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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141229 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/12/141229.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

how Letwin kept poll tax plans alive - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/30/downing-street-files-oliver-letwin-poll-tax now he's behind v dangerous #deregulation bill - http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/deregulation.html

most stupid/dangerous part of Letwin's #Deregulation Bill is making economic growth the yardstick 4 all regs - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2014-2015/0058/lbill_2014-20150058_en_9.htm#pb16-l1g88 #UK

#Huawei Low-cost Smartphone Sales Spike, Adopts #Xiaomi Online-only Sales Model - http://thevarguy.com/business-smartphone-and-tablet-technology-solutions/123014/huawei-low-cost-smartphone-sales-spike-adopts-xi

#OpenStreetMap Moves Beyond The Streets, Starts Mapping #Amazonia - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141229/06090729531/openstreetmap-moves-beyond-streets-starts-mapping-amazonia.shtml wonderful project #OSM

Are 5-hour waits for ambulances the sad state of our healthcare system? - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/30/are-five-hour-waits-ambulances-sad-state-healthcare-system UK continues to turn into 3rd-world nation

#Ukip green policy: #Climatechange 'open to question' - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-green-policy-climate-change-is-open-to-question-says-energy-spokesman-roger-helmer-9949125.html not just bigots, but dangerous, stupid bigots (v @tom_watson)

2015: the Year of #OpenSource with Chinese Characteristics? - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/chinese-open-source-3592280/ certainly looks like it #xiaomi #shanzhai #china

What I want from cities in 2015: public spaces that are truly public - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/30/what-i-want-from-our-cities-in-2015-public-spaces-that-are-truly-public-boris-johnson-london important point about Boris Johnson's betrayal

#TTIP and labour - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/empl/dv/empl20141201_ttip_briefing_/empl20141201_ttip_briefing_en.pdf Briefing for the EP’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee; includes Capaldo's 600K job loss

Comcast Says Sudden Love Of The Poor Is Just Altruistic 'Serendipity,' In No Way Tied To Wanting Merger Approval - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20141229/09324029536/comcast-says-its-sudden-love-poor-is-just-altruistic-serendipity-no-way-tied-to-wanting-merger-approval.shtml

How #Copyright Forced A Filmmaker To Rewrite Martin Luther King's Historic Words - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141229/13390429545/how-copyright-forced-filmmaker-to-rewrite-martin-luther-king.shtml really, copyright?

κυβέρνηση ΣΥΡΙΖΑ δεν θα κυρώσει τη συμφωνία ελευθέρου εμπορίου ΕΕ-ΗΠΑ - http://www.euractiv.gr/oikonomia/katroygkalos-i-kybernisi-syriza-den-tha-kyrosei-ti-symfonia-eleytheroy-emporioy-ee-ipa SYRIZA woudn't ratify #TTIP or #CETA

How the internet’s engineers are fighting mass surveillance - https://gigaom.com/2014/12/30/how-the-internets-engineers-are-fighting-mass-surveillance/ good summary of what's on its way... #nsa #gchq

Why United Airlines And Orbitz Are Suing An Entrepreneur Who Helps People Find Cheaper Flights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141230/07022629547/why-united-airlines-orbitz-are-suing-entrepreneur-who-helps-people-find-cheaper-flights.shtml ridiculous

#31c3: The Cloud Conspiracy 2008-2014 - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/31c3-the-cloud-conspiracy-2008-2014/ @CasparBowden tells us how people didn't listen back then, Before Snowden...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: #TPP trade deal must not undercut Wall Street reforms - See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2014-12-sen-elizabeth-warren-trade-deal-must-not-undercut-wa beware #TTIP too

Police In Scotland Tweet Out Plans To 'Investigate' Any 'Offensive Comments' On Social Media - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141230/11280629551/police-scotland-tweet-out-plans-to-investigate-any-offensive-comments-social-media.shtml & look really stupid