Huh, archive.ph is now dependent on Javascript from mail.ru.

I do appreciate browsing the web with JS off by default.

This makes Microsoft Office Updater run monthly:
sudo plutil -replace StartInterval -integer 2592000 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist

Note, Microsoft thinks it should run every 7200 seconds and will "fix" it sometimes.

I'm old enough to remember when Americans agreed that no person could be seized without a warrant being issued.

"Federal agents arrest former CNN anchor Don Lemon

Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, his lawyer said on Friday, days after a magistrate judge refused to approve charges against him for documenting a protest at a church in Minnesota."

If I understand this morning's news properly, we're invading Venezuela because they nationalized some American oil company's assets and gave it to Venezuelan companies. In unrelated news, America has nationalized TikTok and given it to American companies.

https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/venezuela-oil-trump-chevron-seized-assets-blockade/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgexp1q8wn1o.amp