160429

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160427 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/04/160427.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

How @Uber conquered London - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/27/how-uber-conquered-london provides excellent insights into company's past, present & future

#Kazakhstan: Land Protests Intensify, Authorities Sanguine - http://www.eurasianet.org/node/78536 uh-oh...

#TTIP trade deal poses serious threat to EU #farming - https://www.foeeurope.org/TTIP-trade-deal-poses-serious-threat-EU-farming "whole EU farm sectors will be at risk from the agreement."

Italy orders @Facebook to hand over fake user account data to its alleged victim - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/italy-orders-facebook-fake-accounts-to-alleged-victim/

160+ Farm and Food Groups Ask Congress to Reject #TPP, Stand Up for Independent Farmers and Ranchers - https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/farm-food_tpp_coalition_letter_4-27-16.pdf

why #TTIP is doomed: US senators say EU must accept hormone beef, GMOs - https://www.scribd.com/doc/310765202/US-Senate-TTIP-Letter-to-Froman-from-22-April-2016 or will @EU_Commission sell out to save it?

160428

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160427 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/04/160427.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

How @Uber conquered London - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/27/how-uber-conquered-london provides excellent insights into company's past, present & future

#Kazakhstan: Land Protests Intensify, Authorities Sanguine - http://www.eurasianet.org/node/78536 uh-oh...

#TTIP trade deal poses serious threat to EU #farming - https://www.foeeurope.org/TTIP-trade-deal-poses-serious-threat-EU-farming "whole EU farm sectors will be at risk from the agreement."

Italy orders @Facebook to hand over fake user account data to its alleged victim - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/italy-orders-facebook-fake-accounts-to-alleged-victim/

160+ Farm and Food Groups Ask Congress to Reject #TPP, Stand Up for Independent Farmers and Ranchers - https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/farm-food_tpp_coalition_letter_4-27-16.pdf

why #TTIP is doomed: US senators say EU must accept hormone beef, GMOs - https://www.scribd.com/doc/310765202/US-Senate-TTIP-Letter-to-Froman-from-22-April-2016 or will @EU_Commission sell out to save it?

160427

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160426 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160426.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Monster #ISDS Ruling Against Russia Overturned By Dutch Court, But It's Hard To Tell Whether It's Over Yet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160421/13185134238/monster-corporate-sovereignty-ruling-against-russia-overturned-dutch-court-hard-to-tell-whether-over-yet.shtml

#TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial #ISDS as 'environmental deterrent' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/26/ttip-chevron-lobbied-for-controversial-legal-right-as-environmental-deterrent confirms all our worst fears

EU leak reveals plans to rein in Google, Facebook, & encourage local alternatives - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/eu-online-platform-regulation-google-facebook/ interesting info on #copyright

#Hillsborough : public interest in prosecuting police 'overwhelming' - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/27/hillsborough-public-interest-prosecuting-police-overwhelming-lord-macdonald too right

Leaked EU Communication – Part 1: Privatised #censorship and #surveillance - https://edri.org/leaked-eu-communication-privatised-censorship-and-surveillance/ important point

France puts brakes on #TTIP - https://euobserver.com/tickers/133227 "increasingly unlikely will finalise a pact before the end of the year"

Misguided Plan to Expand A Performers’ Veto: More "Copyright Creep" Through Policy Laundering - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/another-fine-mess-ustr-has-gotten-us-misguided-plan-expand-performers-rights yet more #copyright

#BBC 'excessively deferential' to pro-Brexit case, says Lord Patten - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/27/bbc-brexit-case-lord-patten-john-whittingdale just as it is to climate denialists

KEI comment on USTR's 2016 Special 301 report - http://keionline.org/node/2479 aka "Special Whining Report" #pathetic

Neuroscientists create ‘atlas’ showing how words are organised in the brain - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/27/brain-atlas-showing-how-words-are-organised-neuroscience wow: logical, but still amazing

Cassetteboy vs Jeremy Hunt  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK7DRJx9nbU short, not too sweet, but wonderful - do share widely #NHS

Thousands gather in Germany to protest #TTIP a day ahead of President Obama's visit - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555126/Thousands-protest-trade-deal-Germany-Obama-visit.html nice pix from Saturday

"No trade agreements should include public or private healthcare services" - http://www.healthandtradenetwork.org/ #TPP #TTIP #TISA

Brazilian Media Giant Realizes It Can Use The #DMCA To Censor Criticism Of Its Coverage - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160426/12235534281/brazilian-media-giant-realizes-it-can-use-dmca-to-censor-criticism-coverage.shtml #copyright

160426

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160425 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/160425.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#NZ Government must protect Pharmac as promised - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1604/S00403/government-must-protect-pharmac-as-promised.htm even though US will twist its arm not to... #TPP

more bullying: "drug companies may not bother to register drugs unless government makes more concessions on #TPP." - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1604/S00760/no-reason-big-pharma-would-stop-supplying-medicines.htm

#RCEP Could Limit Access to Medicines - http://www.madhyam.org.in/rcep-could-limit-access-to-medicines/ people will die if it does

It’s time to give #TTIP a chance - http://www.politico.eu/article/its-time-to-give-ttip-a-chance-barack-obama-visit-to-europe/ like saying: "time to give the Black Death a chance - it might not be too bad..."

You cannot view Anne Frank's Diary because of © - http://annefrank.centrumcyfrowe.pl/text shows nature of #copyright: a restrictive intellectual monopoly

Widerstand gegen Freihandel: "Dann wird #TTIP scheitern" - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-gespraeche-haken-was-ist-der-stand-wie-geht-es-weiter-a-1089141.html "Droht der Deal gar zu platzen?" yup, it's happening now

Constitutional Court Throws Out Surveillance Law In #Georgia (The Country) - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160418/09384234203/constitutional-court-throws-out-surveillance-law-georgia-country.shtml ძალიან კარგი #ka

#Copyright chaos: Why isn’t Anne Frank’s diary free now? - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/anne-frank-diary-copyright-public-domain/ 'cos #copyright is not fit for digital age #ReadAnneDiary

Say no to PSPO: Don't criminalise Worthing's rough sleepers - https://www.change.org/p/stop-criminalising-worthing-s-rough-sleepers what are they supposed to do? kill themselves?

“We have reached an agreement on seatbelts and headlights,” Malmstroem said - https://correctiv.org/en/investigations/ttip/blog/2016/04/26/small-business-still-waiting-ttip-breakthrough/ hoorah, #TTIP is a success...oh, wait

UK Government agree to set up 'Council of Data Ethics' - http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news-parliament-2015/big-data-dilemma-government-response-15-16/ great idea; how about one for UK government ethics?

The Ross Sea: The Last Ocean - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/protect_the_ross_sea_31_lewis_angle/ please sign to preserve

"We would need 10 years to make any real progress, said an EU [#TTIP] negotiator" - https://correctiv.org/en/investigations/ttip/blog/2016/04/26/small-business-still-waiting-ttip-breakthrough/ ten years; it's #dead

dozens of millions of European citizens are already living in a #TTIP-free zone - https://www.ttip-free-zones.eu/ impressive in many places; not UK

"greatest growth in history of wealth inequality in has occurred these last three decades" - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/04/on-revolutionary-attitude/ depressing, but true

Climate scientists are now grading climate journalism - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/apr/26/climate-scientists-are-now-grading-climate-journalism great idea - watch out,@BBC

#mitsubishi admits it cheated on fuel mileage tests for 25 years - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/26/mitsubishi-admits-cheated-fuel-mileage-tests-25-years-nissan this is why corporations can't be trusted...

'It was anarchy': a family reflects on the #Chernobyl disaster, 30 years on - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/26/it-was-anarchy-a-family-reflects-on-the-chernobyl-disaster-30-years-on what a story...

#Copyright Maximalists And Lobbyists Celebrate Vancouver Aquarium Censoring Critical Documentary With Copyright - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160423/23345034257/copyright-maximalists-lobbyists-celebrate-vancouver-aquarium-censoring-critical-documentary-with-copyright.shtml

Gravitational Lensing with Planets - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=35498 fascinating stuff #science

Erdogan Insult Mess: Dutch Reporter, German Politician Arrested For Mocking Erdogan; Swiss Art Exhibit Targeted - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160426/00124734274/erdogan-insult-mess-dutch-reporter-german-politician-arrested-mocking-erdogan-swiss-art-exhibit-targeted-too.shtml

Hunt says junior doctors are 'responsible' for deaths caused by all-out strike - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeremy-hunt-says-junior-doctors-responsible-for-deaths-caused-all-out-nhs-strike-a7001146.html no, Hunt is, for underfunding #NHS

MPAA Says Pirate Sites Will Take Advantage of Set-Top Box Proposals - https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-says-pirate-sites-will-take-advantage-of-set-top-box-proposals-160426/ #MPAA whining incomprehensibly as usual

Human history traced via the Y chromosome - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/y-chromosomes-history-shows-links-to-migration-tech-developments/ fascinating stuff

#TTIP: #Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as 'environmental deterrent' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/26/ttip-chevron-lobbied-for-controversial-legal-right-as-environmental-deterrent this is why #ISDS must go

Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/26/hugo-awards-shortlist-rightwing-campaign-sad-rabid-puppies sounds like the #Hugo awards are a joke now...

Call to exclude ‘Good Regulatory Practices’ chapter from #TTIP - https://tradinghealthforprofit.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/call-to-exclude-the-e28098good-regulatory-practices_-chapter-from-ttip.pdf because they won't be good, and they won't regulate

Maximizing Opportunities of Net for International Trade - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/E15/WEF_Digital_Trade_report_2015_1401.pdf #TPP "first step in the direction of balanced IP": nope

Reclaiming the #Evenki Narrative: Last Shaman’s Daughter Tells her People’s 20th-century Tale - http://bruce-humes.com/archives/10778 sounds interesting

160425

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160424 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160424.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

FOIA reveals UK government’s assessment of #TTIP's corporate courts – “lots of risks and no benefit” - http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2016/apr/25/foia-reveals-governments-assessment-ttips-corporate-courts-%E2%80%93-lots-risks-and-no #ISDS

#TTIP: Private profit versus public health - https://tradinghealthforprofit.wordpress.com/ "Remove chemicals from the EU-US trade talks" #REACH

Cod almighty: the secret of Norway's monster fish bonanza - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/cods-country-the-secret-of-norways-monster-fish-bonanza "Climate change and human restraint "

Putting TTIP on Hold Would be a ‘Mistake’ - http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/putting-ttip-on-hold-would-be-a-mistake probably the most delusional piece I have read on #TTIP so far...

#TTIP : averting a train wreck - http://www.borderlex.eu/ttip-averting-train-wreck/ too late, it's already a train wreck - one that everyone is now abandoning...

#TTIP is a very bad excuse to vote for Brexit - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/25/ttip-vote-brexit-barack-obama-leave-eu-trade-deal this is true; leaving EU would give UK gov free hand to impose worse

UK must leave European convention on human rights, says Theresa May - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/25/uk-must-leave-european-convention-on-human-rights-theresa-may-eu-referendum tyrants worldwide will applaud the move...

Austrian far-right party's triumph in presidential poll could spell turmoil - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/austrian-far-right-partys-triumph-presidential-poll-turmoil-norbert-hofer "he would refuse to sign #TTIP" #at

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the #ECHR ever done for us? - video - http://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2016/apr/25/patrick-stewart-sketch-what-has-the-echr-ever-done-for-us-video nicely done...

Desert dolphins: plan to bring animals to Arizona for show outrages activists - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/25/dolphins-arizona-dolphinaris-odysea-animal-rights-activists-outraged disgusting abuse by @Dolphinaris

.@washingtonpost Says Doctors Without Borders Silly 2 Worry About Impact of #TPP on Drug Prices - http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/the-washington-post-says-doctors-without-borders-is-silly-to-worry-about-the-impact-of-the-tpp-on-drug-prices what do they know?

US officials heading to #NZ to talk #TPP - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/302324/us-officials-heading-to-nz-to-talk-tpp bullying much?

Internet Protections Enshrined In #Brazil's Marco Civil Framework Under Threat From New Laws - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160422/09334834246/internet-protections-enshrined-brazils-marco-civil-framework-under-threat-new-laws.shtml

160424

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160423 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160423.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TTIP Is Dying; Here's How to Help Finish It Off - http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2016/04/ttip-is-dying-heres-how-to-help-finish.html EU people: please write to your political representatives

World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters- http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/apr/24/world-heading-for-catastrophe-over-natural-disasters-risk-expert-warns imagine if all this had been spent on tackling #climatechange

You can buy a cheap chicken today, but we all pay for it in the long run - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/24/cheap-chicken-we-all-pay-in-the-long-run-patrick-holden #TTIP will exacerbate this hugely

Job-Killing Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of: China Bilateral Investment Treaty - http://prospect.org/article/job-killing-trade-deal-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-china-bilateral-investment-treaty US people may want to get on this

‘Vindictive’ Polish leaders using new war museum to rewrite history, says academic - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/polish-leaders-using-war-museum-to-rewrite-history-says-academic more bad stuff in #poland

Leave campaign struggles to respond after Obama trade warning - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/24/leave-campaign-obama-trade-warning-eu-referendum "Nigel Farage says campaign needs a fresh start"

Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' may be a Tidal exclusive forever - http://mashable.com/2016/04/23/beyonce-lemonade-exclusive-tidal/ at least that will limit piracy...oh wait

German politician arrested in Berlin for insulting Turkish president - http://boingboing.net/2016/04/23/german-political-leader-arrest.html bravo,@BrunoGertKramm

Outside experts condemn #Mexico's inquiry into 43 missing students - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/mexico-43-missing-students-investigation-iachr-report "finding inconsistencies, errors and omissions"

160423

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160422 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160422.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Condamine River set on fire after Greens MP lights bubbling methane gas, blames #fracking - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-23/condamine-river-bubbling-methane-gas-set-alight-greens-mp/7352578 #AU

Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouth - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/22/huge-coral-reef-discovered-at-amazon-river-mouth already threatened by oil industry, of course...

"there are concerns that the trade deal between the US and EU could be in deep trouble." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03r6fv4 even @BBC has noticed

Siemens "just kind of company #TTIP might benefit most" - http://www.politico.eu/article/transatlantic-trade-deal-backers-hope-barack-obama-visit-watershed/ big corps benefit, public suffers

160422

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160421 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160421.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

.@EU_Commission plans to relicense 'carcinogenic' weedkiller - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/22/european-commission-glyphosate-weedkiller-leaked-proposal cares more about corporates than public health

Fresh EU-US trade spat brewing over new plant breeding techniques - http://www.euractiv.com/section/science-policymaking/news/fresh-eu-us-trade-spat-brewing-over-new-plant-breeding-techniques/ #TTIP already distorting policy decisions

#NewZealand Government Trying To Streamroller #TPP Through Ratification Without Proper Scrutiny Or Public Input - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/09513334221/new-zealand-government-trying-to-streamroller-tpp-through-ratification-without-proper-scrutiny-public-input.shtml

Big organic egg at odds with new US welfare stds - http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-agriculture/2016/04/big-organic-egg-at-odds-with-new-welfare-standards-senate-advances-feed-the-future-program-truss-us-uk-nearing-deal-on-lamb-beef-213885 this is why EU & US food standards can't be harmonised in #TTIP

The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality - https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160421-the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality/ interesting stuff; plausible, too...

UK ploughs ahead with plan for 10-year jail term for online file sharing - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/uk-file-sharing-10-years-jail-time/ despite objections and doubts #copyright

Pressure grows for Commission President Juncker to end #tobacco lobbying secrecy - http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2016/04/pressure-grows-commission-president-juncker-end-tobacco-lobbying-secrecy unacceptable behaviour

Why Internet voting is a terrible idea, explained in small words anyone can understand - http://boingboing.net/2016/04/21/why-internet-voting-is-a-terri.html this is very good

Facebook, Google campuses at risk of being flooded due to sea level rise - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/22/silicon-valley-sea-level-rise-google-facebook-flood-risk should wake up a lot of people #climate

RCEP draft text for investment chapter, October 16, 2015 version - http://www.keionline.org/node/2474 more bad stuff from #RCEP

Obama says UK will go to "the back of the queue' for trade deals with US if it leave EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/apr/22/obama-cameron-press-conference-eu-uk-uks-power-politics-live?page=with:block-571a4f2ce4b044ce3c399cba#block-571a4f2ce4b044ce3c399cba so there you are

Leaked #TTIP memo shows EU targeting U.S. government contracts - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201604/leaked-ttip-memo-shows-eu-targeting-us-government-contracts willing to give up EU health & safety in return?

Greens/EFA MEPs address a letter to US President on #TTIP - http://www.greens-efa.eu/open-letter-to-president-obama-15478.html "we implore you to listen to our concerns"

3 bits of bad news the Tories sneaked out while everyone was distracted by Queen’s birthday - http://www.thecanary.co/2016/04/22/3-bits-bad-news-tories-sneaked-everyone-distracted-queens-birthday/ again (v @raycorrigan)

Streitthema #TTIP: Obamas hässliches Mitbringsel - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ttip-barack-obama-und-sein-haessliches-mitbringsel-a-1088728.html "von einer Einigung sind US & EU meilenweit entfernt."

We Could Be Witnessing Death of Fossil Fuel Industry - http://www.alternet.org/environment/we-could-be-witnessing-death-fossil-fuel-industry-will-it-take-rest-economy-down-it "35% independent oil cos. worldwide to declare bankruptcy"

160421

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160420 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160420.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Costa Rica: don't slaughter Hammerhead sharks that need protecting - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/741/878/758/ ridiculous #cr

German public support for #TTIP plummets from 55% to 17% - https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/NW_Attitudes_global_trade_and_TTIP.pdf US support drops from 53% to 15%; #TTIP is dying...

"disapproval rates of #TTIP are now outweighing approval rates. The trend towards disapproval continues and is becoming stronger."

"Surveys among industry associations demonstrate skepticism about #TTIP" - https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/NW_Attitudes_global_trade_and_TTIP.pdf support 4 #TTIP draining away everywhere

Public Domain Citation Book, Baby Blue, Renamed To Indigo Book, Following Harvard Law Review Threats - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/17072634229/public-domain-citation-book-baby-blue-renamed-to-indigo-book-following-harvard-law-review-threats.shtml

Commission fails to regulate new GMOs after intense US lobbying - http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/20160421_BR_US_lobbying_on_new_GMOs_FINAL.pdf #TTIP strikes again - even before it's signed

Latest Version Of Anti-#TPP, #RCEP, Shows That Its Intellectual Property Provisions Are Even Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/11291334226/latest-version-anti-tpp-rcep-shows-that-intellectual-property-provisions-are-even-worse.shtml not good

Support for huge transatlantic trade deal #TTIP plummets in both #US and #Germany - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/ttip-support-usa-germany-obama-merkel/ few want it anywhere

Study reveals greater climate impacts of 2C temperature rise - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/21/study-reveals-greater-climate-impacts-of-2c-temperature-rise-heatwaves trouble is, it won't "just" be 2C

Freihandelsabkommen: Die Angst vor #TTIP wächst - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-angst-und-skepsis-vor-freihandelsabkommen-waechst-a-1088392.html "Gabriel hält ein Scheitern der Gespräche für möglich."

Public procurement could be next #TTIP deal breaker - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/public-procurement-could-be-next-ttip-deal-breaker/ unless US wants to ditch "Buy American", which seems unlikely

Survey shows plunging public support for #TTIP in U.S. and Germany - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-usa-trade-idUSKCN0XI0AT EU "growing impatient with slow pace of talks"

Eduardo Cunha: #Brazil president's chief accuser faces allegations of his own - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-eduardo-cunha-investigation the biter bit

160420

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160419 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160419.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Australian Case Shows Why #ISDS Isn't Needed In #TPP -- Or In Any Trade Agreement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160412/01183734157/australian-case-shows-why-corporate-sovereignty-isnt-needed-tpp-any-trade-agreement.shtml #AU

Bernie Sander’s completed questionnaire on "free trade agreements," #TPP, #ISDS etc - http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/pennsylvania/files/2016/04/PAFTCPresidentialQuestionnaire_Sanders2016.pdf

Anti-innovation: EU excludes #opensource from new tech standards - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/anti-innovation-eu-excludes-open-source-from-new-tech-standards/ wants #FRAND licensing to be standard

Marine Le Pen could campaign for UK to leave EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/20/marine-le-pen-could-campaign-for-uk-to-leave-eu-referendum she'll fit in nicely...

#Copyright reform: libraries not proxies for commercial interests: http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-not-proxies-commercial-interests-copyright-reforms certainly not

EBU & WBU Express Great Concern at Absence of EU Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty - http://www.worldblindunion.org/English/news/Pages/EBU--WBU-Send-Letter-to-President-of-European-Commission-Urging-EU-Ratification-of-the-Marrakesh-Treaty.aspx scandalous omission

EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of industry 'exodus' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/20/eu-dropped-climate-policies-after-bp-threat-oil-industry-exodus @BP_plc= scum,@EU_Commission utterly spineless

"Oettinger said that he shared [BP]’s views on a guarantee for unlimited crude oil & gas exports being included in a #TTIP" #sustainability

last quote confirms that #TTIP will be a disaster for the environment

Academics to PricewaterhouseCoopers: You Got It Wrong on Benefits of #FairUse - http://infojustice.org/archives/35919 PWC Report’s findings “preposterous”

MP who threatened to bring in law to ban curtains wins transparency exemption - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/charles-walker-outlaw-curtains-mp-finance-exemption/ proportionality applies to IPBill

ODI responds to UK Land Registry privatisation consultation - http://theodi.org/news/odi-responds-uk-land-registry-privatisation-consultation "risks reducing economic growth" #opendata

The #OpenAccess Interviews: Sir Timothy Gowers, Mathematician - http://poynder.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-open-access-interviews-sir-timothy.html

Farming risks being used as bargaining chip in EU trade deals - http://www.fwi.co.uk/business/farming-risks-being-used-as-bargaining-chip-in-eu-trade-deals.htm how #farming will sacrificed on the altar of #TTIP

U.S. reluctant to change data pact after EU watchdogs' concerns - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-dataprotection-usa-idUSKCN0XH1PF which means #PrivacyShield is doomed

SCOTUS rules families of terror victims can collect $2bn from #Iran - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/apr/20/supreme-court-ruling-iran-terror-victims-families so #drone victim families can sue US, right?

160419

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160418 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160418.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

New EU proposal will perpetuate investors’ attacks on health and environment - https://www.tni.org/en/publication/investment-court-system-put-to-the-test here's why #ICS no better than #ISDS

Netflix crackdown in #NewZealand takes hold - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11624875 crazy: people want to pay,@netflix won't let them #copyright

Obama Wants to Protect Wildlife From Cruel Killing Methods, but Trophy Hunters Aren’t Happy About It - http://www.alternet.org/environment/president-obama-wants-protect-wildlife-cruel-killing-methods-trophy-hunters-arent-happy says it all

L'avenir de l'Europe passe par la préservation de son agriculture - http://www.economiematin.fr/news-avenir-economie-europe-secteurs-agriculture which #TTIP will fatally undermine

Soumission : désormais, les USA vont valider les lois européennes - http://www.economiematin.fr/news-TTIP-usa-decision-accord-commission-souverainete-economie-sannata one possibility under #TTIP

Las graves consecuencias del #TTIP sobre la Sanidad Pública - http://www.nuevatribuna.es/articulo/salud/graves-consecuencias-ttip-sanidad-publica/20160307122028126166.html sin duda...

EU-Canada Trade Deal Still Struggling, As #Romania And #Belgium Say They Won't/Can't Ratify Treaty - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160414/09153434183/eu-canada-trade-deal-still-struggling-as-romania-belgium-say-they-wont-cant-ratify-treaty.shtml #CETA

Michael Gove likens UK remaining in EU to hostage situation - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/19/michael-gove-likens-uk-remaining-in-eu-to-hostage-situation what a relief he didn't resort to hyperbole...

Gove: "We’re voting to be hostages locked in the back of the car and driven headlong towards deeper EU integration …" uh-huh

Stop #TTIP & #CETA! For a just global economy! Nationwide Demonstration | April 23, 2016 | Hannover / Opernplatz - http://ttip-demo.de/fileadmin/download/material/TTIP_DEMO_Hannover_FlyerA5_engl_RZ.pdf

Hillary Clinton’s completed questionnaire on "free trade agreements," #TPP, #ISDS etc - http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/pennsylvania/files/2016/04/PAFTCPresidentialQuestionnaire_Clinton2016.pdf

China Considers Cutting Itself Off From Global Internet, As 3 Home-Grown Browsers Are Found Leaking Personal Data - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160330/07355534055/china-considers-cutting-itself-off-global-internet-as-three-home-grown-browsers-are-found-leaking-personal-data.shtml

#ISDS undermines rule of law and democracy, UN expert tells Council of Europe - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=19839&LangID=E he's right #TTIP #CETA

#TPP would hurt small scale farmers in developing countries, groups say
- http://www.iatp.org/documents/tpp-would-hurt-small-scale-farmers-in-developing-countries-groups-say as #TTIP would in EU

Europe’s Regulations at Risk: The Environmental Costs of the #TTIP - https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/research/gegi/program-area/bilateral-and-regional-treaty-systems/europes-regulations-at-risk/ hugely important area

Authors Guild Petulantly Whines About How Wrong It Is That The Public Will Benefit From Google Books - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160419/00081534205/authors-guild-petulantly-whines-about-how-wrong-it-is-that-public-will-benefit-google-books.shtml well, course

Rev. William Barber removed from American Airlines flight - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1516880/-Rev-William-Barber-taken-off-American-Airlines-flight yeah, Reverends are all muslims, or hindus or something

Panama, Trade Agreement Promises & The #TPP - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/panama-trade-agreement-pr_b_9728170.html interesting

Drop in #dementia rates suggests disease can be prevented, researchers say - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/19/drop-in-dementia-rates-suggests-disease-can-be-prevented-researchers-say heartening news

Juncker admits Europeans have lost faith in the EU - http://www.euractiv.com/section/science-policymaking/news/juncker-admits-europeans-have-lost-faith-in-the-eu/ he'd better drop #TTIP & #CETA or it will get even worse...

France threatens halt to #TTIP talks barring progress in coming months - http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-trade-europe-usa-idUKKCN0XG2F5 "TTIP deal, already deeply unpopular"

160418

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160417 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160417.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Diese deutschen Konzerne sind in den USA gefürchtet - http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article154425695/Diese-deutschen-Konzerne-sind-in-den-USA-gefuerchtet.html shows that #TTIP completely unnecessary to boost EU exports

Lions and Bears Starving in tiny cages in Armenia's worst zoo - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/691/898/208/ come on #Armenia, sort this

How much power should governments have to snoop on what we share online? - http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/04/encryption-160416145826188.html not much; me + others on @aljzeeraNEWS

The enduring popularity of the Monkey King - http://arstechnica.co.uk/the-multiverse/2016/04/who-is-the-monkey-king-chinese-story/ fascinating stuff...

Is #ISDS dead? No, multi-million lawsuits still on the horizon - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/opinion/is-isds-dead-no-multi-million-lawsuits-still-on-the-horizon/ "cannot be fixed or made compatible with democracy"

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2084557-dolphins-have-a-language-that-helps-them-solve-problems-together/ isn't that rather big, if confirmed?

A tiny forest tribe built a DIY drone from YouTube to fight off illegal loggers - http://qz.com/662530/a-tiny-forest-tribe-built-a-diy-drone-from-youtube-to-fight-off-illegal-loggers/ fab

#Copyright law for the blind needs fine-tuning: Geist - https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/04/18/copyright-law-for-the-blind-needs-fine-tuning-geist.html #canada

Klage gegen Demokratiezerstörung durch #CETA eingereicht! - https://www.change.org/p/b%C3%BCrgerklage-gegen-ceta/u/16267346 more great stuff from germany #de

160417

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160416 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/160416.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

.@Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/17/edward-snowden-on-police-pursuing-journalist-data-the-scandal-is-what-the-law-allows #surveillance

How much power should governments have to snoop on what we share online? - http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/04/encryption-160416145826188.html me + others on @aljzeeraNEWS yesterday

Barn conversion leads to amazing find of palatial Roman villa - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/17/amazing-find-roman-villa reminds us how much amazing stuff still to be found

Boaty McBoatface wins poll to name polar research vessel - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/17/boaty-mcboatface-wins-poll-to-name-polar-research-vessel come on,@NERCscience, the people have spoken..

Interview mit Niesco Dubbelboer zum geplanten Niederlande-Referendum über #TTIP und #CETA - https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/interview_niesco_dubbelboer.html interesting background

GP waiting times crisis revealed in Labour research - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/17/gp-appointment-waiting-times-crisis-revealed-in-labour-research "did not get an appointment at all the last time they tried"

Clegg accuses Theresa May of tampering with drug report - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/17/nick-clegg-accuses-theresa-may-drug-report-conservatives "attempting to delete sentences"

Experts warn of health threat from removal of diesel particulate filters - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/17/diesel-particulate-filter-removal-air-pollution-department-for-transport rapid action needed #london

Khan has pole position in race to be #London mayor - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/17/sadiq-khan-pole-position-race-london-mayor-zak-goldsmith "Goldsmith has been seeking to stir mistrust": unacceptable

Artist threatened with lawsuits if she sells nude Donald #Trump painting - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/17/nude-donald-trump-painting-illma-gore-lawsuits

Why the fight for #GMO labeling is (possibly) over - http://resourceinsights.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/why-fight-for-gmo-labeling-is-possibly.html how GMO industry's greatest victory will be its ultimate defeat

.@BootsUK could face regulator's investigation after Guardian report - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/17/boots-regulator-investigation-general-pharmaceutical-council-nhs too right; tragic the decline caused by greed

Pressure mounts on Jeremy Hunt over handling of junior doctors’ dispute - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/17/pressure-mounts-on-jeremy-hunt-over-handling-of-junior-doctors-dispute what a shambles; Hunt must go #NHS