Everyone has decided they hate America, and they intend to move to Europe (it’s always Europe).
How do you do that?
Continue readingMexico to charge all cruise ship passengers $42 to visit
Mexico plans to impose new $42 fee on each passenger of cruise ships that dock there – whether they get off the ship or not at ports.
Continue readingPart 3: The “I moved abroad” “oppressed victim” stories
This week I read the worst “I moved abroad” story – and concluded it was so bad, and the genre so bad, that I will no longer waste time reading these nonsense stories from young “freelance writers”.
Continue readingImmigration: Canada wants 2.4 million immigrants to leave the Country
Canada proposes having 2.4 million immigrants leave, while importing another 1.5 million.
Continue readingMore: A handful of the privileged say they are leaving the U.S. after election
More media pushing the “Americans move abroad” meme, post election.
Continue readingMedia: Travel stories packaged as romance novels
The endless romance novel travel stories of mostly young women who move abroad, fall in love and live happily ever after are escapaism – and often as fake as the “cottage core” esthetic stories on social medial. These stories warp our world view to believe things that are not true. Most people can not just pack up and move abroad; these stories leave out enough details as to be fake news or disinformation.
Continue readingDifficulty understanding someone with a strong accent is a form of racial discrimination, says judge
This seems troubling: Telling someone with a foreign accent you can’t understand them could be racial discrimination Perhaps this legal ruling is related to a specific workplace situation – but…
Continue readingInternational, Education: Univ of MA Amherst suggests Trump will enact travel bans on first day in office
In January 2017, Trump enacted travel bans on persons traveling from 7 countries (later revised to 6). Courts subsequently struck the bans down. Univ of MA is telling ALL innternational students to return to campus before Jan 20, 2025.
Continue readingGreater than half of Harris voters want to leave U.S. or move to another state
As discussed frequently on this blog, close to zero will move internationally as few will qualify for residency visa (except for those having immigration privileges).
Continue readingBeing bilingual may help prevent cognitive decline due to aging
Having bilingual language skills may help to prevent cognitive decline due to aging.
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