Wednesday, 17 February 2016

160217


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160216 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/02/160216.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#NZ Move towards #tobacco plain packaging praised - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11591226 other countries should follow suit

Judge Did Not Just Order Apple To Break Encryption On San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone, But Create A New Backdoor - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160216/17393733617/no-judge-did-not-just-order-apple-to-break-encryption-san-bernardino-shooters-iphone-to-create-new-backdoor.shtml

Seven-day #NHS may not cut death rates, say #Hunt's own officials - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/15/weekend-effect-on-hospital-deaths-not-proven-say-hunts-own-officials of course it won't, he's misquoting research

Labour Party and TUC - call a national demonstration to support the junior doctors - https://www.change.org/p/momentum-nhs-labour-party-and-tuc-call-a-national-demonstration-to-support-the-junior-doctors another epetition against #Hunt

Japanese TV anchors lose jobs amid claims of political pressure - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/17/japanese-tv-anchors-lose-their-jobs-amid-claims-of-political-pressure bad stuff in Japan; how long before here in UK?

Missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada could number 4,000 - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/17/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-in-canada-could-number-4000 awful

US Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-16/the-parmesan-cheese-you-sprinkle-on-your-penne-could-be-wood #TTIP could bring this to EU to be sold as Parmesan...

Massive US-planned cyberattack against Iran went well beyond Stuxnet - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/massive-us-planned-cyberattack-against-iran-went-well-beyond-stuxnet/ #gchq involved, too

Tim Cook says Apple will fight US gov’t over court-ordered iPhone backdoor - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/02/tim-cook-says-apple-will-fight-us-govt-over-court-ordered-iphone-backdoor/ well done

Parts of Canada-EU trade deal still being revised: chief negotiator - http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/parts-of-canada-eu-trade-deal-still-being-revised-chief-negotiator-1.2780481 #CETA clearly still a dangerous mess

The zombie ISDS - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2016/02/zombie-isds don't be fooled: #ICS is just #ISDS rebranded

IBM wants to move #blockchain tech beyond Bitcoin and money transfer - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/02/ibm-wants-to-move-blockchain-tech-beyond-bitcoin-and-money-transfer/ trendy but interesting

Bulgarian motorway poised to carve up wildlife haven - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/17/bulgarian-motorway-poised-to-carve-up-wildlife-haven funded by the EU, which should withdraw funds now #bg

Apple Responds To Order To Help Decrypt Phone, As More Details Come To Light - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160216/23254533618/apple-responds-to-order-to-help-decrypt-phone-as-more-details-come-to-light.shtml good, detailed analysis


The zombie ISDS - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2016/02/zombie-isds brilliant in-depth analysis of why #ICS is just #ISDS rebranded; please share widely #de #fr #es

World’s cheapest Android smartphone goes on sale: Yours for just £2.50 (no, really) - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/02/worlds-cheapest-android-smartphone-goes-on-sale-yours-for-just-2-50-no-really/ just another #aakash? #india

US 'likely culprit' of global spike in methane emissions over last decade - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/17/us-likely-culprit-of-global-spike-in-methane-emissions-over-last-decade another reason #fracking so bad for us

"#TPP would pose serious threats to one of our ocean’s greatest treasures, sharks" - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/02/trade-representative-touts-shark-killing-trade-deal-aquarium a disaster for environment

Orthodox Jewish schools 'erased or changed pictures of women in books' - http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/feb/17/orthodox-jewish-schools-erased-pictures-women-books-ofsted  ‘very narrow views about women’s role’

SF tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/17/san-francisco-tech-open-letter-i-dont-want-to-see-homeless-riff-raff " I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, & despair"


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