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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140911 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.fi/2014/09/140911.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

US threatened Yahoo with $250,000 daily fine over NSA data refusal - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/11/yahoo-nsa-lawsuit-documents-fine-user-data-refusal kudos for that

Outrage as EU blocks democratic challenge to US trade deal - http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2014/09/12/comment-outrage-as-eu-blocks-democratic-challenge-to-us-trad great post. read it, get angry, then get active #TTIP

Privacy International Lodges Legal Challenge To Official Secrecy Surrounding #GCHQ Spying - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140909/08452028462/privacy-international-lodges-legal-challenge-to-official-secrecy-surrounding-gchq-spying.shtml good for them

How Greens in one German state threaten Euro-Canada trade deal - http://www.bilaterals.org/?how-greens-in-one-german-state interesting #CETA

"This decision demonstrates that the Commission is afraid that European citizens will take control of these issues" - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-industry/commission-opposes-european-citizens-initiative-against-ttip-308406

Italy: High Court shoots down #Windows tax - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140912-01.en.html big win for #freesoftware and consumers

After the #Fork: Financing Open Source Software - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/after-fork-financing-open-source-software-3571869/ is kickstarter the future of #opensource funding?

Emergency demo against #ISDS in #CETA outside BIS - http://occupylondon.org.uk/emergency-demo-12th-sept-at-bis/ well done those who took part...

Vietnam Rights Still Obstacle to #TPP Membership - http://www.voanews.com/content/vietnam-rights-still-an-obstacle-to-tpp-membership/2446966.html I'm sure they'll be overlooked...

How will #TTIP affect the health of Europeans? - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/how-will-ttip-affect-the-health-of-europeans/ some benefits, lots of threats #alltrials

Reuters Tries To Explain Away Its Refusal To Call #Torture 'Torture' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140911/16455228499/reuters-tries-to-explain-away-its-refusal-to-call-torture-torture.shtml you're pathetic cowards,@Reuters

Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to serve in Palestinian territories - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/12/israeli-intelligence-reservists-refuse-serve-palestinian-territories kudos for this bravery #israel

Creative Commons launches School of Open events in #Tanzania and #Nigeria - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43678 great news #africa

Cycling in London - http://blog.canonical.com/2014/09/12/cycling-in-london/ CEO of #Canonical gets on her bike...

Free trade matters more now than ever - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-enterprise/free-trade-matters-more-now-ever-308405 ignores fact #TTIP not about free trade, but creating liberalisation ratchet

"no requirement in #FIPA for fed government to make public fact of a Chinese investor's lawsuit against #Canada" - http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/harper-oks-potentially-unconstitutional-china-canada-fipa-deal-coming-force-october-1

Endocrination: film exposing lobby battle on endocrine disrupting chemicals - http://corporateeurope.org/food-and-agriculture/2014/09/endocrination-new-film-exposing-lobby-battle-endocrine-disrupting how @EU_Commission betrayed EU again

Endocrination: film exposing lobby battle on endocrine disrupting chemicals - http://corporateeurope.org/food-and-agriculture/2014/09/endocrination-new-film-exposing-lobby-battle-endocrine-disrupting how @EU_Commission betrayed EU again

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: We’re publishing “the full set” of secret #CETA-documents (Updates) - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/comprehensive-economic-and-trade-agreement-were-publishing-the-full-set-of-secret-ceta-documents/

Queensland passes laws to stop ‘vexatious’ green groups - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/queensland-laws-stop-vexatious-green-groups but business can sue government as much as they like #AU

Alan Moore's finished a one million word epic novel - http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/alan-moores-finished-a-one-m.html wow

so, whatever happened to #MOOCs...?

Be Happy: Software Patents Are Rapidly Disappearing Thanks To The Supreme Court - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140912/13263928504/be-happy-software-patents-are-rapidly-disappearing-thanks-to-supreme-court.shtml let's hope.. #swpats

A 512GB SD Card Has More Storage Than Your Computer - http://mashable.com/2014/09/12/sandisk-512-gb-sd-card/ I'm waiting for the 1 Terabyte SD Card...