140903

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140902 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/09/140902.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Mining threatens to eat up northern Europe’s last wilderness - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/mining-threat-northern-europe-wilderness-finland-sweden-norway #TTIP's #ISDS will make this too costly to cancel

#Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to west Africa to help curb epidemic - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/02/ebola-outbreak-call-send-military-curb-epidemic deeply concerning

Bring on the defeat of EU-US free trade deal - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/eu-us-free-trade-deal-ttip-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership good explanation of #TTIP's irremediable problems, & why it must go

#Guatemala Resists '#Monsanto Law' Required As Part Of Trade Agreement With US - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140902/10101628394/guatemala-resists-monsanto-law-required-as-part-trade-agreement-with-us.shtml EU needs to do the same with #TTIP

Stop Wildlife #Poaching Inside the UK - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/982/696/418/?z00m=21426960&redirectID=1453511514 police should work on this, not arresting people who share copyright files

“Plebgate” report shows why the UK’s data retention laws are such a terrible idea - http://gigaom.com/2014/09/03/plebgate-report-shows-why-the-uks-data-retention-laws-are-such-a-terrible-idea/ good post, important point

.@berndlange: Transparenz ist der Generalschlüssel für eine sachliche Debatte - http://www.bernd-lange.de/aktuell/nachrichten/2014/365948.php wise words on #TTIP & #CETA #ISDS

these 2 stories seem to come from the same universe: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/tony-blair-wins-gq-philanthropist-4155706 & http://www.bild.de/politik/inland/guenther-oettinger/wird-internet-kommissar-in-bruessel-37520044.bild.html (latter v @Senficon)

(redacted) minutes Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee (LOTIS) meetings - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lotis_meeting_notes why no civil society here? #uk

UK Culture Secretary: Search Engines Must Magically Stop Piracy Or Else! - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140902/14280728397/uk-culture-secretary-says-if-google-microsoft-yahoo-cant-magically-make-piracy-disapper-it-will-legally-require-them-to-do.shtml why are they always so clueless?

"#Taiji dolphin products are riddled with mercury." - http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/09/01/dolphin-killing-season-begins-taiji-japanese-are-shunning-dolphin-meat still want to eat them, Japanese people? (v @schestowitz)#jp

Ares Rights, Notorious DMCA Abusers For Ecuadorian Gov't, Now Sending DMCA Notices On Stories About Ares Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140902/17473828398/ares-rights-notorious-dmca-abusers-ecuadorian-govt-now-sending-dmca-notices-stories-about-ares-rights.shtml

The Case Against Federalizing Trade Secrecy - http://patentlyo.com/patent/2014/09/against-federalizing-secrecy.html really bad idea, definite trend (v @burcuno)

Charities should stick to knitting and keep out of politics, says MP - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/03/charities-knitting-politics-brook-newmark showing he understands neither

'#XKCD' Cartoonist Randall Munroe on His New Book - http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/xkcd-cartoonist-randall-munroe-what-if-20140902 everyone's favourite