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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161229 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161229.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation big opportunity to tell UK gov about Murdoch's harms

#China to ban #ivory trade by the end of 2017 - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/30/china-ban-ivory-trade-2017-elephants-wwf well done, China; #hongkong must follow suit now, not in 2021

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161228 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161228.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Save Bees! Keep Britain Neonicotinoid Free - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/217/871/494/ vital EU reg that UK almost certain to repeal after #brexit

Syrian government and rebels have signed ceasefire agreement, says Putin - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/29/syrian-government-and-rebels-have-signed-ceasefire-agreement-says-putin but how long will it last…? #syria

May slams John Kerry’s ‘inappropriate’ comments on Israel - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/29/theresa-may-john-kerry-comments-israel-palestine-un-resolution May starts crawling to trump even before he’s president

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161227 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161227.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Dutch woman with two British children told to leave UK after 24 years - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/28/dutch-woman-with-two-british-children-told-to-leave-uk-after-24-years #WellDoneBrexiters

Netanyahu 'told New Zealand backing UN vote would be declaration of war' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/28/netanyahu-told-new-zealand-backing-un-vote-would-be-declaration-of-war absurd theatrics over illegal actions

UK's key role in brokering UN resolution on Israeli settlements confirmed - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/28/uks-key-role-in-brokering-un-resolution-on-israeli-settlements-confirmed kudos for that

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161226 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/161226.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

'Clean #Brexit’ could save UK £450m a week, claims pro-leave group - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/27/clean-brexit-could-save-uk-450m-a-week-claims-pro-leave-group NB: scrapping “regs” = scrapping protections

Private firms earn £500m from government’s fit-to-work scheme - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/27/private-firms-500m-governments-fit-to-work-scheme taking from poorest, giving to rich #shameful #uk

Voter ID proposal could disenfranchise millions, Labour warns - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/27/minister-disputes-livingstone-claim-that-voter-crackdown-will-hit-poorest tories copying republicans’ dirty tricks to letter

#Russia shocked by video of bear being crushed to death - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/27/russia-shocked-by-video-of-bear-being-crushed-to-death#footer-nav #nocommentnecessary

Alt-right leaders are predicting a “revolt” if Trump doesn’t do their bidding - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/27/alt-right-leaders-are-predicting-a-revolt-if-donald-trump-doesnt-do-their-bidding/ I can’t wait to watch this one

Trump, Republicans threaten to get back at #UN for Israel resolution - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/27/donald-trump-republicans-threaten-to-get-back-at-un-for-israel-resolution/ please close the door on the way out…

Cassetteboy remix the news: 2016 review special – video - https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2016/dec/27/cassetteboy-remix-the-news-2016-review-special-video?CMP=twt_gu everyone sing along, please…

Labour: new public appointments rules are ‘power grab’ by Tories - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/27/government-accused-power-grab-new-public-appointment-rules-bbc-ofsted bringing the trump approach to UK public life

Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case (updated) - https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/27/amazon-echo-audio-data-murder-case/ get ready for more of this…

Panasonic will spend $256 million on Tesla solar panel factory in Buffalo, NY - http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/12/panasonic-will-spend-256-million-on-tesla-solar-panel-factory-in-buffalo-ny/ good news #renewables

Garden bridge charity warns more delays could terminate project - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/dec/27/garden-bridge-charity-warns-more-delays-could-terminate-project time to put it on the compost heap…

‘Alt-right’ groups will ‘revolt’ if Trump shuns white supremacy, leaders say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/27/alt-right-donald-trump-white-supremacy-backlash throwing their toys out of the pram

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Major flooding in UK now likely every year, warns lead climate adviser - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/26/major-flooding-in-uk-now-likely-every-year-warns-lead-climate-adviser-storm-desmond the reality of #climatechange for #UK

Hubble’s Shining View Of Deep Space Beyond The Stars - http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/12/26/hubbles-shining-view-of-deep-space-beyond-the-stars/ this may help you put the awful 2016 in context…

Forced marriage victims are made to pay to go home to UK - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/26/forced-marriage-victims-pay-home-uk-charity how callous can you get, May - is this your #brexit UK?

‘This is possible. We did it’: the week #Portugal ran on #renewables - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/dec/26/this-is-possible-we-did-it-the-week-portugal-ran-on-renewables kudos: this is the future (if we have one)

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161222 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/161222.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Oettinger-Nachfolge: EU-Kommissionsvize Ansip übernimmt das Digitalressort komplett - https://netzpolitik.org/2016/oettinger-nachfolge-eu-kommisionsvize-ansip-uebernimmt-das-digitalressort-komplett/ much-needed improvement

Sorry, Trump, You Can’t Bring Back Coal When Solar Costs Half as Much - http://www.alternet.org/environment/sorry-trump-you-cant-bring-back-coal-when-solar-costs-half-much

Court ruling provides new way for climate scientists to fight intimidation - http://mashable.com/2016/12/22/climate-scientist-defamation-lawsuit-mann/ excellent news

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161221 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/161221.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

ublishing Lobbyists Suck Up To Trump With Lies About Copyright, Ask Him To Kill DMCA Safe Harbors - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161219/11104236304/publishing-lobbyists-suck-up-to-trump-with-lies-about-copyright-ask-him-to-kill-dmca-safe-harbors.shtml nauseating

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161220 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/161220.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Investigatory Powers law setback: Blanket data slurp is illegal—CJEU - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/investigatory-powers-law-setback-blanket-data-slurp-illegal-top-eu-court/ huge win, v likely to be lost with #brexit

stop the government attack on the UK solar industry - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/no-new-solar-taxes-v3 we must promote renewables, not kill them off like this

EU’s highest court delivers blow to UK snooper’s charter - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/21/eus-highest-court-delivers-blow-to-uk-snoopers-charter UK will just ignore post-#brexit

The Document Foundation announces the MUFFIN, a new tasty user interface concept for LibreOffice - https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/12/21/the-document-foundation-announces-the-muffin-a-new-tasty-user-interface-concept-for-libreoffice/

#Solar and #windpower keep breaking cost records – but #Poland and #Hungary resist - http://www.transportenvironment.org/news/solar-and-wind-power-keep-breaking-cost-records-–-poland-and-hungary-resist stupid dogmatic self-harming

We’re about to sign a deal with Canada that’s just as bad as #TTIP & could increase inequality across EU - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ceta-canada-deal-eu-brexit-europe-ttip-justin-trudeau-barack-obama-increase-inequality-across-a7482961.html #CETA

President Obama bans some ocean drilling areas forever - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/21/president-obama-bans-some-ocean-drilling-areas-forever/ great parting gift to trump and his denialists

European Information Security Advisory Says Mandating Encryption Backdoors Will Just Make Everything Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161219/13242936307/european-information-security-advisory-says-mandating-encryption-backdoors-will-just-make-everything-worse.shtml

Cost of #solar energy dropped 30% in year; Trump’s coal plan won’t work - http://boingboing.net/2016/12/19/cost-of-solar-energy-dropped-3.html he never did understand economics, did he?

Going green in China, where climate change isn’t considered a hoax - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/12/going-green-in-china-where-climate-change-isnt-considered-a-hoax/ US throwing away its leadership here

EU court rulings a ‘real disappointment’ to multinationals in state aid cases - expert - http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/december/eu-court-rulings-a-real-disappointment-to-multinationals-in-state-aid-cases-says-expert/ aw, poor oppressed petals

India surpasses Britain to become world’s fifth largest economy - http://mashable.com/2016/12/20/major-world-economies-based-on-gdp/ #brexit already working it magic

Hope Not Hate reports huge response to Farage legal fund appeal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/21/hope-not-hate-reports-huge-response-to-nigel-farage-legal-fund-appeal time to sue this slug back into the ground…

Google sued over policies ‘barring employees from writing novels’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/21/google-sued-policies-barring-employees-writing-novels stranger than fiction

Multilateral investment court would impede measures on #climatechange - https://blog.ffii.org/multilateral-investment-court-would-impede-measures-on-climate-change/ no politician should back it #ISDS

Questionnaire on options 4 a multilateral reform of investment dispute resolution - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/consultations/index.cfm?consul_id=233 pl. tell them: we do not need it

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 161219 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161219.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Seeking #OpenAccess Deal, 60 German Academic Institutions Ditch All Subscriptions With Elsevier - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161219/07285736301/seeking-open-access-deal-60-german-academic-institutions-ditch-all-subscriptions-with-elsevier.shtml #de

Brexit will damage world-class science in UK; throwing money at it won’t help - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/brexit-damage-uk-science-house-of-lords/ top science or #brexit: choose one

James Clapper's Office To Finally Reveal NSA's 'Incidental Collection' Numbers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161219/11565236305/james-clappers-office-to-finally-reveal-nsas-incidental-collection-numbers.shtml a fine holiday gift...

Families Of Orlando Shooting Victims Sue #Twitter, #Facebook, And #Google For 'Supporting Terrorism' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161220/09320536312/families-orlando-shooting-victims-sue-twitter-facebook-google-supporting-terrorism.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161218 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/12/161218.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Google is threatening to throw me off its G+ service, but won’t tell me why - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/12/google-is-threatening-to-throw-me-off-its-g-service-but-wont-tell-me-why/ transparency needed - from new laws?

#Facebook #fakenews: Germany threatens new law with €500,000 fine attached - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-fake-news-germany-threatens-new-law-big-fines/ germany gets serious

The Guardian view on climate change action: don’t delay - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/19/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-action-dont-delay ignore the trump & putin show, just get on with it

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161217 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161217.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Javid proposes 'British values oath' - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/18/sajid-javid-british-values-oath-casey-review-social-integration "freedom of speech"? pity UK gov doesn't believe in it... #Debill

After Bara: All your (Data)base are belong to us - http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2015/10/03/all-your-database-are-belong-to-us/ from 2015, but important EU decision #databases

TUC and businesses urge Theresa May to act on rights of migrants - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/17/theresa-may-urged-to-act-on-eu-migrant-rights damn right #brexit

US Climate Heroes: Bypass Trump - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/us_climate_heroes_loc/ one good way to defeat trump's denialism #climatechange

Australia’s Pirate Site Blockade Boosts Demand For #VPNs - https://torrentfreak.com/australias-pirate-site-blockade-boosts-demand-for-vpns-161217/ added benefit: boosts their overall security

Ignore Trump as much as you can - http://scripting.com/2016/12/17/ignoreTrumpAsMuchAsYouCan.html Pence really runs country & foreign policy while Trump "makes America great again"

Leak reveals Rex Tillerson is director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil company - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/leak-rex-tillerson-director-bahamas-based-us-russian-oil-company probably just a coincidence

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161216 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161216.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

How to remain completely anonymous and hidden online - https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/how-to-remain-completely-anonymous-and-hidden-online/ maybe not completely, but good intro

Please Write to Your MPs Asking Them To Support Fossil Fuel #Divestment - http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.nl/2016/12/please-write-to-your-mps-asking-them-to.html fight back against trump #DivestParliament

Learn #Adyghe quickly and easily with book 2 MP3-language courses!  - http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENAD/ENAD002.HTM go on, you know you want to... #circassian...

Briten blockieren Kampf gegen Steueroasen - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/steueroasen-grossbritannien-bremst-nach-brexit-votum-eu-steuerpolitik-aus-a-1126220.html about the only benefit of #brexit is to stop this UK obstructionism

Antibiotic resistance will hit a terrible tipping point in 2017 - https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231044-000-antibiotic-resistance-will-hit-a-terrible-tipping-point-in-2017/ how many children must die before we fix this?

Kyrgyzstan Relaxes Registration Rules After Outcry - http://www.eurasianet.org/node/81666 that's good #kg

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161215 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161215.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

WWF and Greenpeace break with Indonesia's pulp and paper giant - https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/dec/16/wwf-greenpeace-april-indonesia-peat-forest-canal-pulp-paper-industry shame on Asia Pacific Resources International #RAPP

Centrica has donated to US climate change-denying thinktank - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/16/centrica-has-donated-to-us-climate-change-denying-thinktank time to boycott #centrica's @BritishGas

#UK schoolkid data shared to “create hostility” against illegal migrants - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/uk-schoolkid-data-shared-create-hostility-against-illegal-migrants/ what a perversion of education

Switzerland makes U-turn over EU worker quotas to keep single market access - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/16/switzerland-u-turn-quotas-on-eu-workers-immigration well, look at that... #brexit

Brazilians hail triumph of MasterChef 'warrior' over her sexist co-stars - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/16/brazil-masterchef-winner-dayse-paparoto-feminist-hero #brazil

Pakistani media on alert after TV channel’s libel defeat in British court - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/16/pakistani-media-alert-tv-channels-libel-defeat-british-court-ary the global village strikes again #pk

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161214 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161214.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#China should plan to take Taiwan by force after Trump call, state media says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/15/china-plan-taiwan-force-trump-call-state-media this is a taste of trump's world…

EU politicians believe trade deal could take decade, No 10 is warned - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/15/eu-politicians-believe-trade-deal-could-take-decade-no-10-is-warned of course: *much* simpler #CETA took 8 years

Photographers And Filmmakers Call For #Encryption To Be Built Into Cameras As Standard - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161214/08444836274/photographers-filmmakers-call-encryption-to-be-built-into-cameras-as-standard.shtml nice, but not really enough

Crunch time for #KitKat’s 3D shape as EU judges show teeth in #trademark row - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/kit-kat-3d-shape-four-fingers-trademark-dispute-eu/ special pun edition: #barwars

"data protection should not be subject 2 trade negotiations. It is a fundamental right, not a trade barrier" - https://marietjeschaake.eu/en/data-flows-letter-to-president-juncker #TISA

Stop the attack on the UK solar industry - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/no-new-solar-taxes-v3 another stunningly stupid move by UK government #renewables

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161213 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161213.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

EU easing of fishing quotas raises fears over dwindling stocks - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/14/eu-easing-of-fishing-quotas-raises-fears-over-dwindling-stocks #brexit will destroy UK fish with more of this

How to make a profit from defeating #climatechange - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/14/bloomberg-carney-profit-from-climate-change-right-information-investors-deliver-solutions why trump is ultimately irrelevant

A Nasty New Twist In Ransomware: To Decrypt Your Files Without Paying, Spread The Infection To Others - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161213/07400936260/nasty-new-twist-ransomware-to-decrypt-your-files-without-paying-spread-infection-to-others.shtml

#Peru airs news in #Quechua, indigenous language of Inca empire, for first time - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/peru-nuqanchik-quechua-broadcast-inca-empire great - astonishing it's only now

Trump picks oil-drilling proponent Rick Perry as energy secretary - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/14/rick-perry-formally-announced-as-trump-pick-for-energy-secretary no, @guardian, say it: he's a *denialist*

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161212 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/12/161212.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Study Shows Risks Of Including #ISDS In The 'Other' Huge Asian Trade Deal, #RCEP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161211/02272536245/study-shows-risks-including-corporate-sovereignty-other-huge-asian-trade-deal-rcep.shtml?threaded=true & why US could get sued too

Europe must aim higher in 2017, say S&Ds - http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=257c7811f7&e=78e1c0c8ff @Europarl_EN must start by rejecting corporate giveaways #CETA, #TISA

'Rebel' Saudi Arabia woman who posted photo without head scarf is arrested - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/12/saudi-arabia-headscarf-woman-twitter-arrest more religious bigotry #SaudiArabia

Aides denied entry to Israeli parliament over 'short' dresses - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/13/aides-denied-entry-to-israeli-parliament-over-short-dr... "part of a process of religionising public space"

Web users’ #metadata can be tracked by targeted ads, leaked draft EU law reveals - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/web-users-metadata-tracked-targeted-ads-leaked-draft-eu-law-reveals/ #privacy

Trump trash tweet slashes £1.6 billion off Lockheed Martin’s stock - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/12/lockheed-martin-stock-trump-tweet-wipes-2-billion-dollars/ as one does

#Climatechange brewing more extreme weather, shifting breaking points - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/climate-change-drives-extreme-precipitation-in-the-us/ people will die because of trump's denialism

Senate passes historic endorsement of open government data - https://sunlightfoundation.com/2016/12/12/senate-passes-historic-endorsement-of-open-government-data... well, that's good #opendata

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161211 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161211.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK considers plans to nearly halve international student visas - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/dec/12/uk-halve-international-student-visa-tougher-rules further insane #brexit self-harm…

Commercial sites must check all their links for piracy, rules Hamburg court - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/commercial-sites-must-check-all-their-links-for-piracy-... this. is. madness. #copyright

Fossil fuel #divestment funds double to $5tn in year - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/12/fossil-fuel-divestment-funds-double-5tn-in-a-yea... hear that? it's the sound of fossil fuel companies screaming

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161210 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161210.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Australia lobbies infrastructure bank to invest in coal and nuclear power  - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/06/australia-lobbies-infrastructure-bank-to-invest-in-... #china would be stupid to accept this

“#Brexit isn’t a liberation from red tape but beginning of avalanche of paperwork for businesses trading with EU" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/11/uk-firms-face-more-not-less-red-tape-if-britain-exits-customs-union

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161209 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/12/161209.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

CIA: Russia interfered to help #Trump win election - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/10/cia-concludes-russia-interfered-to-help-trump-win-election-report "hacked Democratic party emails and gave them to WikiLeaks"

Irish courts to be asked to intervene in #Brexit legal process - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/09/irish-courts-to-be-asked-to-intervene-in-brexit-legal-process-article-50 never a dull moment

“London Calling”, the documentary on @BBC bias during the referendum campaign - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/bbc-bias-2/ hugely important issue #brexit

#Trump’s pick for FDA chief wants drugmakers to sell first, then test later - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/08/donald-trumps-pick-for-fda-chief-wants-drugmakers-to-sell-first-then-test-later/ yeah, sure, fine #thalidomide

Female journalist has defiant response to troll publishing nude photos of her - http://mashable.com/2016/12/07/woman-response-nudes-troll/ brave woman: kudos

CETA and the crumbling Grand Coalition - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/opinion/ceta-and-the-crumbling-grand-coalition/ "rejection of #CETA would not be the end of the EU"

>40 académicos reclaman el reconocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental - https://www.access-info.org/es/frontpage-es/27052

Renewable energy is here to stay: The industry has grown up, & it’s too big to kill - http://www.salon.com/2016/12/07/americas-renewable-energy-industry-has-grown-up-and-it-is-too-big-to-kill/ simple economics may  save us

"in the past, whoever we choose, every time it is the same, and so we will vote for Mr Wilders.” - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/10/netherlands-geert-wilders-politics-far-right #brexit #trump

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161208 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161208.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Diet passes #TPP; Abe hopes Trump changes mind - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003397966 this is just stupid: Japan has given away all its negotiating chips

Rupert Murdoch's Fox agrees deal to buy Sky - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/09/rupert-murdochs-fox-agrees-deal-to-buy-sky giving murdoch even more power - what could possibly go wrong?

Why It's Pointless For Trump To Renegotiate #TPP, Even If He Wanted To, And Even If He Could - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161207/09592236219/why-pointless-trump-to-renegotiate-tpp-even-if-he-wanted-to-even-if-he-could.shtml it's about @twitter

161208

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161207 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161207.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'Democracy was hijacked. It got a bad name': the death of the post-Soviet dream - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/08/central-asia-tajikistan-kazakhstan-kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-turkmenistan welcome to the Stans

#Snowden leaks reveal #GCHQ and #NSA snooped on in-flight mobile calls - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/snowden-leak-gchq-nsa-spy-in-flight-mobile-calls/ another reason not 2 make 'em #surveillance

#TPP, #TTIP And #CETA Are Disasters For The Public: Are There Better Ways To Do Trade Deals? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161206/09363236208/tpp-ttip-ceta-are-disasters-public-are-there-better-ways-to-do-trade-deals.shtml #namur

'Impunity has consequences': the women lost to Mexico's drug war - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/08/mexico-drug-war-cartels-women-killed appalling tales from an unwinnable "war on drugs"

Dinosaur tail trapped in amber offers insights into feather evolution - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/08/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-offers-insights-into-feather-evolution wow

161207

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161206 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/12/161206.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK could slash environmental and safety standards 'a very long way' after Brexit - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-safety-standards-workers-rights-jacob-rees-mogg-a7459336.html what idiot #brexiters voted for

Mercury levels drop in Atlantic bluefin tuna - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/less-pollution-makes-for-less-mercury-in-atlantic-bluefin-tuna/ that's good, shows controlling mercury pollution helps

Pittella new president of Socialists and Democrats Group - http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=0ce9a6cc1c&e=78e1c0c8ff so glad they went for someone dynamic & full of new ideas

#Endocrine Disruptors: the interference of the United States - http://www.env-health.org/news/latest-news/article/endocrine-disruptors-the US trying to undermine EU health & safety laws

Conservationists declare victory for wildlife as EU saves nature directives - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/07/eu-nature-directives-birds-habitats-directives a victory likely to be lost by #brexit

this is what the swivel-eyed wing of #brexiters want to do to our environment - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-safety-standards-workers-rights-jacob-rees-mogg-a7459336.html you have been warned..

Pope Francis compares fake news consumption to eating faeces - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/pope-compares-fake-news-consumption-to-eating-faeces-coprophilia #NotTheOnion 2016 strikes again...



161206

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161205 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161205.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Israel refuses visa to theologian over boycott and divestment activism - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/isabel-phiri-israel-refuses-visa-theologian-bds-boycott which shows how much it fears #BDS...

Internet giants will join forces to stop online sharing of terrorist material - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/twitter-facebook-microsoft-youtube-terrorist-material-removal/ but who decides what gets deleted?

Supreme Court considers when US patents apply to UK-made DNA tests - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/supreme-court-us-uk-dna-test-patent/ interesting case

161205

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161204 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161204.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Police “legally mug” gang boss to grab unlocked iPhone - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/uk-police-unlocked-iphone-legal-mugging/ another reason #crypto isn't a problem

"la manière dont l’EU pourrait négocier les traités commerciaux à l’avenir" - http://www.declarationdenamur.eu/ english - http://media.wix.com/ugd/2efde4_9e3b80497df24b79a8007e7309177c6d.pdf

Embedding isn’t #copyright infringement, says Italian court -
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/italy-copyright-infringement-website-block/ applies CJEU rulings  #italy

#TPP may be dead – now let’s stop Obama’s other bad trade deals - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tpp-may-be-dead-now-lets-stop-obamas-other-bad_us_584044bee4b04587de5de7d3 careful: trump could easily do a u-turn here too

Al Gore: #climatechange threat leaves 'no time to despair' over Trump victory - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/al-gore-climate-change-threat-leaves-no-time-to-despair-over-trump-victory he's right: we just fight harder

Rudd says EU nationals in post-#Brexit UK will need 'form of ID' - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/05/amber-rudd-says-eu-nationals-in-post-brexit-uk-will-need-form-of-id yeah, followed by something sewn onto clothing...

The Soviet Union collapsed overnight. Don’t assume western democracy will last for ever - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/05/soviet-union-collapsed-overnight-western-democracy-liberal-order-ussr-russia there's a cheery thought

Why is a banned pesticide that harms bees actually being used more? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/05/banned-pesticide-kills-bees-neonicotinoid-insecticide scumbag #neonicotinoid makers, that's why

Appeals Court Reminds Everyone: Patent Infringement Is GoodFor Competition - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161203/00251736184/appeals-court-reminds-everyone-patent-infringement-is-good-competition.shtml #intellectualmonopolies

161204

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161203 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161203.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Top Tories: hard Brexit stance could lose us next election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/03/hard-brexit-lose-tories-next-election-warn-top-mps & then we'll have another referendum to reverse #brexit

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race - http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race agriculture "a catastrophe from which we have never recovered."

did a single UK company give victory to both #brexit & #trump? - https://www.dasmagazin.ch/2016/12/03/ich-habe-nur-gezeigt-dass-es-die-bombe-gibt/ certainly looks a strong possibility...

Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, a win for tribe - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock yay @#DAPL

The victory at Standing Rock could mark a turning point - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/04/standing-rock-victory-turning-point Canadians will be watching closely... #DAPL

161203

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161202 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161202.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Antigua Says It Will Absolutely, Definitely Use WTO Permission 2 Ignore US Copyright & Set Up A Pirate Site, Maybe - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161202/06225736175/antigua-says-it-will-certainly-absolutely-definitely-use-wto-permission-to-ignore-us-copyright-set-up-pirate-site-maybe.shtml

#Trump's #Taiwan phone call affects global stability - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/03/gaffe-or-provocation-donald-trumps-taiwan-phone-call-affects-global-stability “Strategy involves thinking more than one move ahead."

Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadians intensify huge opposition to expansion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/canada-kinder-morgan-pipeline-expansion-protest  “This is very much not over.” #ca

US House Science Committee tweets Breitbart climate misinformation - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/us-house-science-committee-tweets-breitbart-climate-misinformation/ excellent, detailed debunking of tweet

After Isis: the families returning home in #Iraq - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/iraq-after-isis-occupation-families-returning-home-sally-williams interesting



161202

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161201 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/12/161201.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Quitting UN climate change body could be Trump's quickest exit from Paris deal - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/02/trump-break-from-paris-climate-deal-unfccc-exit probably best, others take over

Joy as China shelves plans to dam 'angry river' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/joy-as-china-shelves-plans-to-dam-angry-river

#Trump supports Dakota pipeline – but claims it's not due to his investment in it - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-support-investment yeah, riiight #cronycapitalism

Iceland's #Pirateparty invited to form government - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/iceland-pirate-party-invited-form-government-coalition go go go #is

161201

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161130 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161130.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson backed free movement in private talks, ambassadors say - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/30/boris-johnson-backed-free-movement-in-private-talks-ambassadors-say still clueless about what he's doing #brexit

Climate change will stir 'unimaginable' refugee crisis, says military - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/climate-change-trigger-unimaginable-refugee-crisis-senior-military let's hope trump listens 2 military at least

lovers of mozart's music may find this rather...impressive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXpIYr9Rv4

Snooping, data leaks and the threat to online privacy - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/snooping-data-leaks-threat-online-privacy-161128152550659.html "threaten civil liberties and expose new vulnerabilities"

#Brexit: 1m EU citizens in Britain 'could be at risk of deportation' - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/01/brexit-eu-citizens-living-britain-risk-deportation-3-million-campaign-european-union a disgraceful shambles

Watchdog rejects "hostile narrative" of UK anti-terror laws being "ratcheted up" - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/uk-terror-watchdog-backs-strong-responsible-less-intrusive-spy-laws/ er, #SnoopersCharter???

#China Files A Million Patents In A Year, As Government Plans To Increase Patentability Of Software - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161128/09462736144/china-files-million-patents-year-as-government-plans-to-increase-patentability-software.shtml #swpats