How does iExit not have a CarPlay app?!

What’s the best way to post to @Blot on iOS/iPadOS?

Now that Castro will sync podcasts to my Apple Watch, I’m ready to get a cellular model.

The Chick-fil-a Foundation announced a change in giving strategy for next year, which has sparked considerable discussion around the beloved restaurant.

According to their Form 990, the CFA Foundation gave about $15.7M in gifts in 2018. That total is separate from any local giving that CFA Operators (owners of stores) did in their local communities, a requirement for all Operators. The Foundation announced that their 2020 giving will be focused on education, homelessness, and hunger. Not coincidently, those three focus areas align with the community-driven involvement that CFA Operators have been contributing to for years.

A few thoughts about this giving strategy.

• CFA gave $15.7M to charity last year, how much did you give? CFA is a generous company: with their employees and with their communities. Maybe we should just be glad that they give at all. They’re a company with a compassionate heart that sees a moral imperative to share their profits to improve the lives of others.

• It’s none of your business. People are very concerned about what other people do with their money. Chick-fil-a did the work, it’s their money. If they want to give it away, why would we stand in the way?

• Increasing impact. Political giving is a gamble: it either gets you the results you want or it’s 100% wasted. I don’t see this new giving strategy as CFA turning its back on previous gifts, but rather a strategy to guarantee an impact. Dollars that go to programs that strengthen education, get people into permanent housing, or reducing food insecurity has an immediate, personal, and human impact. Every one of those dollars will yield the desired results.

Chick-fil-a makes delicious food that people wait for in drive-thru lines that wrap the building at all hours of the day. In the final analysis, I don’t think they particularly care what people think about their giving strategy. I’m glad that corporations, of all sizes, are so eager to make a positive impact in the lives of their customers and the communities which they serve.

Hundreds of Protesters Released From Besieged Hong Kong University: ‘I Feel Lucky to Get Out’ - WSJ

“If we don’t do anything the world will forget us.”

We must confront brutal regimes wherever they are. When citizens are brave enough to face them down, we must help.

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Jesus Never Said ANYTHING About Felony Home Invasion - The Babylon Bee

These words imply that, if anything, Jesus was in favor of felony home invasion.

Moon shot.

Fonts are fun.

Nurse at my appointment, like she’s doing me a favor:

“I’m going to see if I can get the doctor to see you a little bit faster.”

Me in my mind:

My appointment was supposed to start 32 minutes ago.

Now that I’ve standardized footers across my websites, I’m turning my attention to my web fonts.

I’d appreciate any feedback you might have on my demo site.

Once I’m happy with the fonts there, I’ll roll them out everywhere.

More EU Nations Seek to Expand Aviation Taxes - AirlineGeeks.com

the European Commission specifically refers to passengers as “polluters” implying that this tax is mainly to be a punitive measure

Disgusting.

U.S. Struggles to Crack Down on Chinese Efforts to Recruit Scientists - WSJ

While association with a (Chinese) Talent Program is not illegal, it can create incentives to steal, violate export controls, or (at a minimum) conflicts of interest

Agreed.

It’s interesting to see all of the backlash to the current smoking public health emergency. I’m not sure what’s upsetting folks. My read: people are getting seriously hurt, the medical community isn’t sure why, so let’s pump the brakes.

What’s the rule on hot fixes in production? Oh, right, never try it on your secondary computer when you have to leave for an appointment in less than 30 minutes.

I managed to completely wreck a site and then fix it just in time.

After over two years of no analytics on my websites, I’ve decided to go with Fathom. I like that they respect user privacy and I’m confident that the code is light enough to not cause performance issues. As an added bonus, by using Fathom, I’m not feeding the Google machine.

Walmart Grocery is starting to make me take most of my stuff back to the store when there’s an issue. The whole point of pickup/delivery is for me to not have to go into the store. The process is a thorn in my side.

Taking a look at web fonts again. Nice to see that Hoefler & Co. have made some value-added changes to their service since I last used it.

My early morning walks are always tested by the heat of summer and the cold of winter. I think that winter presents a bigger challenge to me because I have to get out of the comfort of my warm bed. Either temperature extreme can be difficult to deal with, especially when I think of the pleasantness of a spring or fall walk.

I’ve been out of my walking habit for the past month or so, mostly deterred by the recent Arctic Blast. The thing is, even though I’m cold for the first 10 minutes or so, the body heat that exercising generates leaves me mostly comfortable for the other 50 minutes that I’m on the road. So it’s uncomfortable at the very start, and then its totally manageable.

I have a huge backlog of podcasts that I want to listen to, a queue that grows by the day. This evening, after getting the kids in bed, I suited up and went out into the cold. As predicted, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

Hopefully that’s motivation enough for me to get out of bed tomorrow morning, and the next, and the next.

I used to be a double Windsor man, but have apparently transitioned to a single. It must have something to do with the width of my ties. 👔

Browns Star Myles Garrett Attacks Steelers Quarterback With Helmet - WSJ

“I made a mistake,” Garrett said after the game. “I lost my cool, I regret it.”

Quite the mistake, ripping a man’s helmet off and bludgeoning him with it.