140630

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140629 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/06/140629.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Isis declares caliphate in Iraq and Syria – http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2014/jun/30/isis-declares-caliphate-in-iraq-and-syria-live-updates so how did that war on terror in Iraq work out, Mr Blair?

Cameron says he can still 'do business' with Juncker - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/30/david-cameron-still-do-business-juncker humiliating much?

Leprosy cases in Britain may be misdiagnosed, doctors are warned - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/30/leprosy-cases-britain-misdiagnosed-doctors-warned oh fab

The Shift to {Open|Linked|Big} Data - http://www.slideshare.net/greebo/open-data-presentation-2013-v0-9 presentation by @piawaugh #AU #opendata

Australia to question Brunei over stoning laws before trade talks - http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-to-question-brunei-over-stoning-laws-before-trade-talks-20140629-zsq1h.html too right #TPP

How German Opposition Could Sink a Major Canadian Trade Pact - https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/how-german-opposition-could-sink-major-canadian-trade-pact - why #ISDS must come out of CETA as well as #TTIP

#NHS is cash-strapped and fraying at the edges, warns BMA chairman - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/30/nhs-cash-strapped-bma-chairman-claims time to wake up to what UK gov is doing, people

Over #TTIP wordt veel geschreven, wat zijn nu de feiten en wat zijn de fabels? - http://www.tni.org/TTIPfactsheet good analysis (v @olivierhoedeman)

Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Foundation launched - http://blog.opencorporates.com/2014/06/30/global-legal-entity-identifier-lei-foundation-launched/ great news for business transparency #opendata

[correct URL] US National Archives Will Upload All Its Holdings To Wikipedia - http://yro-beta.slashdot.org/story/14/06/29/2216240/us-national-archives-will-upload-all-its-holdings-to-wikipedia so what impact will this have?

Piraten – Am Rande der Spaltung - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/piraten-am-rande-der-spaltung/ that would be regrettable

UK Consultation on Underground Drilling Access - https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/decc-policy/consultation-on-underground-drilling-access #fracking et al.

Copyright Troll Malibu Media Allowed To Get Six Strikes Info From Comcast - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140627/18060627708/copyright-troll-malibu-media-allowed-to-get-six-strikes-info-comcast.shtml bad precedent

#EPO President Battistelli’s Term Extended - http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/06/30/epo-president-battistellis-term-extended-amid-staff-concerns/ "unhappiness from staff who see the president as a “dictator”

US Embassy Blamed Investigator For Upsetting Relationship With #Blackwater After He Complained About Death Threat - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140630/06370227730/us-embassy-blamed-state-dept-investigator-upsetting-its-relationship-with-blackwater-after-investigator-complained-about-death.shtml

Hacen llamado a estudiar con detención alcances del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico - http://www.senado.cl/hacen-llamado-a-estudiar-con-detencion-alcances-del-acuerdo-de-asociacion-transpacifico/prontus_senado/2014-06-23/182520.html interesting #TPP

Automotive Grade Linux Delivers Open Automotive Software Stack for the Connected Car - http://automotive.linuxfoundation.org/news/2014-06-30/automotive-grade-linux-delivers-open-automotive-software-stack-for-the-connected-car #linux takes over the car...

Break the media blackout on #TTIP - http://action.wdm.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1784&ea.campaign.id=29596 shame on the so-called MSM.... #TAFTA

#TTIP Update XXXI - The #ISDS Consultation - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/ttip-update-xxxi---the-isds-consultation/index.htm this is the big one: my answers - pl. submit yours too #TAFTA

Mick Jagger calls the kettle black - http://boingboing.net/2014/06/30/mick-jagger-calls-the-kettle-b.html nicely done

Swiss Won’t Ban Downloading But Will Block Sites - http://torrentfreak.com/swiss-wont-ban-downloading-but-will-block-sites-140630/ interesting approach #ch

Big business vs. Britain's bees -- 24 hours left - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/big_business_vs_britains_bees_sam/ tell Mr Paterson what he can do with his bee-killing pesticides

Canada’s free-trade agenda: What’s the hold-up? - http://www.bilaterals.org/?canada-s-free-trade-agenda-what-s #CETA "has run into substantive roadblocks" #ISDS

#FBI, #CIA Use Backdoor Searches To Warrentlessly Spy On Americans' Communications - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140630/12101627734/fbi-cia-also-make-use-backdoor-searches-nsa-data-to-access-us-communications-without-warrant.shtml wow, pretty big

First wild beavers to be seen in England for centuries to be captured - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/30/first-england-beavers-in-centuries-captured more anti-environment actions by UK gov

ocean is swallowing up Virginia so rapidly its leaders forgetting to bicker about climate change - http://qz.com/228284/the-ocean-is-swallowing-up-virginia-so-rapidly-that-its-leaders-are-forgetting-to-bicker-about-climate-change/ just the start

The real enemies of press freedom are in the newsroom - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/30/censorship-newsroom-freedom-of-expression many MSM journalists ever-more craven...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140628 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/06/140628.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Peru now has a ‘licence to kill’ environmental protesters - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/jun/29/peru-licence-to-kill-environmental-protestors & all because of a trade agreement

#Indonesia Overtakes Brazil for Worst Deforestation Title - http://mashable.com/2014/06/29/indonesia-worst-deforestation/ awful

White House poised to name patent reform opponent as new head of Patent Office - http://gigaom.com/2014/06/29/white-house-poised-to-name-patent-reform-opponent-as-new-head-of-patent-office/ what a slap in the face

When Cornish Pasty (GI) Meets Feta Cheese (AO) At WIPO For Equal Protection - http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/06/29/when-cornish-pasty-gi-meets-feta-cheese-ao-at-wipo-for-equal-protection/ implications for #TTIP?

Have You Got Yours Yet? Anglo Saxon Map Of London - http://londonist.com/2014/06/have-you-got-yours-yet-london-anglo-saxon-map.php looks interesting

Europäischer Rat für mehr Datentausch, auch EU-PNR-System wieder auf der Tagesordnung - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/europaeischer-rat-fuer-mehr-datentausch-auch-eu-pnr-system-wieder-auf-der-tagesordnung/ needs watching

#Monsanto's 'Roundup Ready' GM maize could be growing in Europe next year - http://action.sumofus.org/a/gm-crops-europe/?akid=5916.4771738.5Cdv_O&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=2 European Commission selling us out...

The Subversive Proposal at 20 - http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-subversive-proposal-at-20.html great interview with the great Stevan Harnad, the RMS of #OA

140628

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140627 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/140627.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

The Peace Prize for #Snowden - http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/The-Peace-Prize-for-Snowden-7620730.html so recommends Norway's @Aftenposten (v @ThAOSteen)

Protect the Kemp's Ridley Turtle from Habitat Loss! - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/892/113/445/kemps-ridley-turtle-is-endangered-because-of-the-critical-habitat-losssign-for-the-lifeof-it/ small but perfectly formed

Allow #fracking in national parks, says Environment Agency chief - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/28/allow-fracking-national-parks-environment-agency the mask slips: this is what they are planning

#Snowden, Meet Godwin: British Ambassador Says Leaks Would Have Helped Hitler - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140627/07460427700/snowden-meet-godwin-british-ambassador-says-leaks-would-have-helped-hitler.shtml these people are just ridiculous

What Does #Copyright Have to Do With "Free Trade"? Unpicking Undemocratic #TTIP - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/what-does-ip-have-do-free-trade-unpicking-undemocratic-ttip

US pharma companies want dialogue with India on patents  - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/37372470.cms but only if India gives in first... (v @jamie_love)

US pharma: "the first thing that we care about is the patient." - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/37372470.cms hahaha, what a sense of humour these people have

CC0 official translation into French published - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42967 that's good - more needed

Pornographer gets to see six strikes copyright warnings of accused infringer - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/pornographer-gets-to-see-six-strikes-copyright-warnings-of-accused-infringer/ oh look, just as we all predicted

#PhilipMorris challenges new European tobacco laws - https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/world/a/24339747/philip-morris-challenges-new-european-tobacco-laws/ such scum (v @nj_morrison @olivierhoedeman)

Indian forest villagers rise up to halt UK firm's bid to clear land for mining - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/28/india-controversial-forest-coalmine-essar-energy key test of new government #india

UN to Detroit: Denial of Water to Thousands 'Violates Human Rights' - https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/26 #TISA privatisation could make it more common

Cameron warned #NHS in danger of collapse within five years - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/28/cameron-warned-nhs-in-danger-of-collapse Labour crazy if they don't make this key battleground

#TTIP "Die Kontrolle gefährlicher Produkte wird dem Bürger überlassen"  - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-06/ttip-edda-mueller-freihandelsabkommen-usa-eu-verbraucherschutz (v @BerlinerWasser)

140627

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140626 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/06/140626.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

US & EU Oppose Stronger Regulation of Corporations at HRC Despite Compatibility with Guiding Principles - http://justinvestment.org/2014/06/us-eu-oppose-stronger-regulation-of-corporations-at-hrc-despite-compatibility-with-guiding-principles/ shameful

 German media go cool on Jean-Claude Juncker over speaking engagements - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/26/jean-claude-juncker-european-comission-president-angela-merkel "gives lobbyists exclusive access"; oh, fab

Why European Commission's Consultation On Corporate Sovereignty Is A Sham (And How To Respond To It Anyway) - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140626/09350427687/why-european-commissions-consultation-corporate-sovereignty-is-sham-how-to-respond-to-it-anyway.shtml #TTIP

Revealed: whale-watching boats the greatest collision threat to whales - http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jun/27/-sp-whale-watching-boats-pose-greatest-threat-to-whales troubling

The Aereo Ruling Is A Disaster For Tech, Because The 'Looks Like Cable' Test Provides No Guidance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140626/18064627693/aereo-ruling-is-disaster-tech-because-looks-like-cable-test-provides-no-guidance.shtml yup

Response to EC Public consultation #ISDS in #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://b2fxxx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/rsponse-to-ec-public-consultation-isds.html great response from @raycorrigan - pl. read & follow suit

Reforming for international financial stability vs. the #TISA counter-reformation - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201406/reforming-for-international-financial-stability-vs-the-tisa-counter-reformation

German Official: U.S. Spying ‘Biggest Strain’ in Relations Since Iraq War - http://www.wired.com/2014/06/german-official-u-s-spying-biggest-strain-in-bilateral-relations-since-iraq-war/ no surprise (v @KimZetter @Thomas_Drake1)

#TISA: Secret Agreement Further Deregulates Wall Street - http://news.firedoglake.com/2014/06/25/tisa-secret-agreement-further-deregulates-wall-street/ just what we want...not

Aereo Fallout Begins: Fox Uses Ruling To Attack Dish's Mobile Streaming Service - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140626/18375827694/aereo-fallout-begins-fox-uses-ruling-to-attack-dishs-mobile-streaming-service.shtml "here we go..."

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm includes no. XXX, with vital info on how to respond to EU's #ISDS consultation

UN Human Rights Council Takes on Corporations - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201406/un-human-rights-council-takes-on-corporations shame on those countries opposing this #UK #US

U.S. Catfish Program Could Stymie Pacific Trade Agreement - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/catfish-inspection-trans-pacific-partnership.html?_r=0 no, really.... #TPP

How Military Exercises Are Killing Millions of Sea Creatures Every Year - How Military Exercises Are Killing Millions of Sea Creatures Every Year | Brainwash Update great report (v @anyaparampil)

Massachusetts SWAT Teams Claim They're Private Corporations To Get Out Of Transparency Requests - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140627/09052427701/mass-swat-teams-claim-theyre-private-corporations-to-get-out-transparency-requests.shtml

MPAA Issues Overly Broad Takedown Of Little Used Reddit Film Community; Creates Much Bigger Reddit Film Community - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140627/06225127697/mpaa-issues-overly-broad-takedown-little-used-reddit-film-community-creates-much-bigger-reddit-film-community.shtml

140626

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140625 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/140625.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Shocking Secrets Revealed! What Big Libraries Pay for Big Deals  http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/shocking-secrets-revealed-what-big-libraries-pay-big-deals change it (v @PLOSLabs @petermurrayrust)#oa

In the shadow of #TPP lurks #TISA – and another GFC  - http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/06/26/in-the-shadow-of-tppa-lurks-tisa-and-another-gfc/ and that's not good

#TISA: Fears raised over secret trade talks - http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/10198772/Fears-raised-over-secret-trade-talks "could hamstring New Zealand's ability to respond to a crisis." #NZ

Content Mining: we can now mine images (of phylogenetic trees and more) - http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/06/25/content-mining-we-can-now-mine-images-of-phylogenetic-trees-and-more/ incredibly important & exciting - work #OA

Google spells out ambitious plan: Android world domination - http://www.cnet.com/news/google-spells-out-ambitious-plan-android-world-domination/ which also means #Linux world domination...

 Massachusetts high court orders suspect to decrypt his computers - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/massachusetts-high-court-orders-suspect-to-decrypt-his-computers/ US gets its own #RIPA madness

Why #TAFTA/#TTIP Isn't Worth It Economically, & How We Can Do Much Better - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140625/04305727679/why-taftattip-isnt-worth-it-economically-how-we-can-do-much-better.shtml @EU_Commission's own numbers prove it

#TTIP Stakeholder events Round 6, Brussels - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/events/index.cfm?id=1100 public - & MEPs - not invited... #TAFTA

Iraqi Kurds strengthen their positions while Isis advances on Baghdad - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/26/iraqi-kurds-strengthen-position-kirkuk-isis the birth of a nation? #kurdistan

Phone-hacking trial was officially about crime; but in reality, it was about power - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/25/-sp-phone-hacking-trial-rebekah-brooks-rupert-murdoch brilliant piece of journalism

Why did Theresa May change speech on MI5 snooping powers? - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10925601/Why-did-Theresa-May-change-speech-on-MI5-snooping-powers.html now there's a good question (v @RispoliMike @privacyint)

Movie Boss Loses the Plot Over ISP Piracy Liability - http://torrentfreak.com/movie-boss-loses-the-plot-over-isp-piracy-liability-140626/ as usual...

#TPP threatens Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - http://www.bilaterals.org/?free-trade-agreement-threatens-pbs “It will cost Australian lives"

Tell David Cameron: put our bees above #Syngenta's profits - https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/david-cameron-uphold-the-european-ban outrageous; pl. sign & spread

US Limits Software Patents - As EU Boosts Them - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/us-moves-forward-on-software-patents---as-eu-moves-backwards/index.htm good for them, bad for us... #swpats

.@Wikileaks confirms #TISA alarm raised by @PSIglobalunion - http://www.world-psi.org/en/wikileaks-confirms-tisa-alarm-raised-psi indeed

Common sense prevails as BBC upholds Today programme climate complaint - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jun/26/commonsense-prevails-as-bbc-upholds-today-programme-climate-complaint too right; do better, #BBC...

Study: Half Of All Young People In UK Think Digital Content Should Be Free To Download - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140626/03250127685/study-half-all-young-people-uk-think-digital-content-should-be-free-to-download.shtml the future of #copyright...

#NSA fears prompt #Germany to end Verizon contract - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_VERIZON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-06-26-10-49-44 the fall-out continues (v @kgosztola)

How Patents Are Stopping Your Microwave From Being Awesome - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140120/17420425936/how-patents-are-stopping-your-microwave-being-awesome.shtml and much else

140625

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140624 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/06/140624.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Secret talks bring threat of financial crises - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11280883 good analysis of #TISA's threat and implications

Multinationals will not get too much power from EU-U.S. trade talks, EU says - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/24/us-eu-usa-trade-idUSKBN0EZ26O20140624?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews De Gucht just has zero credibility

#TISA: "most ambitious and perhaps dangerous push on liberalizing services that we have ever seen" - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louis-belanger/world-trade-talks-on-ambi_b_5520410.html we must stop it

Rupert Murdoch: Scotland Yard want interview about crime at his UK papers - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/scotland-yard-want-interview-rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking couldn't happen to a nicer...person

#TPP Agreement: Obama Wants Something The Public 'Can Look At' In November - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140624/03021127663/tpp-agreement-obama-wants-something-public-can-look-november.shtml I'll believe it when I see it

US Remains the EU’s Biggest Trade and Investment Partner - http://www.ibtimes.com/us-remains-eus-biggest-trade-investment-partner-eurostat-figures-1305737 this is why #ISDS is unnecessary: investment already huge

EU Aims to Scuttle Treaty on Human Rights Abuses - http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/06/eu-aims-to-scuttle-treaty-on-human-rights-abuses not in my name: shame on @EU_Commission *again*

Yes to a sustainable trade policy – no to the #TTIP - http://www.bilaterals.org/?yes-to-a-sustainable-trade-policy from Bread for the World

De Gucht downplays corporate dominance in #TTIP talks - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-industry/de-gucht-downplays-corporate-dominance-ttip-talks-303047 how much of a laughing-stock does he want to be? #TAFTA

Reduction in GP funding puts entire #NHS at risk, BMA conference to hear - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/reduction-gp-funding-puts-entire-nhs-risk-bma-doctors when will people wake up to reality here?

#Badger vaccination programmes to be rolled out in England - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/25/badger-vaccination-programmes-to-be-rolled-out-in-england at last, some sanity

#TTIP must not 'wipe out' social and health rights in Europe - https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/ttip-must-not-wipe-out-social-and-health-rights-europe #ISDS alone will see to that (v @TTIPBeware)

UK Government Ignores EU Court On Data Retention: Tells Telecom Companies To Carry On Spying - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140624/07550827667/uk-government-ignores-european-court-ruling-data-retention-tells-telecom-companies-to-carry-spying.shtml who needs laws...?

"ask you to consider comprehensive trade agreements such as #TTIP & #CETA as mixed agreements" - http://tweedekamer.nl/images/Letter_to_Mr_De_Gucht_-_role_of_national_parliaments_in_free_trade_agree..._181-238913.pdf (v @GabrielSilesB)

GitLaw: How The Law Factory turns French parliamentary process into 300 version-controlled Open Data visualizations - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/06/25/gitlaw-how-the-law-factory-turns-the-french-parliamentary-process-into-300-version-controlled-open-data-visualizations/

#Monsanto Said to Have Weighed $40 Billion #Syngenta Deal - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/monsanto-said-to-have-weighed-40-billion-syngenta-deal.html yikes #TooBigToFail

.@Syngenta seek ‘emergency’ exemption 4 banned insecticide in UK - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/25/syngenta-exemption-neonicotinoid-insecticide-ban-oilseed-rape "deliberate attempt to undermine the EU ban" #evil

Obama’s Latest Betrayal of America and Americans in Favor of the Big Banks: #TISA - http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/75-william-black/2113-obamas-latest-betrayal-of-america-and-americans-in-favor-of-the-big-banks-tisa seems not to like it much...

Houston, We Have A Copyright Problem - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140624/11593627671/houston-we-have-copyright-takedown-problem.shtml  just a bit

US to extend #privacy protection rights to EU citizens - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/25/us-privacy-protection-rights-europe I'm sceptical: details please.... #dataprotection

Flawed Dutch government study on #ISDS - http://acta.ffii.org/?p=2168 pretty ropey by the sound of it #ttip #nl

Android Now Has 1 Billion Active Users - http://mashable.com/2014/06/25/android-one-billion-users/ onwards & upwards

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140623 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/140623.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de la reforma propuesta a la Ley de Derechos de Autor - http://www.hiperderecho.org/2014/06/lo-bueno-lo-malo-y-lo-feo-de-la-reforma-propuesta-a-la-ley-de-derechos-de-autor/ useful analysis #peru #copyright

Consume, Conform, Obey: What Homeland Security's Targeting Of Anti-Consumerist Activities Says About Gov's Desires - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140615/15335527591/consume-conform-obey-what-homeland-securitys-targeting-anti-consumerist-activities-says-about-governments-desires.shtml

Hunt plans disclosure drive to reduce medical errors - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/24/jeremy-hunt-disclosure-drive-medical-errors I love openness, but this is blatant mudslinging #NHS

put another way, Hunt is adopting the "oh, look, a squirrel" approach to distract from #NHS privatisation - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/24/jeremy-hunt-disclosure-drive-medical-errors

New Research Shows Digitization Results In Routine Lock-Down Of Public Domain Books - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140621/02255227644/new-research-shows-digitization-results-routine-lock-down-public-domain-books.shtml real #copyright theft #NZ

#TTIP - A threat for public services - http://ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/Services%20TTIP%20threat.html health, education, water, post - all endangered by #TAFTA

Microsoft Has Just Launched Its First Android Smartphone, The Nokia X2 - http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/nokia-x2/ well, well, well

 The Deadly Disease in Meat Health Officials Are Ignoring - http://www.alternet.org/food/deadly-disease-meat-health-officials-are-ignoring is Mad Cow Disease still a problem in US? #TTIP #TAFTA

 Why Boston Has the Best Tasting Tap Water in the Nation - http://www.alternet.org/why-boston-has-best-tasting-tap-water-nation how to do it #commons

Glenn Greenwald: 'What I Tell People Who Say They Don’t Care About Their Privacy' - http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/glenn-greenwald-heres-what-i-tell-people-who-say-they-dont-care-about-their-privacy calling their feeble bluff

#Insecticides put world food supplies at risk, say scientists - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/24/insecticides-world-food-supplies-risk "chemicals must be phased out"

note that UK government and the National Farmers Union are against banning #neonicotinoids - the usual idiots are wrong again...

Lord Byron, Terrorist - http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/06/lord-byron-terrorist/ "a much greater chance of drowning in your own bath than of being killed by a terrorist"

[Updated] #TTIP Update XXX - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/ttip-update-xxx/index.htm more on huge dangers of #ISDS - & help for responding to EU's travesty of a consultation

 Chemie in der Landwirtschaft: Pestizide bedrohen die Tierwelt - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/pestizide-schaedlingsmittel-bedrohen-viele-tiere-a-976838.html remember: these animals are not optional...

 Swiss to study economic potential of #open source - https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/swiss-study-economic-potential-open-source great - but we should have moved beyond this (v @schestowitz)

#Argentina's government hits back at vulture funds after US ruling - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/24/argentina-hits-back-vultur-funds-newspaper-advert a path 'leading to default'

Celebrating 30 Years of the X Windows System - http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20140624075726329 lest we forget...

Quaker Council for European Affairs has put together really great answers to EU's #ISDS consultation - http://www.qcea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/QCEA-Model-Answers-for-ISDS-Consultation.odt #TTIP #TAFTA

Answering Guides for #ISDS Consultation - https://www.vrijschrift.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/158-Answering-guides-for-EU-ISDS-consultation.html yet more great thoughts to help you respond #TTIP #TAFTA

Big: EU Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) against #TTIP & #CETA soon - http://www.democracy-international.org/eci-against-ttip-and-ceta-start-soon "can request a legislative act" (v @Liese_Mueller)

CIA Finishes Its #Torture Report Redactions As Relations With Senate Intelligence Committee Have Become 'Strained' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140624/06154427664/cia-finishes-its-torture-report-redactions-as-relations-with-senate-intelligence-committee-have-become-strained.shtml

$213bn illegal wildlife and charcoal trade 'funding global #terror groups' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/24/illegal-wildlife-charcoal-trade-funding-global-terror-groups address this instead of spying on us all

EU Chief #TTIP Negotiator says #ISDS could apply to #patents & #copyight - http://infojustice.org/archives/32891 as I predicted; this is nightmare stuff

Deep Time: Targeting Another Galaxy - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=30922 fascinating cogitations #space

Table of foreign #ISDS cases and Claims under #NAFTA and other u.s. “trade” deals - https://www.citizen.org/documents/investor-state-chart.pdf really useful info

my #FOI request for emails on UK #copyright exceptions finally answered - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/copyright_exceptions touches on many areas

Dilbert's Scott Adams Has The Best Explanation Of Innovation In Silicon Valley Today That You'll Read - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140622/07253227648/dilberts-scott-adams-has-best-explanation-innovation-silicon-valley-today-that-youll-read.shtml NB sharing

 CEO's response to the EU's consultation on #ISDS - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/06/ceos-response-commissions-consultation-investor-privileges "essential question which should have been asked" #TAFTA #TTIP

 Software público: consulta pública para novo manual de uso - http://www.linuxnewmedia.com.br/lm/noticia/software_publico_consulta_publica_para_novo_manual_de_uso #br

Hypocritical Authors Guild Photocopies Author's Book While Claiming That Scanning Works Is Infringement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140621/21441827646/hypocritical-authors-guild-photocopies-authors-book-while-claiming-that-scanning-works-is-infringement.shtml ha!

Home secretary denies security services engaged in mass #surveillance - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/24/theresa-may-security-services-mass-surveillance-snoopers-charter every cliché, even "think of the children!"

Security Researchers Expose New Gold Standard In Gov/Law Enforcement #Spyware - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140624/09021027669/security-researchers-expose-new-gold-standard-governmentlaw-enforcement-spyware.shtml when you think it can't get worse...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140622 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/06/140622.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Poll: #NHS decisions should be left to doctors, say majority of Britons - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/23/nhs-health-decisions-doctors-politics-opinion-poll & they're right

50,000 march against austerity in London, BBC doesn't notice - http://boingboing.net/2014/06/22/50000-march-against-austerity.html @BBCNews becomes even more of an insult to journalism

Lobbyists increasingly look online to influence EU policy - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/lobbyists-increasingly-look-online-influence-eu-policy-302948 that's good, we can counter it there...

Abhöraffäre in Warschau: Polens Außenminister hält Bündnis mit den USA für "wertlos" - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/polen-aussenminister-sikorski-haelt-buendnis-mit-den-usa-fuer-wertlos-a-976787.html whoops #pl

#India Part of NSA Surveillance Program; Here’s What Else We Know - http://www.nextbigwhat.com/india-part-nsa-surveillance-program-heres-else-know-297/ useful

"metadata gave access only to the “envelope”, not the contents" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/australian-spy-agencies-in-line-for-new-digital-surveillance-powers these politicians are simply tech-illiterate #AU

Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/presbyterians-debating-israeli-occupation-vote-to-divest-holdings.html?_r=1 important move; others need to follow #divestment

#Linux now runs 485 of world's top 500 supercomputers - http://www.top500.org/statistics/list/ #Windows runs 2 of them...

#TTIP - Traité transatlantique : répondons tous à la commission - http://www.cncd.be/Traite-transatlantique-repondons useful answers to #ISDS consultation (in French)

Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in# Egypt - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/al-jazeera-journalists-jailed-seven-years-egypt dreadful travesty of justice

Take action! Say NO to #ISDS - http://ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/take%20action%20ISDS.html makes no sense to place corporations above nations #TTIP

Nurses fight back against trade treaty that threatens NHS - http://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/martin-obeirne/nurses-fight-back-against-trade-treaty-that-threatens-nhs great to see them join fight against #TTIP

US Embassy In Berlin Offering Cold, Hard Cash For People To Create Pro-#TAFTA/#TTIP Propaganda - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140620/14292827638/us-embassy-berlin-offering-cold-hard-cash-people-to-create-pro-taftattip-propaganda.shtml visibly desperate

The Transatlantic Trade Deal: a project of the 1% - http://opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/nick-dearden/transatlantic-trade-deal-project-of-1handy summary of #TAFTA/#TTIP

Felix Dennis dies aged 67 - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/23/felix-dennis-dies-aged-67-magazine-publisher-oz a character & a dendrophile...

#Russia Government Chooses GNU/#Linux with Chips - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/russia-government-chooses-gnulinux-with-chips/index.htm going where Microsoft cannot go #snowden #surveillance

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm includes number XXIX - more on top-secret #TISA, & talking down to the public

The scaremongering has begun. Isis is no threat to Britain - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/23/scaremongering-isis-no-threat-to-britain-liam-fox-mi6-iraq "The only security [comes] from targeted intelligence."

BREIN Takes Pirate Bay Blocking Case to the Supreme Court - http://torrentfreak.com/brein-takes-pirate-bay-blocking-case-supreme-court-140623/ no surprise there..

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm includes XXIX, with anti-transparency info, & how public is too stupid #TAFTA

Greenpeace defends top executive flying to work - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/23/greenpeace-defends-top-executive-flying-to-work sounds like @Greenpeace really needs to sort itself out

A View of the Deepest Future - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=30907 so what are your plans for the next 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years?

“EU-USA Ministertreffen über Justiz & Inneres” besucht übermorgen die Akropolis und verhandelt dann über das #TTIP - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/eu-usa-ministertreffen-ueber-justiz-und-inneres-besucht-uebermorgen-die-akropolis-und-verhandelt-dann-ueber-das-ttip/

London March Against Austerity - March Against Austerity not important enough for proper BBC coverage, apparently...

Welcome open-source electrophysiology with Open Ephys - http://www.open-electronics.org/welcome-open-source-electrophysiology-with-open-ephys/ looks a great project #openhardware

Great White Sharks Making Comeback Off Atlantic Coast - http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/06/23/0358204/great-white-sharks-making-comeback-off-atlantic-coast great; let's hope they eat the jellyfish...

Alexander Wants $1 Million Per Month For 'Cybersecurity' Consulting - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140621/07015427645/keith-alexander-wants-1-million-per-month-cybersecurity-consulting.shtml 'cos he did such a good job stopping #snowden

Marco Civil começa a valer hoje: conheça os direitos e deveres na internet brasileira - http://gizmodo.uol.com.br/marco-civil-comeca-a-valer-hoje/ #br

Of Course @TeslaMotors Wasn't Just Being Altruistic In Opening Up It's Patents: That's The Whole Point! - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140622/06531127647/course-tesla-wasnt-just-being-altruistic-opening-up-its-patents-thats-whole-point.shtml

#TISA – an Intransparenz nicht zu überbieten - http://www.ska-keller.de/de/themen/handel-und-entwicklung/handelsabkommen/tisa-%E2%80%93-an-intransparenz-nicht-zu-%C3%BCberbieten "Wir Grüne fordern die Offenlegung der Dokumente"

UN rejects Australia's 'feeble' bid to strip Tasmanian forest's heritage status - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/23/un-rejects-australia-tasmanian-forest-heritage lovely slap-down for @TonyAbbottMHR

"disastrous attempt at reforming the #NHS has “failed utterly” - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tories-put-profits-before-patients-3745170 - reverse privatisation now before #TTIP locks it in

Weltmarktführer: EU steigt zum größten Agrarlebensmittel-Exporteur auf - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/eu-steigt-zum-groessten-agrarlebensmittel-exporteur-der-welt-auf-a-976989.html done without GMOs, too..

Blair should be sacked as Middle East envoy, say former ambassadors - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/23/tony-blair-middle-east-envoy-quartet-sacked "tainted by Iraq war, achievements negligible"

"la mayor tasa de fallecimientos se produce en las zonas donde se utilizan transgénicos y agroquímicos" - http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-249175-2014-06-23.html #AR gov

Rep. Issa Pretends #NetNeutrality Means The End Of Porn Online - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140623/07052927656/rep-issa-completely-misrepresents-net-neutrality-claims-it-will-end-porn-online.shtml bonkers

West Africa #ebola epidemic is 'out of control' - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/23/west-africa-ebola-epidemic-out-of-control er, that's rather bad, no? (v @asteris)

#TISA-Abkommen steht hierarchisch über #TTIP - http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1741253/ important stuff; good analysis #TPP #privatisation

Entwurf für EU-White-Paper zur Urheberrechtsreform geleakt - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/entwurf-fuer-eu-white-paper-zur-urheberrechtsreform-geleakt/ not super exciting, it has to be said #copyright

UK and Germany break #solar power records - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/23/uk-and-germany-break-solar-power-records fab; maybe UK gov should promote it, not throttle it...

DOJ Drone Memo: AUMF Trumps All And Rights Are Subject To Arbitrary Revocation In Times Of 'War' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140623/11050927659/doj-drone-memo-aumf-trumps-all-rights-are-subject-to-arbitrary-revocation-times-war.shtml just insane

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Bulk of Obama's Global Warming Regulations - http://mashable.com/2014/06/23/supreme-court-largely-leaves-epa-global-warming-rules/ better than nothing...

Court To Gov. On Attempt To Bury Drone Memo: You'd Have A Case If You'd Bother To Shut Your Mouth Once In Awhile - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140623/12254727660/court-to-government-attempt-to-bury-drone-memo-youd-have-case-if-youd-bother-to-shut-your-mouth-once-awhile.shtml