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A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on "zero-knowledge proofs" (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier…

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.

Jolla startet Vorverkauf von neuem Sailfish-Phone
Vielen Wünschen der Community, wie dem Privatsphäre-Schalter, konnte entsprochen werden. Der Kopfhörer-Anschluss hingegen hat es nicht geschafft.
https://www.

Confirmed: Another big jump in atmospheric CO2, (still) measured at Mauna Loa: the November average was ~426.5 ppm, that's 2.6 ppm higher than last year!

If you know something about Basic Income, you may be aware that
👉one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.
In 1797, after a stint in a French prison, Paine wrote the pamphlet 
"Agrarian Justice",
⭐️which sets out an argument for taxing land and distributing the proceeds among the population at large as compensation for landlessness.
Paine’s proposal to tax land and distribute the …

Thomas Paine’s 1797 call for a Basic Income: a New Paper Tells the Full Story
You may be aware that one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.

RE: https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/114281827524911139
It's happening again. 60 calls today, with some assholes calling literally 10 times in the space of 2-3 minutes.
Like, Juan, my man, learn how to use a goddamned phone in 2026. …

Oops, first time I've heard of the top of a phone mast burning out; Don't think there was any lightning.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/statement-issued-o2-after-phone-328…

Statement issued by O2 after phone mast bursts into flames on busy Greater Manchester road
The fire service were called at around 5am

Hey Friends, if you're wondering what's been going on with me. Life has been sucking pretty hard lately.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2026/01/05/this-is-the-pain/

This is the Pain
It just fucking hurts...

If you're packing for a trip to the U.S. then don't forget your toothbrush and a burner phone. A stripped down cell phone is no longer the tool of criminals and spies. Now you too can smugly hand over your phone to a customs agent and say, "Knock yourself out...". Unless you're non-white because then you are going to get disappeared anyway....
#ElbowsUp
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/what-is-a-burner-phone/

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @…
#DinnerForSinglesASitcom

Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through "final assembly" in Miami and full assembly in the US is a "goal" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/875190/tr

This is the Trump Phone
I spoke to Trump Mobile executives Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas for an exclusive first look at what they say is the T1 Phone.