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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriously, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@AuswaertigesAmt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AuswaertigesAmt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bamf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bamf</span></a></span> <em>now would be a great time</em> to undo the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> caused by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> - <em>with interest</em>!</p><ul><li>Seriously, <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114288746103285974" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">consider this</a> unsarcastically…</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a>: The <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiThiel</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grant</span></a>"</em>:</p><ul><li><p>Pays <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StudentDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentDebt</span></a>, back-owed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RenounciationFee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenounciationFee</span></a> for anyone fleeing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> and migrating overseas, regardless if seeking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asylum</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Naturalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Naturalization</span></a> or whatever.</p></li><li><p>Only condition is the people renounce their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> citizenship either instantly or as soon as they have attained another <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> (as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/statelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statelessness</span></a> is a problem for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/stateless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stateless</span></a>!)…</p></li></ul><p>Sadly I'm not a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a>, cuz otherwise I would've done so and hired people to be able to do so.</p><ul><li>Instead I'm just gonna continue helping a couple wherever I can…</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DoGoodAndInciteOthersToDoTheSame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoGoodAndInciteOthersToDoTheSame</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Migration</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Refugees</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@cindyweinstein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cindyweinstein</span></a></span> </p><p>‘[Many] scientists had not planned on relocating, until <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> began gutting funding and firing researchers. </p><p>“This is my home — I really love my country,” says a graduate student at a top US university who works in plant genomics and agriculture. “But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.”</p><p>The US is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> is definitely underway. I would guess 1/3 of those thinking about it will act on it this year - especially those early career</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfToronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfToronto</span></a> hires three prominent Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> worried about Trump </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> scholar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JasonStanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JasonStanley</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarciShore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarciShore</span></a> have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration</p><p>by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025</p><p>"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto. </p><p>"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.</p><p>"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy this fall. </p><p>"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.' </p><p>"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnTyranny</span></a> and The Road to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unfreedom</span></a>, and an outspoken critic of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. </p><p>"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'</p><p>"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.</p><p>"'All that said, yes, of course our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCatastrophe</span></a> played a role in our final decision.'"</p><p>Rea more:<br><a href="https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">torontotoday.ca/local/educatio</span><span class="invisible">n/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Units of Measurement<p>75 Prozent der <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Wissenschaftler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wissenschaftler</span></a> könnten die <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> verlassen. Ein <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a>, der auch der <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> weiter schaden dürfte. Und <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> oder <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Asien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asien</span></a> dafür nützen. <a href="https://www.golem.de/news/nature-umfrage-75-prozent-der-wissenschaftler-koennten-die-usa-verlassen-2503-194783.html#amp_tf=Von%20%251%24s&amp;aoh=17431915671442&amp;csi=0&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp;ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.golem.de%2Fnews%2Fnature-umfrage-75-prozent-der-wissenschaftler-koennten-die-usa-verlassen-2503-194783.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/nature-umfrage-7</span><span class="invisible">5-prozent-der-wissenschaftler-koennten-die-usa-verlassen-2503-194783.html#amp_tf=Von%20%251%24s&amp;aoh=17431915671442&amp;csi=0&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp;ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.golem.de%2Fnews%2Fnature-umfrage-75-prozent-der-wissenschaftler-koennten-die-usa-verlassen-2503-194783.html</span></a></p>
Plague Island Resistance<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> </p><p>A professor seeking asylum from a dangerous regime in the global south, goes to Canada, struggles to get legal status and eventually gets a job as a janitor.</p><p>A professor seeking asylum from a dangerous regime in the US, goes to Canada, gets instant tenure at a new university and the locals celebrate online and call for quick processing of citizenship for them.</p><p>Qwhite a big difference.</p>
Madeleine Morris<p>I would like to claim Cassandra status for predicting a massive <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/braindrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>braindrain</span></a> but it was sadly, very predictable</p><p>"75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving<br>More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00938-y</span></a></p>
Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟‍♂️<p>We selected mobilities from students aged 18 years old or older, which lasted for 90 days or more. Our data can be used to examine <a href="https://vis.social/tags/regional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regional</span></a> attractiveness, cross-pollination in <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a>, regional <a href="https://vis.social/tags/BrainGain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainGain</span></a> and <a href="https://vis.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> dynamics, and much more. We provide our data on <a href="https://vis.social/tags/LAU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAU</span></a> and <a href="https://vis.social/tags/NUTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NUTS</span></a> levels for easier use in research, regional planning, and policy making.</p>
Wen<p>A positive ‘brain drain’.</p><p>Come one US scientists and technologists - it make sense if you value your freedoms. And even if Starmer is being an arse and not seizing the opportunity (retaining extortionate fees), Europe can be very welcoming and teaching/research in English is very accessible as you get into the local culture.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/french-university-scientific-asylum-american-talent-brain-drain" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/24/french-university-scientific-asylum-american-talent-brain-drain</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SeizeTheMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeizeTheMoment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USExodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USExodus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>