Thursday, 1 January 2015

141231


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141230 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.be/2014/12/141230.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Tell Yahoo! #Japan to Stop Selling #Whale Meat! - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/617/071/394/ shame on @yahoo: does @marissamayer approve of this?

Pastebin, Dailymotion, Github blocked in #India after DoT order - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Pastebin-Dailymotion-Github-blocked-after-DoT-order-Report/articleshow/45701713.cms anyone know what this is about? (v @sunil_abraham)

Latest Trade Agreements Are About The Opposite Of Free Trade: Protectionism For Big Business - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141223/16545229515/latest-trade-agreements-are-about-opposite-free-trade-protectionism-big-business.shtml key point #TTIP #TPP

Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers and making wine from their blood - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/chinese-man-jailed-for-13-years-for-eating-tigers-and-making-wine-from-their-blood good to see #china acting here

Will #Patents Ruin The Most Important Biotech Discovery In Recent Years? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141228/07054729529/will-patents-ruin-most-important-biotech-discovery-recent-years.shtml that's a rhetorical question, BTW #CRISPR

"El Tratado de Libre Comercio con EEUU puede llevar a los países a perder su soberanía" - http://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n262839.html (v @corporateeurope)#TTIP

Why #Syriza is good news for #Greece and Europe - https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/vassilis-k-fouskas/why-syriza-is-good-news-for-greece-and-europe should be fun to watch this; also, opposes #TTIP (v @michaelgraaf)

BMA sues whistleblower surgeon - http://sharmilachowdhury.com/2014/06/30/bma-sues-whistleblower-surgeon/ #whistleblowers urgently need more protection (v @tonyrcollins)


London New Year’s Eve fireworks made ticket-only for first time - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/31/london-new-years-eve-fireworks-ticket the privatisation of the public continues apace


#Deregulation – the UK Bill and the Titanic #TTIP - http://jenpersson.com/deregulation-uk-bill-titanic-ttip/ great post on hugely important area, still overlooked by most

Bloke Throws 17 Perfect Darts In A Row - https://digg.com/video/crowd-loses-their-mind-as-guy-throws-17-perfect-darts-in-a-row I'm not into this darts stuff, but certainly an impressive display of skill

"#TTIP is the making of a new transatlantic relationship." - http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=57569 yes, indeed, a feudal one of lord (US) and vassal (EU)

Boycott ‘Which?’ to stop the TTIP Agreement - http://stopttip.net/boycott-which-to-stop-ttip-agreement/ why is @WhichUK so clueless about dangers of #TTIP for consumers?

Blair denies report saying Ed Miliband can’t win 2015 election - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/31/tony-blair-denies-report-saying-ed-miliband-cant-win-2015-election he's not doubting, just stabbing him in the back

How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141229/10521029540/how-copyright-makes-culture-disappear.shtml when will people grasp that #copyright is antithetical to culture?

Blowing Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Public Service, Not a Crime - http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=10707 help former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling

#RMS: "Why you should not use #Uber (the car ride brokering company)" - http://qz.com/319592/why-you-should-not-use-uber-the-car-ride-brokering-company/ well, look at that... (v @mjasay)

Polish farmers threaten uprising over opencast coalmine - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/31/polish-farmers-threaten-uprising-over-opencast-coalmine "22 villages could be destroyed" (v @StollmeyerEU)#lignite

Palestinian president signs up 2 join international criminal court - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/palestinian-president-international-criminal-court  "will anger Israel & US": what did they expect?

.@techdirt: Our Reply To A Totally Bogus Monkey Selfie Cease & Desist - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141230/17134529552/our-reply-to-totally-bogus-monkey-selfie-cease-desist.shtml this is a spectactular takedown: do not miss

The Coming Decline of 'Made In #China' - http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/12/31/161209/the-coming-decline-of-made-in-china yup; one way to reduce pollution in China

Our Richard Stallman Interviews in 2012-2014 - http://techrights.org/2014/12/30/stallman-interviews-summary/ historically important archive #RMS


Hollywood Narrow-Mindedly Sees Google Fiber As A Threat, Not A World Of New Opportunities - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141230/05421529546/hollywood-narrow-mindedly-sees-google-fiber-as-threat-not-world-new-opportunities.shtml well, it would...

5100+ signatures for #open formats in the French educational system - https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/136117 great idea: we should all do this

The Afghan shambles, and what it means - http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2014/12/31/21057 most people knew this would happen; and yet still they went on #UK

[updated] Indian Gov. Orders 32 Web Sites Blocked: GitHub, Archive.Org, Pastebin, DailyMotion & Vimeo - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141231/02075529554/indian-government-orders-32-web-sites-blocked-including-github-archiveorg-pastebin-dailymotion-vimeo.shtml


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