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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190131.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Labour MPs split over backing Theresa May in return for investment - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/jan/31/labour-mps-split-over-backing-theresa-may-in-return-for-investment how could anyone vote for @UKLabour again if it is willing to be bought off with bribes from the tories in this shameless fashion?

Revealed: FBI investigated civil rights group as ‘terrorism’ threat and viewed KKK as victims - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/01/sacramento-rally-fbi-kkk-domestic-terrorism-california strange how that happens…

‘It smells dirty’: scandals loom over Bolsonaro after first month in office - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/01/it-smells-dirty-scandals-loom-over-bolsonaro-after-first-month-in-office #brazil, please bring this man down before he destroys the amazon…

EU Drops Corporate Sovereignty For Internal Bilateral Agreements, But Top Court Adviser Says It Can Be Used In #CETA - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190129/07072441483/eu-drops-corporate-sovereignty-internal-bilateral-agreements-top-court-adviser-says-it-can-be-used-ceta.shtml #ISDS is not dead yet…

Leave.EU and Arron Banks insurance firm fined £120,000 for data breaches - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/01/leave-eu-arron-banks-insurance-company-fined-data-breaches-information-commissioner-audit it never ends…

MRI finds some support for ideas on what LSD does to our brains - https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/watching-brains-on-acid-using-an-mri/ this is fascinating

Australia experiences hottest month in its history - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/01/australia-experiences-hottest.html it’s a pity Australian politicians are too stupid to be able to read graphs… #globalwarming

The status of the European copyright reform and the impact on publishers - https://radiobruxelleslibera.com/2019/01/31/the-status-of-the-european-copyright-reform-and-the-impact-on-publishers/ useful analysis of the #article11 mess

Mother of 3-year-old is first person convicted of #FGM in UK - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/01/fgm-mother-of-three-year-old-first-person-convicted-... "Police found spells inside 40 frozen limes, and two ox tongues with screws embedded in them with the apparent aim of silencing police, social workers and lawyers involved in the case." savages

Officials warn of ‘putrefying’ rubbish after no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/01/revealed-plan-to-deal-with-putrefying-stockpiles-of-rubbish-after-no-deal-brexit what’s the problem? - people knew they were voting for putrefaction in the #brexit referendum…