Wandering Adventure Party

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net maybe if the union ever collapses it’ll get annexed by Canada and then they can just start pissing off South American history nerds by calling the whole thing “Gran Columbia”

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net though I know it’s not where you want to be, I am glad you made your journey safely.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net unfortunately the health system runs through the phone, which sucks for those of us with intense phone anxiety.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net if you have insurance, your insurance company will have a list of doctors in your network on their website. Advice from my former doctor: Look for one that is not burnt out and look at where they graduated - that’s about the best indication you get since every country is awful at tracking outcomes. If you can, ask them how they keep up on current research. You’ll then have to call and see if they are taking new patients. This may be tricky. You can also often call a hospital and ask if any of their former staff are taking patients, though you will need to then cross reference them to your network. It’s a massive pain. Good luck.

@julia@eepy.moe @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net it hurts when something like this happens, but I’ve learned that most of the time when people explain, or I feel an urge to explain, it’s from a selfish desire to be absolved from guilt. A “I’m taking this action you won’t like, but you’ll agree I’m justified if I explain it so please absolve me from feeling bad about making you feel bad” mood. It rarely makes things better. So even if I am confused or hurt, I have to respect when someone skips that bit.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net there are two Vancouvers inside of you…Vancouver WA is the only place I’ve been where “SWAT standing outside waiting to breach” is something I’ve seen multiple times. I am not sure I would go back.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net in my experience, people on fedi are … a bit standoffish, like they just want to say something whimsical to you in the hall and then never see you again. As a result I am a bit down on making connections here and thereby meeting people.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net Minnesota, Michigan (probably), and Missouri derive from either the native names for rivers or relate to lakes. Maryland and (maybe) Maine refer to queens. That's also what Virginia refers to.Massachusetts refers to a particular native group. Montana derives from fact that the Spanish saw the land and Understood that that only one thing would ever be really be notable there: Mountains. They're the outliers. So the answer is "Bodies of water and queens", I guess.