Good to know. I’m grateful the common travel area exists. There’s a very real possibility I’ll need to get out of this place before long

PPS number? Moving to Ireland is genuinely my bug out destination if everything goes to hell here. I’m conscious of being an English person in Ireland too because y’know… the everything 😅

Cue me in 3 hours being sad about not being able to carry a child and the struggles of being a queer person in society aha

It looked hopeless not that long ago but so much had changed over the last few months. This is really good news tbh, someone needs to challenge Trump. The broader Democratic Party doesn’t do much of anything

It’s cosy for a few week but then The Big Sad™ kicks in 😭

‘It’s just easier’ to do so in order to access benefits or pensions information or whatever else government service it may be

A physical ID card isn’t necessarily a bad idea, but the rollout, data storage, data minimisation and access control and transparency is paramount, plus it must be auditable

Saying that it’s going to be required for ‘workers’, is just pulling the wool over people’s eyes. Makes it sound like a smaller group than it actually is. The vast majority of people work, so that’s a lot of the population already. Then people will feel pressured into handing over their data because

If you can’t leave, make sure you know how to access your community, join a union if you haven’t already, plan an escape route from your state if you need to

I’m not sure what we can do from abroad but please know we’re all looking on in horror outside the US

You are not alone 💖🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💖