Barr Condemns Justice Department Prosecutors - WSJ

“Advocating for clear and defined prohibitions will sometimes mean that we cannot bring charges against someone who we believe is engaged in bad conduct. But that is what it means to be a government of laws and not men. We cannot let our desire to get bad people turn into the functional equivalent of the Mad Emperor Caligula.”

Excellent philosophy!

Top New Jersey Democrats Agree to Raise Taxes on Millionaires - WSJ

“Gov. Murphy’s plan to raise taxes is a gift for the Florida economy and a nightmare for New Jersey,” Mr. Bramnick said in a written statement.

Ain’t that the truth!

The stock iOS Calendar.app’s widget is keeping it 💯

Made my favorite, but most technical, dinner tonight: a savory meat pie.

Excited about the release of Safari 14.

It Takes a Superspreader to Know a Superspreader - WSJ

‘Voting by mail is now common enough and problematic enough that election experts say there have been multiple elections in which no one can say with confidence which candidate was the deserved winner.”

NYT, 2012.

“While fraud in voting by mail is far less common than innocent errors, it is vastly more prevalent than . . . in-person voting fraud”

CNN Criticizes Israel, Arab Leaders For Shaking Hands In The Middle Of A Pandemic - The Babylon Bee

CNN and other media outlets attacked President Trump and foreign leaders this week after footage emerged of Israeli and Arab leaders standing closer than six feet apart and embracing in a peace accord, clearly violating COVID social distancing protocol. Pictures and footage show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of UAE and Bahrain completely ignoring social distancing as they smile warmly and shake hands while signing historic peace accords between the three nations.

This would be much funnier if it weren’t so close to the reality of the coverage.

Talk about a big day!

The original Pink Panther show from 1969 is on Amazon Prime Video and my kids love it.

I always enjoy the first time driving on a new set of tires.

This Apple Event is snooze.com.

Vatican Looks to Extend Church Leadership Agreement With China Despite Criticism - WSJ

Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the country’s ruling Communist Party has steadily tightened its grip on religion, in particular Islam and Christianity. Authorities have converted mosques into gift shops, ripped crosses from church roofs and blanketed religious communities in digital surveillance—part of an effort to eliminate what party documents describe as ideological threats to its rule.

So, yeah, let’s keep it going.

Christmas shopping in September is a wonderful thing. 🎄

Facebook Buys REI’s Elaborate New Headquarters as Covid-19 Pandemic Prompts a Sale - WSJ

Facebook Inc. is buying Recreational Equipment Inc.’s custom-made new headquarters near Seattle, the latest sign that big technology companies are driving commercial real estate markets during the coronavirus pandemic.

Glad that REI found a buyer for their white elephant.

Audience Boos As Football Game Breaks Out At Political Rally - The Babylon Bee

“I come to these to be lectured and talked down to,” said Jeremy Hopkins, one of the attendees. “I don’t want to be entertained. Who thought this was a good idea?”

Done with my walk, dressed for the day. Enjoying a few quiet moments in the dawn’s early light looking out into our backyard before the littles start to stir.

The Opioid Crisis, Already Serious, Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic - WSJ

The pandemic has destabilized people trying to maintain sobriety or who are struggling with addiction during a time of increased social isolation and stress, according to treatment providers and public-health authorities.

So much for the false notion that lockdowns must be extended if it would save “even just one life.”

It’s amazing what a fresh coat of wax can do to a car’s paint. It dazzles in the sun!

Lego Introduces New Sharper Bricks That Instantly Kill You When You Step On Them - The Babylon Bee

The sharper edges in the new design will just immediately put you out of your misery, so you don’t have to roll around on the ground in excruciating pain for minutes on end.

Time and again, Micro.blog proves that it’s as flexible as it is easy to use. 
Micro.blog takes the profile picture that you upload and distributes it in several places, making it your site’s icon and favicon. There are a few instances where, as of now, it doesn’t create certain site icons. For example, I have my Micro.blog hosted blog bookmarked in my favorites folder in Safari. Micro.blog doesn’t provide Safari my profile image to use as an icon on that favorite.

No problem! With just a few minutes of work, and I was able to create the files, upload them, and load them into my custom theme template. This work-around doesn’t require much effort, especially if you only change your profile picture once or twice a year. Here’s how I did it.

1. You need to generate PNG versions of your photo in various sizes. I used Pixelmator, but you could conceivably use any simple photo editor. You’ll need versions of your photo in the following sizes:

• 16 x 16
• 32 x 32
• 64 x 64
• 152 x 152
• 167 x 167
• 180 x 180

2. With those files saved on your computer, upload them to Micro.blog by going to your Account > Posts > Uploads. (You could really host them anywhere, so if you want to warehouse them on another server, that’s just fine.

3. Now we need to tell Micro.blog, and more specifically your theme, how to tell the various browsers and devices that you have just the right image for them! Go to Account > Design > Themes. Open the layouts/partials/head.html template.

4. Paste the following link references into that document. (I put them right under the <link rel="shortcut icon"> entry in order to keep things simple.

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png"/>

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="167x167" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png"/>

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png"/>

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png" sizes="64x64"/>

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png" sizes="32x32"/>

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://example.com/size-profile.png" sizes="16x16"/>

5. Grab the links to each of the six size versions of your uploaded files, and drop them into the right https://example.com/size-profile.png link.

That’s it! Micro.blog will refresh and you’ll have your profile picture in all of the places browsers and devices display favicons/icons on your site.