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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150209 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/02/150209.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Google's dog robot looks too real for comfort when getting kicked - http://mashable.com/2015/02/09/boston-dynamics-spot-robot/ but what happens when they kick back?

Obama To Germans Worried About #NSA Surveillance: 'Hey, Trust Us!' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150209/16431429962/obama-to-germans-worried-about-nsa-surveillance-hey-trust-us.shtml er, why would they do that?

Why We Should Rename #TAFTA/#TTIP As The 'Atlantic Car Trade Agreement' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150207/06040929944/why-we-should-rename-taftattip-as-atlantic-car-trade-agreement.shtml 'cos it's almost entirely about cars #ACTA

#TTIP: literature and #publishing not covered by cultural exception’ - http://www.ceatl.eu/ttip-negotiations-ceatl-sounds-the-alarm-on-literature-and-publishing-not-being-covered-by-the-so-called-cultural-exception no more special schemes to support EU authors

#TTIP can help reap rewards of the 'Internet of Things' - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/ttip-can-help-reap-rewards-internet-things-311978 implicitly an attack on EU's strong #dataprotection rules

Australia May Stop Providing Water and Power to Remote Aboriginal Communities - https://news.vice.com/article/australia-may-stop-providing-water-and-power-to-remote-aboriginal-communities 1st their land is stolen, now water

UK spent 300 times more on fossil fuels than clean energy despite green pledge - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/10/uk-spent-300-times-more-fossil-fuel-clean-energy-despite-green-pledge contemptible

Foodwatch: German #TTIP study ‘utopian’ - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/foodwatch-german-ttip-study-utopian-311960 for developing countries, #TTIP just thinly-disguised neo-imperialism

Former GCHQ legal director: Journalists’ communications not considered in #RIPA drafting - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/02/09/former-gchq-legal-director-journalists-communications-not-considered-in-ripa-drafting/ well, there's your problem

Left and Right Align in Fighting Obama’s Trade Agenda - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/business/left-and-right-align-in-fighting-obamas-trade-agenda.html?_r=0 curious alliances (v @EllieAsksWhy)#TTIP #TPP #TPA

.@bancosantander has ploughed tens of millions of pounds into Indonesia’s number one rainforest destroyer. - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/stop-financing-deforestation/ shame

Why the UK #GCHQ unlawful spying ruling may force president Obama to take action - http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/why-the-uk-gchq-unlawful-spying-ruling-may-force-president-obama-to-take-action/ interesting analysis

Cutting red tape, safeguarding standards - regulatory cooperation in EU-US trade talks - http://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/malmstrom/blog/cutting-red-tape-safeguarding-standards-regulatory-cooperation-eu-us-trade-talks_en dixit @MalmstromEU #TTIP

 what Austrian MEP Leichtfried saw in the Top Sekrit #TTIP Room.... - http://derstandard.at/2000011516692/Leichtfried-kritisiert-EU-Kommission-Borniert-und-ueberheblich?ref=rss (v @michelreimon) key stuff still missing

[Updated with latest Ubuntu phone info from Mark Shuttleworth] After Android: Ubuntu, Xiaomi, Meizu or Tencent? - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/after-android-3597316/

US harvest threatened by oil and gas boom and water shortages - http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/feb/10/us-food-oil-gas-water-shortages yeah, who needs food when you can eat oil? #fracking

SalesAgility opens the doors for the UK #OpenSource Awards 2015 - http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2015/02/prweb12487878.htm

Terrorized Into Irrationality: UK Police Demand Names of Charlie Hebdo Supporters - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150210/02042129974/terrorized-into-irrationality-uk-police-demand-names-charlie-hebdo-supporters.shtml </facepalm>

U.S. lawmakers put currency cheating on trade agenda - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/10/usa-trade-currency-idUSL1N0VK1E220150210 & the cat among the pigeons #TPP

How The Great Firewall Of #China Caused A DDOS Attack In France - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150204/09454829910/how-great-firewall-china-caused-ddos-attack-france.shtml