#no cell service

[fitbitrph]

#central coast best coast #no cell service #aww yiss #mine

[brother-emperors]

coworkers! you know how it is

Marcus Crassus and the Roman Republic, Allen Mason Ward

also this is like (squints) this has happened before. with Pompey, specifically. intriguing, but mostly extremely funny.

additionally: a variation on the same theme, because Pompey wasn't actually around a lot in 65 BCE iirc. rules of stage and narrative always take precedence in a comic, but I'm the kind of person who likes drawing several versions of the same idea, especially if I get to draw fabric folds

pompey: what the fuck is that supposed to mean

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#they're work married #they're also literally married to each other a few generations down #that aside: i would LOVE to give late republic politicians cell phone service. i want to peak at the group chats and see who is talking #shit about who #drawing tag #marcus licinius crassus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #roman republic tag #komiks tag

[letsshadowybouquetstudentlove]

I’m more impressed Ryan had cell service in the Body Chute than I am with any other piece of evidence the Ghoul Boys gathered at Waverly

#cell reception in this economy #I can’t even get service in my living room #ghost files #watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #shane and ryan #ryan and shane #buzzfeed unsolved

[aerithisms]

spoilers for the menu but i've just realised that tyler was taking pictures of all his food even though he fully knew he was gonna die.... dude what was the reason

#blahs #the menu #the menu spoilers #they don't have cell service on the island. like why is he doing that #to be clear this isn't a critique i think it makes it funnier that he's doing this for literally no reason

[radish-vendetta]

#ok now I can rest. I can rest now #(red’s not here bc he has no cell service on the mountain) (and even if he did he wouldn’t use it) #pokemon #rival blue #trainer leaf #trainer ethan #trainer lyra #lyra was going to be Kris but Lyra has a more recent sprite #sorry kris I do love you though #🦅

[visenyaism]

wolf hall prose is genuinely so fucking good i forget this book has a plot sometimes. sat here like now why the fuck are there events happening in my thomas cromwell running around and dwelling on things compilation

#wolf hall #got to read a lot since i had cell service for like 1 hour all yesterday

[milk-sharks]

some photos from alaska!

#i’ll be here for a while and i may have shitty wifi/cell service but i won’t know until monday/tuesday i think

[awkward-teabag]

Love (cannot emphasis how much sarcasm there is in that word) that an official Canadian government response to high cellphone rates is to switch carriers.

Switch it to what? We basically have three companies since one was allowed to eat the forth (with the government saying it wasn't anti-competition and the company eating the other pinky promising they wouldn't jack rates up). Even the smaller companies have to rent infrastructure from the Big Three so there's only so much they can do if that rent costs an arm and a leg.

And that's not touching on how many "small companies" are actually just subsidiaries of the Big Three. You may save $5 but you're still with Telus/Rogers/Bell.

Or that the actual small companies tend to have shit coverage because they don't have the infrastructure available to them and are prevented from getting it. Or their traffic is throttled in favour of the Big Three's customers. Or both.

Or that they're extremely regional thus aren't an option for a huge chunk of Canada's population.

We have no true options and the government has shown time and again that they're fine with monopolies, in multiple industries, and don't care when said monopolies jack up prices to make shareholders and the c-suite more money at the expense of everyone else. At most there will be a verbal slap on the wrist and a giftcard for $25 that people have to register for, for a decade and a half of price gouging.

It's not talked a whole lot about outside the country from what I've seen and heard but Canada is a country of monopolies. A handful of companies own nearly everything, every province has a family or two that owns a hell of a lot (Nova Scotia is basically owned by one family at this point), and our government ignores it. Even the branch that is supposed to be against monopolies is fine with mergers and takeovers in most cases.

Because, you know, the company said it totally wouldn't use consumers' lack of options to increase prices.

#canada #so much of our infrastructure and critical construction such as housing #has been pawned off for decades to private companies #and i forgot to mention one (1) family owns the bridge that is a major international corridor between canada and the us #which is apparently fine even though they fought tooth and nail to stop a bridge they don't own from being built #like our housing crisis can be traced back to the government deciding to stop building public housing in the 90s #because they figured private developers would pick up the slack #affordable apartments don't bring in much money so we got decades of cheap-ass 'luxury condos' instead #and once airbnb became a thing we got entire buildings with units <300sqft #and of course when the party in charge rotates between conservatives and neolibs nothing changes and that can gets kicked down the road #and keeps getting kicked until something collapses and they see the chance to fully privatize an industry #something similar is happening to our healthcare system too #it has been left to languish for years/decades with funding freezes and cuts #and private companies are quick to jump in and get the government stamp of approval to do [thing] that the public system clearly can't do #when [thing] would absolutely be possible if it was actually funded and/or staffed #so many communities were cut off when greyhound closed up shop because there's no government inter-city transportation #we lost internet/banking/cell service/etc nation-wide because one of the big three decided to push an update to live without redundancies #and it bugged and took the entire company's network down #even the government agency that demands major companies have a backup on a different network was taken down because they ignored that #and they got a deal if they kept their backup with rogers while their main network was also rogers #so they couldn't even make an emergency statement or anything about it #half my province also lost all digital infrastructure because it's a private company and making a redundancy line would mean smaller bonuse #it's just so bad #joke all you want about how canada is nice and friendly #but you are wrong and it's hell if you actually live here #the only reason canada is seen as nice is because it's hard to not seem like the better option when the us is your neighbour #and because of decades of pr work to make canada seem friendly and nice and not at all problematic #in some countries you actually have to try to hide you're canadian because of how much we colonize and the damage we do to other countries #yes these tags have derailed from the post but ugh #i take major issue with people who insist canada is nice and has never done anything wrong

[mechawhatsit]

Dear Transformers Fandom,

Anybody else getting spammed to hell and back with non related posts flooding the transformers tag? I'm getting everything from generative AI (ew), p0rn bots (double ew), to completely random mass posts of like nature photography but tagged with transformers and other fandoms.

I hate having to use the report/block system so often just to be able to get the giant robot fix for the day.

Sincerely,

A Very Tired Fellow Fan

#transformers #maccadam #fandom #tag spamming #it is literally in the terms of service that posting with non related tags is considered spamming and repeat offenders can be banned #absolutely infuriating #stuff cell says

[crimeronan]

canadakat :)

#aint got cell service here and public wifi is spotty but brace for a deluge of pics and videos of niagara falls later #i haven't been in canada in over twenty years! and this is my first time outside quebec! #travels

[utilitycaster]

should i make my sibling listen to midst on the drive up to [redacted location in the path of totality] y/n

#we might lose cell service so i need to download while we're still in civilization

[raihanfucker241]

happy new year everyone! year of the dragon!🐉

#champion leon #raihan #flygon #goodra #duraludon #haxorus #dragapult #heights not accurate sorry #had a major earthquake on the 1st where my partner’s mom & grandma were MIA until the next day (no cell service) #which was very scary and then there was a plane collision at an airport today where 5 people died #not a good start!!!!!! let the rest of the year be chill onegaishiplease #my stuff #anyway raileon forever tjank you

[nguyenfinity]

Nepotism dorm pweeese >×>

I think Pretty 5 are the friends that tell you to make the worst financial decisions possible

#enstars #tori himemiya #yuzuru fushimi #2 of them have ridiculous amounts of money #1 spends all their money on idol merch #another one. can barely take care of himself-- #arashi's kinda reasonable i think?? #sorry this took like 9 days mutsu i was racking the brain cell for this one #not a finep or super invested in them but this one's for you actual finep's o7 #i think yuzuru would sometimes have to deal with the aftermath of pretty 5 shopping excursions #dorm doodle #doodle req #mutsuowo tag #sana postal service

[spicyraeman]

Back from the void, got the power back on and the internet immediately went out ripp

#also found out some slightly scary facts about our internet from the woman who came to fix it #like if the booster on the hub goes out they're not allowed to replace it #which would leave 10+ people without internet #in a dead zone with no cell service #or an affordable and reliable internet alternative #fuckin musk rat's starlink would actually be the only worthwhile alt to use honestly #which is just so fuckin sad..

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

trying to imagine what a Welcome Home ending would look like (which is extremely stupid lmao considering we dont know shit about jack yet), and it's just... huh.

i doubt it's going to take the "the puppets are turned into humans and they join the real world" route (and if it does, then cool! that'd be sick as fuck!), so what would a happy ending look like for them? would they get a little sanctuary to live freely in? is there a secret world of living puppets out there somewhere?

what if its a tragic ending? the puppets either are repurposed for a new show, or stripped of their Awareness, or become inanimate objects - normal puppets? what if they just straight up fade away?

or a bittersweet ending? they renew the show in order to stay alive and together, but they're forced to return to their old lives & routines? or it's ambiguous and we don't actually see what happens after a certain point - where the ending for the audience comes before the puppet's real endgame; it's not for us to see/know, they get an unobserved close to the story.

its simultaneously fascinating and distressing to think about.

#i have an inkling its gonna be that last bittersweet one but WHO KNOWS NOT FUCKIN ME!!! #for all we know theres a secret option none of us will ever consider #and then clown'll pull it outta thin air and we'll all be like OHHHHHHH HOLY SHIT!!!! #yknow? yah? #plot twist: wally turns the entire world into puppets #i just!!! i just have thoughts! #thinking about WH ending gives me that specific bittersweet/nostalgia/dread/anticipation emotion combo i still cant name #i have to shake myself by the shoulders and screech You Have Literal Fucking Years Before It Ends. Probably. Shut The Fuck Up And Vibe. #unfortunately my brain is Incapable of shutting up and i have the compulsive need to guess the ending of everything i watch/read/enjoy #welcome home theory #welcome home speculation #honestly thinking about that last option makes me so emotional #bc it is what they deserve. they were constantly Observed and Watched and theyre still being Watched and they deserve peace and freedom #BUT AGAIN WHO KNOWS!!! WE DONT KNOW HOW THIS STORY IS GONNA UNFOLD! #what twists and turns and Developments and Evolutions it'll take #i need to chill. i need to calm down about this project. i need to go camping for a week with not a hint of cell service #i need to be on a train north. please. please-

[zoethebitch]

hmm Spectrum just gave me a network address in CIDR notation for this new fiber service and I kinda had to extrapolate our public ip and gateway from that I know I got the subnet mask right at least. I guess I'll find out if I got the rest tomorrow morning when we hook the router up to the new demarc switch

#the router is currently running on a cell backup so there shouldn't be any service interruption if it doesn't work