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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181128.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ningxia learns from #Xinjiang how to fight terrorism - http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1129272.shtml the #uyghurs were just the start; #china will be rolling out its total #surveillance system everywhere…

London to lose €800bn to Frankfurt as banks prepare for Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/29/london-to-lose-800bn-to-frankfurt-as-banks-prepare-for-brexit "there is no downside to #brexit"… yeah, right

Climate change already a health emergency, say experts - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/climate-change-already-a-health-emergency-say-experts obvs

Arlene Foster says DUP would not back second Brexit referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/29/arlene-foster-dup-would-not-back-second-brexit-referendum luckily, nobody cares what you think

EU net migration to UK falls to lowest level in almost six years - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/29/eu-net-migration-uk-falls-lowest-level-almost-six-years but “Non-EU net migration was at its highest since 2004” - we’re just swapping people who share our european heritage for those that don’t… #brexitchaos

Past four years hottest on record, data shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/four-years-hottest-record-climate-change <slow handclap/>

Extending article 50 would invalidate Brexit deal, says May - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/29/extending-article-50-would-invalidate-brexit-deal-says-may she’s making this up as she goes along; ask Barnier - I bet he doesn’t say that…

Most UK businesses unprepared for no-deal Brexit, says Carney - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/29/most-uk-businesses-unprepared-for-no-deal-brexit-says-carney #ThisIsFine

“Jo Johnson says May’s Brexit deal could lead to 1997-style electoral defeat for Tories” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/nov/29/brexit-theresa-may-faces-questions-from-commons-liaison-committee-about-her-deal-politics-live?page=with:block-5bfff69be4b0de80e896f043#block-5bfff69be4b0de80e896f043 future tory leader…?

Linux and Supercomputers - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-and-supercomputers nice history

‘Botched Brexit’ could spark electoral wipeout for Tories, rebels say - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/29/botched-brexit-could-spark-electoral-wipeout-for-tories-rebels-say if @UKLabour are wise, they will start using this phrase…and go for #peoplesvote

Tokyo Olympics venues ‘built with wood from threatened rainforests’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/tokyo-olympics-venues-built-with-wood-from-threatened-rainforests time to boycott #Tokyo2020 …

The EPA has lost its mind - https://mashable.com/article/epa-climate-report-denial-debunk/ the @epa is just utterly pathetic; so sad to see how it has come down…

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Labour could seize option of second Brexit vote, says McDonnell - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/28/labour-seize-second-brexit-vote-option-john-mcdonnell now we’re getting there… #peoplesvote

Police investigate racial attack on boy at Huddersfield school - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/28/police-investigate-racial-attack-on-boy-at-huddersfield-school I should hope so…

Chancellor admits UK will be worse off under all Brexit scenarios - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/28/chancellor-uk-worse-off-brexit-scenarios-philip-hammond that means less money for #NHS, more austerity - exactly what #brexiters wanted #amirite?

“Analysis produced by range of government departments suggests GDP could fall by as much as 10.7%” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/28/uk-significantly-worse-off-under-all-brexit-scenarios-official-forecast-gdp bear in mind that trade deals typically produce fractions of a percent GDP boost, so there’s no way trade can make up that shortfall #brexitchaos

McDonnell says it is ‘inevitable’ Labour will back second referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2018/nov/28/brexit-pmqs-may-corbyn-hammond-economic-analysis-confirms-that-leaving-eu-will-make-uk-poorer-politics-live?page=with:block-5bfeaddde4b0de80e896e49d#block-5bfeaddde4b0de80e896e49d getting there, getting there… #peoplesvote

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New #GDPR Ruling In France Could Dramatically Re-shape Online Advertising - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181123/09014141092/new-gdpr-ruling-france-could-dramatically-re-shape-online-advertising.shtml potentially big implications for EU and global online advertising methods

World must triple efforts or face catastrophic #climatechange, says UN - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/27/world-triple-efforts-climate-change-un-global-warming

Fresh row looms as No 10 refuses to publish full #Brexit legal advice - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/27/fresh-row-looms-as-no-10-refuses-to-publish-full-brexit-legal-advice a cynic might almost think they have something to hide - but surely not…?

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“driving job vacancies in the UK to a record high, with an estimated 845,000 unfilled positions. Employers warn that it is getting harder for firms to hire qualified staff.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/26/figures-show-rise-in-eu-nationals-exiting-public-sector-after-brexit-vote #brexitchaos

Brexit can be stopped, leading Remainer stays hopeful - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-can-be-stopped-leading-remainer-stays-hopeful/ “It’s now very likely that Brexit will be stopped”

We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything - https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thought-the-incas-couldnt-write-these-knots-change-everything/ are we close to deciphering khipus? I do hope so…

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Concern grows at Tory link to US lobby firm in Facebook smear scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/tory-links-us-lobby-firm-facebook-smear-scandal this is global, people…

Trump at bay: failure looms as Democrats load ‘subpoena cannon’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/25/donald-trump-democrats-subpoenas-house good news at last…

Woman who inherited fatal illness to sue doctors in groundbreaking case - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/25/woman-inherited-fatal-illness-sue-doctors-groundbreaking-case-huntingtons this was bound to happen

Campaign builds to force Corbyn’s support for people’s vote - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/24/campaign-corbyn-peoples-vote-special-conference-referendum excellent news #brexitchaos

“a growing number of frontbenchers believe Labour may need to “swerve” towards a “people’s vote”, as one put it, if public opinion swings behind the idea” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/labour-plays-waiting-game-over-second-brexit-referendum-corbyn #brexitchaos

May to warn MPs that rejecting Brexit deal would put UK ‘back to square one’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/may-to-warn-mps-that-rejecting-brexit-deal-would-put-uk-back-to-square-one “square one” is UK occuping a uniquely privileged position within the EU… so vote it down, please…

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Pro-Brexit adviser admits UK would be better off staying in EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/24/pro-brexit-adviser-admits-uk-would-be-better-off-staying-in-eu pretty unanimous, then… #brexitchaos

Welcome to the burgeoning, globalized business of implementing government #surveillance - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/11/welcome-to-the-globalized-interlinked-business-of-surveillance/ it’s everywhere…

Non-Pirate Kodi Add-On is Copyright Infringing, Denuvo Owner Says - https://torrentfreak.com/non-pirate-kodi-add-on-is-copyright-infringing-denuvo-owner-says-181124/ more #copyright madness

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Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/23/scientist-unveils-blueprint-to-save-bees-and-enrich-farmers this is urgent: let’s do it

US trade deal would flood Britain with ‘cheap, inhumanely produced’ bacon - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/growth-hormones-gestation-crates-bacon-us-trade-deal it’s also more infected with disease than UK meat - https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants #BrexitChaos

Assault on Chinese consulate in Karachi as violence flares across region - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/23/pakistan-blast-and-gunshots-heard-near-chinese-consulate big ramifications for #obor

Sajid Javid abandons plans to ban .50-calibre military-grade guns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/23/sajid-javid-abandons-plans-to-ban-50-calibre-military-grade-guns so rees-mogg and hoey won’t support the police call for the ban? don’t they care that officers could be killed?

Repowering the UK’s oldest wind farms could boost energy generation by 171% - https://theconversation.com/repowering-the-uks-oldest-wind-farms-could-boost-energy-generation-by-171-106211 let’s do it

#Climatechange to inflict ‘substantial damages’ on US lives, major report to warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/23/climate-change-america-us-government-report

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181121.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Outcry and arrests in #China over abattoir pumping cattle with water - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/outcry-and-arrests-in-china-over-abattoir-pumping-cattle-with-water-10954972 “showed a swollen cattle on its knees with tears in its eyes” #animalabuse

Let’s get artists paid by making Big Tech pay them, not by creating EU copyright filters - https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/dont-break-the-net.html obvious, really…except to the #copyright industry

Matt Hancock says second Brexit referendum is possible - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/22/matt-hancock-says-second-brexit-referendum-is-possible the tide is turning, even #brexiters have to admit it… #brexitchaos #PeoplesVote

The Future of Emails Is Private with Tutanota’s New Email Client: Fast, Secure, Beautiful. - https://www.tutanota.com/blog/posts/new-mail-client “It is our mission to provide a completely private and secure email service, and to our understanding being #opensource is an integral part of this…”

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eLife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati commit to Libero for opensource publishing - https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/d8cccde3/elife-coko-hindawi-limited-and-digirati-commit-to-libero-for-open-source-publishing #openaccess needs #opensource platforms

Facebook to lodge appeal against ICO’s £500,000 fine - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-appeal-against-information-commissioners-office-fine-cambridge-analytica quite right - should be much more…

SoundCloud Troll Getting DMCA Takedowns Shows The Weakness Of Notice And Takedown Systems - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181116/09175541064/soundcloud-troll-getting-dmca-takedowns-shows-weakness-notice-takedown-systems.shtml abuse will be even worse with #article13 of #eucopyright directive

Information Attacks against Democracies - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/information_att.html “we look at democracy through the lens of information security, trying to understand the current waves of Internet disinformation attacks.”

The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/the-snowden-legacy-part-one-whats-changed-really/ good review

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“At least as far as #copyright is concerned, the lawlessness of the early internet has been replaced not by legitimate legal processes but by corporate rule through algorithmic enforcement.” this is the problem. more here: https://digitalsocialcontract.net/lawless-2910ee226bfa

“By pushing to the “link tax”, publishers are shooting themselves in the foot three times over.” - https://mondaynote.com/the-media-industry-and-the-make-google-pay-fantasy-1b4de36e3b04 yup #article11

Letter to the EU Council: Stand for citizen’s rights and the European digital economy in the #copyright negotiations! - https://edri.org/letter-to-the-council-stand-for-citizens-rights-in-the-copyright-negotiations/ EU citizens are watching…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181118.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Gruesome discovery of Czech tiger farm exposes illegal trade in heart of Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/gruesome-discovery-of-czech-tiger-farm-exposes-illegal-trade-in-heart-of-europe kudos to czech police. shows why circuses must be banned from using animals; also why “kontaktni zoos” must close.

Yet Another GDPR Disaster: Journalists Ordered To Hand Over Secret Sources Under ‘Data Protection’ Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181114/01491541047/yet-another-gdpr-disaster-journalists-ordered-to-hand-over-secret-sources-under-data-protection-law.shtml more bad stuff happening in #romania

#India to build 1,900 miles of walls along railway tracks - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/india-railway-walls-tracks-deaths “Nearly 49,800 people died after being hit by trains in the last three years” staggering

Sarah Wollaston pushes for MPs’ vote on second Brexit referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/19/sarah-wollaston-pushes-for-mps-vote-on-second-brexit-referendum-doctors-amendment-corbyn yay

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Why are people so poor at making #privacy choices? What can be done about it? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/11/why-are-people-so-poor-at-making-privacy-choices-what-can-be-done-about-it/ here are some of the reasons

Danske Bank #Whistleblower Agrees to Testify before Danish Parliament Despite Threat of Criminal Prosecution under Bank Secrecy Laws - https://www.kkc.com/assets/site_18/files/danske/statement-parliament-wilkinson.pdf #denmark

Google News may shut over EU plans to charge tax for links - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/18/google-news-may-shut-over-eu-plans-to-charge-tax-for-links as we warned; get rid of #article11 before it causes damage #copyright

An immodest proposal: “Boycott the Chinese Language” - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=40730 “Corr is not opposed to Putonghua itself, but only to its use by the CCP to further its strategic, political, and ideological goals.”

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Why are people so poor at making #privacy choices? What can be done about it? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/11/why-are-people-so-poor-at-making-privacy-choices-what-can-be-done-about-it/ here are some of the reasons…

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UK medics call for government ban to cut antibiotic resistance - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/16/uk-medics-call-for-government-ban-to-cut-antibiotic-resistance utter madness not to do this

UK #austerity has inflicted ‘great misery’ on citizens, UN says - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/16/uk-austerity-has-inflicted-great-misery-on-citizens-un-says “callous policies driven by political desire for social re-engineering”

The First Software Licensing Agreement and its Relationship with #Copyright Law - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/11/14/the-first-software-licensing-agreement-and-its-relationship-with-copyright-law/ #IBM

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Dear EU Politicians: You Really Don’t Have To Wreck The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181114/02020041048/dear-eu-politicians-you-really-dont-have-to-wreck-internet.shtml “We should be very careful before making significant changes to fundamental concepts of how the internet works.”

Interview With Pamela Samuelson - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/eu-reform/interview-with-pamela-samuelson/ if only the EU listened to @PamelaSamuelson’s words of wisdom about #eucopyright directive and its fatal flaws #article13 #article11 #article3

Yandex offers WeChat Pay in Russia, targeting Chinese tourists - https://technode.com/2018/11/16/yandex-wechat-pay-russia/ wow, chinese march to world domination online continues…

Brexit: UK will be disconnected from EU databases after 2020 - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/15/withdrawal_agreement_brexit/ #adequacy

#Indonesia jails teacher who documented sexual harassment - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/indonesia-jails-teacher-who-documented-sexual-harassment hardly what a fair, modern, civilised country does…

Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/brazil-foreign-minister-ernesto-araujo-climate-change-marxist-plot “He then went on to accuse the party of criminalising red meat, oil, air conditioners and Disney movies.”

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“The world’s top two commodity traders used middlemen notorious for their role in #Brazil’s mammoth ‘Car Wash’ bribery scandal” - https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/friends-low-places/

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Big Boost For #OpenAccess As Wellcome And Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Back EU’s ‘Plan S’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181106/06451540987/big-boost-open-access-as-wellcome-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-back-eus-plan-s.shtml #ZEN: zero embargoes now, now…

EU’s proposed link tax would [still] harm Creative Commons licensors - https://creativecommons.org/2018/11/07/eus-proposed-link-tax-would-still-harm-creative-commons-licensors/ disgraceful that the EU won’t address this huge problem #copyright #cc

#UPOV91 and trade agreements: Compromising farmers’ right to save and sell seeds - https://www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new/Publicaties/UPOV-91-and-trade-agreements-Compromising-farmers-right-to-save-and-sell-seeds/ #seeds

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#China doubles spending on security-related building in #Xinjiang – report - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/china-human-rights-xinjiang-un-council appalling oppression of #uyghurs

Ivanka Trump to get 16 new China trademarks, including one for ‘voting machines’ - https://boingboing.net/2018/11/05/trump-brand-voting-machines.html er, wut?

Of Hypocrisy and Democracy - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/of-hypocrisy-and-democracy/ copyright companies are shocked that Internet users dare to write to their MEPs about #eucopyright directive and its harms, instead of meekly accepting yet more loss of freedoms

Arron Banks’s firm and Leave.EU face £135k fines over data misuse - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/06/arron-banks-firm-and-leave-eu-face-135k-fine-over-data-misuse more abuse and cheating by #brexiters…

European 'clearing house' to bypass US sanctions against Iran - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/european-clearing-house-to-bypass-us-sanctions-against... should have been done years ago

BHP Billiton facing £5bn lawsuit from Brazilian victims of dam disaster - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/bhp-billiton-facing-5bn-lawsuit-from-brazilian-victims-of-dam-disaster quite right: sue them into the (polluted) ground

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UK’s top lawyers urge Theresa May to back second Brexit vote - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/05/uks-top-lawyers-urge-theresa-may-to-back-second-brexit-vote wow, the momentum for #peoplesvote is incredible now

Tower of London lights up in stunning Armistice memorial - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/05/tower-of-london-lights-up-in-stunning-armistice-memorial lovely pic

Czech activists collect signatures for laying off animal cages across Europe - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/czech-activists-collect-signatures-for-laying-off-the-use-of-cages-in-the-eu/ this massive animal abuse must stop

Metropolitan police rush to set up no-deal Brexit ‘safety net unit’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/05/brexit-metropolitan-police-rush-set-up-no-deal-safety-net-unit “British police officers checked SIS II about 539m times in 2017 alone.” #brexitshambles will make the UK less safe from criminals

Tim Berners-Lee launches campaign to save the web from abuse - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/05/tim-berners-lee-launches-campaign-to-save-the-web-from-abuse uphill battle, alas…

The Case #ForTheWeb - https://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Case-ForTheWeb.pdf @timberners_lee’s new contract for the Internet…

yikes - air quality in UK bad at the moment- https://aqicn.org/here/ what’s driving that?

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The Secret of Eternal Growth - http://ifreetrade.org/article/the_secret_of_eternal_growth_the_physics_behind_pro_growth_environmentalism interesting and thought-provoking: “We will use unlimited knowledge and clean exergy from solar or nuclear power to drive endless improvements in human wellbeing and flourishing.”

Marr founders on the Rocks of Arron Banks’s muddy waters - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/04/marr-founders-on-the-rocks-of-arron-banks-muddy-waters #marr totally out of his depth; they should have sent in a real journalist…

Post-#Brexit US trade deal risk to food safety, says ex-environment minister - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/04/post-brexit-us-trade-deal-risk-to-food-safety-says-ex-environment-minister yup: even US gov admits it has dirty, dangerous meat: https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants

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“the UK could become the first satellite of the Trumpian, American space. This is the aim of British supporters of ‘No deal’” - https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexitinc/anthony-barnett/trump-or-brussels-brexit-and-art-of-no-deal

Trafficked Europeans may have to pay to stay in UK post-Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/03/protest-fees-trafficked-europeans-brexit this kind of #brexiter compassion makes one really proud, #amirite?

Arron Banks faces new claims of misleading MPs over Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/03/arron-banks-faces-new-claims-of-misleading-mps-over-brexit the new #brexit lies and cheating now emerging get worse by the day…

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Handshake’s $200K Pledge Extends Reach of Open Source Initiative - https://opensource.org/node/951 “has pledged the entirety of their venture capital investment (approximately US $10.2M) to the free and #opensource software community”

‘It became a form of therapy’: the Londoner who writes #NotestoStrangers - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/nov/02/it-became-a-form-of-therapy-the-londoner-who-writes-notestostrangers-andy-leek #london

Small And Medium Publishers Protest EU Link Tax, Which Will Harm Them, While Helping Only Large Publishers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181030/17274340942/small-medium-publishers-protest-eu-link-tax-which-will-harm-them-while-helping-only-large-publishers.shtml bad for the public, bad for publishers #article11

one of the most effective groups working for a #PeoplesVote, @OFOCBrexit, needs dosh for its vital work: https://www.gofundme.com/ofoc-the-time-is-now FWIW I’ve given… #brexitshambles

May urged to clarify whether she blocked Arron Banks investigation - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/02/theresa-may-arron-banks-leave-eu-campaign-investigation staggering failure of duty to the country… #brexitshambles

The Asus Eee: How Close Did the World Come to a #Linux Desktop? - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/asus-eee-how-close-did-world-come-linux-desktop good piece about an important machine, crushed by bully-boy #microsoft

“#Brexit, to me, is like slitting your own throat and going to bed saying: ‘I’ll see how I am in the morning.’ " - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/02/mark-gatiss-the-league-of-gentlemen-was-a-premonition-of-brexit

Antarctic’s future in doubt after plan for world’s biggest marine reserve is blocked - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/plan-create-worlds-biggest-nature-reserve-antarctic-rejected shame on #china, #russia and #norway - history will remember (if we have any…)

US rebuffs Europeans over ensuring #Iran sanctions exempt food and medicine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/iran-sanctions-us-european-humanitarian-supplies trump is a callous & disgusting human being

#Brexit: The Movie producer charged with £500,000 fraud - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/02/david-shipley-brexit-the-movie-producer-charged-fraud every single aspect of #brexit was a lie and a fraud

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181031.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

China’s ‘legal trade’ announcement could sound the death knell for tigers and rhinos - https://eia-international.org/chinas-legal-trade-announcement-sound-death-knell-tigers-rhinos/ #shame on an arrogant and egotistical #china

Supply and demand: understanding Chinese involvement in coal projects overseas - https://pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2018/10/31/supply-and-demand-understanding-chinese-involvement-in-coal-projects-overseas/ #chian behaving badly again… #dirtycoal

Arron Banks faces criminal inquiry over Brexit campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/arron-banks-referred-to-agency-over-suspected-offences-in-brexit-campaign clearly time to halt the illegal #brexit

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/10/181030.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#article11 of #eucopyright directive: Room For Interpretations Could Lead To Spanish Conditions - https://ancillarycopyright.eu/news/2018-10-30/room-interpretations-could-lead-spanish-conditions and publishers went bankrupt in spain…

#Leistungsschutzrecht: Postfaktische Politik - https://archiv.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/jahr/2018/10/leistungsschutzrecht-postfaktische-politik/ “Dass die großen Presseverlage ausgerechnet für das LSR mit Methoden streiten, mit denen sie ihre Glaubwürdigkeit aufs Spiel setzen, ist erstaunlich.” #article11 #eucopyright directive