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Obama Administration: #ACTA Is Binding & Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Heads About TPP - http://bit.ly/wpNGNd US citizens: get fighting

Attack of the #Drones – How Surveillance May Change our Culture - http://bit.ly/AsqCKJ excellent, thought-provoking piece

Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species - http://bit.ly/Akbmcm exciting times #genomics

Open source helicopters trivialize Europe's ODF troubles - http://bit.ly/xsa2H0 interesting stuff (v @sjig)

Isn't It Time Artists Lost Their 18th-Century Sense Of Entitlement? - http://bit.ly/x9l1no another reason why #copyright reform is needed

U.S. Says #Canada Will Not Have A Say in the #TPP - http://bit.ly/wuo3HN another v good reason to shun it

Italian corruption and church complicity left a murderer free to kill again - http://bit.ly/A1UhC2 sad stuff #italy

Giuseppe Verdi: Complete Operas & Other Works - http://bit.ly/y6VGjd 90 hours of Joe? de gustibus... #spotify

Reforming Regulation 1049 - http://bit.ly/xyerEw "campaign on the reform of the #EU access to documents Regulation" - civil society orgs NB

Participatory Budgeting and Technology - http://bit.ly/wtea2A skype meetup tonight #openspending

With latest domain seizures, US declares trade war world - http://bit.ly/wtBSlR still want to use .com .net .org?

USTR Wants 'Trade Promotion Authority' In An Effort To Ram #TPP Through Congress With Little Debate - http://bit.ly/yCBrQS not good

Open source hardware: Announcing a new licence - http://bit.ly/zBS2UB Solderpad Hardware Licence: comments invited #openhardware

Do they cheat in the European Parliament? - http://bit.ly/yCcB4p if confirmed some MEPs should resign over this (v @rikwes66)#ACTA

Do We Have a Right To Open Public Data? - http://bit.ly/zglfS9 new report says we do; lots of other good analysis #opendata #uk

Stop Stealing Dreams - http://bit.ly/AljXhg Seth Godin on the future of #education; can be read freely in various formats (v @petersuber)

Brazilian Performance Rights Agency Demands Blogger Pay $204 A Month To Embed Videos - http://bit.ly/w0n9Er entitlement madness in #brazil

UK Arms Export Licences - http://bit.ly/znUKzs interesting use of open data to visualise arms trade; lots of crypto going into Hong Kong

Open, moral and pragmatic - http://bit.ly/yvcDtM good rebuttal to #elsevier with detailed figures (@demartin)#openaccess

#SOPA poked an angry bear and set it loose on the net - http://bit.ly/A05apR revealing comments from Rob Levine #ACTA

[corrected URL] Megaupload Shutdown Boosted TV and VOD Services - http://bit.ly/zEWWEE but will it last?

Australia considers national digital archive - http://bit.ly/ywpVeI every country should do this

Bonobos are caring because they are led by females - http://bit.ly/wGosQZ maybe we should learn from them...

Is #ACTA Binding? Depends on Where You Ask - http://bit.ly/zHsqkN totally academic: they will ignore whatever they want (v @jerezim)

Letter on irregular vote to Chair of Legal Affairs from Orphan Works Rapporteur - http://bit.ly/wvrlKW please pass on - need answers #EP

Free Hardware and The Rise of #Android - http://bit.ly/x7d4dj nice analysis

O que é o Ecad, e por que ele está cobrando direito autoral de blogs? - http://bit.ly/x9gIdR sounds to me like #Ecad needs investigating

Canadians To Prime Minister: Don't Censor Our Scientists - http://bit.ly/waZwJc too right #ca