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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160330 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160330.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

You can make Japanese whaling a deal breaker - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction//619/478/643/ great idea: no EU-Japan trade deal unless it stops killing whales

Mississippi bill would let churches create gun squads exempt from prosecution - http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/mississippi-bill-church-gun-squad/

Analysis Shows 'Frivolous' #ISDS Suits Increasingly Used To Deter Regulation Rather Than Win Compensation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160321/10051333969/new-analysis-shows-frivolous-corporate-sovereignty-suits-increasingly-used-to-deter-regulation-rather-than-win-compensation.shtml #TTIP

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160329 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160329.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2500 years ago - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/rare-example-of-lost-language-found-on-stone-hidden-2500-years-ago/ #etruscan – exciting

EU money should not help destroy #Bulgaria’s Kresna Gorge - http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/eu-money-should-not-help-destroy-bulgarias-kresna-gorge/ absurd, harmful waste of money #bg

#TPP to boost Māori economy by $200m, MPs told - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/300265/tpp-to-boost-maori-economy-by-$200m,-mps-told but as usual, the costs of TPP are ignored in this claim...

Using Adblock Plus to block ads is legal, rules German court—for the fifth time - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/03/adblocking-and-whitelists-legal-rules-german-court/ time to give up, perhaps?

Diana Markosian's best photograph: the 105-year-old Armenian who escaped genocide - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/mar/30/diana-markosian-best-photograph-movses-haneshyan-interview amazing someone still living #am

Inside the garage labs of DIY gene hackers, whose hobby may terrify you - http://fusion.net/story/285454/diy-crispr-biohackers-garage-labs/ #CRISPR DIY

Why do the Tories want to hide who owns British land? - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/30/tories-land-registry-sell-off-open-data-privatisation good analysis of an exceedingly bad idea #opendata

EU consultation on IP enforcement; FFII submission - https://blog.ffii.org/eu-consultation-on-ip-enforcement-ffii-submission/ deadline is 15 April 2016

White House says U.S. leadership, prestige at stake in debate over #TPP - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/29/white-house-u-s-leadership-prestige-at-stake-in-debate-over-pacific-rim-trade-deal/ IOW, not about trade, but power

Nigerian Government Says Country Needs More Jail Time For Pirates And Control Over Content Of Creative Works - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160327/13472534025/nigerian-government-says-country-needs-more-jail-time-pirates-control-over-content-creative-works.shtml

Are the first meaningful European NOx limits for shipping in sight? - http://www.transportenvironment.org/news/are-first-meaningful-european-nox-limits-shipping-sight long overdue

Laptop containing plans of Belgian PM's home found near terrorists' flat - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/30/laptop-containing-plans-belgian-pms-charles-michel-home-terrorists-flat again, no mention of crypto being used

Why Won't @w3c Carve Security Research Out Of Its #DRM-In-HTML 5 Proposal? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160329/17101434050/why-wont-w3c-carve-security-research-out-drm-in-html-5-proposal.shtml why did it accept it in first place?

Trump: women who get illegal abortions should be 'punished' - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/30/donald-trump-women-abortions-punishment "would ban abortion if elected president" #darkdays

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160328 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160328.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Met Police boss is “blaming the victims” over online fraud, says security expert - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/met-police-boss-blame-victims-online-fraud/ windows malware makes that unfair

In the Wake Of The Latest Terrorist Attacks, Here's A Rational Approach To Saving Lives - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160325/05000634012/wake-latest-terrorist-attacks-heres-rational-approach-to-saving-lives.shtml makes sense

importante: “#TISA y #TTIP son una amenaza para abogados y ciudadanos” - http://www.abogacia.es/2016/03/03/10-preguntas-a-oriol-rusca-tisa-y-ttip-son-una-amenaza-para-abogados-y-ciudadanos/ #ISDS

Los abogados españoles se rebelan contra el #TTIP - http://www.noalttip.org/los-abogados-espanoles-se-rebelan-contra-el-ttip/ #ISDS

Refuse to sign up to #CETA to Save Our Stilton (and other protected food names) - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125390

Leonardo DiCaprio travels to Sumatra to support rainforest conservation efforts - http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/29/leonardo-dicaprio-sumatra-rainforest-conservation bravo #indonesia

Turkish Government Summons German Ambassador Because Of Silly Satirical Video... That's Now Getting More Attention - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160329/10541234041/turkish-government-summons-german-ambassador-because-silly-satirical-video-thats-now-getting-more-attention.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160327 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160327.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#EU Public Consultation on a proposal for a mandatory #Transparency Register - http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/civil_society/public_consultation_en.htm open until June (v @pinguinpatje)

Selling #TPP as the Farm Economy Drops off a Cliff - http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/21/selling-tpp-farm-economy-drops-cliff "even rosiest scenarios conclude economic gains are tiny"

Trade, Labor, and Politics - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/opinion/trade-labor-and-politics.html "Panglossian view of trade as win-win for everyone" #TPP #TTIP

The zombie ISDS - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2016/02/zombie-isds a reminder why #ICS is just as flawed as #ISDS #TTIP #CETA

Rep. Speier Wants To Register Every Prepaid Phone Purchase, In Case Someone Bad Uses One As A Burner Phone - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160326/17030634019/rep-speier-wants-to-register-every-prepaid-phone-purchase-case-someone-bad-uses-one-as-burner-phone.shtml nope

Trump's Incomprehensible 'Cyber' Policy: 'Make Cyber Great Again' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160327/00085434021/trumps-incomprehensible-cyber-policy-make-cyber-great-again.shtml

Lauded academy chain to be stripped of its schools after critical finance report - http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/mar/28/perry-beeches-academy-chain-stripped-schools-critical-finance-report welcome to future of UK education

Brussels attacks: 'Fight the westerners' text sent to youths in Molenbeek - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/28/brussels-attacks-fight-westerners-text-sent-youths-molenbeek-isis no #crypto necessary... #be

Vote Leave releases list of serious crimes by EU citizens in Britain - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/28/vote-leave-releases-list-of-serious-crimes-by-eu-citizens-in-britain scraping the barrel much? pathetic

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160326 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160326.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

"Infrastructure Act removes control for decisions to sell or develop public land from public sector" - http://www.thecanary.co/2016/03/25/16830/ (v @aral)

Syrian regime forces retake 'all of Palmyra' from Isis - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/27/syrian-regime-forces-retake-all-of-palmyra-from-isis welcome news

"you end up with a flood of information and not enough people to analyse it." - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/27/counter-terrorism-battles-to-spot-the-critical-intelligence snooping on all of us makes it worse

"alarming increase in the  investor state dispute settlement cases" in BITs - http://www.econrsa.org/publications/working-papers/bilateral-investment-treaties-and-investor-state-disputes #ISDS

Activists launch legal action against French marine park over orcas - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/27/marineland-antibes-france-activists-launch-legal-action-treatment-orca-whales end this barbarism now

#NZ: Over 330 ask to have say on #TPP - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/300001/over-330-ask-to-have-say-on-tpp shows why much more time is needed to discuss this

Trade policy is no longer just for political nerds: it matters in UK & US - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/27/trade-policy-uk-eu-referendum-us-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-ttip-globalisation only took 3 years for Guardian to get it

anyone interested in the rise and fall of #TTIP can find 51 posts chronicling the saga here: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.de/2016/01/the-rise-and-fall-of-ttip-as-told-in-51.html

and for a quick (well, 6000 words) backgrounder on what's at stake with #TTIP, you could try this: http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160325 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160325.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#PL approves large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval forest - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/26/poland-approves-large-scale-logging-in-europes-last-primeval-forest "could trigger EU to launch punitive procedures"

#AU bricklayer has more than $590m in bank account, court hears - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/26/queensland-tradesman-has-more-than-590m-in-bank-account-court-hears "is not 'at liberty' to say how he got it" uh-huh

UK Government planning to repeal animal welfare codes - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/25/government-planning-to-repeal-animal-welfare-codes moving to US model, which is disastrous for animal welfare

The new trade paradigm: Pro-globalization, anti-‘free’ trade agreement - https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/03/23/the-new-trade-paradigm-pro-globalization-anti-free-trade-agreement/ important shift #TPP #TTIP

journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/mar/26/french-journalist-florence-hartmann-jailed-by-war-crimes-tribunal--srebrenica-massacre once more, whistleblower punished, criminals free

requiring registration for burner phones doesn't help much - http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/GSMA_White-Paper_Mandatory-Registration-of-Prepaid-SIM-Users_32pgWEBv3.pdf

Public Services Under Attack - http://thomas-fritz.org/default/public-services-under-attack #TTIP, #CETA, & secretive collusion between business lobbyists and trade negotiators

#TPP "is about sustaining and extending an incredibly inefficient and corrupt system of financing drug research" - http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/prescription-drugs-and-the-trans-pacific-partnership-big-pharma-hit-by-skills-shortage

Irish government denies threat to destroy records of women mutilated in childbirth - http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/symphysiotomy-survivors-petition-ireland/ only because we're watching #ie

"suggesting the bombs were work of a large international network" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/26/man-charged-brussels-terror-attacks-faycal-c-belgian-barack-obama targeted surveillance, not mass spying, needed

"posted on YouTube in 2014 shows Fayçal Cheffou, one of main suspects of the Brussels attacks." - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/26/man-charged-brussels-terror-attacks-faycal-c-belgian-barack-obama not "going dark"

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160324 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160324.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

"home-grown suicide bombers known to the authorities were able to hit Brussels" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/brussels-attack-belgium-homegrown-jihadis-slip-net-isis not about "going dark" at all...

Stealthy malware targeting air-gapped PCs leaves no trace of infection - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/03/malware-air-gapped-pc/ nasty; good job it's only #Windows – again

Why developing countries are dumping investment treaties - https://theconversation.com/why-developing-countries-are-dumping-investment-treaties-56448 #ISDS the big problem

Meet the largest science project in US government history—the James Webb Telescope - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/meet-the-largest-science-project-in-us-government-history-the-james-webb-telescope/ exciting

French Politicians Want To Create Ancillary Copyright In Thumbnail Images - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160323/10492033994/french-politicians-want-to-create-ancillary-copyright-thumbnail-images.shtml more #copyright madness

Angolans Turning Zero-Rated Wikipedia, Facebook Into Ad Hoc File Sharing Services - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160324/09060234003/angolans-turning-zero-rated-wikipedia-facebook-into-ad-hoc-file-sharing-services.shtml ha!

Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network - http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500279596/Britain-to-pay-billions-for-monster-internet-surveillance-network #IPBill will be costly disaster for privacy

Once Again, The Brussels Attacks Were An Intelligence Community Failure, Not An 'Encryption' Problem - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160325/01180634011/once-again-brussels-attacks-were-intelligence-community-failure-not-encryption-problem.shtml important

#TPP: The Thing Sanders, Trump, and Clinton Agree On. It’s That Bad - http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-thing-sanders-trump-and-clinton-agree-on-its-that-bad-20160323 "Trump is right: It’s a bad deal."

Police question National MP Chester Borrows over claims he drove car at #TPP protesters - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11611165 TPP supporters desperate?

#Japan Kills 200 Pregnant Minke Whales - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160325-Japan-whaling-minke-whales-Antarctica/ disgusting (v @laurahelmuth @edyong209)

Pacific trade deal = climate disruption - http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2016-03-pacific-trade-deal--climate-disruption #TPP

Brussels bomber's DNA confirms his link to Paris attacks, say prosecutors - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/police-arrest-men-brussels-paris-terror-attacks #notcrypto #notgoingdark

A new bill seeks to kill anonymous ‘burner’ phones by requiring registration - http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/03/25/a-new-bill-seeks-to-kill-anonymous-burner-phones-by-requiring-registration/ predictable, but ineffectual

This man packed a lawn mower with explosives, shot it with a rifle, then lost his leg - http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/lawn-mower-explosives/ uh-huh

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160323 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160323.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Largest U.S. restaurant company targeted over treatment of workers, animals, environment - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2016-03-largest-us-restaurant-company-targeted-over-treatment-of-workers-animals-environment time to up the pressure

Russian Anti-Piracy Group Wants To Forbid Discussions Of Blocklist Circumvention Tools - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160322/09510933980/russian-anti-piracy-group-wants-to-forbid-discussions-blocklist-circumvention-tools.shtml that'll work #copyright

“Google tax” on snippets under serious consideration by European Commission - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/european-copyright-google-tax-on-snippets/ here's how to stop it #copyright

Radovan Karadžić sentenced to 40 years for #genocide at #Srebrenica - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/radovan-karadzic-criminally-responsible-for-genocide-at-srebenica

Israeli soldier is filmed shooting dead wounded Palestinian attacker - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/israeli-soldier-filmed-shoot-dead-wounded-palestinian-attacker-hebron seems Margot Wallström deserves an apology...

Syrian forces enter Palmyra in battle with Isis, says state TV - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/syrian-forces-enter-palmyra-isis-says-state-tv isis on the backfoot...?

Pottery fragment offers evidence of Christian settlement in Roman London - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/mar/24/pottery-fragment-christian-settlement-roman-london

‘Privacy’ creates single-use virtual credit cards for safer online shopping - http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/03/24/privacy-creates-single-use-virtual-credit-cards-for-safer-online-shopping/ burner credit cards: interesting

Rethinking Bilateral Investment Treaties: Critical Issues and Policy Choices - http://www.madhyam.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rethinking-BIT-Book-PDF-15-March-2016.pdf #TPP #TTIP #TISA

Internet Archive Seeks to Defend Against Wrongful Copyright Takedowns - https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-seeks-to-defend-against-wrongful-copyright-takedowns-160323/ great work again...

Medical experts call for global drug #decriminalisation - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/24/medical-experts-call-for-global-drug-decriminalisation an idea whose time has come...

"cost of #pesticides may far outweigh their benefits" - http://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/pesticides-an-economic-nonsense/ this is why #TTIP must look at costs as well as benefits

What Our Supporters Are Saying About Techdirt's Coverage Of Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160323/14593233995/what-our-supporters-are-saying-about-techdirts-coverage-encryption.shtml

Member state offices in Brussels: wide open to corporate lobbyists - http://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2016/03/member-state-offices-brussels-wide-open-corporate-lobbyists "inadequacy of current EU transparency regime"

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160322 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160322.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Ash dieback and beetle attack likely to 'wipe out' all ash trees in UK and Europe - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/23/ash-dieback-and-beetle-attack-likely-to-wipe-out-all-ash-trees-in-uk-and-europe more depressing news...

Looming Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground - https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/climate-roadblocks.pdf which is why energy companies want them

Utilities Are Playing Dirty In Florida To Kill Solar Energy Disruption In The Cradle - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160308/13175033840/utilities-are-playing-dirty-florida-to-kill-solar-energy-disruption-cradle.shtml these are climate criminals

Regulations of Toxic Chemicals under #TTIP - http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/news/9097421/Regulations_of_Toxic_Chemicals_under_TTIP.html "serious threat to EU chemical laws and policies"

awkward questions over bombers’ links to Paris terror cell - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/23/belgium-awkward-questions-bombers-links-to-paris-terror-cell yet again, they were known to authorities

If You Want To Know How Supporting Techdirt Can Help Shift The Debate In Washington DC, Read This - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160323/09461633992/if-you-want-to-know-how-supporting-techdirt-can-help-shift-debate-washington-dc-read-this.shtml truth

#TPP Text Provides Clues to U.S. Positions in #TTIP - http://www.iatp.org/documents/following-breadcrumbs-tpp-text-provides-clues-to-us-positions-in-ttip explains in detail how #TTIP will undermine EU food standards

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160321 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160321.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#India Still Trying To Turn Optional #Aadhaar Identification Number Into A Mandatory National Identity System - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160314/10271433902/india-still-trying-to-turn-optional-aadhaar-identification-number-into-mandatory-national-identity-system.shtml

Eight-second videos are long enough to infringe on #copyright, says UK judge - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/copyright-infringement-cricket-football/ but depends on detailed circumstances

Researchers use synchrotron to read ancient, burned scrolls from Rome - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/03/researchers-use-synchrotron-to-read-ancient-burned-scrolls-from-rome/ new ancient greek plays to come, perhaps?

UK Government Forbids Publicly-Funded Scientists And Academics From Giving Advice It Disagrees With - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160320/02523133962/uk-government-forbids-publicly-funded-scientists-academics-giving-advice-it-disagrees-with.shtml

Mike Masnick Explains: Apple Versus The FBI - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160321/16175933972/mike-masnick-explains-apple-versus-fbi.shtml crowdfunding effort here: https://www.beaconreader.com/projects/facts-not-fear-the-truth-about-encryption

Anti-#DRM activists go to @w3c meeting to protest Digital Restrictions Management in Web standards - https://www.fsf.org/news/anti-drm-activists-go-to-w3c-meeting-to-protest-digital-restrictions-management-in-web-standards

Trade Backers Pin #TPP Hopes on Lame-Duck U.S. Congress - http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-22/trade-backers-pin-pacific-pact-hopes-on-lame-duck-u-s-congress admitting they must use subterfuge to get it ratified

Before We Even Know The Details, Politicians Rush To Blame Encryption For Brussels Attacks - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160322/11200133982/before-we-even-know-details-politicians-rush-to-blame-encryption-brussels-attacks.shtml surprise; not

Would #CETA limit regulatory controls on soft drinks? - http://canadians.org/blog/would-ceta-limit-regulatory-controls-soft-drinks if it doesn't, #TTIP could chill legislation through #ISDS

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Burner phones, not #encryption, kept Paris terrorists off authorities’ radar - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/paris-terrorist-attacks-burner-phones-not-encryption/ undermines case for backdoors #IPBill

Drinks makers consider legal action against sugar tax - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/20/drinks-makers-consider-legal-action-against-sugar-tax-budget in future, #TTIP's #ISDS will be perfect for doing this

Hillary Clinton doesn’t get it: Paul Krugman, Bernie Sanders and the truth about #TPP - https://www.salon.com/2016/03/18/hillary_clinton_doesnt_get_it_paul_krugman_bernie_sanders_and_the_truth_about_the_free_trade_scam/

Will regulatory cooperation in TTIP become a straight-jacket for EU law making? - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/will-regulatory-cooperation-in-ttip-become-a-straight-jacket-for-eu-law-making/ excellent analysis of #TTIP's core

#globalwarming taking place at an 'alarming rate', UN climate body warns - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/21/global-warming-taking-place-at-an-alarming-rate-un-climate-body-warns "The future is happening now"

#TTIP: Civil Society on new EU proposal on Regulatory Cooperation - https://www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/civil-society-statement-on-EU-regulatory-cooperation-proposal.pdf  "threat to democratic decision-making"

European Commission Continues to Ignore Parliament on #TTIP - http://www.ciel.org/news/european-commission-continues-to-ignore-parliament-on-ttip/ but what will @Europarl_EN do about it?

Joshua Freeman and George Laking: Threat to medicine pipeline in #TPP - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11609440

Assuming Away Unemployment and Trade Deficits from the #TPP - http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=74907371d448da77287940e4d&id=56a3ab5c36&e=d913a4284a "paltry 0.029% per year on average over 15 years"

Oil Industry Group Claims #Copyright On Oil Pricing Data, Gets Twitter To Delete Tweets - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160313/09064733889/oil-industry-group-claims-copyright-oil-pricing-data-gets-twitter-to-delete-tweets.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160319 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160319.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Taking the online medicine - http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21694990-old-fashioned-ways-reporting-new-discoveries-are-holding-back-medical-research @TheEconomist on the coming #preprint revolution in science #oa

February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/20/february-was-the-warmest-month-in-recorded-history-climate-experts-say how much longer will denialists deny?

The Journalist and the Troll: This Man Spent Two Years Trying to Destroy Me Online - http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-benjamin-wey/ just appalling (v @mmasnick)

this: "burner phones used with discipline serve as a far more important operational security tool than encryption" - https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/03/20/for-counterterrorism-experts-absence-of-evidence-equals-encryption/

How the US ends up in a real Civil War this Fall - http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2016/03/how-the-us-ends-up-in-a-civil-war.html "can be pulled off with only five people." eek

The animation software behind Futurama and Studio Ghibli’s films is going open source - http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/03/20/animation-software-used-make-futurama-studio-ghiblis-films-going-open-source/ great news

By rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trial - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/20/by-rejecting-1-billion-for-a-pipeline-a-first-nation-has-put-justin-trudeaus-climate-plan-on-trial important battle #ca

160319

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160318 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160318.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK Government Pushes Forward With Insane Snooper's Charter, Despite Widespread Concerns - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160317/18084133941/uk-government-pushes-forward-with-insane-snoopers-charter-despite-widespread-concerns.shtml #IPBill

As Predicted, Elsevier's Attempt To Silence @Sci_Hub Has Increased Public Awareness Massively - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160316/10375733922/as-predicted-elseviers-attempt-to-silence-sci-hub-has-increased-public-awareness-massively.shtml #accesstoknowledge

New York senator proposes tax credit for #opensource developers - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/18/tax_credit_for_open_source_developers/ we need this everywhere, writ large...

160318

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160317 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160317.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Palestinian Global Teacher victor - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/18/palestinian-global-teacher-victor-my-students-are-the-true-prize-winners "inspired to teach after her daughters were shot at by Israeli soldiers."

American Medical Association joins AllTrials - http://www.alltrials.net/news/american-medical-association-joins-alltrials/ good news

Chelsea Manning: government anti-leak program a 'blank check for surveillance' - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/18/chelsea-manning-insider-threat-surveillance-government-employees paranoia is corrosive

Deradicalising Britain: activists turning young Muslims away from extremism - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/18/deradicalising-britain-the-activists-turning-young-muslims-away-from-extremism support this, not idiotic "Prevent"

UN envoy warns of environmental activist murder ‘epidemic’ - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/18/un-envoy-warns-of-environmental-activist-epidemic time 2 boycott ‘blood-tainted’ products from land grabs

EU Commission failing to properly enforce trade agreements - https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/eu-commission-failing-properly-enforce-trade-agreements why bother signing more of them then? #TTIP

Who can stop Trump? Republicans may have little choice but to vote Clinton - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/18/stop-donald-trump-presidency-republicans-vote-hillary-clinton that seems a little...unlikely, no?

New Decision In Dancing Baby #DMCA Takedown Case -- And Everything Is Still A Mess - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160318/10153233958/new-decision-dancing-baby-dmca-takedown-case-everything-is-still-mess.shtml #copyright

Non-smoking woman forced to pay £650 fine for dropping cigarette in town she’d never been to - http://boingboing.net/2016/03/18/non-smoking-woman-forced-to-pa.html

#London drops the veil on electric double-deckers, will hit roads in April - http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/london-electric-double-deckers-will-hit-roads-in-april/ ooh, exciting...

Asian Voices On Access to Medicines: Scrap TRIPS, Voluntary Licences Not Working, FTA Threats - http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/18/asian-voices-on-access-to-medicines-scrap-trips-voluntary-licences-not-working-fta-threats/ we need TRIPS-minus

#TPP’s Promised Environmental Protections Do Not Deliver - See more at: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/bait-and-switch bin it

"View this confidential file that i upload for you to  secure your document." - why thank you - how could I refuse this kind offer...?

160317

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160316 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160316.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Story of cities #4: Beijing and the earliest planning document in history - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/17/story-cities-beijing-earliest-planning-document-history fascinating stuff #china

#TPP at risk as the US political pendulum swings towards trade isolationism - http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/77941174/tppa-at-risk-as-the-us-political-pendulum-swings-towards-trade-isolationism all US candidates against it...

Surge in #renewable energy stalls world greenhouse gas emissions - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/surge-in-renewable-energy-stalls-world-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ pity UK government isn't helping much

Digital rights groups say #PrivacyShield deal must be sent back to negotiators - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/privacy-shield-must-be-sent-back-to-negotiators/ UK gets knuckles rapped again

MPs raise concerns about ‘anti-lobbying’ clause in research grants - http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/science-technology/Correspondence/Chair-Business-Secretary-government-grant-conditions-and-lobbying-15-03-15-16.pdf quite right too

'A defining moment':@SeaWorld decides to stop breeding killer whales - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/17/seaworld-to-stop-breeding-killer-whales-orcas-blackfish long overdue

Have your say on the Investigatory Powers Bill - http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/march/have-your-say-on-the-investigatory-powers-bill/ outrageous they still want a "Word document" in 2016 #openstandards

MuckRock's #FOIA Redaction Hall Of Shame - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160316/14385533924/muckrocks-foia-redaction-hall-shame.shtml bonkers, hilarious & ridiculous - all at the same time

Quinlan:  #TTIP 2020 more realistic than 2016 - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/video/quinlan-ttip-2020-more-realistic-than-2016/ how about we make that 2200?

160316

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160315 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/03/160315.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#NZ: Longer wait and higher prices likely under #TPP - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1603/S00236/longer-wait-and-higher-prices-likely-under-the-tppa.htm quite simply, people will die as direct result of TPP

#Antibiotics becoming ineffective at treating some child infections - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/15/antibiotics-becoming-ineffective-at-treating-some-child-infections sawing through the branch we sit upon...

Apple's Response To DOJ: Your Filing Is Full Of Blatantly Misleading Claims And Outright Falsehoods - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160315/15505433916/apples-response-to-doj-your-filing-is-full-blatantly-misleading-claims-outright-falsehoods.shtml great analysis

Yes, You Can Reconcile The Wide Sharing Of Personal Medical Research Data With Greater Participant Control - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160304/10122633808/yes-you-can-reconcile-wide-sharing-personal-medical-research-data-with-greater-participant-control.shtml

Potential Impact of #TTIP on public health - http://www.epiprev.it/materiali/2016/EP2/EP2_ADV_artDeVogli-eng.pdf big academic paper in English (v @MartinMWhitlock)

Legal adviser to top EU court says open Wi-Fi provider is not liable for user’s piracy - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/eu-says-open-wi-fi-provider-not-liable-for-piracy/ potentially big #copyright

Crumby cocktails at dawn: Inside the Brussels tech #lobbying bubble - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/03/inside-the-europe-tech-lobbying-bubble/ useful primer #eu #ttip

On Trade, Angry Voters Have a Point - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/business/economy/on-trade-angry-voters-have-a-point.html why #TPP is in trouble - and #TTIP will be

"when #patent rights have been too broad or strong, they have actually discouraged innovation" - http://www.gwern.net/docs/2016-moser.pdf (v @jwildeboer)

Malta gives go ahead to shooting of 5,000 endangered turtle doves - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/16/malta-gives-go-ahead-to-shooting-of-5000-endangered-turtle-doves #malta, civilised? not so much... #EU

Fresh protests likely as Lula joins #Brazil cabinet as chief of staff - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/16/lula-da-silva-joins-brazil-cabinet-chief-of-staff-dilma-rousseff amazing turn of events

Journalism Professor Dan Gillmor On Why You Should Support Techdirt's Crowdfunding Campaign - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160315/17015533918/journalism-professor-dan-gillmor-why-you-should-support-techdirts-crowdfunding-campaign.shtml good cause

TACD’s recommendations on the proposed food safety chapter in #TTIP -  http://www.iatp.org/blog/201603/tacd%E2%80%99s-recommendations-on-the-proposed-food-safety-chapter-in-ttip excellent ideas - we need them all

ICSID orders Argentina to pay US$136 million plus interest for contractual breaches - http://www.bilaterals.org/?icsid-orders-argentina-to-pay-us that will be popular #ar

160315

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160314 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/03/160314.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Obama to kill off Arctic oil drilling - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/obama-to-kill-off-arctic-oil-drilling working on his legacy again; that's good...

Investigatory powers bill not up to the task - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/mar/14/investigatory-powers-bill-not-up-to-the-task that's what this impressive list of legal scholars say... #IPBill

here's the latest #TTIP leak: "Proposal for Chapter: Good Regulatory Practices" - https://www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/regulatory-cooperation-february-2016.pdf lots of anti-democratic stuff here

Can't Make This Up: Paramount Says Star Trek Fan Flick Violates Copyright On Klingon And 'Uniform With Gold Stars' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160313/23584833894/cant-make-this-up-paramount-says-star-trek-fan-flick-violates-copyright-klingon-uniform-with-gold-stars.shtml

We need to get this investigatory powers bill right – it’s not fit for purpose now - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/15/investigatory-powers-bill-labour-law?CMP=share_btn_tw says @Keir_Starmer...#IPBill

#CETA: Who pulled the plug on the right to regulate? - https://blog.ffii.org/ceta-who-pulled-the-plug-on-the-right-to-regulate/ "Euthanasia during a legal scrub"

Is GCHQ Embedded in Wikipedia? - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/03/the-astonishing-case-of-the-doppelganger/ lots of weird stuff happening

Is #ISDS in EU Trade Agreements Legal under EU Law? - https://www.iisd.org/itn/2016/02/29/is-isds-in-eu-trade-agreements-legal-under-eu-law-laurens-ankersmit/ rather important question #TTIP

US & EU trade union leaders: #TTIP negotiations 'On the Wrong Course' - https://www.etuc.org/press/us-and-eu-trade-union-leaders-ttip-negotiations-wrong-course everyone agrees - except the 1% who benefit

Analysis: How #TPP, #TTIP and agriculture are shaping EU #Japan trade talks - http://www.borderlex.eu/analysis-mega-regional-domino-games-agriculture-shaping-eu-japan-talks/ interesting stuff

Sanders & the death of #TPP: Why his stunning Michigan upset could be the final nail in the free-trade coffin - https://www.salon.com/2016/03/15/bernie_sanders_the_death_of_tpp_why_his_stunning_michigan_upset_could_be_the_final_nail_in_the_free_trade_coffin/

Metal prospectors discover astonishing treasure hoards from Anglo-Saxon England - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/03/metal-prospectors-discover-astonishing-treasure-hoards-from-anglo-saxon-england/ fab stuff

Despair Fatigue - http://thebaffler.com/salvos/despair-fatigue-david-graeber brilliant analysis, great writing, oddly hopeful: what's not to like? #UK

Louisiana's vanishing island: the climate 'refugees' resettling for $52m - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/15/louisiana-isle-de-jean-charles-island-sea-level-resettlement a story from the near future

White House Begins To Realize It May Have Made A Huge Mistake In Going After Apple Over iPhone Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160314/16561133907/white-house-begins-to-realize-it-may-have-made-huge-mistake-going-after-apple-over-iphone-encryption.shtml

MPs vote in favour of Investigatory Powers Bill after Labour, SNP abstain [Updated] - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/investigatory-powers-bill-labour-and-snp-to-abstain-from-parliamentary-vote/ not very promising... #IPBill