Dima Pasechnik 🇺🇦
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@dimpase@mathstodon.xyz
status update: apologies for neglecting this space since late Oct. The excuse: we have moved across the pond (I misspelled it "pont", which (pontus, to be precise) is a Greek word for sea coast)) to the shore of Lake Michigan, to work at Northwestern University, in Greater Chicago.
Main reasons:
* NHS won't treat well most acute health problems of our son
* the state of education for kids like him in UK is really of collapse
* I won't need to claim my somewhat shaky rights for making my job open-ended, with possible fun things such as Employment Tribunal etc
Needless to say, of the 1st 5 weeks, most of the time went into dealing with various bureaucracy (formsss!!! and yes, Social Security Numbers office misspelt my name on the card, and the university tax office put down our citizenships as UK (wrong), etc etc) and, hmm, hardware issues: while most of our possessions are making it over on a ship, I spent time getting and assembling the minimal furniture (yes, we actually bought a house, as rental options are somewhat miserable here), fixing heating (the company who did it needed 10 days, including 5 preliminary visits and aborted attempts).
And new school and doctors for the kid, health insurance, bicycle tire punctures, the bank which is obsessed with security and blocks my card now and then, etc etc.