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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140704 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/07/140704.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Validating XKeyScore code - http://blog.erratasec.com/2014/07/validating-xkeyscore-code.html?m=1 more thoughts on that XKeyscore leak (v @twrweb)

Britain's economy forecast to stay on global A-list - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/05/britain-economy-forecast-global-a-list unless Scotland, leaves, that is...

Protecting public services in #TTIP and other EU trade agreements - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1115 but #ISDS makes privatisation a one-way street...

Germany arrests BND member on suspicion of spying for US - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/04/germany-arrest-bnd-spying-allegations-double-agent-us interestinger and interestinger... #NSA

fab news: deadline extended for @EU_Commission consultation on #ISDS in #TTIP: now 13 July - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/consultations/index.cfm?consul_id=179 (v @Liese_Mueller #TAFTA

more on how to respond to @EU_Commission consultation on #ISDS in #TTIP. open to all; easy ways to reply - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/ttip-update-xxxi---the-isds-consultation/index.htm

US leans on El Salvador to open up its seed market - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/04/us-el-salvador-open-seed-market using aid as lever for trade policy (v @ClaireProvost)#monsanto

Keine Entwicklungshilfe für Agrarkonzerne! - https://www.oxfam.de/agrarkonzerne more tr/aid abuse, this time by #Germany (v @Liese_Mueller)

Study: Open Data Produces Twice the Economic Growth of TTIP - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/07/study-open-data-is-more-valuable-than-ttip/index.htm so let's bin #TTIP, & push for #opendata instead

The leadership of the European Parliament - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/top-stories/content/20140702TST51228/html/The-leadership-of-the-European-Parliament useful summary of who holds the top jobs in EP

Lessig’s Mayday Hits $5M Kickstarter Goal To Fund Pro-Campaign Finance Reform Politicians - http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/05/mayday-campaign-finance-reform/ great news

Heartbleed and Lessons Learned - http://meshedinsights.com/2014/07/05/heartbleed-and-lessons-learned/ useful reflections #opensource

Open Biomedical Initiative wants to disrupt biomedical ecosystem from the Bottom Up - http://www.open-electronics.org/open-biomedical-initiative-wants-to-disrupt-biomedical-ecosystem-from-the-bottom-up/ interesting

Auch ein deutscher Geheimdienst bezeichnet NutzerInnen von Verschlüsselungssoftware als “Extremisten” - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/auch-ein-deutscher-geheimdienst-bezeichnet-nutzerinnen-von-verschluesselungssoftware-als-extremisten/

#BRICS Bank to start lending soon: Brazil - http://thebricspost.com/brics-bank-to-start-lending-soon-brazil/  "$100 billion development effort"; potentially big impact

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm now includes Update XXXI, final info for replying to #ISDS consultation #TAFTA

#TTIP Update XXXI - #ISDS Consultation [later deadline] - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/ttip-update-xxxi---the-isds-consultation/index.htm now have until 13 July - pl. use time to respond in detail

European Citizens’ Initiative against #TTIP & #CETA to start soon - http://www.ttip-unfairhandelbar.de/en/start/presse/press-releases/details/datum/2014/06//pressemitteilung-europaeische-buergerinitiative-gegen-ttip-und-ceta-geplant/ this is huge: "ECI can request a legislative act"

Four in 10 support paying more tax if extra goes to #NHS - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/05/large-minority-favour-higher-tax-nhs "77% saying it should remain free to use"; wake up, Labour

Miliband faces Labour revolt over rail #renationalisation - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/05/ed-miliband-row-labour-rail-renationalisation serves him right for being wishy-washy

Child abuse files lost at Home Office spark fears of cover-up - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/05/lost-child-abuse-files-home-office but no, surely not...?