180128

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180127 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180127.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Donald Trump says he might sign back up to a revamped Paris accord - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/28/donald-trump-says-he-might-sign-back-up-to-a-revamped-paris-accord he’s just trolling - ignore him

Don’t Make AI Artificially Stupid in the Name of Transparency - https://www.wired.com/story/dont-make-ai-artificially-stupid-in-the-name-of-transparency/ ridiculous defeatism; of course #AI systems must be scrutable and explicable

Tesla’s giant battery in Australia made around $1 million in just a few days - https://electrek.co/2018/01/23/tesla-giant-battery-australia-1-million/ investors take note… #renewables

#Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government - https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-warned-chinese-companies-of-chip-flaws-before-u-s-government-1517157430 a question of who’s more important, really…

180127

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180126 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180126.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘We Shall Overcome’ Overcomes Bogus #Copyright Claim – Officially In The Public Domain - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180126/17452739093/we-shall-overcome-overcomes-bogus-copyright-claim-officially-public-domain.shtml #PD

180126

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180125 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180125.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Genome Of A Man Born In 1784 Recreated From The DNA Of His Descendants - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180118/08580639031/genome-man-born-1784-recreated-dna-his-descendants.shtml #privacy, what’s that?

Sarajevo’s City Government Says No One Can Use The Name ‘Sarajevo’ Without Its Permission - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180125/08552639080/sarajevos-city-government-says-no-one-can-use-name-sarajevo-without-permission.shtml how do you say “bonkers” in Bosnian?

This bizarre anti-#masturbation video can’t be real, but it is - https://boingboing.net/2018/01/25/this-bizarre-anti-masturbation.html weird, very weird… #JehovahsWitnesses

.@NOYBeu is nearly there: “240,700 Euro of the 250,000 Euro goal (97%)” - https://noyb.eu/ help defend #privacy

I wore the VR glove that fools your skin as well as your eyes - https://www.cnet.com/news/sundance-2018-vr-glove-haptx-virtual-reality/ getting closer to usable #VR…

‘She clearly has no idea’: Kenyan doctor condemned over bid to legalise #FGM - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jan/26/kenyan-doctor-condemned-over-bid-to-legalise-fgm doctor??? “First do no harm”

Russia could kill ‘thousands’ in UK power station attack, warns Defence Secretary - https://news.sky.com/story/russia-could-kill-thousands-in-uk-power-station-attack-warns-defence-secretary-11222844 & you know what? weakening #crypto as May wants will make it even easier for state actors to do that…

Bling Cake Wows VIPs At Nazarbaev Relative’s Wedding In #Kazakhstan - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-wedding-cake-nazarbaev-wedding/29000637.html " more than three meters tall and weighing more than 1,500 kilos" however it tasted, it was in poor taste…

Erdogans Offensive stockt - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/tuerkei-recep-tayyip-erdogans-syrien-offensive-stockt-a-1189993.html "Die Kurdenkämpfer spotten bereits: “Nutzt diese Gelegenheit und ergebt euch!” #turkey #Afrin

‘We’re not morons’: #Brexit divisions harden across Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/26/uk-brexit-voters-mansfield-bristol-torbay-leeds-post-referendum actually, now you come to mention it…

Tencent Backed Super-App Emerges to Rival Its Own WeChat - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/tencent-backed-super-app-emerges-to-rival-its-own-wechat v interesting move by tencent here… #china

Canada stripped the #TPP of its terrible IP proposals: will the US seek revenge in #NAFTA talks? - https://boingboing.net/2018/01/26/revenge-of-the-ustr.html good question…

United Airlines removed woman from flight to dying mother’s bedside after ticketing glitch: “nobody flies for free” - https://boingboing.net/2018/01/26/united-airlines-removed-woman.html remember the name - #unitedairlines - & remember never to give them any business…

180125

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180124 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180124.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

CJEU gives Green Light for #Facebook Lawsuit in Vienna - http://www.europe-v-facebook.org/sk/CJEU_en.pdf but “CJEU gave a very narrowly definition of the notion of a “consumer” which makes an Austrian-style “consumer class action” impossible.”

Danish Police Charge Over 1,000 People With Sharing Underage Couple’s Sexting Video And Images - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180117/08263439018/danish-police-charge-over-1000-people-with-sharing-underage-couples-sexting-video-images.shtml #dk

Beppe Grillo steps aside from Italy’s Five Star Movement - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/beppe-grillo-steps-aside-from-italys-five-star-movement whoa; will it survive without its figurehead?

Going Open: Policy Recommendations on #OpenEducation in Europe (OpenEdu Policies) - https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/going-open-policy-recommendations-open-education-europe-openedu-policies

“May says technology companies employ some of the brightest minds in the world - they should be able to design a system where unacceptable content is deleted automatically.” - https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/jan/25/davos-2018-may-trump-hammond-lagarde-climate-change-crypto-tax-avoidance-day-three-live?page=with:block-5a69da43e4b0ff7aa1a42630#block-5a69da43e4b0ff7aa1a42630 clueless politician wants tech #pixiedust again

UK government Digital Charter - vague update on what’s happening - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-charter/digital-charter mostly platitudinous

UK government is looking to appoint a Chair to lead the interim Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation - https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/interim-centre-data-ethics-innovation-chair/ form an orderly queue, please…

“It’s official. Barring a few details, US president Donald Trump will visit the United Kingdom later this year.” - https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/jan/25/davos-2018-may-trump-hammond-lagarde-climate-change-crypto-tax-avoidance-day-three-live?page=with:block-5a6a05b0e4b0ff7aa1a42831#block-5a6a05b0e4b0ff7aa1a42831 OK, so let’s start organising the biggest protests UK has ever seen…

May calls again for tech firms to act on encrypted messaging - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/25/theresa-may-calls-tech-firms-act-encrypted-messaging the record’s broken again, but it’s jumped from the “strong and stable” track to “backdoor crypto” track #clueless

Bulgarian environment minister under MEP fire over his views on climate change - https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/bulgarian-environment-minister-under-mep-fire-over-his-views-on-climate-change/ #bulgaria's shame: he’s a denialist. everyone boycott him. #bg

Britain risks losing green protections after Brexit - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/britain-risks-losing-green-protections-after-brexit/ of course, it’s race to the bottom time after #brexit

Tourism to U.S. under Trump is down, costing $4.6B and 40,000 jobs - https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/tourism-u-s-down-trump-took-office-costing-4-6-n840326 who would want to visit a land ruled by a lying, racist, sexist climate-denier?

Rupert Murdoch Admits, Once Again, He Can’t Make Money Online – Begs Facebook To Just Give Him Money - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180125/09164639083/rupert-murdoch-admits-once-again-he-cant-make-money-online-begs-facebook-to-just-give-him-money.shtml @mmasnick one of the few people to remember murdoch’s many many previous Net failures…

The GAO Says It Will Investigate Bogus #NetNeutrality Comments, Eventually - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180124/10480939074/gao-says-it-will-investigate-bogus-net-neutrality-comments-eventually.shtml magnanimous, no?

Invitation to tender: Copywriters, editors and/or producers - https://theodi.org/blog/invitation-to-tender-copywriters-andor-publishers “Experienced copywriters, editors and/or producers to assist in the production of outputs from the ODI’s three year innovation programme”

UK opposes strong EU recycling targets despite plastics pledge - https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/uk-opposes-strong-eu-recycling-targets-despite-plastics-pledge/ this is what is waiting for us post-#brexit - low standards compared to EU…

Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinians for ‘disrespecting’ Pence - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/25/trump-threatens-to-cut-aid-to-palestinians-for-disrespecting-pence “miss, miss, that rotter was nasty to my friend - I’m not going to play with him now…”

“For May, the good news is that business doesn’t hate her. The bad news is that they pity her.” - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/25/ghost-general-election-theresa-may-davos-2018 #strongandstable #brexit

“Trump’s erratic behaviour, nationalist approach and support from the racist far-right have brought the prospect of mass protests when he does arrive” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/25/trump-and-may-discuss-uk-visit-later-this-year-davos #stoptrump

Tory minister declines John Humphrys interview over pay comments - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/25/tracey-crouch-john-humphrys-bbc-today-carrie-gracie #kudos

Theresa May disowns Hammond’s remarks as MPs rebel over #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/25/britain-cowed-brussels-jacob-rees-mogg-theresa-may-brexit-eurosceptic-mps tory party is out of control; May is nowhere

#TPP Is Back, Minus #Copyright Provisions And Pharma Patent Extensions, In A Clear Snub To Trump And The US - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180125/03473439079/tpp-is-back-minus-copyright-provisions-pharma-patent-extensions-clear-snub-to-trump-us.shtml #CPTPP

Harris Stingray Nondisclosure Agreement Forbids Cops From Telling Legislators About Surveillance Tech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180120/06352239048/harris-stingray-nondisclosure-agreement-forbids-cops-telling-legislators-about-surveillance-tech.shtml

180124

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180123 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180123.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

We Are Removing Our South Korea Presence - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/01/removing-south-korea-presence/ “alerted by close contacts in South Korea that law enforcement would be seeking to mirror our servers tomorrow” #VPN

Big Pharma fails to disclose antibiotic waste leaked from factories - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-01-24/big-pharma-fails-to-disclose-waste-leaked-from-factories not just scandalous, but likely to lead to many deaths

Authorities to reinforce inspection over games “distorting history” - http://technode.com/2018/01/24/authorities-reinforce-inspection-games-distorting-history/ as if anyone knew what “history” were… #china

#Censorship By Weaponizing Free Speech: Rethinking How The Marketplace Of Ideas Works - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180124/11124039076/censorship-weaponizing-free-speech-rethinking-how-marketplace-ideas-works.shtml

Liberals need some humility: #Brexit didn’t blow up Britain - http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/liberals-need-some-humility-brexit-didnt-blow-up-britain/article/2646945 I really hate to break this to you, but #brexit - the actual, mind-numbingly stupid act of self-harm - hasn’t happened yet…

180123

Marriott Freezes Its Social Media Globally, And Makes Grovelling Apology To China, All For A Drop-Down Menu And Liking A Tweet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180119/08381639037/marriott-freezes-social-media-globally-makes-grovelling-apology-to-china-all-drop-down-menu-liking-tweet.shtml

Tunisia's Plans To Bring In Its Own National 'Aadhaar' Biometric ID System Halted -- For Now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180116/09350939009/tunisias-plans-to-bring-own-national-aadhaar-biometric-id-system-halted-now.shtml

180121

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180120 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180120.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“people spend a fortune on bottled fresh air.” - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/21/fresh-air-for-sale how about we fix air pollution instead?

Future directions for #PGP - https://lwn.net/Articles/742542/ hopeful signs #crypto

Trump administration could be sued over #pesticide threat to orca and salmon - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/21/trump-administration-lawsuit-pesticide-orca-salmon do it #whales

Android Users: To Avoid Malware, Try the F-Droid App Store - https://www.wired.com/story/android-users-to-avoid-malware-ditch-googles-app-store/

180120

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180119 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180119.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Trump-Russia inquiry is told Nigel Farage may have given Julian Assange data - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/19/trump-russia-inquiry-is-told-nigel-farage-may-have-given-julian-assange-data well, that’s interesting…

Thai police arrest notorious wildlife trafficking suspect - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/20/thai-police-arrest-notorious-wildlife-trafficking-suspect #kudos to #thailand for catching this scum (assuming he’s guilty…)

Subversive Greeks stub out cigarette habit in record numbers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/20/subversive-greeks-stub-out-cigarette-habit great news #tobacco #el

Грузинские парламентарии посетят Узбекистан - http://vestikavkaza.ru/material/220656 lovely pic; they’ve planted trees since I was there… #samarkand

180119

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180118 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2018/01/180118.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK Begins Absolutely Bonkers ‘Education’ Of Grade Schoolers About Intellectual Property And Piracy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180118/06445339029/uk-begins-absolutely-bonkers-education-grade-schoolers-about-intellectual-property-piracy.shtml pathetic propaganda #copyright

Romania braced for huge protests amid 'big step backwards' on rule of law - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/19/romania-braced-for-huge-protests-amid-big-step-backwar... dreadful development in #Romania

Facebook hires Eurosport chief for multibillion live push - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/19/facebook-hires-eurosport-chief-for-multibillion-live-sport-push IOW @facebook wants to turn the Internet into TV

180118

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180117 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2018/01/180117.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Librem 5 Privacy-Focused Linux Phone Crowdfunding Campaign Ends with $2 Million - http://news.softpedia.com/news/librem-5-privacy-focused-linux-phone-crowdfunding-campaign-ends-with-2-million-518158.shtml exciting news

Using AI To Identify Car Models In 50 Million Google Street Views Reveals A Wide Range Of Demographic Information - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180104/03261938926/using-ai-to-identify-car-models-50-million-google-street-views-reveals-wide-range-demographic-information.shtml

Juncker would like UK to rejoin EU after #Brexit - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/juncker-says-would-like-britain-to-rejoin-eu-after-brexit/ #PlanB

World’s confidence in US leadership under Trump at new low, poll finds - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/us-leadership-world-confidence-poll “One of the sharpest declines in confidence in US leadership was in the UK”

Produktionsstopp abgewendet - Emirates will 36 Airbus #A380 bestellen - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/emirates-will-36-airbus-a380-bestellen-a-1188528.html

Documenting the development of open standards for data - https://theodi.org/blog/documenting-the-development-of-open-standards-for-data #opendata

Europe will hike climate finance spending, insists Cañete - https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/europe-will-hike-climate-finance-spending-insists-canete/ #climatechange

#NHS: Thanks for all the free work, Linux nerds, now face our trademark cops - https://lnkd.in/eHE7YEh disgraceful; has happened many times before in UK

Macron rebuffs City deal after Brexit unless UK pays into EU budget - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/18/macron-rebuffs-city-deal-after-brexit-unless-uk-pays-into-eu-budget another #brexit fantasy bites the dust

180117

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180116 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180116.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

YouTube star wins damages in landmark UK 'revenge porn' case - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/17/youtube-star-chrissy-chambers-wins-damages-in-lan... important precedent

Secret negotiations, empty promises: #Copyright policymaking needs sunlight for better outcomes - https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/17/secret-negotiations-empty-promises-copyright-policymaking-needs-sunlight-better-outcomes/ a laser beam, more like… #transparency #CopyrightWeek

Educators ask for a better copyright - https://blog.okfn.org/2018/01/17/educators-ask-for-a-better-copyright/ " to improve the education exception in the proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive)" #CopyrightWeek

New Year, New Copyright Developments - http://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/011718-new-year-new-copyright-developments/ bad ones so far… #CopyrightWeek

Emmanuel Macron: a modern master of the diplomatic gesture - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/17/emmanuel-macron-proves-modern-master-diplomatic-gesture <sigh/> it must be so nice having an intelligent, adroit leader; meanwhile we have the worst PM in recent history…

Pakistani humanist denied UK asylum after failing to identify Plato - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/17/pakistani-humanist-denied-uk-asylum-after-failing-to-identify-plato @ukhomeoffice strikes again, of course…

Nearly 1m tonnes every year: supermarkets shamed for plastic packaging - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/17/nearly-1m-tonnes-every-year-supermarkets-shamed-for-plastic-packaging info which they try to hide…

#FBPE: what is the pro-EU hashtag spreading across social media? - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/17/fbpe-what-is-pro-eu-hashtag-spreading-across-social-media

180116

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180115 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/01/180115.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

No-deal Brexit would cost EU economy £100bn, report claims - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/15/no-deal-brexit-would-cost-eu-economy-100bn-report-claims but UK would lose £125bn by 2020 - got that spare, #brexiters?

EU declares war on plastic waste - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/16/eu-declares-war-on-plastic-waste-2030 good news; let’s hope it leads to rapid action

EU leaders say UK can reverse #Brexit decision if it wants to - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/16/eu-leaders-say-uk-can-reverse-brexit-decision-if-it-wants-to pretty important declaration

Media Freaks Out About #Facebook Changes; Maybe They Shouldn’t Have Become So Reliant On Facebook - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180113/11333938996/media-freaks-out-about-facebook-changes-maybe-they-shouldnt-have-become-so-reliant-facebook.shtml well, we did warn them… #publishing

<insert witty caption here/> - https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2018/jan/16/a-holy-bath-and-the-scream-tuesdays-best-photos#img-1

180115

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180114 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/01/180114.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Don’t Let #EU Upload Filters Undermine the #PublicDomain - http://copybuzz.com/ipr-enforcement/dont-let-upload-filters-undermine-the-public-domain/ another reason to drop #Article13 of proposed #copyright regulation #PD

British supermarket chickens show record levels of antibiotic-resistant superbugs - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/15/british-supermarket-chickens-show-record-levels-of-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs stop using vital antibiotics for farming now; people will die because of this selfish stupidity

Is #Copyright Term Extension Finally Done? - https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/copyright-term-extension-finally-done/ "there are communities of people who wish to work for a more fair copyright—and fight for better access to knowledge, fast and reliable technology and connectivity, and a robust shared #publicdomain. "

May faces tougher transition stance from EU amid Norway pressure - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/15/norway-may-rip-up-eu-deal-over-uk-brexit-demands oh look: that #brexit cakeism doesn’t seem to be going down so well…

Shell invests in Nashville solar firm, but it’s no less an oil company - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/shell-invests-in-nashville-solar-firm-but-its-no-less-an-oil-company/ but it knows which way the wind is blowing (& the sun is shining…) #renewables

180114

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180113 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/01/180113.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

With Farage rattled and MPs flexing their muscles, the real #Brexit battle is just beginning - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/13/nigel-farage-rattled-peers-brexit-struggle-now-beginning let’s win this time…

UK government’s #Brexit impact assessment ‘shameful’ says Sturgeon - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/14/uk-governments-brexit-impact-assessment-shameful-says-sturgeon " as her own government prepares to publish a “clear-eyed, hard-headed” analysis of potential outcomes of leaving the EU"

Desperate for a trade deal, the Tories are enabling Donald Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/14/trade-deal-tories-donald-trump “Such are the bleak wages of #Brexit, the ashen taste of diminishing global power.”

180113

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180112 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180112.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU warned about ‘lost decade’ for renewables as costs continue to fall - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/eu-warned-about-lost-decade-for-renewables-as-costs-continue-to-fall/ #renewables continue to plunge in price

“These EU citizens save lives in our communities every day, yet ministers have treated them like dirt and failed to give them certainty over their futures here” - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/13/nhs-ambulance-staff-quit-brexit-eu27 #brexit

180112

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180111 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180111.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Shareholder Groups Say #Apple Should Do More To Address Gadget ‘Addiction’ Among Young People: Should It? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180109/05152038966/shareholder-groups-say-apple-should-do-more-to-address-gadget-addiction-among-young-people-should-it.shtml

UN condemns as racist Donald Trump’s ‘shithole countries’ remark - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/unkind-divisive-elitist-international-outcry-over-trumps-shithole-countries-remark quite right, too

Home Office accused of cruelty for ordering cannabis slave back to Vietnam - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/12/child-trafficking-cruel-home-office-orders-cannabis-slave-back-to-vietnam @ukhomeoffice maintaining its record as the most heartless government deparment; pure #brexiters…

Norway backs EU fishing policies remaining during #Brexit transition - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/12/norway-backs-eu-fishing-policies-remaining-brexit-transition things going, er, swimmingly

Farage has MEP salary docked to recoup misspent EU funds - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/12/nigel-farage-eu-salary-docked-claim-misspent-public-funds “paid assistant who is believed to have not been working on EU matters”

Chinese Internet Users Start To Rebel Against Lack Of Online #Privacy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180110/08545938977/chinese-internet-users-start-to-rebel-against-lack-online-privacy.shtml #china

180111

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180110 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180110.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Switzerland rules lobsters must be stunned before boiling - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/11/switzerland-rules-lobsters-must-be-stunned-before-boiling damn right - of course they feel pain. everyone should follow suit.

Victoria police say Daily Mail provoked African ‘gang flare-up’ scuffle - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/11/victoria-police-say-daily-mail-provoked-african-gang-flare-up-scuffle Daily Mail spreading hatred and dissension again

now you’ve all read Hawking’s PhD - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171024/08014338467/good-news-you-can-download-hawkings-phd-free-bad-news-it-took-50-years-to-make-it-happen.shtml - you can read, er, mine - https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270427

City of Barcelona Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Linux and Open Source - https://itsfoss.com/barcelona-open-source/ “City of Barcelona will start outsourcing IT projects to local small and medium sized enterprises.”

In Keeping And Improving News Comments, The Intercept Shows Websites What Giving A Damn Looks Like - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180102/09541738909/keeping-improving-news-comments-intercept-shows-websites-what-giving-damn-looks-like.shtml

Giant squid and sexed-up druids: is Britannia Jez Butterworth’s mad masterpiece? - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/11/mackenzie-crook-druids-britannia-jez-butterworths-mad-masterpiece-tv-series sounds, er, intriguing

“Wir sollten die Presse gegen die digitalen Riesen verteidigen” – https://www.ksta.de/29401040 #copyright already does this: article 11 unnecessary; article 13’s upload filters will just chill creativity and censor free speech #EU

“330 investors from Germany and 7 other countries showed ~ 80% would not invest in online platforms that make user-generated music or video content accessible if #copyright law were tightened and startups were held liable for infringements.” - https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Miele-letter.pdf

EU to hold Britain to fishing quotas during #Brexit transition - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/11/eu-to-hold-britain-to-fishing-quotas-during-brexit-transition “UK would also have no role in deciding the total catches in EU seas after Brexit.”

EU Launches $1.2 Billion Supercomputing Plan, Without U.K. - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/eu-launches-effort-to-catch-u-s-china-japan-in-supercomputing #brexit

Trump Doesn’t Understand #Surveillance Powers; House Votes To Give Him More Of It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180111/09493638985/trump-doesnt-understand-surveillance-powers-house-votes-to-give-him-more-it.shtml

No-deal is a disaster. The government must tell us the truth about #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/11/no-deal-disaster-government-truth-brexit-sadiq-khan “geographic inequalities across the UK would widen even further, rather than narrowing”

‘No deal’ #Brexit threatens ‘bleak future’ for Welsh farmers - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/no-deal-brexit-threatens-bleak-future-for-welsh-farm... "Welsh agriculture sector was already suffering from a loss of seasonal labour."

180110

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180109 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180109.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#Copyright Maximalists Throw In The Towel On Term Extension; Admit That Maybe Copyright Is Too Long - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180108/10560438959/copyright-maximalists-throw-towel-term-extension-admit-that-maybe-copyright-is-too-long.shtml time to reduce copyright term

Where Brexit will hurt most in Europe - https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-impact-on-european-regions-revealed-by-eu-report-phase-2-negotiations/ #brexit is an exercise in racist sadism…

Watch: Cruise from hell sailed right through “bomb cyclone” despite storm forecast - https://boingboing.net/2018/01/09/watch-cruise-from-hell-sailed.html puny humans meet mighty Nature…

As Electric Cars’ Prospects Brighten, Japan Fears Being Left Behind - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/business/japan-electric-cars.html get moving, then… #ev

This 15-foot tall mech weighs 8,000 lbs and can run 20 mph - https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/this-15-foot-tall-mech-weighs-8000-lbs-and-can-run-20-mph/ no way this could possibly be misused…

Complying with the new EU data protection directive requires a top-to-bottom redo of the adtech industry - https://boingboing.net/2018/01/09/information-controllers-galore.html can’t see that happening…this is going to be messy #gdpr

Russian bid to influence #Brexit vote detailed in new US Senate report - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/russian-influence-brexit-vote-detailed-us-senate-report

New York City plans to #divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/new-york-city-plans-to-divest-5bn-from-fossil-fuels-and-sue-oil-companies fab move; other cities should follow

180109

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180108 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180108.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Damore sues Google, alleging intolerance of white male conservatives - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/08/james-damore-sues-google-discrimination-white-male-conservatives “Efforts to increase the representation of women and underrepresented racial minorities…[is] illegal discrimination against the majority” er, wut?

Energy agency rejects Trump plan to prop up coal and nuclear power plants - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/08/donald-trump-coal-industry-plan-rejected-rick-perry whoa: some republicans with a spine…well done them

The Stasi’s Tiny Torn-Up Analog Files Defeat Modern Digital Technology’s Attempts To Re-Assemble East Germany’s #Surveillance Records - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180105/07120838936/stasis-tiny-torn-up-analog-files-defeat-modern-digital-technologys-attempts-to-re-assemble-east-germanys-surveillance-records.shtml

180108

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180107 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180107.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK ‘inadvertently helped neuter’ Middle East ally the Iraqi Kurds - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/08/uk-inadvertently-helped-neuter-middle-east-ally-iraqi-kurds-iran-baghdad-shia-militia-claims UK’s waning importance on world scene…

I will soon have regular spare slots in my #freelance writing schedule. Any editors interested in commissioning, please see here for details - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.nl/2018/01/incoming-spare-slots-for-freelance-work.html

Weather and climate disasters cost the U.S. a record $306 billion in 2017 - http://mashable.com/2018/01/08/2017-record-year-billion-dollar-disasters-third-warmest/ addressing #climatechange is just good economics; not doing so is just stupid

Want Anybody’s Personal Details From #Aadhaar, India’s Billion-Person Identity Database? Yours For $8 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180105/02381238934/want-anybodys-personal-details-aadhaar-indias-billion-person-identity-database-yours-8.shtml as we warned… #privacy

The Gorilla Channel Satire Demonstrates The Ridiculousness Of Banning Fake News - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180105/23402638944/gorilla-channel-satire-demonstrates-ridiculousness-banning-fake-news.shtml yup

180107

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180106 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180106.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK companies will face huge new VAT burden after #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/06/vat-upfront-after-brexit-uk-imports enjoy

Brexit to swallow £70m meant for developing cancer drugs, says GSK - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/06/brexit-will-divert-70m-from-our-cancer-drug-making-capacity-glaxosmithkline people will die as a result of #brexit

Sydney suffers through hottest day since 1939 as temperatures reach 47.3C in Penrith - https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2018/jan/07/sydney-records-hottest-day-as-temperatures-reach-47c-in-penrith & it will get worse; 50C soon… #AU

No Level of #Copyright Enforcement Will Ever Be Enough For Big Media - https://torrentfreak.com/no-level-of-copyright-enforcement-will-ever-be-enough-for-big-media-180107/ true

#Iran bans the teaching of English in primary schools, official says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/iran-bans-teaching-english-primary-schools-official-says er, they do know forbidden fruits taste sweeter…?

#Israel imposes travel ban on 20 foreign NGOs over boycott movement - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/israel-imposes-travel-ban-on-20-foreign-ngos-over-boycott-movement such a fragile government if it can’t take this criticism; proves #BDS is working

180106

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180105 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2018/01/180105.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Really Bad Ideas: French President Macron Wants To Ban ‘Fake News’ During The Election - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180105/12051938940/really-bad-ideas-french-president-macron-wants-to-ban-fake-news-during-election.shtml

Republican senators want ex-British spy behind #Trump dossier to be investigated - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/05/republican-senators-christopher-steele-investigation-chuck-grassley-lindsey-graham AKA “oh, look, a squirrel”

180105

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180104 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180104.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Deutschland genehmigt Import von Hunderten Jagdtrophäen im Jahr - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/deutschland-genehmigt-import-von-hunderten-jagdtrophaeen-im-jahr-a-1186353.html #schande

Weg mit der Tüte - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/griechenlands-steuer-auf-plastiktueten-weg-mit-der-tuete-a... yay #greece #plastics

Hammond refuses to rule out customs union with EU after #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/05/philip-hammond-customs-union-with-eu-after-brexit at least...

Preise steigen langsamer - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/inflation-in-der-eurozone-teuerung-sinkt-auf-1-4-prozent-a-1186409.html unlike in #brexit UK, of course, where they are rising ever-faster…

Intel facing class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre bugs - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/05/intel-class-action-lawsuits-meltdown-spectre-bugs-computer as predicted…

Once more, #Iceland has shown it is the best place in the world to be female - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/05/iceland-female-women-equal-pay-gender-equality unless you are a female whale…

Brazil seethes as man jailed for sexual abuse of teenager joins congress - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/05/brazil-political-scandal-nelson-nahim-sexual-exploitation poor #brazil

White Noise On YouTube Gets FIVE Separate #Copyright Claims From Other White Noise Providers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180105/10292038938/white-noise-youtube-gets-five-separate-copyright-claims-other-white-noise-providers.shtml

180104

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180103 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180103.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Revealed: Vietnam’s 10,000-Strong Internet Monitoring Force, Tasked With Stamping Out ‘Wrongful Views’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180102/03180438906/revealed-vietnams-10000-strong-internet-monitoring-force-tasked-with-stamping-out-wrongful-views.shtml #vn

Farmland could turn into meadows after Brexit, says Michael Gove - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/farmland-could-be-turned-into-meadows-post-brexit-says-michael-gove surprisingly sensible stuff…

Pilots grounded after ‘midair fight’ on London-Mumbai flight - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/pilots-grounded-after-mid-air-fight-london-mumbai-flight-jet-airways “leading pair to briefly leave cockpit unattended” er, ok…

#Brazil raises hopes of a retreat from new mega-dam construction - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/brazil-raises-hopes-of-a-retreat-from-new-mega-dam-construction let’s hope…

Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/oceans-suffocating-dead-zones-oxygen-starved #2018 getting worse and worse already…

#China Plans To Turn Country’s Most Popular App, #WeChat, Into An Official ID System - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180103/04003638918/china-plans-to-turn-countrys-most-popular-app-wechat-into-official-id-system.shtml

U.S. Urges U.K. to Cut EU Rules After Brexit to Boost Trade - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-04/stop-saying-american-chicken-isn-t-safe-to-eat-u-s-tells-brits he comes that lowering of food standards, all thanks to #brexit

"Michael Gove, the British environment secretary, has privately assured U.S. officials that he would try to draw a line under the chicken dispute because it was not fair to American poultry producers." bad luck, British public #chlorinechicken coming your way

And we return to Munich’s migration back to Windo- it’s going to cost what now?! €100m! - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/munich_linux_costs_ownership/ this is not rational at any level #linux #limux

#Aadhaar Architectural Flaw: Anyone can be added as admin - https://www.nextbigwhat.com/aadhaar-admin-297/ yes, that is a bit of a flaw…

180103

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180102 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/01/180102.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Police Training Firm Dumps Interrogation Technique Linked To Multiple False Confessions - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171228/18005038898/police-training-firm-dumps-interrogation-technique-linked-to-multiple-false-confessions.shtml

Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-moves-step-closer-destruction-middle-east-peace-process "He is ignoring the issue of dignity, which people are prepared to die for.”

Black or blue? Confusion grows over traditional British passport colour - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/03/black-or-blue-confusion-grows-over-traditional-british-passport-colour #brexit has brought us to this level of inanity…

Netanyahu asks if African ‘infiltrators’ can be forcibly removed from Israel - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/benjamin-netanyahu-asks-if-african-migrants-can-be-forcibly-removed-from-israel definitely not racist…

Windsor council leader calls for removal of homeless before royal wedding - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/03/windsor-council-calls-removal-homeless-people-before-royal-wedding & then to be liquidated, presumably…

Paul Manafort Has Conducted His Oleg Deripaska Dalliance on PRISM Provider Google’s Servers - https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/01/03/paul-manafort-has-conducted-his-oleg-deripaska-dalliances-on-p... whoops

.@Techdirt 2017: The Stats. - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180102/15341238914/techdirt-2017-stats.shtml

UK leaving single market for TPP could hit workers’ rights, union warns - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/03/liam-fox-says-uk-considering-option-of-joining-pacific-trade-group #TPP also terrible for the environment, but #brexiters won’t care

A Major Security Vulnerability Has Plagued ‘Nearly All’ #Intel CPUs For Years - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180103/10074038922/major-security-vulnerability-has-plagued-nearly-all-intel-cpus-years.shtml