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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170724 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/07/170724.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Surveillance Used To Give Poor Students Extra Financial Assistance Discreetly. Is That OK? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170719/05251137818/surveillance-used-to-give-poor-students-extra-financial-assistance-discreetly-is-that-ok.shtml #china

Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/25/slaves-of-isis-the-long-walk-of-the-yazidi-women appalling tales…

Nettesheim-Gutachten: Bundesrat kann #CETA stoppen - https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/themen/stop-ttip-ceta-und-co/nettesheim-gutachten-ceta-12786/ it ain’t over yet…

A limiting factor on producing electricity in a warming world? Water. - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/a-potential-climate-change-consequence-not-enough-cool-water-for-power-plants/ #water is the ultimate resource

Trump: UK-US trade deal could be ‘big and exciting’ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40716317 he means big for US poultry farms… #chlorinechicken #brexit

What is wrong with chlorinated chicken - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/what-is-wrong-with-chlorinated-chicken/ excellent, calm explanation of why chlorine chicken is health risk #brexit

EU attacks Fox’s ‘ignorant’ remarks on chlorinated chicken - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/25/brussels-attacks-liam-foxs-ignorant-remarks-chlorinated-chicken-eu-trade-deal-us “accused Fox of failing to understand the implications”

"Irish won’t be happy about chlorinated chicken crossing border said to be northern Irish chicken. So there will have to be a border."

Tory MPs call for action to avert post-#Brexit ports gridlock - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/25/tory-mps-call-for-action-to-avert-post-brexit-ports-gridlock their genius solution? “widen roads” hahahahahahaha

As a British EU negotiator, I can tell you that #Brexit is going to be far worse than anyone could have guessed - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-eu-negotiator-europe-euratom-airline-safety-negotiations-theresa-may-worse-anyone-guessed-a7858586.html

I used to think that #brexit's total long-term cost to UK would be ~ £100 billion.  I now reckon it will be £1000 billion - at least…

#Canada-#Israel FTA allows wines made in illegal settlements to be “made in Israel” - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/ruling-west-bank-settlement-wines-stirs-debate-170724112137032.html #palestine

#Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/25/google-enters-race-for-nuclear-fusion-technology uh-huh

tell Fox to get a UK trade deal with the US that represents everyone and not just big business. open letter here: https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/trump_trade_deal

Sleeping Monster: The Trade in Services Agreement (#TiSA) and the Supply Chain - http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/07/sleeping-monster-trade-services-agreement-tisa-supply-chain.html indeed, still going on