Thursday, 10 July 2014

140709


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140705 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/07/140704.html saturday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

a tap shut-off that could impact 300,000 people - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/jun/25/detroits-water-war-a-tap-shut-off-that-could-impact-300000-people extreme privatisation: more will come with #TISA (v @Liese_Mueller)

Satellitenspionagestation Königswarte - http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1741929/ more details emerge #surveillance

New bank leak shows how rich exploit tax haven loopholes - http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/07/08/15042/new-bank-leak-shows-how-rich-exploit-tax-haven-loopholes surprise...not (v @renesugar)#cheats

.@EU_Commission betrays #TTIP's promise of being carbon neutral - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/WP%20leak%20TTIP%20energy.html this is what they want to hide #transparency

Authors' incomes collapse to 'abject' levels - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/authors-incomes-collapse-alcs-survey time to try crowdfunding, perhaps (v @grahamfarmelo @marcuschown)

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 good point@ #TISA is the fightback

Leaked #TTIP trade document exposes dangerous EU energy proposal http://www.foeeurope.org/leaked-trade-document-exposes-dangerous-EU-energy-proposal-080714 "proposal would be disaster for climate"

#Japan playing hardball on trade deal - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11290036 #TPP still struggling

#TPP Negotiations Go Further Underground with Unprecedented Secrecy Around Meetings in Canada - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/tpp-negotiations-unprecedented-secrecy-around-ottawa-meetings hiding the bad stuff

What the Top-Secret #TPP Talks Mean for the Future of Internet & Democracy - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maira-sutton/what-the-topsecret-tpp-ta_b_5567981.html "cowardly things that live in the dark.

#noTTIP: National day of action, 12 July 2014  - http://www.nottip.org.uk/nationaldayofaction/ lots happening around UK #TTIP

U.S. agricultural products at risk in major trade deal - http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50815/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11094 I'm sure #Japan will love this campaign agaisnt it #TPP


Distributed Search Engines, And Why We Need Them In The Post-#Snowden World - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140701/03143327738/distributed-search-engines-why-we-need-them-post-snowden-world.shtml easier said than done

Gaz de schiste et libéralisation de l’énergie au menu du Grand Marché Transatlantique - http://europe.jean-luc-melenchon.fr/2014/07/09/gaz-de-schiste-et-liberalisation-de-lenergie-au-menu-du-grand-marche-transatlantique/ (v @ReseauMorhange)#TTIP

Avec le TAFTA, l’UE et les États-Unis sabordent le climat et la transition - https://france.attac.org/se-mobiliser/le-grand-marche-transatlantique/article/avec-le-tafta-l-ue-et-les-etats?id_rub=22&id_mo=119 (v @attac_fr)

Paterson turned down offer of a briefing on climate change from Met Office - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-environment-secretary-turned-down-offer-of-a-briefing-on-climate-change-from-the-met-office-9593089.html arrogant & dangerous idiot (v @DrRimmer)

Copyright Education Needed in Every School, Parliament Hears - http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-education-needed-in-every-school-parliament-hears-140709/ #copyright has nothing to do with supporting creators

 Generika-Blockade: EU verhängt Millionenstrafe gegen Pharmakartell - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/pharma-kartell-eu-verhaengt-millionenstrafe-gegen-servier-a-980108.html too right #generics

Edward #Snowden Seeks Extended Asylum in Russia - http://mashable.com/2014/07/09/edward-snowden-extended-asylum-russia/ wise move

DC Comics Refuses To Let Superman Logo Adorn Headstone Of Young Child Who Was Starved To Death - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140707/14114027804/dc-comics-refuses-to-let-superman-logo-adorn-headstone-young-child-who-was-starved-to-death.shtml because, copyright

The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Licensing of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117644/contents draft legislation #copyright

Climate science denier group must pay damages for frivolous lawsuit against UVA, scientist - http://www.southernstudies.org/2014/07/climate-science-denier-group-must-pay-damages-for-.html but ridiculously small

EU/Singapore FTA on track despite advances by Eurosceptics in poll - http://www.bilaterals.org/?eu-singapore-fta-on-track-despite anyone remember if this has #ISDS?

#TTIP Update XXXII - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/07/ttip-update-xxxii/index.htm it's everywhere these days.  but pl. don't forget to reply to #ISDS consultation - new deadline

Germany arrests second suspect accused of spying for US - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/germany-arrest-second-spy-accused-us-cia how much of this will Germany take? #NSA

Who lobbies most on #TTIP? - http://www.corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/07/who-lobbies-most-ttip "520 (92%) were with business lobbyists": is that fair,@EU_Commission?

Files on UK role in CIA rendition accidentally destroyed, says minister - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-cia-rendition-destroyed-diego-garcia-water-damage yeah, right, "accidentally"....

EC distorts market by refusing to break free from lock-in - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140708-01.en.html this is just political masochism #nsa #freesw

Building the AllTrials campaign in Spain and Latin America - http://www.alltrials.net/news/building-the-alltrials-campaign-in-spain-and-latin-america/ great news #opendata #clinicaltrials

PhRMA claims #transparency risks damaging public health - http://www.alltrials.net/news/phrma-claims-transparency-risks-damaging-public-health/ no, just Big Pharma's lies... #opendata

Who's driving the EU-US trade talks? - https://www.foeeurope.org/whos-driving-eu-us-trade-talks-070714 have a guess... #TAFTA #TTIP

#TPP partners must stand against higher medicine prices and take harmful provisions off the negotiating table - http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/trans-pacific-trade-partners-must-stand-against-higher-medicine

Keurig Begins Demonstrating Its Coffee #DRM System; As Expected, It Has Nothing To Do With 'Safety' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140704/07112927780/keurig-begins-demonstrating-its-coffee-drm-system-as-expected-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-safety.shtml surprise...

EU consultation on #ISDS in #TTIP: TACD responds - http://tacd.org/eu-consultation-on-isds-in-the-ttip-tacd-responds/ good, robust response, but strange there is no answer to Q. 13

We Join Dozens of Organizations and Businesses to Protest #TPP Copyright Proposals - http://infojustice.org/archives/32954 bad stuff in there

Joseph Stiglitz warns on ‘free’ trade deals - http://www.bilaterals.org/?joseph-stiglitz-warns-on-free and he's right, you know #TPP #TAFTA #TTIP

Recherche zeigt: Nur Industrie redet mit EU-Kommission über Netzpolitik bei #TTIP - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/recherche-zeigt-nur-industrie-redet-mit-eu-kommission-ueber-netzpolitik-bei-ttip/ biased much?

 Spähaffäre: Überwachung wird für Behörden zur Sucht - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/mensch-maschine-sascha-lobo-ueber-die-spaehsucht-a-980033.html yes, I think this is spot on... #surveillance

Ur-etyma: how many are there? - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13311 well, that's a jolly good question #linguistics

The Most Ambitious Artificial Intelligence Project Has Been Operating In Near Secrecy For 30 Years  http://www.businessinsider.com/cycorp-ai-2014-7 still going?

It's time to revive public ownership and the common good - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/04/public-ownership-common-good-privatisation time to fight back #commons

Kiwi ISP Offers Service To Get Around Geoblocking As A Standard Feature - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140708/06311627807/kiwi-isp-offers-service-to-get-around-geoblocking-as-standard-feature.shtml how long before it's illegal?

A Dark Alliance: European Union Joins Forces With Wall Street - http://wolfstreet.com/2014/07/07/a-dark-alliance-european-union-joins-forces-with-wall-street/ yup #TTIP

#Neonicotinoids linked to recent fall in farmland bird numbers - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/09/neonicotinoids-farmland-birds ban this poison definitively

50,000 units of Xiaomi's Mi Pad sold in just under four minutes - http://www.androidcentral.com/50000-units-xiaomis-mipad-sold-just-under-four-minutes wow #china

Prosecutors In 'Sexting' Case Apparently Obtained Search Warrant To Photograph Teen's Penis - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140709/07330027823/prosecutors-sexting-case-apparently-obtained-search-warrant-to-photograph-teens-penis.shtml insanity

UK scrambles to replace invalidated metadata retention laws - http://gigaom.com/2014/07/07/uk-scrambles-to-replace-invalidated-metadata-retention-laws/ can't have any of that liberty stuff, can we?

#TTIP: the real costs of free trade - http://www.bilaterals.org/?ttip-the-real-costs-of-free-trade the poor subsidise the rich...

Ideological Austerity hit UK Families so Hard that “starving children are eating from bins” - http://www.scriptonitedaily.com/2014/07/07/ideological-austerity-has-hit-uk-families-so-hard-that-starving-children-are-eating-from-bins/ how is this possible?

Cry of freedom: Elephant chained up for 50 years is rescued 'and WEEPS with relief'  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/cry-freedom-elephant-chained-up-3817365 such cruelty

UK anti-#TTIP protests to focus on NHS privatisation - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/uk-anti-ttip-protests-focus-nhs-privatisation-303339 that's wise, but it won't come out #ISDS


Singapore passes law to block illegal sites - http://www.cnet.com/news/singapore-passes-law-to-block-illegal-sites/ </sigh> #sg

White House pulls plug on controversial Patent Office nominee after tech sector backlash - http://gigaom.com/2014/07/09/white-house-pulls-plug-on-controversial-patent-office-nominee-after-tech-sector-backlash/ that's a relief

Iranian Journalist Gets 50 Lashes and 2 Years in Prison for 'Propaganda' - http://mashable.com/2014/07/09/iranian-journalist-50-lashes-2-years-in-prison/ her brutal punishment #iran

Met police get first water cannon for use on British streets - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/09/water-cannon-metropolitan-police-boris-johnson Met obviously wants to be hated even more...


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