180416

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 180415 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2018/04/180415.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Syrian strikes boost French president’s action man image - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/syrian-strikes-boost-macron-french-presidents-action-man-image france rises as UK falls…

Plight of the bees hits unaware businesses - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/plight-of-the-bees-hits-unaware-businesses/ wake up now

Pruitt tells climate deniers he’ll stop counting value of lives saved for new rules - https://thinkprogress.org/epa-chief-discounts-value-of-american-lives-9758d36328ce/ this really sums up his worldview: people don’t count, only profits

#NHS Digital execs showed ‘little regard’ for patient ethics by signing data deal - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/16/nhs_digital_execs_demonstrated_little_regard_for_patient_ethics_in_signing_data_deal/ & note: after #brexit, all this data will probably be going to US companies routinely…

‘Plastic is literally everywhere’: the epidemic attacking Australia’s oceans - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/plastic-is-literally-everywhere-the-epidemic-attacking-australias-oceans luckily, there are probably trillions of planets with life more intelligent than ours…

EU Member States Are Getting Steamrolled On #Copyright By The Bulgarian Presidency - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/eu-member-states-are-getting-steamrolled-on-by-the-bulgarian-presidency/ this is shaping up to be a disaster

After Removing US From Negotiating Process, Now Trump Suddenly Wants US Back In #TPP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180416/00075139636/after-removing-us-negotiating-process-now-trump-suddenly-wants-us-back-tpp.shtml he’ll probably change his mind again…

A Casino Was Hacked Thanks To The Internet Of Broken Things & A Fish Tank Thermometer - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180416/10152039639/casino-was-hacked-thanks-to-internet-broken-things-fish-tank-thermometer.shtml #IoT

Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats #plastic bottles - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientists-accidentally-create-mutant-enzyme-that-eats-plastic-bottles nice; this research needs to be made a priority

Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service - https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/16/microsoft-built-its-own-custom-linux-kernel-for-its-new-iot-service/ I’ve always said this was inevitable; and this is just the start…