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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