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The Sun is betting big on original long-form video, with video's share of its digital revenue doubling to 18% since January; ~50 people now work on Originals (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-sun-doub

The Sun doubles video’s share of digital revenue to 18% by betting on original programming
News Corp-owned tabloid The Sun is seeing commercial success for its Originals video shows, attracting new sponsors and growing its CTV.

Digital asset treasuries increasingly rely on in-kind contributions, with sponsors using their own crypto instead of cash, shifting risk to retail investors (Suvashree Ghosh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"Permitting Parking in Driveways" is at Monday's SFBOS land use committee.
I plan to comment against this. It seems to allow driveways to be unlimited width and to remain even after garages are converted to ADUs. This is nakedly an inducement to more driving at the expense of green space, stormwater drainage, active transportation, and public transit.

@… hi, you probably already know, it seems that all sponsors' logos are missing from <https://www.python.org/psf/sponsors/>.
(Compare with <

RE: https://retro.pizza/@SKleefeld/115697051330750103
Longread van Matt Gurney over onlangs gehouden Halifax International Security Forum*
Het laat heel indringend zien hoe de verhouding met de VS veranderd is en hoe de VS waarschijnlijk niet in staat is om de verandering snel ongedaan te maken. -zelfs al zou de VS dat over een paar jaar willen-
* 'Funded by NATO, the Canadian government and private-sector sponsors, the event is a major part of Canada’s “soft power” offering to our allies — we host the big party and show everybody a good time.'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Internet users who spend even a few hours a week online
at home experience higher levels of depression and loneliness than if
they had used the computer network less frequently, The New York Times
reported Sunday. The result ... surprised both researchers and
sponsors, which included Intel Corp., Hewlett Packard, AT&T Research and
Apple Computer.

A gambling app sponsors Women's Curling events.
We have fallen so far from Heaven... https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/ottawa-dpigmqdrz/-/a-rbJpBoxPS7mA2KD6hhXw7w:a:107108217-/0

Homan to face Brown, Dunstone to play Jacobs in PointsBet Invitational finals
Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be facing Corryn Brown of Kamloops in a battle of unbeaten teams in Sunday's women's final at the PointsBet Invitational …

I just sponsored the #junit team. Go sponsor your #opensource dependencies!
https://github.com/sponsors/junit-team

The only flavour of decentralisation there’s no room for at FOSDEM is the kind that won’t speak at a conference that allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes, a surveillance capitalist like Google that is complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
ht…

Not sure what to make of this survey given its sponsors, but it's true that water management in the UK is a mess. We have no clue who's using what. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/30/water-shortages-could-derai…

Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects

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Mobile Gamer Lifetime Value Prediction via Objective Decomposition and Reconstruction
Tianwei Li, Yu Zhao, Yunze Li, Sheng Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08281 https://

Mobile Gamer Lifetime Value Prediction via Objective Decomposition and Reconstruction
For Internet platforms operating real-time bidding (RTB) advertising service, a comprehensive understanding of user lifetime value (LTV) plays a pivotal role in optimizing advertisement allocation efficiency and maximizing the return on investment (ROI) for advertisement sponsors, thereby facilitating growth of commercialization revenue for the platform. However, the inherent complexity of user LTV distributions induces significant challenges in accurate LTV prediction. Existing state-of-the-ar…

As a response to the ever-increasing enshittification of Firefox through AI, I just became a recurring sponsor for the @… project. We desperately need a viable alternative built for the future.
#firefox #servo #FOSS #AI

Sources: Vox Media's board has discussed spinning off its podcast network due to active interest; Penske may be interested in Vox's digital publishing assets (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/vox-media-explores-sale-podcast-publishing…

Scoop: Vox Media board has discussed spinning out podcast network
Vox Media has received active interest in its podcast network from strategic and financial sponsors.

I'm now a silver sponsor of #Mastodon and if you can afford it you should become one too! They even put your picture on this page!
https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.

📝 Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.
!rethinking thanksgiving flyer (https://cdn.some.pics/adjb/690fbe4acd06c.jpg)