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Gov. Newsom's 2026 budget proposal contains no funding for the California Civic Media Fund, despite a 2024 deal to provide $175M to newsrooms over five years (Yue Stella Yu/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/stor…

Newsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175-million funding deal with Google
It’s a significant walkback from an August 2024 deal between California leaders and Google to jointly spend $175 million over five years to fund local journalism.

AI academic research hub alphaXiv, which lets users comment on, annotate, and discuss arXiv papers, raised a $7M seed co-led by Menlo Ventures and Haystack (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/19/alphaxiv-raises-7m-funding-be…

AlphaXiv raises $7M in funding to become the GitHub of AI research - SiliconANGLE
AlphaXiv raises $7M in funding to become the GitHub of AI research - SiliconANGLE

Meine jüngeren Freund:innen und Verwandte reden oft von „den Anderen”, diese unbestimmte Gruppe, welche sicherlich existiert, die es leicht hat, der es gut geht, die von diesem System profitieren und sich darin als junge Menschen leicht zurecht finden. Sie selbst haben Schwierigkeiten einen Ausbildungs-, Arbeits-, oder Studienplatz zu finden, doch „alle Anderen” haben es leicht und finden sich zurecht. Komisch, nicht?
Dabei existiert niemand von diesen anderen Menschen in dessen enger…

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https://longdissonance.bandcamp.com/track/fontaines-d-c-starburster
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Emotional win for Dallas, plus finding this year's second-half breakout WR https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6818926/2025/11/18/emotional-win-for-dallas-plus-finding-this-years-second-half-breakout-fantasy-wr/…

Coalition Urges Congress to Block All Funding for ICE 'Surveillance Panopticon' | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-surveillance-technology-funding

Vibe coding startup Emergent raised a $70M Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, after a $23M Series A in September 2025, and claims 5M users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/emergent-vibe-coding-funding-khosla-s…

Emergent, which lets anyone build an app in minutes with AI, has raised $70 million led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
AI has made it possible for a novice to whip up apps from scratch. Emergent recently raised $70 million in funding from Khosla and SoftBank.

Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise funding at a $1.3B valuation, up from $500M in October (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/applied…

Applied Compute, Founded by Ex-OpenAI Researchers, in Talks for $1.3 Billion Valuation
Applied Compute, a startup founded by three former OpenAI researchers that helps companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise new funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, including the investment, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions. The funding would ...

AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search (Anna Tong/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/20/genspark…

Genspark Joins The Unicorn Club With Latest Funding Round
The startup, which offers AI work productivity tools, got to $50 million in annualized revenue just five months after launching its suite of AI agents.

S&P Global: data center deals hit $61B globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled YoY to $182B, with Meta raising $62B debt since 2022, ~50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/data-center-deals-…

Data center deals hit record $61 billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors
Hyperscalers are increasingly turning to outside capital in the form of debt to fund the energy-intensive infrastructure.