160928

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160927 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160927.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Local Lawyers Challenge New Kuwaiti Law Creating Mandatory DNA Database Of All Citizens And Visitors - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160926/08210835631/local-lawyers-challenge-new-kuwaiti-law-creating-mandatory-dna-database-all-citizens-visitors.shtml well done

The Internet Of Poorly Secured Things Is Fueling Unprecedented, Massive New DDoS Attacks - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160926/09571235632/internet-poorly-secured-things-is-fueling-unprecedented-massive-new-ddos-attacks.shtml great headline #IoT

Cloud providers draw battle lines against #TISA, will keep personal data in the EU - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/cloud-providers-draw-battle-lines-against-tisa-will-keep-personal-data-in-the-eu/ big fight coming

Putin will recreate KGB by merging FSB with foreign intelligence service—report - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/putin-kgb-mgb-combined-svr-fsb/ interesting times... #russia

'Horrible spike' in hate crime linked to Brexit vote, Met police say - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/28/hate-crime-horrible-spike-brexit-vote-metropolitan-police #WellDoneBrexiters

help IFAW protect #elephants from being stolen from the wild. http://www.ifaw.org/united-kingdom/get-involved/help-protect-wild-elephants elephants need our help urgently

Big Pharma lobbying in #TTIP: Bad news for patients - http://www.bilaterals.org/?big-pharma-lobbying-in-ttip-bad

MEPs protest industry “reading room” for secret glyphosate studies - http://www.gmwatch.org/news/latest-news/17241-meps-protest-industry-reading-room-for-secret-glyphosate-studies appalling lack of transparency for health issue

EU’s new lobbying rules are timid, shameless say transparency orgs - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/eu-commission-lobbying-transparency-register/  “mandatory,” but not legally binding - riight

Senate overrides Obama's veto of bill letting families sue Saudi Arabia - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/28/senate-obama-veto-september-11-bill-saudi-arabia "US vulnerable to retaliatory litigation"

Executive Director post now being recruited at War on Want - http://prospect-us.co.uk/jobs/details/hq00168078 £70K salary....

#Pangolins thrown a lifeline at global wildlife summit with total trade ban - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/pangolins-thrown-a-lifeline-at-global-wildlife-summit-with-total-trade-ban hooray, at last - hope it helps

160927

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160926 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160926.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Are #Brexit and EU’s new unitary patent plans inherently incompatible? - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/brexit-eu-unitary-patent-plans-legal-analysis/ well, this is a bit awkward #UPC #patents

Revealed: how senior Laos officials cut deals with animal traffickers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/27/revealed-how-senior-laos-officials-cut-deals-with-animal-traffickers time for serious sanctions against #laos

ICC sentences Islamic militant to nine years for Timbuktu destruction - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/timbuktu-shrines-icc-sentences-islamic-militant-nine-years-destruction-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi important precedent

A GUE/NGL report - CETA: TTIP in a canadian disguise - http://www.guengl.eu/uploads/publications-documents/CETA_Sept_2016_interactive.pdf everyone's saying it…

IMF study warns free trade seen as benefiting 'only a fortunate few' - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/27/international-monetary-fund-world-economic-outlook-globalisation-free-trade no, surely not? #TTIP #CETA #TPP #TISA

EU's Proposed #Copyright Directive Likely To Be A Wonderful Gift -- 4 US Internet Giants - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160923/09161035602/eus-proposed-copyright-directive-is-likely-to-be-wonderful-gift-us-internet-giants.shtml well done,@EU_Commission

160926

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160925 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160925.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TTIP on its deathbed, but #CETA moves forward despite growing concerns - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/ttip-dying-ceta-new-analysis/ new reports detail key problems

criminals making millions from illegal wildlife trafficking - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/26/revealed-the-criminals-making-millions-from-illegal-wildlife-trafficking good work by @guardian; we must support them; I have

Out of sight: the orphanages where disabled children are abandoned - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/sep/26/orphanage-locked-up-disabled-children-lumos-dri-human-rights such sad stuff...

#Switzerland votes for meatier #surveillance law by large margin - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/switzerland-votes-for-meatier-surveillance-law-by-large-margin/ fear could lead to mass snooping #ch

UK government should endorse security of #smartmeters, say MPs - http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/september/uk-government-should-endorse-security-of-smart-meters-say-mps/ designed by GCHQ: yeah, no privacy issues at all

160925

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160924 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160924.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

European Space Agency accused of 'having a problem with promoting women' - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/25/european-space-agency-accused-of-having-a-problem-with-promoting-women needs fixing now

The Democratization of Censorship - http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/the-democratization-of-censorship/ hugely important post: we have a big problem we need to solve

160924

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160923 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/09/160923.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

German Library Claims #Copyright on “Nazi Anthem,” Censors Documentary on YouTube - https://torrentfreak.com/german-library-claims-copyright-nazi-anthem-censors-documentary-youtube-160924/

#TISA and the Privatization of Public Services - http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/23/tisa-and-the-privatization-of-public-services/ yet another threat…

Canadian town steams over Nestlé bid to control local spring water well - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/24/canada-nestle-water-well-bid-centre-wellington no privatisation for the ultimate resource

160923

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160922 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160922.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Why a President Trump will probably be okay, in one simple sentence ... - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11715022 this is very well done

How your Oculus Rift is secretly funding Donald Trump’s racist meme wars - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/how-your-oculus-rift-is-secretly-funding-donald-trumps-racist-meme-wars/ not good

#Norway's wolf cull pits sheep farmers against conservationists - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/23/norways-wolf-cull-pits-sheep-farmers-against-conservationists wolves suffers for farmers' greed & stupidity

Waltham Forest has become the first UK public pension fund to commit to go #fossilfree - https://www.facebook.com/FossilFreeUK/photos/a.120553451465505.1073741826.116369238550593/597213547132824/?type=1&theater kudos; more, please...

Don’t be fooled by #CETA: It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/opinion/dont-be-fooled-by-ceta-its-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/ #ISDS still devastatingly anti-democratic

Macedonia Copyright Collection Group Forces All Macedonian Music Off Of All Macedonian Broadcasts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160921/09435335585/macedonia-copyright-collection-group-forces-all-macedonian-music-off-all-macedonian-broadcasts.shtml ah, #copyright

160922

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160921 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160921.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP gains negated by farm losses - http://canadians.org/media/tpp-gains-negated-farm-losses I missed this before

Blow for Obama's TPP as #Vietnam defers - http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/09/16/blow-obamas-tpp-vietnam-defers more problems for #TPP #vn

Pesticide manufacturers' own tests reveal serious harm to honeybees - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/22/pesticide-manufacturers-own-tests-reveal-serious-harm-to-honeybees oh, what a surprise; not

Help Send Conservancy to Embedded Linux Conference Europe - http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2016/09/21/lf-elc-eu.html

Solar PV Poised to Boom in #Africa Thanks to Declining Costs - http://www.irena.org/menu/index.aspx?mnu=Subcat&PriMenuID=36&CatID=141&SubcatID=2744 be crazy not to adopt this technology widely

Indigenous Australians know we're the oldest living culture – it's in our Dreamtime - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/22/indigenous-australians-know-were-the-oldest-living-culture-its-in-our-dreamtime hope they get more respect

#Belgium unveils plans for its own highly intrusive Snoopers’ Charter - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/belgium-new-surveillance-law/ more bad moves... #surveillance #be

Out of #China’s Dusty Northwest Corner, a #Solar Behemoth Arises - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-20/out-of-china-s-dusty-northwest-corner-a-solar-behemoth-arises "capacity of 2 gigawatts when complete"

ePrivacy Directive: The European Commission Must Commit to Confidentiality of the Communications - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/ePrivacy-open-letter-Commission

Paris Agreement: Saving face and negating Trump - http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/paris-agreement-saving-face-and-negating-trump/ critically important

Biden sees 'less than even chance' of U.S. Congress approving #TPP deal - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-biden-idUSKCN11S03W?il=0 going down

160921

New Economic Study Indicates EU-#Canada Trade Deal Will Cause 'Unemployment, Inequality And Welfare Losses' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160917/03140535548/new-economic-study-indicates-eu-canada-trade-deal-will-cause-unemployment-inequality-welfare-losses.shtml #CETA

375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/sep/21/375-top-scientists-warn-of-real-serious-immediate-climate-threat but most US politicians won't listen

#CETA deal could help investors attack public interest safeguards, new report finds - https://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2016/09/ceta-deal-could-help-investors-attack-public-interest-safeguards-new-report but is it too late? #ISDS

#Brexit's proposed racist immigration policy will backfire - http://boingboing.net/2016/09/19/brexits-proposed-racist-immi.html whoops

#TiSA-Abkommen: Mehr Einfluss für Industrielobbyisten und weniger Datenschutz - https://netzpolitik.org/2016/tisa-abkommen-mehr-einfluss-fuer-industrielobbyisten-und-weniger-datenschutz/ even worse than we feared

How Brits are losing millions to UK’s biggest scam while the government stands by - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/09/20/revealed-brits-losing-millions-uks-biggest-scam-government-stands/ staggering; UK gov must act

160918

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160917 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160917.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Elsevier Wants CloudFlare to Expose Pirate Sites - https://torrentfreak.com/elsevier-wants-cloudflare-to-expose-pirate-sites-160917/ impeding the free flow of public knowledge, as usual

320.000 fordern Aus für #CETA und #TTIP! - https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/demo_ttip_ceta.html halt both now...

.@sigmargabriel warnt Genossen vor Ceta-Ablehnung - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ceta-sigmar-gabriel-warnt-spd-vor-ablehnung-des-abkommens-a-1112758.html cares more about corporate wealth than the public weal, it seems

lots of great pix of the #TTIP & #CETA demos yesterday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/campact/ massive success

Greenpeace und Co. fordern Nein von SPD - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ceta-foodwatch-greenpeace-bund-fordern-nein-von-der-spd-a-1112800.html @spdde would be foolish to ignore the huge resistance to #TTIP & #CETA

TTIP und Ceta: Die Gesichter der Proteste - http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/ttip-demo-hamburg-fotostrecke-141109-13.html more pix of the people against #TTIP & #CETA

Italy on the verge of the stupidest #censorship law in European history - http://boingboing.net/2016/09/18/italy-on-the-verge-of-the-stup.html Italia, ti prego...

Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications - https://www.ci.uchicago.edu/in-the-news/wikipedia-significantly-amplifying-impact-open-access-publications that's good #OA

Trade agreements should mainstream human rights – UN expert urges - http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54903 #TPP #TTIP

Anti-Piracy Outfits Caught Fabricating Takedown Notices - https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-outfits-caught-fabricating-takedown-notices-160918/ there needs to be a penalty for this

160917

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160916 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160916.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

IUCN passes IFAW-led resolution protecting #pangolins, world’s most trafficked animal - http://www.ifaw.org/united-kingdom/news/iucn-passes-ifaw-led-resolution-protecting-pangolins-worlds-most-trafficked-animal long overdue; hope it helps

Obama's Last Gasp At Trade Deals: Lame Duck Push On #TPP; And 'Lite' Version Of #TTIP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160914/17311735521/obamas-last-gasp-trade-deals-lame-duck-push-tpp-lite-version-ttip.shtml going nowhere fast

EU-Kommissarin wirft TTIP-Gegnern Lügen vor - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ttip-und-ceta-eu-kommissarin-cecilia-malmstroem-wirft-gegnern-luegen-vor-a-1112737.html if anyone is telling porkies here, it's not #TTIP opponents...

#TTIP protests see crowds take to streets of seven German cities - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/17/ttip-protests-see-crowds-take-to-streets-of-seven-german-cities "expect 250,000 people to take part" #CETA

Florida sinkhole causes vast leak of wastewater into drinking water source - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/17/florida-sinkhole-wastewater-leak-drinking-water “nobody at risk.” yeah, right...

#Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf population - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/16/norway-wolf-cull-government-wwf-friends-earth-environment-protest "shoot up to 47 of an estimated 68 wolves"

Wie das Freihandelsabkommen #CETA die Internetfreiheit bedroht - https://netzpolitik.org/2016/wie-das-freihandelsabkommen-ceta-die-internetfreiheit-bedroht/ "Verschärfung des Patent- und Urheberrechts"

Petition - Eilige Aktion! Auf Die SPD den Druck Erhöhen https://www.change.org/p/2134204/u/17880914 „#CETA ist das Messer an der Kehle der Sozialdemokratie“

US Republicans tried to keep poisoned kids from suing lead makers - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/09/after-key-donations-gop-tried-to-keep-poisoned-kids-from-suing-lead-makers/ how do these people live with themselves?

160916

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160915 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160915.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Over 200 Economics & Law Professors Urge Congress To Reject #ISDS Provisions In Trade Deals - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160909/23103635480/over-200-economics-law-professors-urge-congress-to-reject-corporate-sovereignty-provisions-trade-deals.shtml #TPP #TTIP

Apple denied permission to erect “obtrusive” flagpole at London store - http://arstechnica.co.uk/apple/2016/09/apple-store-london-regent-street-illuminated-flagpole-permission-denied/ don't want none of that, do we?

How Big Pharma’s industrial waste is fuelling the rise in superbugs worldwide - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/09/15/big-pharmas-industrial-waste-fuelling-rise-superbugs-worldwide/ this is not good

Londoners overwhelmingly back Sadiq Khan’s air pollution crackdown - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/14/londoners-overwhelmingly-back-sadiq-khans-air-pollution-crackdown yay, let's do it now #london

Lauri Love to be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/lauri-love-to-be-extradited-hacking-charges-judge/ "faces up to 99 years in prison in US"

House Intel Committee Says Snowden's Not A Whistleblower, 'Cause He Once Emailed His Boss's Boss - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160915/17000035532/house-intel-committee-says-snowdens-not-whistleblower-cause-he-once-emailed-his-bosss-boss.shtml riiight

World Trade Organization Draws The Shade On Local Solar Projects In India - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/09/world-trade-organization-draws-shade-local-solar-projects-india why the @wto needs to go... #renewables

Twitterstorm against #CETA - https://blog.campact.de/2016/09/twitterstorm-against-ceta/ join the fun, sign up now...

160915

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160914 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160914.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Spain could be first EU country with national park listed as 'in danger' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/15/spain-could-be-first-eu-country-with-national-park-listed-as-in-danger shame in spain falls mainly on the plain

Woman on trial for giving water to thirsty pigs - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/878/149/132/ have we come to this? #compassion #animalabuse

new #TISA leak from @wikileaks- https://wikileaks.org/tisa/#September 15, 2016 Publication seems there's stuff on dispute settlement

Wi-Fi providers not liable for copyright infringements, rules top EU court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/wi-fi-providers-not-liable-for-copyright-infringements-cjeu/ but anonymity at risk

UK to ban fishing from a million square kilometres of ocean - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/15/uk-to-ban-fishing-from-a-million-square-kilometres-of-ocean have to say: well done UK gov here...excellent news

Das #TiSA-Abkommen: Datenschutz und Netzneutralität können als „Handelshemmnis“ ausgehebelt werden - https://netzpolitik.org/2016/das-tisa-abkommen-datenschutz-und-netzneutralitaet-koennen-als-handelshemmnis-ausgehebelt-werden/ #dataprotection

EU #copyright plans: here’s who loves them, who loathes them—and why - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/eu-copyright-plans-digital-single-market-eu-reaction/ this battle will be as big as #ACTA

EU antitrust chief eyeballs online retail geo-blockers, threatens action - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/european-commission-geoblocking-e-commerce-competition/ great to see @vestager in action again

If Someone Is Testing Ways To Take Down The Internet, Perhaps It's Time To Build A Stronger Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160914/17401335522/if-someone-is-testing-ways-to-take-down-internet-perhaps-time-to-build-stronger-internet.shtml sounds wise

Hatch Still Trying To Change The Finalized #TPP Deal To Make It Even Worse For Other Nations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160913/09452735508/hatch-still-trying-to-change-finalized-tpp-deal-to-make-it-even-worse-other-nations.shtml er, is that allowed?

Missouri legislators expand gun rights in defiance of concerns from police - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/15/missouri-override-gun-rights-governor-veto natural selection at work...

EU trade ministers in last-ditch push to save #TTIP pact - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/525eef48-7b5e-11e6-ae24-f193b105145e.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_us%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz4KMN5fdfx well, 12 of them want to save it; seems 16 don't. #whoops

160914

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160913 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160913.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

More Details On How Corporate Sovereignty Provisions, Like Those In TPP & TTIP, Are Dangerous - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160909/22583035479/more-details-how-corporate-sovereignty-provisions-like-those-tpp-ttip-are-dangerous.shtml #ISDS horrors

Leaked documents reveal secretive influence of corporate cash on politics - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/corporate-cash-john-doe-files-scott-walker-wisconsin secretive but no secret

EU #copyright plans a big win for old media, but public concerns ignored - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/op-ed-eu-copyright-plans-big-win-old-media-public-concerns-ignored/ awful; going to be a big fight here

12 unimportant EU nations throw their weight behind #TTIP trade deal - https://ec.europa.eu/carol/index-iframe.cfm?fuseaction=download&documentId=090166e5accb7e3e&title=160914_Letter%20Commissioner%20Malmstr%C3%B6m..pdf big hitters conspicuous by their absence

Scientists Realizing That EU Ruling On #Copyright & Links Just Made Science Much More Difficult - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160912/00163735492/scientists-realizing-that-eu-ruling-copyright-links-just-made-science-much-more-difficult.shtml

New UK development minister plans aid review based on ‘Conservative values’ - http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/new-uk-development-minister-plans-aid-review-based-on-conservative-values/ what, like greed & lack of compassion?

.@BBC climate coverage is evolving, but too slowly - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/sep/12/bbc-climate-coverage-is-evolving-but-too-slowly this should be grounds for not paying licence free #denialism

160913

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160912 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160912.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Brexit weekly briefing: we're going to be kept in the dark - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/13/brexit-weekly-briefing-were-going-to-be-kept-in-the-dark IOW #brexit is the new #TTIP..

How you can help India's first free public library for the Tibetan exile community - http://boingboing.net/2016/09/12/how-you-can-help-indias-firs.html #tibet

Encryption backdoors weaken security says UK’s new European Commissioner - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/julian-king-encryption-pnr-security-commissioner/ but generally rather mealy-mouthed...

Open letter to the European Commission on ancillary #copyright - https://marietjeschaake.eu/open-letter-to-the-european-commission-on-ancillary-copyright … great to see cross-party support for this

Worldwide #privacy class action against Facebook heads to EU’s highest court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/facebook-europe-schrems-cjeu-worldwide-privacy-class-action/ potentially v big...Schrems again

UK science and startups can survive #Brexit—if we keep freedom of movement - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/09/uk-science-startups-post-brexit/ & if we can't, we're stuffed...?

Edward @Snowden: why Barack Obama should grant me a pardon - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/13/edward-snowden-why-barack-obama-should-grant-me-a-pardon can't we go further, and make him US President too?

European Commission’s #copyright cover-up will finally end tomorrow - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/european-commissions-copyright-cover-up-will-finally-end-tomorrow/ but it's looking bad...

Slovak food producers call on cabinet to reject #TTIP trade deal - http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20271749/slovak-food-producers-call-on-cabinet-to-reject-ttip-between-eu-and-usa.html?piano_d=1 wise move #sk

Rupert Murdoch hurt by 'closeness' of Wendi Deng and Tony Blair, editor reveals - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/sep/13/rupert-murdoch-hurt-by-closeness-of-wendi-deng-and-tony-blair-editor-reveals poor Rupe, my heart bleeds

Trade rules allow fossil fuel industry to block the path to a healthy climate - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11708754 #TPP #TTIP

Long-Secret Stingray Manuals Detail How Police Can Spy on Phones - https://theintercept.com/2016/09/12/long-secret-stingray-manuals-detail-how-police-can-spy-on-phones/ important leak #IMSI #surveillance

FBI Director: Our Electronic Voting System Is Such A Complete Mess, It Would Be Difficult To Hack - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160912/16553435504/fbi-director-our-electronic-voting-system-is-such-complete-mess-it-would-be-difficult-to-hack.shtml riiight

ArduPilot and DroneCode - http://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/ardupilot-and-dronecode/11295 sad stuff happening here... #opensource

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160911 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160911.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

FuelsEurope boss: Burning global-warming petrol is society’s choice - http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/interview/fuelseurope-boss-burning-global-warming-petrol-is-societys-choice/ selfish and irresponsible

French PM: More terror attacks coming, 15,000 under #surveillance - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/french-pm-more-terror-attacks-coming-15000-under-surveillance/ this is hardly sustainable #fr

Our very existence depends on soil, so why is it not protected? - http://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/our-very-existence-depends-on-soil-so-why-is-it-not-protected/ UK particularly at fault

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160910 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160910.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK could have hottest September day for 55 years - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/11/uk-could-have-hottest-september-day-for-55-years if only there were some explanation for these anomalous events...

Fasten your seat belt – turbulence is on the rise - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/11/cost-bumpy-flights-air-turbulence-global-warming-united-airlines oh look, another "benefit" of #climatechange

Shell begins production at world's deepest underwater oilfield - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/11/shell-begins-production-at-worlds-deepest-underwater-oil-field @Shell being evil & stupid again...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160909 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160909.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Britons may have to apply to visit Europe under EU visa waiver scheme - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/09/britons-may-have-to-apply-to-visit-europe-under-eu-visa-scheme fab #WellDoneBrexiters

Israel Bars Journalist Abby Martin From Gaza on Baseless 'Enemy State' Charges - http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/israel-bars-journalist-abby-martin-gaza-baseless-enemy-state-charges pathetic bullying by #israel

Japan’s lurch away from nuclear hasn’t caused fossil fuels to boom -
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/japans-lurch-away-from-nuclear-hasnt-caused-fossil-fuels-to-boom/ well, that's good news - and important

TorrentFreak Gets Its First YouTube Copyright Claim, And It’s Bull…. - https://torrentfreak.com/torrentfreak-gets-its-first-youtube-copyright-claim-and-its-bull-160910/ #copyright working against creators - again..

Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/10/robot-eye-operation-world-first-oxford-john-radcliffe "remove membrane 100th of a millimetre thick from retina"

Push for ban on domestic ivory trade spurs feud at international summit - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/10/ivory-trade-ban-international-summit-hawaii shame on the self-centred countries here

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160907 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/09/160907.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

.@MalmstromEU reply to queries re: 1. #TTIP and #CETA re climate change, 2. CETA and democratic concerns - http://www.dragonfly1.plus.com/Malmstrom'sLetter29aug16.tif

Julia Reda, MEP: "Proprietary Software threatens Democracy" - https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160907-01.en.html she's right, of course

'Drab and ugly' plain packaging for tobacco on the way after legislation passes - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11706153 good news for #NZ

Lasting rise in hate crime after EU referendum, figures show - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/07/hate-surged-after-eu-referendum-police-figures-show?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #WellDoneBrexiters

Austrian Courts Uphold Creative Commons License Terms -- For Now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160906/07565035445/austrian-courts-uphold-creative-commons-license-terms-now.shtml #austria #cc #copyright

Links to pirated content OK if non-commercial and unwitting, top EU court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/pirated-content-links-ok-if-unwitting-non-commercial-cjeu-rules/ what does that mean in practice?

EU-#Canada passenger data sharing deal could be illegal under European law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/eu-canada-passenger-data-deal-possibly-illegal-pnr-cjeu/ awkward for post-#brexit deals #PNR

The Significance of Theresa May’s Disgraceful Quote - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/09/significance-theresa-mays-disgraceful-quote/ this is an incredible misjudgement by May...

Panama Papers: Denmark to pay £1M for leaked data to probe tax evasion - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/panama-papers-denmark-payout-data-tax-evasion-probe/ who's next? #whistleblowers #dk

The Trans-Partisan Trade Revolt - http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-09-09/why-both-democratic-and-republican-voters-are-coming-out-as-tpp-opponents good summary of bipartisan rejection of #TPP

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160907 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/09/160907.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

.@MalmstromEU reply to queries re: 1. #TTIP and #CETA re climate change, 2. CETA and democratic concerns - http://www.dragonfly1.plus.com/Malmstrom'sLetter29aug16.tif

Julia Reda, MEP: "Proprietary Software threatens Democracy" - https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160907-01.en.html she's right, of course

'Drab and ugly' plain packaging for tobacco on the way after legislation passes - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11706153 good news for #NZ

Lasting rise in hate crime after EU referendum, figures show - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/07/hate-surged-after-eu-referendum-police-figures-show?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #WellDoneBrexiters

Austrian Courts Uphold Creative Commons License Terms -- For Now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160906/07565035445/austrian-courts-uphold-creative-commons-license-terms-now.shtml #austria #cc #copyright

Links to pirated content OK if non-commercial and unwitting, top EU court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/pirated-content-links-ok-if-unwitting-non-commercial-cjeu-rules/ what does that mean in practice?

EU-#Canada passenger data sharing deal could be illegal under European law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/eu-canada-passenger-data-deal-possibly-illegal-pnr-cjeu/ awkward for post-#brexit deals #PNR

The Significance of Theresa May’s Disgraceful Quote - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/09/significance-theresa-mays-disgraceful-quote/ this is an incredible misjudgement by May...

Panama Papers: Denmark to pay £1M for leaked data to probe tax evasion - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/panama-papers-denmark-payout-data-tax-evasion-probe/ who's next? #whistleblowers #dk

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160906 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160906.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

How ‘Great Paradox’ of American politics holds secret to Trump’s success - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/07/how-great-paradox-american-politics-holds-secret-trumps-success superb piece on political self-harming

New #Snowden leaks reveal “collect it all” #surveillance was born in the UK - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/snowden-leaks-collect-all-signals-surveillance-born-in-uk/ all about Menwith Hill Station

Anti-Piracy Groups Petition Clinton & Trump for Tough Copyright Laws - https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-groups-petition-clinton-trump-for-tough-copyright-laws-160907/ 'cos today's #copyright laws are so weak

Trump's 'Cyber' Policy Against ISIS Is... 'Hey Look At This New Poll!' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160906/23470635452/trumps-cyber-policy-against-isis-is-hey-look-this-new-poll.shtml really, America? you might elect this?

The Big Pivot: Interest Rates and Emissions as Global Population Growth Hits a Turning Point - http://gregor.us/coal/the-big-pivot-interest-rates-and-emissions-as-global-population-growth-hits-a-turning-point/ fascinating stuff

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160905 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/09/160905.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Soaring ocean temperature is 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/05/soaring-ocean-temperature-is-greatest-hidden-challenge-of-our-generation deeply troubling #globalwarming

#Palmoil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in Indonesia - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/06/palm-oil-firm-accused-of-hiring-men-to-kidnap-smog-inspectors-in-indonesia #id is environmental disaster area

Warner Brothers flags own site for #piracy, orders Google to censor pages - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/warner-bros-flags-own-site-for-piracy-dmca-google/ #DMCA still a huge problem #copyright

The TPP's climate blindspot - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201609/the-tpps-climate-blindspot why #TPP is a disaster for the #environment

no, Theresa May hasn't been pushed to the side of G20 photos because of Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/06/no-theresa-may-hasnt-been-pushed-to-the-side-of-g20-photos-because-of-brexit interesting background