Yes.

Android apps are sandboxed

FWIW, they’re not sandboxed from google play services:

The Play Store Services process has access to your precise location at all times, the motion sensors, networks, hardware identifiers (including IMEI), contacts, passwords, the entire storage space, call logs, access to other apps’ data, and more.

Accordingly, google would have access to the Signal data on your phone. However, I don’t know whether the encryption would provide a measure of protection against google. GrapheneOS by default does not use google play services, and provides a sandboxed version for people who need the functionality.

To be fair, he has followed through on his promise to be a “dictator on day 1”.

Yeah, not all of them can see it. I know someone in their late 60s, Hispanic, collecting social security and on medicare, and they’re still consuming right wing propaganda. Until consequences actually happen to them or someone they love, many will continue to see what they wish to be true. It’s really disheartening.

The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has warned that flight reductions could reach 20% if the shutdown persists, and on Sunday he predicted a “substantial” number of people in the US would be unable to celebrate the upcoming holidays with their families if the shutdown wasn’t resolved.

Trump administration dysfunction on full display for this holiday season.

As an attorney, my recollection is that lying under oath is perjury, but what do I know?

He’s inviting belly rubs (or setting a trap).

It’s good to see that the opposition party is finally doing some opposing and clearly recognizing that the other side isn’t acting in good faith and will never act in good faith. The government shut down harms everyone, but it is tough medicine that is necessary to avoid the constant steamrollering that has happened again and again in the past. Sometimes you have to stand up and fight, even if it means taking a few bruises.

“If the wrapper is still fit, you must acquit!”

Wait, the woman in the picture is only 36!?! She looks like a 50 year old trying to recapture her glory days with botched plastic surgery. She has serious Mar-a-Lago Face.

He is very inauthentic, and his political views are heavily influenced by popularity. He’s definitely a political animal. That can be good in some ways, but but in this era, where the opposition has moved so far to the right, governing from the center moves the Overton Window to the right. He’ll probably win the democratic nomination, but I’d rather see someone with more authenticity that stands for something, rather than someone who moves so much with the political winds.

Not to mention that knobbies wear out quickly on the street. I run Kenda Alphabites, a “dual sport” tire, on bikes that I also ride off road, and have street tires on my main grocery getter.

I started biking a few years ago. I was morbidly obese, and walking/jogging overstressed a tendon in my foot, so I switched to biking so that I could keep exercising despite my injury, as it was the only thing that was keeping my stress levels and blood pressure in check. Fast forward a few years, and I’m in the best shape of my life, and I look and feel great. Moreover, I’ve shifted from biking for exercise to integrating biking into my life as transportation. It is my primary mode of transportation now, and I bike about 5K miles per year, more than I drive. I don’t really even see it as exercise, it’s just how I get around. I have a rear rack with a big milk crate basket, and can haul quite a bit, using it for grocery shopping, etc. I’m adding a front rack and basket so that I can use it for Costco runs. I save a ton of money on gas, and it’s generally such a nice experience to ride everywhere. The really cool thing is that bikes are dirt cheap. 90s mountain bikes make great city bikes, as they are super sturdy and with their typical 3x7 drivetrains you can find a gear to easily climb the steepest hills. I bought a sweet 1995 Trek 820 that was practically brand new, having been kicked around someone’s garage for the last 30 years, for only $45, and it still had the nubs on the tires. I’ve since put more than a thousand miles on it. I’ve got two others that I’ve gotten for free, and I’ve seen others for free on craigslist and facebook marketplace. They cranked out these bikes by the millions in the '90s, so they’re readily available. I love biking, and it’s changed my life!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me over and over again, I’m an idiot.

Not all of them are in fixed locations. Some of them are pop-ups, like a DUI checkpoint.

FWIW (and tangentially related), anyone traveling with weed is best served by keeping it in the trunk, rather than in the passenger compartment. Police have more freedom to go through the passenger compartment under the guise of concern over weapons that might be used against them, as opposed in the trunk, which can be viewed as a separate container and is less likely to be searched.

Immigration checkpoints in Southern California aren’t just for immigrants. They stop everyone to scan for immigrants, and you have to pass through them when you go to certain places. Weed vapes are legal under state law in California, but illegal under Federal law.

Concentration in fewer and fewer stocks is what happens towards the end of a bull market, and we’re currently in a bull market that has been running wild for years. My personal opinion is that we’re going to get parabolic price increases with a blow-off top, with the following collapse coinciding with the collapse of the U.S. dollar and destruction of the U.S. as the dominant economic force in the world. The stage has been set with a shrinking economy resulting from a massive ill-conceived trade war and indiscriminate deportation of our low-cost labor force, along with gross fiscal irresponsibility from unnecessary tax cuts and excessive spending giving rise to unsustainable budget deficits. The final nail in the coffin will be the debasement of the dollar by a corrupted Federal Reserve that has lost its independence from the Executive branch. There is a reason that gold, a hard asset viewed as a safety net, is in it’s biggest bull run in history, and that bull has a lot further to run. Things will likely come to a head in the 4th quarter of 2026, or not too long thereafter, and we will then slide into that I’m calling “The Greatest Depression”. May you live in interesting times!

My experience in San Diego as well.

You motorboating sonofabitch!

This doesn’t sound so bad, except that it will continue the prospect of 1 party rule, which will lead to further corruption and destruction of the U.S… I think the key factor though is “if” Democrats achieve full control, which seems unlikely at this point, all things considered, as the far right already has full control and is already ratfucking the entire system, including working to end free and fair elections.