150531

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150530 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150531.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Arguments for TPP don’t make sense - https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/05/30/arguments-for-tpp-don-make-sense/W8WNu5IR9xkhzsqYV0pBWK/story.html one of the best analyses I've read on the flaws of #TPP #china

“Free Trade” Deals Put Profits Over Public Interest - http://murraydobbin.ca/2015/05/29/free-trade-deals-put-profits-over-public-interest/ why #canada would be crazy to sign up to more deals with #ISDS

150530

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150529 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150529.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

big: EU grants for arts could also be challenged using #ISDS admit #DE government - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-05/ttip-ceta-kultur-schiedsgerichte (v @Liese_Mueller)#TTIP #CETA

Saakashvili Appointed as Governor of Ukraine’s Odessa Region - http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=28313 this. is. weird. #ge #ua

150529

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150528 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150528.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Book Publishers Whine To USTR That It's Just Not Fair That Canada Recognizes Fair Dealing For Educational Purposes - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150527/19333231131/book-publishers-whine-to-ustr-that-just-not-fair-that-canada-recognizes-fair-dealing-educational-purposes.shtml

#China's New Antitrust Rules Aim To Blunt Foreign Patent Threat - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150526/08185731111/chinas-new-antitrust-rules-aim-to-blunt-foreign-patent-threat.shtml worth watching

.@EU_Commission has turned its back on animals - http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=38584 is the EU a civilised society or not? #animalwelfare

HP 355 G3 Quad Core Laptop with #Ubuntu - http://www.ebuyer.com/705954-hp-355-g3-quad-core-laptop-with-ubuntu-l8b55es £249.99, £149.99 after trade in; I've bought similar kit: pretty decent

Laughing gas sales to be outlawed in government's legal highs clampdown - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/29/laughing-gas-government-legal-highs-nitrous-oxide </insert joke here>

hidden costs of trade treaties - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-05/ttip-ceta-costs how @EU_Commission has been selling us out for #TTIP - already (v @Liese_Mueller)

FTC Gets $1.2 Billion From Drug Company Over 'Pay For Delay' Patent Scam - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150528/09092231138/ftc-gets-12-billion-drug-company-over-pay-delay-patent-scam.shtml wow, nice win

Media owner Denis O’Brien accused of trying to gag Irish parliament - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/29/media-owner-denis-obrien-accused-trying-to-gag-irish-parliament ah, yes, the rich are different...

#CETA's promise of 80,000 jobs doesn't add up - http://canadians.org/blog/cetas-promise-80000-jobs-doesnt-add same for #TTIP, #TTP: see the pattern here?

Watch a running cheetah robot jump an obstacle - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/29/watch-a-running-cheetah-robot.html soon, they'll be coming for us…

British police once feared that Trekkies were a threat to national security - http://arstechnica.co.uk/the-multiverse/2015/05/british-police-once-feared-that-trekkies-were-a-threat-to-national-security/ Special Branch: special...

China agrees to phase out its ivory industry to combat elephant poaching - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/29/china-agrees-to-phase-out-its-ivory-industry-to-combat-elephant-poaching well done, #China: please do it quickly

Insanity Rules In Ireland: Media Ordered Not To Report On Parliamentary Speech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/09193731148/insanity-rules-ireland-media-ordered-not-to-report-parliamentary-speech.shtml "Streisand goes to Ireland"

UN Report: #Encryption And #Anonymity Deserve 'Strong Protection' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/03293031143/un-report-encryption-anonymity-deserve-strong-protection.shtml and worth defending...

Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/13303031155/silk-road-mastermind-ross-ulbricht-sentenced-to-life-prison.shtml confirming the "darkweb" really isn't...

Ford Pretends To Open Up Its Patents Like Tesla, But Doesn't; Media Falls For It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150529/06161831144/ford-pretends-to-open-up-patents-like-tesla-doesnt-media-falls-it.shtml

Ask for Evidence - http://askforevidence.org/about "helps people request the evidence behind news stories, marketing claims and policies" nice idea

150528

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150527 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150527.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

will @berndlange &@EP_Trade listen to the voice of 1,945,325 Europeans? - https://stop-ttip.org/ #ISDS must come out of #TTIP

Here are 6,000 words on why #TTIP is a deeply flawed project - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/ /cc @berndlange @EP_Trade #EPonTTIP #INTA

Committee on International Trade - meeting 28/05/2015 on #TTIP and #ISDS live - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150521IPR57984/html/Committee-on-International-Trade-meeting-28052015 exciting stuff now

Even Before #TPP And #TTIP, US Already Being Forced To Change Laws By Trade Agreements - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150527/09320831127/even-before-tpp-ttip-us-already-being-forced-to-change-laws-trade-agreements.shtml despite what they say

New UK law will give government access to encrypted Internet messaging apps - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/new-uk-law-will-give-government-access-to-encrypted-internet-messaging-apps/ where will it all end? #crypto #privacy

10 public interest groups call for release of emails between top trade negotiator and Wall Street - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2015-05-with-controversy-over-secret-trade-deal-rising-10-groups-call-for-emails-release #TPP #TTIP

Reimon: #TTIP/Investitionsschutz - Sozialdemokratie knickt ein und stimmt schmutzigem Deal mit Volkspartei zu - http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20150528_OTS0182/reimon-ttipinvestitionsschutz-sozialdemokratie-knickt-ein-und-stimmt-schmutzigem-deal-mit-volkspartei-zu

Company That Lets Parents Spy On Their Kids' Computer Usage... Has Database Hacked And Leaked - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150522/12444731087/company-that-lets-parents-spy-their-kids-computer-usage-has-database-hacked-leaked.shtml surprise...not

Socialist MEPs capitulate on investor protection; draft resolution backs #TTIP's corporate agenda - http://www.greens-efa.eu/eu-us-ttip-negotiations-14071.html shameful #ISDS

“Dirty last-minute deal” sees #ISDS accepted by key European Parliament committee - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/dirty-last-minute-deal-sees-isds-accepted-by-key-european-parliament-committee/ time to write to your MEPs #TTIP

Norway fund could trigger wave of large fossil fuel #divestments - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/28/norway-fund-could-trigger-wave-of-large-fossil-fuel-divestments-say-experts who will be mugs left holding stranded assets?

BBC defends reality show involving poor, dubbed 'Hunger Games' - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/28/bbc-defends-reality-show-involving-poor-dubbed-hunger-games clever: bread & circuses in a single programme

UK Government Goes Full Orwell: Snooper's Charter, Encryption Backdoors, Free Speech Suppression - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150528/07001931137/uk-government-goes-full-orwell-snoopers-charter-encryption-backdoors-free-speech-suppression.shtml shameful

Fifa crisis: Blatter denies responsibility and rebuffs Platini plea to resign - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/28/fifa-blatter-resolves-ride-out-scandal-bid-for-fifth-presidential-term yeah, spoken like a true leader...

Data furnaces arrive in Europe: Free heating, if you have fibre Internet - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/05/data-furnaces-arrive-in-europe-free-heating-if-you-have-fibre-internet/ well, novel, I suppose...

150527

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150526 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150526.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

BuzzFeed Founder Launches New Lab for Open-Source Invention - http://www.wired.com/2015/05/buzzfeed-founder-launches-new-lab-open-source-invention/ more wins for #openness (v @mathewi)

TTIP – now it gets political - https://newint.org/blog/2015/05/26/ttip-vote-european-parliament/ " #TTIP is sure to be defeated"

Trading places - http://www.nature.com/news/trading-places-1.17616 good to see @nature editorial on #TTIP & its likely impact on science & technology (v @SimonLLewis)

How #ISDS Undermines Democracy By Irrevocably Binding Future Governments - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150524/03304331093/how-corporate-sovereignty-undermines-democracy-irrevocably-binding-future-governments.shtml how can anyone accept this? #TTIP #TPP

EU dropped plans for safer pesticides because of #TTIP and pressure from US - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-dropped-plans-for-safer-pesticides-because-of-ttip-and-pressure-from-us/ despite promises this wouldn't happen

Wikipedia entries for UK MPs whitewashed by computers inside parliament - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/wikipedia-entries-for-uk-mps-whitewashed-by-computers-inside-parliament/ imagine

Queen’s Speech: Snooper’s Charter is back, plus extension of #GCHQ powers - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/queens-speech-snoopers-charter-is-back-plus-extension-of-gchq-powers/ hey, where'd last bit come from? #snowden

Software APIs are copyrightable, White House tells the US Supreme Court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/white-house-sides-with-oracle-tells-supreme-court-apis-are-copyrightable/ just insane; good news for EU, though

Ban on legal highs technically covers alcohol, cigarettes & coffee - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/27/legal-highs-ban-technically-cover-alcohol-cigarettes-coffee "contrary 2 centuries of British common law"

Obama’s Asia trade deal faces mounting opposition in House - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/26/obamas-asia-trade-deal-faces-mounting-opposition/ #TPA #TPP

High Court Orders UK ISPs to Block eBook Sites - http://torrentfreak.com/high-court-orders-uk-isps-to-block-ebook-sites-150527/ #whatever

Author of German #ISDS-reform report criticises stance of Commission & German Ministry - http://ttip2015.eu/blog-detail/blog/Krawjeweski%20ISDS.html important voice here #TTIP

Arms control treaty could land security researchers like me in jail - http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/arms-control-treaty-could-land-security-researchers-like-me-in-jail/ good explanation of bad situation #Wassenaar

#TTIP faces critical EU test - http://www.politico.eu/article/ttip-faces-critical-eu-test/ absurd: you don't waste time trying to fix what you don't need: just bin #ISDS

150526

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150525 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150525.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Bill Heffernan vows to block any US beef imports under #TPP - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/25/bill-heffernan-us-beef-imports-trans-pacific-partnership interesting: but could he do that? #AU

Scribus 1.5.0 #OpenSource & Powerful DTP App Released with over 1,000 Bugfixes - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Scribus-1-5-0-Open-Source-and-Powerful-DTP-App-Released-with-Over-1000-Bugfixes-482138.shtml great #DTP program, now even better

Lake and sea bottom scanning with ArduBoat - http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/lake-and-sea-bottom-scanning-with-arduboat nice

Google Chrome gains #MIDI support, enables Web-based synths and DAWs - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/05/google-chrome-gains-midi-support-enables-web-based-synths-and-daws/ everything is turning into software...

New #surveillance laws must have full public debate, say top UK academics - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/new-surveillance-laws-must-have-full-public-debate-say-top-uk-academics/ we need to start pushing for this now

Meanwhile, In Japan: More Arrests For Cheating At Video Games - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150514/10280230998/meanwhile-japan-more-arrests-cheating-video-games.shtml sounds a little harsh, no?

Last Chance for MEPs to Save #NetNeutrality? - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/last-chance-for-meps-to-save-net-neutrality things are going rather pear-shaped

Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Never Ending Copyright Dispute - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150524/17521431095/sherlock-holmes-case-never-ending-copyright-dispute.shtml #copyright at its worst

VIP paedophile allegations: woman waives anonymity to accuse politician - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/26/vip-paedophile-ring-woman-waives-anonymity-link-politician-abuse "as uniformed police officers stood guard"

How secret system used to axe 100s of affordable homes on Britain’s most iconic construction site - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/05/26/dismay-doesnt-do-it-justice-how-a-secret-system-was-used-to-axe-hundreds-of-affordable-homes-on-britains-most-iconic-construction-site/ great analysis

The female mathematician who changed the course of physics—but couldn’t get a job - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/the-female-mathematician-who-changed-the-course-of-physics-but-couldnt-get-a-job/ nice summary of her life, work

#AU has free trade with US, why can’t we? - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/11629275/Australia-can-have-free-trade-with-the-US-so-why-cant-we.html simple: like AU, UK has no power to negotiate with US, only meekly accept

150525

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150523 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150523.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Heraldo Munoz on #TPP: If there is not an acceptable agreement, we will not sign - http://pastebin.com/LJ9AzEtz #cl

Here’s why UK mobile operators are much better than in the US - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/05/heres-how-badly-were-getting-ripped-off-by-our-mobile-phone-providers/ fascinating comparison

Hundreds die in Indian heatwave - http://thebricspost.com/hundreds-die-in-indian-heatwave/ sad, but likely to become more common... #climatechange #india

May's anti-extremism plan will protect free speech, says Sajid Javid - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/24/theresa-may-ofcom-anti-extremism-plan-protect-free-speech-sajid-javid I'll believe it when I see it..

Why killing Obama's trade deal could be good for free trade - http://www.vox.com/2015/5/24/8647103/tpp-free-trade-cronyism interesting analysis (v @mattyglesias @snlester)#TPP

The #TPP Is Corporate America's 'Precious,' but the House Is Mount Doom - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-wikler/the-tpp-is-corporate-amer_b_7426218.html ha! #TPA

150524

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150523 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150523.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Heraldo Munoz on #TPP: If there is not an acceptable agreement, we will not sign - http://pastebin.com/LJ9AzEtz #cl

Here’s why UK mobile operators are much better than in the US - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/05/heres-how-badly-were-getting-ripped-off-by-our-mobile-phone-providers/ fascinating comparison

Hundreds die in Indian heatwave - http://thebricspost.com/hundreds-die-in-indian-heatwave/ sad, but likely to become more common... #climatechange #india

May's anti-extremism plan will protect free speech, says Sajid Javid - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/24/theresa-may-ofcom-anti-extremism-plan-protect-free-speech-sajid-javid I'll believe it when I see it..

Why killing Obama's trade deal could be good for free trade - http://www.vox.com/2015/5/24/8647103/tpp-free-trade-cronyism interesting analysis (v @mattyglesias @snlester)#TPP

The #TPP Is Corporate America's 'Precious,' but the House Is Mount Doom - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-wikler/the-tpp-is-corporate-amer_b_7426218.html ha! #TPA

150523

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150522 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150522.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

The great trade debate – it’s “us” vs. “them”: so who really benefits? - http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2015/05/the-great-trade-debate-its-us-vs-them-so-who-really-benefits/ not the public, that's for sure #TTIP #TPP

#TPP Moves Forward In Senate With Fast Track; On To The House - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150522/17562931088/tpp-moves-forward-senate-with-fast-track-on-to-house.shtml where things stand #TPA

As Chipotle Goes GMO-free, #Monsanto's Worst Fear Is Coming True—And Corporate Media Is Freaking Out - http://www.alternet.org/environment/chipotle-goes-gmo-free-monsantos-worst-fear-coming-true it's happening

University of Edinburgh under fire for refusing to give up fossil fuel investments - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/05/university-of-edinburgh-under-fire-for-refusing-to-give-up-fossil-fuel-investments/ one of many such battles

Amazon to begin paying corporation tax on UK retail sales - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/23/amazon-to-begin-paying-corporation-tax-on-uk-retail-sales at last; now the others must follow suit...

Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust risk losing moral authority, say researchers - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/23/leading-health-charities-should-divest-from-fossil-fuels-say-climate-scientists too right: divest now...

150522

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150521 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150521.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Labor, Greens and crossbenchers concerned at #TPP - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/22/labor-greens-and-crossbenchers-concerned-at-trans-pacific-partnership nice move; bit late, though.. #AU

Monsanto Wants to Move to Switzerland. Why Is Obama Doing It Favors? - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201505/monsanto-wants-to-move-to-switzerland-why-is-obama-doing-it-favors good question #TTIP

Report: FBI's PATRIOT Act Snooping Goes Beyond Business Records, Subject To Few Restrictions - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150521/11025531077/report-fbis-patriot-act-snooping-goes-beyond-business-records-subject-to-few-restrictions.shtml worse and worse

"#Israel has tried too hard to appease the world and must stand up for itself." - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/israels-new-deputy-foreign-minister-this-land-is-ours-all-of-it-is-ours at least she has a sense of humour

EU claims that #TTIP won’t reduce EU food safety standards - http://www.chemtrust.org.uk/the-eu-claims-that-ttip-wont-reduce-eu-safety-standards-but-is-this-true/ here's why that is a flat-out lie

Rape victim falsely accused of lying by police wins £20,000 payout - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/22/victim-falsely-accused-of-lying-by-uk-hampshire-police-wins-payout the state of UK policing today...

Commission set to dump EU alcohol strategy - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/commission-set-dump-eu-alcohol-strategy-314782 another cop-out by @EU_Commission, rapidly proving itself useless

#Azerbaijan Police Arrest Businessman Linked To Tony Blair - http://www.globalresearch.ca/azerbaijan-police-arrest-businessman-linked-to-tony-blair/5449941 probably just a coincidence (v @arzugeybulla)

Mark Shuttleworth considering Canonical IPO - http://www.zdnet.com/article/mark-shuttleworth-considering-canonical-ipo/ now that's interesting #ubuntu

Alert: North Korea Now Capable Of Using Photoshop To Launch Missiles From Submarines - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150521/10255931075/alert-north-korea-now-capable-using-photoshop-to-launch-missiles-submarines.shtml ha! great headline

Editing the Uzbek Wikipedia: Kamarniso Vrandečić - http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/21/editing-the-uzbek-wikipedia/ 7000 edits: major contribution to Uzbek culture

EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over #TTIP, documents reveal - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/22/eu-dropped-pesticide-laws-due-to-us-pressure-over-ttip-documents-reveal further proof @EU_Commission is lying

How we’re fighting back against the UK #surveillance state—and winning - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/how-were-fighting-back-against-the-uk-surveillance-state-and-winning/ always look on the bright side of life...

Sony Uses Copyright To Force Verge To Takedown Its Copy Of Sony's Spotify Contract - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150521/17210231080/sony-uses-copyright-to-force-verge-to-takedown-copy-sonys-spotify-contract.shtml Sony is just spectacularly evil

#Microsoft accused of threatening UK MPs with job cuts over IT policy - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/microsoft-accused-of-threatening-uk-mps-with-job-cuts-over-it-policy/ well, well, well #opensource #ODF

The world is waking up to the $5.3 trillion cost of fossil fuels - https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-waking-up-to-the-5-3-trillion-cost-of-fossil-fuels-42169 good analysis of why #Australia's coal is doomed

"there was general agreement across broad divides of opinion that #Snowden had changed [surveillance] landscape" - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/22/apple-google-spy-summit-cia-gchq-ditchley-surveillance/

#Russia Threatens To Block Access To #Facebook, #Google And #Twitter Unless They Obey New Bloggers Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150522/02455931083/russia-threatens-to-block-access-to-facebook-google-twitter-unless-they-obey-new-bloggers-law.shtml

#GE2015: turnout crucial for Tories as Labour supporters stayed at home - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/22/election-2015-who-voted-for-whom-labour-conservatives-turnout Tories the party of selfish old gits

#TPP Runs into Trouble, Thanks to Public Interest - http://www.cepr.net/publications/op-eds-columns/tpp-runs-into-trouble-thanks-to-public-interest more sunlight needed

House should step in where Senate failed and pass anti-#ISDS amendment - http://www.afj.org/press-room/press-releases/afj-house-should-step-in-where-senate-failed-and-pass-anti-isds-amendment #TPA

"administration evidently doesn’t feel that it can make an honest case for #TPP" - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/opinion/paul-krugman-trade-and-trust.html (v @1petermartin @DrRimmer)#ISDS

Monsanto & Syngenta About To Receive Dozens Of Patents On Unpatentable Plants - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150522/09211031084/monsanto-syngenta-about-to-receive-dozens-patents-unpatentable-plants.shtml EPO out of control & uncontrollable

150521

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150520 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150520.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Certification: How US Demands Even More Concessions After Trade Agreements Have Been Signed And Ratified - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150520/04064331057/certification-how-us-demands-even-more-concessions-after-trade-agreements-have-been-signed-ratified.shtml #TTIP too

London lights up the night in 6 must-see aerial photos - http://mashable.com/2015/05/21/aerial-photos-london/ spectacular #lunnon

Watch: A bee is born - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/20/watch-a-bee-is-born.html wow, extraordinary

The new war on #encryption is based on a lie - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/the-new-war-on-encryption-is-based-on-a-lie/ we do not need to weaken security for all to deal with a few criminals

Net Neutrality Rules Are Already Forcing Companies To Play Fair, And The Giant ISPs Absolutely Hate It - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150513/13003930990/net-neutrality-rules-are-already-forcing-companies-to-play-fair-giant-isps-absolutely-hate-it.shtml EU NB

Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/spy-agencies-target-mobile-phones-app-stores-to-implant-spyware-1.3076546 lovely #snowden

Facebook's Plan To Be The Compuserve Of Developing Nations Faces Mounting Worldwide Criticism - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150519/07321731049/facebooks-plan-to-be-compuserve-developing-nations-faces-mounting-worldwide-criticism.shtml ouch

150520

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150519 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150519.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Faeces, bacteria, toxins: welcome to the chicken farm - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/19/chicken-welfare-human-health-meat another UK health & environmental scandal in the making

#Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/world/europe/snowden-sees-some-victories-from-a-distance.html "How fitting that he has been able to use technology to defeat exile"

Industry delayed EU regulation of toxic chemicals - https://euobserver.com/institutional/128768 shows why "science-based" policy is a lie: it can be manipulated

Transparency Watch Releases Searchable Database Of 27,000 US Intelligence Workers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150516/10494831028/transparency-watch-releases-searchable-database-27000-us-intelligence-workers.shtml interesting

Report: EU member states seek to dump #netneutrality completely - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/report-eu-member-states-seek-to-dump-net-neutrality-completely/ let's hope the @Europarl_EN stands up for public

Keep the ban on bee-killing pesticides - https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/ban-bee-killing-pesticides-for-good-937d4563-7694-41a8-a642-65e6b0e51453 the greed & stupidity of these agchem companies is incredible

Chris Christie: Your NSA Fears Are Bullshit And Civil Liberties Advocates Are Extremists - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150519/05514531047/chris-christie-your-nsa-fears-are-bullshit-civil-liberties-advocates-are-extremists.shtml not a very bright chap

Australian ISP Promises Free Lawyers For Targets Of Copyright Trolls - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150519/16272431053/australian-isp-promises-free-lawyers-targets-copyright-trolls.shtml welcome, clever move #AU

New Whistleblower Claims UK's Nuclear Submarine Fleet A 'Disaster Waiting To Happen' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150520/02342731056/new-whistleblower-claims-uks-nuclear-submarine-fleet-disaster-waiting-to-happen.shtml maybe we should check

150519

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150518 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150518.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Where there is oil and gas there is Schlumberger - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/18/where-there-is-oil-and-gas-there-is-schlumberger great piece on a "secret" dirty oil company, ripe for divestment

#TPP: "Our biosecurity regime is science-based & it is not up for negotiation" - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-19/andrew-robb-biosecurity-is-not-up-for-negotiation-in-tpp/6480772 just means you change the "science"

Die Story im Ersten: Wohlstand für alle. Was bringen Freihandelsabkommen? - http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Die-Story-im-Ersten-Wohlstand-f%C3%BCr-alle-/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=28374536&bcastId=799280 Probleme... #TTIP #TISA

Balkan coal rush risks lasting damage, campaigners warn - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/balkan-coal-rush-risks-lasting-damage-campaigners-warn-314665 just crazy

UK burglars find new use for low-cost #drones: “casing” properties - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/05/uk-burglars-find-new-use-for-low-cost-drones-casing-properties/ at least they're not weaponised, as in Ukraine

Ist #TTIP am Ende? - http://www.wiwo.de/politik/europa/freihandelsabkommen-ist-ttip-am-ende/11789966.html good summary of evident growing failure of negotiations (v @Volksentscheid @michelreimon)

The Light Phone Is The Anti-Smartphone - http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/18/the-light-phone-is-the-anti-smartphone/ the first post-Snowden mobile..

Border Patrol Agents Tase Woman For Refusing To Cooperate With Their Bogus Search - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150516/12473831030/border-patrol-agents-tase-woman-refusing-to-cooperate-with-their-bogus-search.shtml wow

Pretty Much Anyone With Any Understanding Of Crypto Tells Obama That Backdooring #Crypto Is Monumentally Stupid - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/21180031044/pretty-much-anyone-with-any-understanding-crypto-tells-president-obama-that-backdooring-crypto-is-monumentally-stupid.shtml

Congress plots to pay for a trade deal by raiding Medicare - http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-congress-plots-to-raid-medicare-20150518-column.html kicking the sick while they're down #TPP

Germany’s #dataretention bill requires #metadata to be kept in the country - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/germanys-data-retention-bill-requires-metadata-to-be-kept-in-the-country/ interesting move #de

US farmer says hormoned beef must be part of #TTIP deal - https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/many-us-farmers-say-hormoned-beef-must-be-part-of-ttip-deal/ this is what they want...

Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate Lobbies - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/why-fast-track-is-a-dange_b_7312034.html and thus bad for the public

Broad Coalition Rallies to Defeat Obama on Trade Deal - http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-19/broad-coalition-rallies-to-defeat-obama-on-trade-deal & that says something... #TPA

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Insists His Emails With The MPAA Are Super Secret - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/23305631025/mississippi-attorney-general-jim-hood-insists-his-emails-with-mpaa-are-super-secret.shtml what a tale

.@peabodyenergy exploited Ebola crisis for corporate gain, say health experts - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/19/peabody-energy-exploited-ebola-crisis-for-corporate-gain-say-health-experts … these people are sick

#Israel faces Fifa suspension after claims it discriminates against Palestinians - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/19/israel-faces-fifa-suspension-after-claims-it-discriminates-against-palestinians interesting #palestine

150518

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150517 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150517.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Police warn big budget cuts will lead to 'paramilitary' force - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/17/police-warn-big-budget-cuts-will-lead-to-paramilitary-force which is, of course, precisely what the UK gov wants

another reason why expanding surveillance is wrong and counterproductive - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/17/police-warn-big-budget-cuts-will-lead-to-paramilitary-force more Bobbies on the beat, not on the bits

Google Maps is convinced that @glynmoody is in the National Library of France; where does it think you are...? (v @Asher_Wolf)#maraudersmap

Navy whistleblower on the run after exposing alleged #Trident safety failings - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/18/navy-whistleblower-on-run-alleged-trident-safety-failings shooting the messenger, as usual

#Russia plans #Linux-based mobile operating system to rival #Android and iOS - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/05/russia-plans-linux-based-mobile-operating-system-to-rival-android-and-ios/ will China/BRICS join too?

South Korea's New Law Mandates Installation Of Government-Approved Spyware On Teens' Smartphones - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150516/14302631031/south-koreas-new-law-mandates-installation-government-approved-spyware-teens-smartphones.shtml crazy stuff

Goodbye and Thanks - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/goodbye-thanks-3612021/ Highlights from 1400 posts on the Open Enterprise blog, which has now come to an end.

Civil society groups form "Better Regulation" watchdog to protect citizen, worker & consumer rights - http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/othe/2015/brwn_founding_statement_and_members.pdf sadly necessary

Appeals court slashes down Apple’s $930M win against Samsung - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/appeals-court-slashes-down-apples-930m-win-against-samsung/ colossal waste of effort

While Other Countries Debate Copyright Terms, Canada Just Takes Record Labels' Word That It Needs To Increase - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/17253831022/while-other-countries-debate-copyright-terms-canada-just-takes-record-labels-word-that-it-needs-to-increase.shtml

Complaint to Secretary-General on Commission's industry-dominated fracking group - http://corporateeurope.org/expert-groups/2015/05/complaint-secretary-general-commissions-industry-dominated-fracking-group how much does EC want to be hated?

Oxford University rules out investing in coal and tar sands - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/18/oxford-university-rules-out-investing-in-coal-and-tar-sands it's a start... #divestment

Tired Of Losing Legal Challenges To Its Surveillance, UK Gov. Secretly Changes Law So It Can Win - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/09360731037/tired-losing-legal-challenges-to-surveillance-uk-government-secretly-changes-law-so-it-can-win.shtml hardly cricket

Appeals Court Gets It Right Second Time: Actress Had No Copyright Interest In 'Innocence Of Muslims' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/10204231039/appeals-court-gets-it-right-second-time-actress-had-no-copyright-interest-innocence-muslims.shtml that's good

Warren disputes Obama’s promises on trade deal - http://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/242363-warren-disputes-obamas-promises-on-trade-deal the battle continues #TPA #TPP

US Officials Leak Info About ISIS Raid More Sensitive Than Anything Snowden Ever Leaked - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/13193831041/us-officials-leak-info-about-isis-raid-more-sensitive-than-anything-snowden-ever-leaked.shtml indeed

150517

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150516 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150516.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Stand der Dinge nach der 9. TTIP-Verhandlungsrunde - http://berliner-wassertisch.info/stand-der-dinge-nach-der-9-ttip-verhandlungsrunde/ if even half of this report is true, #TTIP is clearly doomed

Corfu deaths: Thomas Cook's '£3.5m compensation dwarfed that of parents' - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/17/corfu-deaths-thomas-cooks-35m-compensation-dwarfed-that-of-parents corporate reputation > childrens' lives

UK government quietly rewrites hacking laws to grant #GCHQ immunity - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/uk-government-quietly-rewrites-hacking-laws-to-grant-gchq-immunity/ shameless #surveillance

TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/ttip-updates--the-glyn-moody-blogs-3569438/ all 51 of them, with info on #TTIP, #CETA, #TPP, #TISA & much more

MPAA Complained So We Seized Your Funds, PayPal Says - http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-complained-so-we-seized-your-funds-paypal-says-150517/ further confirmation that #paypal is evil

'New Irish' Christians mobilise to vote no to gay marriage - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/17/new-irish-christians-mobilise-to-vote-no-to-gay-marriage I'm amazed how hard some try to stop others being happy

Cheap blindness drug should be made widely available, says WHO - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/17/cheap-blindness-drug-should-be-made-widely-available-says-who but profits being put before patients by pharma