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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170424 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/04/170424.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Plastic-eating worms could help wage war on waste - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/plastic-munching-worms-could-help-wage-war-on-waste-galleria-mellonella another reason why science is important

#China's Public Prosecutors Complain About Leak Of Anti-Corruption TV Series They Bankrolled To Raise Awareness - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170420/07484537195/chinas-public-prosecutors-complain-about-leak-anti-corruption-tv-series-they-bankrolled-to-raise-awareness.shtml

Inside China’s Plans for World Robot Domination - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-24/resistance-is-futile-china-s-conquest-plan-for-robot-industry UK’s plans here as elsewhere laughable in comparison

WiFi4EU - Free Wi-Fi for all Europeans - http://mailchi.mp/socialistsanddemocrats/wifi4eu-free-wi-fi-for-all-europeans-745261?e=78e1c0c8ff well, not #brexit Brits, obviously…

European Parliament Culture Committee takes strong position against upload filtering - https://edri.org/european-parliament-culture-committee-takes-strong-position-upload-filtering/ #copyright

I do really wonder about the modern world when I receive press releases about "world’s first augmented reality cocktail menu"...</facepalm>

#TiSA and the Threat to Public Banks - https://www.tni.org/en/publication/tisa-and-the-threat-to-public-banks interesting point

Two wildlife rangers killed by poachers in Democratic Republic of the Congo - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/25/two-wildlife-rangers-killed-democratic-republic-congo-elephants true heroes; I hope families are OK

A government of death is plundering our ancient Munduruku lands. Help us stop it - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/apr/25/a-government-of-death-is-plundering-our-ancient-munduruku-lands-help-us-stop-it-brazil-amazon #brazil

police hands victims of crime over to Home Office for immigration enforcement - http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/04/05/met-police-hands-victims-of-crime-over-to-the-home-office why would anyone now trust police?

#Israel snubs German foreign minister - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/25/israel-snubs-german-foreign-minister-in-row-over-human-rights-talks " Netanyahu … increasingly preoccupied with Breaking the Silence"

President Trump’s dramatic retreat on trade - http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/330371-president-trumps-dramatic-retreat-on-trade just one of many such retreats…

Music industry hits ‘historic tipping point’ as upturn continues - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/25/2016-marks-tipping-point-for-music-industry-with-revenues-of-15bn bit awkward for “piracy is destroying us” story