@zollotech I'd like to see that happen.I don't know what the difference in pay is between Google's YouTube and X, but I would think the freedom to post what you like on X would be greater.
Yes !! I've had several Google Pixel phones over the years. My last was a Pixel 8 Pro. You would think that when updates are issued the Google flagship phones would be at the top of the list. No !! There were times I had to wait as long as two weeks to get an Android OS update.
Forget it. I love Android, but for this reason I switched to iPhone. When Apple sends out updates, they are available to everyone in the world at the same time.
For decades, the American Right has been dominated by the image of the rural conservative — the pickup-driving, small-town patriot with deep roots in red-state soil. You can't help but love this guy. And I certainly do. But there’s a new archetype emerging on the New Right: the citycon — the disaffected conservative trapped behind enemy lines in a blue-state metropolis. And when it comes to law and order, mass immigration, and crime, the citycon is often more radical than his rural cousin.
The ruralcon typically lives in a place where crime is relatively low, immigration is minimal (though this is changing rapidly), and the local sheriff probably knows his name. Problems are abstract, filtered through national headlines. The ruralcon votes Republican, supports the police, and waves the flag — but daily life reinforces the idea that America is still salvageable without drastic change.
The citycon lives in another reality entirely. He has seen the tent cities, the open-air drug markets, the unchecked shoplifting, and the revolving-door justice system. He has watched as waves of illegal immigration and Section 8 hordes transform entire neighborhoods in real time — not in theory. He’s dealt with DA’s offices that won’t prosecute violent offenders, police departments demoralized and defunded, and local media gaslighting him about what his own eyes see.
For the citycon, this isn’t a debate about “policy.” It’s about survival. He knows the system is not just broken — it’s hostile. And that lived experience breeds a harder edge: harsher penalties for criminals, zero tolerance for illegal entry, and a willingness to challenge sacred cows about policing and public order.
It is no accident that the MAGA Movement was born on a golden escalator on 5th Avenue by a New York City billionaire
The ruralcon defends an America that still exists in his county
The citycon fights for an America that has already been stolen in his zip code
Last week at our post meeting, First Sergeant Tom Weber presented my service plaque for 40 years of dedicated service. My career with the ISP started in July 1984 as a radio dispatcher and then as a trooper in November 1985.
The new Apple iOS update is what happens when you have 10,000 random non-essential designers employed and they need SOMETHING to do and they try to justify their job by making things overly complex to make their mark on the world with no thought for the end user.