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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160830 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160830.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#brexiters: "voters felt pushed to the margins of society & left behind" - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/30/divisions-emerge-as-whitehall-draws-up-brexit-scenarios fair point; but they will suffer most now

New U.S. Policy: Kill the Kurds - http://www.alternet.org/world/us-policy-killing-kurds this is just insane...

'Trade Deals' & Corporate Sovereignty: How Convicted Executives Escape Punishment - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160828/23312735376/trade-deals-corporate-sovereignty-how-convicted-executives-escape-punishment.shtml #ISDS #TTIP #CETA

#TISA, 'secret privatisation pact that poses threat to democracy' - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ttip-trade-deal-new-what-is-tisa-privatisation-pact-secret-threat-to-democracy-a7216296.html yup: negates that "taking back control" #brexit

#TTIP has “de facto failed,” so activists ramp up fight against #CETA trade deal - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/ttip-has-de-facto-failed-ceta/ EU chorus of disapproval

Smartphone makers: Go niche or go home (and why I love the Cat S60) - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/cat-s60-specialised-phones/ good point

Speak Polish and die - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27822 the bitter fruit of #brexit

Electric vehicles – It’s not just about the car - http://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-mccrone-electric-vehicles-not-just-car/ great, wide-ranging analysis

James Comey Claims He Wants An 'Adult Conversation' About #Encryption; Apparently 'Adults' Ignore Experts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160831/00094935397/james-comey-claims-he-wants-adult-conversation-about-encryption-apparently-adults-ignore-experts.shtml

Poaching drives huge 30% decline in Africa's savanna elephants - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/poaching-drives-huge-30-decline-in-africas-savannah-elephants depressing and shameful

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Tories’ failure to halt ivory trade ‘risks extinction of elephants’  - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/27/tories-failure-halt-ivory-trade-risks-extinction-of-elephants particularly heinous manifesto betrayal

#Netneutrality guidelines land in EU, provide fuzzy rules on fast lanes - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/europe-net-neutrality-guidelines-zero-rating/ probably as good as we are likely to get

Germany's Gabriel: "we need to make sure that we don’t allow Britain to keep the nice things" - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/29/uk-must-pay-for-brexit-or-eu-is-in-deep-trouble-says-german-minister #WellDoneBrexiters

Diplomat: Triggering Article 50 will be like turning the engines off on an airplane - http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-options-sought-as-merkels-radio-silence-complicates-path-to-soft-brexit-landing-2016-8 great metaphor (v @swardley)

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160818 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160818.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Recording Industry Whines That It's Too Costly To Keep #Copyright Terms At Life Plus 50, Instead Of Life Plus 70 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160818/16525535278/recording-industry-whines-that-too-costly-to-keep-copyright-terms-life-plus-50-instead-life-plus-70.shtml

160818

Who Should Get The Benefits When You Donate Your #DNA For Research? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160816/05200035252/who-should-get-benefits-when-you-donate-your-dna-research.shtml good question... #ethics

Russian MP seeks to decriminalise domestic violence - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/18/russian-mp-seeks-to-decriminalise-domestic-violence corporal punishment: "essential right given to parents by God"

#TPP clause 'not making copyright easy to understand' - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/311316/tpp-clause-'not-making-copyright-easy-to-understand' incredible: #copyright maximalists want it all now, no wait

Hitler Finds Out Trump is Losing Every Poll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6KkYQGSwM well, it had to happen...

#FSFE summit 2016 - https://fsfe.org/community/events/2016/summit/frontpage "to bring together FSFE members and supporters from all over Europe" #freesw

#Brexiters: Team GB's Olympics success shows UK can thrive outside EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/17/team-gbs-olympics-success-shows-uk-can-thrive-outside-eu-say-brexiters success created while UK part of EU, so...

‘Serious’ Risks for Hollywood if #TPP Doesn’t Pass - http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/trans-pacific-partnership-michael-froman-hollywood-1201764968/ risk??? - of entering the public domain, as promised? #pd



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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160815 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160815.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Towards Open Science: Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System - https://zenodo.org/record/60054 #blockchains get everywhere

Physicist explaining climate change to a skeptic on TV is grim viewing - http://mashable.com/2016/08/15/brian-cox-climate-change-qanda/ </sigh> thanks for trying, though

Mumbai Beach clean-up highlights marine waste epidemic - http://boingboing.net/2016/08/15/mumbai-beach-clean-up-highligh.html this is how we treat the sea...

Disasters like Louisiana floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/16/louisiana-flooding-natural-disaster-weather-climate-change 8th "once in every 500-year event"

Fears of global yellow fever epidemic grow as vaccine stocks dwindle - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/aug/16/fears-of-global-yellow-fever-epidemic-grow-as-vaccine-stocks-dwindle when will we listen to experts, who saw this?

Second phase of world's biggest offshore windfarm gets go-ahead  - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/16/hornsea-project-two-windfarm-second-phase-grimsby welcome news for #UK energy

University Tracks Students' Movements Using WiFi, But Says It's OK Because It's Not Tracking Students - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/06340735224/university-tracks-students-movements-using-wifi-says-ok-because-not-tracking-students.shtml oh, right

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160814 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160814.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'The blob': how marine heatwaves causing unprecedented climate chaos - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/15/the-blob-how-marine-heatwaves-are-causing-unprecedented-climate-chaos new variations on #globalwarming awfulness

Canada's trade deal with EU a model for Brexit? Not quite, insiders say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/brexit-canada-trade-deal-eu-model-next-steps these people are utterly delusional #CETA

'Brutal but effective': why Team GB is winning so many Olympic medals - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/15/brutal-but-effective-why-team-gb-is-winning-so-many-olympic-medals  interesting economic analysis

Why Apple Removing The Audio Jack From The iPhone Would Be A Very, Very, Very, Bad Move - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/16502635229/why-apple-removing-audio-jack-iphone-would-be-very-very-very-bad-move.shtml #DRM is your bitter enemy

Online crime: UK cops to use law firms to tackle fraud in civil courts - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/uk-police-to-use-law-firms-to-tackle-online-crime-fraud/ OK, or slippery slope to privatised police?

Warning sign: July 2016 ranks as Earth's hottest month on record - http://mashable.com/2016/08/15/earth-hottest-month-july-2016/ warning indeed, that we still don't heed

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160813 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160813.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Louisiana flooding cuts off roads and thousands of homes - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/14/louisiana-flooding-cuts-off-roads-homes "calling the floods unprecedented and historic"

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160812 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160812.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Guccifer 2.0 doxes hundreds of US politicians with massive document dump - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/guccifer-2-0-doxes-hundreds-of-house-democrats-with-massive-document-dump/ really bad in current climate of hatred

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160811 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160811.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Archivists Grapple With Problems Of Preserving Recent Culture Held On Tape Cassettes And Floppy Drives - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160809/08141135195/archivists-grapple-with-problems-preserving-recent-culture-held-tape-cassettes-floppy-drives.shtml tricky

#Encryption battle: France in global call to “deal with” messaging apps http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/encryption-france-global-call-messaging-apps/ </facepalm>

Guardian is spending a year reporting on plight of world's elephant population - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/12/why-the-guardian-is-spending-a-year-reporting-on-the-plight-of-the-worlds-elephant-population imagine a world without elephants

Sierra Club: Obama Administration’s #TPP Push “All for show” - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/08/sierra-club-obama-administration-s-tpp-push-all-show

Polls suggest Iceland's Pirate party may form next government - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/12/polls-suggests-icelands-pirate-party-form-next-government wow, fabulous; let's hope so

Hackers Can Open All Of Them - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/10515435227/volkswagen-created-backdoor-to-basically-all-cars-now-hackers-can-open-all-them.shtml what not to do

160811

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160810 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160810.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'This is who I am', says first female MP to wear Māori facial tattoo in NZ parliament - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/11/first-woman-mp-maori-facial-tattoo-nz-parliament-moko-kauae nice revitalisation

Trump calls Obama the 'founder of Isis' - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/11/donald-trump-calls-barack-obama-the-founder-of-isis I think you'll find that was Bush and Blair...

Golden Eagles disappear too – mostly over grouse moors - http://markavery.info/2016/08/11/golden-eagles-disappear-grouse-moors/ time ban this destructive & barbaric "sport"

Balkan wildlife faces extinction threat from border fence to control migrants - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/11/balkan-wildlife-faces-extinction-threat-from-border-fence-to-control-migrants don't they think this stuff through?

Australia's #CensusFail Goes Into Overdrive -- A Complete And Utter Debacle - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160811/00394035213/australias-census-fail-goes-into-overdrive-complete-utter-debacle.shtml & the world is noticing #ABS

400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest vertebrate animal - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/11/400-year-old-greenland-shark-is-the-oldest-vertebrate-animal incredible stuff if confirmed

#Alibaba posts record growth as #mobile revenue tops desktop for first time - https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/11/alibaba-posts-record-growth-as-mobile-revenue-tops-desktop-for-first-time/ #china

Plan to replant millions of trees in central England slows down - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2100496-plan-to-replant-millions-of-trees-in-central-england-slows-down/ that's a pity

48 hours later, Adblock Plus beats Facebook's adblocker-blocker - http://boingboing.net/2016/08/11/48-hours-later-adblock-plus-b.html and so it goes on

Judge throws the C-bomb right back at convicted racist - http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/judge-c-word-racist-uk/ kudos, Judge Patricia Lynch QC...

Inside eLife: What it costs to publish - https://elifesciences.org/elife-news/inside-elife-what-it-costs-publish interesting stuff #transparency

'Brain training' technique restores feeling and movement to paraplegic patients - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/11/brain-training-technique-restores-feeling-and-movement-to-paraplegics-virtual-reality amazing if confirmed

160810

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160809 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160809.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Building Large-Scale Mesh Networks Using Ubiquitous Software-Defined Radios - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20160808/08405935181/building-large-scale-mesh-networks-using-ubiquitous-software-defined-radios.shtml exciting stuff #SDR

"if this money doesn’t go into the #NHS, I will go mad" - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/09/post-brexit-sunderland-if-this-money-doesnt-go-to-the-nhs-i-will-go-mad?CMP=twt_gu have *you * got a surprise coming, lady... #brexit

Olympics fan claims Twitter killed his account after posting Rio videos [Updated] – http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/olympics-fan-claims-twitter-killed-account-rio-videos/ @twitter ignoring death threats?

US Government Now Has An Official #OpenSource Software Policy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160808/17314335186/us-government-now-has-official-open-source-software-policy.shtml better late than never

160809

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160808 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160808.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

China warns UK relations are at 'historical juncture' over Hinkley Point - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/08/china-warns-uk-relations-historical-juncture-hinkley-point-liu-xiaoming UK "takes back control"? not so much...

Medical Researchers Want Up To Five Years Exclusivity For Clinical Trial Data Derived From Volunteers – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160804/08460835154/medical-researchers-want-up-to-five-years-exclusivity-clinical-trial-data-derived-volunteers.shtml

Olympics fan claims Twitter killed his account after posting Rio videos - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/olympics-fan-claims-twitter-killed-account-rio-videos/ still waiting for you response,@twitter

Your 'Smart' Thermostat Is Now Vulnerable To Ransomware - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160808/07042735180/your-smart-thermostat-is-now-vulnerable-to-ransomware.shtml just the start #IoT

Norway may block UK return to European Free Trade Association - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/09/norway-may-block-uk-return-to-european-free-trade-association well, that's a bit #awkward #brexit

Greenpeace sounds alarm over China's fishing fleet - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/09/greenpeace-sounds-alarm-over-chinas-long-distance-fishing-fleet never mind software, it's #China that will eat the world

Trump hints at assassination of Hillary Clinton by gun rights supporters - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/09/trump-gun-owners-clinton-judges-second-amendment clearly struggling to shock now...

160808

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160807 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160807.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

The real scandal is that you still believe TV licence detector vans are real - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/bbc-tv-licence-vans-wi-fi-snooping-analysis/ … great piece

#NetNeutrality: High quality connectivity and net neutrality go hand in hand - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/NetNeutrality-5G-letter #5g

How millions of trees brought a broken landscape back to life - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/07/national-forest-woodland-midlands-regeneration inspiring story needs to be applied elsewhere

Ridiculous Concept Of 'Value Gap' In Music Services & How It  Could Harm Both Tech Industry & Music Industry - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160803/15263735147/ridiculous-concept-value-gap-music-services-how-it-could-harm-both-tech-industry-music-industry.shtml NB EU

"shooting mother bears with cubs, & even the cubs themselves; targeting bears and wolves from planes" - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/08/alaska-wolf-pack-east-fork-denali-dead-hunting sick people

UK #copyright extension on designed objects is “direct assault” on #3Dprinting - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/uk-copyright-extension-on-designed-objects-is-a-direct-assault-on-3d-printing/ the copyright ratchet at work

160807

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160806 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160806.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Think the north and the poor caused #Brexit? Think again - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/07/north-poor-brexit-myths it was mainly the bigoted and the gullible

Hackers Could Break Into Your Monitor To Spy on You and Manipulate Your Pixels - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hackers-could-break-into-your-monitor-to-spy-on-you-and-manipulate-your-pixels blimey, is nothing safe? (nope)

160806

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160805 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160805.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/05/bbc-to-deploy-detection-vans-to-snoop-on-internet-users/ question: would VPNs mask traffic enough to thwart this?

EU impact assessment: Establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court for investment dispute resolution - http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/docs/2016_trade_024_court_on_investment_en.pdf #ISDS

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160804 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160804.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Rio 2016: top American Olympic shooter Kim Rhode attacks gun-control laws - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/05/rio2016-top-american-olympic-shooter-kim-rhode-attacks-gun-control-laws this woman is sad & ridiculous

Eircode & Public Disservice Announcements - http://disloc8ed.com/blog/2016/08/01/eircode-public-disservice-announcements/ the #eircode saga just gets worse and worse

After The Age Of The PC, Welcome To The Age Of The PD -- The 'Personal Drone' – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160803/05521835141/after-age-pc-welcome-to-age-pd-personal-drone.shtml

Australia decides it should probably study climate science after all - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/08/recently-downsized-australian-climate-science-agency-gets-a-boost/ well, that's a relief

Major Amazon dam opposed by tribes fails to get environmental license - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/05/major-amazon-dam-brazil-opposed-by-tribes-fails-get-environmental-license great news

Austria is capital of radical racism, says Turkish foreign minister - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/05/mevlut-cavusoglu-austria-capital-of-radical-racism-turkey uh-huh

160804

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160803 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160803_3.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Fly the flag for Team GB. It may well be the last hurrah for ‘Britain’ - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/fly-flag-team-gb-last-hurrah-britain-rio-olympics yup: #WellDoneBrexit

 Chinese lawyer who exposed baby milk scandal jailed for subversion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/04/chinese-lawyer-who-exposed-baby-milk-scandal-jailed-for-subversion terrible signal #china

Australians threaten to take leave of their census - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/australia-2016-census-personal-data-retention/ great title, disastrous move by #AU government

#China's Home-Grown Version Of @Spotify Shows How To Make Money In A World Of Digital Abundance – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160801/08513035129/chinas-home-grown-version-spotify-shows-how-to-make-money-world-digital-abundance.shtml

Report: Operating Systems Should Actively Block Pirated Downloads - https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-want-microsoft-ban-pirated-software-windows-160803/ copyright maximalists know no limits..

Labour deputy leader calls on PM to halt plans to wipe old Companies House data - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/companies-house-defunct-companies-tom-watson/ a seriously bad idea, uk gov...

British woman held after being seen reading book about Syria on plane - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/04/british-woman-held-after-being-seen-reading-book-about-syria-on-plane @ThomsonAirways_ you are a disgrace

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160803 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160803.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/climate-crisis-media-relegates-greatest-challenge-hurtle-us-collapse-planet & that's the media's fault...

Khan controversy: Donald Trump fans don’t know or don’t care - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/03/smear-today-gone-tomorrow-khan-controversy-goes-over-trump-fans-hats key to trump's success: stupid, bigoted supporters

Pensioner fills in crossword puzzle art exhibit, claims #copyright of “new” work - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/pensioner-fills-in-crossword-puzzle-art-exhibit-claims-copyright-of-new-work/ (v @c_g_citizen)

The Public To Record The Police – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/08432935102/yes-you-read-that-correctly-china-says-ok-members-public-to-record-police.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160801 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160802.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Mexican rape victim, 13, refused access to abortion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/mexican-victim-13-refused-access-to-abortion horrific: "judge downgrades crime to ‘sexual coercion’" #mx

"It’s time to bring BACK the famous dark blue UK passport" - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1537388/its-time-to-bring-back-the-famous-dark-blue-uk-passport-as-a-symbol-of-our-independence-after-brexit/ Sun continues to incite its bigoted and idiot readers

"if a company so much as tweets a congratulations to an Olympic athlete, that could cost the athlete their medals" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160730/00341435112/how-olympics-bullshit-ban-tweeting-about-olympics-is-harming-olympic-athletes.shtml

A challenge to publishers to justify embargo periods - https://fossilsandshit.com/2016/08/02/a-challenge-to-publishers-to-justify-embargo-periods/ accepting embargoes was a huge mistake #ZeroEmbargoesNow #ZEN

Russian Orthodox church head backs Ivan the Terrible sculpture - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/russian-orthodox-church-head-backs-ivan-the-terrible-sculpture you can't make this stuff up - talk about symbolism

Miller, Trott Urge President Against Forcing Lame-Duck #TPP Vote - https://candicemiller.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/miller-trott-urge-president-against-forcing-lame-duck-tpp-vote if it quacks like a duck, it's probably a dog...

Erdoğan: west is supporting terrorism against Turkey - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/the-west-is-supporting-terrorism-against-turkey-claims-erdogank at least he's making it easy for west to tell him to get lost

160801

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160731 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/07/160801.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Russian spies claim they can now collect #crypto keys—but don’t say how - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/russian-spies-say-they-are-able-to-collect-crypto-keys-but-dont-say-how/ a riddle, wrapped up in a mystery #ru

Getty Makes Nonsensical Statement On Photographer Carol Highsmith's Lawsuit For Falsely Claiming Copyright – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/13362135105/getty-makes-nonsensical-statement-photographe...

John McCain issues blistering statement on Donald Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/01/donald-trump-muslim-american-soldier-hillary-clinton-election-live?page=with:block-579f5851e4b06a1d8acefc97#block-579f5851e4b06a1d8acefc97 McCain is a man of decency, unlike some...