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The NPR Network revenue programs brought in $18.3M in FY25, including $9M from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions via NPR , up nearly 5x YoY (Tyler Falk/Current)
https://current.org/2025/11/npr-reports-exceptional-performa…

NPR reports ‘exceptional’ performance of its digital revenue-sharing programs 
Proceeds from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions will be distributed to stations in January.

Current status: woke up to find we are in one of the orange boxes on this outage map. Currently at an Airbnb rental near family for the holidays…

Cerrion, which develops AI video agents that detect and resolve production line issues in real time, raised an $18M Series A led by Creandum (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/11/25/cerrion-raises-18m-to-reduce-factory-downtime-wi…

Cerrion raises $18M to reduce factory downtime with AI video agents
Cerrion, the Swiss-founded AI video agent platform that detects and resolves production line issues in real time, has raised $18 million in Series A funding to further expand and scale operations in the US and Europe. The round was led by Creandum, with participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Goat Capital, 10x Founders and Session VC, alongside prominent angels including Harry Stebbings (20VC), Oskar Hjertonsson, Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face) and Garret Langley (Flock Safety).Fa…

In #Python, you could write sensible and transparent code, like this:
if (curNode):
curNode = curNode.next
But if you prefer something that is functionally identical, but harder to read, try this:
curNode and (curNode := curNode.next)
Follow me for more great tips on how to make life hell for the next person working with your code (which could be you).

Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing (Adam Gopnik/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/why-trump-tore-down-the-east-wing?currentPage=all
http://www.memeorandum.com/251025/p59#a251025p59

NFL predictions: NFC South champion could be crowned in Week 17

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/nfl-predictions-nfc-south-champion-could-be-crowned-in-week-…

Current ethnic cleansing in US is making some a lot of money, while destroying others.
“When ICE takes…person…system around them…built to swallow everything they ever touched.”
“Towing companies profit. State agencies profit. &…people who once lived in…homes & drove…cars & held…IDs are left w/nothing but…clothes on their backs. This is not a broken system.”
“…system functioning exactly as…designed.”

When ICE Takes a Person, Why Do Their Possessions Vanish Too?
An investigative expose. Forty-one percent of migrants say their belongings never returned from ICE custody, and the items left behind at the moment of arrest disappear just as quietly.

How Reeling Raiders Will Make the Most Out Current Situation https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-how-reeling-will-make-most-out-current-situation

Ohio's WBGU-TV becomes the fourth public TV station or network to end its PBS affiliation, citing 2025's rescission of federal funding (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2026/01/wbgu-to-end-pbs-affiliation-due-to-federal-funding-cuts/

WBGU to end PBS affiliation due to federal funding cuts
The Ohio station will be the fourth public media organization to sever ties with PBS.

Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped moving forward; interviews with 20 people describe how dealmaker Lip-Bu Tan gave Intel a lifeline (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-silicon-valley-dealma…