170831

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170830 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170830.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘#TPP 11’ to freeze drug data protection demanded by US - https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/TPP-11-to-freeze-drug-data-protection-demanded-by-US

Hard border could spell the end for Northern Ireland’s dairy processors - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/hard-border-could-spell-the-end-for-northern-irelands-dairy-processors/ of course; but #brexiters don’t care

Brexit-fuelled energy efficiency myths - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/brexit-fuelled-energy-efficiency-myths/ #brexiters spreading harmful lies everywhere

A ₹1 Crore Fund to Support Open Source Projects in #India - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/30/1-crore-fund-support-open-source-projects-india/ huge potential there

Estonia on #copyright: Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde and his alter ego on steroids - http://copybuzz.com/analysis/estonia-copyright-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-alter-ego-steroids/ a slap in the face for the EU public

Even encrypted data streams from the Internet of Things are leaking sensitive information; here’s what we can do - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/even-encrypted-data-streams-internet-things-leaking-sensitive-information-heres-can/

Leaked Plans Shows Top EU Body Backing #Copyright Industry Against The Public, The Internet, And Innovation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170831/08410438122/leaked-plans-shows-top-eu-body-backing-copyright-industry-against-public-internet-innovation.shtml

170830

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170829 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170829.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Hello spam and tinned peaches: is Britain facing a Brexit food crisis? - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/29/hello-spam-and-tinned-peaches-is-britain-facing-a-brexit-food-crisis enjoy, #brexiters

urgent: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation today - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Miss UK says she handed back her crown because she was told to lose weight - http://mashable.com/2017/08/30/miss-uk-beauty-pageant/ well done, her…

India’s Supreme Court Rules Privacy Is Fundamental Right; Big Ramifications For Aadhaar Biometric System & Beyond - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170829/08325938100/indias-supreme-court-rules-privacy-is-fundamental-right-big-ramifications-aadhaar-biometric-system-beyond.shtml

Distracted Boyfriend photographer: “It’s not allowed to use any image without purchasing the proper licence” - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/30/the-team-that-made-the-distracted-boyfriend-meme-have-split-up

Scale Of Moderating Facebook: It Turns Off 1 Million Accounts Every Single Day - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/17021938096/scale-moderating-facebook-it-turns-off-1-million-accounts-every-single-day.shtml facebook, not linus, does not scale

Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/30/brazilian-court-blocks-abolition-of-vast-amazon-reserve kudos, but: “may be only temporary reprieve for the area”

170829

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170828 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170828.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU’s #Brexit negotiator tells UK to speed up and ‘get serious’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/28/michel-barnier-concerned-about-brexit-talks-progress-third-round this is going so well

Universities abroad headhunting 95% of UCL’s top EU researchers - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/aug/29/universities-abroad-headhunting-ucl-eu-researchers-brexit #WellDoneBrexiters, destroying UK research

Interview With Raegan Macdonald - http://copybuzz.com/interviews/interview-raegan-macdonald/ Senior Policy Manager @mozilla #copyright #EU #copyrightdirective

#CCTV + Lip-Reading Software = Even Less #Privacy, Even More #Surveillance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170822/05364238054/cctv-lip-reading-software-even-less-privacy-even-more-surveillance.shtml

#Sweden doubles down on data retention surveillance, includes #VPN surveillance in new leaked proposal - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/sweden-doubles-data-retention-surveillance-includes-vpn-surveillance-new-leaked-proposal/ awful move

Letters threatening acid attacks sent to Muslims in Bradford - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/letters-threatening-acid-attack-threats-sent-to-muslims-in-bradford this is what #brexiters have turned UK into

Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf citadel faces obliteration - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/turkeys-12000-year-old-hasankeyf-citadel-faces-obliteration unnecessary: #turkey is perfect for solar power

Is this the key to foiling #phishing attacks? Spoiler alert: probably - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/key-foiling-phishing-attacks-spoiler-alert-probably/ everyone should do this if poss #security

Total Harvey insurance cost could be as high as $100bn - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/29/total-harvey-cost-insurance-texas-tropical-storm-hurricane-sandy tackling #climatechange looking cheaper by the day

Man born and raised in UK told he is not a British citizen - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/joiner-shane-ridge-born-and-raised-in-britain-told-to-leave-home-office @ukhomeoffice strikes again…

170828

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170827 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170827.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Houston fears climate change will cause catastrophic flooding: ‘It’s not if, it’s when’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/16/texas-flooding-houston-climate-change-disaster this is from June

2 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Get out, and go quick: #Brexit heartland stays defiant - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/get-out-and-go-quick-brexit-heartland-stays-defiant/ stupid old bigots still stupid, still bigoted…

UK Home Office cannot be trusted, say EU citizens’ rights groups - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/28/uk-home-office-cannot-be-trusted-say-eu-citizens-rights-groups too right: @ukhomeoffice is a perennial disgrace

It’s a fact: #climatechange made Hurricane Harvey more deadly - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-more-deadly well, obvs

Oxford University professor resigns in Donald Trump protest - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/aug/28/oxford-university-professor-bo-rothstein-resigns-donald-trump-protest bravo

Santorini’s popularity soars but locals say it has hit saturation point - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/santorini-popularity-soars-but-locals-say-it-has-hit-saturation-point #tourism is destroying what it loves

Netanyahu accuses Iran of missile production sites in Syria - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/benjamin-netanyahu-iran-building-missile-production-sites-syria-and-lebanon well, at least #israel doesn’t have nuclear weapons

170827

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170826 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170826.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

British tourists tell of misery abroad with pound at eight-year low - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/26/british-tourists-tell-of-misery-of-pound-at-eight-year-low well, we did warn you; but you know, facts…

A million skilled EU workers see their future outside Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/27/million-skilled-eu-workers-planning-to-leave-uk-brexit #WellDoneBrexiters, destroying UK’s future thus

3 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Can Labour’s change of course over #Brexit change Britain’s fate? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/26/can-labours-change-of-course-over-brexit-change-britains-fate we’ll see…

Maybe Trump is a kind of cry for help from the Earth - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/27/frankie-boyle-donald-trump-embodies-twitter “like he’s building up a credible insanity defence”

170826

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170825 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170825.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘I hope you’re ready to get married’: in search of Vietnam’s kidnapped brides - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/26/ready-married-kidnapped-brides-vietnam-china fruit of china’s one-child policy

4 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

170825

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170824 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170824.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Astronauts flew right over monster storm Hurricane Harvey - http://mashable.com/2017/08/24/hurricane-harvey-nasa-space-photos/ this is the face of #globalwarming

Jeremy Hunt can attack me all he wants – but he is wrong to say the #NHS is working - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/25/jeremy-hunt-attack-nhs-stephen-hawking-crisis saith Stephen Hawking…

Piece by piece, the case for severing Britain’s ties to Europe is falling apart - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/24/case-britains-ties-europe-severed-falling-apart-brexiteers-migration-norway-option just the start… #brexit

Welcome to the Internet of listening, eavesdropping, spying things - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/welcome-internet-listening-eavesdropping-spying-things/ we need to, er, talk about this now…

Repeal All UK Terrorism Laws, Says UK Government Adviser On Terrorism Laws - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170824/07284238075/repeal-all-uk-terrorism-laws-says-uk-government-adviser-terrorism-laws.shtml oh, that’s rather good

To truly understand Brexit debacle, look 2 Star Wars - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/25/brexit-star-wars-phantom-menace-movies “has 2 be explanation to make things better than they seem.”

Brexiteers tangled up in #redtape - https://www.facebook.com/OpenBritain/videos/1743673019006348/ oh look: another #brexit lie: not less, but more bureaucracy

170824

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170823 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170823.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Special Offer for Non-Profit Organizations: Secure Your Emails for Free - https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/secure-email-for-non-profit saith @TutanotaTeam

Sun sets on nuclear as solar capacity catches up with atomic power - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/sun-sets-on-nuclear-as-solar-capacity-catches-up-with-atomic-power/ #renewables

EFF, Others Think It Would Be Cool If The FCC Stopped Hiding 47,000 Net Neutrality Complaints - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170822/11403338060/eff-others-think-it-would-be-cool-if-fcc-stopped-hiding-47000-net-neutrality-complaints.shtml it would

Russian tanker sails through Arctic without icebreaker for first time - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/24/russian-tanker-sails-arctic-without-icebreaker-first-time ruh-roh #climatechange

170823

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170822 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2017/08/170822.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Why the US Solar Industry Doesn’t Want Government Protection - https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-solar-industry-doesnt-want-government-protection/ interesting analysis

Dirty business: The livestock farms polluting the UK - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-08-21/farming-pollution-fish-uk lowered standards after #brexit will make this much worse

.@BBC should never have bigged up a ridiculous study saying a hard #Brexit would be good for the UK economy - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hard-brexit-british-economy-study-trade-customs-union-single-market-europe-eu-ridiculous-a7906086.html

Is the #copyright industry above the law and exempt from respecting human rights? Some companies seem to think so - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/copyright-industry-law-exempt-respecting-human-rights-companies-seem-think/

.@ukhomeoffice apologises 4 letters threatening to deport EU nationals - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/23/home-office-apologises-for-letters-threatening-to-deport-eu-nationals how can you “mistakenly” send 100 letters?

ReFigure – connecting scientific insights across the web - https://elifesciences.org/labs/72170376/refigure-connecting-scientific-insights-across-the-web an #opensource browser extension for #chrome

One man has the power to stop this cruelty - https://www.facebook.com/Avaaz/videos/10155238414553884/ the #Netherlands’ inspector general must ban this animal abuser #nl

Sending EU nationals deportation letters an ‘unfortunate error’ - May - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/23/home-office-apologises-for-letters-threatening-to-deport-eu-nationals that it could even happen by error is awful

One week left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

.@Techdirt Turns Twenty! - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170822/23524138065/techdirt-turns-twenty.shtml amazing; here’s to the next 20 years…

Antares: astronomers capture best ever image of a star’s surface and atmosphere - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/23/antares-astronomers-capture-best-ever-image-of-a-stars-surface-and-atmosphere amazing

170822

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170821 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170821.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

California Proves That Environmental Regulations Don’t Kill Profits - https://www.wired.com/story/california-proves-that-environmental-regulations-dont-kill-profits/ so there you go

Hard #Brexit a ‘disaster scenario’ for waste treatment capacity, warns Suez - https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/hard-brexit-a-disaster-scenario-for-waste-treatment-capacity-warns-suez/ #brexit is rubbish for rubbish

Court Strips Immunity From Bite Mark Experts Who Put Wrong Man In Jail For 23 Years - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170820/09535138046/court-strips-immunity-bite-mark-experts-who-put-wrong-man-jail-23-years.shtml awful, incredible

170821

Abbott insists marriage equality threat to religious freedom - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/21/abbott-insists-marriage-equality-threat-to-religious-freedom-after-brandis-calls-it-a-trick what a sad and spiteful little christian #au

Ex-Regierungsbeamter kritisiert Mays Pläne als “dumm” - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-rechtsexperte-kritisiert-plaene-von-theresa-may-a-1163687.html sehr dumm #brexit

How the post-#Brexit trade deal will affect British farmers - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/how-the-post-brexit-trade-deal-will-affect-british-farmers/ they’ll be wiped out by cheap imports

Man suffers serious injuries in east London acid attack - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/21/man-suffers-serious-injuries-in-east-london-acid-attack time for stricter regulations, not dogmatic #deregulation

Moving On From Obviously Fake News To Plausibly Fake News Sites - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170821/08072438051/moving-obviously-fake-news-to-plausibly-fake-news-sites.shtml getting sneakier

170819

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170818 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170818.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Tina Fey to white supremacists: ‘It’s not our country, we stole it from Native Americans’ - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/18/tina-fey-snl-weekend-update-charlottesville-virginia-trump needs pointing out more

Now #NHS cuts are stripping basic medicines from the poor - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/17/nhs-cuts-basic-medicines-poor-gps-withdraw-service the lack of compassion here makes me ashamed of UK

Welcome To The Technological Incarceration Project, Where Prison Walls Are Replaced By Sensors, Algorithms, And AI - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170817/05530038015/welcome-to-technological-incarceration-project-where-prison-walls-are-replaced-sensors-algorithms-ai.shtml

Google researchers reveal automated process for removing watermarks from stock images - http://boingboing.net/2017/08/18/robust-vs-imperceptible.html interesting

Look at this man trying to stop a Boston Dynamics robot from opening a door - http://boingboing.net/2017/08/18/look-at-this-man-trying-to-sto.html not sure its wise to make them angry

Germany introduces bill to make outsourcing easier for businesses subject to professional secrecy laws - https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2017/august/germany-introduces-bill-to-make-outsourcing-easier-for-businesses-subject-to-professional-secrecy-laws/ bad move

Environmentalists worried as UK sells off Green Investment Bank - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/environmentalists-worried-as-uk-sells-off-green-investment-bank/ outrageous: sold to fossil fuel investors

This video of dancing robots will keep you up at night - http://mashable.com/2017/08/18/dancing-robot-army-record-holder/ now imagine them with weapons

#Norway close to becoming planet’s first ‘fully electrified society’ - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/norway-close-to-becoming-planets-first-fully-electrified-society/ interesting

Trump Forest organizers want to resist Trump with billions of trees - https://thinkprogress.org/offset-trumps-terrible-climate-policies-with-trees-a36e8d7117d4/ this is a lovely idea

"Trump Forest aims to plant enough trees — 110  billion — to offset carbon emissions created by Trump administration’s climate regression"

Judge blocks coal mine expansion, citing lack of adequate climate analysis - https://thinkprogress.org/judge-blocks-coal-mine-expansion-0d6126ebbc00/ wise judge

A trillion-dollar investment company is making #climatechange a business priority - https://thinkprogress.org/investment-company-makes-climate-change-a-business-priority-24ea20537f2b/ why trump has already lost

What does respecting the referendum result mean? - https://mainlymacro.blogspot.nl/2017/08/what-does-respecting-referendum-result.html “no one who voted to Leave is going to be happy” great post

New study: ‘Super heat waves’ of 131°F coming if global warming continues unchecked - https://thinkprogress.org/super-heatwaves-coming-study-warns-955962bd275a/ these are not survivable

170818

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170817 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2017/08/170817.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Leaving EU without deal would not be a disaster - thinktank - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/18/leaving-eu-without-deal-would-not-be-a-disaster-says-thinktank assumes we get good deals with rest of world; we won’t

Leading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/17/leading-elephant-conservationist-ivory-shot-dead-in-tanzania another hero lost; tragic

South Africa plans to grant immunity to Grace Mugabe, sources say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/18/south-africa-plans-to-grant-immunity-to-grace-mugabe-sources-say must be nice to be above the law…

Brazilian supreme court upholds land rights of indigenous people - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/17/brazilian-supreme-court-upholds-land-rights-indigenous-people-mato-grosso-do-sul that’s good #brazil

#Kuwait's inferno: how will the world’s hottest city survive climate change? - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/18/kuwait-city-hottest-place-earth-climate-change-gulf-oil-temperatures moving underground, I imagine…

Trump’s evangelical panel remains intact as others disband - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/18/donald-trump-evangelicals-charlottesville that really says it all…

Leak of proposed US law reveals plans for widespread use of multiple #surveillance technologies at borders - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/leak-proposed-us-law-reveals-plans-widespread-use-multiple-surveillance-technologies-borders/

#Copyright Implications With Confederacy Monuments - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170818/09155838022/because-course-there-are-copyright-implications-with-confederacy-monuments.shtml “no issue of public interest copyright law cannot make worse”

170817

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170816 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170816.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Three wildlife rangers killed in attack by violent militia in DRC - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/16/three-wildlife-rangers-killed-in-attack-by-violent-militia-in-drc true heroes #virunga

"would appear to contradict a key aspect of leave campaigners’ pledge to “take back control” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/16/uk-to-seek-irish-border-waivers-on-customs-and-food-safety-after-brexit #brexit #fiasco

"exempt Northern Ireland’s food producers from sanitary and phytosanitary check" IOW a backdoor for #chlorinechicken & #hormonebeef in EU

The increasingly diverse market for wearable devices will reach over $150bn annually by 2027 - http://www.idtechex.com/research/reports/wearable-technology-2017-2027-markets-players-forecasts-000536.asp codswallop, I’d say

MPAA Narrative About #Piracy Flips To Danger From Pirate Sites Now That It Has Lost The Moral Argument - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170815/14462038008/mpaa-narrative-about-piracy-flips-to-danger-pirate-sites-now-that-it-has-lost-moral-argument.shtml big shift

EU citizens will not need visas to visit UK after #Brexit, say sources - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/17/eu-citizens-no-visas-visit-uk-after-brexit gosh, so generous…

#HongKong democracy campaigners jailed over anti-China protests - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/hong-kong-democracy-campaigners-jailed-over-anti-china-protests

UK’s Animals No Longer Recognised As Sentient Beings - https://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=74771 #brexit lowering #AnimalWelfare stds, as we predicted

170816

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170815 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170815.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#Adani mining giant faces financial fraud claims as it bids for Australian coal loan - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/16/adani-mining-giant-faces-financial-claims-as-it-bids-for-australian-coal-loan #AU would be mad to go ahead

Indian and Chinese troops clash in disputed Himalayan border region - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/16/indian-chinese-troops-clash-disputed-himalayan-border-region </sigh> #india #china #bhutan

Geneticists trace humble apple’s exotic lineage all the way to the Silk Road - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/15/geneticists-trace-humble-apples-exotic-lineage-all-the-way-to-the-silk-road #kazakhstan

‘Potential for chaos’: Welsh port fears post-#Brexit customs delays - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/16/welsh-port-fears-chaos-of-uk-leaving-customs-union-holyhead-ireland-brexit well, course…

The guilty secret: Chinese crime writer arrested for four cold-case murders - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/16/guilty-secret-chinese-writer-arrested-cold-case-murders somebody should write a book about it

Urgent: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

UK to seek Irish border waivers on customs and food safety after #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/16/uk-to-seek-irish-border-waivers-on-customs-and-food-safety-after-brexit IOW a backdoor for US #chlorinechicken

UK "can limit the impact of undocumented immigration through tighter checks on work permits in UK" i .e. we don't need #brexit to do this

170815

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170814 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170814.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

May seeks interim EU deal to avoid #Brexit trade chaos - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/14/theresa-may-interim-eu-deal-brexit still a total shambles

The Ultimate Virus: How Malware Encoded In Synthesized #DNA Can Compromise A Computer System - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170810/07145037971/ultimate-virus-how-malware-encoded-synthesized-dna-can-compromise-computer-system.shtml #digitalcodeoflife

Danish University And Industry Work Together On Open Science Platform Whose Results Will All Be Patent-Free - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170811/06444337981/danish-university-industry-work-together-open-science-platform-whose-results-will-all-be-patent-free.shtml #dk

Bring the Eurasian Lynx Back to the UK - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/981/167/697/ great idea; let’s do it…

#Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/15/bolivia-approves-highway-in-amazon-biodiversity-hotspot-as-big-as-jamaica so Evo Morales turns out as bad as the rest

DOJ demands 1.3 million visitor IP addresses from protest website: Were you using a VPN? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/doj-demands-1-3-million-visitor-ip-addresses-protest-website-using-vpn/ a key question these days

“Czech minister saying Prague would not tolerate UK being able to sign trade deals in a transition period” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/15/european-minister-pours-cold-water-on-uk-interim-trade-proposal-brexit #brexit

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170813 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170813.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Factory farming in Asia creating global health risks, report warns - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/14/asia-factory-farming-creating-global-health-risks-report-warns this is madness #antibiotics #animalwelfare

#Privacy issues with #Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/privacy-issues-palantirs-move-law-enforcement-tackle/ more sunlight needed #opendata

Belgian chicken meat exported to Africa is tested for banned insecticide - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/chicken-meat-exported-africa-belgium-tested-insecticide-fipronil #factoryfarming makes this possible

Diamond tycoon Beny Steinmetz arrested in fraud inquiry - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/israeli-diamond-tycoon-beny-steinmetz-arrested-fraud-investigation “allegations of forgery and money laundering”

Coal expansion plans up in smoke as Europe realises mistake - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/coal-expansion-plans-up-in-smoke-as-europe-realises-mistake/ #coal is dead everywhere

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Grouse moors ‘to blame for Scotland’s disappearing raptors’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/11/grouse-moors-to-blame-for-scotland-disappearing-raptors-birds-prey-glorious-twelfth time to shut down this barbaric “sport”

David Miliband: we need a second vote on #Brexit deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/12/david-miliband-calls-second-vote-on-brexit-deal-europe-britain this is good news: more people must raise their voices

Tanzania’s ghost safari: how western aid contributed to the decline of a wildlife haven - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/13/tanzanias-ghost-safari-how-western-aid-contributed-to-the-decline-of-a-wildlife-haven what a fiasco

Uber failing to report sex attacks by drivers, says Met police - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/uber-failing-to-report-sex-attacks-by-drivers-says-met-police @Uber continues to be a disgrace in this area

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170810 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170810.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ex-MI5 chief warns against crackdown on encrypted messaging apps - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/11/ex-mi5-chief-warns-against-crackdown-encrypted-messaging-apps bravo him… #crypto

Elsevier Continues To Build Its Monopoly Solution For All Aspects Of Scholarly Communication - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170804/05454537924/elsevier-continues-to-build-monopoly-solution-all-aspects-scholarly-communication.shtml #openaccess

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170809 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170809.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Alone in the desert - http://supchina.com/photos/alone-in-the-desert/ “Taklaman desert covers an area of 130,000 square miles, slightly smaller than Germany”

UK named as world’s largest legal ivory exporter - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/10/uk-named-as-worlds-largest-legal-ivory-exporter this is just shameful; ban all ivory sales now

End bear farming in #Vietnam - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/163/290/035/ bear bile extraction is unbelievably cruel; it must be abolished everywhere

Alaskan towns at risk from rising seas sound alarm as Trump pulls federal help - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/10/alaska-coastal-towns-sea-level-rise-climate-change just the start, alas #climatechange

Internet Archive Blocked in 2,650 Site Anti-Piracy Sweep - https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-blocked-in-2650-site-anti-piracy-sweep-170810/ this is where #copyright always leads…

Putting the “face” in #Facebook: how Mark Zuckerberg is building a world without public #anonymity - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/putting-face-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-building-world-without-public-anonymity/ #privacy

‘Tens of thousands’ of modern slavery victims in UK, NCA says -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/10/modern-slavery-uk-nca-human-trafficking-prostitution unacceptable; more must be done by UK gov.

#Australia faces potentially disastrous consequences of climate change, inquiry told - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/11/australia-potentially-disastrous-consequences-of-climate-change-inquiry-told when will #AU gov wake up?

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170808 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170808.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Appeals Court Agrees: Awful Patent Used To Shake Down Podcasters Is Invalid - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170808/00402737953/appeals-court-agrees-awful-patent-used-to-shake-down-podcasters-is-invalid.shtml good news for a change

‘I can have you killed’: Afghan woman fears husband after US denies asylum - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/09/afghanistan-woman-husband-us-asylum-claim appalling from every viewpoint

UK needs new party 2 stop ‘catastrophic’ #Brexit - former Davis aide - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/09/brexit-political-party-james-chapman-david-davis “demolition of lots of Brexit voters’ houses”

Four UK news sources among top 10 most trusted in US – survey - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/09/four-uk-news-sources-among-top-10-most-trusted-in-us-survey well done them

The Mozilla Information Trust Initiative: Building a movement to fight misinformation online - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/08/mozilla-information-trust-initiative-building-movement-fight-misinformation-online/ interesting move

.@Techdirt: Now With More Free Speech Reporting - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170808/15450037961/techdirt-now-with-more-free-speech-reporting.shtml the indomitable @mmasnick

Australian Public Servants Warned Against Liking Social Media Posts That Are Critical Of Government Policies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170808/01445037954/australian-public-servants-warned-against-liking-social-media-posts-that-are-critical-government-policies.shtml #au

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170807 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170807.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Computer says no: Irish vet fails oral English test needed to stay in Australia - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/computer-says-no-irish-vet-fails-oral-english-test-needed-to-stay-in-australia a foretaste of what is to come #AI

Canadian Telcos Lose Their Goddamn Minds Over TVAddons - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170805/01182537930/canadian-telcos-lose-their-goddamn-minds-over-tvaddons.shtml highly recommended for light it sheds on copyright industry

EU: Stop The Torture Farmer - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/stop_pig_farm_torture_loc/ 20,000 pigs burnt alive; this farmer must be banned from ever raising animals again

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170806 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170806.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Five park rangers killed in DRC in tragic weekend for wildlife defenders - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/17/five-park-rangers-killed-in-drc-in-tragic-weekend-for-wildlife-defenders awful

Pro-EU activists to stage ‘stop Brexit’ march during Tory conference - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/07/pro-eu-activists-stop-brexit-march-tory-conservative-conference as someone said, the real fight starts now

#Ireland planning to introduce national identity cards by stealth, with no debate and unclear #privacy safeguards - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/ireland-planning-introduce-national-identity-cards-stealth-no-debate-unclear-privacy-safeguards/

USDA has begun censoring use of the term ‘#climatechange’, emails reveal - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/07/usda-climate-change-language-censorship-emails has US really come to this…?

170806

They say after Brexit there’ll be food rotting in the fields. It’s already started - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/05/brexit-uk-food-industry-eu-fruit-veg-pickers #WellDoneBrexiters

Vince Cable hits out at hardline #Brexit ‘martyrs’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/06/vince-cable-hits-out-at-hardline-brexit-martyrs particularly, stupid old gits with pensions and no job to lose

GA - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=33963 what an amazing post #linguistics

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170803 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170803.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Move over Sean Hannity, meet Lara Trump – the president keeps the propaganda in the family - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2017/aug/03/move-over-sean-hannity-meet-lara-trump-the-president-keeps-the-propaganda-in-the-family splendid stuff

#Georgia To Roll Out Tens Of Thousands Of #CCTV Cameras With Real-Time Facial Recognition Capabilities - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170803/05333037911/georgia-to-roll-out-tens-thousands-cctv-cameras-with-real-time-facial-recognition-capabilities.shtml that’s sad

Lonely Planet: Stop Promoting Elephant Rides - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/317/184/871/ come on, @lonelyplanet, you can do better here…

Extreme heat warnings issued in Europe as temperatures pass 40C - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/extreme-heat-warnings-issued-europe-temperatures-pass-40c #climatechange is happening, and faster than ever

US surgeon may be forced to quit UK because of visa nightmare - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/04/us-surgeon-may-be-forced-to-quit-uk-because-of-visa-nightmare utter disgrace; @ukhomeoffice strikes again

Science Beam - using computer vision to extract PDF data - https://elifesciences.org/labs/5b56aff6/science-beam-using-computer-vision-to-extract-pdf-data #opensource, sounds good - is it, @petermurrayrust?

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170802 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170802.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Climate change to cause humid heatwaves that will kill even healthy people - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people #climatechange will kill millions

British farmers are returning to intensive measures that deplete wildlife and damage the environment - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/03/ministers-must-support-farmers-save-wildlife-damaging-uncertainty a #brexit win

#Arsenal owner launches ‘sickening’ bloodsports TV channel in UK that screens lion & elephant hunts - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal-owner-stan-kroenke-hunting-tv-channel-my-outdoor-motv-endangered-animals-trophy-a7868361.html utterly sick

Trophy hunting is vile. Stan Kroenke’s TV channel must be banned - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/02/trophy-hunting-stan-kroenke-tv-channel-arsenal these hunters should be in psychiatric hospitals

If you use a browser extension, your full Internet history may be for sale – and easily de-anonymized - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/use-browser-extension-full-internet-history-may-sale-easily-de-anonymized/ not good

EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum - https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/eu-blockchain-observatory-and-forum dosh for blockchains…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170801 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170801.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Former Netanyahu chief of staff ‘in negotiations to become state witness’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/02/former-benjamin-netanyahu-chief-staff-negotiations-state-witness-israel well, that would be fun

Home Secretary Doesn’t Want Backdoors; She Just Wants Companies 2 Stop Offering Encryption Because No One Wants It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170801/17204237905/uk-home-secretary-doesnt-want-backdoors-she-just-wants-companies-to-stop-offering-encryption-because-no-one-wants-it.shtml

Canada incentivizes mass surveillance with mobile app called Carrot Rewards - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/canada-incentivizes-mass-surveillance-mobile-app-called-carrot-rewards/ awful; but only the stupid would do so

How May 35th Freedoms Have Blossomed With #China's Martian Language - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170801/02303437895/how-may-35th-freedoms-have-blossomed-with-chinas-martian-language.shtml say what? #language #censorship

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170731 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/07/170731.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Forget mullets and man-buns – only one hairstyle for men is truly unforgivable - https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jul/31/mullets-man-buns-hairstyle-for-men-unforgiveable-james-stunts-shellacked-hair-petra-ecclestone-style nicely done

#Brazil prepares to vote on removing second president in a year - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/brazil-michel-temer-corruption-vote politics in #2017 is rather exhausting…

Help End Genocide in West Papua - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/518/769/616/ “destroying the world’s second‐largest rainforest & 50,000 years of civilisation”

Passengers facing four-hour security queues at some European airports - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/passengers-facing-four-hour-security-queues-at-some-european-airports now imagine how it will be post-#brexit

Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/01/meat-industry-dead-zone-gulf-of-mexico-environment-pollution more negative externalities from US meat

bids for London’s EU agencies are unveiled - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/slick-risible-bids-london-eu-agencies-european-council shows how valuable they are, & we’re just throwing them away… #brexit

Names of wealthy empty-home owners in Grenfell borough revealed - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/01/names-of-wealthy-empty-home-owners-in-grenfell-borough-revealed

Streisand Effect Helps @Sci_Hub To Acquire Almost All Scholarly Literature, Dooms Traditional Academic Publishing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170731/03230937887/streisand-effect-helps-sci-hub-to-acquire-almost-all-scholarly-literature-dooms-traditional-academic-publishing.shtml

Hague backs transitional plan to avoid great Brexit ‘muddle’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/01/william-hague-backs-transitional-avoid-brexit-muddle-eea “gaining traction”; #brexit nutters can get lost

Tennessee sheriff’s deputies torture teenager with stun gun - http://boingboing.net/2017/08/01/ill-keep-doing-that-until.html unbelievable #torture; men deserve decades of prison