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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140711 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/07/140711.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#noTTIP: National day of action, 12 July 2014 - http://www.nottip.org.uk/nationaldayofaction/ that's today - don't miss the fun #TAFTA

Shire confirms talks with US drug firm AbbVie over proposed £30bn deal - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/11/shire-pharmaceuticals-talks-abbvie-30bn-deal pharma trying to avoid paying taxes again

Don't Air Show About Teen Who Hunts Endangered Animals - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/658/363/249/directv-dont-air-show-about-teen-who-hunts-endangered-animals/ this is just obscene #epetition

French celebs blast EU-US trade treaty - http://www.thelocal.fr/20140710/french-celebrities-oppose-us-trade-agreement "leading luminaries demanding Europe should pull out of the talks now" #TTIP

Juncker’s red lines on #TTIP: #ISDS out? - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/Juncker%20TTIP%20Greens%20meeting.html it's inevitable; may as well do it sooner rather than later...

The Fifth #Surveillance: Corporate Spying On Non-Profits - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140711/08223227850/fifth-surveillance-corporate-spying-non-profits.shtml it's spreading everywhere

Germany demands public promise from US to end spying - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/germany-us-john-kerry-talks-espionage and if it won't give it, what then? #nsa

Spionage-Affäre: Maas sieht Freihandelsabkommen mit USA gefährdet - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/spionage-affaere-maas-sieht-freihandelsabkommen-ttip-mit-usa-gefaehrdet-a-980661.html #TTIP in increasing trouble in Germany

The 1 Percent’s Way of Buying Whatever They Want Before We Can—Online Scalping - http://www.alternet.org/1-percents-loathsome-libertarian-scheme-why-we-despise-new-scalping-economy that's what happens in a #plutocracy

If #TPP Is So Important, Why Are Those It's Supposed To 'Help' Fighting Against It? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140711/15554827856/if-tpp-is-so-important-why-are-those-its-supposed-to-help-fighting-against-it.shtml good question

David J. Peterson on Creating Languages - http://languagehat.com/david-j-peterson-on-creating-languages/ "Astapori Valyrian is an evolved form of High Valyrian." #linguistics

#TPP: "would be a punch in the face to the middle class of America. But I can’t tell you why.” - https://news.vice.com/article/the-trans-pacific-partnership-could-establish-a-war-of-all-against-all why it's secret

Mutmaßliche US-Spione: Republikaner plädiert für No-Spy-Abkommen mit Deutschland - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/spionage-affaere-us-politiker-fordert-no-spy-abkommen-mit-deutschland-a-980683.html surveillance theatre much?

Mass surveillance and scared politicians - http://b2fxxx.blogspot.nl/2014/07/mass-surveillance-and-scared-politicians.html this is absolutely spot on #DRIP

Want To Make Sure Internet Stays Open & Free For Innovation? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140711/16113227857/awesome-stuff-our-own-crowdfunding-campaign.shtml if so, supporting @techdirt's coverage might be wise