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U Washington's best-of-breed 3D printing lab shuts down knowledge sharing after admin introduces patent-grab - http://bit.ly/yG8csZ twits

"Just got to 5000 signatures at http://thecostofknowledge.com/ and not long ago the number of mathematicians passed 1000" - http://bit.ly/xabWOf yay

Nevada police beat the hell out of man immobilized with diabetic shock, screaming "Do not resist, motherfucker!" - http://bit.ly/wCrlrR

10 European Commission myths about #ACTA - http://bit.ly/x51oZU best quick rebuttal of EU untruths - please read & RT

UK.gov: We really are going to start buying #opensource from SMEs - http://bit.ly/wrtNoU heard that before (v @opensourcerer)

#Twitter releases its Cassandra client to the #opensource developer community - http://tnw.co/yCWtIi nice

What's Actually in the #TPP? - http://bit.ly/yfuPnc who knows? it's a secret; but here are some likely nasties in there #ACTA

OpenWatch - http://bit.ly/zfV88q "participatory citizen media project; uses mobile technology 4 public monitoring of authority figures."

Amazingly, Spider-Man Pirates Himself - http://bit.ly/zNA5BB wonderful story

Food Herbicide Residues Set to Rise As Much As 150 Times - http://bit.ly/zKPOwB #monsanto thinks we need more birth defects in EU

Campaigners: we need right to parody - http://bit.ly/Al3ZmT ridiculous we even have to ask #copyright

Announcing the School of Data - http://bit.ly/AfYsyx sounds cool

EU Socialists say 'Stop #ACTA' - http://bit.ly/xH9Xn9 promising noises

Met thumbed through Oyster card data up to 22,000 times in 4 years - http://bit.ly/xJo0OU surprise! why I don't use them #surveillance

#Malware devs embrace #opensource - http://bit.ly/ynt64n it's just so obviously better as a methodology

ACTA up - http://econ.st/yAm4W8 surprisingly sympathetic piece on the Great European #ACTA revolt from #Economist

#Iran Shuts Down Major Websites and Https Protocol - http://bit.ly/x3hmwl looking bad (v @monomanbr)

Lithuanian Minister of Justice Condemns #ACTA & Calls for Re-evaluation of IP - http://bit.ly/wgcnjn wow; that just leaves idiots like UK

Do The Differences Between Software Piracy And Media Piracy Matter? - http://bit.ly/xKpAKH making the right distinctions #ACTA

EU privacy rulings: 'huge consequences' for UK press - http://bit.ly/xXeZCW great news (v @jeffjarvis)#freespeech #privacy

V for Vendetta and the rise ofAnonymous - http://bbc.in/yrR52H great piece by Alan Moore on the background (v @Asher_Wolf)#ACTA #guyfawkes

Parable of the farmers & the Teleporting Duplicator - http://bit.ly/zu9pd0 flawed logic: reputation is built by sharing - eg OSS (v @ccbuhr)

Estonian IT Journalist: #ACTA a Wolf in Puppy's Clothing - http://bit.ly/yg0JWw nicely done (v @SLWorona)#estonia

Public concern on #ACTA is understandable, says S&D Euro MP Bernd Lange - http://bit.ly/y9z2XC wow: read this savvy comment (v @StopActaNow)

Aussetzung der #ACTA-Unterschrift: Kleiner Schritt in richtige Richtung - http://bit.ly/yLsIOC "intransparent, undemokratisch und schädlich"

Public concern on #ACTA is understandable, says S&D Euro MP Bernd Lange - http://bit.ly/wXhfO4 wow: savvy comment (v @StopActaNow)direct URL

Latest pact on internet piracy set to be derailed - http://on.ft.com/y2zyJg wow, even #FT thinks #ACTA is dying (v@@RalfGrahn)

World Press Photo competition 2012 winners - in pictures - http://bit.ly/yfk6DF do not miss: some truly great art #photography

W3C co-chair: Apple, Google power causing Open Web crisis - http://cnet.co/z2TCvX IE6 all overagain - but not MS's fault

Open source announcements and new FLOSSBOK initiative - http://bit.ly/ykRpFo "to outline the topics important for anyone studying FLOSS"

#ACTA is Useless… and a Threat, Says Ex-EU Lead Negotiator - on.wsj.com/ygCpTH great must-read interview (v @StopActaNow)

Elsevier, FooBar and #Content-mining – yet another Digital Land Grab - http://bit.ly/ydW1ew why #openaccess is indispensable

First Neanderthal cave paintings discovered in Spain - http://bit.ly/ySsuZt sounds exciting #art #prehistory

BitTorrent Piracy Doesn’t Effect US Box Office Returns, Study Finds - http://bit.ly/wojUDc "piracy linked to delay of foreign premieres"

USians: Contact the Congressional committees studying FRPAA - http://bit.ly/yiY4bg help people access knowledge they've paid for #oa

Always A Gatekeeper: #RIAA Backs .music Proposal... If It's Only Limited To 'Accredited' Musicians - http://bit.ly/y4umaG they don't get it

#SOPA Strikedown Aftermath: Old Media Cannot Tell The Narrative Of One Million People - http://bit.ly/wgzJ0S excellent analysis #ACTA

Schrödinger's Download: Whether Or Not An iTunes Music Sale Is A 'Sale' Depends On Who's Suing - http://bit.ly/woXi8p the gall

How Much Of The Collapse Of Recorded Music Sales Revenue Was Due To The End Of Illegal Price Fixing? - http://bit.ly/AAPndt important point

'The #Economist' And 'Financial Times' Already Writing Off #ACTA As Dead - http://bit.ly/xlSZ3q pretty amazing, this #ft