saturday.. My leeeeeeetle svaztika stickers came in useful.. (apologies to Herr Flick of the Gestapo)

franki23.bsky.social•43 days ago

100% this. It doesn't matter if most people don't get contained, if one of the chocolates you're offered is poisoned, you don't have any chocolates.

simulflow.bsky.social•43 days ago

If you take a burner phone, they will likely turn you back at the border, at LEAST. "What are you hiding?"

mjay2000.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just got back from the US 🇺🇸. I was worried about it but tbh it was not hard getting through security and there was no weird vibes that I could sense. All very normal as a tourist. The worst thing there is the horrific cost of eating out, but we shared meals because portions are huge.

mjay2000.bsky.social•43 days ago

I did see Thomas Kinane a comedian in Washington. One thing I noticed is that he didn’t really let rip on Trump like you’d expect. That makes me think people are possibly fearful about expressing their opinions.

javiergarcia.bsky.social•42 days ago

I'm going on Friday and with my name I'm semi-cacking it...

Florida too.

or Birmingham, Alabama-on-Sea...

welladriansays.bsky.social•43 days ago

I’d advise most people not to visit. I’m not sure how the UK media intend to cover the World Cup and Olympics? They will be offering their staff an opportunity which is really not safe if you’re any kind of minority. Also if you are a woman, can you even apply for an assignment where if you become

welladriansays.bsky.social•43 days ago

Pregnant between now and then, cannot access medical services if you experience problems. Obviously covering such large sporting events can lead to advancement to careers and provides experience useful for other employment. By covering an event where only white men can safely work, broadcasting

welladriansays.bsky.social•43 days ago

Corporations are laying themselves open to some pretty serious charges of breaking equal opportunities laws. Corporations simply can’t apply for contracts to cover events where equal rights and protections are not offered. Such international games are not news coverage. They are contracts that

welladriansays.bsky.social•43 days ago

Broadcasters apply for. There is no question of journalistic integrity here, like covering a war or political upheaval. These games are “entertainment”. And broadcasters are inviting criticism and prosecution

dndnerd69.bsky.social•43 days ago

Never been, but as a Queer person, it was on the list of the limited places me and my wife could go to on holiday safely, but that got crossed off the list, even before the Felon got arrested. We saw the MAGA cult and we knew it was off limits.

kuyvonbraun.bsky.social•43 days ago

This.

brucecgordon.bsky.social•43 days ago

Come to South Africa. You’ll be safe here as a queer person.

dndnerd69.bsky.social•43 days ago

Thats on the list! The only place on the continent that is!

brucecgordon.bsky.social•43 days ago

Very sad that up north is so homophobic.

iustitia100.bsky.social•42 days ago

There are blue places you could have visited.

That is out the window now.

You don't need to deal with harassment from ICE.

dndnerd69.bsky.social•42 days ago

We have friends that went to live that that we wanted to visit, they live in a blue state, my wife is very femme and would be fine, but i am butch, i probably wouldn’t make it into a bathroom, let alone through customs! Also, my phone is FULL of Trump hate, so theres that too 😂😂😂

iustitia100.bsky.social•42 days ago

Right. Not now. Do not come here.

Go visit Japan.

andybuchan.bsky.social•43 days ago

I have had very enjoyable trips to the US but it’s changed so drastically that I can’t contemplate going there again.

melinbelfast333.bsky.social•43 days ago

They're checking phones in Dublin airport to make sure people haven't said anything anti-Trump

guru5.bsky.social•42 days ago

Not heard this one before. How reliable is your information? Are people being refused flights at Dublin?

constancethebadger.bsky.social•43 days ago

As an American, I advise no one travel to this country for the foreseeable future. It’s complete insanity here and you don’t want to get caught up in whatever is coming.

boilerplatejunk.bsky.social•42 days ago

Sadly, 100% true.

rabelaisi.bsky.social•42 days ago

Why would you want to go to Trumpland anyway - it now ranks with Russia, North Korea and Iran as places to avoid because everyone risks being imprisoned on entry or seized for no legal reason while in the country. Just ask the people its already happened to.

annacatsimp.bsky.social•43 days ago

We were going to go to New York next July as my son will have just finished his GCSEs and we wanted a special trip together. But we won’t be going to the US until Trump is long gone.

paulwalton.bsky.social•43 days ago

Visit Mexico and Canada, and miss out the mental bit in the middle.

annacatsimp.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yes we’re thinking Vancouver maybe.

seanfredk.bsky.social•43 days ago

Vancouver is lovely and Vancouver Island too!

tamarainportugal.bsky.social•43 days ago

Vancouver is amazing! I went there quite some back, Vancouver Island is a must visit as well.

sg99.bsky.social•43 days ago

#Don'tGoToTheUS

pencilmarks.bsky.social•43 days ago

So entering the ITV phone in competition this week for a seven day trip to Disney World in Florida; Not a good idea than?

forestlights.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just look at all the desperate US tourism and airline adverts online at the moment. They will be giving holidays away soon and still people won’t take them up on it.

ccjones90.bsky.social•43 days ago

They could offer to pay you and I still wouldn't go.

They are feeling the effects of the Canadian travel boycott.

Also a lot of Quebecois seniors are Florida snowbirds, and they are selling up their holiday homes there.

johnstey.bsky.social•43 days ago

I have probably said enough to make a trip unwise.Anyway after the last time in NYC and Boston I came back reeling at the cost of everything and the shallowness of the experience.
Not a good value destination and now dangerous as well.
So,not for me thanks.

twocvbloke.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just don't go, it's not a safe country any more with the broligarchy in charge, breaking laws and telling outright lies to the public, it's the end of the USA as we know it...

oorsteve.bsky.social•41 days ago

We cancelled our trip to NY.

ralistelvanni.bsky.social•43 days ago

I wouldn’t come here if I didn’t already live here. 😔 my husband and I just moved to Nevada from Indiana to run away from MAGA and help vote in the election.

Then NV went for Trump and now we don’t even feel safe here. Plus NVs economy is based on tourism to Vegas which will tank.

Scary times 🥺

markledger.bsky.social•43 days ago

Where the fuck are the ex presidents? Have they fucking nowt to say about anything? Fuck principles or expected behaviour.

How does it go?..

For evil to succeed it only takes good people to say nothing

nix4shore.bsky.social•42 days ago

What good would 'saying something' do?
Trump "oooh Obama said something, I'd better call an election"
No chance, sadly.

markledger.bsky.social•42 days ago

It gives people a figurehead to organise under.

supertanskiiii.bsky.social•43 days ago

The last one pardoned himself and left without a fight despite his King Lear syndrome contributing to this fucking mess

janton21.bsky.social•43 days ago

Had planned to take Grandaughter to NY this summer but cancelled the idea when Trump was elected. She tried hard to change my mind & was disappointed. She now understands & sees why!! So sad.

nix4shore.bsky.social•42 days ago

If Americans didn't speak English, we'd already have seen that they were very far removed from European principles.

candidfloss.bsky.social•43 days ago

My brother lives there with his American family. I will only go if he dies. Stay safe, Dave 🙏🏼

stefanu47.bsky.social•43 days ago

That should extend to kicking Palantir out of the NHS

2000manbelfast.bsky.social•43 days ago

All of the above plus it'll cost £15 for a beer and you won't be able to afford to eat

iustitia100.bsky.social•42 days ago

Right.

Don't come to the US!

brianinfrance.bsky.social•43 days ago

I would add:

I’d advise people not to go at all unless they’re prepared to end up detained in an El Salvador prison.

supertanskiiii.bsky.social•42 days ago

You’ve pretty much just repeated what I said

brianinfrance.bsky.social•42 days ago

Yep, with the threat of being deported to El Salvador, which is appalling, let alone illegal.

curethecause.bsky.social•43 days ago

Will avoid USA at all costs until it returns to normality

avazig.bsky.social•43 days ago

When was the USA "normal"?

curethecause.bsky.social•43 days ago

Good point but once i could stomach it, not now

avazig.bsky.social•43 days ago

I was blind to all the dystopian shit until they set up the concentration camp in Guantanamo bay, which made the veil fall off.

What? Land of the free? Whoever...

ccjones90.bsky.social•43 days ago

It seems that there is still a building there which Trump has said could hold up to 3000 detainees if needed.

hoverfrog.bsky.social•42 days ago

I'd go further. If you're in the USA, whether a visitor or a resident, get out while you can. There are already effectively travel bans for some groups.

moiety.bsky.social•42 days ago

If you're in USA, don't go out unless you have a permanent exit strategy. Crossing back in will be the gauntlet. And if you're likely to be the first persecuted minority (eg trans) make that exit plan now

tonys2009.bsky.social•43 days ago

People that know me will be aware that I had plans for a major holiday that included a trip along the West Coast, planned for next year.

Not going to happen now. Probably not going to happen any time in the next 4 years. Quite possibly never, until they sort out this craziness.

brucecgordon.bsky.social•43 days ago

South Africa has a very different west coast and plenty of other attractions if you’d like to switch your holiday to somewhere amazing.

grumpybb.bsky.social•43 days ago

Canada on the other hand looks very appealing.

mike8485hunt.bsky.social•42 days ago

Boycott boycott boycott

tinylittlecherub.bsky.social•43 days ago

Was going to go to California but I scrapped those plans a long time ago.

supertanskiiii.bsky.social•43 days ago

I wanted to visit New York but won’t go anywhere near that country until (or should that be if?) Trump is gone/removed/ dead.

murieston.bsky.social•43 days ago

Hell, Vance might be president then! I've been to the US a few times. The last time when accompanied by my wife I advised her to steer clear of politics and religion because although they speak English, of a sort, their thought processes differ from ours. It's not just Trump that's the problem here.

josbcdf17.bsky.social•43 days ago

New York is about as Anti Trump as you can get. We visited last year, weeks before the election and there was basically Nothing Political visible for the week. There's far too much going on in NYC for politics to drag your holiday down

angelmsattya.bsky.social•43 days ago

Um, no.
Nineteen years old, living in the Bronx, taken by ICE.
Deported to El Salvador.
⬇️

https://www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutierrez-ice-wrong-teen-el-salvador-2059783

josbcdf17.bsky.social•43 days ago

I meant to visitors. People from the UK aren't getting locked up over a few days stay in NYC

angelmsattya.bsky.social•43 days ago

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/germany-uk-foreign-office-travel-warnings-america-b2720381.html?loginSuccessful=true

cinders1124.bsky.social•43 days ago

Same. My daughter and I were hoping to go to NY Christmas time but with hers and my anti-Tangoman rhetoric, I’ve told her it’s a no go place for a while.

tinylittlecherub.bsky.social•43 days ago

Same. I have an American friend who lives in California which is why I wanted to visit the US. He even told me not to even consider setting foot in the US for the next 4 years

dpcarey123.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just don't go there, full stop.

markyb62.bsky.social•43 days ago

I was seriously considering a big touring holiday in the US.
Shelved indefinitely now.
Because: Trump.

eileen13.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just checked a few package holiday websites. Plenty of trips on offer, but not a word of warning about the risks at border control. One client ending up in shackles in some hell-hole of a detention centre will kill a travel company stone dead.

ccjones90.bsky.social•43 days ago

UK Gov website has travel warnings for USA including the fact that you may be liable for arrest or detention if you break the rules.

prw65.bsky.social•42 days ago

Chances are the rules will change so fast you won’t be able to keep up them so better if you don’t go!

ccjones90.bsky.social•42 days ago

Apparently US visitors to the UK only need a visa if they are here for 6 months or less.

I really think that we should perhaps start scrutinising them at Customs when they arrive.

If you are going to harass our citizens then I think we should have to right to look closely at yours coming here.

simonhendy.bsky.social•43 days ago

But then they're suspicious of a phone with very little on it, so you're potentially screwed either way.

badgerjnr1973.bsky.social•43 days ago

Tourism in the US is now a car crash, and it’s going to cost them dear!

heygoaudio.ar.io•42 days ago

Follow @highdesertinstitute.org they are giving THE BEST advice on digital surveillance. #CyberPonyExpress

gaspodesm8.bsky.social•42 days ago

We were supposed to go to Vegas to renew our wedding vows next year, after 10 years of marriage. We've decided not to go, and we'll spend the money we've saved for it on our kids to give us and them a holiday of a lifetime in Europe.

gwynnravenfire.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yes don't come here.

scratsacorn.bsky.social•43 days ago

My dear Canadian friends, listen to this woman! We Americans who are “woke” are scared out of our wits! We are facing the possible loss of retirement and health benefits, possible food shortages, possibly martial law within weeks. Your Deep South playground is not safe right now. And we got measles!

truth1124.bsky.social•43 days ago

They could find themselves in an El Salvadoran prison!

laticsexile.bsky.social•43 days ago

We have so many better choices anyway, with better food and significantly less environmental impact.

fady7.bsky.social•42 days ago

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jbonbluesky.bsky.social•43 days ago

Historically countries have taken the same cybersecurity precautions when staff visited hostile nations; NKorea, Russia & China.

catcripps.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yep as soon as you have an ESTA they can check you out - they don't need to wait for you to show up with your virgin phone.

piccolina15.bsky.social•43 days ago

I’m visiting my beloved Europe/italy ☺️

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