Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141029 -
http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/10/141029.html yesterday's
tweets as a single Web page
EU’s leading plant scientists call
for urgent action to defend GM research -
http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/news/newsdetailpage/europes-leading-plant-scientists-call-for-urgent-action-to-defend-research.cid242017 no
mention of risks of #patents for
food
"full disclosure [of text] likely
to lead [#TPP] to go immediately into public debate on an
ill-informed basis" -
http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/business/qoa/51HansQ_20141030_00000007/7-trans-pacific-partnership%E2%80%94scope-of-negotiations #NZ
#China's
Xiaomi surges to become world's third largest smartphone vendor -
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3583364/chinas-xiaomi-surges-to-become-worlds-third-largest-smartphone-vendor/ this
was bound to happen
#Copyright reform:
weak research will produce bad policy -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-enterprise/copyright-reform-weak-research-will-produce-bad-policy-309597 TERA
study flawed as usual... (v @IanBrownOII)
Germany may cut coal-fired energy to
protect climate -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/germany-may-cut-coal-fired-energy-protect-climate-309617 good
stuff
Gottfrid Svartholm Found Guilty in
Hacking Trial -
http://torrentfreak.com/gottfrid-svartholm-found-guilty-in-hacking-trial-141030/ pour
encourager les autres...
No fast track in lame duck -
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/222261-no-fast-track-in-lame-duck big
implications for #TPP,
#TAFTA/#TTIP...
urgent:@EUombudsman public
consultation in relation to the #transparency of
the TTIP negotiations -
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/correspondence.faces/en/56100/html.bookmark closes
tomorrow
"If you generate renewable
electricity, use Open Utility to find the best price for your export
power" - https://www.openutility.com/ #opendata
Warning of dearer drugs if
#TPP deal agreed
-
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/258110/warning-of-dearer-drugs-if-deal-agreed not
just likely, but guaranteed as part of the "deal" #NZ
How are international trade treaties
enabling corporations to undermine democracy? -
http://thenewputneydebates.com/2014/10/25/trade-treaties/ warning:
may contain nuts (me)
Government to release details of secret
policy on #surveillance of
privileged communications -
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/10/30/government-to-release-details-of-secret-policy-on-surveillance-of/ welcome,
tiny, steps..
#Japan Can’t
Ratify the #TPP This
Year -
http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/japan-cant-ratify-the-tpp-this-year/ so
now it's 2015, if ever...
MPAA & Movie Theaters Issue A Ban
On Google Glass, 'cos They 'Have Long History Of Welcoming Tech
Advances' -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141029/16481228981/mpaa-movie-theaters-issue-complete-ban-google-glass-because-they-have-long-history-welcoming-tech-advances.shtml
"Papers in Nature journals should
make computer code accessible where possible" -
http://www.nature.com/news/code-share-1.16232 yes:
as #opensource (v
@brembs)
Germany Turning Sour on #TTIP -
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/10/germany-turning-sour-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership.html "one
of tricks of negotiators is to create a sense of inevitability"
(v @TTIPBeware)
Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to
Despots and Cops Worldwide -
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/30/hacking-team/ seems
to use #ubuntu to
control #spyware...
Singapore: The Commission to Request a
Court of Justice Opinion on the trade deal -
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1185 well,
well, well (v @snlester)
U.S. Trade Agreement with Asia-Pacific
Countries Must Have Strong Environmental Provisions -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jake-schmidt/us-trade-agreement-with-a_b_6075064.html #TPP
Tell @CocaCola to stop funding
anti-labeling campaigns -
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12553 spending
so much, it clearly has something bad to hide...
#TTIP:
The science of the US-European trade megadeal -
http://www.newscientist.com/special/ttip well
done @newscientist for tackling this; but...
#TTIP:
Europe will still be safe – but more sensible -
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429932.700-ttip-europe-will-still-be-safe--but-more-sensible.html no:
hopelessly naive about the real intentions of US industry
TTIP: Beware the treaty's empty
economic promises -
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429932.800-ttip-beware-the-treatys-empty-economic-promises.html good
summary of outright lies being spread by pro-#TTIP camp
.@Newsweek:"[TTIP] would mean
adjusting many European regulations to the lower standards imposed by
the US" -
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/11/07/calls-ban-toxic-chemicals-fall-deaf-ears-worldwide-280697.html
Calls to Ban Toxic Chemicals Fall on
Deaf Ears Around the World -
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/11/07/calls-ban-toxic-chemicals-fall-deaf-ears-worldwide-280697.html how
the @EU_Commission is betraying the EU public
Cameron stands firm against drugs
legalisation despite Lib Dem pressure -
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/30/cameron-refuses-review-of-drugs-policy-despite-lib-dem-pressure not
standing firm, stupidly dogmatic
Brandis: "It is “almost
inconceivable” that a journalist would go to jail." -
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/30/brandiss-desperate-and-confused-metadata-laws-are-far-from-sold "almost"
= possible = inevitable #AU
Vermont's Automatic License Plate
Readers: 7.9 Million Plates Captured, Five Crimes Solved -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141027/17253728959/vermonts-automatic-license-plate-readers-79-million-plates-captured-five-crimes-solved.shtml says
it all
Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual
Property Law -
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spain-passes-debated-intellectual-property-745130 just
stupid #copyright
