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The United States government declared the Italian anti-fascist collective to be 'terrorist'.
Autistic/Inventati provides digital services to different activist collectives, including queer rights, feminism, abortion rights and anti-militarism.
The US sent out a request for mutual legal assistance (MLA)
to the Dutch government.
The Dutch police seized the server which had Autistici's data
and is going to send this data to the US.
Data of queer…

Prevent the Dutch government from sharing data with the US
The Amsterdam police had seized a server which was used by the collective Autistici/Inventati. Prevent this data from falling in the US's hands!

Sources: the USPTO and US Copyright Office were surprised by the DOJ's brief supporting OpenAI and Microsoft in their dispute with the New York Times (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/19/justice-department-openai-new-york-times

Scoop: DOJ's copyright filing took key agencies by surprise
The department argues copyrighted works to train models should be considered fair use because that practice is new and transformative.

Sources: the USPTO and US Copyright Office were surprised by the DOJ's brief supporting OpenAI and Microsoft in their dispute with the New York Times (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/19/justice-department-openai-new-york-times

Scoop: DOJ's copyright filing took key agencies by surprise
The department argues copyrighted works to train models should be considered fair use because that practice is new and transformative.

Every Surprise Standout From Dallas Cowboys' Preseason Week 1 Win https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/every-surprise-standout-from-dallas-cowboys-preseason-week-1-win

NFL Week 7 early odds: Undefeated Chiefs are underdogs, first-place Browns are favorites

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-7-odds-2026-early-lines-chi…

Statements of interest allow the government to declare an official position on a legal matter in private lawsuits.
While not binding, they can hold significant weight and help persuade cases.
The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft argues AI firms illegally stole their copyrighted works to train their large language models,
and that AI-generated outputs unlawfully produced market substitutions.
The DOJ's SOI argues copyrighted works to train mo…

This is obviously (to put it extremely mildly) a very disappointing event. However, it is NOT at all surprising. AI companies, and their leaders, have shown us time and time again that they are willing to do whatever it takes to further their own interests and desires. This is obviously much bigger than the mathematical community. The number of communities ruined and people displaced by the construction of data centers, the environmental tolls caused as a result of huge energy ex…

The new Twitter successor "Tweet" is up (no affiliation with the old one, or he-who-must-not-be-named).
#netthierankhmorpork

Two truths and a lie: Ben Johnson is the new Bill Walsh, while John Harbaugh has revived the Giants https://www.nfl.com/news/two-truths-and-a-lie-ben-johnson-is-the-new-bill-walsh-while-john-harbaugh-has-revived-the-giants

Trump’s administration is suspected of withholding intelligence from Ukraine on incoming Russian ballistic missile strikes,
and of throttling Starshield, the military version of the Starlink satellite internet network, to prevent it from being used on drones flying faster than 100mph.
Neither has officially been confirmed.

Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian president says US limiting access was a ‘dangerous and unpleasant surprise’, amid reports the order came from inside White House