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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago

I'm concerned about going to the US for the same reasons why I'm concerned about family coming to Canada: dealing with US customs.

However, they're US citizens so I can't imagine that they'd have paperwork to go back to the US. Then without paperwork to make mistakes on, they should be less likely to get incarcerated, right?

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62991105

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62991105

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62991105

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62991105

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62991105

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs? (lemm.ee)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
20 comments fedilink
 

EDIT: Consensus has been achieved, original post below. General consensus is that people haven't had issues with US customs, as long as all the paperwork is in order.

Thanks to everyone who commented, I greatly appreciate your input!

Hey everyone!

For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: what was your experience when going through US customs? Were you harassed / detained? Any tips to prepare for crossing?

My SO and I were talking earlier about having some family come up from the US to Canada to visit us. I suggested maybe they should wait a bit due to the apparent unhinged behaviour of US Customs; However, while my SO doesn't deny the stories, she believes they might be rare cases & blown out of proportion by the media. She found out that the Vancouver woman that was detained for ~2 weeks also had improper paperwork - which is often left out by the media. While the detainment duration is still totally unjustified, the initial detainment was caused by the improper paperwork.

So I'm reaching out to those that actually cross the border to see what's actually going on; as the media can be fanatical sometimes.

Thanks in advance!

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"I did not vote for leopards eating my face": Pro-Leopard CEO says leopards eating faces (www.alternet.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29025678

'I did not vote for a neutron bomb': Pro-Trump CEO says administration killing small businesses

May they have the day they voted for.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Now, are you pronouncing Female like femboy as "Fem-ale" or are you pronouncing Femboy like Female as "Fee-m'boy"?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

Finger skateboarding ramp to do sick Ollie's off of

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Sec. 4.  Using National Security Assets for Law and Order.  (a)  ... shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this implying they're planning on using the military against civilians?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Plotting your demise

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I've actually been curious about something similar, and unfortunately I don't have an exact answer.

I'm currently self hosting ArchiveBox which saves a copy of the web page, but I find the UI to be pretty bloated. As an alternative, I've been curious about LinkWarden, but I have yet to set it up.

I know those two options aren't ideal as they don't directly integrate with NextCloud AFAIK, but they might support your other use cases?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, 100% a whole separate post on its own. If you ask the same question in a new post, you'll get more visibility and more answers

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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Google won't bring new Nest Thermostats to Europe in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 90 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Heating systems in Europe are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it challenging to build for the diverse set of homes

AKA. Europe probably has hardware and software requirements that make it so Google can't

A) Harvest your data; and/or B) Must be able to function without an internet connection (aka. they can't kill it)

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Might be just a rumor / old wives tale, but I thought the small text on screens / pages up close, without breaks, resulted in poor vision?

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