Thursday 14 August 2014

140814

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140813 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/08/140813.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Los Angeles Police Develop Sudden Privacy Concerns When Someone Flies A Drone Over Their Parking Lot - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140805/06590828113/los-angeles-police-develop-sudden-privacy-concerns-when-someone-flies-drone-over-their-parking-lot.shtml </facepalm>

German television show leaks #CETA, Council of Canadians says deal will not survive public scrutiny - http://www.canadians.org/media/german-television-show-leaks-ceta-council-canadians-says-deal-will-not-survive-public-scrutiny 'cos it's bad

#CETA "could drive up the cost Canadians pay for prescription drugs by a total of $850 million or more annually" - http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/08/13/secret_details_of_canadaeu_pact_prompt_scrutiny.html

“Will your party hand over our right to make laws to the US?” ask #NZ doctors - http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/august-2014/13/%E2%80%9Cwill-your-party-hand-over-our-right-to-make-laws-to-the-us%E2%80%9D-ask-doctors.aspx joining fight against #TPP

SWAT Team Shows Up In Ferguson, Detains Reporters Live Tweeting Their Actions - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140813/17591028206/swat-team-shows-up-ferguson-detains-reporters-live-tweeting-their-actions.shtml definitely not a police state...


The Gentle Art of Muddying the Licensing Waters - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/08/the-gentle-art-of-muddying-the-licensing-waters/index.htm #Microsoft did it, now the publishers are doing it #FUD #openaccess

More Federal Employees Caught Using Work Computers To Access Porn, Claim 'Boredom' Made Them Do It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140810/09552328168/more-federal-employees-caught-using-work-computers-to-access-porn-claim-boredom-made-them-do-it.shtml riiight

What's the matter with #PGP? - http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/08/whats-matter-with-pgp.html raises important issues about vital subject (v @TeraEuro)#crypto #nsa

Murder - Made in Britain - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/murder_made_in_britain_loc/ time to suspend arms sales to #Israel & #Russia (& elsewhere)

UK's Universal Credit rollout could take over 1,000 years - http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3536069/universal-credit-rollout-could-take-over-1000-years/ that's totally unrealistic; it'll take much longer...


& here's that leaked #CETA text they didn't want us to see -  http://t.co/kMcQeMb57I all 521 pages of it; let's get digging #EU #ISDS

Reef condition is ‘poor’, & probably worse than healthcheck suggests - http://theconversation.com/reef-condition-is-poor-and-probably-worse-than-healthcheck-suggests-30508 "#climatechange is still the greatest threat"

#CETA leaks shows "treaty is more favorable to the European Union than to Canada" - http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/08/14/Secret-Final-Draft-CETA/ you're being gulled, #Canada

“The U.S. is failing to keep its privacy promise to Europe” - http://www.centerfordigitaldemocracy.org/cdd-files-complaint-useu-safe-harbor-data-privacy-ftc-filing-reveals-failure-us-agreement-protect-eu Safe Harbour is a joke (v @CasparBowden @chesterj1)

Silicon Cities: Supporting the development of tech clusters outside London and the South East of England - http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/category/item/silicon-cities-supporting-the-development-of-tech-clusters-outside-london-and-the-south-east-of-england

.@SeaWorld shares tumble 33% following Blackfish documentary - http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/14/seaworld-shares-blackfish-documentary & I'm sure they'll go much lower than that...

Why are indigenous people left out of the sustainable development goals? - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/aug/14/indigenous-people-sustainable-development-goals 'cos we can't admit how much we owe them

Twitter to Verified Users: Talk Amongst Yourselves! - http://recode.net/2014/08/13/twitter-verified-users-connect/ the birth of the #twitteristocracy... (v @Aerocles @mathewi)


Welcome to the campaign to fight #TTIP - http://ttipaction.38degrees.org.uk/ sign up here to UK day of action, 30 August

#NHS faces legal bill over dozens of eye operations botched by private provider - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/14/nhs-eye-operations-private-provider-musgrove this is Tories' future healthcare

EU-Canada trade deal leak ‘ridicules’ TTIP consultation - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/eu-canada-trade-deal-leak-ridicules-ttip-consultation-307797 exactly (v @ArthurNeslen)#CETA


Froman: "we are determined to help farmers sell more Made-in-America exports to world.” - http://lacrossetribune.com/jacksoncochronicle/news/local/labor-wary-of-trans-pacific-trade-agreement/article_f33db9cc-4408-5788-8264-f79a4f989953.html whether or not they want it

Japan, U.S. make no progress in #TPP-related talks - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0814/c90777-8769785.html again; maybe time to call it a day...?

Under Swiss Copyright Reform, Private Sharing & Downloads From Unauthorized Sources Would Still Be Legal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140814/06200228208/under-swiss-copyright-reform-private-sharing-downloads-unauthorized-sources-would-still-be-legal.shtml wise #ch

.@IVinvents Aims To Tax Wind Power Producers With New Batch Of Patents - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140812/15423828193/intellectual-ventures-aims-to-tax-wind-power-producers-with-new-batch-patents.shtml profits before protecting humanity

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering - https://medium.com/message/ferguson-is-also-a-net-neutrality-issue-6d2f3db51eb0 great post on crucial issues

#Certification Allows US Trade Negotiators to Rewrite TPP Copyright Rules - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/certification-allows-us-trade-negotiators-rewrite-tpps-copyright-rules important new info on #TTP (& #TTIP)

Marina Silva emerges as obvious successor after Campos death - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/marina-silva-obvious-successor-after-campos-death great news, if sad it happened this way

How making London greener could make Londoners happier – interactive map - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2014/aug/14/-sp-london-green-space-make-londoners-happier-interactive-map ooh, let's do it


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