Moody's Microblog Daily Digest
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Moody: the works
A list of links to all my non-tech writings:
Essays
Glanglish
- with audio versions
Travel writings
Moody's Black Notebook Travels
-
new post
Walks with Lorenzetti
A Partial India
Novels
Doing the Business
Egyptian Romance
Wednesday 12 February 2020
200211
Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest
https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200210.html
yesterday’s tweets as a single page
Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers -
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/11/virtuoso-mourns-beloved-150000-piano-smashed-by-movers
poor Angela Hewitt…
Gove criticises US and Brazil for climate crisis scepticism -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/11/michael-gove-criticises-us-brazil-climate-crisis-scepticism-cop-26
well done, gove…
Monday 10 February 2020
200210
Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest
https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200209.html
yesterday’s tweets as a single page
Fires and floods: maps of Europe predict scale of climate catastrophe -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/10/fires-floods-maps-europe-climate-catastrophe
and these are probably optimistic scenarios…
#climatecrisis
Government ‘actively looking into’ Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/10/boris-johnson-northern-ireland-scotland-bridge-plan-being-actively-looked-into-no-10
I’m sure a united Ireland will be delighted by this free transport infrastructure
An ad showing a woman’s body after birth is still too radical for the Oscars -
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/10/oscars-banned-ad-womans-body-childbirth-pregnancy-frida-mom
ads for guns would doubtless by fine
200209
Quest to save ancient
#Yazidi
music comes to Britain -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/04/quest-to-save-ancient-yazidi-music-comes-to-britain
great initiative
Mathematicians Prove Universal Law of Turbulence -
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-batchelors-law-of-turbulence-20200204/
George Batchelor’s Law, to be precise; when he taught us fluid dynamics many years ago we did get the impression he understood this better than anyone…
Sinn Féin to try to form ruling coalition after Irish election success -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/sinn-fein-to-try-to-form-ruling-coalition-after-irish-election-success
never a dull moment these days…
#ireland
Saturday 8 February 2020
200207
Eurostar Is Planning To Connect London To Spain -
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/02/06/eurostar-is-planning-to-connect-london-to-spain/
great news
UK unprepared for COP 26 conference, warn climate leaders -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/07/mary-robinson-attacks-unhelpful-uk-over-cop-26-climate-talks
oh, great:
#brexit
UK already trashing our global reputation…
“Johnson’s handling of the launch, at which he failed to set out clear stepping stones to a successful outcome for
#COP26
or domestic policies to reduce emissions, had hurt his standing among world leaders on the issue” -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/07/mary-robinson-attacks-unhelpful-uk-over-cop-26-climate-talks
global leader, huh?
Why the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR) risks turning into a paper tiger -
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2020/02/why-the-eus-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-risks-turning-into-a-paper-tiger/
a big problem if it’s not fixed…
#privacy
Wednesday 5 February 2020
200204
Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest
https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200203.html
yesterday’s tweets as a single page
Trophy hunting event to auction ‘dream hunt’ with Donald Trump Jr -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/donald-trump-jr-trophy-hunting-auction-nevada-aoe
the real “dream hunt” would not be
with
Donald Trump Jr, but
of
Donald Trump Jr…
Tuesday 4 February 2020
200203
Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest
https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200202.html
yesterday’s tweets as a single page
Signed Away: How Exxon’S Exploitative Deal Deprived
#Guyana
Of Up To Us$55 Billion -
https://www.globalwitness.org/zh-cn/campaigns/oil-gas-and-mining/signed-away-exxons-exploitative-deal-deprived-guyana/
@exxonmobil is just evil, pure and simple…
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM’s aide tried to ban selected reporters -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/feb/03/brexit-news-boris--johnson-speech-barnier-cabinet-ministers-claims-uk-does-not-need-trade-deal-with-eu-ahead-of-pms-speech-live-news?page=with:block-5e3832ac8f08e1332473c354#block-5e3832ac8f08e1332473c354
kudos to them for not allowing boris johnson to adopt the trump trick for throwing out critical journalists
Adding Fuel to the Fire: Export Credit Agencies and Fossil Fuel Finance -
http://priceofoil.org/2020/01/30/g20-ecas-2020/
- this is just madness
#climatecrisis
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