180929

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180928.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Thanks To Streaming Fragmentation, Bittorrent Traffic Is Suddenly Rising In Traffic Share - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180926/10321340720/thanks-to-streaming-fragmentation-bittorrent-traffic-is-suddenly-rising-traffic-share.shtml interesting…

Indian Supreme Court Rules #Aadhaar Does Not Violate #Privacy Rights, But Places Limits On Its Use - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180926/07444240718/indian-supreme-court-rules-aadhaar-does-not-violate-privacy-rights-places-limits-use.shtml disappointing… #india

No-deal #Brexit could trigger 14 days of road chaos, Highways England reveals - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/28/uk-no-deal-brexit-lorry-traffic-plan-could-leave-kent-in-chaos-for-14-days “It means teachers can’t get to schools, domiciliary care workers can’t get to the vulnerable, consultants and doctors visiting patients or performing operations are all hit.”

Canada and EU add climate clause to trade pact - https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/canada-and-eu-add-climate-clause-to-trade-pact/ welcome for its symbolic importance, if nothing else…

‘May’s totally betrayed us’: Tory grassroots’ Brexit tension boils over - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/28/theresa-may-tory-grassroots-brexit-tension-boils-over the #brexit knuckledraggers are unbelievably thick…still

US groups raise millions to support rightwing UK thinktanks - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/28/us-groups-raise-millions-to-support-rightwing-uk-thinktanks #brexiters taking back control? being taken for mugs, more like… this is the real treason

Study Shows Facebook’s Still Miles Away From Taking Privacy, Transparency Seriously - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180927/08163440726/study-shows-facebooks-still-miles-away-taking-privacy-transparency-seriously.shtml

180928

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180927.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Indian Supreme Court Rules #Aadhaar Does Not Violate #Privacy Rights, But Places Limits On Its Use - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180926/07444240718/indian-supreme-court-rules-aadhaar-does-not-violate-privacy-rights-places-limits-use.shtml disappointing #india

Thanks to #Brexit, the British voice counts for less at the UN - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/27/theresa-may-un-iran-brexit-analysis “brexit means brexit means global decline…”

“For the first time in decades, Britain will find itself as a non European Union member, forced to justify its claim to be one of the five permanent members of the UN security council” indeed, clear UK will have to give this up after #brexit - no justification for it now…

No-deal Brexit could result in Northern Ireland blackouts, leaks reveal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/27/no-deal-brexit-could-result-in-northern-ireland-blackouts-leaks-reveal “could see electricity bills rise by up to £200.” you know, I don’t remember reading any of that on the side of a bus… #brexitshambles

Study Buried For Four Years Shows Crime Lab DNA Testing Is Severely Flawed - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180924/18174740705/study-buried-four-years-shows-crime-lab-dna-testing-is-severely-flawed.shtml no surprise, but good to have it confirmed…

“In this paper we propose new method for proving of existence of global solutions for 3D NavierStokes equations.” - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.10081v3.pdf big if correct…

“The German car industry has a clear vision of the necessity of stability in the continent that goes beyond selling cars. For Germany the economy is an instrument in a much wider issue of stability in continental Europe.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/27/brexiters-failed-to-grasp-significance-of-single-market-to-eu-says-brussels-chief-frans-timmermans #BrexitShambles

Orca ‘apocalypse’: half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/27/orca-apocalypse-half-of-killer-whales-doomed-to-die-from-pollution NB: cleaning up PCBs is one area where US doing much better than EU: well done, muricans…

Netanyahu claims Israel has found Iran’s ‘secret atomic warehouse’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/27/netanyahu-claims-israel-has-found-irans-secret-atomic-warehouse yeah, right, just like the last time…do give it a rest

180927

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180926.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“Beijing Silvermine is an archive of half a million negatives salvaged over the last seven years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing.” - http://www.beijingsilvermine.com/ this is a fabulous project #china #photography

Satellite images show ‘runaway’ expansion of coal power in China - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/26/satellite-images-show-runaway-expansion-of-coal-power-in-china bad #china #dirtycoal

Customs delays of 30 minutes will bankrupt one in 10 firms, say bosses - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/26/no-deal-brexit-minor-port-delays-30-minutes-bankrupt-1-in-10-uk-firms #brexiters will doubtless say it’s a price worth paying for those blue passports…

#Firefox Hardening Guide 2018 - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/firefox-hardening-guide/ this is long & thorough; worth passing on to your firefox-using friends… #mozilla

Twelve Rules For Not Being A Total Free Speech Hypocrite - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180923/22385240700/twelve-rules-not-being-total-free-speech-hypocrite.shtml handy list to cut out and keep…

Gorgeous 30-day timelapse captures what it’s like to be out at sea - https://mashable.com/video/30-days-at-sea-timelapse-video/ fabulous

180926

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Hard Brexiters’ new plan gets A+ for idiocy - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/24/hard-brexiters-new-plan-gets-a-for-idiocy “they had found a second economist who was tremendously enthusiastic about Brexit.”

Brett Kavanaugh: third woman expected to make accusations of sexual misconduct - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/24/brett-kavanaugh-third-woman-expected-to-make-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct and that was just monday…

#Brexit chisels away any right Britain had to the Parthenon marbles - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/25/brexit-parthenon-marbles-greece-heritage good point

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is ‘morally wrong’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/ex-un-chief-ban-kioon-says-us-healthcare-system-is-morally-wrong #nhs

Power to the Preprint: An Update - https://blogs.plos.org/plos/2018/09/power-to-the-preprint-an-update/ #preprints are the future

Demons and armageddon: details emerge in naked kidnapping case - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/canada-details-emerge-naked-kidnapping-case I can’t wait for the film of this…

America cooks up its flavor of GDPR – and Google’s over the moon - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/25/us_government_data_privacy/ “the DoC has ruled out the introduction of law or fines”: a chocolate teapot, IOW…

Theresa May rules out an autumn general election before Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/25/theresa-may-rules-out-an-autumn-general-election-before-brexit look what happened last time she said that…

180925

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Top court rules UK mass interception of fiber-optic cable traffic violates the right to #privacy: a victory, but how big? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/big-win-top-court-rules-uk-mass-interception-violates-the-right-to-privacy/ #humanrights #surveillance #gchq

New York Times Sues FCC With Eye On Bogus Russian Net Neutrality Comments - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180921/08271540687/new-york-times-sues-fcc-with-eye-bogus-russian-net-neutrality-comments.shtml

UK-EU flights could cease in event of no-deal #Brexit, says government - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/24/uk-eu-flights-would-cease-immediately-in-event-of-no-deal-brexit perfectly normal…

also: "pet owners – those with dogs, cats or ferrets – who want to take holidays in the EU would have to prepare for travel “at least four months ahead in advance of the date they wish to travel”." #brexitshambles

#China Actively Collecting Zero-Days For Use By Its Intelligence Agencies – Just Like The West - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180921/09121740688/china-actively-collecting-zero-days-use-intelligence-agencies-just-like-west.shtml moral high ground, what moral high ground…?

Glyphosat soll Ursache für Bienensterben sein - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/glyphosat-soll-ursache-fuer-bienen-sterben-sein-a-1229816.html “#Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees” - http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/09/18/1803880115

180924

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180923.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Climate study ‘pulls punches’ to keep polluters on board - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/23/scientists-changing-global-warming-report-please-polluters stupid: appeasement never works, just tell US & Australia to get knotted…

Leave no dark corner - http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278 great use of digital technology to warn about dangerous uses of digital tech… #china

Top court rules UK mass interception of fiber-optic cable traffic violates the right to #privacy: a victory, but how big? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/big-win-top-court-rules-uk-mass-interception-violates-the-right-to-privacy/ #surveillance #gchq

180923

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180922.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Archaeologists and curators leaving UK over #Brexit fears - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/sep/22/archaeologists-and-curators-leaving-uk-over-brexit-fears “Brexit had already affected tourism to the UK, with a slowing down in bookings from long-haul markets, such as China, Japan and the US.”

Rotterdam prepared for worst when Britain crashes out of EU - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/22/rotterdam-prepared-for-worst-after-brexit this shows why #brexiters are clueless idiots

Tom Watson tells Corbyn: ‘We must back members on new Brexit vote’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/22/tom-watson-corbyn-members-brexit-vote-second-referendum-labour-party-poll interesting… #PeoplesVote

Crashing out of EU may hasten breakup of UK, ministers warn - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/22/hard-brexit-risks-breakup-uk-conservatives-warn “Senior Conservatives fear diplomatic disaster ‘on scale of Suez crisis’ is brewing”: they’re wrong; this is much worse than Suez… #brexitshambles

180922

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180921.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Brazilian women mobilise against ‘misogynist’ far-right candidate - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/brazilian-women-against-jair-bolosonaro-misogynist-far-right-candidate alas, didn’t work against trump, doubt it will work here… #brazil

Empowering Portugal’s bombeiros with open data - https://blog.okfn.org/2018/09/21/empowering-portugals-bombeiros-with-open-data/ this is why governments should release stuff as #opendata #pt

Theresa May demands respect from EU in Brexit negotiations - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/21/theresa-may-demands-respect-from-eu-in-brexit-negotiations respect has to be earned: UK has done nothing but insult the EU, its negotiators and its citizens living in UK… #brexitshambles

Extreme biohacking: the tech guru who spent $250,000 trying to live for ever - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/21/extreme-biohacking-tech-guru-who-spent-250000-trying-to-live-for-ever-serge-faguet what a desperately sad sack this chap is…

How Brexit will impact healthcare for our pets and farm animals - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/opinion/how-brexit-will-impact-healthcare-for-our-pets-and-farm-animals/ "Veterinarians could find themselves faced with animals suffering from treatable diseases but … no longer an arrangement in place for companies to supply them with the right medicines.

180921

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180920.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“we are on course to negotiate with the US for an FTA and that will require compromise,” a government source said." - https://www.businessinsider.de/liam-fox-trade-deal-scrap-european-union-food-standards-after-brexit-2018-9?r=US&IR=T #dirtymeat #brexit

Most EU leaders would like UK to hold second Brexit referendum, Malta’s PM says - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/sep/20/salzburg-eu-summit-brexit-theresa-may-polite-doing-her-job-eu-chiefs-non-committal-verdict-on-mays-brexit-appeal-at-salzburg-politics-live?page=with:block-5ba35553e4b0f675819f4d08#block-5ba35553e4b0f675819f4d08 significant: means they would doubtless give UK time to hold one if asked… #peoplesvote

‘No accident’ Brett Kavanaugh’s female law clerks ‘looked like models’, Yale professor told students - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/20/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-yale-amy-chua what a reptile (no offence meant to reptiles…)

Elon Musk May Have Talked His Way Into A Pretty Serious Defamation Lawsuit - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180919/16293540672/elon-musk-may-have-talked-his-way-into-pretty... very useful, full analysis of situation

For me and millions others, Brexit will turn home turf into a foreign land - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/20/brexit-millions-eu-citizens-foreigners #brexit trashing everything good and generous in this country…

180920

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180918.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Mega infrastructure projects win over clean energy in Visegrad Four - https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/opinion/mega-infrastructure-projects-win-over-clean-energy-in-visegrad-four/ these nations remain backward on #renewables

Romanians in the UK: ‘If we go, who will do the jobs after Brexit?’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/romanians-in-london-brexit-immigration-photo-essay no problem: I’m sure people who voted for #Brexit will be happy to take on these jobs - for the nation

‘Impossible’ recycling in the real world - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/impossible-recycling-in-the-real-world/ if they can do it, others can - and must

‘Boorish’ tourists in Venice targeted in mooted ‘no sit’ rule - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/boorish-tourists-in-venice-targeted-in-mooted-sitting-down-ban the problem is not people sitting, it’s the huge cruise ships that dump thousands who treat venice as a kind of instagram background. ban cruise ships from docking nearby.

Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Ivory Poachers - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/science/ivory-poaching-genetics.html great use of technology: “Dr. Wasser said he is taking the same approach to track pangolins”

#Tanzania Plans To Outlaw Fact-Checking Of Government Statistics - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180918/07450540663/tanzania-plans-to-outlaw-fact-checking-government-statistics.shtml#comments not really a good idea…

180918

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Software Patch Claimed To Allow #Aadhaar's Security To Be Bypassed, Calling Into Question Biometric Database's Integrity - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180914/07483040639/software-patch-claimed-to-allow-aadhaars-secu... 50,000 rogue operators already thrown off…

Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/18/rightwing-thinktanks-unveil-radical-plan-for-us-uk-... this is the reality of #brexit: "#NHS opened to foreign competition, a bonfire of consumer and environmental regulations "

incredible: fossil fuels providing only around 20% of UK's power at this moment - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ wind storming away (sic) at 28%

180917

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180916.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

China accuses Sweden of violating human rights over treatment of tourists - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/17/china-accuses-sweden-of-violating-human-rights-over-treatment-of-tourists an overlooked detail: “family had arrived the day before their booking and refused to leave”. also: what about human rights of #uyghurs, #china…?

Google's Chinese Search Engine Will Censor Results, Provide Gov't-Approved Pollution Data - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180915/13340840647/googles-chinese-search-engine-will-censor-res... @google is being amazingly stupid here...what happened to all those PhDs...?

All the details you need on the Chinese tourists who were ”brutally” handled by Swedish police - http://inbeijing.se/bulletin/2018/09/17/all-the-details-you-need-on-the-chinese-tourists-who-were-br... maybe not quite as the chinese authorities are portraying things…

Only a quarter of Mail readers think UK will get good Brexit deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/17/only-a-quarter-of-mail-readers-think-uk-will-get-go... support for #brexit is draining away everywhere, every day.... #peoplesvote

Irish famine film Black 47 wins over the critics - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/17/irish-famine-film-black-47-wins-over-the-critics hmm: I can't see that making the irish more likely to give #brexiters what they want…

180916

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wind energy currently supplying 34% of UK power - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ - just 20% from fossil fuels #renewables

Here come connected vehicles and urban analytics: what do they mean for #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/here-come-connected-vehicles-and-urban-analytics-what-do-they-mean-for-privacy/ fascinating applications, but with dangers too…

“The European Union is the regulatory superpower on this planet right now. I think it’s going to advance further and faster than the US.” - https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611948/for-safetys-sake-we-must-slow-innovation-in-internet-connected-things/ saith @schneierblog; & he’s right, of course #gdpr

Off #Tanzania, in one of the world’s richest seas, why is the catch getting smaller? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/15/tanzania-dar-es-salaam-illegal-fishers-coral-reef-eco-system-at-risk “illegal boats with explosives which take much of the catch, killing coral reef and putting an eco-system at risk”

180915

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Now the judges agree – the vote for Brexit was clearly tainted - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/judges-brexit-vote-eu-referendum-vote-leave #brexitshambles #PeoplesVote

Hurricane Florence is a climate change triple threat - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/florence-climate-change-triple-threat " the destruction potential of slow-moving storms such as Harvey and Florence will only get worse"

‘This one feels different’: Hurricane Florence can start a new conversation - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/15/climate-change-hurricane-florence-can-start-new-conversation let’s hope so: we’re running out of time to address

French bookshops revolt after prize selects novel self-published on Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/15/french-bookshops-revolt-after-prize-selects-novel-self-published-on-amazon stupid booksellers: the problem is incompetent publishers who failed to recognise a good book when offered it. author had no choice…

Europe’s meat and dairy production must halve by 2050, expert warns - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/15/europe-meat-dairy-production-2050-expert-warns quite right; time to start eating impossible food (yum) - https://impossiblefoods.com/

“It also means Britain’s food production is going to stall and even go into reverse at the exact moment it needs to go up” - https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/sep/15/food-and-brexit-will-the-cupboard-be-bare-jay-rayner #brexitshambles

Almost half of voters say they would vote for new party in election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/15/almost-half-of-voters-say-they-would-vote-for-new-party-in-election I’m sceptical; but hey, let’s give it a whirl - things could hardly get worse than #brexitshambles

Here come connected vehicles and urban analytics: what do they mean for #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/here-come-connected-vehicles-and-urban-analytics-what-do-they-mean-for-privacy/ fascinating applications, but with dangers too

180914

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Hurricane Maria was a partly manmade disaster. Hundreds of families told us what really happened - https://hurricanemariasdead.com/index.html

Japan’s attempt to overturn commercial whaling ban fails - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/14/japans-attempt-to-overturn-ban-on-commercial-whaling-fails well done - and shame on those sycophantic nations who sought to curry favour with the arch animal-abuser #japan

EU Continues To Kill The Open Web: Massive Fines For Sites That Don’t Censor Within An Hour - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180913/00511540631/eu-continues-to-kill-open-web-massive-fines-sites-that-dont-censor-within-hour.shtml perhaps they want people to go back to quills…

Spectacular ice age wolf pup and caribou dug up in Canada - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/14/spectacular-ice-age-wolf-pup-and-caribou-dug-up-in-canada amazing

180913

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Corporate Sovereignty (#ISDS) On The Wane, As Governments Realize It’s More Trouble Than It’s Worth - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180911/09243540612/corporate-sovereignty-wane-as-governments-realize-more-trouble-than-worth.shtml not dead yet, but definitely dying… #NAFTA #RCEP

EU-Japan free trade deal threatens the fight for legal timber - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/eu-japan-free-trade-deal-threatens-the-fight-for-legal-timber/ EU must not allow #japan's weak standards to undermine fight against illegal logging #JEFTA

With the European Parliament vote on the copyright directive, the internet lost – for now - https://creativecommons.org/2018/09/12/with-the-european-parliament-vote-on-the-copyright-directive-the-internet-lost-for-now/

#GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/13/gchq-data-collection-violated-human-rights-strasbourg-court-rules not that the UK government will give a damn… #surveillance

GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/13/gchq-data-collection-violated-human-rights-strasbourg-court-rules maybe will help legal challenges to #article13's upload filters, which carry out constant surveillance…

Les Héros de l’environnement - http://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/les-heros-de-l-environnement-elisabeth-schneiter/9782021388190 « Ceux qui luttent pour protéger la planète et les gens devraient être célébrés comme des héros, mais la triste réalité est que beaucoup paient un lourd tribut pour leur sécurité et parfois le paient de leur vie ». indeed

France may stop trains and planes from UK under no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/13/france-may-stop-trains-and-planes-from-uk-under-no-deal-brexit #brexit still going well, I see…

180912

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The Intellectual Dishonesty Of Those Supporting The Existing Text Of The EU Copyright Directive - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180911/13173940617/intellectual-dishonesty-those-supporting-existing-text-eu-copyright-directive.shtml blistering debunking

Big farmers to see funding cut post-Brexit after Gove shakeup - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/gove-hails-plans-to-reward-uk-farmers-for-adopting-green-policies seems to be one of gove’s better ideas…

#Japan apologises for captive dolphin show during Olympic sailing test run - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/12/tokyo-2020-organisers-apologise-for-taking-sailors-to-captive-dolphin-show japan’s animal cruelty continues to disgust civilised people…

Farmer Lobbying Group Accused Of Selling Out Farmers On Right To Repair Laws - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180911/15241040618/farmer-lobbying-group-accused-selling-out-farmers-right-to-repair-laws.shtml not good: we must be able to repair things we own

Rightwing Australian politicians criticise girl, 9, in row over anthem - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/sep/12/rightwing-australian-politicians-criticise-girl-9-in-row-over-anthem big mistake: people can now turn this into a nationwide protest at the genocide of aboriginal peoples…

North Carolina Chose to Ignore Its Dangerous Sea Levels Years Before Hurricane Florence Hit - https://www.wired.com/story/north-carolina-chose-to-ignore-its-dangerous-sea-levels-years-before-hurricane-florence-hit/

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180910_10.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Japan launches bid to end ban on commercial whaling - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/japan-launches-bid-to-end-ban-on-commercial-whaling shame shame shame on #japan

What developers need to do to save the internet from the EU's looming copyright disaster - https://boingboing.net/2018/09/11/developers-developers-develope-3.html #opensource will be seriously impacted by flawed upload filters #article13

Europe's New 'Plan S' For #OpenAccess: Daft Name, Great News - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180907/09420940600/europes-new-plan-s-open-access-daft-name-grea... big win

You Wouldn’t Steal A Meme: The Threat From #Article13 - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/you-wouldnt-steal-a-meme-the-threat-from-article-13/ problem: there is no blanket exemption across the EU for meme-like material

Chongqing Man Throws Golden Retriever and Cat from 21st Floor - https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chongqing-man-throws-golden-retriever-and-cat-from-21st-floor/ “#China currently has no laws preventing animal abuse. The voices calling for legal protection of animals in China have gotten louder over the past years.”

Copyright Update #5: Vor Entscheidung im EU-Parlament trägt Wikipedia schwarz - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/copyright-update-5-vor-entscheidung-im-eu-parlament-traegt-wikipedia-schwarz/ “Die deutschsprachige Wikipedia-Community fürchtet Verschlechterungen und versperrt symbolisch die Startseite.” #article13

The Han-opticon - https://chinachannel.org/2018/09/11/han-opticon/ clever title #china #surveillance #xinjiang

#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 are inevitable fallible, and will overblock legal material

Copyright takedown notices are completely Baroque-en - https://thenextweb.com/eu/2018/09/11/copyright-takedown-notices-are-completely-baroque-en/ ha! great title… #article13

Legislating with blinkers: the EU’s #copyright reform is up for the vote - https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/legislating-with-blinkers-the-eus-copyright-reform-is-up-for-the-vote/

#Article13: Making Copyright Unfit For The Digital Age - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-making-copyright-unfit-for-the-digital-age/ it takes exactly the wrong approach

time is running out: big EU vote on #copyright with huge risks for the Internet as we know it. please write to MEPs now. sample short email - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html sample longer email - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html #article13

EU copyright reform will spell disaster for sports fans - https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/copyright-sports-fans/ creating yet another copyright monopoly that will harm honest activities of millions of sports fans

Save The Internet As We Know It: Stop The Copyright Ratchet - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/save-the-internet-as-we-know-it-stop-the-copyright-ratchet/ why does copyright only change in favour of big companies, never in favour of the general public?

Creators Supporting Link Taxes And Mandatory Filters Are Handing The Internet Over To The Companies They Hate - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180910/12365140609/creators-supporting-link-taxes-mandatory-filters-are-handing-internet-over-to-companies-they-hate.shtml #article13 #article11

EU’s decision on Copyright Reform tomorrow could be a turning point for the web - https://thenextweb.com/eu/2018/09/11/eu-parliamen-copyright-reform-internet-censorship-machines-link-tax/ now would be a good time to write to MEPs - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html

urgent: please write to/ring your MEPs now if you have them - the big vote on the pernicious copyright directive is tomorrow. some background here - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html #article13 #article11 #article3

Illegal animal trade uncovered on Facebook in Thailand - https://mashable.com/article/illegal-animal-trade-facebook-thailand/ yet another #facebook fail

The EU’s copyright plans will let anyone mass-censor the internet - https://boingboing.net/2018/09/11/free-expression-v-big-content.html no pro-#article13 politician has even begun to address this huge problem

180910

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180909.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

It’s time for an update. Tell the European Parliament to fix copyright. - https://fixcopyright.wikimedia.org/ “Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.” #article13 #pd

Quick Letter to MEPs about #Article13 of Copyright Directive - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html FWIW, here’s what I’ve just sent to my MEPs

The copyright reform bug that risks derailing Europe’s AI ambitions - https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/the-copyright-reform-bug-that-risks-derailing-europes-ai-ambitions/ #article3

Please Write (Yes, Again - Sorry) to Your MEPs to Stop the EU Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/please-write-yes-again-sorry-to-your.html sorry to bang on about this, but time is running out…

Save The Internet As We Know It: Stop The Copyright Ratchet - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/save-the-internet-as-we-know-it-stop-the-copyright-ratchet/ the blunders of #eucopyright directive will be almost impossible to reverse; we must stop them now

want to write to your MEP about #eucopyright directive? FWIW here’s what I’ve just sent: https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html

What Is the Point of #Mozilla? - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-point-mozilla I’ve used its software since the very beginning - it’s great stuff. but here’s how it could do more…

Hurricane Florence upgraded to category four as it nears US east coast - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/hurricane-florence-carolinas-mid-atlantic sadly, rapidly-warming seas will make these increasingly common #globalwarming

CA Gov. says 100% clean electricity not enough, state must go carbon neutral - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/ca-gov-says-100-clean-electricity-not-enough-state-must-go-carbon-neutral/ impressive

180909

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180908.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

wow: wind energy currently producing 7.24GW - 27.22% of UK needs - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ looks like that new wind farm - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/worlds-largest-offshore-windfarm-opens-cumbrian-coast-walney-extension-brexit - is already making a difference…

Please Write (Yes, Again - Sorry) to Your MEPs to Stop the EU #CopyrightDirective from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/please-write-yes-again-sorry-to-your.html #article13 #article11

How pervasive real-time bidding for online ads silently undermines your #privacy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/how-real-time-bidding-for-online-ads-silently-undermines-your-privacy-online/ Moore’s law is to blame…sorta

Last Night of the Proms SABOTAGED by REMOANERS who politicise music event with EU flags - https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1014968/Last-night-of-the-proms-EU-flags-anti-Brexit-campaign-sabotage-British-brexit-news Sunday Express losing it over a few EU flags…poor diddums: they don’t exactly sound very self-assured, do they? well done, prommers…

#Saveyourinternet Action Week – Day 3 Twitter Recap - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/saveyourinternet-action-week-day-3-twitter-recap/ lots of great links explaining why #eucopyright directive is such a disaster and must be tamed - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/please-write-yes-again-sorry-to-your.html

Chevron wins Ecuador rainforest ‘oil dumping’ case - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45455984 #ISDS is a disgraceful system for rewarding the rich and powerful

Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/09/imran-amed-business-of-fashion-interview-is-this-fashions-most-influential-man “He’s yet to decide where he will be based after the UK breaks from Europe”. #brexit: destroying UK’s global success stories, one by one…

Here’s why #article11 - ancillary copyright - makes no economic sense - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/eu-reform/article-11-driven-by-rhetoric-not-by-arithmetic/

case in point of typically biased @guardian article on #eucopyright - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/09/battle-over-eu-copyright-law-heads-for-showdown - gives far more weight to claims of copyright industry and voss; ignores facts about #article11 #article13; shoddy journalism

wow: less than 20% of UK energy coming from fossil fuels of any kind at this moment - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ - wind really coming on strong with new wind farm opened last week (I presume)

180908

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180910.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Please Write (Yes, Again - Sorry) to Your MEPs to Stop the EU #CopyrightDirective from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/please-write-yes-again-sorry-to-your.html #article13 #article11

How pervasive real-time bidding for online ads silently undermines your #privacy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/how-real-time-bidding-for-online-ads-silently-undermines-your-privacy-online/ moore’s law is to blame…sorta

180907

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180906.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#Saveyourinternet Action Week – Day 2 Twitter Recap - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/saveyourinternet-action-week-day-2-twitter-recap/ lots of links to lots of fine people warning about how dangerous #eucopyright directive will be for the Internet

BBC admits ‘we get #climatechange coverage wrong too often’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/07/bbc-we-get-climate-change-coverage-wrong-too-often finally: “you would not have someone denying that Manchester United won 2-0 last Saturday. The referee has spoken”

Japan will Walfangverbot kippen - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/japan-will-walfangverbot-kippen-a-1226966.htmlm shame on bloody, selfish #japan

It’s now or never: EU copyright must protect access to knowledge and the commons - https://creativecommons.org/2018/09/07/its-now-or-never-eu-copyright-must-protect-access-to-knowledge-and-the-commons/ good summary

A “Product Of U.S.A.” Should Come From The U.S.A. - https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/actions/5389/a-product-of-usa-should-come-from-the-usa seems that some meat the US will be sending UK after #brexit won’t even come from the US… #yum

journalist in #southafrica fired for daring to write about #china's concentration camps in xinjiang - https://www.facebook.com/azadessa/posts/10156432239046070 #china's tendrils reach everywhere these days…

The Hidden Link Between Farm Antibiotics and Human Illness - https://www.wired.com/story/farm-antibiotics-human-illness-hidden-link/ phasing out routine use of antibiotics for animals must be a priority

Uyghur Poetry in Translation: Perhat Tursun’s “Elegy” - https://medium.com/fairbank-center/uyghur-poetry-in-translation-perhat-tursuns-elegy-902a58b7a0aa?stream=top Tursun now one of the million innocent #uyghurs held in chinese concentration camps #xinjiang

OpenPGP Keyservers Now Store ‘Irremovable’ Torrent Magnet Links - https://torrentfreak.com/openpgp-keyservers-now-store-irremovable-torrent-magnet-links-180907/ clever

180906

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180905.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

YouTube Chief Says #Article13 “Undermines Creative Economy - https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-chief-says-article-13-undermines-creative-economy-180906/ “The Copyright Directive won’t just affect creators and artists on YouTube. It will also apply to many forms of user generated content across the Internet.”

Arrest of Syrian ‘hero swimmer’ puts Lesbos refugees back in spotlight - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/arrest-of-syrian-hero-swimmer-lesbos-refugees-sara-mardini #greece is making itself look ridiculous

Leading Biomedical Funders Call For Open Peer Review Of Academic Research - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180903/09263240574/leading-biomedical-funders-call-open-peer-review-academic-research.shtml at last… #oa

Scales of endangered pangolin found for sale on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo - https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2162645/scales-endangered-pangolin-found-sale-chinese-e shame on #pinduoduo #china

World’s largest offshore windfarm opens off Cumbrian coast - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/worlds-largest-offshore-windfarm-opens-cumbrian-coast-walney-extension-brexit great news… #renewables

Government to issue temporary work visas to help UK fruit farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/government-to-issue-temporary-work-visas-to-help-uk-fruit-farmers classic #brexit stupidity: replace a system that works brilliantly for everyone with one that doesn’t…

6 days until the EU votes on an extinction-level event for the internet: here’s what they’ll debate - https://boingboing.net/2018/09/06/six-days-left-2.html

180905

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180904.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU copyright reform will spell disaster for sports fans - https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/copyright-sports-fans/ great point: “This new right would make it copyright infringement to take snapshots or film at e.g. a football match”: how will MEPs justify this to their constitutents?

Wikimedia: “Your internet is under threat. Here’s why you should care about European Copyright Reform” - https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 #article13

#Saveyourinternet Action Week – Day 1 Twitter Recap - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/saveyourinternet-action-week-day-1-twitter-recap/ lots of great links explaining why #article3 #article11 #article13 are such disasters #copyright

Call to Action: Save Free Software this September - https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180905-02.html “#Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive targets every online service that allows its users to upload and share content with each other, including code hosting platforms.” #freesw

Indonesian province bans men and women from dining together - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/indonesian-province-bans-men-and-women-from-dining-together-islamic-aceh go home, #aceh, you’re drunk (sic)… #indonesia

The Current Status of WireGuard #VPNs – Are We There Yet? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/09/the-current-status-of-wireguard-vpns-are-we-there-yet/ this is new to me (bad me): sounds interesting… #opensource