On the topic of American welfare programs, season 3 of The Uncertain Hour has some really good history and current coverage of issues with the system

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

Best Scooby Doo adaptation is the Venture Bros episode with the gang, and I will die on that hill

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