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The $20,500 Ceiling
Columbia's journalism school paused its midcareer degree three months after Washington capped what America will lend a journalist....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/10/03/the-20500-ceiling/

The legal challenges to Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting,
with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court on Saturday
as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week.
There are now three lawsuits calling for a halt to potential work on a monument that would rise 250ft (76 meters)
on a patch of grass off the bridge that spans the Potomac River, connecting the city with the Arlington national cemetery.
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Virginia and DC sue to stop Trump’s arch as government looks to start construction
Legal challenges to Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting even as its construction is imminent

My cat and I having a silent autumn moment this morning.
#fensterfreitag #caturday #silentsunday

Parking apps are the worst, can I just say.

No Glass on the Table
Students came back to Columbia College this September with printed books and pens. In Literature Humanities, phones stayed in bags....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/30/no-glass-on-the-table/

I also optimized for usability, because I wanted a convenient set of Boolean attributes in a DynamoDB CONTROL table that I could use to bootstrap the first instance, disable propagation, and request cleanup (terminating final instances, clean up failures, etc). So there's several lambda scripts watching the DynamoDB Boolean attributes for changes.
Cleaning up after each trial run got annoying fast.

We've just been to see #Pressure, which is a bloody excellent film. Can I be the first to say it's not a documentary and yes, it's unfair that Sverre Petterssen doesn't get a mention, but it's still brilliantly done and effectively brings home the horrors of war. Andrew Scott is top notch as always. #DDay

Well, I've just installed this after getting irritated by all the AI options in RightMove, where I was drooling over houses is Inverness-shire. I've found my ideal house which comes with 28 acres including protected ancient woodland. Be still my beating heart.

On the one hand a laudable aim to reduce obesity, on the other a system that has just permitted a burger chain and a pizza chain to set up in our town, and may well be permitting a second burger chain to set up. Any ideas or plans to improve the nation's diet are definitely 'doomed to fail' when this type of non-food is normalised and brought to people's doorsteps, quite literally.
UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn | Obesity | The Guardian

UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn
Cross-party committee says ‘moonshot’ vow to end obesity epidemic in a decade will fail without personal leadership from PM

The Hereford Times doesn't know what to do with itself now Richard Hammond has moved. Thank gods for Jules Hudson eh?
@… https://c.im/@BBC/117525739116455250