Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/australian-academics-refuse-to-attend-us-conferences-for-fear-of-being-detained
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expatriado@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 1y
they got their PhDs in common sense
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Cmon, guys you will be fine as long as you're really really white.
WhatSay@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 1y
Nope.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Bro, obviously we are targeting women now too.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
Only if you are white enough to blend in with the walls
warbond@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
...with the right kinds of ideas and speech
PostaL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
wether@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
I'm a graduate student in Canada and my whole university is advising against accepting positions in the US or traveling there. Seems like this is going to be the new normal
sammypanda@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
that's perfectly reasonable at the moment