{"id":16207,"date":"2025-10-12T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=16207"},"modified":"2025-10-11T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T16:31:55","slug":"10-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=16207","title":{"rendered":"10.12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GREAT <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/caitlinlong_\/status\/1974841986915225638?s=12\">interview<\/a> with @USComptroller:<br \/>?the bias of federal bank regulators &#8220;that only the largest banks can do innovation safely&#8221; <em>must end<\/em> (YES!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Canadian airline WestJet became one of the first to try to switch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/travel\/a-major-airline-is-going-to-make-you-pay-to-recline-your-seat\">ability to recline<\/a> into a paid &#8220;perk&#8221; by announcing that it was reconfiguring 43 of its Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-800&nbsp;&nbsp;(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/quote\/BA\">BA<\/a><\/strong>)&nbsp;&nbsp;planes to have what it classifies as a &#8220;refreshed range of seating options.&#8221;. 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Learn the basics of neon and glass bending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Space Force is paying SpaceX $714 million for the five launches awarded Friday, for an average of roughly $143 million per mission. ULA will receive $428 million for two missions, or $214 million for each launch. <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2025\/10\/pentagon-contract-figures-show-ulas-vulcan-rocket-is-getting-more-expensive\/\">That&#8217;s about 50 percent more expensive<\/a> than SpaceX&#8217;s price per mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"summary astro-BVZIHDZO\"><strong class=\"astro-BVZIHDZO\">Summary:<\/strong>&nbsp;People often <a href=\"https:\/\/thecascade.dev\/article\/least-amount-of-css\/\">over-engineer solutions<\/a>, and it leads to them running into problems with their CSS. In this article, we&#8217;ll take a look at the least amount of CSS that you need to make a decent looking page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book provides enough details to piece together how the <a href=\"https:\/\/austinvernon.site\/blog\/rockefeller.html\">early Standard Oil business model worked<\/a>. The reality seems different than many popular accounts and is much more logically consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">That effort turned into the Clinton administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/07\/opinion\/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html\">first crisis<\/a>, but over time, what is now called diversity, equity and inclusion won out. President Barack Obama ended Mr. Clinton\u2019s \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy in 2010, allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual people to serve openly in the armed forces. 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