160731

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160730 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160730.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Theresa May pledges £33m boost for fight against slavery in Britain - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/31/theresa-may-pledges-33m-boost-for-fight-against-slavery-in-britain interesting and laudable move

Police in French priest murder case investigate messaging app link - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/31/police-in-jacques-hamel-case-investigate-telegram-messaging-app-link once again, shows #crypto not a problem

Local reporter Sally Murrer: 'Police surveillance destroyed my life, snooper's charter absolutely terrifies me' – http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/local-press-reporter-police-surveillance-destroyed-my-life-the-snoopers-charter-absolutely-terrifies-me/

Netanyahu criticises European ‘support’ for anti-#Israel groups - http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/netanyahu-criticises-european-support-for-anti-israel-groups/ non-violent boycotts are perfectly acceptable

160730

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160729 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160729.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

New Zealand schoolgirls skip class because they can't afford sanitary items - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/30/new-zealand-schoolgirls-skip-class-because-they-cant-afford-sanitary-items appalling; probably happens in UK too

Streit über #TTIP: Vergesst den Freihandel! - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/ttip-vergesst-den-freihandel-kolumne-von-thomas-fricke-a-1105233.html

160729

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160728 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/07/160728.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Racism unleashed: 'Send the lot back' – on the road in post-referendum England - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/racism-brexit-immigration-eu-referendum-post-referendum-boston-least-integrated-town-a7150541.html #WellDoneBrexiters

#1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/1mdb-inside-story-worlds-biggest-financial-scandal-malaysia amazing how little attention has received in West

Apollo astronauts dying of heart disease at 4-5X the rate of normal humans - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/07/apollo-astronauts-dying-of-heart-disease-at-4-5x-the-rate-of-counterparts/ so that's Mars off the holiday list

Not Just In The US: #TPP Meeting More Resistance In #Australia And #Japan, Too - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160726/07000835067/not-just-us-tpp-meeting-more-resistance-australia-japan-too.shtml problems, problems

Use #VPN or proxy in the United Arab Emirates, risk a £400K fine or prison - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/uae-dubai-vpn-fine-prison/ will make online life less secure there

#Tibet: Chinas Bulldozer fahren in buddhistischer Stätte auf - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/china-schickt-wieder-bulldozer-nach-larung-gar-a-1105290.htmlk blatant bullying & vandalism by #china

Transatlantic NGO alliance proposes new rules for food safety and trade - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201607/transatlantic-ngo-alliance-proposes-new-rules-for-food-safety-and-trade v interesting move #TTIP

Farmers are most worried about the ramifications of #TTIP - http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/81-of-farmers-are-worried-about-the-ramifications-of-ttip/# they should be, they are the sacrificial lamb here #ie

‘I was three, making the journey alone’: Ursula Kantorowicz travels on the Kindertransport, 1939 - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/29/ursula-kantorowicz-arrives-at-southampton-kindertransport-germany incredible

Police in Britain fired their guns just seven times in the last year - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-police-shooting-statistics-discharge-firearms-figures-freddie-gray-baton-killings-homicide-a7160391.html kudos to uk police

160728

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160727 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/07/160727.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Privatisation has damaged the economy, says ACCC chief  - http://www.theage.com.au/business/privatisation-has-damaged-the-economy-says-accc-chief-20160726-gqe2c2.html and he's right...

British economy begins to show signs of post-#Brexit slowdown - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/28/health-check-of-key-sectors-post-brexit-vote-counter-growth-figure what the @dailyexpressuk daren't tell its readers

'Wish I Had The Power' To Hack Enemies' Emails, Says Man Very Close To Having Such Power – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160727/14185035089/wish-i-had-power-to-hack-enemies-emails-says-man-very-close-to-having-such-power.shtml

Photographer sues Getty Images for selling photos she donated to public - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/photographer-sues-getty-images-for-selling-photos-she-donated-to-public/ #copyright #pd

Merkel says #TTIP trade deal "absolutely right and important" - http://www.reuters.com/article/eu-usa-ttip-germany-idUSB4N19F00J she's right, it is - for corporates

Ford considers closing factories and raising prices in Europe in wake of #Brexit – https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/28/ford-considers-closing-factories-raising-prices-europe-brexit

Antoine Agoudjian's best photograph: an Armenian man dances for his lost son - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/28/antoine-agoudjian-best-photograph-armenian-man-dances #am

160727

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160726 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160726.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Chinese electronics firm LeEco will acquire TV maker Vizio for $2 billion - http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/07/chinese-electronics-firm-leeco-will-acquire-tv-maker-vizio-for-2-billion/ another interesting move from #china

Irish public wants referendum on #TTIP - poll - http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/public-wants-referendum-on-ttip-poll-34908749.html getting interesting in #Ireland...

#Huawei and GE team up to power industrial IoT - http://readwrite.com/2016/07/26/huawei-ge-iot/ yet more chinese moves...

Hungarian prime minister says migrants are 'poison' and 'not needed' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/26/hungarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-praises-donald-trump er, Hungarians were migrants too, you know?

Mystery ancient human ancestor found in Australasian family tree - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2098566-mystery-ancient-human-ancestor-found-in-australasian-family-tree/ fascinating stuff

Entire website blackholed over one allegedly plagiarised story - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/russia-gazeta-website-blocked-plagiarism/ banning Baku background backups #az #ru

EU appoints chief Brexit negotiator but says he won't speak to UK until Art 50 triggered - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/european-commission-appoints-chief-brexit-negotiator-but-says-he-wont-speak-to-uk-until-article-50-a7157731.html #awkward (v @Asher_Wolf)

This Is What It Was Like To Take Part In The Failed Turkish Coup, In The Words Of The Plotters - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160725/08324835059/this-is-what-it-was-like-to-take-part-failed-turkish-coup-words-plotters.shtml #turkey

biggest threat to the future of the Olympic Games - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/27/biggest-threat-future-olympic-games-rio-2016-ioc-thomas-bach-hosts solution is obvious: pay Greece to hold them permanently

No one told me to ‘go home’ for 16 years. Then we voted for #Brexit  - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/27/no-one-told-me-to-go-home-for-16-years-then-we-voted-for-brexit this is reality, despite apologists' denials

Mexican village uses fireflies to halt deforestation by local logging industry - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/27/mexico-fireflies-piedra-canteada-park-deforestation rare example of good news

160726

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160725 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160725.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Nonagenarian model citizen wants secret #surveillance data on him deleted - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/john-catt-echr-secret-surveillance/ what a hero

The Internet Of Things Is a Security And Privacy Dumpster Fire And The Check Is About To Come Due - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160725/09460835061/internet-things-is-security-privacy-dumpster-fire-check-is-about-to-come-due.shtml yup; great stuff

160725

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160724 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/07/160724.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Mass killing of elephants: Will the EU go on turning a blind  eye? - http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/opinion/mass-killing-of-elephants-will-the-eu-go-on-turning-a-blind-eye/ appalling stance by @EU_Commission – shame

Researchers Who Exposed #VW Gain Little Reward From Success - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/business/vw-wvu-diesel-volkswagen-west-virginia.html?_r=0 NB not US gov that spotted this, but indy researchers

A massive trade in services deal is running into roadblocks from the European Union - http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-trade/2016/07/pence-the-change-is-gonna-be-huge-215455 #TISA in trouble, like #TTIP

"Wir wollen kein #TTIP um jeden Preis" - http://www.spdfraktion.de/presse/statements/lambrecht-kein-ttip-um-jeden-preis "Private Schiedsgerichte ... wird es mit uns nicht  geben"

#China orders top Internet firms Sina, Tencent to halt original news reporting - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/china-sina-tencent-original-news-reporting-ban/ more bad stuff #censorship

Official: #Yahoo snapped up by Verizon in £3.7 billion deal - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/07/verizon-buys-yahoo-folds-business-into-aol/ sad end...

China's coal peak hailed as turning point in #climatechange battle - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/25/china-coal-peak-hailed-turning-point-climate-change-battle kudos to #China; but to be undone by Trump...?

Verizon Buys Yahoo In $4.8 Billion Attempt To Bore The Internet To Death - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160725/06401135057/verizon-buys-yahoo-48-billion-attempt-to-bore-internet-to-death.shtml ha! great headline



160724

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160723 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160723.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

EU considers migration ‘emergency brake’ for UK for up to seven years - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/24/brexit-deal-free-movement-exemption-seven-years hmmm, not sure how that would work, but hey

Trump: EU was formed 'to beat the US at making money' - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/24/donald-trump-eu-was-formed-to-beat-the-us-at-making-money sounds like a good reason to be a member...

Dover port delays: families stuck on roads told chaos will last until Monday - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/23/port-of-dover-seven-hour-delays-border-checks-france a reminder of what borders can do

160723

#China To Ban Ad Blockers As Part Of New Regulations For Online Advertising – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160721/00150235024/china-to-ban-ad-blockers-as-part-new-regulations-online-advertising.shtml#comments

Isis claims responsibility for Kabul fatal bomb attack on Hazara protesters - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/23/hazara-minority-targeted-by-suicide-bombs-at-kabul-protest NB: muslim victims again...

Kaine comes out against Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal - http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/kaine-comes-out-against-trans-pacific-partnership-deal-226064 important shift from just earlier this week #TPP

Huge toxic algae bloom sickens >100 in Utah amid heatwave - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/22/toxic-algae-bloom-utah-lake-100-sick-heatwave so, maybe time to address those environmental problems

Erasmus scheme may exclude British students after Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jul/23/erasmus-scheme-exclude-british-students-brexit another mighty victory achieved by #brexiters

As Trump backers praise Brexit, UK and US are nations united in rage - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/22/donald-trump-backers-praise-brexit-uk-us-nations-united-rage-republicans-us-election Dark Ages 2.0

160721

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160720 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160720.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Why untangling UK industry from Europe may be 'impossible' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/21/brexit-untangling-uk-industry-europe-german-manufacturing-single-market-bavaria some seem to think "complicated" can just be ignored

Julia Reda MEP discusses the harmonisation of #copyright law, IP enforcement and #Brexit - http://kluwercopyrightblog.com/2016/07/20/julia-reda-mep-discusses-harmonisation-copyright-law-ip-enforcement-brexit/ and does so well...

Florida police shoot black man lying down with arms in air - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/21/florida-police-shoot-black-man-lying-down-with-arms-in-air I am astonished at forbearance of the black community

Just As We Warned: A Chinese Tech Giant Goes On The Patent Attack -- In East Texas - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160718/06573135006/just-as-we-warned-chinese-tech-giant-goes-patent-attack-east-texas.shtml #china

EFF Lawsuit Challenges DMCA's Digital Locks Provision As First Amendment Violation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160721/10223135031/eff-lawsuit-challenges-dmcas-digital-locks-provision-as-first-amendment-violation.shtml a biggie #copyright

Ed Snowden and Andrew "bunnie" Huang announce a malware-detecting smartphone case - http://boingboing.net/2016/07/21/ed-snowden-and-andrew-bunnie.html exciting

US eyes quick post-#Brexit trade deal with UK to get stalled #TTIP moving - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/uk-us-post-brexit-trade-deal/ likely to have #ISDS red in tooth & claw

160720

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160719 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160719.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Hottest June marks 14th month of record-breaking temperatures - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/20/june-2016-14th-consecutive-month-of-record-breaking-heat-says-us-agencies when do denialists wake up? when they're on fire?

Boris Johnson grilled over past ‘outright lies’ at uneasy press conference - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/19/boris-johnson-grilled-past-outright-lies-uneasy-press-conference-john-kerry journos must do this at every presser

'World’s saddest polar bear' exhibited in Chinese shopping centre - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/20/worlds-saddest-polar-bear-chinese-shopping-centre disgraceful animal abuse in #china

Google, Microsoft can’t be forced to censor “torrent“ searches, Paris court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/paris-court-snep-torrent-search/

Ceta erlaubt Klagen gegen öffentliche Versorger in Deutschland - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ceta-erlaubt-klagen-gegen-wasserwirtschaft-a-1103741.html bad #CETA

Chinese Electronics Retailers Join Forces For E-commerce Push - http://www.chinatechnews.com/2016/07/16/23769-chinese-electronics-retailers-join-forces-for-e-commerce-push interesting move #china

Earth-friendly EOMA68 Computing Devices - https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop "freely-accessible royalty-free, unencumbered hardware standard"

"Scottish plans to somehow remain in the EU despite the UK’s Leave vote were “impracticable”. - http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/may-warns-against-scottish-eu-hopes-ahead-of-merkel-talks/ independence, then?

Referendum on Irish reunification is a ‘possibility’ after #Brexit - http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/referendum-on-irish-reunification-is-a-possibility/ so that's Scotland, NI...not much UK left

Reducing Adobe Flash Usage in Firefox - https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/07/20/reducing-adobe-flash-usage-in-firefox/ can't happen too quickly

Turkey Blocks Wikileaks After It Dumps Nearly 300,000 Turkish Gov't Emails - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160720/00453335015/turkey-blocks-wikileaks-after-it-dumps-nearly-300000-turkish-govt-emails.shtml question is: what's in them?

160719

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160718 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160718.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK’s #DRIPA spy law is legal if safeguards in place, says top EU court advisor - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/dripa-not-illegal-if-safeguards-in-place-eu-advocate-general/ #IPBill

Defeat Of Philip Morris In #ISDS Case Against Uruguay Likely To Open Floodgates For Tobacco Packaging Legislation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160713/10043734962/defeat-philip-morris-corporate-sovereignty-case-against-uruguay-likely-to-open-floodgates-tobacco-packaging-legislation.shtml

Philippines won't honour UN climate deal, says president - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/19/philippines-wont-honour-un-paris-climate-deal-president-duterte well, the typhoons smashing your country won't care, mate

Security in-a-Box - https://securityinabox.org/en/guides-linux "instructions to help you install and use the most essential digital security sw & services."

Monster shark fishing tournaments face growing pressure to reform - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/19/atlantic-shark-hunting-tournaments-endangered-species bunch of egoistical barbarians

"risk that the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU could prove to be worse than expected" - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/19/imf-cuts-uk-growth-forecasts-following-brexit-vote #brexit

Theresa May wrong to pass spy law, and DRIPA opinion proves it—MP says - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/theresa-may-wrong-to-pass-spy-law-dripa-opinion-tom-watson/ AG opinion stronger than thought #IPBill

The Importance of Following Community-Oriented Principles in GPL Enforcement Work - https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/jul/19/patrick-mchardy-gpl-enforcement/ "always seek compliance"

160718

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160717 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160717.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UN criticises UK and Germany for betraying Paris climate deal - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/18/un-criticises-uk-and-german-for-betraying-the-spirit-of-the-paris-climate-deal just the start for UK's downward spiral

#Trident vote is a contemptible trick - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/17/trident-vote-abstaining-nuclear-submarines?CMP=twt_gu wasting money we don't have on something we don't control, & could never use

"#Brexit supporters are far more likely than Remain supporters to support #IPBilll" - https://www.onlineprivacyfoundation.org/opf-research/psychological-biases/attitudes-to-privacy-among-eu-referendum-voters/ well, obvs #policestate

"We could have led on the Digital Single Market, but instead we will be having to follow." - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmbis/87/87.pdf #WellDoneBrexiters

Turkish president uses FaceTime to call people out onto streets during coup - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/turkey-coup-president-facetime/ interesting times #TurkeyCoupAttempt

Kerry to embark on EU roadshow to promote #TTIP - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/kerry-to-embark-on-eu-roadshow-to-promote-ttip/ oh, yeah, that'll work...

GOP Congressman Who Backed Fast-Track Announces Opposition To #TPP - https://bost.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bost-pledges-oppose-trans-pacific-partnership #awkward

New trade deals legalise corporate theft, make farmers’ seeds illegal - https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5511-new-trade-deals-legalise-corporate-theft-make-farmers-seeds-illegal #TPP #RCEP

160717

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160716 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160716.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Inside The Playlist Factory - https://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/the-unsung-heroes-of-the-music-streaming-boom excellent analysis of rise and role of playlists in modern life

Abuse victim ‘appalled at intimidation’ by church - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/17/catholic-abuse-victim-accused-of-stalking-after-confronting-priest ah, #christianity, all love & forgiveness...

A hard truth for Leave voters: #Brexit means big government - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/17/brexit-means-big-government-hard-truth-leave-voters bad luck, you were had, if you thought otherwise

Micheál Martin says Ireland could see 'reunification referendum' - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/17/micheal-martin-says-ireland-could-see-reunification-referendum if only someone had foreseen this; oh, wait...



160716

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160715 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/160715.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

US Navy banned from using sonar that harms dolphins and walruses - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/16/us-navy-banned-from-using-sonar-that-harms-dolphins-and-walruses at last

160715

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160714 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160714.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP: #Australia wants to steal US medicine patents, Senator Orrin Hatch says - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-15/orrin-hatch-accuses-australia-of-using-tpp-to-steal-patents/7629740 the man's absurd

Leadsom vows to continue with UK's climate commitments - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/05/leadsom-vows-to-continue-with-uks-climate-commitments from last week; let's hope she means it

AstraZeneca Tries To Use 'Orphan Drug' Designation To Extend Patent Life Of Top-Selling Pill - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160712/08092334945/astrazeneca-tries-to-use-orphan-drug-designation-to-extend-patent-life-top-selling-pill.shtml #pharma

Air pollution causes wrinkles and premature ageing, new research shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/15/air-pollution-causes-wrinkles-and-premature-ageing-new-research-shows another reason to sort #london's problem

How the #TTIP Could Make Ethical Meat Harder to Find - http://civileats.com/2016/07/12/how-the-ttip-could-make-ethical-meat-harder-to-find/ bring on the mega-factory farms...bring on animal suffering

#TTIP: EU-US trade deal faces major challenges - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36808129 if even the @BBC notices, it must be bad...

EU-US negotiators falter to make decisive progress on #TTIP, destabilised by Brexit - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/eu-us-negotiators-falter-to-make-decisive-progress-on-ttip-destabilised-by-brexit/ text "by the end of September"

160714

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160713 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160713.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Critics attack “shameful” culture MEPs vote on disabled access to digital services - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/disabled-access-digital-services-avms-european-parliament/ what???

PM’s new #Brexit chief is currently suing government over spying tactics - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/brief-minister-david-davis-is-suing-government-dripa/ #awkward

Did #TTIP push the EU to scrap precaution on endocrine disruptors? - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/did-ttip-push-the-eu-to-scrap-precaution-on-endocrine-disruptors/ have a guess... #precautionaryprinciple

#China Forbids The Use Of English Words In Mobile Games - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160711/01210634931/china-forbids-use-english-words-mobile-games.shtml uh-huh

Corporate Meat's Takeover through #TTIP - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201607/corporate-meats-takeover-through-ttip bad for us, awful for the environment

160713

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160712 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160712.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Taking the pulse on global trade deals - http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/82056233/pattrick-smellie-taking-the-pulse-on-global-trade-deals have they had their day? yup... #TPP #TTIP #TISA

Theresa May, the UK’s spy queen and new prime minister - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/theresa-may-prime-minister-spy-queen-investigatory-powers/ will it now be easier or harder for #IPBill to pass?

Goodwin Sands SOS - Stop the Dredge! - https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/goodwin-sands-sos-stop-the-dredge sorry, URL doesn't work in last tweet; pl. use this

Watch out, Theresa May! Max Schrems is coming for your planned spy law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/max-schrems-theresa-may-privacy-brexit-investigatory-powers/ this is hugely important #brexit #IPBill

Liveblog - Was passiert gerade bei der 14. Verhandlungsrunde zu #TTIP in Brüssel? - https://correctiv.org/recherchen/ttip/liveblog/ good stuff, well-worth reading

After #Brexit, Achieving Trade Justice For All - http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/07/08/after-brexit-achieving-trade-justice-all not going to be easy, au contraire...

Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect madness

France Might Allow NGOs To Sell Public Domain Seeds To Non-Commercial Buyers. Might? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160712/01241934940/france-might-allow-ngos-to-sell-public-domain-seeds-to-non-commercial-buyers-might.shtml weird

#TTIP proposal casts doubt on G20 climate pledge, leaked EU doc shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/ttip-proposal-casts-doubt-on-g20-climate-pledge-leaked-eu-draft-shows oh, look: another betrayal by @EU_Commission

Misuse of CC-licensed photo leads to apologies, recovery of legal costs - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/creative-commons-photo-misused-lawsuit/ #CC does not mean #PD

Action to cut food waste gains momentum across Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/action-to-cut-food-waste-gains-momentum-across-europe makes a lot of sense; let's do it

Bad hair days for François Hollande over €10,000 coiffeur bill - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/bad-hair-days-for-francois-hollande-over-10000-coiffeur-bill can't think why...

Dan Bull Theresa May rap - https://youtu.be/xv7Jd94bnOI bit short, but some nice touches

Study launch: The EU can achieve data protection-proof trade agreements - https://edri.org/study-launch-eu-can-achieve-data-protection-proof-trade-agreements/ but will it? #TTIP #CETA #TISA

#TPP Will Have 'Overall Negative Consequences' For #Canada's Auto Industry - https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2016/07/Devil_is_in_the_Details.pdf

May says she will lead a one nation government - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/jul/13/pmqs-cameron-may-reshuffle-labour-leadership-bid-as-mcdonnell-defends-claim-that-anti-corbyn-plotters-fucking-useless-politics-live?page=with:block-57867645e4b073c22786c132#block-57867645e4b073c22786c132 can't help thinking of Thatcher’s similar words when she became PM

A massive heat wave is poised to envelop the U.S. from coast to coast next week - http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/massive-july-heat-wave-coming-us/ strange, I can't think why

Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls #TPP passage unlikely - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/07/12/obamas-trade-agenda-losing-critical-support-as-mcconnell-calls-tpp-passage-unlikely/

Good News: Carla Hayden Easily Approved As The New Librarian Of Congress - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160713/13432334965/good-news-carla-hayden-easily-approved-as-new-librarian-congress.shtml big #openaccess supporter too, I believe

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160711 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160711.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#NZ: Consultation on proposed patent term extension regulations for #TPP - http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/business/intellectual-property/tpp-intellectual-property-chapter/consultation-on-proposed-patent-term-extension-regulations make your views known

#Sweden Considers Making #DNA Donated Purely For Medical Research Available To Police And Insurance Companies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160710/23284234929/sweden-considers-making-dna-donated-purely-medical-research-available-to-police-insurance-companies.shtml

Europe: Stop the #elephant slaughter! - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/global_ivory_ban_loc_en2/ outrageously stupid behaviour by @EU_Commission  pl. sign epetition #ivory

#Brexit aftershock: British researchers already being dropped from EU projects - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/07/brexit-british-researchers-dropped-eu-projects-survey/ & so it begins…

Israeli settlements: EU fails to act on its diplomats' report - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/israeli-settlements-eu-fails-to-act-on-its-diplomats-report spinelessness

UK has Entered Recession say Barclays - https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/economics/5177-uk-gdp-forecasts-2016-2017-barclays well, should lower our carbon emissions, at least (v @NafeezAhmed)#brexit

#Brexit could take up to six years to complete, says Philip Hammond - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/brexit-could-take-up-to-six-years-to-complete-says-philip-hammond at least, matey....

“It is clear that there can be no better deal with EU than EU membership” - president of the European parliament - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/theresa-may-brexit-talks-eu-after-summer-martin-schulz

Designing a knowledge commons for academic publishing - https://medium.com/@jimmytidey/designing-knowledge-commons-to-improve-academic-publishing-59d118c2b04c#.lv0fev1hn useful way of looking at things #openaccess

Bernie Sanders officially endorses Hillary Clinton for president - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/12/bernie-sanders-supports-hillary-clinton-president so who will be her VP choice?

New Orion image hints at a wealth of Earth-sized planets awaiting discovery - https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2016/jul/12/new-orion-image-hints-at-a-wealth-of-earth-sized-planets-awaiting-discovery exciting; let's cancel wars & do this

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160710 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160710.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

In the US, #Brexit has become a shorthand for ‘Sorry your country failed’ - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/in-us-brexit-shorthand-for-sorry-your-country-failed-eu-referendum "Brexit has broken Brand Britain."

the battle to outpace hackers in the cyber race - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/07/10/from-gchq-to-google-the-battle-to-outpace-hackers-in-the-cyber-r/ if a 15-year-old can break in to your network, it's your fault

The Israelis and Palestinians who work together in peace - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/11/israel-jews-arabs-palestinians-work-together-peace this is great to see #israel #palestine

"subjecting all travellers entering and leaving the EU to mandatory fingerprint checks and facial scans" - http://statewatch.org/news/2016/jul/eu-ees-fingerprints.htm #brexit

#TTIP leak rebuts EU pledge to tackle #climatechange, say green activists - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/ttip-leak-rebuts-eu-climate-change-pledge/ so much for sustainability

"One of the first tasks to confront a new prime minister is to write the 'letter of last resort'." - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/jul/11/andrea-leadsom-apologises-to-theresa-may-politics-live?page=with:block-5783c114e4b0630007c6b67d#block-5783c114e4b0630007c6b67d fascinating

Commission asked to crack down on YouTube, Spotify, Netflix in #copyright bill - http://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/commission-asked-to-crack-down-on-youtube-spotify-netflix-in-copyright-bill/ whiny whiners whine again...

A dwarf planet half the size of Britain has been found tumbling through space - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/11/astronomers-discover-distant-dwarf-planet-beyond-neptune-2015-rr245 AKA post-#brexit UK, lost in space

FOSSA - Now we need feedback by the real experts - http://k7r.eu/fossa-now-we-need-feedback-by-the-real-experts/ "to increase security of Free Software used by EU institutions"

Polish Authorities Demand British Law Enforcement Interrogate #Tor Exit Node Operator About Info He Doesn't Have - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160711/09043034934/polish-authorities-demand-british-law-enforcement-interrogate-tor-exit-node-operator-about-information-he-doesnt-have.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160709 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160709.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

NBC Universal Scores Patent to Detect and Target Pirates - https://torrentfreak.com/nbc-universal-scores-patent-to-detect-and-target-pirates-160710/ could circumvent using automatic spawning of mini-swarms

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160708 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160708.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Activists Cheer EU's 'Right To Explanation' For Algorithmic Decisions, How Will It Work When Nothing To Explain? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160708/11040034922/activists-cheer-eus-right-to-explanation-algorithmic-decisions-how-will-it-work-when-theres-nothing-to-explain.shtml

Westphalexit - https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/09/westphalexit/ interesting analysis in the wake of the #brexit fiasco, especially for londoners...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160707 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160707.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK’s secret, ongoing mass surveillance rigorously frisked by watchdog - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/uk-secret-ongoing-mass-surveillance-iocco-report-section-94-telecommunications-act/ no info, no limits, no oversight, no nothing

#Brexit causes resurgence in pro-EU leanings across continent - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/08/brexit-causes-resurgence-in-pro-eu-leanings-across-continent learning from our self-harming blunders...

thought #TTIP was dead? With Brexit we’ll get same thing, on steroids - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/08/ttip-dead-brexit-brussels-free-market people were wrong if they thought otherwise