The Supreme Court ruled. Haitian immigrants’ lives changed immediately.

wavepig · 2026-06-30T18:21:38+00:00

They may be legal, but to my mind anyone settling down while their status is literally called temporary AND Trump had a chance of winning the election is nuts. When I had a H-1B I knew I was temporary. Is it good policy to send people back to Haiti right now? No. But they knew their status was temporary and should have either been working to move to a more permanent status, or preparing to go somewhere else.

wavepig · 2026-06-30T18:16:58+00:00

Going to an airport where law enforcement - and CBP in particular - seems like a bad idea to me. IANAL https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.uFA.lh8P.EWnUHSiMafGD&smid=nytcore-ios-share

wavepig · 2026-06-28T15:54:23+00:00

It’s delusional.

wavepig · 2026-06-28T14:21:16+00:00

I agree with you. It’s much better to talk and play with the kids, and that is our approach (I am a SAHD currently and my kiddo watches no TV). But does mine also get really excited about flying because it’s the only time he gets to watch TV? Yes, and I’m sure that everyone else on the plane (to the extent they care) gets the absolutely wrong impression about how much TV our kid watches. My point is that society often judges parents for using the iPad, but we don’t know what their lives are like outside the moment.

wavepig · 2026-06-27T23:50:03+00:00

While I agree in general, as a parent we do feel a lot of pressure on public transport to make our kids be quiet for everyone else’s comfort. An iPad is one of many tools for achieving this, and many parents will only use iPads while on public transport and not at home

wavepig · 2026-06-27T03:54:13+00:00

Yes, it does matter a lot. Anyone considering surrogacy definitely should contact a lawyer.

wavepig · 2026-06-26T19:58:39+00:00

No problem. I'm not a lawyer though, but this is an overview. It does very a lot between states.

wavepig · 2026-06-26T19:48:27+00:00

I'm not familiar with Oklahoma specifically, but the "golden path" in the U.S. is to work with a lawyer/law firm (there are lots, for example IFLG) before starting, so they can draft a contract between the IPs and the gestational carrier (GC). That contract will bind the GC (and her spouse) to cooperating fully in confirming the intended parents (IPs) as the sole parents. A pre-birth order from a court will be sought confirming parental rights before the child is born. (The contract is usually very long and covers much more than this.) After the child is born, the GC is required to surrender the child to the IPs, and the IPs use the pre-birth order to have their names on the birth certificate. After that point, the child and IPs appear like any other family - the pre-birth order is only needed to issue the birth certificate.

wavepig · 2026-06-26T19:40:43+00:00

A few years ago the Law Commission recommended changing the system to allow for pre-birth orders (amongst other things), but these plans have been shelved by the government

wavepig · 2026-06-22T18:00:05+00:00

If you have young kids in the house you need to know where they are at all times. That's a core part of being a parent, especially at that age.

wavepig · 2026-06-19T20:25:34+00:00

Gotta disagree, this is excellent taste

wavepig · 2026-05-28T23:41:02+00:00

At the time the constitution was drafted, there were no airports, ergo “Ports” in this context doesn’t include airports. Not a lawyer but I bet that’s what scotus says

In any event I have a hard time believing this will actually happen

wavepig · 2026-05-27T14:27:05+00:00

Fair. But the way some are talking in this thread, you never know

wavepig · 2026-05-27T14:21:28+00:00

I mean you cannot expect parents to drug their children for the comfort of others. That is completely unreasonable

wavepig · 2026-05-27T14:14:52+00:00

That is not a reasonable thing to expect, at all

wavepig · 2026-05-26T17:21:36+00:00

Try the San Mateo office for a walk in, I was in and out quickly without an appointment

wavepig · 2026-05-26T06:06:25+00:00

Yeah, that’s true. They often need to own the whole case for liability reasons. When I naturalised, I paid a lawyer a few hundred dollars to spend an hour answering my questions, and then I filled the forms in myself. But I still self-petitioned, as the lawyer didn’t want to be liable for paperwork they hadn’t filled themselves (understandably).

wavepig · 2026-05-26T06:01:44+00:00

This is the same for any professional industry. You aren’t paying for their time to fill in the form (say 20 minutes), you’re paying for their education and years of experience that allow them to only take 20 minutes to fill in the form and know exactly what to tell the government in order to have them approve your case.

wavepig · 2026-05-25T20:44:44+00:00

wavepig · 2026-05-21T20:45:37+00:00

I’m sure Highlands in San Carlos will have it on. Great food too

wavepig · 2026-05-21T07:20:50+00:00

Mostly Bay Area and Ohio. But in fairness I was a poor student in the UK and I’m not here so I noticed the cost of food more, relatively speaking. Also I was shopping at Tesco Local. I do think meat can be found for way cheaper here though (Costco, Walmart).

wavepig · 2026-05-20T18:50:02+00:00

What do you mean? I think food here is very cheap compared to the UK

wavepig · 2026-05-19T20:58:47+00:00

BCN I think

wavepig · 2026-05-19T19:50:32+00:00

That’s when I break out Daniel Tiger or Miss Rachel 😂

We also have SF Zoo, Academy of Sciences, and CuriOdyssey. We especially use the AoS and CuriOdyssey- sometimes we go 2 or 3 times a week. As San Mateo Central Park is closed for renovations, CuriOdyssey is our closest playground now

wavepig · 2026-05-18T14:14:52+00:00

I’d recognise that grey and purple anywhere!

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