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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151228 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ie/2015/12/151228.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

From Paraguay to the US, Australia to Spain, El Niño brings Xmas chaos - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/28/from-paraguay-to-the-us-australia-to-spain-el-nino-brings-christmas-chaos not just El Niño - far out on normal curve

#China’s new anti-terror law copies UK: No backdoors, but decryption on demand - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/12/chinas-new-anti-terror-law-copies-uk-no-backdoors-but-decryption-on-demand/ setting a bad example #surveillance

Las multinacionales norteamericanas contratan a Madeleine K. Albright para obtener un clima favorable a #TTIP - http://www.lacelosia.com/las-multinacionales-norteamericanas-contratan-madeleine-k-albright-para-obtener-un-clima-favorable-sus-negocios-en-la-ue/

#TPP nations arranging to sign free-trade deal in early February - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/29/business/tpp-nations-arranging-sign-free-trade-deal-early-february/ signing is easy bit; ratification the hard one

UK Home Secretary Wants Everyone's #Metadata; But If You Ask For Hers, Gov't Says You're Being Vexatious - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151228/17384133179/uk-home-secretary-wants-everyones-metadata-if-you-ask-hers-govt-says-youre-being-vexatious.shtml

Sadistic Cops Make Dog Maul Unarmed Suicidal Teen – Caught Planning and Celebrating It in Texts - http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/sadistic-cops-make-k-9-maul-unarmed-suicidal-teen-caught-planning-and-celebrating-it just sick

Book Publisher Has No Idea How Google Works But Pretty Sure It Could End Piracy If It Tried - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151214/11581633077/book-publisher-has-no-idea-how-google-works-pretty-sure-it-could-end-piracy-if-it-tried.shtml yeah, right

Couple found guilty of 7/7 anniversary London bomb plot - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/29/couple-guilty-july-7-anniversary-bomb-plot-london "asked Twitter followers whether 2 target shopping centre"

UK government wants to become a ‘smartphone state’ - http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/12/29/uk-government-wants-to-become-a-smartphone-state/ I'm sure it does - it's the perfect surveillance device #GCHQ

Gérard Depardieu to play Joseph Stalin in new film - http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/29/gerard-depardieu-to-play-joseph-stalin-new-film-fanny-ardant ouais/да - seems appropriate...

#DMCA Has Delivered Us Into The Hands Of The Proprietary Internet Of Disconnected Things - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151229/07054333183/dmca-has-delivered-us-into-hands-proprietary-internet-disconnected-things.shtml gift that keeps on taking

Free Books from Springer - http://languagehat.com/free-books-from-springer/ "all books at
Springerlink from before 2005 freely downloadable as searchable pdf files"

Maps reveal US “hotspots” where crops could fail in the future - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/maps-reveal-us-hotspots-where-crops-could-fail-in-the-future/ maybe somebody should do something about it...

Wikimedia Foundation feuert Vorstandsmitglied - http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Wikimedia-Foundation-feuert-Vorstandsmitglied-3056680.html huh? what's going on here, then?