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Upcoming: A Year in Europe - http://bit.ly/L2c5dz the Chief Lizard Wrangler is coming to Barcelona for a yeah: ¡Hola! #mozilla

#Nigeria to ban use of foreign IT products to promote homegrown industry - http://tnw.co/KvaVMj straws in the wind

ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World - http://bit.ly/J9tJ39 rather cool

Muscle from Brussels as #openaccess gets an €80bn boost - http://bit.ly/KhunpU great news: Horizon 2020 does the right thing (v +Timothy Gowers)

Time To Realize That The Obama Administration Doesn't Even Have The Authority To Commit The US To #ACTA Or #TPP – http://bit.ly/L9dheR

New Global Research Council Takes Off - http://bit.ly/JipMus more good news for #openaccess (v @petersuber)

Aurélie Filippetti, new French Culture minister, has said "Non au Traité #ACTA !" - http://bit.ly/Kvm53G handy (v @StopActaNow)

"Moi, je veux supprimer #Hadopi" - French Culture minister - http://bit.ly/JhpLG9 but will she try to? (v @StopActaNow)

Can You Patent How You Cut Your Meat? - http://bit.ly/Jhv5cI </insert withering comment about #patents here>

Binding, but not to be followed blindly: some fresh air for #Aerotel - http://bit.ly/Jyj9UJ sensible decision on #swpats #uk

Why default blocking doesn’t work - http://bit.ly/JV3VHn wow, appalling tale of how @coadec coudn't get unblocked #uk #idiocy

MT @PoliceStateUK#Met #Police will retain #mobile phone data of people not charged with any crime http://bbc.in/LfVEjR >>outrageous

David Kessler, un anti-anti-#Hadopi aux côtés de François Hollande - http://bit.ly/J0TEoW hmm, don't like the look of this (v @memoryne)

#Africa Consortium Aims to Do a Ridiculous Amount of Good - http://onforb.es/LXvcYI interesting project

USTR Announces Next #TPP Round in San Diego July 2-10 - http://bit.ly/Mp8viR baby steps towards #transparency