150503

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150502 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150502.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Ebuyer Launches #Ubuntu Certified Laptops Powered by AMD - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ebuyer-Launches-Ubuntu-Certified-Laptops-Powered-by-AMD-479949.shtml bought £200 one last year; pretty good value

"We trialled and sold #Ubuntu preloaded on one device last year with huge success" - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/05/02/ubuntu-laptops-available-for-pre-order-with-ebuyer-com/ important if we can sustain it

important analysis of food safety measures in trade agreements - http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=26fee7f7d268bc1c653da5892&id=22d63cc968&e=13a31567bf #TTIP #TPP #SPS

Anti-Piracy Measures Putting Internet Users at Risk - http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-putting-internet-users-at-risk-150503/ -ve externalities greatly outweigh any benefits to (c) cos.

Fears grow over ‘land grab’ of #NHS by private suppliers - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/02/nhs-land-grab-private-firms-health-privatisation-fears #TTIP's #ISDS will make this effectively irreversible

Why are GPs being told to hand billions-worth of #NHS decisions to private health firms & lobbyists? - https://www.opendemocracy.net/tamasin-cave/why-are-gps-being-told-to-hand-decisions-to-private-health-firms-and-their-lobbyists disgraceful

important reply from Capaldo to ECIPE paper's criticisms of his big #TTIP analysis - https://stopttipitalia.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/capaldottip_rejoinder.pdf (v @Alberto_Zoratti)

Make way for the lynx and the bear as ‘#rewilding’ projects gather pace across Britain - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/03/lynx-rewilding-britain-wildlife-countryside exciting

#AU: End #TPP secrecy and let Parliament decide, community groups tell Senate Inquiry - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/953 it's called democracy #ISDS

senior doctors: "coalition’s 5 years in power have amounted to 'a huge setback for the health of the public' ” - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/03/austerity-policies-failures-public-health-cost-lives-senior-doctors-coalition-obesity-alcohol-welfare-letter