My friends planning to travel to the US, I urge you to take precautions. Please. Especially if you value freedom of opinion. - ThreadSky

thespaceshipper.com • 1 day ago

My friends planning to travel to the US, I urge you to take precautions. Please.

Especially if you value freedom of opinion.

Reposted from Paul Cohen

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

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toctik.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I, a US citizen apparently doing this under great personal risk of my own safety, would advise no one to travel here under ANY circumstances.

US citizens overseas: seek asylum now.

That really seems to be where it is now.

llyander.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've cancelled a planned trip this September, refunded the ticket. They're just throwing the terrorist label at everyone and anyone saying anything against Trump or Musk, to say nothing of innocent tourists being detained by ICE without charge.

Gonna bring my friend over to the UK instead.

thespaceshipper.com•1 day ago

In English:

thespaceshipper.com•17 hours ago

"Oh dear, an official e-mail from the lab advising us not to go to the United States, and if we really must go, not to take our phones/computers with us."

thespaceshipper.com•17 hours ago

Another story, even more chilling.

A story in which the collapse of the rule of law and the quest for ever greater profit allows unhealthy individuals to do as they please.

Please take precautions. 🙏

edouardstenger.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I know am not going anywhere the US for the time being. Until these guys are in power and until the slide to fascism is going on and not reversed.

thespaceshipper.com•12 hours ago

Me too, and it saddens me so much. I still have so many things to see and people to meet there.

edouardstenger.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Having met so many great people there, I totally understand. Not being able to get back there is a heartbreak. And everyday feels like such a huge "what will these a//holes invent next?"

thespaceshipper.com•9 hours ago

Punk is (not) dead.

ianbonnar3.bsky.social•8 hours ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-beefs-up-travel-warnings-over-us-border-enforcement-2025-03-20/#:~:text=LONDON,%20March%2020%20(Reuters),could%20face%20arrest%20or%20detention

ardaniel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Same for comics and BD artists traveling to the States; the biggest con here, SDCC, is warning people about the risks. https://comicon.com/2025/03/18/fresh-risks-to-foreign-comic-creators-doing-comic-cons-in-the-usa-canada-emerge/

thespaceshipper.com•17 hours ago

Crazy (but logical).

ardaniel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yeah. It’s the most sensible thing to do since the government here lacks sense.

soren0248.bsky.social•17 hours ago

J'aurais même tendance à leur recommander de passer les réseaux sociaux en mode privé, voire de les désactiver le temps du voyage.

thespaceshipper.com•17 hours ago

J'aurais tendance à recommander de ne pas y aller du tout. Aucun pays ne mérite de s'autocensurer.

soren0248.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Je suis du même avis, mais dans le cadre de certaines obligations, autant tout prévoir.

cherokeeparkes.bsky.social•16 hours ago

https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/update-international-travel-guidance

duckshow.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Also, even disregarding the fascism - US plane crashes seem to be happening more frequently and the FAA is more understaffed than ever, so... I would not trust my life with their air safety at the moment.

thechet.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Fucking fascists. This is North Korea shit.

suritorange.bsky.social•15 hours ago

We should post a Gigantic sign on the Statue of Liberty that reads, “DO NOT COME HERE; COUNTRY UNDER SIEGE.”

sprayfire31.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Friends don't let friends travel to the US."

Quelle dinguerie quand même.

artybel.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Yeah i traveled to the US in 2011 on a vocational student visa and even back then entering America felt like being a criminal. Now it sounds like all bets are off. I've wanted to visit since my last trip in 2014 but I'm not going to for at least the next 4 years if not longer. It's sad

laura8624.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s just getting worse! We’ve got to stop this madness!

stevepuma.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Seriously, there's no reason to come here right now. Even those of us that are already here would prefer not to be.

wshawnm.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Seconded.

lizardorion.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I've said it before elsewhere, but any and all plans (at this point, they've only ever been dreams of visiting in the future) have been dashed.

What a fucking era.

alecid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Liberty is offically in hoscpice care in the U.S.A.

troid.bsky.social•1 day ago

As an American, I'd advise my European friends to keep their distance. This country has lost it.

troid.bsky.social•1 day ago

And it really sucks having to say that. This is not the country I grew up in.

ghostanimatesstuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is the kind of shit people used to fearmonger over North Korea and specifically used it to show how dystopian it is that they'd look through people's computers to find anti-Kim Jong Un content and it's now happening in the country that's the """leader of the free world""" lmao

berkshire-haddaway.bsky.social•1 day ago

who in their right mind would travel there 🙃
I already had no wish before this recent madness, now it's completely out of the question...

guigui-le-gentil.bsky.social•1 day ago

Le fameux "free speech" américain...

markgarlick.com•17 hours ago

Un fucking believable.

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