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The director of the Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library
has stepped down after a dispute with the Trump administration
over gifting a sword in its collection
to King Charles,
according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
Todd Arrington, the head of the library in Kansas,
resigned on Monday after declining to remove an original sword from the library's collection
to give to the King during President Donald Trump's visit to the United …

Trump's Eisenhower sword gift to King Charles leads to official resigning
The library director reportedly rejected a request for the White House to gift an Eisenhower sword to King Charles.

The Trump-Epstein Emergency Isn't in the Files (Todd Zwillich/Off Message)
https://www.offmessage.net/p/the-5-alarm-fire-of-trump-and-epstein
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p56#a251205p56

Paramount signs a deal with Professional Bull Riders to make Paramount the primary streamer for the PBR Unleash the Beast tour, after a similar deal with UFC (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-pbr-professiona…

Paramount Inks PBR Five-Year Streaming Deal for Unleash the Beast
Paramount and TKO Group's Professional Bull Riders set a new five-year media rights agreement that will make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR's premier tour, Unleash The Beast, starting in the 2026 season beginning Dec. 12.

Finished reading "The Lilac People" by Milo Todd today. It's a good story, but I did find myself crying quite a few times. It's compelling historical fiction that should be more widely known, but it's not the emotional place I want to be right now.
I want more hope, more empowerment. The US is in a dark place right now, but in uncertainty, there is the opportunity for positive change as well. We can all feel the tipping point, and I hope, despite the inadequacy of…

Ravens believe QB Jackson will play vs. Steelers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47204413/ravens-believe-qb-lamar-jackson-ankle-play-vs-steelers

Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/

Spotify Wrapped Top 50 Podcasts of 2025 Unveiled
Spotify, as part of Spotify Wrapped, released the top 50 podcasts of 2025 -- with Joe Rogan coming in at No. 1 for the fifth straight year.

George Pickens rumor gives definitive answer on Cowboys WR's future in Dallas https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/george-pickens-rumor-definitive-answer-cowboys-future-dallas/dc5a7…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Todd Terje:
🎵 Preben Goes to Acapulco
#ToddTerje
https://open.spotify.com/track/70jWHwvymR4x1PUXXrUD1S

Bowles reveals broken neck bone for WR McMillan https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46796032/bucs-jalen-mcmillan-broken-neck-bone-todd-bowles-says

Bills, Eagles NFL’s remaining unbeaten teams after making bettors sweat https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/todd-dewey/bills-eagles-nfls-remaining-unbeaten-teams-after-making-bettors-sweat…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Leo Todd Johnson:
🎵 wa
#LeoToddJohnson
https://open.spotify.com/track/39yjvsMkyBPpUMuVyrSIvZ
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Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/

Spotify Wrapped Top 50 Podcasts of 2025 Unveiled
Spotify, as part of Spotify Wrapped, released the top 50 podcasts of 2025 -- with Joe Rogan coming in at No. 1 for the fifth straight year.

Todd Grantham is out as Oklahoma State defensive coordinator, Clint Bowen will take over https://www.foxsports.com/articles/cfb/todd-grantham-is-out-as-oklahoma-state-defensive-coordinator-clint-bowen-will-take-over

Buccaneers' Todd Bowles: Baker Mayfield (shoulder) trending to play Sunday vs. Cardinals https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-todd-bowles-baker-mayfield-shoulder-trending-to-play-sunday-vs-cardinals

Credit Default Prediction with Projected Quantum Feature Models and Ensembles
Andras Ferenczi, Dagen Wang, Mariya Bessonova, Sutapa Samanta, Todd Hodges, John Hancock, Guillermo Mijares Vilari\~no, Amol Deshmukh, Mariana LaDue, Girish Pillai, Hilary Packer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01129

Credit Default Prediction with Projected Quantum Feature Models and Ensembles
Accurate prediction of future loan defaults is a critical capability for financial institutions that provide lines of credit. For institutions that issue and manage extensive loan volumes, even a slight improvement in default prediction precision can significantly enhance financial stability and regulatory adherence, resulting in better customer experience and satisfaction. Datasets associated with credit default prediction often exhibit temporal correlations and high dimensionality. These attr…

JWST Observations of Starbursts: PAHs Closely Trace the Cool Phase of M82's Galactic Wind
Sebastian Lopez, Colton Ring, Adam K. Leroy, Serena A. Cronin, Alberto D. Bolatto, Laura A. Lopez, Vicente Villanueva, Deanne B. Fisher, Todd A. Thompson, Lee Armus, Torsten Boeker, Leindert A. Boogaard, Martha L. Boyer, Ryan Chown, Daniel A. Dale, Keaton Donaghue, Kimberly Emig, Simon C. O. Glover, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Ralf S. Klessen, Thomas S. -Y. Lai, Laura Lenkic, Rebecca C. Levy, David…

JWST Observations of Starbursts: PAHs Closely Trace the Cool Phase of M82's Galactic Wind
Stellar feedback drives multiphase gas outflows from starburst galaxies, but the interpretation of dust emission in these winds remains uncertain. To investigate this, we analyze new JWST mid-infrared images tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission at 7.7 and 11.3~$μ$m from the outflow of the prototypical starburst M82 out to $3.2$ kpc. We find that PAH emission shows significant correlations with CO, H$α$, and X-ray emission within the outflow, though the strengths and behavior…

Spotify and Amazon Ads announce a global partnership to give advertisers using Amazon DSP programmatic access to Spotify's streaming audio and video inventory (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/spotify-amazon-dsp-ad-deal-i…

Spotify Opens Up Ad Inventory to Amazon DSP
Amazon Ads and Spotify announced a deal giving advertisers using Amazon DSP programmatic access to Spotify's streaming ad inventory.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Big Head Todd and The Monsters:
🎵 Circle
#BigHeadToddandTheMonsters
https://2metersessies.bandcamp.com/track/circle
https://open.spotify.com/track/3gUFcAz4TdQ2vA5CaNNw5e

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.CR. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CR/new
[1/1]:
- ZKProphet: Understanding Performance of Zero-Knowledge Proofs on GPUs
Tarunesh Verma, Yichao Yuan, Nishil Talati, Todd Austin

In three days, Elon Musk has posted or reposted criticisms and calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times on X, over transgender references in kids' shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/elon-mu…

Elon Musk 'Cancel Netflix': How Many Subscribers Could Streamer Lose?
Elon Musk has posted calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times in three days over Netflix kids shows that feature trans characters and other 'woke' policies.

Hybrid Delta Tracking Schemes Using a Track-Length Estimator
Joanna Piper Morgan, Ilham Variansyah, Kayla B. Clements, Todd S. Palmer, Kyle E. Niemeyer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00152

Hybrid Delta Tracking Schemes Using a Track-Length Estimator
In Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations, Woodcock-delta tracking is a common alternative to the more popular surface tracking technique. In this work we introduce a delta-tracking algorithm that tallies fluxes to a structured rectilinear mesh using the track-length estimator. This development also enables hybrid surface-delta tracking algorithms, because the track-length tally can be used everywhere for scalar flux estimation regardless of which tracking algorithm is employed. We use th…

ZKProphet: Understanding Performance of Zero-Knowledge Proofs on GPUs
Tarunesh Verma (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA), Yichao Yuan (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA), Nishil Talati (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA), Todd Austin (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA)

ZKProphet: Understanding Performance of Zero-Knowledge Proofs on GPUs
Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) are protocols which construct cryptographic proofs to demonstrate knowledge of a secret input in a computation without revealing any information about the secret. ZKPs enable novel applications in private and verifiable computing such as anonymized cryptocurrencies and blockchain scaling and have seen adoption in several real-world systems. Prior work has accelerated ZKPs on GPUs by leveraging the inherent parallelism in core computation kernels like Multi-Scalar Mul…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Todd Terje:
🎵 Alfonso Muskedunder
#ToddTerje
https://evenfunkier.bandcamp.com/track/todd-terje-alfonso-muskedunder-even-funkier-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3MXQyrtpSbucjnO7wAiLSI

Myself and Todd will be packing new @… and Automerge stickers at #SyncConf tomorrow
Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Todd Bowles: Baker Mayfield's MRI to determine availability for Buccaneers' Week 13 game https://www.nfl.com/news/todd-bowles-baker-mayfield-s-mri-to-determine-availability-for-buccaneers-week-13-game

Replaced article(s) found for cs.HC. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.HC/new
[1/1]:
- Coach not crutch: AI assistance can enhance rather than hinder skill development
Benjamin Lira, Todd Rogers, Daniel G. Goldstein, Lyle Ungar, Angela L. Duckworth

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving
was instead deported to Honduras
in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19,
had already passed through security at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20
when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass,
said attorney Todd Pomerleau.
The Babson College student was then detained by immigration off…

College freshman deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order. That's according to an attorney for Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old at Babson College. She was detained by immigration officials at Boston Logan International Airport on November 20. A federal judge issued an emergency order the day after her arrest prohibiting the government from removing her from Massachusetts for 72 hours. However, withi…

Former Paramount streaming exec Jeff Shultz is named CEO of Radial Entertainment, which was formed last summer from the merger of FilmRise and Shout! Studios (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/radial-entertainment-jeff-shultz-ceo-123659…

Radial Hires Jeff Shultz, Former Paramount Streaming Exec, as CEO
Jeff Shultz, former head of strategy for Paramount Streaming, has been named CEO of Radial Entertainment, the FilmRise and Shout! Studios.

NFL Week 12 betting recap: 4 teams erase double-digit deficits https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/todd-dewey/nfl-week-12-betting-recap-4-teams-erase-double-digit-deficits-3585976/

Amazon reports a $9.5B pre-tax gain from its investment in Anthropic, which was included in the company's non-operating income for Q3 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazons-anthropic-investment-boosts-its-quarterly-pr…

Sources: Comcast, Netflix, and Paramount submitted second-round WBD bids on December 1; Paramount's includes financing from Apollo and Middle East wealth funds (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/paramount…

Paramount Skydance's Latest Bid for WBD Backed by Arab Wealth Funds
The second round of offers for all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery are in from Paramount Skydance, Netflix and Comcast. And the new, higher offer for all of WBD from David Ellison's Paramount is backed in part by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[3/5]:
- MAGIC: Multi-task Gaussian process for joint imputation and classification in healthcare time series
Dohyun Ku, Catherine D. Chong, Visar Berisha, Todd J. Schwedt, Jing Li

When SNAP benefits run out, 'people can die,' say health experts (Sarah Todd/STAT)
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/snap-benefits-cut-off-nov-1-government-shutdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p4#a251028p4

MAGIC: Multi-task Gaussian process for joint imputation and classification in healthcare time series
Dohyun Ku, Catherine D. Chong, Visar Berisha, Todd J. Schwedt, Jing Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19577

MAGIC: Multi-task Gaussian process for joint imputation and classification in healthcare time series
Time series analysis has emerged as an important tool for improving patient diagnosis and management in healthcare applications. However, these applications commonly face two critical challenges: time misalignment and data sparsity. Traditional approaches address these issues through a two-step process of imputation followed by prediction. We propose MAGIC (Multi-tAsk Gaussian Process for Imputation and Classification), a novel unified framework that simultaneously performs class-informed missi…

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.PF. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.PF/new
[1/1]:
- ZKProphet: Understanding Performance of Zero-Knowledge Proofs on GPUs
Tarunesh Verma, Yichao Yuan, Nishil Talati, Todd Austin

Wow. This is absolutely fantastic. 21st century special effects 101.
@… proving to be as charming on camera as he is online ;) https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/11533

Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years. Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX https://youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?si=Fd0gOlcllmJeSmzg

I’m on board the Northwood Express bus 🚌 to North Campus to hear Todd Austin talk in the security reading group about his latest ideas.

Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roku-q3-2025-earnin…

Roku Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rises 14%, Operating Income Turns Positive For First Time Since 2021
Roku delivered Q3 2025 financial results that outperformed analyst expectations and marked the streaming company's first quarter with positive operating income since 2021.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Todd Snider:
🎵 Play a Train Song
#NowPlaying #ToddSnider
https://toddsnider.bandcamp.com/track/play-a-train-song
https://open.spotify.com/track/3sAZAmtqVK6aQvwJaujBsd

The influence of boundary conditions and interfacial slip on the time taken to achieve a nonequilibrium steady-state for highly confined flows
Carmelo Riccardo Civello, Luca Maffioli, Joseph Johnson, Edward R. Smith, James P. Ewen, Peter J. Daivis, Daniele Dini, B. D. Todd
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20944

The influence of boundary conditions and interfacial slip on the time taken to achieve a nonequilibrium steady-state for highly confined flows
We investigate the equilibration time to attain steady-state for a system of liquid molecules under boundary-driven planar Couette flow via nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulation. In particular, we examine the equilibration time for the two common types of boundary driven flow: one in which both walls slide with equal and opposite velocity, and the other in which one wall is fixed and the other moves with twice the velocity. Both flows give identical steady-state strain rates, and …

Bowles: Baker trending towards playing vs. Cards https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47128956/bowles-says-baker-mayfield-trending-towards-playing-vs-cards

Eagles deal Rams bettors ‘worst NFL beat ever’ on wild Week 3 https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/todd-dewey/eagles-deal-rams-bettors-worst-nfl-beat-ever-on-wild-week-3-3464099/

YouTube TV drops Univision and other TelevisaUnivision networks after contract talks failed; Google is also in renewal negotiations with NBCU (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/univision-goes-dark-on-youtube-tv-b…

Univision Goes Dark on YouTube TV
Google's YouTube TV has dropped Univision's local TV stations along with other TelevisaUnivision networks after the two sides failed to come to terms on a contract renewal Tuesday.

Masses, Star-Formation Efficiencies, and Dynamical Evolution of 18,000 HII Regions
Debosmita Pathak, Adam K. Leroy, Ashley. T. Barnes, Todd A. Thompson, Laura A. Lopez, Karin M. Sandstrom, Jiayi Sun, Simon C. O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, Eric W. Koch, Kirsten L. Larson, Janice Lee, Sharon Meidt, Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez, Eva Schinnerer, Zein Bazzi, Francesco Belfiore, M\'ed\'eric Boquien, Ryan Chown, Dario Colombo, Enrico Congiu, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Sushma Kura…

Masses, Star-Formation Efficiencies, and Dynamical Evolution of 18,000 HII Regions
We present measurements of the masses associated with $\sim18,000$ HII regions across 19 nearby star-forming galaxies by combining data from JWST, HST, MUSE, ALMA, VLA, and MeerKAT from the multi-wavelength PHANGS survey. We report 10 pc-scale measurements of the mass of young stars, ionized gas, and older disk stars coincident with each HII region, as well as the initial and current mass of molecular gas, atomic gas, and swept-up shell material, estimated from lower resolution data. We find th…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Stevie Wonder:
🎵 Superstition (Todd Terje Re-Edit)
#StevieWonder
https://charlesj.bandcamp.com/track/stevie-wonder-superstition-charles-j-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4N0TP4Rmj6QQezWV88ARNJ

Spotify and Amazon Ads announce a global partnership to give advertisers using Amazon DSP programmatic access to Spotify's streaming audio and video inventory (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/spotify-amazon-dsp-ad-deal-i…

Spotify Opens Up Ad Inventory to Amazon DSP
Amazon Ads and Spotify announced a deal giving advertisers using Amazon DSP programmatic access to Spotify's streaming ad inventory.

Bruce Arians: This is what separates Todd Bowles as a coach and leader https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6717623/2025/10/15/todd-bowles-bucs-leadership-bruce-arians-leadership-coach/

Interplay of Variance Reduction and Population Control in Monte Carlo Neutron Transport
Jordan Northrop, Ilham Variansyah, Todd Palmer, Camille Palmer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22943

Interplay of Variance Reduction and Population Control in Monte Carlo Neutron Transport
Monte Carlo methods are widely used for neutron transport simulations at least partly because of the accuracy they bring to the modeling of these problems. However, the computational burden associated with the slow convergence rate of Monte Carlo poses a significant challenge to running large-scale simulations. The continued improvement in high-performance computing capabilities has put exascale time-dependent Monte Carlo neutron transport simulations within reach. Variance reduction techniques…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Todd Terje:
🎵 Inspector Norse
#ToddTerje
https://juliansanzaedits.bandcamp.com/track/todd-terje-inspector-norse-julian-sanza-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NHd4UVxT5d5EGYzlDq17T

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Todd Baker:
🎵 Kora Lullaby
#ToddBaker
https://open.spotify.com/track/1ySKouj0avSMv9OU5wC5Gq

Todd Cochrane, a podcasting pioneer who started in October 2004 and founded podcast hosting company Blubrry, has died at age 61 (James Cridland/Podnews)
https://podnews.net/article/todd-cochrane-obituary

Obituary: Todd Cochrane
The life of Todd Cochrane, the CEO of Blubrry, who died on Sep 8, 2025.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Choice 4:
🎵 Come Down to Earth
#Choice4
https://zrecords.bandcamp.com/track/choice-4-come-down-to-earth-david-todd-mix

13 biggest first-round NFL draft busts in Raiders history https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/09/20/raiders-first-round-busts-jamarcus-russell-todd-marinovich/86249722007/

Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.'s No. 2 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p68#a251013p68

XaaS Containers: Performance-Portable Representation With Source and IR Containers
Marcin Copik, Eiman Alnuaimi, Alok Kamatar, Valerie Hayot-Sasson, Alberto Madonna, Todd Gamblin, Kyle Chard, Ian Foster, Torsten Hoefler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17914

XaaS Containers: Performance-Portable Representation With Source and IR Containers
High-performance computing (HPC) systems and cloud data centers are converging, and containers are becoming the default method of portable software deployment. Yet, while containers simplify software management, they face significant performance challenges in HPC environments as they must sacrifice hardware-specific optimizations to achieve portability. Although HPC containers can use runtime hooks to access optimized MPI libraries and GPU devices, they are limited by application binary interfa…

Memo from Disney execs: YouTube pulled Disney channels before the expiration time of the carriage deal with "no advance notice to their subscribers, or to us" (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-senior-…

Disney Senior Execs on YouTube TV Blackout: Google Is 'Not Interested in Achieving a Fair Deal With Us'
Disney's top brass is telling the troops that they're going to continue to fight for a "fair deal" with Google's YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thursday night.

Chiefs rout Raiders as favorites roll; Broncos bail out Survivor entries https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/todd-dewey/chiefs-rout-raiders-as-favorites-roll-broncos-bail-out-survivor-en…

Cowboys Urged to Trade $97 Million All-Pro for Late Round Draft Pick https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/trade-trevon-diggs-third-day-pick/?adt_ei=[email]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Todd Terje:
🎵 Inspector Norse
#ToddTerje
https://juliansanzaedits.bandcamp.com/track/todd-terje-inspector-norse-julian-sanza-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NHd4UVxT5d5EGYzlDq17T

Amazon blames a rare software bug and "faulty automation" for this week's massive AWS glitch, and says it has turned off the flawed automation worldwide (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-the-aws-…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight
Will Todd, BBC Concert Orchestra, Neil Ferris & BBC Symphony Chorus:
🎵 Amazing Grace
#WillTodd #BBCConcertOrchestra #NeilFerris #BBCSymphonyChorus

Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies: 'It's a war, man' (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump-policies-00643602
http://www.memeorandum.com/251107/p89#a251107p89

New York Times wrote a 2,400 word story about Todd Blanche without mentioning that he personally ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social,
and as such is deeply implicated in @replamonica.bsky.social case
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/s…

"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka - emptywheel
Even before anyone had spoken with Ras Baraka on May 9 at Delaney Hall, someone had decided "she" wanted to "grab" Newark's Mayor.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Todd Terje:
🎵 Inspector Norse
#ToddTerje
https://juliansanzaedits.bandcamp.com/track/todd-terje-inspector-norse-julian-sanza-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NHd4UVxT5d5EGYzlDq17T

Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roku-q3-2025-earnin…

Roku Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rises 14%, Operating Income Turns Positive For First Time Since 2021
Roku delivered Q3 2025 financial results that outperformed analyst expectations and marked the streaming company's first quarter with positive operating income since 2021.

Amazon expands Multichannel Fulfillment to let Walmart sellers use Amazon's logistics network to deliver orders and announces support for Shein by year-end (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/sold-on-walmart-sent-by-amaz…

Baker Mayfield injury update: Bucs QB (shoulder) trending toward starting vs. Cardinals, per Todd Bowles

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/baker-mayfield-injury-updates-buc…

Amazon is testing AR glasses for delivery drivers, using AI and computer vision to help them scan packages, follow walking directions, and get proof of delivery (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-unveils-ai-powe…

YouTube reorganizes its product group, naming Christian Oestlien as head of all subscription products, including YouTube TV, Music, and Premium (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-product-r…

YouTube Product Group Reorg: Christian Oestlien to Head Subscriptions Group
YouTube is making a major reorganization to its product teams, with veteran exec Christian Oestlien taking on new responsibility for a newly created group housing the video giant's subscription products.

MAGA Turns on Trump's Top Lawyer (Will Sommer/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-turns-on-trumps-top-lawyer-todd-blanche
http://www.memeorandum.com/251006/p165#a251006p165

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q3 ad revenue rose 15% YoY to $10.26B, vs. $10.01B est., and Google's advertising revenue reached $74.18B, up from $65.85B a year ago (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-a…

YouTube Q3 Ad Sales Up 15% to $10.2B, Alphabet First Quarter Over $100B in Revenue
YouTube continues to flex its muscles as an advertising powerhouse, again delivering double-digit sales growth in Q3 2025, as parent Alphabet recorded its first quarter with more than $100 billion in revenue.

HBO Max raises prices across all plans: Basic With Ads increases by $1/month to $10.99, Standard by $1.50/month to $18.49, and Premium by $2/month to $22.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-123655767…

HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately
It's going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform raised its prices just a year after its last hikes.

YouTube TV signs a distribution deal with Bloomberg Media, adding Bloomberg TV , a live 24-hour news channel, and Bloomberg Originals (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-adds-bloomberg-media-news-originals-c…

YouTube TV Adds Bloomberg TV+ and Bloomberg Originals Channels
YouTube TV is launching two channels from Bloomberg Media: Bloomberg TV+ with live 24-hour news and Bloomberg Originals with series and documentaries.

Filing: Satya Nadella's total pay for fiscal 2025 rose nearly 22% YoY from $79.1M to $96.5M, including $84.2M in stock awards; MSFT is up ~23% so far in 2025 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/satya-nadell

Buccaneers' Chris Godwin, Tristan Wirfs questionable to make season debuts vs. Eagles https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-chris-godwin-tristan-wirfs-questionable-eagles

NFL Week 5 betting recap: ‘Stupid bonehead plays’ doom Cardinals bettors https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/todd-dewey/nfl-week-5-betting-recap-stupid-bonehead-plays-doom-cardinals-bettor…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Everything but the Girl:
🎵 Missing (Todd Terry remix)
#EverythingbuttheGirl
https://edicionesyremixesdjalesvanhotmailcom.bandcamp.com/album/everything-but-the-girl-missing-3-ediciones
https://open.spotify.com/track/2zZ4PsXiRChpzuwZblGtK1

Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford's Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ai2-releases

Nexstar says it will resume airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-fully-back-abc-tv-nexstar-sinclair-1236530517/

Jimmy Kimmel Fully Back on Air: Nexstar Joins Sinclair in Returning Show to ABC Stations
Jimmy Kimmel is coming back nationwide on ABC stations across the U.S., after station group owner Nexstar joined Sinclair in announcing it was ending its boycott.

Trump calls the NYT an "enemy of the people" and reporter Katie Rogers "ugly, both inside and out", after an NYT report said Trump is showing "signs of fatigue" (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/

Trump Slams NYTimes Over 'Hit Piece,' Calls Female Reporter 'Ugly'
Trump disputed a New York Times article saying he is showing "signs of fatigue" and slammed a female reporter as 'ugly both inside and out.

Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-…

Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps
Amazon's AI-generated Video Recaps on Prime Video provide 'comprehensive season recaps' to bring viewers up to speed on their favorite shows.

Fake TV President Martin Sheen Gives Real President Donald Trump Advice on Being Real President: 'Start Being Human' (Warner Todd Huston/Breitbart)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/13/fake-tv-president-martin-sheen-gives-real-president-donald-trump-advice-on-being-real-president-start-being-human/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p126#a251013p126

Paramount Skydance Names Makan Delrahim, formerly head of the DOJ's antitrust division during President Trump's first term, as chief legal officer (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/paramount-skydance-makan-de…

Paramount Skydance Names Makan Delrahim Chief Legal Officer
Paramount Skydance announced the appointment of Makan Delrahim, formerly an assistant attorney general overseeing the DOJ's antitrust division, as chief legal officer.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Todd Snider:
🎵 Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
#ToddSnider
https://toddsnider.bandcamp.com/track/talking-seattle-grunge-rock-blues
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uBXisCJe8QgqGJhLAin4r

Mike Evans injury: Bucs star WR believed to have 'low-grade' hamstring injury, will get MRI

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-ev…

As Sinclair and Nexstar refuse to air Kimmel's show, Disney has strong leverage with its ownership of major ABC stations and upcoming affiliate deal renewals (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sinclair-nexstar-jimmy-kimm…

How Long Will Sinclair, Nexstar Jimmy Kimmel Blackouts Last?
When will Sinclair and Nexstar bring back 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to their stations? And who has more to lose -- Disney and ABC, or Sinclair and Nexstar?

KPMG: the 12 largest media companies collectively spent ~$210B on content in 2024, up 4% YoY, led by Comcast/NBCUniversal at $37B and YouTube at $32B (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/content-spending-2024-re…

Content Spending Hit $210B in 2024, Led by Comcast, YouTube, Disney
The biggest media companies set a new content-spending record in 2024, paying out around $210 billion, according to an analysis by KPMG.

In a post, President Trump criticized ABC for returning Jimmy Kimmel to the air and said he would "test ABC out" as "they gave me $16 Million Dollars" last time (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump

Trump Bashes Jimmy Kimmel ABC as His Show Returns: 'True Bunch of Losers!'
President Donald Trump slammed ABC's decision to bring Jimmy Kimmel back to late-night TV.

Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine partner with ElevenLabs to create AI versions of their voices for its Iconic Voice Marketplace; McConaughey also invests (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/matthew-mcconau…

Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink ElevenLabs AI Voice Deals
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.

Amazon expands its low-cost Haul service to 25 countries and regions globally, rebrands it as Amazon Bazaar in some markets, and plans a two-day sales event (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-expan

HBO Max raises prices across all plans: Basic With Ads increases by $1/month to $10.99, Standard by $1.50/month to $18.49, and Premium by $2/month to $22.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-123655767…

HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately
It's going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform raised its prices just a year after its last hikes.

Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-…

Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps
Amazon's AI-generated Video Recaps on Prime Video provide 'comprehensive season recaps' to bring viewers up to speed on their favorite shows.

Sources: Paramount Skydance plans to begin mass layoffs the week of October 27, cutting around 2,000 US jobs as part of its $2B cost-cutting initiative (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-skydance-mass-layoffs-date-oct-2…

Paramount Skydance Mass Layoffs to Start Week of Oct. 27
Paramount Skydance will lay off about 2,000 U.S. employees under David Ellison's new management regime starting the week of Oct. 27.

Google and Disney's agreement gives YouTube TV users access to ESPN's full lineup of sports, including ESPN Unlimited, at no additional cost by the end of 2026 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-disney-bla…

YouTube TV and Disney Reach Deal Ending Two-Week Blackout of ESPN, ABC
ESPN, ABC and other Disney TV networks are coming back to YouTube TV, after the media conglomerate and Google reached a deal on pricing and terms for a renewed carriage deal.

MSNBC says President Rebecca Kutler has been diagnosed with breast cancer but she has a good prognosis for recovery and expects to be away for only a few weeks (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/msnbc-president-rebecca…

MSNBC President Rebecca Cutler Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis
MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler has been diagnosed with breast cancer but has a good prognosis for recovery and expects to be away for only a few weeks.

Disney reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $22.5B, entertainment revenue up 19% YoY to $4.7B, DTC revenue up 8% YoY, 196M Disney and Hulu subscribers, up 12.4M QoQ (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-plus-hulu-subscri…

Disney+, Hulu Add 12.4 Million Subscribers Amid Kimmel Controversy
Disney+ added 3.8 million subscribers and Hulu added 8.6 million in the September 2025 quarter, amid threats of user cancellations over Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension by ABC.

Tubi announces its first slate of creator-led shows, including with YouTuber Joey Graceffa, as it seeks to expand emerging talent's access to Hollywood (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/tubi-slate-series-joey-…

Tubi Creator Series Slate Includes Joey Graceffa's Escape the Night
Fox Corp.'s Tubi announced its first slate of exclusive creator series from Joey Graceffa, KevOnStage, Rock Squad, TheOneShu, Bigg Jah and Dan & Riya.