🚨🚨 This is a very clear signal to all us researcher to stay off the US for the next three years: A French academic, who was on assignment from the CNRS, was detained by officers & later deported after landing at George Bush International Airport ahead of conference.🧵 www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d... - ThreadSky

profjacob.bsky.social • 2 days ago

🚨🚨 This is a very clear signal to all us researcher to stay off the US for the next three years: A French academic, who was on assignment from the CNRS, was detained by officers & later deported after landing at George Bush International Airport ahead of conference.🧵
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diplomatic-row-french-trumpr-researcher-expelled-from-terrorism-us/

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nialloconghaile.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hard to see how this goes back to the way it was.

mguillaumont.bsky.social•2 days ago

Commencer par expulser les représentants du Parti républicain US de France, puis de l'UE. Les renvoyer à Moscou.

mguillaumont.bsky.social•2 days ago

Article d'octobre 2024.
"Des différentes branches du parti républicain américain jusqu’au parti Reconquête d’Éric Zemmour, l’Amérique trumpiste est devenue un modèle pour tenter de gagner la bataille des idées."
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/secrets-d-info/secrets-d-info-du-samedi-12-octobre-2024-2056726

nialloconghaile.bsky.social•2 days ago

Déclarer guerre contre les Reps serait con.

Je me demande, par contre, quand les bas agents du gouv américain se comporte ainsi, avec impunité, comment ils reveinnent aux normes?

misterdac.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ils n’y reviendront plus, c’est cela qui est dramatique.

Une forme encore légère de banalité du mal.

mguillaumont.bsky.social•1 day ago

Le mal s’organise vite. Une chemise et un salut en commun.

wallawalla-99.bsky.social•1 day ago

At least he wasn't sent to El Salvador.

thebossross.bsky.social•1 day ago

The German Foreign Office has just tightened travel advice for the USA. After the arrest of several German citizens caught up in the deportation offensive, it warns against "arrest, detention and deportation" in certain circumstances.

rasmusbirk.bsky.social•1 day ago

@desfitzgerald.bsky.social you were enormously prescient, Des!

desfitzgerald.bsky.social•1 day ago

horrifying!

sootie123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Chances are this will be resolved in less than 3 years

sootie123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Planes arriving in US from abroad will probably end up being empty as only people who like trump will be allowed entry.

jordens.bsky.social•2 days ago

So much for freedom of speech.

signoramac.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump's fragile ego ...he can't take criticism but can dish it out without restrain. Typical bully behaviour.

la-rocha.bsky.social•1 day ago

How the fuck are they getting into all these people’s phones? This is why you use a code instead of facial recognition or a fingerprint. Better yet, travel with a burner phone

httcs.online•1 day ago

Why the hell should anyone do that? Don't comply in advance.

la-rocha.bsky.social•23 hours ago

LOL… if you had ANY sense of personal security and you had ever been a target of law enforcement, you would know better. But you do you. Good luck with that.

ronnytodgers.bsky.social•1 day ago

The us immigration have long had that right.

ronnytodgers.bsky.social•1 day ago

You don’t like it you don’t get in. Has always been that way. The reaction to this sort of content however is very new

steve-krikler.bsky.social•2 days ago

But … freedom of speech?

tonybirte.bsky.social•1 day ago

It only counts if you agree with them silly!

bardolino.bsky.social•2 days ago

3 years? I very much doubt the MAGA cult will allow free and fair elections in 2028. Even if Tr*mp is no longer around he is just the figurehead for a whole corrupt cabal and they won't just walk away and relinquish power easily.

referencehs.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would be extremely amazed if there will be any honest elections as long as those *#@* are in charge. At best, there will be Russian style elections, but why even bother to do that?
You are right: why would they give up power now they have it all?

nisamdon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Was to expect...

borograves.bsky.social•1 day ago

What I find most disturbing about this incident is the fact that the US Border officials were so diligent in enforcing Trump's new directives. They could easily have ignored the comments on his phone. They obviously agree with all of the shit that the Mango Mussolini is introducing. Best stay away.

misterdac.bsky.social•2 days ago

Go to Canada, the land where the planes safely land.

🇨🇦

misterdac.bsky.social•2 days ago

Texas is a red State. Pro-Trump.

Let’s be ready to welcome their best scientists.

katphxaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

No foreigners should visit USA for the foreseeable future under this current criminal regime.

beecollins.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think visiting the US for business or vacation is to be avoided. It's a decision I'd already made.

winter02.bsky.social•1 day ago

Zoom conferences only.

pencreed.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is not good, I'm currently contracted to produce a large conference in New York in late September with around 10 UK staff slated to fly out and run it. It represents a large proportion of my income this year.

winter02.bsky.social•1 day ago

Very difficult situation. I’ve seen others advise burner phones only. Think it’s probably going to be fine but need to flag the risks so everyone is aware. Foreign Office may have guidance.

pencreed.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, I'm freelance but I'm going to suggest my publisher client gets their legal team on it.

gippersgravespin.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m American expat and I won’t be going back until Trump is gone.

I never visited during his first term, couldn’t stand seeing his picture at the airport.

I’m also boycotting American products now- everything

putt1ck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Criticism of Dear Leader will be punished and will eventually be treated as treasonous

betisedelhom.bsky.social•2 days ago

No, not for the next three years, but rather for an indefinite period!
I think Führer Trump has a surprise in store for his compatriots.
Telling American Christian churches that they would no longer need to vote is not trivial.

picci0909.bsky.social•2 days ago

207michael.bsky.social•1 day ago

America is on a seriously dangerous path if simply telling something about Trump won't like is enough for this treatment. How many more will get this treatment

hornetgx.bsky.social•2 days ago

In a democracy, 34-time felons yet to face punishment for crimes they were convicted of, shouldn't be presidents.

You might think I'm referring to Trump. You might very well think it. I couldn't possibly comment.

redrob1.bsky.social•1 day ago

US is now an authoritarian regime

referencehs.bsky.social•1 day ago

When an opinion can be labeled as "terrorism", you are within a dictatorship that does not allow free speech. Trump seems to be very scared of science in general. No wonder.

hayeselaw.com•1 day ago

And don’t forget that you may be subject to similar seizure and deportation even if you *transit* through the US. Anyone travelling from Europe to South America, for instance, is in jeopardy if they connect through New York or Miami.

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pulled him aside for questioning by US border officials, reports suggest the space researcher was selected at random for a search, which saw him taken into a side room. There, his personal mobile phone and work computer were confiscated and searched by authorities, with messages

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

discussing Trump's treatment of scientists found on his device. A source told French news outlet Le Monde that he was then accused of sending "hateful" and "conspiratorial" messages, with exchanges "that reflect hatred toward Trump and can be described as terrorism." /3

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

The incident comes after Donald Trump targeted the science community in recent weeks with a series of shock budget cuts and censorship. "I learned with concern that a French researcher on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) who was traveling to a

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled," said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). /5

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

"This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy ," he added. /6

profjacob.bsky.social•2 days ago

Following his detainment, it's reported that his professional and personal equipment was reportedly confiscated, and the researcher was sent back to Europe the next day. Citing another source, the outlet suggested the American authorities found "hateful and conspiratorial messages." /7

tilmane.bsky.social•2 days ago

And #Vance is asking in #Europe for more free speech

They are just fascist liars

radiopricey.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gestapo, anyone?

cartinedeb.bsky.social•1 day ago

US has become a cesspool.

sanho.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please tell US airlines why you refuse to fly to the US. They have powerful lobbyists. Make them make Trump stop this.

pistachiosnapper.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes saw this. Funny how free speech wasn’t across the board. Who would have thought Trump would be this sensitive. If you are a scientist of colour you need to be careful too.

jameswoodfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

This ominous incident should concentrate the prevaricating minds of the Royal Society regarding its official attitude towards Elon Musk.
Has it issued a statement regarding the matter?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity

vlagstaf.bsky.social•1 day ago

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peterwassink.nl•2 days ago

Optimistic of you to assume there will be a normal election cycle in three years.
I fear they will destroy judicial power and legeslative power so much as to allow them to just skip or easily fake elections.

brothermanshaft.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm reminded of the search for academic freedom that many European researchers undertook in the USA as Europe lurched into Fascism, & was about to call on enlightened Americans to seek safe harbour in the EU. How apt that the tale of Einstein's flight is unavailable from Library of Congress servers!

kieronmurphy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Under Trump the US is no longer a safe place to visit

jpackendorff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Land acknowledgement for upcoming US conferences:

"Before beginning my presentation, I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and ancestral territory of the MAGA people, who have been stewards of this land since a few weeks. /1

jpackendorff.bsky.social•1 day ago

and I reaffirm my post-constitutional obligation to silently accept whatever they may come up with. This acknowledgment is not just a formality but an important recognition of presidential sovereignty and a step toward ensuring and amplifying historical and continuing injustices." /3

jpackendorff.bsky.social•1 day ago

I honor their ongoing appropriation of these lands and waters, and commend them for their wokeless exploitation of these resources. I recognize the painful history of left-wing lunacy that has prevented them from feeling victorious in social media exchanges, /2

girasoles-lady.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/girasoles-lady.bsky.social/post/3lkqw2oy7yc2l

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