Add note that redis-py is sponsored by Redis Labs

Additional docs about string encoding/decoding

Add optional exception handler to PubSubWorkerThread

Co-authored-by: Abhimanyu Deora <adeora@drwholdings.com>

During a call to `acquire()`, if the call is `blocking` and has a
`blocking_timeout` set, it uses `time.time()` calls to determine when to
give up attempting to acquire the lock.

However, since `time.time()` is marked as "adjustable", it is possible
for it to go backwards or forwards at a rate other than 1 second per
second, meaning the spinloop may exit earlier or later than expected.

By changing the implementation to use `time.monotonic()`, which is
guaranteed to never go backwards, and not be affected by system clock
updates, this potential problem is fixed.

For the same reason, some time dependent lock tests have also been
changed to use `time.monotonic()`.