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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 13:55:30 JST Paul Cantrell

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   • Omar Antolín
   • Niles Johnson
   • Charlotte Aten

   @nilesjohnson @caten @oantolin
   Another one chiming in. You are not overreacting at all. The US is in crisis. Please do not stick with business as usual when dealing with this country right now. Do not normalize. Do not shrug it away. Stay out. It’s radioactive.

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     Niles Johnson (nilesjohnson@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 13:55:33 JST Niles Johnson

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     • Charlotte Aten

     @caten @oantolin same thoughts here; this sucks, a lot, but I think I would do the same thing.

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     Charlotte Aten (caten@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 13:55:36 JST Charlotte Aten

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     • Omar Antolín

     @oantolin For whatever it's worth, I'm American and I don't think you're overreacting. For similar reasons I'd only leave the US in the near future if I didn't intend to return. Flying here is a bit scary now, anyway.

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     Omar Antolín (oantolin@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 13:55:39 JST Omar Antolín

     I got a weight off my chest: I turned down an invitation to a math conference in the US and cancelled another I had already accepted. I know I'm probably overreacting, but I was worried about being deported since I've read many news stories about this happening to people with valid visas —including Europeans, so I don't like my chances as a brown Mexican! And even though I know it was unlikely to happen to me (it probably only happens to a small fraction of visitors), I'm happy to stop the nagging worry in the back of my mind. It's a shame: both events would have been great and I would have seen many American friends I don't get to see often.