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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/03/190304.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

World’s rarest orangutan under threat in Indonesia after court battle against dam fails - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/worlds-rarest-orangutan-under-threat-in-indonesia-after-court-battle-against-dam-fails #china is destroying - and eating - the world

Hotels at centre of rape allegations promoted on #TripAdvisor - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/hotels-at-centre-of-allegations-promoted-on-tripadvisor big Internet companies behaving badly…again

This Could Be The Most Important Email You Will Ever Send To Your MEP - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2019/03/this-could-be-most-important-email-you.html EU people: we must stop the worst aspects of the #eucopyright directive becoming law. here’s why, & how to do it. please write to your MEPs today & RT #article13 #uploadfilter

Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, scientist says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/italy-may-depend-on-olive-imports-from-april-scientist-says these kind of problems will be the norm now

Revealed: AmazonSmile helps fund anti-vaccine groups - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/05/revealed-amazonsmile-helps-fund-anti-vaccine-groups so Jeff Bezos hates science now…?

Wieder vor Gericht: Geheimdienstliche Massenüberwachung und das Menschenrecht auf Privatheit - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/wieder-vor-gericht-geheimdienstliche-massenueberwachung-und-das-menschenrecht-auf-privatheit/ #gchq

Rightsholders Can’t Sue Without a Copyright Certificate, Supreme Court Rules - https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-cant-sue-without-a-copyright-certificate-supreme-court-rules-190305/

Supporters Of #Article13 Briefly Tried To Move Parliament Vote Up Before Scheduled Protests; Now Deny Plan That They Clearly Had - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190304/15233741731/supporters-article-13-briefly-tried-to-move-parliament-vote-up-before-scheduled-protests-now-deny-plan-that-they-clearly-had.shtml & now they are again…

Spontane Demonstrationen gegen Uploadfilter in mehreren Städten angekündigt - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/spontane-demonstrationen-in-ganz-deutschland-gegen-uploadfilter-angekuendigt/ hurry hurry hurry #artikel13

Big Win For #OpenAccess, As University Of California Cancels All Elsevier Subscriptions, Worth $11 Million A Year - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190304/09220141728/big-win-open-access-as-university-california-cancels-all-elsevier-subscriptions-worth-11-million-dollars-year.shtml academic publishing’s emperor has no clothes

The US negotiating objectives for the UK-US trade deal clearly put America First - https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/2019/03/05/the-us-negotiating-objectives-for-the-uk-us-trade-deal-clearly-put-america-first/ “would be inconsistent with the UK in maintaining frictionless trade with the EU, including keeping the open border between the Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland”

eLife welcomes Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) as Editor-in-Chief - https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/5cc21558/elife-welcomes-michael-eisen-as-editor-in-chief this is excellent news #openscience

A Game of Chickens - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/brexit-transition-vote-depends-american-chicken/584041/ “Americans eat a lot of it with no documented negative effects.” sorry, just not true: US has 10x as many foodborne diseases as UK per million - https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants #brexit

22 of world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, Greenpeace says - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/05/india-home-to-22-of-worlds-30-most-polluted-cities-greenpeace-says #london still needs to do better here

Why Does MEP Axel Voss Keep Lying About #Article 13? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190301/21573541712/why-does-mep-axel-voss-keep-lying-about-article-13.shtml a classic debunking by @mmasnick

Panic grows among carmakers at prospect of no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/05/bmw-mini-cowley-no-deal-brexit-toyota and when they panic, thousands will lose their jobs

Explosive devices found at Waterloo station, Heathrow and City airports - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/05/suspicious-packages-found-at-waterloo-station-heathrow-and-city-airports “Republic of Ireland stamps found on packages”; but #brexiters say irish border is not an important issue…

High times: 76 tall buildings to join London’s skyline in 2019 - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/05/tall-buildings-london-skyline-2019 amazing activity despite #brexit; #london will be ok…

Tausende demonstrieren spontan in fünf Städten gegen #Uploadfilter - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/tausende-demonstrieren-auf-spontandemos-in-fuenf-staedten-gegen-uploadfilter/ well done, german people #artikel13