Mappa Dan
@mappadan.bsky.social
Home of my thoughts about archaic maps and mappae mundi, reconstructions and snaps people have taken of them, and my own redrawings.
Third party stuff is believed to be in public domain. Copyright applies to own work.
Third party stuff is believed to be in public domain. Copyright applies to own work.
Cooperative pigeon!
You didn't mention the lovely golden doorway.
You didn't mention the lovely golden doorway.
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Cooperative pigeon!
You didn't mention the lovely golden doorway.
You didn't mention the lovely golden doorway.
Coincidentally, my horse pic with names of things placed on horses in the Middle Ages.
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Coincidentally, my horse pic with names of things placed on horses in the Middle Ages.
The names of the numerous parts of a horse are dead hard to remember.
Zebras learned from picures like his how hard it is to see a stripy horse.
Zebras learned from picures like his how hard it is to see a stripy horse.
January 13, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The names of the numerous parts of a horse are dead hard to remember.
Zebras learned from picures like his how hard it is to see a stripy horse.
Zebras learned from picures like his how hard it is to see a stripy horse.
Is it missing a leg?
That might be why it is unhappy.
That might be why it is unhappy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Is it missing a leg?
That might be why it is unhappy.
That might be why it is unhappy.
Oh, I should say, the resuscitation conversations are sometimes quite lengthy with the doctors.
Sometimes they go up their chain of command so you have more than one conversaion.
They can be quite insistent, in spite of my having a piece of paper with the pre-agreed answer on it.
Sometimes they go up their chain of command so you have more than one conversaion.
They can be quite insistent, in spite of my having a piece of paper with the pre-agreed answer on it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Oh, I should say, the resuscitation conversations are sometimes quite lengthy with the doctors.
Sometimes they go up their chain of command so you have more than one conversaion.
They can be quite insistent, in spite of my having a piece of paper with the pre-agreed answer on it.
Sometimes they go up their chain of command so you have more than one conversaion.
They can be quite insistent, in spite of my having a piece of paper with the pre-agreed answer on it.
Fortunately, I have a healthcare power of attorney and a brother who is an actual attorney, so at least we can fight our corner.
But what of other patients who have no one?
But what of other patients who have no one?
January 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Fortunately, I have a healthcare power of attorney and a brother who is an actual attorney, so at least we can fight our corner.
But what of other patients who have no one?
But what of other patients who have no one?
And knowing these things affects treatment decisions and decisions whether to resuscitate someone.
My conversations with doctors often involve them discovering their diagnosis is utterly wrong because they have little history for the patient.
It's scarey.
My conversations with doctors often involve them discovering their diagnosis is utterly wrong because they have little history for the patient.
It's scarey.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
And knowing these things affects treatment decisions and decisions whether to resuscitate someone.
My conversations with doctors often involve them discovering their diagnosis is utterly wrong because they have little history for the patient.
It's scarey.
My conversations with doctors often involve them discovering their diagnosis is utterly wrong because they have little history for the patient.
It's scarey.
No doubt.
My experience is bottom up. NHS staff complain about it too.
We visitors are the only source of knowledge transfer for actual life and death decisions.
"Oh, you didn't know he had cancer?"
"No, it's not dementia, it's a UTI, like in the last place."
Shakes head.
My experience is bottom up. NHS staff complain about it too.
We visitors are the only source of knowledge transfer for actual life and death decisions.
"Oh, you didn't know he had cancer?"
"No, it's not dementia, it's a UTI, like in the last place."
Shakes head.
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
No doubt.
My experience is bottom up. NHS staff complain about it too.
We visitors are the only source of knowledge transfer for actual life and death decisions.
"Oh, you didn't know he had cancer?"
"No, it's not dementia, it's a UTI, like in the last place."
Shakes head.
My experience is bottom up. NHS staff complain about it too.
We visitors are the only source of knowledge transfer for actual life and death decisions.
"Oh, you didn't know he had cancer?"
"No, it's not dementia, it's a UTI, like in the last place."
Shakes head.
Data management is definitely a problem. And time spent on data entry.
It's a strange experience to observe.
It's a strange experience to observe.
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Data management is definitely a problem. And time spent on data entry.
It's a strange experience to observe.
It's a strange experience to observe.
Thank you.
More than just our experience, it's an example of the inefficiency.
They waste so much time on it. I've done the same conversation so many times it's no longer traumatic. It's boring.
More than just our experience, it's an example of the inefficiency.
They waste so much time on it. I've done the same conversation so many times it's no longer traumatic. It's boring.
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Thank you.
More than just our experience, it's an example of the inefficiency.
They waste so much time on it. I've done the same conversation so many times it's no longer traumatic. It's boring.
More than just our experience, it's an example of the inefficiency.
They waste so much time on it. I've done the same conversation so many times it's no longer traumatic. It's boring.
Also, being asked once whether a patient should be resuscitated is enough. Not at every hospital the patient visits. Which in this case is ten. Ten damned times.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Also, being asked once whether a patient should be resuscitated is enough. Not at every hospital the patient visits. Which in this case is ten. Ten damned times.
Hope this is addressed by whoever is in power and whichever banner they work under.
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Hope this is addressed by whoever is in power and whichever banner they work under.
UK party politics not my thing.
But perhaps an underreported issue with the NHS (which is also internally recognised) is the abject failure of continuity in record-keeping and treatment for sick patients who are moved around between hospitals.
Speaking from current shocking experience (not me).
But perhaps an underreported issue with the NHS (which is also internally recognised) is the abject failure of continuity in record-keeping and treatment for sick patients who are moved around between hospitals.
Speaking from current shocking experience (not me).
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
UK party politics not my thing.
But perhaps an underreported issue with the NHS (which is also internally recognised) is the abject failure of continuity in record-keeping and treatment for sick patients who are moved around between hospitals.
Speaking from current shocking experience (not me).
But perhaps an underreported issue with the NHS (which is also internally recognised) is the abject failure of continuity in record-keeping and treatment for sick patients who are moved around between hospitals.
Speaking from current shocking experience (not me).