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Good morning from the global #DPI summit in #CapeTown! Opening remarks from Nandan Nilekani of InfoSys and Sanjay Jain of the Gates Foundation

A look at VideoAmp, which claims ad spending based on its data rose from $300M annually to $3B over the past three years, and is considered a real Nielsen rival (Matt Craig/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/10/30…

Why VideoAmp Thinks It Can Bust Nielsen’s TV Ratings Monopoly
With viewership data underpinning $60 billion in television advertising, an industry behemoth is suddenly facing questions about whether it is “bringing an abacus to an AI fight.”

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Baxter Dury:
🎵 Schadenfreude
#NowPlaying #BaxterDury
https://baxterdury.bandcamp.com/track/schadenfreude-marie-davidson-instrumental
https://open.spotify.com/track/5NlWsN4cVFKoYdcgvmqg0k

Why Antinatalism is incompatible with Nihilism
https://www.reddit.com/r/nihilism/comments/ac2hjx/why_antinatalism_is_incompatible_with_nihilism/

British Museum today. First the obligatory Egyptian Greek stuff.

Source: the 60 Minutes interview with Trump on November 2 drew 13.2M viewers, according to early Nielsen data, the highest-rated episode since January 2021 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/trump-60-minutes-cbs-interview-ratings-vie…

Scoop: Trump's "60 Minutes" interview draws roughly 13M viewers
The interview itself was a huge get for CBS, considering the network's complicated history with President Trump.

I hear parts of America are having winter now. Come to California: our high taxes guarantee mild Decembers.

Cancelling appointments because we have a moderate rainstorm. It's a California privilege: 300 days of good weather means staying in for the few days of rain.

Some of the African collection. This room was very exciting to me, much more vibrant and interesting than a bunch of old crumbling statues. A lot of this is contemporary art. Well chosen!

I've been cold all week. Just figured out this stupid Nest thermostat decided to stop heating the house if I didn't walk by it every hour. I turned that setting off years ago, it just turned itself on. A final fuck you as Google abandons the product.