An important note to everyone that plans to seek asylum:
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Don't do asylum as the first thing, please consider immigration before asylum procedure, if you can. Asylum seekers face discrimination and various scrutiny, just because they reject the protection of their country by entering the procedure itself.
No matter where you flee from, you would face difficulty as an asylum seeker, be it inability to work, be it low government assistance, be it even lack of housing. It depends on where you flee, however you would still face difficulty, even if you have money set aside.
You would be asked to give out your passport, you would need to prove you are personally in danger of persecution. You would need a pretty strong case. You would be stuck in this gray status for months at best, for years at worst. You would also not be allowed to leave the country during all this.
FUR/HELP would be there to support you, however we nor anyone else can guarantee you a positive decision.
@athamanatha Sadly, it's something that happens in all countries. You have to give away the identity documents that the state you fled from issued to you.
It is something that is a part of procedure, instead you are given paper temporary documents, that techincally are IDs in the country of your refuge, however it depends.
They almost always not considered IDs in other countries, and that can mean lots of restrictions, from inability to verify your age in VRChat just because you are an asylum seeker to opening a bank.
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#separationofchurchandstate #separation #secularism #secular #questioneverything #noreligions #noreligion #humanist #churchstate #churchandstate #allreligions #agnostic #church #religion #religious #atheists #atheist #usa #reminder #this
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๐ซ๐ท French MEP Raphael Glucksmann calls for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, claiming America no longer upholds the values it was gifted for.
โWe gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.โ
france24.com/en/france/2025031โฆ
French MEP demands the US 'give us back the Statue of Liberty'
A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US no longer represents the values that led France to โฆFRANCE 24
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Trump 'goes full fascist' by declaring CNN and MSNBC criticizing him is 'illegal' - Irish Star
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Trump 'goes full fascist' by saying CNN and MSNBC criticizing him is 'illegal'
This is not the first time rump has publicly levied attacks against the free press. Prior to the election, Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that a 60 Minutes interview with then Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris was edited in aโฆIrish Star
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Ok, so Intuit keep putting prices up for their Quickbooks software and I'm going to look for an alternative moving into the 2025/26 tax year.
My needs are tracking sales and expenses, invoicing, multi currency, and yearly reports.
They have recently increased my monthly cost from ยฃ33 to ยฃ39 and for how much use I make of it, I'm thinking there muse be more cost effective options out there.
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I don't know why the #Trump administration has decided that #mRNA research is suddenly "bad" when it has proven so very useful and effective in prevention and treatment of #disease. As Kevin Collins says:
"Scientists have just cured pancreatic #cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
Theyโre throwing away a cure for cancer."
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#Health #Healthcare #Science #Politics #USPol #USA
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Reform UK candidate who called Hitler 'brilliant' in charge of vetting
A former #Reform #UK candidate who described Adolf #Hitler as โbrilliantโ at inspiring people is now in charge of the partyโs vetting process, reports say.Jack Aaronโs comments, in which he also claimed Vladimir #Putinโs use of force in #Ukraine was โlegitimateโ, came to light last year when he stood for #ReformUK in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency in the General Election.
Despite the scandal, Aaron is now said to be head of vetting for Reform UK.
His role will include studying prospective candidates' social media outputs and advising them on what should be deleted.
thenational.scot/news/25013009โฆ
#fascism #FarRight #AuthoritarianCapitalism #StandWithUkraine
Reform UK candidate who called Hitler 'brilliant' in charge of vetting
A FORMER Reform UK candidate who described Adolf Hitler as โbrilliantโ at inspiring people and said Bashar al-Assad was โgentle by natureโโฆAlasdair Ferguson (The National)
Germany has updated its list with supplied aid to Ukraine over the last few weeks.
Delivered:
+24 MRAPs
+ammo for Leopard 1
+ammo for MARDER
+3 GEPARDS
+10.000 GEPARD ammo
+IRIS-T missiles
+5000 155-mm shells
+2000 122-mm shells
+50 VECTOR drones
+30 tracked unmanned ground vehicles Gereon RCS
+30 drone detection systems
+2 WISENT-1 mine clearing tanks
+100 portable mine clearing systems
+2 mine ploughs
+556 laser range finders
+255 infrared binoculars
and much more.
bundesregierung.de/breg-en/newโฆ
Military support for Ukraine | Federal Government
War in Ukraine: This list provides an overview of Germanyโs lethal and non-lethal military support for Ukraine.Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung
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Accurate & absolutely chilling.
"By annexing #Canada & Greenland, the United States would simultaneously seize massive wealth & control of both the Northwest Passage & surrounding arctic waters.
To emphasize, this is about a colossal land, water & resource grab.
The tariffs are intended to weaken us so this theft can take place
Weโre not talking โpurchaseโ or โbuyingโ
Weโre talking theft by force
Fighting back be will hard & it is the fight of our lives"
Bob Rae, ๐จ๐ฆ Ambassador to the UN
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People keep posting about destroying or getting rid of Alexa devices because of the blatant creepiness, but I wonder if it would be better to leave them in a box or something away from people with an AM radio playing different stations 24 / 7. I don't know enough about how the Alexa devices work but the idea of creating noise for their creepiness to parse through entertains me.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0โฆ
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
No Dutch eggs either.
nieuweoogst.nl/nieuws/2025/03/โฆ
Verenigde Staten naarstig op zoek naar eieren in buitenland
Door het grote tekort aan eieren als gevolg van vogelgriep zijn de Amerikaanse autoriteiten wereldwijd op zoek naar eieren.Nieuwe Oogst
Some good newsโFloridaโs District 1 has a special election to replace credibly accused statutory rapist Matt Gaetz.
Gay Valimont is 100% people funded. If we flip FL-1 blue, MAGAs are only 2 seats from losing the House.
Here's how we all can help Gay win
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Floridaโs Future is on the LineโWe Need Gay Valimont in Congress
Electing Gay is the first step towards winning back the house before 2026โhere's how you can help make that possibleQasim Rashid, Esq. (Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid)
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Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown | HuffPost Latest News
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Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown
Expect them all to face heavy intra-party criticism in the coming days.Kevin Robillard (HuffPost)
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linkspam!
Electromechanical refreshable Braille module.
hackaday.io/project/191181-eleโฆ
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Electromechanical Refreshable Braille Module
The big drawback to refreshable braille devices has always been their cost. The loose rule of estimation applied to these products has translated into something like $100 to $150 per braille cell.hackaday.io
โNow I am become Death, the Destroyer of Relationshipsโ
my love life:
bunicomic.com/comic/buni-1154/
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[CAMPAIGN ENDED]
Hi! I'm creating this request to be reunited with Mia, my support cat. She's been an essential part of my life for almost nine years, and due to financial constraints, I was unable to bring her with me when I immigrated from Venezuela. I would be incredibly grateful to anyone who is willing to donate and help me bring Mia back into my life. ๐งก๐ค๐ค
Campaign status: 100%
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gofundme.com/f/help-me-reuniteโฆ
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Yeah it costs some , but it will pay for itself if shit gets ugly.
Forgot to mention
That I decided to create a playlist with all the cover songs I'm sharing this month.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfOโฆ
So far, half way into the month, I've run entirely off of covers I remember, songs I've heard on the radio, and YouTube suggestions, with no repeating of artists or songs. Today I finally had to resort to looking at my collection to jog my memory or find songs.
So, for any that haven't been keeping up, have some #music
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Band wasn't a hard choice
Nor really was the song. While they've done plenty of awesome covers and I could've chosen any one, this one is likely my favorite video, just a really cool sci-fi piece that really changes the song.
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Hey guys. If anyone knows anyone who is open to adopting a keety down near Dallas, TX please see below. The vet will need to per her to sleep of a home can't be found.
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Over 90% of Americans demand a "right-to-disconnect" law which would protect them from out-of-hours work communication
techradar.com/pro/security/oveโฆ
#technology #tech #business #careers #workers #workersrights #employment #usgovernment #usgov #uspolitics #uspol
Over 90% of Americans demand a "right-to-disconnect" law which would protect them from out-of-hours work communication
Email overload overwhelms workers, increasing stress and anxietyEfosa Udinmwen (TechRadar pro)
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" ...the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." - FDR, 1938
I'm printing this out. Great explainer. Very clear.
#writer #author #definition #fascism #fdr #writer #author #writersOfMastodon #writingComunity
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Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
So this is important to share.
Thank you.
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A trans refugee's court case against Hungary just improved Trans rights across all of Europe
wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refugโฆ
A trans refugee's court case against Hungary just improved Trans+ rights across all of Europe
A landmark case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday set a significant precedence for Trans+ rights across Europe.Jamie Wareham (QueerAF)
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๐ซ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฆโ๏ธFinnish President Stubb said it would be virtually impossible to agree on a ceasefire with Russia.
"Putin does not want peace. His original goal was to destroy Ukraine โ and that goal has not changed."
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in reply to Brian Jopek • • •How the hell are they getting away with that? Degrees can only be revoked for intellectual dishonesty or illegality, not a moral stance!
HONORARY degrees are a different matter.
Fck me, America, you are legitimately insane!
#USA #University #Education
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Columbia University is not "America."
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in reply to Brian Jopek • • •Wait, how can you suspend a degree from somebody unless Iโm missing something if theyโve already been granted, what was the point?
Other than ridiculous hate. I guess with all the layoffs, people are gonna have to add simply turning away from a university like that.
Maybe other universities decide to revoke any collaboration with Columbia and refused to recognize them. I donโt know what else to suggest.
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