Hej Fedtegrevinder/grever,

Min far, som er advokat, har nu i flere år arbejdet pro bono for at hjælpe en nigeriansk læge med at få job og opholdstilladelse i danmark.

For at kunne praktisere medicin her skal han have en autorisation, som man får via en "evalueringsansættelse"; efter ~300 afslag har de løbet panden mod muren.

I mellemtiden er tidsfristen for at blive autoriseret udløbet, og manden sidder nu i asylcenter i Jylland og venter på at blive sendt hjem til Nigeria, hvor han er bange for at blive fængslet pga. systemkritiske holdninger.

Jeg var sammen med min bror til møde hos vores far i går, for at prøve at brainstorme hvordan de kan komme videre med sagen; vores far føler at han har prøvet alt, og er ved at være løbet tør for idéer (kombineret med frustration og en følelse af afmagt efter interaktionerne med diverse offentlige instanser og ministerier).

I korte træk foreslog vi:

• Se om det er muligt at finde en journalist der vil skrive en historie om sagen, i håb om at det kan skabe tilstrækkelig opmærksomhed.

• Se om det er muligt at finde en politiker der vil tage sagen op (her foreslog jeg at denne del måske var nemmere hvis der allerede var en journalist der havde skrevet om det, så man nemmere kunne henvise til sagen).

• Skriv en kort opsummering af sagen så den er nemmere at pitche, og nemmere for ovennævnte parter at fordøje.

Han har nu skrevet opsummeringen (omend ikke i ultra-kort punktform som vi ellers havde foreslået 😅).

Jeg ved ikke hvilke egenskaber der ligger i den kollektive feddit-pulje, men tænker at der måske er en eller flere af jer der havde nogle indsigter, idéer, forslag, viden som vi mangler, kontakter, etc., og håber at det er OK at jeg deler "opsummeringen" her.

Jeg har forkortet mandens navn, da jeg ikke har bedt om tilladelse til at dele det.

En enkelt kommentar — der nævnes et nyt lovforslag ift. lempning af reglerne for udenlandske læger (m.fl.), for at gøre det nemmere at få folk til landet der kan hjælpe med den store mangel på arbejdskraft på kritiske områder. Jeg tror at det er dette lovforslag der henvises til.

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For nogle år siden henvendte Chris sig til mig og bad om min hjælp – og den har jeg nu gennem flere år forsøgt at yde.

Chris er ikke klient – han er blevet en ven, som jeg arbejder på at hjælpe bedst muligt – men det går ikke så godt.

Chris er statsborger i Nigeria og flygtede i 2016 fra Nigeria, fordi det på grund af hans opfattelse af systemet, blev for farligt for ham at være i Nigeria.

Chris er uddannet læge og har praktiseret på forskellige hospitaler i Nigeria i 10 år.

I 2016 kom han til Irland, hvor han arbejdede på et hospital i et år, hvorefter han i 2017 kom til Danmark mhp. at opnå autorisation til at fungere som læge i Danmark.

Meget imponerende har han i de første 3 år levet af at samle flasker, mens han tog de nødvendige eksaminer – lægefaglige kurser og danskkursus – som han begge har bestået.

Fsva. danskprøven, blev den først taget efter, at den skulle have været taget, da Chris pga. Covid ikke havde mulighed for at deltage på det rigtige tidspunkt.

For at få autorisation, skal man inden 12 måneder efter, at man har bestået eksamen, have fået en evalueringsansættelse på et hospital.

Chris og jeg har i fællesskab søgt noget, der ligner 300 stillinger (evalueringsansættelse), og da vi ikke har haft succes med det, har vi søgt andre stillinger i sundhedsvæsenet, herunder SOSU-stillinger.

Da hans opholdstilladelse udløb, fordi han ikke havde fået den nødvendige stilling, blev han anholdt af politiet og søgte herefter asyl, og måtte flytte til et asylcenter i Jylland.

Udlændingenævnet traf den 13. april 2023 afgørelse om, at Chris fik afslag på ansøgningen om forlængelse af opholdstilladelsen med henblik på at opnå autorisation som læge i Danmark og han blev udvist af Danmark med et indrejseforbud i 2 år.

Efter afgørelsen har vi været i løbende kontakt med Hjemrejsecenteret, hvis opgave det er at sende Chris tilbage til Nigeria.

Processen er i gang og man er ved at skaffe et pas eller et rejsedokument fra den Nigerianske ambassade i Stockholm.

For mig er det en frustrerende oplevelse.

Der er ikke nogen tvivl om, at der mangler læger flere steder i Danmark.

Chris er helt sikkert yderst kvalificeret med en lang erfaring fra arbejde på hospitaler, han taler virkelig godt dansk, han har en meget positiv udstråling og vil – er jeg sikker på – være et aktiv for det hospital eller den praksis, han måtte komme til at arbejde på.

Ud over det, føler han sig overbevist om at han vil blive fængslet og udsat for en særdeles hård behandling, hvis han bliver sendt tilbage til Nigeria.

Når jeg bruger udtrykket frustrerende, hænger det sammen med, at sagen er kommet ud af proportioner.

Vi har brug for ham.

Han vil kunne udføre det arbejde, vi har brug for – og i stedet for at finde en løsning, bruger systemet ressourcer på at sende ham ud af landet.

Regeringen er opmærksom på, at der mangler hænder inden for sundhedssektoren, og der arbejdes med et forslag om en lempelse i reglerne, så det bliver nemmere for udenlandsk sundhedspersonale at få jobs i Danmark.

Det forekommer urimeligt, hvis Chris bliver sendt ud af landet til en uvis skæbne, hvis de regler, som sikkert træder i kraft om få måneder, ville omfatte ham, således, at han ville kunne få opholdstilladelse her og fungere som læge.

Jeg synes, at jeg har gjort, hvad jeg kunne, for at der kommer en rimelig løsning for Chris – men må erkende, at jeg ikke har haft succes med det.

Jeg har i august sidste år været i kontakt med Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet og igen i begyndelsen af februar i år i relation til den kommende lovændring.

Den 5. marts har Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet oplyst, at min henvendelse er videresendt til Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet.

Min bekymring er, at Chris om kort tid sidder på et fly til Nigeria, hvilket forekommer mig at være en helt urimelig udgang på en mands intense ønske om at være her, og at bruge sin uddannelse til glæde for os.

Så mit håb er, at nogen ser muligheder, som jeg ikke har set, og at historien ender med, at Chris får opholdstilladelse og kommer til at praktisere som læge her.

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Hi all,

I'm looking for some suggestions and hoping you might be able to help me out.

Quick backstory: My 7-year-old has ben getting really into Uno the past few weeks, so there's always a deck lying around. Always looking to test new ideas out, I've been experimenting with how a game of patience/solitaire might work if played with a deck of Uno cards, and I've actually come up with a few simple rules that work, while retaining the nature of the Uno cards (so far had some interesting test runs with Klondike and Pyramids).

While playing around with these "Unotaire" variants, I've been getting that feeling of something creeping up on me; a game idea, just over the horizon, but not quite close enough to make out yet. It's like being able to taste a new card game, without having it in your mouth yet (if that makes any sense).

As this unknown game is still mostly unclear to me, let me try to describe how it "tastes":

• It's something you can play on your own, not unlike Solitaire.

• It has its own deck; it's not played with a regular deck of cards (and it might have more or less than 52 cards).

• It probably has no other components than cards. You pick up the pack, remove the cards, place them just like so, and you're off.

• It might be able to somehow tell a story. I've been thinking a lot about Reigns (the mobile/video game) here — simple decisions lead to big consequences further down the line.

• Like Reigns, the game is somewhat linear; you might start with the cards laid out, in something akin to some Solitaire pattern, and you try to make it through to the end and "win". You might pull it off, you might not. Much like Solitaire.

• I can't stop thinking about Tarot. 56 "standard" cards in 4 suits (minor arcana), and then the 22 suitless major arcana cards. Tarot also has various patterns/spreads (3-card, 9-card, celtic cross, wheel, etc.) in which you lay out the cards, and some set rules as to how to "read" them (and then, of course, massive amounts of subjective interpretation from the "reader"). Not suggesting a fortune telling component, just that the "flavor" of Tarot cards makes sense to me in this context.

• If it's possible to piece this thing together in a way where it can also be played by 2 (or more) people, that would be grand.

• The game doesn't need to be quick, but it wouldn't hurt if it was fast paced; Hmm, I'm stuck! Deal out 3 cards from the draw pile, flip them over real quick, look at the top one, Oh this means I can do this... and so forth.

The main thing here is the variability of the deck; shuffle the cards, and you will have a fairly unique adventure. Same framework as your last game, but the path will be completely changed. Maybe the story will be capable of varying wildly from game to game as well. Or maybe the story needs to go away.

And the Solitaire aspect of the thing, meaning having to lay the cards out in some specific way, which creates the "path" you need to navigate in order to win (not a literal path).

My problem is that I don't really know any games that come close to this genre. The only thing that comes to mind is The Lost Expedition, but that has a lot more components and mechanics than what I want.

The might also be some deck-based dungeon crawlers out there that are worth a look, but I haven't found them yet.

I'm hoping some of you might suggest games to look at for inspiration, mechanisms that might deal with driving a story without any components beyond a deck of cards, and just general thoughts.

Thank you for any and all feedback and/or suggestions! I'm looking forward to (hopefully) hearing from you 😃🤘

See, only took a second! (an ADHD rant about how posting this song cost me 2.5 hours of my life) 🙄

Song starts at 3:45, btw 🤘

Really liking this new cut from The Hives, and the video is absolutely brilliant 😅

It was directed by Aube Perrier, and I highly recommend having a look at some of his other stuff.

One example is the rather wonderful video for Harry Styles' "Music For A Sushi Restaurant", and most of his other stuff is equally good 😊👍

My kids (4 and 6) were in charge of music during our morning routine today, and happened upon Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'. Very picky listeners both, the song got a surprising full playthrough (no small feat at a length of 6:23, or ~24 attention spans!), resulting in one very proud parent.

It got me in a bit of a nostalgic mood, the memories of 'OK Computer' releasing in 1997 flooding back; for those of you who weren't around at the time, or maybe weren't at an age where you were hit by the full force of this groundbreaking album, it was a really, really special period.

I couldn't help thinking that this particular experience was something my daughters would never be able to have, and it's something I could never explain to them; I don't remember the particulars of my life at the time, apart from basic stuff like where I must have lived, what school I must have been at, and there's no putting into words the deeply personal feeling of being, well, me at that moment.

It's more like a taste you can almost, but not quite, recall, a scent, an ambiance amalgamated from every single impression you got from being alive at a certain time. I don't know how to convey that to others, and I'm not sure it's possible.

Anyway, it prompted me to go check if there was a documentary or similar about the release of 'OK Computer', and I found this gem. For those of you who were at just the right time in your life in 1997 for this album to have made an impact, I hope this takes you back in the best of ways.

For me personally, 'OK Computer' was like having my brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick; an aural Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, if you will (1997 also happens to be the year that the leather-bound, guilt-edged omnibus edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" was released, which I promptly purchased and subsequently swore to never lend to anyone, having lost all previous copies of the books to forgetful and/or careless friends; but that's another story).

Watching this documentary certainly managed to scratch my nostalgic itch. Good times. I'm curious to know what the rest of you think of the video, should you manage to finish it 🙂

I make collages and word posters from vintage and retro illustrations and images in the public domain. Here's my latest piece, 'J is for Journey'.

Had a lot of fun making this one, a lot of good words that begin with J 😊

Hi all,

I'm a big fan of having ebooks read to me while I'm doing stuff that prevents me from reading them myself (driving, working, doing dishes, etc.).

I've been using Evie on my Android phone for a few years now, and while it does what I need, the interface is a bit cumbersome, and I wouldn't mind a better alternative.

Evie offers paid Amazon TTS, which I neither like nor use, but also has free support for Google's TTS service (not sure if this is his API or just using built-in services on the phone — looks like the voices are Android TTS voices), which I've gotten very fond of. I've logged 200+ books like this in recent years, and I'm very content with the quality of the voices (I use en-us-x-tpc-network).

Ideally, a FOSS ebook reader would support Android TTS, as well as controlling playback/reading speed. Does anyone know of such an app? 🙂

Incidentally, I was always "annoyed" that the only way to get money to Evie was through the Amazon TTS subscription, which I don't need or want. I'm a recent update, they added a new feature: paid background sounds to accompany your story, such as "rain", "train ride", etc. I bought them all, just to show my support, and actually ended up using one of the background rain sounds for the last book I went through, and quite enjoyed it. I think this is a very nice way for an app to allow users to spend a bit more to show their support; paid, non-critical features.

Also, just now discovered that they actually have a "donate" button 😅 Sent a few more $ their way.

I'm a huge fan of changing playback speed when playing videos, and finally got fed up with the cumbersome interface in the official YouTube app on Android (as well as the ads...).

I thought I read that there was a shortcut or gesture that would do it, but can't get anything to work 😥