My dad somehow manages to get email addresses into group MMS chats, and each email response creates a new thread

Carriers usually make it more difficult to unlock the bootloader on their versioned phones. Iirc with some you have to submit a form or something similar to the carrier to be able to unlock it

I’ve used carrier video calling before, the option appears when I call my wife. We both have Verizon, though, and I’ve never checked if I can do that with other people

Hell of a write up Stamets!

They’re mostly in rural parts of the states where private (read: investor owned) utilities determined the region wouldn’t turn a large enough profit to expand there and the state’s public utility commission didn’t mandate their expansion

Your can add any major utility to the list too