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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180330 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180330.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Matt Canavan castigates fossil fuel opponents for using ‘highly objectionable’ term ‘just transition’ - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/28/matt-canavan-castigates-fossil-fuel-opponents-for-using-highly-objectionable-term-just-transition #renewables creates more jobs than coal, you twit - look at US

Gaza clashes: UN secretary general calls for ‘transparent’ investigation - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/31/gaza-clashes-un-secretary-general-calls-for-transparent-investigation “Fifteen people were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire” #palestine #israel

Quixotic Approaches To Circumventing #Censorship, Using Books And Music - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180326/09010339499/quixotic-approaches-to-circumventing-censorship-using-books-music.shtml but now: “This website has been withdrawn in compliance with the official letter issued by the Instruction Court 7 of Collado Villalba dated March 23, 2018.”

Catalan academic facing extradition draws record crowdfunding appeal - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/31/catalan-carla-ponsati-crowdfunding-scotland-spain yay

“Von Sonntag an sind in China offiziell nur noch verschlüsselte Verbindungen erlaubt, die der Staat lizenziert hat. Das könnte für den Zugang zum freien Netz fatal sein.” - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/china-regierung-erlaubt-nur-noch-staatlich-lizenzierte-vpn-software-a-1200731.html

Industry planning jobs cull to offset #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/31/manufacturing-firms-plan-job-cuts-after-brexit “More than 20% of manufacturers plan cuts while more than 58% plan price increases to offset costs of leaving EU” sadly, this is inevitable

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180329 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2018/03/180329.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage ally - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/fbi-questions-ted-malloch-trump-campaign-figure-and-farage-ally farage, you say…?

China’s Tencent Proves You Can Make A Decent Profit From Online Publishing – If You Have A Platform With A Billion Users - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180323/10220139488/chinas-tencent-proves-you-can-make-decent-profit-online-publishing-if-you-have-platform-with-billion-users.shtml

No Tattoos At The 2018 Strawberry Music Festival In Hangzhou - https://supchina.com/2018/03/29/no-tattoos-at-the-2018-strawberry-music-festival-in-hangzhou/ weird

Mumbai beach goes from dump to turtle hatchery in two years - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/30/mumbai-beach-goes-from-dump-to-turtle-hatchery-in-two-years heart-warming story; #kudos to all involved

Humans of #Copyright - the Future of Knowledge is in Danger - https://voxscientia.eu/humans-of-copyright-the-futureofknowledge-is-in-danger/ here are just some of the ways the proposed EU #CopyrightDirective is extremely harmful

“Yet quietly, the tech industry has warmed to the White House, especially as companies including Alphabet, Apple and Intel have benefited from the Trump administration’s policies.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/technology/silicon-valley-trump.html it’s called selling out, chaps…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180328 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180328.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Italian Court Rules The Wikimedia Foundation Is Just A Hosting Provider For #Wikipedia's Volunteer-Written Articles - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180322/09272039478/italian-court-rules-wikimedia-foundation-is-just-hosting-provider-wikipedias-volunteer-written-articles.shtml #italy

#CambridgeAnalytica predecessor had access to secret MoD information - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/29/cambridge-analytica-predecessor-had-access-to-secret-mod-information well, of course it did…

Telecom Lobbyists: We’ll Fight State Efforts To Protect Net Neutrality For A ‘United And Connected Future’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180326/11561739501/telecom-lobbyists-well-fight-state-efforts-to-protect-net-neutrality-united-connected-future.shtml what cheek

‘Happiest day of my life’: Malala returns to Pakistan for first time since Taliban shooting - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/28/malala-yousafzai-pakistan-visit “Switching between Urdu, Pashto and English”

US Might Start A Nuclear War… Because Iranians Wanted Access To Academic Papers Locked Behind A Paywall? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180328/01494839520/us-might-start-nuclear-war-because-iranians-wanted-access-to-academic-papers-locked-behind-paywall.shtml #openaccess for world peace… #iran

RIAA Reports Music Industry Is Making All The Money Just As New Study Says #Piracy Has Never Been More Widespread - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180323/14512839491/riaa-reports-music-industry-is-making-all-money-just-as-new-study-says-piracy-has-never-been-more-widespread.shtml #copyright

Congressman’s Office Gets High School Student Suspended For Expressing His Displeasure With Congress - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180326/17320839504/congressmans-office-gets-high-school-student-suspended-expressing-his-displeasure-with-congress.shtml

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180327 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180327.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Banking On #ClimateChange At A Glance - https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018 the banks that deserved to be sued into oblivion

The EU budget at a glance: UK, the facts - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/external/html/budgetataglance/default_en.html#united_kingdom

US data firm Palantir admits employee approached #CambridgeAnalytica - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/28/palantir-employee-cambridge-analytica those links keep getting linkier... #brexit

Thinking and Working Outside the Platform - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/thinking-and-working-outside-platform interesting point #freesw

Macy’s, The Department Store Chain, Forces A Tiny Hair Salon In Scotland To Change Its Name - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180323/10410739489/macys-department-store-chain-forces-tiny-hair-salon-scotland-to-change-name.shtml #trademark bullying strikes again

Bottle and can deposit return scheme gets green light in England - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/27/bottle-and-can-deposit-return-scheme-gets-green-light-in-england that’s welcome, but… “In Germany, a DRS was introduced in 2003 and 99% of plastic bottles are recycled.”

FBI Officials Were Angry That An iPhone Hack Blocked Them From Getting Court To Force Apple To Break Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180327/15444939518/fbi-officials-were-angry-that-iphone-hack-blocked-them-getting-court-to-force-apple-to-break-encryption.shtml

Web of Power: #CambridgeAnalytica and the Climate Science Denial Network Lobbying for #Brexit and Trump - https://www.desmog.uk/2018/03/21/web-power-how-cambridge-analytica-sits-heart-brexit-trump-and-climate-science-denial

Once Again, #Algorithms Can’t Tell The Difference Between ‘Bad Stuff’ And ‘Reporting About Bad Stuff’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180321/00413939466/once-again-algorithms-cant-tell-difference-between-bad-stuff-reporting-about-bad-stuff.shtml

UN Advisor Tells Italy To Drop Its Terrible ‘Fake News’ Law Before It Does Any Real Damage - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180322/20540839484/un-advisor-tells-italy-to-drop-terrible-fake-news-law-before-it-does-any-real-damage.shtml saggio

Pope will not apologize for abuse in Canada’s indigenous schools - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/28/pope-no-apology-canada-indigenous-schools-abuse I’m disappointed in you, Frank, very disappointed…

Email shows how Pruitt’s climate denial seeps into the EPA and the rest of the U.S. - https://mashable.com/2018/03/28/leaked-epa-talking-points-climate-change-denial/ utterly shameful

#Microsoft to ban ‘offensive language’ from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services - https://www.csoonline.com/article/3264658/privacy/microsoft-to-ban-offensive-language-from-skype-xbox-office-and-other-services.amp.html not troubling at all… #censorship

In a first, a new UK coal mine is rejected on climate change grounds - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/in-a-first-a-new-uk-coal-mine-is-rejected-on-climate-change-grounds/ kudos

Five years of consistent revenue growth for the U.S. recorded music industry - http://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/032818-five-years-of-consistent-revenue-growth-for-the-u-s-recorded-music-industry/ shows the “value gap” is just marketing guff #article13 #copyright

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180326 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180326.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

New Open Source Standard Hopes To Cure The Internet Of Broken Things Of Some Awful Security Practices - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/13191539437/new-open-source-standard-hopes-to-cure-internet-broken-things-some-awful-security-practices.shtml long overdue #IoT

BeLeave revelations taint the Brexit result. There must be another vote - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/27/beleave-revelations-taint-brexit-result-shahmir-sanni-disclosure-funds “UK democracy is under threat”

Anglo-Saxon settlement and Roman army camp found in A14 bypass dig - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/anglo-saxon-settlement-and-roman-army-camp-found-in-a14-bypass-dig “Archaeologists uncover abandoned villages, prehistoric tools and seven tonnes of pottery in Cambridgeshire”

Spanish spies ‘tracked Carles Puigdemont via friend’s phone’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/spanish-spies-tracked-carles-puigdemont-via-friends-phone remember: mobile phone = surveillance device you pay for

European Parliament must improve the Text and Data Mining (#TDM) exception to benefit European research and innovation - http://eare.eu/assets/uploads/2018/03/OpenLetter-to-JURI-Committee-on-TDM_26March2018.pdf or kiss AI research/startups good bye

this is hugely important: “Robert Mercer was putting $10m to $15m to create an asset that the company was then licensing for $50,000.
He says he was subsidising the work of CA to the benefit of candidates and parties that he supports.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/mar/27/tony-blair-tells-tories-to-block-brexit-if-they-want-to-avoid-corbyn-government-politics-live?page=with:block-5aba3bafe4b06ca6b9160c8a#block-5aba3bafe4b06ca6b9160c8a

The Rise In Streaming Video Exclusives Could Annoy Consumers, Driving Them Back To Piracy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/13175939436/rise-streaming-video-exclusives-could-annoy-consumers-driving-them-back-to-piracy.shtml good point

Manchester Arena bombing: fire service arrived two hours late, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/27/manchester-arena-bombing-fire-service-arrived-two-hours-late-says-report “Review highlights ‘risk-averse’ officers in charge and ‘catastrophic failure’ of emergency phone system”

#Brexit groups had ‘common plan’ to avoid election spending laws, says Wylie - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/27/brexit-groups-had-common-plan-to-avoid-election-spending-laws-says-wylie #cambridgeanalytica #facebook

Brexit Britain, beware: the supply of Europeans is drying up - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/27/brexit-britain-beware-europeans-migration-report-uk

Insanity Wins As Appeals Court Overturns #Google's Fair Use Victory For #Java APIs - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180327/10431439512/insanity-wins-as-appeals-court-overturns-googles-fair-use-victory-java-apis.shtml #CAFC “was a dumb idea in the first place and should be shut down.” yup

Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil’s poor is arrested - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/amazon-priest-amaro-lopes-brazil-land-rights-arrested looks like #brazil is getting hopelessly corrupt now

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180325 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180325.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Pressure grows on PM over Brexit #CambridgeAnalytica scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/26/pressure-grows-on-pm-over-brexit-cambridge-analytica-scandal-theresa-may she won’t do anything; she’s too frightened of #brexit nutters in her party

What does John Bolton’s appointment mean to #Iran? - http://vestnikkavkaza.net/material/111204 “Iran must strengthen its ties with Russia and China in response to growing hostility from the US, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said on Saturday.”

‘Getting naked before the white man’: Indian minister rubbishes privacy fears - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/indian-it-minister-rubbishes-privacy-campaigners-fears that’s true, but it’s optional - unlike #aadhaar…

Kim Dotcom Wins Human Rights Tribunal Case Over Kiwi Government Withholding Info - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180326/01550939496/kim-dotcom-wins-human-rights-tribunal-case-over-kiwi-government-withholding-info.shtml #nz government behaving appallingly here

‘Businesses need answers fast’: uncertainty clouds the picture a year from Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/26/businesses-need-answers-fast-uncertainty-clouds-the-picture-a-year-from-brexit #brexitshambles

Der #Brexit - ein großer Betrug? - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/facebook-und-brexit-christopher-wylie-zu-cambridge-analytica-a-1199880.html you bet, in all senses…

Subject Of Unflattering News Story Gets Journalist Arrested For Criminal Harassment - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180321/10095339469/subject-unflattering-news-story-gets-journalist-arrested-criminal-harassment.shtml not good

Brexit official tasked with solving Irish border issue quits - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/26/simon-case-brexit-irish-border-prince-william-private-secretary probably just a coincidence

Trump, Lighthizer Reach Deal To Export Weak Standards, Pollution To South Korea - https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2018/03/trump-lighthizer-reach-deal-export-weak-standards-pollution-south-korea appalling; now guess what is coming to #brexit UK as part of US trade deal…

‘Fiery, self-important’: the No 10 adviser at centre of outing claim - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/26/fiery-self-important-the-no-10-adviser-at-centre-of-outing-claim what an odious snake

Trump’s Lawyer’s Lawyer Threatens Defamation Over Claims Stormy Daniels Did Not Make - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180326/02113639497/trumps-lawyers-lawyer-threatens-defamation-over-claims-stormy-daniels-did-not-make.shtml that seems…unwise #StormyDaniels

Bob Murray Sends Judge Whiny Letter Saying That Losing Case To John Oliver Is Making People Say Mean Things To Him - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180325/01434739494/bob-murray-sends-judge-whiny-letter-saying-that-losing-case-to-john-oliver-is-making-people-say-mean-things-to-him.shtml great stuff

Twitter Nukes American Attorney’s Tweet About Unflattering Depiction Of Turkish President - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180320/09192639456/twitter-nukes-american-attorneys-tweet-about-unflattering-depiction-turkish-president.shtml #turkey #erdogan

Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Michael Cohen - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/26/stormy-daniels-sues.html

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180324 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180324.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/24/brexit-whistleblower-cambridge-analytica-beleave-vote-leave-shahmir-sanni the entire leave campaign was a cheat and lie; time to revoke #brexit vote - a lie based on lies

A $6 trillion wake up call for the tech industry - https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/25/a-6-trillion-wake-up-call-for-the-tech-industry/ “The world’s largest investor has called for companies to positively contribute to society, but will tech listen?”

Yes, Even Elite Hackers Make Dumb Mistakes - https://www.wired.com/story/guccifer-elite-hackers-mistakes/ which is why we don’t need backdoors in crypto - mistakes serve perfectly well

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180323 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180323.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#CambridgeAnalytica misled MPs over work for Leave.EU, says ex-director - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/23/cambridge-analytica-misled-mps-over-work-for-leave-eu-says-ex-director-brittany-kaiser oh, gosh, what a surprise #brexit

Еврокомиссия хочет обязать GitHub фильтровать код на этапе загрузки - https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=48285 just bonkers

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180322 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180322.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Mekong Dam Could Choke China’s Last Rainforest - https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-03-23/mekong-dam-could-choke-chinas-last-rainforest-101225446.html sounds like a disaster: “Yunnan province is grappling with a hydropower supply glut due to decades of dam development along the Mekong”

EU in ‘state of denial’ over destructive impact of farming on wildlife - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/23/eu-in-state-of-denial-over-destructive-impact-of-farming-on-wildlife this is madness, must be reversed immediately

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180321 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180321.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK to ask EU leaders to expel Russian spies from own countries - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/uk-to-ask-eu-leaders-to-expel-russian-spies-from-own-countries she seems to have forgotten that “brexit means brexit”…

Can the Chinese Communist Party Learn from Chinese Emperors? - https://chinachannel.org/2018/03/22/chinese-emperors/ fascinating analysis #china

Dark ages 2.0 - and a sniglet - https://www.slideshare.net/glynmoody/glyn-moody-dark-ages-20-and-a-sniglet slides from my talk at @IFLA #PresidentsMeeting2018 available as #publicdomain #iflaGlobalVision

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Speaks About #CambridgeAnalytica; It Won’t Be Enough - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180321/17312239474/mark-zuckerberg-finally-speaks-about-cambridge-analytica-it-wont-be-enough.shtml good, measured analysis by @mmasnick

#Turkey to send drill ship to contested gas field off Cyprus - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/22/turkey-to-send-drill-ship-to-contested-gas-field-off-cyprus time that bully #Erdogan was slapped down

John Oliver’s gay rabbit book parody outsells Mike Pence’s original on Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/john-oliver-gay-rabbit-book-parody-outsells-mike-pence-original-amazon in praise of bent binks

#Mozilla ‘presses pause’ on #Facebook ads over data-mining claims - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/22/mozilla-presses-pause-on-facebook-ads-over-data-mining-claims #cambridgeanalytica

‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ sprawling with far more debris than thought - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/22/great-pacific-garbage-patch-sprawling-with-far-more-debris-than-thought we’ve really ruined this planet, haven’t we? #plasticwaste

Paraguayan rape victim, 14, dies giving birth - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/22/paraguayan-rape-victim-14-dies-giving-birth words fail; shame on #paraguay

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Crowdfunded OpenSCHUFA Project Wants To Reverse-Engineer Germany’s Main Credit-Scoring Algorithm - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/10572439435/crowdfunded-openschufa-project-wants-to-reverse-engineer-germanys-main-credit-scoring-algorithm.shtml I predict this will be first of many such projects

Catastrophe’ as France’s bird population collapses due to pesticides - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/catastrophe-as-frances-bird-population-collapses-due-to-pesticides when will people wake up to the seriousness of this?

A judge asks basic questions about #climatechange. We answer them - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/21/a-judge-asks-basic-questions-about-climate-change-we-answer-them useful

EU’s Mandatory #Copyright Content Filter Is The Zombie That Just Never Dies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180317/01411139440/eus-mandatory-copyright-content-filter-is-zombie-that-just-never-dies.shtml does the EU really want to destroy the Internet as we know it in Europe? #article13

Chinese surveillance/tech giant #Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/20/true-conservatives.html

Alabama Sheriff legally appropriated $750K from prison meal budgets to build himself a beach house, locked up his whistleblowing gardener - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/20/working-as-intended.html

Neue „Super-Überwachungsbehörde“ in China: Keine Dorflehrerin darf gegen Xi sein - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/neue-super-ueberwachungsbehoerde-in-china-keine-dorflehrerin-darf-gegen-xi-sein/

US electricity use drops, #renewables push fossil fuels out of the mix - https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/renewables-conservation-start-pushing-fossil-fuels-off-the-us-grid/ dump #dirtycoal

Time To ACT(A) On #Article13 - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/time-to-acta-on-article-13/ is it time to take to the streets to save the Internet in the EU from #copyright?

In Nafta Talks, U.S. Tries to Limit Junk Food Warning Labels - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/world/americas/nafta-food-labels-obesity.html this would inevitably be part of any post-#brexit UK-US trade deal…

MoD granted ‘List X’ status to #CambridgeAnalytica parent company - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/21/mod-cambridge-analytica-parent-company-scl-group-list-x dun-dun-duh…

Europe faces ‘biodiversity oblivion’ after collapse in French birds, experts warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/21/europe-faces-biodiversity-oblivion-after-collapse-in-french-bird-populations slam the breaks on intensive farming now…

Appeals Court Says It’s Okay To Copyright An Entire Style Of Music - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180321/11202439470/appeals-court-says-okay-to-copyright-entire-style-music.shtml and this, children, is where #copyright madness leads…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180316 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180316.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Andrew McCabe, ex-FBI deputy and Trump target, fired days before retiring https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/16/andrew-mccabe-former-fbi-director-fired-russia-inquiry wow, petty much? trump has the mentality of a nasty five-year-old

If You Ratify The #CETA Trade Deal, You’ll Break The Law, Legal Expert Tells EU Member States - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180315/09292639429/if-you-ratify-ceta-trade-deal-youll-break-law-legal-expert-tells-eu-member-states.shtml #ISDS

Meet the U.S. senator obsessed with #climatechange - https://mashable.com/2018/03/17/sheldon-whitehouse-200-climate-change-speeches/ this man is a real hero #kudos

Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180315 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180315.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Gibraltar warns it could rescind citizens rights if Spain uses veto on #Brexit deal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/gibraltar-warns-it-could-rescind-citizens-rights-if-spain-uses-veto-on-brexit-deal not just N. Ireland that’s a mess…

German Lawyers Call For Their Profession's Bug-Ridden, Soon-To-Be Mandatory, Email System To Be Open Sourced - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180313/08203539410/german-lawyers-call-their-professions-bug-rid... #opensource

Romanian court tells man he is not alive - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/romanian-court-tells-man-he-is-not-alive #ro

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180314 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180314.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Microplastics found in more than 90% of bottled water, study says - https://lnkd.in/gS8b3u3 another good reason to avoid bottled water...

Let’s Build a Great Digital Library Together…Starting with a Wishlist - https://blog.archive.org/2018/03/14/lets-build-a-great-digital-library-together-starting-with-a-wishlist/ let’s do it

India takes lion’s share of EU bank funding for solar power - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/india-takes-lions-share-of-eu-bank-funding-for-solar-power/ excellent news: #india really needs to get into solar on a massive scale

Global Britain – a slogan without substance? - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/global-britain-a-slogan-without-substance/ totally: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing #brexit

Russia sees UK as weak because of #Brexit, says Lithuanian minister - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/russia-sees-uk-as-weak-because-of-brexit-says-lithuanian-minister gosh, if only somebody had warned us about this risk before the vote…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180313 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180313.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The Lianghui “Question-Asking Bitch” Incident: Eye-Rolling Journalist Goes Viral on Weibo - https://www.whatsonweibo.com/the-lianghui-question-asking-bitch-incident-eye-rolling-journalist-goes-viral-on-weibo/ #china #media

Research Shows That Published Versions Of Papers In Costly Academic Titles Add Almost Nothing To The Freely-Available Preprints They Are Based On - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180308/03225939387/research-shows-that-published-versions-papers-costly-academic-titles-add-almost-nothing-to-freely-available-preprints-they-are.shtml forget about gold #openaccess, use #preprints

Most Australian Indigenous languages came from just one place, research claims - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/14/most-australian-indigenous-languages-came-from-just-one-place-research-claims “as recently as 4,000 years ago”; that’s an incredibly short time in linguistic terms…

Irish Government proposes introduction of Irish text and data mining exception - https://ipkitten.blogspot.nl/2018/03/irish-government-proposes-introduction.html interesting move on #TDM

Wegen #Brexit - Banken wollen bis zu 5000 Jobs in Deutschland schaffen - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/brexit-banken-rechnen-mit-bis-zu-5000-neuen-jobs-in-deutschland-a-1198049.html so that’s an economic loss of several billion pounds every year…

EU-Commissioner @CorinaCretuEU and @KarmenuVella please protect the pristine valley of Kresna. #SaveKresna #NatureAlert https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/Save-the-Kresna-Gorge #bulgaria #bg

Help Us Cure Online Publishing of Its Addiction to Personal Data - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/help-us-cure-online-publishing-its-addiction-personal-data important task

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180312 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/03/180312.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

We only just escaped overseas phone charges – Brexit will bring them back again - https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/03/we-only-just-escaped-overseas-phone-charges-brexit-will-bring-them-back but #brexiters won’t care because they hate foreigners & won’t go overseas…

Fishing for krill is an eco-disaster: we must protect the Antarctic - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/13/fishing-krill-eco-disaster-ocean-sanctuary-protect-antarctic establishing the Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary should be a priority

I have prostate cancer. But I am happy - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/13/prostate-cancer-happy-diagnosis-operation laudably upbeat column

Farmland gene editors want cows without horns, pigs without tails, and business without regulations - https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610027/farmland-gene-editors-want-cows-without-horns-pigs-without-tails-and-business-without/ once they exist, they will come to the UK if the US gets its way in a post-#brexit trade deal

Trump’s Lawyers Apparently Unfamiliar With Streisand Effect Or 1st Amendment’s Limits On Prior Restraint - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180312/17362039406/trumps-lawyers-apparently-unfamiliar-with-streisand-effect-1st-amendments-limits-prior-restraint.shtml that’s good: it will end badly for them…

Volkswagen bets big on electric with $25 billion battery bonanza - https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/volkswagen-bets-big-on-electric-with-25-billion-battery-bonanza/ @Volkswagen finally does something right

It’s Here. The March 2018 Issue of Linux Journal Is Available for Download Now. - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/it’s-here-march-2018-issue-linux-journal-available-download-now good stuff; but I may be biased, since I’m in there too…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180311 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/03/180311.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Saving the albatross: 'The war is against plastic and they are casualties on the frontline' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/12/albatross-film-dead-chicks-plastic-saving-birds time to start suing plastic manufacturers to pay for the clean-up

Vince Cable denies calling #Brexit supporters racist - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/12/vince-cable-denies-calling-brexit-supporters-racist millions of them are…

Avoiding Detection: Global Case Studies of Possible AIS Avoidance - http://usa.oceana.org/publications/reports/avoiding-detection-global-case-studies-possible-ais-avoidance important report about possible dodgy dealings at sea…

European Commission’s expert group tackling fake news misses the point - http://www.beuc.eu/publications/european-commission%E2%80%99s-expert-group-tackling-fake-news-misses... "BEUC regrets that the report does not call for a sector inquiry to investigate the link between advertising revenue policies of platforms and dissemination of disinformation."

Killing The Golden Goose (Again); How The #Copyright Stranglehold Dooms @Spotify - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180308/00510939385/killing-golden-goose-again-how-copyright-stranglehold-dooms-spotify.shtml note again how copyright industry destroys innovation, rather than driving it…

We’re taking David Davis to court over #Brexit - https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/brexitchallenge/ “This case is about ensuring our Government follows its own laws” FWIW I’ve pledged some dosh; currently total is £51,255 of £70K needed

If The US Government Can’t Figure Out Who’s A Russian Troll, Why Should It Expect Internet Companies To Do So? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180311/00323239399/if-us-government-cant-figure-out-whos-russian-troll-why-should-it-expect-internet-companies-to-do-so.shtml

Trump under growing pressure on gun control after appearing to cave in to NRA - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/12/trump-pressure-nra-gun-control-parkland what a coward #guns #murica

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180310 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180310.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“The parliament’s chairman, Zhang Dejiang, told delegates it was time to get behind Xi’s push to make China great again.” - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/11/this-could-destroy-china-parliament-sets-xi-jinping-up-to-rule-for-life it’s the trump-brexit-xi trinity…

Rob Ford: brother of late Toronto mayor is new Progressive Conservative leader - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/11/rob-ford-brother-of-late-toronto-mayor-is-new-progressive-conservative-leader “like his brother, has been the subject of drug allegations” uh-huh

Falklands: Argentinian soldiers’ relatives to put names on graves - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/11/argentinian-soldiers-names-graves-falkland-islands-dna “Identification of previously unknown soldiers made possible thanks to DNA testing and humanitarian initiative”

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180309 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180309.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ryanair right to warn on flights as British Airways waits for Brexit Harry Potter - http://guests.blogactiv.eu/2018/03/09/ryanair-right-to-warn-on-flights-as-british-airways-waits-for-brexit-harry-potter/ #BrexitShambles

Trans-Europe Express – Dubious sale has potential to sink two governments - https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/trans-europe-express-dubious-sale-has-potential-to-sink-two-governments/ “Bulgarian and Czech governments are trembling because of the unfolding scandals” #bgt #cz

Another environmental catastrophe is looming in Central Asia - https://www.euractiv.com/section/central-asia/opinion/another-environmental-catastrophe-is-looming-in-central-asia/ “EU as a soft power should convince other donors to make the funds available to decontaminate old uranium mines” costs quite small; should be done now

Trump is no ally on trade for post-#Brexit Britain - https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/trump-is-no-ally-on-trade-for-post-brexit-britain/ “Any president would seek a deal that allows American farmers free access to the British market, and enables US pharmaceutical companies to make more money off the NHS” obvious to all except #brexiters

Is the blockchain hype over? - https://www.technollama.co.uk/is-the-blockchain-hype-over good review of excessive claims made for #blockchain tech

5-hour #climatechange lesson will be first for federal court - https://mashable.com/2018/03/09/first-ever-federal-court-climate-science-hearing/ U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup is one of the most thoughtful on the bench

Londoner denied NHS cancer care: ‘It’s like I’m being left to die’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/10/denied-free-nhs-cancer-care-left-die-home-office-commonwealth UK becomes more callous and bigoted by day; truly shaming #WellDoneBrexiters

Empire strikes back: why former colonies don’t need Britain after #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/10/empire-strikes-back-why-former-colonies-dont-need-britain-after-brexit good debunking of #brexiters’ imperial fantasies

Steve Bannon tells French far-right ‘history is on our side’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/10/steve-bannon-tells-french-far-right-history-is-on-our-side he’s right: it’s the history of Nazism

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180308 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180308.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Top Court Throws Out #ISDS For All Trade Deals Within EU; Those Involving Other Nations Likely To Suffer Same Fate - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180307/03532139374/top-court-throws-out-corporate-sovereignty-all-trade-deals-within-eu-those-involving-other-nations-likely-to-suffer-same-fate.shtml this is big

FBI Director Says It’s ‘Not Impossible’ To Create Compromised Encryption That’s Still Secure - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180308/08504239390/fbi-director-says-not-impossible-to-create-compromised-encryption-thats-still-secure.shtml <facepalm/>

Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists let’s hope so…

‘Work actively’ to oppose abortion reform, Irish Catholics urged - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/church-urges-irish-catholics-to-oppose-abortion-law-reform irish church as lacking compassion and as medieval as ever…

Watch 1000s of Boston Dynamics SpotMinis in this Planet Earth-style video - https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/09/watch-1000s-of-boston-dynamics-spotminis-in-this-planet-earth-style-video/ not troubling in the slightest…

Department of Work and Pensions internal docs reveal troubled history of Universal Credit - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/09/dwp_forced_to_published_universal_credit_reports/ just one reason why a tech “solution” to the irish border is just risible #brexit

Deputy sheriff jails ex-wife after she complained on Facebook about him - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/09/deputy-sheriff-jails-ex-wife-a.html we can but hope that this news about Corey King’s behaviour doesn’t spread too widely…

If You Think #SESTA Will Help Victims Of Sex Trafficking, Read This Now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180308/23362439396/if-you-think-sesta-will-help-victims-sex-trafficking-read-this-now.shtml doing what @mmasnick says is generally a good idea…

В Словакии демонстранты потребовали расследовать убийство журналиста - https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/29089296.html #allforjan

‘A national disgrace’: fury over £100m aid deal between UK and Saudi Arabia - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/09/national-disgrace-fury-over-100m-aid-deal-between-uk-and-saudi-arabia probably in the form of bombs so saudis can murder a few more in #YemenGenocide

"Greenpeace researchers found the issue to be laced with post-Brexit trade intrigue, after Malaysia reportedly threatened to cancel defence contracts worth £5bn if the UK backed a palm oil ban in Brussels." #brexit UK, prostituting itself left, right & centre #WellDoneBrexiters

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180307 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/03/180307.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Lost trade will nullify Brexit dividend, UK government admits - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/lost-trade-will-nullify-brexit-dividend-uk-government-admits/ no biggie, eh #brexiters…?

EU should stop illegal logging by stepping up enforcement of Timber Regulation - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/eu-should-stop-illegal-logging-by-stepping-up-enforcement-of-timber-regulation/ it certainly should

"after #Brexit, 185,000 traders will be making customs declarations for the first time. “That is a lot of learner drivers, a formidable educational task,” said James Hookham, the deputy chief executive of the Freight Trade Association."

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180306 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/03/180306.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary threatens to ground planes after #Brexit - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/07/ryanairs-michael-oleary-threatens-ground-planes-brexit-make/ “You were promised you could leave the EU and everything would stay the same. The reality is you can leave the EU, yes that’s your choice, but everything will fundamentally change.”

3 open source tools for scientific publishing - https://opensource.com/article/18/3/scientific-publishing-software #oa

Brexit: Hammond says airlines won’t be able to schedule flights for next year unless transition agreed before April - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/mar/05/may-commons-statement-brexit-housing-speech-trump-rejects-mays-call-for-him-to-back-away-from-plans-for-trade-war-over-steel-politics-live even #brexiters admit now… #brexitshambles

Say No to Online #Censorship in Europe! - https://www.liberties.eu/en/campaigns/protect-free-speech-campaign-online-censorship/249 this is a serious threat to free speech and the Internet as we know it #copyright #article13

Project Gutenberg Blocks Access In Germany To All Its Public Domain Books Because Of Local Copyright Claim On 18 Of Them - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180306/03423339363/project-gutenberg-blocks-access-germany-to-all-public-domain-books-because-local-copyright-claim-18-them.shtml #copyright wants to stop people discovering great writing #PD

May’s #Brexit red lines will damage UK economy, EU trade guidelines say - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/07/uks-brexit-red-lines-will-limit-depth-of-future-trade-deal-eu-guidelines obviously, her “red lines” were one of her many utterly stupid moves…

Last chance: Subscribe now to get the highly anticipated comeback issue of @linuxjournal - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/last-chance-subscribe-now-get-highly-anticipated-comeback-issue warning: may contain small parts and stuff from me #opensource

“One former senior Foreign Office adviser suggested the Kremlin was taking advantage of the UK’s lack of allies in the US and EU.” - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/07/russian-spy-police-appeal-for-witnesses-as-cobra-meeting-takes-place #WellDoneBrexiters

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180305 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.at/2018/03/180305.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Handel mit Flusspferd-Zähnen gerät außer Kontrolle - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/artenschutz-flusspferde-sind-die-naechsten-opfer-der-gier-nach-elfenbein-a-1196172.html is there no limit to people’s greed and stupidity?

EU and UK patients with rare diseases in #Brexit limbo - https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/eu-and-uk-patients-with-rare-diseases-in-brexit-limbo/ but for #brexiters, their self-harming bigotry more important than the suffering of others

Fresh EU analysis makes case for higher #renewables, energy saving goals - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/leaked-eu-analysis-makes-case-for-higher-renewables-energy-saving-goals/ do it

Does CETA provide a workable model for market access in the financial services industry? - http://www.hoganlovellsbrexit.com/blog/64/does-ceta-provide-a-workable-model-for-market-access-in-the-financial-services-industry- “does not … provide a model which could readily be used for the kind of wide scale access for financial services that the UK Government is looking for.” #brexit

‘Plastic, plastic, plastic’: British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/plastic-british-diver-films-sea-rubbish-bali-indonesia so sad: Bali used to be paradise on earth…

EU #Brexit adviser deals blow to Theresa May’s free-trade proposal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/06/eu-brexit-adviser-deals-blow-to-theresa-mays-free-trade-proposal May is as delusional as all #brexiters - she wants cake and to eat it…

#Brexit brain drain: elite universities say they are losing future research stars - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/06/brexit-brain-drain-russell-group-universities-research #WellDoneBrexiters, destroying UK’s leading academic position in the world with your bigotry

Analysis Finds #TISA's Benefits Are ‘Insignificant’, Points Out That Costs Of Deregulation Are Completely Ignored - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180227/09363439317/analysis-finds-tisas-benefits-are-insignificant-points-out-that-costs-deregulation-are-completely-ignored.shtml #negativeexternalities

Brain prize winner calls #Brexit a ‘disaster’ for the #NHS and science - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/06/brain-prize-winner-calls-brexit-a-disaster-for-the-nhs-and-science “will be disastrous for Alzheimer’s patients”, i.e. for old people, who mostly voted for #brexit…

Trump administration nixes ban on hunted #elephant tusks being carried into the U.S. - https://mashable.com/2018/03/06/elephant-trophy-ban-reversed-by-trump-admin/ these people are beneath contempt

EBRD ‘has more than 10 offers’ to relocate from London - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/ebrd-has-more-than-10-offers-to-relocate/ #WellDoneBrexiters

Malaysia to respond with ‘might and tact’ if EU proceeds with #palmoil curbs - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/malaysia-to-respond-with-might-and-tact-if-eu-proceeds-with-palm-oil-curbs-minister/ #malaysia not content with massive environmental vandalism, now telling EU what to do. how about #Malaysia gets lost…?