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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151128 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151128.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Cats, Chickens & Elephants - http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ed45095 best piece about implications of Schrems ruling so far (@juliapowles @StevePeers)

#TTIP: "fear that interests of multinationals are being put before those of citizens" - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/29/doha-trade-talks-failure-end-second-age-of-globalisation-wto "will not be agreed soon"

Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: Call for evidence - http://www.parliament.uk/documents/joint-committees/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/ipb-call-for-evidence.pdf importat: pl. sharpen those digital pencils soon #IPBill

Mp3.com Founder Launches Radio Search Service, Talks Copyright - http://fortune.com/2015/11/24/mp3-com-founder/ the ever-interesting @mp3michael

#TTIP’s Regulatory Cooperation And The Politics Of ‘Learning’ - http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/11/ttips-regulatory-cooperation-and-the-politics-of-learning/ important analysis of "regulatory cooperation"

New Circular Economy Package ‘less ambitious’ than axed predecessor - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/sustainable-dev/new-circular-economy-package-less-ambitious-axed-predecessor-319869 @TimmermansEU's betrayal revealed as expected

EFSA and Member States vs. IARC on #Glyphosate: Has Science Won? - http://corporateeurope.org/food-and-agriculture/2015/11/efsa-and-member-states-vs-iarc-glyphosate-has-science-won @EFSA_EU's use of secret data is not scientific

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151127 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151127.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

CETA could mean chlorinated beef, genetically modified apples and fish in Europe - http://canadians.org/blog/ceta-could-mean-chlorinated-beef-genetically-modified-apples-and-fish-europe #CETA is an imminent threat

Future of human gene editing to be decided at landmark summit - http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/28/future-human-gene-editing-landmark-summit-dna-crispr-embyos good to see them thinking hard about #CRISPR

Beijing residents told to stay inside as smog levels soar - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/28/beijing-residents-told-to-stay-inside-as-smog-levels-soar insanity on a vast scale #china #pollution

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151126 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151126.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP must not block the path to healthy climate action - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11552338 but it does, it does...

#TTIP will unleash #tarsands and fatally undermine climate efforts - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/nov/27/oil-sands-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-climate-talks-cop21-paris  "TTIP's central mission is to remove NTBs"

Germany’s Supreme Court rules that ISPs can be ordered to block piracy websites - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/germanys-supreme-court-rules-that-isps-can-be-ordered-to-block-piracy-websites/ not that it will help.. #copyright

Koncern paliwowy „konsultuje” #TTIP? - http://strajk.eu/koncern-paliwowy-konsultuje-ttip/ just disgraceful #pl

HSBC #whistleblower jailed for 5 years over biggest leak in banking history - http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/nov/27/hsbc-whistleblower-jailed-five-years-herve-falciani absurd: needs praise, not punishment



Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/27/paris-climate-activists-put-under-house-arrest-using-emergency-laws so much for Liberté these days in France...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151125 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151125.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK cancels pioneering £1bn carbon capture and storage competition - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/25/uk-cancels-pioneering-1bn-carbon-capture-and-storage-competition #tories break yet another manifesto promise

New York Times slams 'outrageous' Donald Trump for mocking reporter's disability - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/26/new-york-times-outrageous-donald-trump-mocking-reporter-disability no comment necessary

UK ISP boss points out massive technical flaws in Investigatory Powers Bill - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/uk-isp-boss-points-out-massive-technical-flaws-in-investigatory-powers-bill/ gov doesn’t understand how net works

#TTIP talks: EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential papers - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/26/ttip-talks-eu-alleged-to-have-given-exxonmobil-access-to-confidential-papers staggering contempt for public

PM: UK cannot stand aside and let other countries carry the burden - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/26/david-cameron-publishes-case-for-syria-airstrikes huh? his best argument is others are doing it?

Bernd Lange accepts perverse incentives in ISDS - https://blog.ffii.org/bernd-lange-accepts-perverse-incentives-in-isds/ good analysis; why #ISDS must go, completely, utterly, and finally

Pi Zero: A full Raspberry Pi for just £4 - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/11/pi-zero-a-full-raspberry-pi-for-just-4/ just amazing; and made possible by free software, remember... #linux

Death on a plate: #TTIP, meat inspection & your food - http://www.waronwant.org/media/death-plate-ttip-meat-inspections-and-your-food awful changes coming under #TTIP: get informed, get angry

SMEs want a #TTIP rethink - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/smes-want-ttip-rethink-319822 "We believe that they need to go back to the drawing board, reboot and everything"

Plusnet ignores GCHQ, spits out plaintext passwords to customers - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/25/plusnet_still_delivering_passwords_plaintext/ what??? come on,@plusnet, get serious #security

Thanks to the music industry, it is illegal to make private copies of music—again - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/thanks-to-the-music-industry-it-is-illegal-to-make-private-copies-of-music-again/ #copyright strikes again #uk

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151124 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151124.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

l’analisi tenta di inquadrare le dimensioni del fenomeno #ISDS - https://stopttipitalia.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/nov-2015-isds_patto-col-diavolo-by-campagna-stop-ttip-italia.pdf useful backgrounder in Italian #it

Victory in Germany: court rules in favor of the Wikimedia Foundation - http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/24/victory-germany-court-ruling/ common sense prevails

Leaked recording: pollution lobbyists discuss exploiting Syrian refugee crisis - http://boingboing.net/2015/11/24/leaked-recording-pollution-lo.html scum

Russian judge shuts down scientology - http://boingboing.net/2015/11/23/russian-judge-shuts-down-scien.html others please follow

TPP Set to Worsen Food Insecurity in Mexico - http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/TPP-Set-to-Worsen-Food-Insecurity-in-Mexico-20151109-0030.html nothing for the public but pain #mx

3 Ways the #TPP Will Hurt the Climate—If We Let It Pass - http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/3-ways-the-tpp-will-hurt-the-climate-if-we-let-it-pass-20151112 disgraceful betrayal

Trade laws undo local progress on food systems - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201511/trade-laws-undo-local-progress-on-food-systems going backwards #TPP

Strategies for success in the ivory war - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/africa-wild/2015/nov/16/strategies-for-success-in-the-ivory-war good news from Kenya; let's apply it elsewhere if possible

EU-Japan FTA: Why negotiations are far from over - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/eu-japan-fta-why-negotiations-are-far-over-319600 #japan wants old #ISDS - 'cos it knows it can use it against EU

Chinese Company Learns From The West: Builds Up Big Patent Portfolio, Uses It To Sue Apple In China - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151124/06550032896/chinese-company-learns-west-builds-up-big-patent-portfolio-uses-it-to-sue-apple-china.shtml had to happen

"This is what Cameron said at the start of PMQs about Chris Martin" - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/nov/25/spending-review-george-osborne-autumn-statement-#block-5655a93ee4b0c78d7ce71cae nice tribute from Cameron to his Principal PPS

Shipping and aviation emissions are the two elephants in the room - http://www.elephantsintheroom.eu/ must be included in #COP21 agreement

European Patent Office Threatens Blogger With Defamation Lawsuit For Criticism - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151125/06173532901/european-patent-office-threatens-blogger-with-defamation-lawsuit-criticism.shtml #EPO losing it completely

The incredible plan to make money grow on trees - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/redd-papua-new-guinea-money-grow-on-trees let's hope it works... #REDD+

Wolves return to Poland more than 50 years after being wiped out - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/25/wolves-return-poland-after-being-wiped-out exciting; need some in UK too...

Challengers vow to publish Anne Frank diaries as foundation moves to keep control of copyright - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/25/french-copyright-challenge-publish-anne-frank-diary-online-otto-frank ah, #copyright

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151123 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151123.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Terrorist attacks: Mass #surveillance is the problem, not the solution - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/terrorist-attacks-mass-surveillance-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/ Time to stop blaming #encryption &@Snowden

.@Dell does a Superfish, ships PCs with easily cloneable root certificates - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/11/dell-does-superfish-ships-pcs-with-self-signed-root-certificates/ #clueless

#Privacy class action suit against #Facebook reaches Austrian Supreme Court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/privacy-class-action-suit-against-facebook-reaches-austrian-supreme-court/ @maxschrems continues his great work

The Gambia bans female genital mutilation - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/24/the-gambia-bans-female-genital-mutilation great news #FGM

Another big corporation is flagrantly dodging tax. This must be outlawed - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/24/corporations-dodging-tax-havens-pfizer-allergan-ireland "faith in the state crumbles"

Polish Minster of Agriculture: TTIP is unfavourable for us - http://www.radiownet.pl/publikacje/minister-rolnictwa-ttip-niekorzystne-dla-polski Polish farmers would be badly hit by #TTIP #pl

EPO threatens ‘defamatory’ blogger with legal action - http://www.worldipreview.com/news/epo-threatens-defamatory-blogger-with-legal-action-9243 incredibly bullying by #EPO, which enjoys diplomatic immunity

Censoring WIPR Article About Censorship by #EPO - http://techrights.org/2015/11/24/censoring-wipr-article-about-censorship-by-epo/ this is getting absurd

European Commission, could you at least pretend you’re listening to us? - http://copyright4creativity.eu/2015/11/24/dear-european-commission-could-you-at-least-pretend-you-re-listening-to-us/ when it comes to #copyright, it never does

Train passengers stand up against racial abuse of Muslim woman - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/train-passengers-stand-up-against-racial-abuse-muslim-woman-newcastle-metro as things should be

State's Leadership on Healthy Food and Farming at Risk Under Proposed Trade Deals - http://www.iatp.org/files/2015_11_19_FoodFarmingTradeFactSheet_ST_0.pdf #TPP

Software Freedom Conservancy must move to a Supporter-driven organization - https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ & it needs help to do so #freesw

Open Insulin - https://experiment.com/projects/open-insulin "first open source protocol to produce insulin simply and economicall"; great project, needs support

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151122 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151122.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

ISIS Women and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/world/middleeast/isis-wives-and-enforcers-in-syria-recount-collaboration-anguish-and-escape.html great piece of journalism

Three northern white rhinos left worldwide after zoo euthanization - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/22/northern-white-rhinoceros-nola-euthanized-san-diego-zoo the end of a species draws nearer

How Africa's fastest solar power project is lighting up Rwanda - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/23/how-africas-fastest-solar-power-project-is-lighting-up-rwanda great news; meanwhile, UK goes in other direction

UK will speed up purchase of F-35 jets, increase anti-terror budget by 30% - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/11/uk-will-speed-up-purchase-of-f-35-jets-increase-anti-terror-budget-by-30/ UK adopts kneejerk, idiot plan

Setting the mandate to #NHS England for 2016 to 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/setting-the-mandate-to-nhs-england-for-2016-to-2017 closes tonight, pl. respond if you have a moment

UK to buy 9 Boeing patrol planes in £12 billion defence budget boost - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/11/uk-to-buy-9-boeing-patrol-planes-in-18-billion-defense-budget-boost/ hey, 'cos money is coming out of our ears

Telegraph Publishes Dumbest Article On #Encryption You'll Ever Read... Written By Cameron's Former Speechwriter - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151123/10050732890/telegraph-publishes-dumbest-article-encryption-youll-ever-read-written-david-camerons-former-speechwriter.shtml

Comcast Tests #NetNeutrality By Letting Its Own Streaming Service Bypass Usage Caps - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20151119/09092932862/comcast-tests-net-neutrality-letting-own-streaming-service-bypass-usage-caps.shtml worth keeping an eye on this

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151121 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151121.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP  poll shows Kiwis don’t buy the Govt’s spin - https://www.greens.org.nz/news/press-release/tppa-poll-shows-kiwis-don%E2%80%99t-buy-govt%E2%80%99s-spin #NZ "Government doesn’t have a mandate to sign"

DAP rejects #TPP, cites Obama’s reported remarks on drug price hikes as reason - http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dap-rejects-tpp-cites-obamas-reported-remarks-on-drug-price-hikes-as-reason #my

Brussels lockdown could last into next week over terror threat - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/brussels-lockdown-terror-threat-paris-attacks er, isn't this admitting the terrorists have won?

Setting the mandate to #NHS England for 2016 to 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/setting-the-mandate-to-nhs-england-for-2016-to-2017 closes tomorrow; I'm doing it online now - pl. respond too

#NHS online form is here - https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/mandate/mandate-to-nhs-england/consultation/intro/view but you'll need to skim read this - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472043/final_consultation_doc.pdf it's short...

FWIW, here's what I've just sent to the consultation on #NHS England, snark included - http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2015/11/open-consultation-setting-mandate-to.html pl. respond too if you can

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151120 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151120.html … yesterday's tweets as a single page

EFF Joins Broad Coalition of Groups to Protest the #TPP in Washington D.C. - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/eff-joins-broad-coalition-groups-call-lawmakers-reject-tpp-washington-dc upping the pressure

La Justice censure la sortie du magazine belge "Médor"  - http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/la-justice-censure-la-sortie-du-magazine-belge-medor/article-normal-434889.html 'cos of Mithra Pharmaceuticals (v @olivierhoedeman)

Plants, Electrified: Scientists Just Grew Conductive Wires Inside Real Roses - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a18274/plants-electrified-scientists-just-grew-conductive-wires-inside-roses/ wow, clever

On the trail of terror - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/four-days-on-the-trail-ofterror/article27391616/ the best foreign correspondent writes best new analysis of the ISIS/Daesh mess I've read

"A clear majority of voters in the latest 3 News Reid Research poll have rejected" #TPP - https://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/kiwis-still-to-be-convinced-on-tpp-2015112017 #NZ

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151119 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151119.html … yesterday's tweets as a single page

Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151117/04521332832/pastafarian-wins-battle-to-wear-pasta-strainer-license-photo.shtml nice

Saudi court sentences poet to death for renouncing Islam - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/20/saudi-court-sentences-poet-to-death-for-renouncing-islam #barbarism

France passes new emergency snooping, censorship law in wake of Paris attacks - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/france-passes-new-emergency-snooping-censorship-law-in-wake-of-paris-attacks/ sad to see...

"Nobody plans their life based on what will happen 2 them 50 years after they’re dead" - http://www.theglobeandmail.com//report-on-business/rob-commentary/is-intellectual-property-law-the-new-protectionism-canada-should-be-wary/article27372889/ #copyright #TPP (v @mgeist)

#TPP Obama Offers Helping Hand, Companies Give Cash To Support Democrats Backing Trade Pact - http://www.ibtimes.com/trans-pacific-partnership-obama-offers-helping-hand-companies-give-cash-support-2191943 pure bribery...

Hillary Clinton Joins The 'Make Silicon Valley Break Encryption' Bandwagon - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151119/18032932868/hillary-clinton-joins-make-silicon-valley-break-encryption-bandwagon.shtml opportunistic, much? #crypto

YouTube Puts Some Monetary Weight Behind Fighting For Fair Use: Others Should Too - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151119/17030232866/youtube-puts-some-monetary-weight-behind-fighting-fair-use-others-should-too.shtml

#NHS deficit soars to £1.6bn - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/20/nhs-deficit-soars-to-16bn exactly as the #Tories planned, before claiming that #privatisation was only solution

As Obama heads to Malaysia, human trafficking stance questioned - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/19/us-usa-malaysia-trafficking-insight-idUSKCN0T82IA20151119 as it should be... #TPP

WTO puts dolphins at risk - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2015/11/world-trade-organization-puts-dolphins-risk profits before, well, pretty much everything...

Initial Analyses of Key #TPP Chapters - http://www.citizen.org/documents/analysis-tpp-text-november-2015.pdf really useful, increasingly detailed as facts emerge

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151118 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151118.html … yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP’s Investment Chapter: entrenching, rather than reforming, a flawed system - http://ccsi.columbia.edu/2015/11/18/the-tpps-investment-chapter-entrenching-rather-than-reforming-a-flawed-system/ useful analysis of text #ISDS

Errors In Scientific Software May Undermine Many Published Results - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151118/09213232856/frequent-errors-scientific-software-may-undermine-many-published-results.shtml needs more research (not using computers...)

.@EPP Paris attacks: terrorists would gleefully vote Left - http://www.eppgroup.eu/press-release/Paris-attacks%3A-terrorists-would-gleefully-vote-Left this is just pathetic (v @BrunoBrussels @erikwesselius)

Prospects dim for 2016 #TPP vote - http://www.ajot.com/news/prospects-dim-for-2016-pacific-rim-trade-vote-in-us-congress "Republican leaders intend to shelve the deal until after presidential election"

#TTIP in #HU: "höchstens 0,2 Prozent [Wirtschaftswachstum] auslösen würde" - https://correctiv.org/recherchen/ttip/blog/2015/11/16/was-ttip-ungarn-bringt-wenig/ confirms #CEPR: best case close to 0%

Brussels, big energy, and revolving doors: a hothouse for climate change - http://corporateeurope.org/revolving-doors/2015/11/brussels-big-energy-and-revolving-doors-hothouse-climate-change #COP21

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151117 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151117.html … yesterday's tweets as a single page

Walmart’s $10 Smartphone: Better Specs Than Original iPhone - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/walmarts-10-smartphone-has-better-specs-than-the-original-iphone as some of us predicted years ago (v @charlesarthur)

.@Ansip_EU:"We intend to set out our plans for reforming copyright" - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/ansip/blog/getting-digital-single-market-ground-next-steps-forward_en hope doesn't include attack on #hyperlinks

Journalists investigating EU funds theft threatened - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/journalists-investigating-eu-funds-largest-single-theft-ever worrying

Campaigners that exposed VW point finger at Lufthansa, British Airways - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/campaigners-exposed-vw-point-finger-lufthansa-british-airways-319567 completely unacceptable

Trusting corporations to be responsible: A failed EU experiment - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/trusting-corporations-be-responsible-failed-eu-experiment-319459 & yet #TTIP would give them even more power

Online Resources: Beowulf and #Hittite - http://languagehat.com/online-resources-beowulf-and-hittite/ v cool stuff #linguistics #oldenglish

EU moves step closer to ban on deep-sea trawler fishing - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/eu-moves-step-closer-ban-deep-sea-trawler-fishing-319420 urgently needed

Swedish Pirates are More Likely to Buy Legal Content - https://torrentfreak.com/swedish-pirates-are-more-likely-to-buy-legal-content-151112/ yet more evidence of this correlation

Small Businesses Start To Campaign Against TTIP - http://threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org/?p=822 important rebuttal to claims of widespread SME support for #TTIP

Elsevier Says Downloading & Content-Mining Licensed Copies Of Research Papers 'Could Be Considered' Stealing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151117/09383132839/elsevier-says-downloading-content-mining-licensed-copies-research-papers-could-be-considered-stealing.shtml #TDM

UK cops allegedly snooped on journalists to hunt down police whistleblower - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/uk-cops-allegedly-snooped-on-journalists-to-hunt-down-police-whistleblower/ surveillance easily abused #IPBill

I’m a nuclear armageddon survivor: Ask me anything - http://arstechnica.co.uk/the-multiverse/2015/11/im-a-nuclear-armageddon-survivor-ask-me-anything/ great piece

“They are unstoppable in catastrophic fire conditions" - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/18/western-australia-bushfire-victims-mourned-after-day-from-hell #AU

2015 shatters temperature record as global warming speeds back up - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/nov/18/2015-shatters-the-temperature-record-as-global-warming-speeds-back-up explains why climate denialists are drying up

Britons likely to be worst hit by demands 4 more rigorous border controls after Paris attacks - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/eu-travellers-tighter-id-checks-french-clampdown-borders-paris-attacks now imagine #brexit

#TPP signing likely to be in #NZ - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11547681 after all, who cares what the public thinks?

Obama's drone war 'recruitment tool' for Isis, say US air force #whistleblowers - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/obama-drone-war-isis-recruitment-tool-air-force-whistleblowers great to see more stepping forward

New Analysis of #TPP Financial Services Chapter: Fails to Remedy Past Pacts’ Deregulatory Terms - https://www.citizen.org/documents/analysis-tpp-financial-services-chapter-november-2015.pdf

Former Mexican president says country will legalise all drugs within a decade - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/former-president-vicente-fox-mexico-legalise-all-drugs-10-years it's the only way out... #mx

House Democrats call #TPP 'too big' to pass Congress - http://g.thehill.com/policy/finance/260645-house-democrats-call-tpp-too-big-to-pass-congress "Pocan contended that there is growing opposition"

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151116 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151116.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TTIP, #TPP, #CETA, #TiSA What impact will they have on Democracy & sustainable development ? - http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/events/ttip-tpp-ceta-tisa-or-democracy-and-sustainable-development live now...

I was held hostage by Isis. They fear our unity more than our airstrikes - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/16/isis-bombs-hostage-syria-islamic-state-paris-attacks useful comments from someone who knows

#TPP Says Food Health Policies Must Be 'Science-Based,' Except When Would Harm Profits - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151114/03255332817/tpp-says-food-health-policies-must-be-science-based-except-when-that-would-harm-profits.shtml will this be in #TTIP too?

Despite what the papers say, there’s no evidence ISIS used PS4 to plan Paris attacks - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2015/11/despite-what-the-papers-say-theres-no-evidence-isis-used-ps4-to-plan-paris-attacks/ quite; these are the facts

Obama’s trade deal is in trouble - http://thehill.com/policy/international/trade/260364-obamas-trade-deal-is-in-trouble "Republicans are deeply disappointed with the deal " #TPP

Pediatricians say farm use of antibiotics harms children - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/11/pediatricians-say-farm-use-of-antibiotics-harms-children/ huge issue; insane

Democracy denied: How the Commission keeps people out of lawmaking - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/democracy-denied-how-commission-keeps-people-out-lawmaking-319444 #TTIP is a big part of this move

How can Philip Morris sue Uruguay over its tobacco laws? - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/16/philip-morris-uruguay-tobacco-isds-human-rights sprinkle that #ISDS magic, & anything is possible

ITC Predicts #TPP Economic Assessment Will Not Be Ready Until May 18 - http://myinforms.com/en/a/19308334-itc-predicts-tpp-economic-assessment-will-not-be-ready-until-may-18/ important if confirmed...

Hundreds of thousands of Texas women attempted self-induced abortion – study - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/17/texas-women-self-induced-abortions-study awful - & completely predictable

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151115 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151115.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Germany says it will (mostly) stop spying on EU citizens and institutions - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/germany-says-it-will-mostly-stop-spying-on-eu-citizens-and-institutions/ as UK ramps up powers to spy on everyone

#SafeHarbour 2.0 framework begins to capsize as January deadline nears - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/safe-harbour-2-0-framework-begins-to-capsize-as-january-deadline-nears/ <insert alternative metaphor here>

As Predicted: Encryption Haters Are Already Blaming Snowden (?!?) For The Paris Attacks - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151115/23360632822/as-predicted-encryption-haters-are-already-blaming-snowden-paris-attacks.shtml #crypto

Another exoplanet weather report: 8,500 km/h winds - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/11/another-exoplanet-weather-report-8500-kmhour-winds/ this is very clever science

Pure Copyfraud: Anne Frank Foundation Trying To Pretend Her Father Wrote Her Diary... To Extend Its #Copyright - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151114/00374832816/legal-fight-brewing-over-who-is-author-diary-anne-frank-thanks-to-copyright.shtml

Italian court rules modchips are primarily used to play pirated games - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2015/11/italian-court-rules-modchips-are-primarily-used-to-play-pirated-games/ #it

Gates Foundation would be $1.9bn better off if it had divested from fossil fuels - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/16/gates-foundation-divested-fossil-fuels-would-be-19bn-better-off so much for his supposed acumen

Scientist Bans Use Of His Software By 'Immigrant-Friendly' Countries, So Journal Retracts Paper About His Software - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151113/04243532806/scientist-bans-use-his-software-immigrant-friendly-countries-so-journal-retracts-paper-about-his-software.shtml

Pathological: Surveillance State Defenders Use Their Own Failure In Paris To Justify Mass Surveillance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151116/10582132824/pathological-surveillance-state-defenders-use-their-own-failure-paris-to-justify-mass-surveillance.shtml

#TPP: An Assessment of Commitments and Trade Agreement Enforcement - http://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TPP-Enforcement-Analysis-Nov2015.pdf  "will detrimentally affect the environment"

"biggest prob. not shortage of information about suspects but lack of capacity 2 process that information" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/french-and-belgian-intelligence-knew-paris-attackers-had-jihadi-backgrounds #Paris

as last tweet reinforces, the last thing intelligence services need is more info: adding "hay" to the stack just makes things worse...

Biologists race to save fish from Brazil river contaminated by dam collapse - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/biologists-relocate-fish-brazil-river-dam-collapse time 4 enormous fines on @bhpbilliton

Wikileaks has made full text of #TPP searchable including annexes - https://www.wikileaks.org/tpp-final/

After Paris Attacks, Here’s What the CIA Director Gets Wrong About Encryption - http://www.wired.com/2015/11/paris-attacks-cia-director-john-brennan-what-he-gets-wrong-about-encryption-backdoors/ last quote from this piece

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151114 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151114.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

here' s official info on the Belgian #facebook situation: https://www.privacycommission.be/en/news/judgment-facebook-case and more here http://www.lesoir.be/1-481/article/debats/11h02/2015-11-10/facebook-une-premiere-condamnation-inedite-et-importante

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151113 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151113.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Flush the #TPP - http://www.flushthetpp.org/fallrising/ Schedule for November 14 -18; Mobilization good to see people organising here

Massive Turnout of Kiwis say ‘#TPP: Don’t Sign’ - http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2015/11/14/massive-turnout-of-kiwis-say-tppa-dont-sign/ "it’s becoming clear that  deal as is bad as we’ve been expecting"

We asked young Afghan seeking a new life in Europe to take pictures of journey from Turkey to Switzerland. - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/a-nine-country-scramble-to-freedom-through-the-eyes-of-a-refugee/article27236026/ amazing

Leval On Fair Use And Google Books: A Sketch Of A Story - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151113/15302832814/leval-fair-use-google-books-sketch-story.shtml great report of what sounds a fascinating lecture

Thomas Piketty calls for investors to divest from fossil fuels ahead of climate talks - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/14/thomas-piketty-economist-investors-divest-fossil-fuels-ahead-climate-talks #COP21

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151112 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151112.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Germany protests to US on lack of transparency in #TTIP trade talks - https://euobserver.com/foreign/131099

FCC: We aren’t banning DD-WRT on Wi-Fi routers - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/11/fcc-we-arent-banning-dd-wrt-on-wi-fi-routers/ well, that's good

Obama Faces a Tough Road with #TPP Trade Deal - http://fortune.com/2015/11/12/barack-obama-tpp-trade-deal/

"A Very Big Mistake": Stiglitz Slams Obama for #TPP - http://www.democracynow.org/2015/11/12/a_very_big_mistake_joseph_stiglitz "this is about who makes the rules of trade" people, or corps?

Meet the architect who wants to return Mexico City to its ancient lakes - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/13/alberto-kalach-return-mexico-city-ancient-lakes fab idea

Utah Senator, Crucial Ally for the Pacific Rim Trade Deal, Is Now Its Main Hurdle - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/us/politics/utah-senator-crucial-ally-for-the-pacific-rim-trade-deal-is-now-its-main-hurdle.html interesting #TPP

Stop the firest and save #Indonesia's forests - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/stop-palm-oil-forest-fires truly, a crime against humanity

'Tyranny has gone': Kurds and Yazidis celebrate recapture of Sinjar from Isis - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/13/tyranny-has-gone-kurds-and-yazidis-celebrate-recapture-of-sinjar-from-isis hope it's the start of ISIS collapse

Brazil's slow-motion environmental catastrophe unfolds - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/13/brazils-slow-motion-environmental-catastrophe-unfolds these companies just don't care #BHPBilliton

Letter to Prime Minister and Ministers re: Access to medicines & #TPP - http://www.aidslaw.ca/site/letter-to-pm-and-mps-re-access-to-meds-tpp/ #CA

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151111 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/11/151111.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP text summaries on corporate rights, medicines, environment, labour and more - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/1040 from @AFTINET

UK becomes only G7 country to increase fossil fuel subsidies - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/12/uk-breaks-pledge-to-become-only-g7-country-increase-fossil-fuel-subsidies shame on #tories

Microsoft is building data centres in Germany that the US government can’t touch - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/11/microsoft-is-building-data-centres-in-germany-that-the-us-government-cant-touch/ clever move #cloudcomputing

ISPs say the “massive cost” of #SnoopersCharter will push up UK broadband bills - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/11/isps-say-the-massive-cost-of-snoopers-charter-will-push-up-uk-broadband-bills/ will also wreck UK sw industry..

EU Commission #ISDS proposal attacked by MEPs and campaigners - https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/eu-commission-ttip-proposal-attacked-meps-and-campaigners "putting lipstick on a particularly unpopular pig."

Neue TiSA-Dokumente: Protokolle der Lobby-Treffen seit 2012 - https://netzpolitik.org/2015/neue-tisa-dokumente-protokolle-der-lobby-treffen-seit-2012/ shining a little sunlight on #TISA

US State legislators ‘shocked’ by EU trade deal implications - http://ttip2015.eu/blog-detail/blog/TTIP%20US%20State%20legislators.html people are beginning to wake up to #TTIP

Have your say on Freedom of Information - https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/surveys/214 easy way to fill in UK FOI consultation - takes 10 minutes

Head Of House Judiciary Committee Dines With MPAA, Joins Their Fundraiser, Following LA Copyright Hearing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151112/07202632800/head-house-judiciary-committee-dines-with-mpaa-following-la-copyright-hearing.shtml

"Economic feasibility” provides #TPP members with a crucial loophole against SPS measures that are science-based" http://www.iatp.org/documents/the-tpp-sps-chapter-not-a-%E2%80%9Cmodel-for-the-rest-of-the-world%E2%80%9D

last tweet shows that much-ballyhooed "science-based" standards thrown over by profit considerations; true for #TPP, also for #TTIP?