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A Link Tax Won’t Bring Back Journalists; It Will Do Even More Harm To Them - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180828/10184740528/link-tax-wont-bring-back-journalists-it-will-do-even-more-harm-to-them.shtml wise words from @mmasnick #article11 #copyright

Beyond the #GDPR: here comes the EU’s #ePrivacy regulation – but not yet - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/beyond-the-gdpr-here-comes-the-eus-e-privacy-regulation-but-not-yet/ big stuff, but the lobbyists are fighting it… #privacy

After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/after-call-to-implant-microchips-in-people-awaiting-trial-are-they-about-to-become-the-next-threat-to-our-privacy/ from a couple of weeks ago; still troubling

Honest Government Ad | #Article13 (Internet Censorship Bill) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=89ZkydX0FPw it’s not often #copyright law makes you laugh; this does… #copyrightdirective

#Article13: Putting Flawed Upload Filters At The Heart Of The Internet - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-putting-flawed-upload-filters-at-the-heart-of-the-internet/ upload filters will destroy the Internet as we know it - and greatly harm freedom of speech

Out-of-control #censorship machines removed my article warning of out-of-control censorship machines - https://juliareda.eu/2018/08/censorship-machines-gonna-censor/ this is precisely what #article13 will make a commonplace happening #copyright

Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/coding-algorithms-frankenalgos-program-danger “Franken-algorithms”??? puh-lease…

#Article13: Making #Copyright Unfit For The Digital Age - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-making-copyright-unfit-for-the-digital-age/ #uploadfilters are simply anti-internet

“Hollywood has already given us an inkling of why sending asteroids near Earth could be a bad idea” - https://www.cnet.com/news/sending-asteroids-to-almost-hit-earth-for-minerals-could-be-a-thing-says-engineers/ but hey, think of the profits… <facepalm/>

Study estimates 500,000 EU workers are in low-skilled UK jobs - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/30/employers-will-struggle-to-fill-low-skilled-job-vacancies-after-brexit-study good luck filling those after #brexit

Where the animals go: wildlife tracking secrets revealed - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/30/where-the-animals-go-wildlife-tracking-secrets-revealed

Why the copyright reform is useless for publishers - https://radiobruxelleslibera.com/2018/08/30/why-the-copyright-reform-is-useless-for-publishers/ #article11 #Eucopyright

Kenyan president rebukes Theresa May on last day of Africa trip - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/30/kenya-president-rebukes-theresa-may-last-day-africa-trip a small taster of the general scorn that most countries will display to the newly-diminished post-#brexit UK

That Time Telco Lobbyists Sent Me All Their Talking Points About Trying To Shift The Blame To Internet Companies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180829/18030740541/that-time-telco-lobbyists-sent-me-all-their-talking-points-about-trying-to-shift-blame-to-internet-companies.shtml whoops… #netneutrality

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180817.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

As Academic Publishers Fight And Subvert #OpenAccess, Preprints Offer An Alternative Approach For Sharing Knowledge Widely - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180816/06022140441/as-academic-publishers-fight-subvert-open-access-preprints-offer-alternative-approach-sharing-knowledge-widely.shtml #preprints are the future

Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/18/muslim-couple-denied-swiss-citizenship-over-handshake-refusal quite right too: people’s hobbies don’t mean they get to ignore the law

Omarosa has stash of video, emails and texts to support Trump claims – source - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/omarosa-trump-video-texts-white-house-source-claims I do hope she has hired some serious bodyguards to prevent, er, accidents…

“consequences of a no-deal exit would be so serious that the UK parliament would have to consider whether it could allow it to go ahead.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/18/rethink-of-brexit-vote-may-be-necessary-ex-civil-service-head-warns-lord-kerslake good: someone has the guts to tell people the truth; others must follow his lead…

A Titanic success: how Boris Johnson inspired my viral Brexit satire - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/18/titanic-success-viral-video-satirising-brexit-10m-views “an online comedy short sending up #Brexit became a viral hit, racking up more than 10 million views.”

Catholic League insists that it’s only rape when priests “penetrate” children - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/18/christ-what-a-rapey-asshole.html

Learning German is just the job for savvy millennials - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/aug/18/savvy-millennials-rush-to-learn-german so, bit of a pity that #brexit will stop them moving there to live and work frictionlessly…

Fashion boss gives £1m boost to People’s Vote campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/18/founder-superdry-donates-1-million-pounds-peoples-vote-brexit-deal more donations needed from business that know what a disaster #brexit will be for them…

London museum is livestreaming a key 21st-century artifact—festering sewage - https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/stinky-festering-sewage-now-21st-century-artifact-watch-the-livestream/ #2018 strikes again…

After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/after-call-to-implant-microchips-in-people-awaiting-trial-are-they-about-to-become-the-next-threat-to-our-privacy/

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180816.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Home Office seeks Brexit tech boss – but doesn’t splash the cash - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/17/home_office_seeks_brexit_tech_boss_doesnt_splash_the_cash/ cutting corners on the biggest IT project it has ever attempted - what could possibly go wrong…? #brexitshambles

Georgia police taser an 87-year-old woman who was cutting dandelions with a knife - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/16/georgia-police-taser-an-87-yea.html “An 87-year-old woman with a knife still has the ability to hurt an officer” - only if the officer is useless at their job… ban routine use of #tasers now

Older than dinosaurs: last South African coelacanths threatened by oil exploration - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/17/older-than-dinosaurs-last-south-african-coelacanths-threatened-by-oil-exploration not content with creating #globalwarming, oil companies want to destroy our most ancient living history

“eLife is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to lead our efforts to improve the communication of new research findings across the life and biomedical sciences.” - https://elifesciences.org/jobs/a568014a/elife-editor-in-chief

When Creativity Goes #OpenSource - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/07/30/when-creativity-goes-open-source/ "I examine this phenomenon among a sample of 22 creative businesses that commercialised freely available work from the public domain." #PD #copyright

Kerala floods: death toll rises above 324 as rescue effort intensifies - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/17/kerala-floods-death-toll-rescue-effort-india more extreme weather and deaths, all exacerbated by #globalwarming

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/moodys-microblogdaily-digest.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The great African regreening: millions of ‘magical’ new trees bring renewal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/regreening-niger-how-magical-gaos-transformed-land heart-warming story

Jailed for abortion: the 15-year-old girl failed by Indonesia - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/16/15-year-old-girl-failed-indonesia-rape-brother-jailed-abortion appalling story #id

TLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End #Censorship - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/tls-1-3-is-coming-an-opportunity-for-amazon-google-and-microsoft-to-end-censorship/ this looks a potentially important development

How Delhi’s rising heat and a love of concrete caused a deadly water crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/16/how-delhis-rising-heat-and-a-love-of-concrete-caused-a-deadly-water-crisis in the coming years, there will be more disputes and wars over water than anything else… #globalwarming

Irony Alert: Disney (Yes, DISNEY!) Whines About ‘Overzealous #Copyright Holders’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180815/01040040434/irony-alert-disney-yes-disney-whines-about-overzealous-copyright-holders.shtml uh-huh…

‘Oversight’ Hearing Fails Utterly To Hold FCC Accountable For Lying To Congress About Fake DDOS Attack - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180816/10144240445/oversight-hearing-fails-utterly-to-hold-fcc-accountable-lying-to-congress-about-fake-ddos-attack.shtml #netneutrality

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180814.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

For Corbyn, precision and honesty are the way out of this wreath mess - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/15/jeremy-corbyn-honesty-labour-wreath-mess actually, the easiest way is to support a #peoplesvote - that would change the conversation somewhat…

Facebook Bans ‘Promotion’ Of Kodi Boxes, Even If They’re Perfectly Legal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180814/07250740423/facebook-bans-promotion-kodi-boxes-even-if-theyre-perfectly-legal.shtml an indirect attack on #opensource too #copyright

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180813.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Breakthrough as New Caledonia votes to protect coral reef - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/14/breakthrough-as-new-caledonia-votes-to-protect-coral-reef good news; #australia could learn a lot here…

Extreme temperatures ‘especially likely for next four years’ - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/14/extreme-temperatures-especially-likely-for-next-four-years #globalwarming

#BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/14/bds-boycott-divestment-sanctions-movement-transformed-israeli-palestinian-debate detailed, interesting background

British expats in EU launch #Brexit legal challenge - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/14/british-expats-in-eu-launch-brexit-legal-challenge “says leave campaign broke electoral law, making 2016 vote unconstitutional”

The line that ate London: our critic’s verdict on the £15bn Crossrail colossus - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/14/the-line-that-ate-london-our-critics-verdict-on-the-15bn-crossrail-colossus-elizabeth-line can’t wait for crossrail 2 - http://crossrail2.co.uk/ #lunnon

Guernsey resident halts roadworks with ancient plea - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/14/guernsey-resident-halts-road-works-with-ancient-plea “raised the clameur by kneeling and calling for help and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in Norman French. Fully enforceable in Guernsey and Jersey law”

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180812.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Orca mother carries her newborn for 17 days after death in grief - https://mashable.com/2018/08/13/orca-tour-of-grief/ extraordinary

Catholic LGBT group rejected by event pope will attend in Dublin - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/international-catholic-gathering-in-dublin-rejects-lgbt-group-rainbow just feel that compassion…

Tutanota’s Open Source Email App Now Available on F-Droid - https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-source-email

Zwei Jahre später: Facebook gibt endlich Informationen über den #Brexit-Wahlkampf frei - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/zwei-jahre-spaeter-facebook-gibt-endlich-informationen-ueber-den-brexit-wahlkampf-frei/

We’re Bad At Regulating #Privacy, Because We Don’t Understand Privacy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180803/12153440362/were-bad-regulating-privacy-because-we-dont-understand-privacy.shtml as ever, thoughtful stuff from @mmasnick on one of the big issues

Facebook Bans The Sale of All #Kodi Boxes, Legal or Not - https://torrentfreak.com/facebook-bans-the-sale-of-all-kodi-boxes-legal-or-not-180813/ ridiculous, these can be perfectly legal #opensource

“The Bill expressly prohibits technical assistance notices or technical capability notices from requiring a provider to build or implement a systemic weakness or systemic vulnerability into a form of electronic protection.” https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/consultations/Documents/explanatory-document.pdf #interesting #AU

Don’t blame wildfires on climate change – it’s environmentalists’ fault, says Zinke - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/13/us-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-climate-change-environmentalists shameless but predictable

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180811.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

New Daily Mail editor: we want the least damaging Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/11/new-daily-mail-editor-will-strike-tolerant-brexit-note so that’s the best we’ve got - "least damaging #brexit"…?

“unprecedented reforestation drive – planting 10 billion trees to reverse the effect of extreme weather crippling the country” - https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2159240/floods-farmer-suicides-pakistan-and-india-real-threat-weather great news #pakistan

US politicians discover personally the pitfalls of facial recognition: is it time to ban it completely? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/us-politicians-discover-the-perils-and-pitfalls-of-facial-recognition-is-it-time-to-ban-it-completely/ is that even possible? #privacy

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180810.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The EPA’s own staff are aghast that Trump is bringing back #asbestos - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/10/lung-busters.html nobody would have believed this possible two years ago…

Whaling documentaries from Japan dispute ‘The Cove’ - https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2159296/whaling-documentaries-japan-dispute-cove yeah, sure; and #nanjing massacre never happened either - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180807.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Woman held in Dubai with daughter for drinking wine on flight - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/woman-held-in-dubai-with-daughter-for-drinking-glass-of-wine-on-flight given these kind of experiences, I remain amazed that anyone ever wants to go #dubai…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180806.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘We’re a people destroyed’: why Uighur Muslims across China are living in fear - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear depressing report on #china's genocidal repression in #xinjiang

Evidence Mounts: UK Study Shows Better Legal Alternatives Pushing Pirates To Become Customers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180803/10233540360/evidence-mounts-uk-study-shows-better-legal-alternatives-pushing-pirates-to-become-customers.shtml as many of us have been saying for years…

“Washington is ready to help EU politicians make decisions based on scientific evidence.” - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/europes-gm-legislation-is-outdated-us-says-after-court-ruling-on-gene-editing/ US can just shut up until it accepts the scientific evidence on anthropogenic #climatechange…

Pro-government Saudi twitter account posts 9/11-inspired threat to Canada - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/06/pro-government-saudi-twitter-a.html “What could be more emblematic of the spendthrift incompetence of the new Saudi Arabian regime than threatening to crash a jetliner into a radio mast?”

Paradise Foundation Honors African Rangers Protecting Wildlife - https://www.alizila.com/paradise-foundation-honors-african-rangers-protecting-wildlife/ great to see these brave people rewarded; good stuff from #JackMa - why doesn’t @JeffBezos do the same for the, er, Amazon and its defenders…?

MPAA: To Save Free Speech, We Must Broadly Censor Free Speech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180805/01112440372/mpaa-to-save-free-speech-we-must-broadly-censor-free-speech.shtml a classic @mmasnick evisceration of cynical tosh #copyright

Help us find the world’s electoral boundaries - http://blog.okfn.org/2018/08/07/help-us-find-the-worlds-electoral-boundaries/ interesting project

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180805.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Yet Another Study Shows You Beat Piracy Through Innovation, Rather Than Enforcement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180803/00045640356/yet-another-study-shows-you-beat-piracy-through-innovation-rather-than-enforcement.shtml pity copyright world doesn’t get the message

No-deal Brexit poses major risk to public safety, say police leaders - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/06/police-leaders-warn-home-secretary-public-safety-threat-from-no-deal-brexit well, that’s awkward - it’ll make dealing with the post-#brexit riots and looting even harder…

Care worker shortage after Brexit ‘will force women to quit jobs’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/06/carer-shortage-after-brexit-will-force-women-to-quit-jobs #brexit: taking women (and some men) back to the 19th century…

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he would accept a blowjob from Trump in latest Sacha Baron Cohen trap - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/06/former-sheriff-joe-arpaio-says.html no comment necessary…

BBC Migrates Everything To HTTPS, Immediately Finds Itself Blocked By The Chinese Government - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180730/15475440329/bbc-migrates-everything-to-https-immediately-finds-itself-blocked-chinese-government.shtml probably just a coincidence…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180804.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Why Was The 20th Century Not A Chinese Century? - http://www.bradford-delong.com/2018/07/why-was-the-20th-century-not-a-chinese-century-an-outtake-from-slouching-towards-utopia-an-economic-history-of-the-long.html long, illuminating analysis; well-worth taking time to read #china

Dedicated first responder network raises #privacy, #transparency and #netneutrality issues - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/dedicated-first-responder-network-raises-privacy-transparency-and-net-neutrality-issues/

The UK’s largest estate agency is on the verge of bankruptcy - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/05/countrywide.html off-the-cliff #brexit starts to make itself felt

"1 in 5 strains of salmonella found on [US] grocery store chicken were resistant to amoxicillin, a type of penicillin.” - https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/08/chicken-salmonella-federal-inspection-slaughterhouse-sanderson-illness-usda/ but “Sweden and Denmark “have practically eliminated salmonella from poultry products” #brexit #fta

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180803.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/04/trump-administration-lifts-ban-on-pesticides-linked-to-declining-bee-numbers how can people tolerate a man who hates bees…?

‘It’s an absolute disgrace’: tears and anger as wife of US marine deported to Mexico - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/us-marine-wife-alejandra-juarez-deported-mexico "Temo didn’t figure his vote for Donald Trump would affect them personally. " people are stupid, part 236423

Can’t speak Flemish? Hate Nutella? There’ll be no room for you in remainiac Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2018/aug/04/flemish-hate-nutella-remainiac-britain-second-brexit-referendum time for Hard Remainers to stand up, speak out and take control…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180802.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

As ‘DNC Hacked Itself’ Conspiracy Theory Collapses, Key Backer Of Claim Exposed As UK Troll - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180802/07182740351/as-dnc-hacked-itself-conspiracy-theory-collapses-key-backer-claim-exposed-as-uk-troll.shtml fascinating tale…

Chimp sanctuary created by World Bank threatened by World Bank-backed dam - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/03/chimp-sanctuary-created-by-world-bank-threatened-by-world-bank-backed-dam @WorldBank is an utter disgrace; time to close it down…

Announcing the launch of a child protection organization like no other. - https://prost.asia/event/official-launch/ #Prostasia

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180801.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Auf wiedersehen, Britain: Brexit is forcing my German family to leave the country we call home - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/aug/02/auf-wedersehen-britain-brexit-forcing-my-german-family-leave-home shame on all #brexiters for making this happen

Facebook Granted ‘Unprecedented’ Leave To Appeal Over Referral Of #PrivacyShield Case To Top EU Court - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180801/08282240343/facebook-granted-unprecedented-leave-to-appeal-over-referral-privacy-shield-case-to-top-eu-court.shtml never a dull moment

Improve ‘emergency brake’ offer to stop Brexit, says French senator - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/02/improve-emergency-brake-offer-to-stop-brexit-says-french-senator now that’s an interesting development…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/07/180731.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

People want a proper say on Brexit. Let them have it - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/01/people-brexit-brits-government-new-political-party a #PeoplesVote is the only way out of this utter #brexitshambles

Former refugee among winners of Fields medal – the ‘Nobel prize for maths’ - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/01/former-refugee-among-winners-of-fields-medal-the-nobel-prize-for-maths these damn middle eastern refugees, coming over here to the UK and winning Fields medals…good job #brexit will put a stop to that