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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140805 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/08/140805.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Don’t let foreign investors sue governments over domestic laws, fair trade groups tell Senate inquiry - http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Trade_and_Foreign_Investment_Protecting_the_Public_Interest_Bill_2014/Submissions #ISDS #auspol

lowRISC is producing fully open hardware systems - http://www.lowrisc.org/ "We are currently hiring." #openhardware #nsa #gchq

it would be entertaining watching politicians prove time & again that they are clueless when it comes to technology, were it not so serious

UK Police Takes Down Proxy Service Over Piracy Concerns - http://torrentfreak.com/uk-police-takes-down-proxy-service-over-piracy-concerns-140806/ this is a terrible precedent

"This video of a bear walking upright through a neighborhood is downright creepy" - http://boingboing.net/2014/08/06/bear-walking-upright-like-a-hu.html yes, it is a bit....

Welcome to Eponia, Europe's New Rogue State? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140731/04000928065/welcome-to-eponia-europes-new-rogue-state.shtml shouldn't there be a law against it? #UPC #patents #EU

Britain's first armed police on routine patrol - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28656324 … well, you can stop that right now (v @edyong209)#notwanted



Beyond #OpenStandards and #OpenAccess - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/08/beyond-open-standards-and-open-access/index.htm how should we build on recent big wins to push openness further?

5,000 Chinese workers expected for Kenyan rail project - http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/5000-Chinese-workers-set-for-railway-project---/-/539546/2409994/-/4kq0l9/-/index.html so more elephants will be slaughtered now? (V @whiteafrican)

.@EMA_News wants to censor independent analysis of side effect data - http://www.alltrials.net/news/should-the-ema-be-allowed-to-censor-independent-analysis-of-side-effect-data/ more disgraceful by the day (v @bengoldacre)

#CETA Handelsabkommen mit Kanada: Regierung will Bundestag abstimmen lassen - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/eu-freihandelsabkommen-mit-kanada-bundestag-soll-ueber-ceta-abstimmen-a-984785.html so, how will that work out? anyone?

EU chief scientist should be "not transparent” & "immune from public scrutiny" - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/glover-eu-chief-scientist-should-stay-shadows-307768k that's how science works, right?

Senators Slam White House For CIA #Torture Report Redactions That Make It 'Incomprehensible' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140805/15240828119/senators-slam-white-house-cia-torture-report-redactions-that-make-it-incomprehensible.shtml

Ex-NSA Boss Defends Patenting Brand New, Not Developed On Gov't Time, Patent-Pending Cybersecurity Brilliance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140805/15404228120/ex-nsa-boss-defends-patenting-his-totally-brand-new-not-developed-govt-time-patent-pending-cybersecurity-brilliance.shtml

important: DRIP : The Commission acknowledges Access’ complaint - https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/08/06/drip-the-commission-acknowledges-access-complaint #DRIP under attack from many sides

German plant breeders challenge EU Nagoya Reg - allege threatens biodiversity - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/08/german-plant-breeders-challenge-eu.html standing upu for open source seeds

Code for Germany launched! - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/08/06/code-for-germany-launched/ ausgezeichnet... #openknowledge

#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 XXXIV: have you read them all? no, thought not.  #TAFTA

AU Attorney General Says Metadata Collection Won't Track Your Web Surfing, Just The Web Addresses You Visit (Huh?) - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140806/06322428125/australias-attorney-general-says-metadata-collection-wont-track-your-web-surfing-just-web-addresses-you-visit-huh.shtml

Ebola doc's condition downgraded to 'idiotic' - http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2014-08-06.html er, wow; that is all.  (v @snlester)

Tektronix Uses DMCA Notice To Try To Stop Oscilliscope Hacking - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140806/07155928127/tektronix-uses-dmca-notice-to-try-to-stop-oscilliscope-hacking.shtml shameful bullying thanks to copyright

Police Arrest Operator of Torrent Site Proxies - http://torrentfreak.com/police-arrest-operator-torrent-site-proxies-140806/ UK police acting as copyright industry's private police...