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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
expatriado @lemmy.world - 8mon

they got their PhDs in common sense

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Imgonnatrythis @sh.itjust.works - 8mon

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

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Imgonnatrythis @sh.itjust.works - 8mon

Bro, obviously we are targeting women now too.

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unexposedhazard @discuss.tchncs.de - 8mon

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

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warbond @lemmy.world - 8mon

...with the right kinds of ideas and speech

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wether @slrpnk.net - 8mon

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

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sammypanda @aussie.zone - 8mon

that's perfectly reasonable at the moment

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