I'm assuming you're from the US based on your post. If so, you should be able to obtain a copy of your birth certificate online directly from the state you were born in for a small fee. Search online for "(your state) vital records." No shitty relative interaction required.

The passport thing for a child with absentee parents is a bit more difficult but can be done. I believe you need either a notarized affidavit or court order to accompany the child's passport application. Good luck.

I somehow managed it a few years ago. Doing it during COVID wasn't fun, say that much.

i think you can try your states human services, or just type in how to get birth certificate, there is an online paid way, but it requires to pay more than in person, and give up more details about yourself. passports, you will have to schedule that asap(assuming you renewd within 10-15years) since appts are booked like weeks,months in advanced.

funny thing hes an illegal alien that got his citizen ship through illegal means, but us doesnt follow on these types of things apparently.

Yet also how he probably imagined himself in that moment.

My personal opinion is that alt-right is rising world-wide because democratic governments forgot that the way we eradicated radical ideologies post-ww2 was through making life of average person bearable. Radical ideologies can't find fertile ground among people who own their own homes, who can support whole family with a single job.

And if current solution to alt-right will be to just start wars, raise taxes and double down on policing... it will only give them more fuel.

stem jobs are pretty much hard to come by , theres very little job market even in the states for fresh graduates, hence the unemployment problems, since alot of people go for CS, psych, bio/biotech(not nursing or teach). most of the current ones are looking for phd with experience, and everyones only looking for graduate degrees, because most employers rather not spend money/time to train a fresh graduate on low level work(very lazy), this is a catch22. there are jobs out there for undergrads, but its quite limited.

We're doing our best to seize this moment and offer exactly that. Funds have been strategically released to benefit from this.

EU and countries (national funds or direct budgets) do have plans to invest in certain industries with perhaps more emphasis on manufacturing (which includes the war industry).
The plans are there & the funding discussions too (eg how to get financial industry like pension funds to invest).

The big questions surround the big investments, like chip & (atm*) battery production (it makes sense to have one or a few big investments, but not like 10s od high-end chips manufacturers).

*battery manufacturing should at some point become an ezv standard, but not that soon

Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students

Just got on the way to universal healthcare and the tacos are pretty good too.

The pathway out of the US is increasingly looking like a pathway into the Global South.

Except we're in the transitional period between American and Chinese hegemonies, so there's not much demand for Western scientists just yet. Places looking to radically improve their standing in the new world order don't quite have the demand for foreign scientists that the West does/used to have just yet. While cream of the crop researchers will be able to do pretty well for themselves, I think we're about a generation away from a time when a "normal" above average Western scientist or engineer will be able to move to the (at this point former) Global South without taking a large hit to their quality of life.

Yep

You're absolutely right. What is this, the 1900s? Europe is old news - and I mean this literally, look at the demographics.

The EU is not a single, compact entity. It’s some member states who are playing dangerously with far right forces. Which we must fight to defeat.

But even the proto-fascist Melloni is (by now) far away from the shit Americans have to endure.

Can you elaborate on how you think the EU is "playing around with totalitarianism and fascistic tendencies".

Why Germany? Other EU countries are more willing to communicate in English (professionally). Not France though. But definitely the Nordics.

Im German and i can tell you: learning this language must be a bitch. Here is a example: We have Articles: "der, die, das" Usually, "der" is masculine, "die" is feminine and "das" is for objects Lets try to use that knowledge for "Bus" (same word as in english), should be "das Bus", right? It is a Object but it is called "der Bus" for some reason and that is not an exception. Every other Word is like "oops, we have rules for our articles but lets not follow them" and then some Germans get mad when you make mistakes like that

Hello, I'm a linguist and have done some hours as a German tutor ^^

Do you have any specific questions or is it a general problem?

That's a common misconception, time is actually Jeremy Bearimy