I’m actually shocked that folks I speak to here in Ireland are still planning holidays in the USA.

[processparsnip@mastodon.ie]

@dcatoffm this bit. I think a lot of people internationally don't understand that it's not just a matter of making it through customs in and out.

@aral

[mmusselwhite@tech.lgbt]

@aral As a Trans Brit - I immediately abandoned ALL plans to (eventually) visit the US for the "Neotropolis" LARP event purely because how awful it is there! It's just isn't worth my safety over, which is proven time and time again. /gen

[marisa@mastodon.scot]

@aral do. not. come. here.

[bucachowchow@mstdn.party]

@aral something I said previously may be of interest - I (and I presume other Americans like me) will presume that if you are a white personal visiting the US for pleasure (not business) going forward, you are perfectly fine with the fascism and racism. Yes I am judging.

[vedadalsette@mstdn.social]

@aral I live in the U.S. and I concur. Don't come to the U.S. if you don't want to risk being sent to a prisoner camp in El Salvador. Cuz the assholes running this country JUST DON'T CARE.

[janisf@mstdn.social]

@dcatoffm @aral Patches of CO, Eureka Springs, AR, Nashville, and probably Austin, TX. Lincoln, NE, too. Thank you for the reminder how beautiful our blue dots are.

Went to Lauren Bobert's district i n 2014. Just road tripping. It needs no ICE to be a hell hole. I've been in some dicey places. I have never gotten such a bad case of the creeps. The east strip from Denver to NE definitely registered, though.

[radio_alelopatia@kolektiva.social]

@aral As somebody that unfortunately lives in the US, don't come here. It is worse than the news reports.

[janisf@mstdn.social]

@aral I just watched a video about who should GTFO, GYST, or Eyes Peeled. This was for citizens and long-time residents who know the rules, and though the categories were kind of a joke, the gist wasn't. She's a lawyer, and she knows she'll be called out in very real ways if her data is wrong. I feel like a rabbit near the river... you know, where the hawks & eagles hang out.

Let's hope none of those travelers get a Darwin Award, eh?

[tofugolem@mastodon.social]

@aral
Dear world,
Stay the hell away from my country. We cannot guarantee your safety.

Cut off all economic ties with us. Our government is ruled by billionaires, and damaging our economy is the only thing they will respond to.

[mhowell@kolektiva.social]

@aral Another aspect is the proposed changes in policy for travellers to the U.S:

"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."

PI (Privacy International) linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:

-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’

https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media

[nancylwayne@mastodon.social]

@tofugolem @aral I completely agree. The US is a dangerous place to visit. It’s also dangerous to live here with all the guns and near-daily mass shootings.

[jaystephens@mastodon.social]

@aral
You have to do some motivated reasoning to think it's OK in any way shape or form.
I just blew my $ budget and carbon budget to link up with US friends who were travelling overseas, coz I know this might be the last chance to see them.

[j_g_fitzgerald@c.im]

@aral #StayAwayFromUSA

[iveyline@mastodon.nz]

@aral Why any one would want to visit a rogue state like the US is beyond comprehension.

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@tofugolem (Sadly, history tells us what they will respond with and it’s not flowers.)

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@MMusselwhite Sending you lots of love. Here’s hoping such events will start being organised in places that are safe for everyone.

[stephanies@mastodon.nl]

@bkbarham @PatrickoftheG i would say also do not go when white and christian.
The US isn't a "christian nation" right now it's a facist one with people using christianity to do their worst.
So i'm sorry but i disagree with this statement. White and christian or otherwise you are still not safe in a country run by facists.
Sorry..

[podfeet@chaos.social]

@MMusselwhite @aral As an American I'm saddened about our reality and I support and agree with your decision.

[iwein@mas.to]

@tofugolem you missed the opportunity to call them "the Epstein class". I really want that to stick, so I'm going to obnoxiously point that out every time someone says billionaire. Please don't block me

@aral

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@clickhere *smdh* It’s gross negligence to allow such an ad.