Wednesday 30 November 2016

161130


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161129 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161129.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#AU Gov majority backs a dead horse but Labor and Greens slam #TPP - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/1317 ridiculous: will weaken future negotiations

Intelligence experts urge Obama to end Edward Snowden's 'untenable exile' - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/29/edward-snowden-exile-church-committee-letter-obama-cia just do it, obama...

Ministers want controls on skilled and unskilled EU workers, say sources - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/30/ministers-want-controls-on-skilled-and-unskilled-eu-workers-say-sources yeah, stop skilled workers coming, clever

Frightened by Trump? You don’t know the half of it - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-george-monbiot-misinformation "staffers are from an opaque corporate misinformation network"

Tearing up US deal with #Iran would be disastrous, says CIA chief - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/john-brennan-tearing-up-us-deal-with-iran-would-be-disastrous-says-cia-chief don't often agree with him, but he's right here

Two-wheel takeover: bikes outnumber cars for the first time in Copenhagen - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/nov/30/cycling-revolution-bikes-outnumber-cars-first-time-copenhagen-denmark #london needs to do more here #dk

Call for views: Modernising the European #copyright framework - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/call-for-views-modernising-the-european-copyright-framework UK consultation closes 6 December

Russia Draws On Chinese Expertise And Technology To Clamp Down On Internet Users Even More - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161129/09210136150/russia-draws-chinese-expertise-technology-to-clamp-down-internet-users-even-more.shtml #BFF

Europol hit by data security breach, blames human error - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/europol-hit-by-data-security-breach-blames-human-error/ another reason Internet Connection Records will leak...

A disappointing #TTIP human rights assessment - https://blog.ffii.org/a-disappointing-ttip-human-rights-assessment/ tl;dr - the @Ecorys report is predictably supine and mealymouthed

European Union Directive on counterterrorism is seriously flawed - https://edri.org/european-union-directive-counterterrorism-seriously-flawed/ "could lead to criminalising public protests"

Cop filmed killing fleeing suspect testified he felt “total fear” - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/cop-filmed-killing-fleeing-suspect-testified-he-felt-total-fear/ yeah, riiight


Ahead Of President Trump, The Web's One And Only Backup Wants To Make A Backup Of Itself (In Canada) - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161130/07225636156/ahead-president-trump-webs-one-only-backup-wants-to-make-backup-itself-canada.shtml just in case


Tuesday 29 November 2016

161129


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161128 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161128.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Digital Economy Bill passed by MPs, ISP porn blocking plan waved through - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/digital-economy-bill-politicos-to-greenlight-isp-porn-blocking-plan/ welcome to the prudish police state UK

Theresa May signs up to unitary patent, accepts supremacy of top EU court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/uk-ratify-unitary-patent-accepts-supremacy-of-top-eu-court/ well, that's awkward #brexit #UPC


Taliban ​facing financial crisis as civilian deaths deter donors - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/afghan-taliban-facing-financial-crisis-as-civilian-deaths-deter-donors our heart bleeds...

Germans want Merkel to take tough line with UK over #Brexit, poll finds - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/29/germans-want-merkel-to-take-tough-line-with-uk-over-brexit-poll-finds so there's that...

Get ready for 24-30% reduction in cost of #windpower by 2030 - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/11/get-ready-for-reduction-in-cost-of-wind-power-by-2030/ great news, but I expect we'll do even better

Time for Elsexit? - https://gowers.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/time-for-elsexit/ important post about @jisc's pathetic negotiating skills, & what to do about it (v @yvonnenobis)

French nuclear power  'worst situation ever', says former EDF director - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/29/french-nuclear-power-worst-situation-ever-former-edf-director "renewable power will match Hinkley Point"

#Uber tells Europe’s top court that taxi app is a “digital economy” champ - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/uber-tells-europe-top-court-taxi-app-digital-economy-champ/ important case with big ramifications


Cameroonian Government Calls Social Media A 'New Form Of Terrorism' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161116/10174936059/cameroonian-government-calls-social-media-new-form-terrorism.shtml uh-huh

Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 pipelines - http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/federal-cabinet-trudeau-pipeline-decisions-1.3872828 - "a million more barrels of oil a day" #tarsands #ca

#RCEP must not be another #TPP, say 316 regional civil society groups - http://www.bilaterals.org/?civil-society-open-letter-to #ISDS proposed too..


Monday 28 November 2016

161128


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161127 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161127.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Hard #Brexit would damage 'almost every sector' of UK economy - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/28/hard-brexit-would-damage-almost-every-sector-of-uk-economy "a cross-party study warns"

German interior ministry wants 2 diminish citizens’ data #privacy rights - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/germany-diminish-citizens-data-privacy-rights/ hey, was gibt's, Germany? #dataprotection

UK tech visa applications skyrocket after government slackens rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/11/tech-visa-uk-applications-skyrocket/ damn immigrants, powering our tech industry...

Somehow Everyone Comes Out Looking Terrible In The Effort For Election Recounts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161128/00444036141/somehow-everyone-comes-out-looking-terrible-effort-election-recounts.shtml what a mess #us

UK unlikely to stay in single market, Tory document suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/28/uk-unlikely-to-stay-in-single-market-tory-document-suggests clueless idiots; a second referendum only way forward

"How could you betray me?" - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/28/conversation-father-trump-supporter "I don’t think women like you have anything to fear from Trump"; what an utter moron


Sunday 27 November 2016

161127


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161126 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161126.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

‘A recipe for scandal’: Trump conflicts of interest point to constitutional crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/27/donald-trump-conflicts-interest-constitutional-crisis interesting times

“#FOIA superhero” launches campaign to  make Trump’s admin transparent - http://www.salon.com/2016/11/27/foia-superhero-launches-campaign-to-make-donald-trumps-administration-transparent/ funding needed - https://www.gofundme.com/operation-45

talking of #FOI, Karl Auerbach pointed out to me that US Privacy Act of 1974 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974 is another useful option

#Chechnya picks leader's aide with an Apprentice-style reality show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/25/chechnya-leader-apprentice-reality-show </insert reference to another country here>


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161125 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161125.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Send patients 2 private sector to avert winter crisis, hospitals told - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/26/send-patients-to-private-sector-to-avert-winter-crisis-hospitals-told clever: privatisation by stealth, adds costs

Donald Trump’s stock in Dakota Access oil pipeline company raises concern - http://www.salon.com/2016/11/25/trumps-stock-in-oil-pipeline-company-raises-concern/ as it should... #DAPL


Thunderstorm asthma: 'an event equivalent to a terrorist attack' - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/27/thunderstorm-asthma-oure-talking-an-event-equivalent-to-a-terrorist-attack climate change far more serious than terrorism


Saturday 26 November 2016

161125


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161124 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161124.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable #climatechange at global level - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/arctic-ice-melt-trigger-uncontrollable-climate-change-global-level & US voted 4 the denialist trump


'We are in shock': historic #Bolivia drought hammers homes and crops - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/25/bolivia-drought-water-rationing-crops facts of #climatechange we'll see more often

.@BorisJohnson is a clown who has united the EU against Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/25/boris-johnson-clown-eu-britain-foreign-secretary about the only thing he's ever achieved

Repeal the new Surveillance laws (Investigatory Powers Act) - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173199 #epetition; probably hopeless, but we have to try...

#TiSA-Leaks: Fundamental rights overridden for free trade – also in the internet - https://netzpolitik.org//2016/tisa-leaks-fundamental-rights-shall-be-levered-out-for-free-trade-also-in-the-internet/ lots of bad stuff confirmed

Kazakh President Says 'No Need' To Rename Capital After Him - http://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-no-need-to-rename-astana-after-me/28139489.html bravo, this would be a huge mistake for #kazakhstan

Digital Economy Bill: About this data sharing plan… where are the safeguards? - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/digital-economy-bill-about-this-data-sharing-plan-op-ed/

Chechnya picks leader's aide with an Apprentice-style reality show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/25/chechnya-leader-apprentice-reality-show border between reality & showbiz fades yet more


Friday 25 November 2016

161124


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161123 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161123.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

ISPs may be forced to block age-flouting porn sites, saucy sex acts face ban - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/isps-block-porn-sites-age-verification-digital-economy-bill-sex-acts-ban/ UK goes from bad to worse

.@Snowden can be invited to meatspace in German #NSA probe, court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/snowden-can-be-invited-in-person-german-nsa-inquiry-court/ but would the US nab him if he went?

Kazakh politicians want to rename capital after president - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/24/kazakhstan-politicians-rename-capital-astana-after-president-nursultan-nazarbayev don't spoil all the progress you've made... #kazakhstan

World Leaders: Protect half our planet - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/protect_half_our_planet_loc_sus_d/ with trump about to wreck environment, we need this more than ever

Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/24/protected-forests-in-europe-felled-to-meet-eu-renewable-targets-report EU #bioenergy policy a disaster - bin it

TiSA Ministerial Cancelled, Officials To Prepare for 2017 - http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/tisa-ministerial-cancelled-officials-to-prepare-for-2017 after #TPP & #TTIP, now #TISA is in trouble...


Wednesday 23 November 2016

161123


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161122 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161122.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research dangerous fools on the loose

UK to censor online videos of 'non-conventional' sex acts - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography "will take UK’s censorship regime back to pre-internet"

China Uses US Concern Over Fake News To Push For More Control Of The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161122/11501136116/china-uses-us-concern-over-fake-news-to-push-more-control-internet.shtml as was inevitable...


They blocked Netflix, but no one's in a rush to regulate insecure 'smart devices' - http://mashable.com/2016/11/23/australia-regulating-iot-devices-last-resort/ that's foolish #IoT

Nadella says next Microsoft phone will be the “ultimate mobile device” - http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/11/23/nadella-says-next-microsoft-phone-will-ultimate-mobile-device/ the last one, he means? that's a relief



MEPs quash #CETA challenge but what about Wallonia? - http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/the-brief-meps-quash-ceta-challenge-but-what-about-wallonia/ will @PaulMagnette save EU democracy? #ISDS

161122


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161121 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161121.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Donald Trump to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership on first day in office - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/donald-trump-100-days-plans-video-trans-pacific-partnership-withdraw it's official: #TPP is dead

Important Research Venture at the University of Skövde within the Area of Open Source - http://www.his.se/en/News-and-calendar/News-list/all-news/Important-Research-Venture-at-the-University-of-Skovde-within-the-Area-of-Open-Source/ looks interesting…

#Trump: I’ll ditch #TPP trade deal on day one of my presidency - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/11/trump-to-ditch-tpp-trade-deal-day-one-of-presidency/ but says he wants more "clean coal" </facepalm>

"the cesspit that is career politics" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/22/nigel-farage-will-not-be-ambassador-to-us-say-no10-and-foreign-office-donald-trump says the man who has made a career out of failing to become an MP

UK people: please write to your MEPs about this #CETA vote - http://start.groenlinks.nl/ceta/uk/ via this easy-to-use service - https://www.writetothem.com/

#Brexit deadlock could halt flights to Europe, warns Ryanair boss - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/22/brexit-europe-ryanair-michael-oleary-eu will be disaster - delusional to think otherwise

#Turkey: Erdoğan rule could extend until 2029 under proposal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/22/turkey-erdogan-presidency-referendum-akp-nationalist no more holidays in turkey until 2029, then; pity...

S&Ds call for strong EU leadership to move ahead with global climate action - http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=6ccd642068&e=78e1c0c8ff something sensible for a change..


Monday 21 November 2016

161121


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161120 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161120.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK aid money spent trying to boost British role in Malawi oil sector - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/21/uk-aid-money-spent-trying-to-boost-british-role-in-malawi-oil-sector May's perversion: using aid to damage ecology

Fed up with EU, Erdogan says Turkey could join ‘Shanghai Five’ bloc - http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/fed-up-with-eu-erdogan-says-turkey-could-join-shanghai-five-bloc/ I predict this will happen

#GCHQ may be forced to respond to #FoI requests after European court ruling - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/gchq-foi-response-european-convention-human-rights-ruling/ you have a right to public data

Going with the flow: The global battle for your personal data - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/eu-us-personal-data-flows-explainer/ localisation requirements to protect #privacy? #TISA

High-speed rail officials planned to spy on private lives of opponents - http://arstechnica.co.uk/uncategorized/2016/11/high-speed-rail-officials-planned-to-spy-on-private-lives-of-opponents/ what were they thinking? #HR2 #privacy


Support for the EU on the rise since #Brexit vote … even in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/21/support-for-the-eu-on-the-rise-since-brexit-vote-even-in-the-uk confirmation that #Brexit is madness & unwanted

The ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe’s new far right - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/01/the-ruthlessly-effective-rebranding-of-europes-new-far-right best analysis I've read explaining #brexit, #trump


US to quit #TPP trade deal, says Trump - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38059623 "on his first day in office"


Sunday 20 November 2016

161120


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161119 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/11/161119.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

US launches most advanced weather satellite ever built - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/20/us-launches-most-advanced-weather-satellite-ever-built they are going to need it under denialist Trump...


161119


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161118 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/11/161118.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/19/extreme-surveillance-becomes-uk-law-with-barely-a-whimper @UKLabour not worthy of name of opposition party #IPA

Trump demands apology from Hamilton cast after Mike Pence booed - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/19/mike-pence-booed-at-hamilton-performance-then-hears-diversity-plea Trump has a thin skin: everyone #booTrump

Brexit & Trump have exposed the left’s crucial flaw: playing by the rules - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/brexit-trump-left-crucial-flaw-leavers-alt-right-ruthlessness Farage would never have accepted "stay"

#TPP nations eye a future without the US with Trump in the White House - http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/86651276/TPP-nations-eye-a-future-without-the-US-with-Trump-in-the-White-House Key wants to make more concessions #NZ


Saturday 19 November 2016

161118


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161117 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161117.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

What might have been: US introduces plan for “deep decarbonisation” - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/11/what-might-have-been-us-introduces-plan-for-deep-decarbonization/ needs to happen regardless of trump

Trump, GOP Prepare To Gut FCC Boss Wheeler's Populist Reforms Under False Banner Of Populist Reform - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20161117/05533336066/trump-gop-prepare-to-gut-fcc-boss-tom-wheelers-populist-reformsunder-false-banner-populist-reform.shtml good analysis

#CETA’s #environment promises are a ‘dead letter’ – new analysis - https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/ceta%E2%80%99s-environment-promises-are-%E2%80%98dead-letter%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-new-analysis "undermined by a toothless environment chapter"

Poor nations pledge deep emissions cuts at Marrakech summit - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/poor-nations-pledge-deep-emissions-cuts-at-marrakech-climate-change-summit meanwhile, world's richest nation becomes most selfish

"less likely that the cabinet will seek a fast-track divorce that severs all ties with the EU" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/18/defence-cooperation-talks-with-eu-could-delay-brexit-process #brexit

"environmentalists are now moving on to a war footing" - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/global-green-movement-prepares-to-fight-trump-on-climate-change ironically, trump could be really good 4 environmentalists

Anna Soubry: ‘What’s happened to our country? We’ve lost the plot’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/18/anna-soubry-interview great interview with decent woman; make her PM


Thursday 17 November 2016

161117


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161116 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161116.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Johnson ridiculed by European ministers after prosecco claim - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/16/european-ministers-boris-johnson-prosecco-claim-brexit this clown is trashing little reputation we have left

Climate change a Chinese hoax? Beijing gives Donald Trump a history lesson - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/17/climate-change-a-chinese-plot-beijing-gives-donald-trump-a-history-lesson the humiliation of America begins...

Obama calls for 'course correction' to share spoils of globalisation - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/obama-calls-for-course-correction-to-share-spoils-of-globalisation he should have listened earlier #TTIP #TPP

video of leading #brexiters saying UK will stay in single market - https://www.facebook.com/OpenBritain/videos/1357179957655658/ there is simply no mandate to leave Single Market

EU to ask #Ukip group to repay ~£150,000 in 'misspent funds' - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/17/eu-set-to-ask-ukip-group-to-repay-almost-150000-in-misspent-funds "funded polls to gauge public mood on leaving the EU"

Marmite row is the first sign of the true cost of #Brexit for food producers - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/17/marmite-is-the-first-sign-of-cost-of-brexit-for-food-producers "only 50%" of our food produced in UK

Why the Investigatory Powers Act is a #privacy disaster waiting to happen - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/investigatory-powers-act-privacy-disaster-waiting-to-happen/ UK gov creating perfect blackmail file

Briton who reported rape in Dubai faces extramarital sex charge - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/briton-reported-rape-dubai-extramarital-sex-charge why would any sane person risk travelling there?

German minister takes hard line over Britain's EU commitments post-#Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/17/german-minister-takes-hard-line-over-britains-eu-commitments-post-brexit well, this is going swimmingly, no?

Après les Etats-Unis, le Vietnam suspend la ratification du TPP - https://www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Apres-les-Etats-Unis-le-Vietnam-suspend-la-ratification-du-TPP--23415162/ now #Vietnam suspends #TPP

Scotland could offer Northern Irish women access to free abortions - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/nicola-sturgeon-offers-help-to-northern-irish-women-seeking-abortions what a fine idea. do it.

David Petraeus in the running to be Trump's secretary of state - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/17/david-petraeus-secretary-of-state-donald-trump no comment necessary, I think...


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161115 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161115.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Argentina Orders Telecoms To Create A Permanent Database Of All Mobile Phone Users - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20161115/07021536047/argentina-orders-telecoms-to-create-permanent-database-all-mobile-phone-users.shtml what could possibly etc etc

EU-US trade deal “not realistic” under Trump presidency, says Germany - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/eu-us-trade-deal-not-realistic-under-trump-presidency-says-germany/ #TTIP is dead; #TPP is dead; #CETA next?

Gove raises question of 'quickie divorce' 4 UK from EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/16/michael-gove-raises-question-of-quickie-divorce-for-uk-from-eu "regardless of economic consequences"; a dangerous idiot

Meet PoisonTap, the £4 tool that ransacks password-protected computers - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/11/meet-poisontap-the-5-tool-that-ransacks-password-protected-computers/ ow, that's nasty...

French law on digital versions of out-of-print books flouts EU directive - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/french-law-digital-versions-out-of-print-books-flouts-eu-directive/ big knock-on effects for EU #copyright


Let’s remove the secrecy behind #CETA vote and bring it out into open - https://stop-ttip.org/cetacheck/ EU people, pl. use this to contact your MEPs

A New, Climate-Friendly Approach to Trade - http://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/uploads-wysiwig/climate-friendly-trade-model.pdf this is what must replace the failed #TTIP, #TPP

A mysterious 1,500-year-old stone monument has been unearthed in #Kazakhstan - http://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-1-500-year-old-stone-monument-has-been-unearthed-in-kazakhstan exciting

If you're interested in how easily UK police will access your Net history, details: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473745/Factsheet-Internet_Connection_Records.pdf no warrant required... #IPBill

White evangelicals voted overwhelmingly for Trump: exit polls - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/09/exit-polls-show-white-evangelicals-voted-overwhelmingly-for-donald-trump/ well, he's the embodiment of christian virtues, no?

Investigatory Powers Act imminent as peers clear path 4 UK super-snoop law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/investigatory-powers-act-imminent-peers-clear-path-for-uk-super-snoop-law/ no warrant needed to access your files

Massive report details the energy economy that limits warming to 2°C - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/11/massive-energy-report-economic-growth-and-carbon-emissions-decoupled/ post suggests trump won't do too much damage

Police Just Found Phone & USB Stick Belonging To Paris Suicide Bomber, After Misplacing It For Almost Two Years - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161116/08323336054/police-just-found-phone-usb-stick-belonging-to-paris-suicide-bomber-after-misplacing-it-almost-two-years.shtml

Florida Voters Vote Down Bill Aimed At Hamstringing Solar Competition - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161031/07243835921/florida-voters-vote-down-bill-aimed-hamstringing-solar-competition.shtml great example for trump's america


Tuesday 15 November 2016

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161114 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161114.html yesterday's tweets as a single page


Lauri Love faces hacking trial in US after UK signs extradition order - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/lauri-love-faces-hacking-trial-in-us-after-uk-signs-extradition-order/ UK kowtowing to US; take back control? Nope

Comey Can't Say How Often Encryption Thwarts Investigations, But Probably A Lot - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161111/10163936024/comey-cant-say-how-often-encryption-thwarts-investigations-probably-lot.shtml NB: lots of other ways to get info


TalkTalk data breach: Teenager admits seven hacking offences - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/talktalk-data-breach-teenager-admits-seven-hacking-offences/ should put energies in free software instead...

Le Pen würde mit "Breitbart News" zusammenarbeiten - http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/marion-marechal-le-pen-wuerde-mit-breitbart-news-zusammenarbeiten-a-1121410.html wake up, EU people: Breitbart is coming here, & a real threat

#China will soon trump America: The country is now the global leader in #climatechange reform - http://www.salon.com/2016/11/15/china-is-now-the-global-leader-in-climate-change-reform/& technology soon..

Leaked EU energy package subsidises #fossil fuels, undermines #renewables - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/leaked-eu-energy-package-subsidises-fossil-fuels-undermines-renewables/ the @EU_Commission is a disgrace


Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161113/00431436029/let-them-eat-facts-why-fact-checking-is-mostly-useless-convincing-voters.shtml huge problem, as #brexit/#trump shows

World Leaders: Protect the Paris Agreement - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/paris_protection_loc_en/ only an e-petition, but we must do what we can to fight #trump

#Brexit camp tried to toxify debate before referendum, MPs hear - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/15/brexit-debate-referendum-boris-johnson-hate-crimes-immigration & succeeded; their names will live in infamy



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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161113 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161113.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

2016 will be the hottest year on record, UN says - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/14/2016-will-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-un-says 3rd year running. meanwhile trump says: "what #globalwarming...?"

Wallonia blocked a harmful #CETA – but we are not petty isolationists - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/14/wallonia-ceta-ttip-eu-trade-belgium excellent explanation why by @PaulMagnette

A digital levy on Google & Facebook isn’t the answer to UK newspaper woes - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/11/digital-levy-on-google-facebook-isnt-the-answer-to-uk-newspaper-woes/ if you want good journalism, pay for it


VP Elect Mike Pence Goes To Court To Keep His Emails Secret - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161114/08553336038/vp-elect-mike-pence-goes-to-court-to-keep-his-emails-secret.shtml well, of course...

Thanks to Donald Trump, China just won the global green technology sector - https://www.techinasia.com/donald-trump-china-wins-green-tech yup

.@foreignoffice: Saudis have not breached humanitarian law in Yemen - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/14/saudis-have-not-breached-humanitarian-law-in-yemen-concludes-foreign-office public:@foreignoffice is staffed by halfwits


Sunday 13 November 2016

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161112 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161112.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Trump looking at quickest way to quit Paris climate agreement, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/13/trump-looking-at-quickest-way-to-quit-paris-climate-agreement-says-report eternal shame on him if he does


161112


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161111 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161111.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

No, Trump Didn’t Kill the #TPP — Progressives Did - https://medium.com/@citizenstrade/no-trump-didnt-kill-the-tpp-progressives-did-884b534542d now #TTIP, #TISA and #CETA must go

'The Pantanal is national heritage': protecting the world's largest wetlands - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/12/pantanal-conservation-wetlands-brazil-paraguay-bolivia a jewel that needs protecting

‘There’s no plan B’: #climatechange scientists fear consequence of Trump victory - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/12/climate-change-marrakech-no-plan-b--trump-victory this is worst part of Trump's win

MPAA-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal dead in wake of Trump win - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/mpaa-backed-trans-pacific-partnership-accord-dead-in-wake-of-trump-win/ #TTIP next to fall... #TPP


Saturday 12 November 2016

161111


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161110 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161110.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Trump presidency a 'disaster for the planet' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/11/trump-presidency-a-disaster-for-the-planet-climate-change with an idiot climate denialist in US, we need China to take the lead

Article 50 notice could be reversed, government may argue in #Brexit case - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/11/brexit-could-be-reversed-government-lawyers-may-argue rather like their position...

#TiSA: Trade in Services Agreement is Bad News for Workers and Communities - https://www.ituc-csi.org/tisa-trade-in-services-agreement new analysis of key problems

Apparently Trump Draining Swamp Of Lobbyists & Crony Capitalists Requires A Lot Of Lobbyists & Crony Capitalists - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161110/15305936012/apparently-trump-draining-swamp-lobbyists-crony-capitalists-requires-lot-lobbyists-crony-capitalists.shtml



US and UK #surveillance system is ‘ripe for further abuse under an autocratic, power-obsessed president’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/11/trump-surveillance-network-nsa-privacy