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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

they got their PhDs in common sense

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Cmon, guys you will be fine as long as you're really really white.

[-] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 month ago

Nope

Nope.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Bro, obviously we are targeting women now too.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago

Only if you are white enough to blend in with the walls

[-] warbond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

...with the right kinds of ideas and speech

[-] wether@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

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 points 4 weeks ago

that's perfectly reasonable at the moment

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