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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