Mastodawn

1 million #Canadians have had their lives greatly #improved by #affordable #childcare. Now that #lifeline is at #risk. Add your #voice in #support for affordable childcare. #Canada
https://childcarenow.ca/keep-the-child-care-promise-why-10aday-child-care-is-at-risk-and-how-we-can-protect-it/email-pm-carney/?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CCN%20November%202024%20e-letter

Keep the Child Care Promise: Email PM Carney – Child Care Now

nojarama Mar 4

Happy anniversary to Spandau Ballet’s album, ‘True’. Released this week in 1983. #spandauballet #true #gold #lifeline #communication #pleasure

Toy Box Comix Feb 23

Random Old Comic: Dark and Wordy https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2025/05/21/dark-and-wordy/ Dark and Wordy #Gigawatt #Lifeline #Transformers #Whirl

RonSupportsYou Feb 19

Technology saved lives: "Satellite Feature on iPhone Allowed Skiers to Seek Help After Avalanche. The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/apple-iphone-sos-satellite-rescue.html
#GoodNews #tech #Lifeline

Satellite Feature on iPhone Allowed Skiers to Seek Help After Avalanche

The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.

The New York Times

Toy Box Comix Feb 7

Random Old Comic: Vintage Currency https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2022/12/23/vintage-currency/ Vintage Currency #HotShot #Lifeline #OptimusPrime #Transformers #Whirl

Techdirt Feb 6

MAGA Zealots Are Waging War On Affordable Broadband

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/maga-zealots-are-waging-war-on-affordable-broadband/

MAGA Zealots Are Waging War On Affordable Broadband

The Trump administration keeps demonstrating that it really hates affordable broadband. It particularly hates it when the government tries to make broadband affordable to poor people or rural schoo…

Techdirt

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines Feb 5

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Kyiv groans a collective ‘WTF?’ to Trump’s latest Putin comments -- Targeted attack: Tens of thousands without power in Zaporizhzhia as Russia hammers region's energy system -- Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures 2, damages kindergarten, buildings -- North Korean troops in Russia attack Ukrainian border communities ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/thursday-february-5-2026/

PrivacyDigest Jan 31

#FCC aims to ensure "only living & lawful Americans" get #Lifeline benefits

#California officials say the FCC allegations are overblown, and that there is simply "lag time between a death & account closure" rather than widespread failures … Meanwhile, the only #Democratic commissioner on the FCC alleges that Carr's plan to change eligibility rules uses "cruel & punitive eligibility standards" that will raise prices on many people who are still very much alive & eligible

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-chair-fights-calif-governor-over-alleged-lifeline-benefits-for-dead-people/