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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160524 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2016/05/160524.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Poland starts logging primeval Bialowieza forest despite protests - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/poland-starts-logging-primeval-bialowieza-forest-despite-protests shame on #poland for its specious excuses

How the Internet works: Submarine fibre, brains in jars, and coaxial cables - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/ splendidly detailed

Across Europe, distrust of mainstream political parties is on the rise - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/across-europe-distrust-of-mainstream-political-parties-is-on-the-rise maybe they should stop pushing #TTIP et al.

WikiLeaks publishes draft texts of Trade in Services Agreement - https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ 9 more dox: start digging... #TISA

#Xiaomi unveils its first drone — and it costs just $450 for a 4K video model - http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/25/xiaomi-mi-drone/ interesting move

Crunch time for major trade deal on services - http://www.beuc.eu/publications/crunch-time-major-trade-deal-services/html "lack of publicly available texts" #TISA

As Netflix Locks Down Exclusive Disney Rights, The New Walled Gardens Emerge - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160524/07112234533/as-netflix-locks-down-exclusive-disney-rights-new-walled-gardens-emerge.shtml worrying stuff

The tyranny of the algorithm yet again... - http://b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-tyranny-of-algorithm-yet-again.html this is just the start...

Exporting Internet Law through International Trade Agreements: Recalibrating U.S. Trade Policy in the Digital Age - http://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=jlt

#ExxonMobil tried to censor climate scientists to Congress during Bush era - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/25/exxonmobil-climate-change-scientists-congress-george-w-bush @exxonmobil should be sued into ground

Introducing: MyData - http://blog.okfn.org/2016/05/25/introducing-mydata/ "an easy way to see where data about us goes, specify who can use it"