Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2-11-2020: Sleeping Satellites

2nd November, 2020.

Right … 

I’ve got a meeting, today: by phone.

With my case worker from the Shaw Trust, the people who run the Work and Health programme I’m on.

Which is all good.

Quite what will happen with them, under the upcoming lockdown?

I don’t know.

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Which sort of brings me to another point.

As you may or may not know, England is to enter a second Lockdown on Thursday.

One aspect?   Is that non-essential retail premises are to close.

Does that include libraries?

I don’t know.

I’m assuming it will, though.

That’s going to be tough on those of us who rely on them for ’Net access.

As I’ve said, so many times before: those of us who can’t afford an at home connection rely on the library to get online.

To access services, to job hunt, to pay rent.

If we can’t access the library, where do we go?

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Digital Poverty — What One Man’s found. (Pt 3: Connections and Prices.)

22nd June, 2020.
Updates, 30th June, 2020.   (See below.)

Pt 3: Connections and Prices.

Foreword.

Hi: this is the third in a series about digital poverty.



If you’ve not read part one or two?

You can find Pt One, about schools, here, and Pt two, about job hunting, here.   Pt four, is now available, here.

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Introduction.



Just to remind you?



My name’s Paul: I’m an unemployed former barman, call centre agent and dogsbody.



One trying to keep himself occupied in Lockdown.

The last of these pieces?

Told you about jobhunting with no internet connection.



This is the third in the series.

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