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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 171211 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/12/171211.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Youth climate trial reaches federal appeals court, as judges signal it's going to trial - http://mashable.com/2017/12/11/youth-climate-case-appeals-court/ excellent

US Study: UK economy likely to suffer post-Brexit - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/study-uk-economy-likely-to-suffer-post-brexit/ this is why UK won't do impact studies: "loss in GDP of nearly 5%, or $140 billion, in the ten years after Brexit"

Austria stubs out looming #smoking ban in name of 'freedom' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/austria-stubs-out-looming-smoking-ban-freedom it's official: far-right parties give you cancer...

Thylacine DNA reveals weakness – and kinship with the kangaroo - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/11/thylacine-dna-reveals-weakness-kangaroo-tasmanian-ti... one of the best examples of what’s known as “convergent evolution”

Fears grow across the Atlantic over Brexit fallout - http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42315280 "fall back to World Trade Organisation rules would reduce EU FDI inflow into the UK by about $7.8bn (£5.8bn)."

Why Does China Love The '#Sharing Economy'? Not Because Of Communism... - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171204/02561438730/why-does-china-love-sharing-economy-not-becau... #bikes #surveillance

Donald Trump visit to UK expected in new year, says US ambassador - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/12/donald-trump-visit-to-uk-expected-in-new-year-says-u... "chances of such [large-scale] protests not going ahead during any visit are minimal". you bet.

#Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/surveillance-firms-spied-on-campaign-groups-for-big-co... want to hate big business a little more?  read on...

Insurance giant Axa dumps investments in #tarsands pipelines - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/12/insurance-giant-axa-dumps-investments-tar-sands-pipelines important: who now wants to be left with stranded assets…?

No-deal #Brexit will cost everyone in UK £1,585, says US thinktank - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/12/no-deal-brexit-cost-everyone-uk-1585-us-thinktank IOW £6,000 for a family of four: you got that spare...?

'No shame': how the Trump administration granted big oil's wishlist - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/12/big-oil-lobby-get-what-it-wants-epa-trump-pruitt #EPA

David Davis has damaged trust in UK, says Verhofstadt - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/12/david-davis-has-damaged-trust-in-the-uk-for-brexit-... sack him - he's utterly incompetent #brexit

Calls for greater fossil fuel divestment at anniversary of Paris climate deal - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/12/calls-for-greater-fossil-fuel-divestment-at-anni...

UK banks join pledge to come clean on #climatechange risks - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/12/uk-banks-join-multinationals-pledge-come-clean-clim... "237 companies with a combined market capitalisation of $6.3tn (£4.7tn) were now backing the scheme."

How a maker with Type I #diabetes led an #opensource project to create a free-as-in-code artificial pancreas - https://boingboing.net/2017/12/12/organlegging.html #T1D

David Davis has damaged trust in UK, says Verhofstadt - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/12/david-davis-has-damaged-trust-in-the-uk-for-brexit-... sack him - he's utterly incompetent #brexit