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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180614.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Time is running out: Please Write to Your MEPs to Stop EU #Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html here’s what I’ve sent - free free to draw on it for your own email. #article13 #article11 #TDM

Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-c... this is not going well #climatechange

Protected grey seals at the mercy of Poland’s ruling party - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/protected-grey-seals-at-the-mercy-of-polands-ruling-party/ #poland's shame: people are slaughtering seals #pl

Experience: I was nearly killed by a spider bite - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/15/experience-i-was-nearly-killed-by-a-spider-bite incredible story of what happened to someone in London when he reached for a banana (arachnophobes may wish to avoid…)

UK Govt Mulls Options to Make Anti-Piracy Enforcement Easier - https://torrentfreak.com/uk-govt-mulls-options-to-make-anti-piracy-enforcement-easier-180615/ this will just stunt growth of Internet UK; stupid and pointless

UN Free Speech Expert: EU’s #CopyrightDirective Would Be An Attack On Free Speech, Violate Human Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/13211740041/un-free-speech-expert-eus-copyright-directive-would-be-attack-free-speech-violate-human-rights.shtml pl. tell your MEPs what’s happening, & why it’s bad #article13

No 10 insists PM will stick to late change to Brexit promise - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/15/conservative-rebel-theresa-may-forced-backtrack-brexit-pledge-meaningful-vote that’s not a “late change”, that’s an utter betrayal… #brexitshambles

The Copyright Directive: Access independent research! - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/06/12/the-copyright-directive-access-independent-research/ use this, and then write to your MEPs, please… #article13

DOJ Lets Cops Know SESTA/FOSTA Is For Shutting Down Websites, Not Busting Sex Traffickers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/08352740037/doj-lets-cops-know-sesta-fosta-is-shutting-down-websites-not-busting-sex-traffickers.shtml appalling

Copyright in the EU must balance interests of content creator and recipient - https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/interview/copyright-in-the-eu-must-balance-interests-of-content-creator-and-recipient/ #article13 must go

The UN’s top free speech expert just denounced the new EU copyright plan as a “potential violation of international human rights law” - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/15/contact-your-mep-3.html #article13 must go