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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160511 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/05/160511.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

EU-Canada trade agreement must not be applied before full democratic ratification process - http://www.greens-efa.eu/trade-agreements-15541.html #CETA is rumbling on

Coal made its best case against #climatechange, and lost - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/may/11/coal-made-its-best-case-against-climate-change-and-lost great piece

#TTIPleaks highlight the dangers of regulatory cooperation - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2016/05/ttip-leaks-highlight-dangers-regulatory-cooperation arguably even worse than #ISDS in undermining democracy

After Nine Years Of #Censorship, #Canada Finally Unmuzzles Its Scientists - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160510/07522234396/after-nine-years-censorship-canada-finally-unmuzzles-scientists.shtml just as UK tries to do the same

Wall St. groups threaten to sit out #TPP push - http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/279621-wall-st-groups-threaten-to-sit-out-trade-pact-push want free data flow: same for #TTIP? pity about #privacyshield, then

Passing #TPP and rewarding slave labor is morally reprehensible
- http://getliberty.org/passing-tpp-and-rewarding-slave-labor-is-morally-reprehensible/

Views of European Diplomats in Washington: "possible to reach #TTIP agreement in 2016" - http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/images/publications/Last_Call_for_TTIP_web_0510.pdf shows some are out of touch

New UK #copyright enforcement strategy: “Track down” infringers, brainwash kids - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/05/uk-ip-enforcement-2020-notice-trackdown-teach-kids/ want people to "respect" copyright

BBC iPlayer viewers will need a TV licence to watch programmes online - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/05/bbc-iplayer-viewers-will-need-a-tv-licence-to-watch-programmes-online/ hmm: so how will that work? #identitycards?

Warning to Europe – How the #TTIP Threatens Public Health Care and Pensions - http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/05/michael-hudson-warning-to-europe-how-the-ttip-threatens-public-health-care-and-pensions.html excellent, detailed analysis

One reason there's so much anger about globalization is that we haven't been honest about the price - https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/05/12/getting-straight-about-the-costs-of-trade/ #TPP #TTIP

Open letter to from @EFF to members of the @W3C Advisory Committee - http://boingboing.net/2016/05/12/open-letter-to-from-eff-to-mem.html deeply wrong this is necessary #DRM

Livestock carcass washing rules remain a Canada-EU irritant despite #CETA - https://ipolitics.ca/2016/05/11/livestock-carcass-washing-rules-remain-a-canada-eu-irritant-despite-ceta/ which hasn't been ratified...

Laura Kuenssberg Meet Barbra Streisand - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/05/laura-kuenssberg-meet-barbara-streisand/ nobody can resist the #streisandeffect

You can put #Windows 7 on your wrist if you don't mind the 3-hour boot time - http://mashable.com/2016/05/12/android-wear-windows-7/ pretty normal for any platform, no...?