…then maybe don’t do that.
After a minute of research, it is that foreigners can’t get involved in the political affairs of Mexico, which you very plausibly aren’t doing. But considering I’ve been denied entry to an airport in Mexico because of a tape measure (a “tool” I could use to “work” in the airport) I wouldn’t risk it.
Yes, that would be awesome to meet up! Drop me a line next time you’re here.
Covid is really starting to ramp up here and might not even peak until July/August. I’d say people in the wealthier areas Reforma/Condesa/Polanco are doing pretty well observing quarantines and wearing masks, but it’s a huge ask for the millions and millions living day to day just to survive. They pretty much never stopped cramming the buses and metro stations since the onset, so it’s probably been spreading at a very high rate here.
I’m like a 3 minute walk from the embassy, but I’m a bit split on whether to get involved. As Sabo mentioned, it can be a bit dangerous protesting as a non-MX.
What? No, it’s not really important. The problem of police brutality and murder of blacks is systemic, nationwide, and has been going on for centuries.
If you’re wondering about the sides of the protests that aren’t going to be tear gassed battles with the police, here’s the AJC’s reporting on events around Atlanta. A reminder that there is a much bigger aspect of this than what makes the headline, and the volume of people protesting is going UP not down.
cliffs: trains won’t stop running for curfews tonight, a massive march in Decatur already happened today, and smaller marches in east Atlanta and in Marietta (the suburbs).
First time I’ve been glad the Dolphins never signed Drew Brees. Fuck that piece of shit
Dumb American here, is there a reason the Greeks are joining the chat? Solidarity with BLM or is there some other beef with USA#1?
Whoever greenlit this atrocity was probably thinking, “Surely, THIS will get him to stop calling us fake news!!”
(paging @Narrator)
Here in San Diego-Tijuana it’s a given that we on the north can’t go south, but vice versa is ok… both here @ Front and in MX generally. Occupy TJ visited us often, our lawyers advised us not to visit them unless you had MX citizenship (MX green card/etc not good enough), some peeps got hassled (IIRC excluded) who did and didn’t.
OTOH labor organizing by foreigners is ok it seems, and I’ve done a trivial amount of organizing in TJ.
Obama time. Prepare yourself for a great big pointless pile of nothing.
this is from yesterday but i still enjoyed it
https://twitter.com/JeromeRoos/status/1267909349453807616
https://twitter.com/breadandposes/status/1267926523190956039
Obama rambling without a script is even more pointless than what I was expecting.
mad platitudes up in here
That Morty meme gets me every single time.
If nothing else this is going to trigger the fuck out of Trump, especially if things stay more peaceful tonight and Obama gets credit.
