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Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/anthropic-outspends-openai-biggest-lobbyin…

Anthropic outspends OpenAI in biggest-ever lobbying quarter
Both Anthropic and OpenAI posted their biggest-ever lobbying spends in the first quarter of 2026.

Most people just run into information randomly, naturally hold onto the peak neuroplasticity encounters the hardest, work too much to be adequately tapped into everything, and all the wealthiest most horrible people in the world have had unimaginable amounts of money to spend on pushing what they want hardest via every means they have regardless of how much soul the underlings can muster. Dont flinch at this or die

RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116376219055579156
I know a lot of people, in software and otherwise, who are feeling things along these lines.
Hold on, whatever tools you’re using, just hold on to your sense of purpose and meaning. There are a lot of forces at work in this world that want to rob you of that. Your feeling of losing that is not recognition of some new fact of our reality; it is you experiencing a psychological weapon.

Det er snart 10 år siden jeg var med på å skrive denne kronikken om fremtiden for Den norske filmskolen. Jeg står fremdeles for innholdet, men dessverre virker det som de viktigste kampene er tapt.
Den norske filmskolen i et nytt fusjonert landskap https://www.

Den norske filmskolen i et nytt fusjonert landskap
Handlefriheten som Filmskolen på Lillehammer har vært avhengig av for å skape en fremragende utdanning, er under sterkt press. En rekke organisasjoner er bekymret i kjølvannet av fusjonen mellom høgskolene Lillehammer og Hedmark.

RIAA: Latin music revenue reached $1B in 2025, up from $140M in 2015, 98% of it from streaming; the segment generates 8.8% of total US recorded music revenue (Andrew Flanagan/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/latin-music-2025-us-revenue-1…

Latin Music's 2025 U.S. Revenue Topped $1 Billion, Per RIAA Report
Powered by Bad Bunny, Karol G and many others, Latin music's U.S. revenue topped $1 billion in 2025, according to the RIAA's new report.

Loooong bike ride, then dinner out with my wife at Evie’s Bakery. One of my favorite spots — that kind of funky, eclectic, indie restaurant you can always walk in and find a table.
Great food, but the desserts, and particularly the cakes (they don’t call it Evie’s Entrees… 😉) are fantastic. Been working our way through the different flavors over time.
Tonight, we split Boston Cream and Strawberry. Figured I’d better get some pics or @…

Online DTC luxury brand Quince raised a $500M Series E led by Iconiq at a $10.1B valuation; it recently launched in Canada and its revenue topped $1B in 2025 (James Manso/WWD)
https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/quince-10-1-billion-v…

EXCLUSIVE: Quince Closes $500 Million Series E at $10.1 Billion Valuation
Quince reached a $10.1 billion valuation for its $500 million series E, following 2025 revenues of over $1 billion.

An interview with Reach CEO Piers North about traffic from Google Discover falling ~50% in H2 2025, potential deals with AI companies, and more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reach-ceo-piers…

Reach CEO Piers North says AI approach 'mixture of courtship and courts'
Reach was not overly reliant on Google Discover but took "advantages of opportunities as they come", CEO Piers North said as referrals fell.

Reach reports 2025 revenue down 3.7% YoY to £518.4M, adjusted operating profit up 2.4% YoY to £104.7M, and Google Discover traffic down 46% YoY in H2 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/plunging-goo…

Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue
Major cost cuts at Reach helped keep profits up in 2025 despite falling revenue across both digital and print.

Big tuft of ornamental grass in falling snow
#photo #photography #snow #winter