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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130428 - http://bit.ly/Y7PdDY yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Mélenchon & Jadot issue warnings on #TAFTA - http://bit.ly/18d1BDU important post: how #TTIP could destroy #EU independence (v @PostActa)

Panel seeks to fine tech companies for noncompliance with wiretap orders - http://wapo.st/18712OF #policestate (v @ioerror @kurtopsahl)

Digital #Surveillance: how to avoid another Snoopers' Charter - http://bit.ly/ZQWIj1 important contribution to debate #ORG

#Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees - http://bit.ly/18d51GE let's hope UK's stupidity doesn't ruin this

Bad Seed Law - http://bit.ly/12U69j2 "no seed can be sold, or even given for free, to anyone anywhere in EU unless it is registered" insane

Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to #Mozilla, sues him for $3.4m - http://tnw.co/Y8en5l absurd; I shan't be using #opera again

The power of lobbyists for pesticides 'harmful' to bees - http://bit.ly/ZKsPCH aided & abetted by disgraceful UK gov (v @corporateeurope)

Welcoming Greece Local Group as Open Knowledge Foundation Chapter - http://bit.ly/12bxJoc great

Bee-harming #pesticides banned in Europe - http://bit.ly/ZYGyjN one in the eye for Paterson #food #lobbying

European parliament starts discussing the proposed Directive on collective management of copyright - http://bit.ly/187wT1E useful analysis

Die Deutsche Telekom will dreist die Netzneutralität abschaffen. Remix Deine Meinung! - http://bit.ly/ZfmJpg hilarious #netneutrality

What the Letzgo Hunting vigilantes can teach Home Office - http://bit.ly/18e8wg4 avoiding "obsessive focus on blanket surveillance"; nice

What Do We Mean By Small Data - http://bit.ly/Y8nClX thought-provoking stuff #opendata

G-8 #OpenData for #Agriculture Conference - http://1.usa.gov/153UuSn live now: important initiative (v @wilbanks @dhgisme)#transparency

hilarious to hear @BillGates calling for #opendata in agriculture that can be shared widely... ORLY? - http://1.usa.gov/153UuSn

US senators target pharma IP in #TPP meeting - http://bit.ly/17sYyJo "12 years of regulatory data protection for biologics" & #TAFTA/#TTIP?

European Commission Replies to My #IPRED Letter - http://bit.ly/12IZU0r so I write back... #copyright #enforcement #EU

In the future our police, lawyers and jails will be run by G4S - http://bit.ly/Y8CrFb a terrifying future: it must not be (v @JackofKent)

#TPP: Todos Podemos Perder - http://bit.ly/18f90Te well, aside from the huge multinationals - they will win & win & win...

#Trademarks: the good, the bad and the ugly - http://bit.ly/10OLpeu excellent intro to important but oft-times problematic area

OLAF's #Dalligate report slammed as 'biased', 'amateurish' - http://bit.ly/Y92w76 wow, what a saga #EU #transparency

"the right to access public information is not a 'fundamental' privilege" - http://bit.ly/Y92NH5 uh-oh, not good #us #foi

U.S. Lawmaker Proposes New Criteria for Choosing NSF Grants - http://bit.ly/14IK3TK #china must be laughing at this autodestruction

Act of Terror - http://bit.ly/10nUyTV brilliant, simple film about right to film police; kudos to Gemma Atkinson. show it in all schools...

Announcing Outreach Program for Women Internships for the #Linux Kernel: Please Apply - http://bit.ly/14IOEVR great idea    

How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal #whistleblower as a criminal - http://bit.ly/11Sp3EH unbelievable; unforgiveable

#China commits billions in aid to #Africa as part of charm offensive - http://bit.ly/ZMfmKA fascinating

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored - http://bit.ly/ZMgk9w er, isn't this ringing any alarm bells in US?

What Is #TPP? It's the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since #ACTA - http://bit.ly/13GNohG yup - until #TAFTA/#TTIP gets going...

Bill Gates joins administration in promoting open agricultural data - http://wapo.st/10oe7M2 yeah, he's a big fan of openness...wait, what?

Political Corruption & "Free Trade" Racket - http://bit.ly/ZYd0n8 "increasing protectionist barriers" (v @info_justice @PostActa)#TAFTA

Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists - http://bit.ly/16eqD96 glad I'm not the only one appalled by Walport here

Ridiculous: Short-Sighted, Anonymous Hollywood Exec Flips Out Over Using BitTorrent For Promotions – http://bit.ly/ZYeGgo

Who Owns Your Pictures? - http://bit.ly/ZMHI7r good analysis of what's really going on with UK #orphan works changes

The #copyright orphanage - http://bit.ly/ZMKPML more sensible thoughts on the UK's new #orphan works legislation