Reddit has been on a slow, steady downward trajectory for over a decade. However, it was the rampant engagement bots nagging me with inane questions that drove me away. That, and overzealous moderation deleting comments and dishing out temporary bans for the lamest reasons. Reddit used to be the place where smart and funny people hung out and shared. Now it’s just another bland social media site trying to wring the greatest profit out the unwashed masses.

Well then, you’re already all set. Google edition phones all have unlocked bootloaders. I’m currently running a Pixel 6 Pro with GrapheneOS. It’s super easy to install and use, even if you’ve never messed with your phone before. I’ve been looking to potentially upgrade to a newer phone, because mine is a few generations old and Graphene doesn’t support phones forever, though they do for quite a while. An unlocked Pixel 9 Pro is around $550-650 right now, but I’ll probably wait another 6 months, as the prices will probably fall another $100-$200 in that time frame.

Now that the Pixel 10 is out, the Pixel 9 prices are falling. If you’re going to load GrapheneOS, you need to make sure you get a phone that has an unlocked bootloader, which is different than being carrier unlocked. Any phone that was initially sold through a carrier like Verizon or ATT will have a locked bootloader, as the carriers don’t like people messing with the phone software to unlock features that they may charge for (e.g. hotspot).

Silly Jesus, doesn’t he know that Christians pick and choose to believe only what is convenient and matches their own biases?

Sure glad I de-googled with GrapheneOS that ironically runs on Pixel phones.

“Fuck yo couch!”

Honestly, for Europe the choice is to fight Russian in Ukraine now, or fight them in other European countries later. No sane person wants war, but if Russia succeeds in Ukraine it’s only going to want more. Much better to fight them in someone else’s country while they’re struggling, than let them gain control over that country and it’s population and resources, which it can then mobilize for further conquest.

Per Snopes, “true”, but the ad price was $95K.

“Don’t be evil.” Lol.

He’s 57. Is this what the average man looks like at 57? I’m 59 and easily look a decade younger than him. My guess is that the hard life of an ex-celebrity has aged him prematurely.