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An interview with Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl on the Suno deal, leverage over streaming platforms, Netflix's lost opportunity in music, and more (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/14/2026/warner-music-group-ceo-rober…

Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl on AI, streaming power, and why music royalties are the safest asset on Wall Street
The Warner Music Group CEO joins Mixed Signals to explain what a record label actually does in a world where anyone can upload a song to Spotify.

UMG sues DistroKid, alleging it distributes AI-generated music masquerading as artist-backed releases and knowingly "proliferates" copyright-infringing tracks (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uni

Universal Music Group sues DistroKid, accusing it of ‘unlawful practices’ and ‘flooding platforms with
Key parts of UMG’s suit center on DistroKid’s alleged involvement with AI-made music.

"Data center proposals keep coming to Pennsylvania. A 41,000-person Facebook group leads the fight against them"
#US #USA #America

The 41,000-person Facebook group fighting data centers in Pennsylvania
In response to souring public opinion on data centers, Pennsylvanians have flocked to grassroots Facebook groups.

New disability rights group urges MPs to vote down assisted dying Bill on return | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-disability-rights-group-urges-mps-vote-down-assisted-dying-bill-return

From the Department of Sleazy Tricks:
"Democrats for Mike Rogers",
a group that has spent millions of dollars to defeat Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed,
has received funds from Republican-aligned organizations, campaign finance records show.
https://

“Democrats for Mike Rogers” PAC Is Funded by Republicans, Records Show
The group has spent more than $4 million in an attempt to defeat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

When AI gives you $3 million, that's a sign that you're the progressive candidate and man of the people, right?
https://missionlocal.org/2026/10/scott-wiener-congress-ai-group-gift/

AI-funded group backs Scott Wiener for Congress with stunning $3 million gift
AI-funded group Public First Action reportedly put another $3 million behind Sen. Scott Wiener’s congressional bid.

Fuck Ed Sheeran, fuck Pink, fuck Robert Kraft/Kraft Group – #BDS. Thank you, Macklemore, and Free Palestine!
***
“Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have care…

UMG sues DistroKid, alleging it distributes AI-generated music masquerading as artist-backed releases and knowingly "proliferates" copyright-infringing tracks (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/uni

Universal Music Group sues DistroKid, accusing it of ‘unlawful practices’ and ‘flooding platforms with
Key parts of UMG’s suit center on DistroKid’s alleged involvement with AI-made music.

Newly formed GNN Group, which includes Whalar co-founder James Street, acquires Good News Network, a digital publisher that champions stories of human progress (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/10/good-news-network-sold-gnn-group-formed-1237…

Good News Network Sold To Group Including Whalar Co-Founder James Street
A investor collective including Whalar's James Street has acquired digital publisher Good News Network and formed a new parent, GNN Group.

Broncos may have their deepest WR group in years, but can they cut down on drops? https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-may-have-their-deepest-wr-group-in-years-but-can-they-cut-down-on-drops

"The art of empathetic library induction..." by Ned Potter
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/the-art-of-empathetic-library-induction
"Our Induction Group is full of brilliant staff from all different areas of the Library and Archives. There…

#NowPlaying Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) and the Memphis Group: how a 64-year-old Italian architect with a Compasso d’Oro and a typewriter in the Museum of Modern Art created the most recognizable design movement of the 1980s, walked away from it four years later, and spent the rest of his life being reduced to it.

#Wise Canada is launching chequing accounts with e-transfer support and CDIC insurance. they added interest recently.
Lots of fintech competition on the market right now with similar features

Just one of the reasons I'm voting for #ConnieChan and not #ScottWiener:
"Twice during the night, Wiener was asked about $3.5 million that went to a pro-Wiener independent expenditure committee from Public First Action, an AI policy advocacy group heavily funded by Anthropic. Of that s…

Scott Wiener, Connie Chan spar over AI at debate — and then make nice
Scott Wiener said he has regulated AI. Connie Chan questioned his independence amid millions in support from an AI-backed group.

Just one of the reasons I'm voting for #ConnieChan and not #ScottWiener:
"Twice during the night, Wiener was asked about $3.5 million that went to a pro-Wiener independent expenditure committee from Public First Action, an AI policy advocacy group heavily funded by Anthropic. Of that s…

Scott Wiener, Connie Chan spar over AI at debate — and then make nice
Scott Wiener said he has regulated AI. Connie Chan questioned his independence amid millions in support from an AI-backed group.

“Why just destroy them when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?” one of the hackers, from a collective calling itself stegan0gram, said in an interview. “We liberated hardware in the field, disarmed them, and proceeded with reverse engineering of the cameras and associated solar equipment.”

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

Judging from comments, blind people on Facebook seem by and large interested in getting a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision https://www.facebook.com/groups/1006104764242457/posts/1600860634766864/ and

Blind Things and Stuff | Facebook

Sources: a group of 10 banks is providing a $22B loan to Blackstone and Alphabet's venture Crux AI, which provides compute for AI labs, to fund TPU purchases (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/b…

I'm watching Damages 1x01 "Get Me a Lawyer" #Damages

Get Me a Lawyer
Attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, Ellen Parsons, to help her as she tries to ruin Arthur Frobisher. Hewes represents a group of employees that…

cattle: Dairy cattle (1955)
Dominance interactions among a group of dairy cattle at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station in Jenerette, Louisiana. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 28 nodes and 217 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://ne…

Sources: UMG is executing extensive layoffs across the US and UK, with several top executives, including Def Jam Records Chairman-CEO Tunji Balogun, leaving (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/universal-music-group-layoffs-top-e…

Universal Music Group Hit With Layoffs, Many Top Execs Out
As has long been expected, Universal Music Group is being hit with extensive layoffs, with multiple top execs departing.

“Let’s be very clear about what OpenAI is saying: A group of AI models colluded for months, [working as a swarm,] undetected by their maker, and hacked another company. To this day, OpenAI says it is not entirely sure what went wrong or how to remediate it.”
https://www.…

Vibed a new lyrics layout for Lyricova Jukebox — Ringoll Canvas.

Features (Part 1):
- JLReq-inspired ruby layout support
- Basic mono-ruby support (00:00, throughout)
- Long ruby text overhang (01:28, etc.)
- Group-ruby on wide base text (01:54, 02:03, 03:00, 08:03, etc.)
- Wide mono-ruby on narrow base text (08:55)
- Interlude countdown (01:20, etc.…

Saudi-Arabien erwägt Fusion von Electronic Arts und Savvy Games
Der saudische Staatsfonds PIF prüft offenbar, EA mit seiner Spieleholding Savvy Games Group zusammenzulegen. Entschieden ist laut Bloomberg noch nichts.

Saudi-Arabien erwägt Fusion von Electronic Arts und Savvy Games
Der saudische Staatsfonds PIF prüft offenbar, EA mit seiner Spieleholding Savvy Games Group zusammenzulegen. Entschieden ist laut Bloomberg noch nichts.

A group of IMPRS doctoral researchers got to experience the total solar eclipse in Spain yesterday. Here is a picture taken during totality. Location: Mambrilla de Castrejón, Burgos, Spain, Photographer: Betty Tsai.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026

I always find polished fan sequels interesting -- you see a different perspective on the original series and what was special to that group of devs. Although I wonder why "Donkey Kong Country 4: The Kong's Return" uses a *square* aspect ratio. Maybe they're inspired by some gameplay constraints of Donkey Kong Land?
https://www.

Officials from the US met Houthi leaders over the weekend at the country’s embassy in Muscat, Oman, it has been confirmed,
leading to the US decision
⚠️ not to intervene to help Saudi Arabia drive back a Houthi advance inside Yemen.
The Iran-backed militant group reassured the US that the ceasefire agreement between the two sides struck in 2025 still held
⚠️and the movement had no intention of attacking US shipping in the Red Sea.
Only Saudi-linked shipping was…

US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
Iran-backed militants have offered Trump administration assurances over safety of Red Sea shipping

Raiders Named Potential Trade Destination for Panthers Outcast https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/potential-trade-destination-panthers-xavier-legette/

Eine klug umgesetzte #Energiewende könnte Deutschland nach Berechnungen der Energy Watch Group jährlich rund 120 Milliarden Euro sparen.
Kommunale Modellprojekte setzen auf rentable Lösungen wie #Photovoltaik,

Energiesystem, das Geld bringt: "Eine klug gemachte Energiewende spart 120 Milliarden Euro im Jahr"
Die Energiewende ist angeblich zu komplex und teuer. Dabei gibt Deutschland jedes Jahr 80 Milliarden Euro Erdöl und Erdgas aus. Geld, das einfach verschwindet. Diese Ausgaben schrumpfen jedoch mit jeder Wärmepumpe und jedem E-Auto. Ein Modellprojekt in Baden-Württemberg liefert den Beleg.

Not suspicious at all.
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin…

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.

"Trail cameras capture adorable sighting of first wild pine marten babies born in a century"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Animals

Trail cameras capture first wild pine marten babies born in the UK in a century
The new kits are the offspring of a group of endangered pine martens who were released into the wild in 2024 and 2025.

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group delays the general availability of PostgreSQL 19 after LLM-assisted code reviews uncovered architectural defects (Lindsay Clark/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026

Postgres 19 delayed after AI reviewers find more bugs than humans can fix
Core devs revert up to 10 features, push release to November, and blame better tooling rather than vibe coding

Chargers OC Mike McDaniel plans to play 'hot hand' out of RB group https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-oc-mike-mcdaniel-hot-hand-rb-group

The JustWatch Group, known for its streaming guide, plans to launch an AVOD and TVOD service in October in 12 countries, including the US and Canada (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/09/justwatch-streaming-launches-avod-tvod-1237103975/

Streaming Guide JustWatch Launching Its Own AVOD-TVOD Service
The JustWatch Group, which is known for its streaming guide, is launching its own ad-supported and transactional service.

Florida Department of Highway Safety hacked by international criminal group
https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-department-of-highway-safety-hacked-by-international-criminal-group

⚠️ SMG Swiss Marketplace Gruppe hatte Leck - Userdaten von 890'000 von Ricardo lagen offen
"The exposed data was limited to names, postal addresses and telephone numbers and, for business users, company names"
https://swissmarketplace.group/media-r

Ricardo fixes security vulnerability affecting user data
SMG announces leadership changes in Real Estate and corporate functions.

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it/

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it
When the European Union’s new anti-deforestation law threatened to expose the environmental costs of logging in North America’s forests, the American paper industry, supported by the U.S. government, mobilized an intense lobbying effort to weaken the legislation. According to lobbying disclosures, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), a leading trade group representing paper and […]

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I'm watching Damages 1x01 "Get Me a Lawyer" #Damages

Get Me a Lawyer
Attorney Patty Hewes hires a new associate, Ellen Parsons, to help her as she tries to ruin Arthur Frobisher. Hewes represents a group of employees that…

kangaroo: Grey kangaroo dominance
Dominance relations among a group of free-ranging grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 17 nodes and 91 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/kangar…

Why is SIG Public Affairs important for the GÉANT community right now?
Between evolving digital infrastructure strategies, AI regulation and complex funding cycles, the rules of the game are moving fast, often with NRENs navigating it alone.
That's exactly the gap this newly established SIG was created to fill.
To learn more, we recently spoke to Agnieszka Stokłosa (PCSS) & Leonie Schäfer (DFN), Chairs and Strategic Coordinators of the SIG.
🔗 Read the inte…

South Korea's CJ ENM signs a long-term deal with MBC Group to launch a dedicated Tving space on MBC's streamer Shahid, offering South Korean content across MENA (Marta Balaga/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/cj-enm-mbc-group-expand…

CJ ENM and MBC Group Expand Partnership
CJ ENM and MBC Group expand existing partnership, announce at Mipcom

Crosslisted article(s) found for math.DG. https://arxiv.org/list/math.DG/new
[2/2]:
- Sharp degree bound for rational proper maps from $\mathbb B^2$ to $\mathbb B^4$
Tianzhi Hu, Mai Shi, Pingsan Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15698 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathCV_bot/117274112161304572
- Logarithm of the Universal Two-Valued Formal Group
Victor Buchstaber, Mikhail Kornev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15878 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathAT_bot/117274104526489256
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Grab agrees to acquire a 60% stake in Singapore-based BNPL platform Atome from Advance Intelligence Group and others for $1.49B; Atome had $470M in 2025 revenue (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

from my link log —
New Ansible data validation module(s).
https://blog.ipspace.net/2021/03/ansible-validation.html
saved 2021-03-05 https://

New Ansible Data Validation Module(s) « ipSpace.net blog
A few months ago I described how you could use JSON Schema to validate your automation data models, host/group variable files, or even Ansible inventory file. I had to use a weird toolchain to get it done – either ansible-inventory to build a complete data model from various inventory sources, or yq to convert YAML to JSON… and just for the giggles jsonschema CLI command requires the JSON input to reside in a file, so you have to use a temporary file to get the job done.

Pasiaiškinkit https://staysin.eu/river.group.lt

Density Estimation on Compact Manifolds under Intrinsic Spectral Block Variation
Olga Klopp, Fedor Noskov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12637 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.12637 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.12637
arXiv:2608.12637v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce an intrinsic spectral sparsity model for nonparametric density estimation on compact connected Riemannian manifolds. Instead of penalizing coefficients in an arbitrarily chosen Laplace--Beltrami eigenbasis, we group each complete eigenspace and measure the Hilbert norm of its spectral component. The resulting block-variation space is basis independent and isometry invariant. We establish its structural, atomic, and nonlinear approximation properties and clarify its relation to Sobolev, Besov, and coefficientwise spectral $\ell^1$ classes. We then construct a coordinate-free block-shrinkage estimator and prove a nonasymptotic signal-dependent $L^2$-oracle inequality that adapts to the unknown set of detectable eigenspaces. Under polynomial spectral growth, the risk theory separates the number of spectral blocks from their multiplicities and exhibits two regimes: one driven by a single high-dimensional eigenspace and the other by cumulative spectral complexity. Under matching spectral-growth and nondegeneracy assumptions, corresponding minimax lower bounds show that this multiplicity dependence is intrinsic, with sharp consequences for spheres and the rotation group $SO(3)$. Finally, we develop a positive, normalized, block-penalized exponential spectral sieve for log-densities and derive likelihood oracle inequalities together with expected Kullback--Leibler, Hellinger, and $L^2$ risk bounds. The resulting framework provides a geometry-respecting theory of sparse density estimation that remains invariant under changes of eigenbasis.
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In a 1976 study anthropologist Jane M. Murphy, then at Harvard University, found that an isolated group of Yupik-speaking Inuits near the Bering Strait had a term (kunlangeta) they used to describe “a man who … repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and … takes sexual advantage of many women—someone who does not pay attention to reprimands and who is always being brought to the elders for punishment.” When Murphy asked an Inuit what the group would typically do with a kunlangeta, he re…

I know nothing about LabX Media Group. Is my decades-old subscription to Scientific American about to bring me enshittified content instead? Anyone have experience with LabX Media Group beyond what I can find on its site?
“LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio”

LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LabX Media Group today announced that it has acquired Scientific American, one of the world's most established and respected science...

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.atom-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.atom-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Hartree-Fock Density-Matrix Renormalization Group for Very Long Chains
Steven R. White

I made a (somewhat) short video of the group bike ride @… and I did last weekend with the Oak Leaf Familia.
https://youtu.be/S0gnUwUZ7Yw

Post-Perseids Sunrise At Raisting Earth Station (2026)
(Pictures from between 5-6AM this morning... I still need to process the meteor shower images from the hour before, but not holding my breath...)
#LandscapePhotography #RadioTelescope

A new group of publishers and news associations joins a lawsuit that claims OpenAI and Microsoft stole copyrighted articles to build commercial AI products (Insider NJ)
https://www.insidernj.com/copyright-lawsuit-against-openai-an…

Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Grows to More Than 550 Publications - Insider NJ
Platkin LLP now represents 60 publishers across the country suing Open AI , Microsoft Represented by Platkin LLP,  publishers argue OpenAI and Microsoft  systematically and willfully stole copyrighted news articles without permission or compensation A new group of 26 local, regional and specialty publishers joined a landmark copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft Wednesday, alleging[...]

Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by trade group TechNet, to advocate for "technology-neutral policies" (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/14/netflix-amazon-youtube-streaming-coalition

Exclusive: Netflix, Amazon, YouTube launch new streaming coalition
The alliance is led by TechNet, a trade group that represents Big Tech companies.

Suno v6: Neue KI-Modelle und Funktionen nach Einigung mit Musiklabels
Suno v6 ist da: Es ist das erste KI-Musikgenerator-Modell nach der Einigung von Suno mit Believe, der Warner Music Group und BMG.
ht…

Suno v6: Neue KI-Modelle und Funktionen nach Einigung mit Musiklabels
Suno v6 ist da: Es ist das erste KI-Musikgenerator-Modell nach der Einigung von Suno mit Believe, der Warner Music Group und BMG.

kangaroo: Grey kangaroo dominance
Dominance relations among a group of free-ranging grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 17 nodes and 91 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/kangar…

LawZero, a non-profit founded by Yoshua Bengio to develop safe AI systems, says Canada and Germany are providing up to $300M in grant funding (Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-yoshua-bengio-lawze…

Yoshua Bengio’s non-profit to get up to $300-million from Canada, Germany to expand safe AI development
Montreal group aims to build a system called Scientist AI that would prioritize safety and monitor other models

Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/sep/14/israel-palestinian-living-…

Israel accused of trying to ‘eliminate’ living conditions for Palestinians in West Bank
Report by Israeli human rights group says systematic and broad assault being waged on conditions required for Palestinians’ existence

Rival pro-Israel group to spend millions to target AIPAC-backed candidates
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has cemented itself as one of the most powerful forces in politics,
-- pouring tens of millions of dollars into primaries this year.
As November approaches, a liberal alternative to AIPAC in pro-Israel advocacy is ratcheting up its efforts to counter that influence.
The "J Street" super PAC said Thursday that it is making its largest inves…

Rival pro-Israel group to spend millions to target AIPAC-backed candidates
The super PAC of J Street, a liberal pro-Israel group, is spending $3 million on ads against Republicans backed by AIPAC.

RE: https://solarsystem.social/@planetary_research_jobs/117269965512105547
IMPRS alumna Rosita Kokotanekova is hiring for her new research group in cometary science:

US Doctors’ Group Files Lawsuit Over ‘Industry-Influenced Dietary Guidelines’ https://plantbasednews.org/culture/law-and-politics/doctors-lawsuit-industry-influenced-dietary-guidelines/

US Doctors' Group Files Lawsuit Over ‘Industry-Influenced Dietary Guidelines’
PCRM, a doctors’ group, has filed a lawsuit over the “industry-influenced” US dietary guidelines, which heavily feature meat and dairy

Sources: Nvidia in talks to invest up to $3B in SoftBank-backed data center developer SB Energy that aims to IPO soon and is behind a huge OpenAI campus in Ohio (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-talks…

Nvidia in Talks to Invest $3 Billion in SB Energy as Part of OpenAI Data Center Deal
Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, the Softbank Group-backed developer of a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, according to people familiar with the discussions. The investment is being discussed as part of Nvidia’s negotiations with OpenAI and SB ...

kangaroo: Grey kangaroo dominance
Dominance relations among a group of free-ranging grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 17 nodes and 91 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/kangar…

Metrics with positive Ricci eigenvalue sums on $\mathbb{T}^k\times \mathbb{S}^m$
Huibin Chen, Yiyue Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15814 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.15814 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.15814
arXiv:2609.15814v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We construct metrics with $k$-positive Ricci curvature on $\mathbb{T}^k\times \mathbb{S}^m$, for $k,m\geq2$, arbitrarily close to the standard flat-round product in the smooth topology. The two-torus case disproves Wolfson's conjecture that every closed manifold with two-positive Ricci curvature has virtually free fundamental group. We also establish a local obstruction to two-positive Ricci curvature near closed backgrounds carrying three orthonormal parallel one-forms.
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"But a group of countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia and including India and China,...". The duplicity of their argument is obscene. Yes, developing countries are sadly under-represented in science overall, but NOT those 4. How many years has IPCC been active? (IPCC was established in 1988). And only now, when "Cop33 is scheduled to critique governments’ actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions...", these guys are concerned about inclusivity?
And yes, there nee…

IPCC is under pressure to delay publication of key global climate report
AR7 report was scheduled for 2028 in time for Cop33 summit but some petro-states and major developing countries want to postpone it

A group of House lawmakers launches the Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus amid an industry push for a federal film and TV tax incentive (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/09/house-entertainment-caucus-sydney-kamlager-dove-…

House Lawmakers Launch Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus
The caucus will focus on the economic impact of the creator economy, as well as sports, music and other forms of entertainment.

As US employers brace for the largest price hikes on employee health plans in 15 years,
a growing number are opting out of group insurance altogether.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-12/us-employers-aban…

macaques: Japanese macaques (1976)
Dominance interactions among a group of adult female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata fuscata), observed during a non-mating season in 1976. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction.
This network has 62 nodes and 1187 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.s…

RE: https://solarsystem.social/@planetary_research_jobs/117269984014147170
IMPRS alumna Rosita Kokotanekova is hiring for her Swiss-Bulgarian PROMYS-funded research group:

Disney and Dude Perfect sign a broad deal bringing some Dude Perfect content to Disney ; the group will create original content for events like the Super Bowl (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney Inks Major Creator Deal With Dude Perfect (Exclusive)
The Texas-based sports creators and the media company have signed a wide-ranging partnership that will span entertainment, sports, consumer products and experiences.

rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted

Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-strik…

"But a group of countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia and including India and China,...". The duplicity of their argument is obscene. Yes, developing countries are sadly under-represented in science overall, but NOT those 4. How many years has IPCC been active? (IPCC was established in 1988). And only now, when "Cop33 is scheduled to critique governments’ actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions...", these guys are concerned about inclusivity?
And yes, there nee…

IPCC is under pressure to delay publication of key global climate report
AR7 report was scheduled for 2028 in time for Cop33 summit but some petro-states and major developing countries want to postpone it

Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by trade group TechNet, to advocate for "technology-neutral policies" (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/14/netflix-amazon-youtube-streaming-coalition

Exclusive: Netflix, Amazon, YouTube launch new streaming coalition
The alliance is led by TechNet, a trade group that represents Big Tech companies.

Trump’s Super PAC Starts to Unload Its War Chest,
With New Group Booking $47 Million
A recently created Republican group tied to the president’s super PAC
is pumping cash into half a dozen key midterm races,
with the largest amounts going toward Senate contests in Michigan and Ohio

Trump’s PAC Unloads War Chest, With $49 Million Headed to Key Midterm Races
A recently created Republican group tied to the president’s super PAC is pumping cash into half a dozen key midterm races, with the largest amounts going toward Senate contests in Michigan and Ohio.

kidnappings: Abu Sayyaf kidnappings (2014)
Bipartite network of members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines, and the kidnapping events they were involved in.
This network has 351 nodes and 402 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/kidnapp…

Source: Anthropic is severing ties with the Information Technology Industry Council after the tech industry trade group opposed three export control measures (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/08/anthropic-breaks-tech-group-chips

Scoop: Anthropic breaks from major tech group over chips
Anthropic is quitting a major Washington trade association over a national security fight.

sa_companies: South African companies (1919)
A bipartite network of the affiliations between a small group of individuals and five important companies in South African finance, around 1919.
This network has 11 nodes and 13 edges.
Tags: Social, Affiliation, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/sa_comp

november17: November17 members (2009)
A network representing connections among members of the November 17 (N17) Greek terrorist group. Nodes are members, and an edge exists if two members have some connection in the past. Metadata include role, function, resources. Some attributes are missing.
This network has 22 nodes and 66 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Metadata

More than a quarter of U.S. voters -- including the majority of Democrats --identify as supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
New polling finds left-wing ideology surges in popularity despite the Trump administration’s attempts to quash it.
Quinnipiac University finds that 26 percent of registered voters say they consider themselves supporters of DSA -- the largest socialist group in the U.S.
This includes 59 percent of Democrats and 22 percent of independ…

Over a Quarter of Voters Say They’re Supporters of DSA, Polling Finds
Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats said they back the socialist group.

Sources: PayPal is in talks to sell itself to a group including Stripe and Advent, which proposed paying $60.50/share in July; PayPal is seeking a higher price (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/stripe-advent-in-talks-to-buy-pa…

fresh_webs: Freshwater stream webs
A set of 26 networks of trophic-level species interactions in streams in New Zealand, Maine and North Carolina. Networks include the identities of aquatic insect, algae and fish species and their trophic interactions. Excel and plain text adjacency matrices available; webs can be downloaded individually or as a group.
This network has 49 nodes and 110 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Unweighted, Metadata

Source: Turner Classic Movies, which airs films like The Blob, will be housed within Skydance Motion Picture Group, led by Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein (Peter White/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/10/turner-classic-movies-skydance-film-group-123715…

Turner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film Group
Deadline understands that the channel, will be rub by Skydance Motion Picture Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.

A watchdog group has filed a bar complaint against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, requesting a probe into the alleged unauthorized practice of law (Mallory Wilson/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6148366-katie-…

Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI (Leo Schwartz/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-ai-industrys-behind-scenes-push-pol…

A profile of Amy Kremer, a pro-Trump activist who helped organize the January 6 rally and currently chairs the grassroots anti-data center group Humans First (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/the-jan-6-organizer-getting-co…

Amy Kremer is getting conservatives angry about AI
As Chair of Humans First, Amy Kremer is rallying conservatives against AI companies

hens: White Leghorn hens (1946)
Dominance interactions (pecking) among a group of White Leghorn hens, observed in 1946. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 32 nodes and 496 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/hens

Microsoft begins merging its consumer and commercial Copilot apps into a single app, with a mobile and web rollout in mid-August and desktop in mid-September (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-st

Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of ‘Super App’ rollout
Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. Copilot Podcasts, Group Chat and Deep Research will be retired beginning Aug. 18, along with Mico, the animated character added to Copilot's voice mode last year.

NetChoice sues Illinois to block taxes on large social media companies and on companies with over $1M in gross receipts from digital ad services (Heather Cherone/WTTW News)
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/11/tech-group-sues-illinois-over-social-medi…

kidnappings: Abu Sayyaf kidnappings (2014)
Bipartite network of members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines, and the kidnapping events they were involved in.
This network has 351 nodes and 402 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/kidnapp…

RTL reports H1 revenue up 4% YoY to €2.9B and raises its FY revenue forecast to between €7.1B and €7.2B, accounting for the June acquisition of Sky Deutschland (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/broadcaster-rtl-group-raises-2026-revenue…

Sony Music becomes the first music company to join ARIAM, which advocates for responsible AI adoption in the creative industry and includes the NYT and Disney (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/sony-music-group-joins-…

Sony Music Group Joins AI Content Coalition ARIAM
Sony Music Group became the first music company to join the group advocating for the responsible adoption of AI throughout the creative industry.

PA Media Group reports 2025 revenue down 0.3% YoY to £115.9M, ending eight consecutive years of revenue growth, and pre-tax profit down 56% to £3.8M (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/pa-media-group-…

PA Media Group revenue flat in 2025 after a decade of growth
PA Media Group has reported stable revenue in 2025, ending its eight consecutive years of growth, according to newly-filed accounts.

Universal Music Group partners with ElevenLabs to launch a new AI-powered platform that will let users create song remixes, mashups, and more from its catalog (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/993465/universal-m…

Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group is partnering with the AI voice generator ElevenLabs to launch a new AI-powered music creation platform.

Disney secures rights to podcast content of Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap in a multimillion-pound deal; shows will still broadcast on YouTube (Matt Hughes/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/

Disney+ buys rights to Gary Neville’s Overlap content in riposte to Lineker’s Netflix deal
Disney+ has bought the rights to broadcast The Overlap’s podcast content in a multimillion pound deal

Sources: an investor group led by businessman Craig Fuller is planning to buy the Chattanooga Times Free Press from the Arkansas-based Hussman family (Chattanoogan.com)
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2026/7/26/521357/Report-Local-Group-Buying-Chattanoog…

Report: Local Group Buying Chattanooga Times Free Press From Arkansas Owners
A group of investors led by Chattanooga businessman and media specialist Craig Fuller is planning to buy the Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper from its...