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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