Tootfinder

A spooky convergence is happening in media.
Everything that is not already television is turning into television.
Whether the starting point is a student directory (Facebook),
radio (podcasts), or
an AI image generator, (Sora)
the end point seems to be the same:
a river of short-form video.
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Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention

In a new ad campaign, TelevisaUnivision says Google plans to move Univision from YouTube TV's basic bundle to a Spanish-language package that costs extra (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/televisaunivision-youtube-carriage-contract

Scoop: TelevisaUnivision wages war with YouTube
TelevisaUnivision says YouTube's efforts make Google look "evil."

Russia's crazy television – Propagandists threaten to strike Hawaii: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/russias-crazy-television-propagandists-threaten.html

"Tulips: Dutch, Turkish, or Flemish?" @ European studies blog: #tulips 🌷

ProvideQ: A Quantum Optimization Toolbox
Domenik Eichhorn, Nick Poser, Maximilian Schweikart, Ina Schaefer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07649 https://…

ProvideQ: A Quantum Optimization Toolbox
Hybrid solvers for combinatorial optimization problems combine the advantages of classical and quantum computing to overcome difficult computational challenges. Although their theoretical performance seems promising, their practical applicability is challenging due to the lack of a technological stack that can seamlessly integrate quantum solutions with existing classical optimization frameworks. We tackle this challenge by introducing the ProvideQ toolbox, a software tool that enables users to…

severely disappointed that tom cruise didn't go to space in the newest mission impossible. they kept going underground and i shouted at the television that that's the wrong way. do it, nasa

Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
BLAKE: Nobody made the capture. She hit the self-destruct. And when it blew, she took half a squadron of gunships with her. Brace yourself.
VILA: How does it feel to be home?
SOOLIN: I wouldn't know.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/389 B7B3

Study: between August 2024 and June 2025, the number of women working as creators on US streaming originals hit 36%, a record and up from 27% the year prior (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2…

Shows Created by Women Rise Sharply, but Only on Streaming TV
Far more shows on streaming services are being created by women, a new study found. That number on broadcast networks, though, remained stagnant.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has repeatedly called for a ban on drug advertising on television. .
Trump issued a new memorandum which would effectively reverse a 1997 policy change that opened the floodgates to a deluge of TV drug advertising,
It is likely to be aggressively opposed by the drug industry, which has long had the courts on its side on this issue.

Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising
The administration is proposing a return to a 1990s-era policy that kept most drug ads off TV. That could dent the revenues of drugmakers and major networks.

Thirty Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned, and the proceeds, estimated at $850K-$1.4M, will go to public TV stations to help pay programming fees (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bob-ross-auction-public-television-1029c1e91ac55d80…

Public TV stations to benefit from Bob Ross painting auction
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings. Other auctions will follow. All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include “The Best of Joy of Painting” and “America's Test Kitchen.” Bob Ross Inc. president Joan Kowalski says the auction will continue Ross' legacy of supporting public television. Ross, who died in…