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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150714 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/07/150714.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Critics of Trans Pacific Partnership are not politically irrelevant - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/70236755/critics-of-trans-pacific-partnership-are-not-politically-irrelevant certainly not - shameful to suggest so #TPP

.@SeaWorld employee posed undercover as animal activist for years, PETA says - http://mashable.com/2015/07/14/seaworld-peta-spy/ contemptible if true

Leadership of #EPO blocks examiners' access to directory of potential prior art - http://www.fosspatents.com/2015/07/leadership-of-european-patent-office.html EPO meltdown (v @schestowitz)

EU Commissioner says he’s still open to a “#Googletax” on snippets - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/07/eu-commissioner-says-hes-still-open-to-a-google-tax-on-snippets/ even tho' disasters in #spain & #germany

Health: Is #TTIP the pill for all our ills? - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/health-is-ttip-the-pill-for-all-our-ills/ good, thoughtful analysis

EU blocks global #copyright reform to allow wider access to knowledge - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/07/eu-blocks-global-copyright-reform-to-allow-wider-access-to-knowledge/ why is the @EU_Commission so evil? #a2k

JPEG Looking To Add #DRM To Images... Supposedly To Protect Images From Gov't Surveillance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150714/06503331631/jpeg-looking-to-add-drm-to-images-supposedly-to-protect-images-govt-surveillance.shtml yeah, right

Made with Creative Commons: A book on open business models - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creativecommons/made-with-creative-commons-a-book-on-open-business its first kickstarter campaign #cc

Theresa May rejects Boris Johnson’s request to use water cannon - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/15/theresa-may-rejects-water-cannon-boris-johnson pure politics, but nice to see Boris snubbed

Nigel Farage: I share concerns with Donald Trump - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/15/nigel-farage-i-share-concerns-with-donald-trump that's OK, we have the same concerns about you both

UK Confuses Gullible Reporter Into Believing It Changed Its Position On Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150714/16385531641/uk-confuses-gullible-reporter-into-believing-it-changed-position-encryption.shtml yeah, it's a trick

Putin Aide, Apparently Non-Ironically, Gives Facebook A Lecture On Free Speech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150710/06362831610/putin-aide-apparently-non-ironically-gives-facebook-lecture-free-speech.shtml great sense of humour

Authors Guild Cements Reputation As Luddites: Hates The Internet And Especially Amazon - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150714/15252031640/authors-guild-cements-reputation-as-luddites-hates-internet-especially-amazon.shtml just stick to quills, then

ProxyHam’s early demise gives way to new and improved privacy devices - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/07/proxyhams-early-demise-gives-way-to-new-and-improved-privacy-devices/ interesting, potentially important

Windows 10 has apparently RTMed with build 10240 and is out now to Insiders - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-has-apparently-rtmed-with-build-10240-and-is-out-now-to-insiders/ note "RTM" has been verbed...

Stunning high-res images of Pluto’s surface show “youthful terrain” - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/07/stunning-high-res-images-of-plutos-surface-show-youthful-terrain/  exciting stuff #space

Senators Press Kerry On Slavery About-Face - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senators-press-kerry-on-slavery-about-face_55a66a8ae4b04740a3de7a17?44h1tt9 too right #malaysia #tpp

Echo chamber of outrage: Ars attends a climate sceptics’ summit - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/07/i-rejoice-that-it-is-warm-ars-attends-a-climate-contrarian-conference/ excellent insights into strange, sad little world