<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@rcombs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rcombs</span></a></span> My employer is the local representative for a certain medical devices brand, I get to play with ultrasounds regularly (mostly figuring out stuff like "they busted the network port, can we use a USB network card with this, because they'll never pay for a new motherboard").</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> I&#39;m shocked this doesn&#39;t exist.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@rcombs" class="u-url mention">@<span>rcombs</span></a></span> if you get an ultrasound imager can i play with it?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@rcombs" class="u-url mention">@<span>rcombs</span></a></span> yesyesyesyesyes</p>

<p>You know what? I&#39;m not fucking okay with teaching children that their bodies are taboo and that they shouldn&#39;t have any knowledge about or understanding of them.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@chrisjrn" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisjrn</span></a></span> I’ve been through that process. “Never emigrate” wouldn’t be my universal advice. The price is steep, the road is long, and the end result is far from certain, on that I agree.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <br />There is this, of course. MRI not CT or X-ray.</p><p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/319/7225/1596" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bmj.com/content/319/7225/1596</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@rcombs" class="u-url mention">@<span>rcombs</span></a></span> oh nice! in your case specifically i imagine &quot;rearranging the guts&quot; would look particularly vivid</p><p>i can&#39;t afford one presently</p>

<p>Why I, an immigrant, sufficiently satisfied with my life abroad that I have chosen* to naturalise often say &quot;never emigrate&quot;:</p><p>I don&#39;t mean that living in another country is not a worthwhile goal. I mean that the system and side-effects of immigration – no matter where you choose to go – is complicated and scary and dehumanising in ways that you can&#39;t explain to someone who hasn&#39;t been through the process.</p>