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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/07/190709.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Once Again, Russian Internet Propaganda Efforts Shown To Be Much Bigger Than Originally Believed - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190709/07271142541/once-again-russian-internet-propaganda-efforts-shown-to-be-much-bigger-than-originally-believed.shtml everyone does it, but the russians are the best…

How a vaccinated woman’s death exposes the threat of anti-vaxxers - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/10/vaccines-measles-outbreak-immune-system the death of this young woman shows why #antivaxxers are murdering scum

Judge rules that EFF’s #DRM lawsuit can proceed! - https://boingboing.net/2019/07/09/sosumi-2.html

Trump Doral resort to host golf tourney run by strip club, dancers auctioned off as 'caddy girls' - https://boingboing.net/2019/07/09/trump-doral-resort-to-host-gol.html I'm sure it's perfectly normal for the leader of a country to be selling woman to the highest bidder

David Attenborough says it’s ‘extraordinary’ climate deniers are in power in #Australia - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/10/david-attenborough-says-its-extraordinary-climate-deniers-are-in-power-in-australia

‘Siberian Maldives’ is actually a toxic dump, Instagrammers warned - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/10/siberian-maldives-are-actually-a-toxic-dump-instagrammers-warned they go there anyway: #darwinianselection at its finest…

Kim Darroch resigns as UK ambassador to US after leaked Trump comment - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/10/kim-darroch-resigns-as-uk-ambassador-to-us-after-leaked-trump-comment sadly inevitable given his impossible position; question is, will they now appoint an experienced civil servant or #brexit know-nothing?

Kim Darroch quits as UK ambassador to US ‘after Johnson remarks’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/10/kim-darroch-resigns-as-uk-ambassador-to-us-after-leaked-trump-comment in other words, this is entirely down to boris johnson’s cowardice; what a great PM he is going to make, bending over for the US at every moment…

“@BorisJohnson - a former foreign secretary and he hopes to be the future prime minister - has basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/jul/10/tory-leadership-latest-news-john-major-threatens-to-take-boris-johnson-to-court-to-stop-him-proroguing-parliament-for-no-deal-brexit-live-news?page=with:block-5d25d7618f08cf92bb76d08b#block-5d25d7618f08cf92bb76d08b “There are a lot of people in the Commons who are very, very angry” good; take the coward down

A green transition for Europe needs €1,100 billion in private and public investments. And it needs to be done now, not tomorrow. @CiolosDacian, tell Ursula von der Leyen to deliver a concrete plan for a #ClimateNeutralEU https://bit.ly/2L7bO3F

Kim Darroch: effectively sacked by Johnson on the orders of Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/10/kim-darroch-effectively-sacked-by-johnson-on-the-orders-of-trump the fact that the tories are not up in arms over this has deepened my contempt for them as a party of power-mad cynics - like the republicans

Thousands of wild animals seized in smuggling crackdown - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/10/thousdands-wild-animals-seized-smuggling-crackdown-interpol good work by police forces; terrible it needs to be done

YouTube ‘Blocks’ Popular MP3 Stream-Ripping Sites - https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-blocks-popular-mp3-stream-ripping-sites-190710/ presumably proxy servers get around this

Politicians Queue Up To Make France’s Proposed Law Against ‘Hateful Content’ Far, Far Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190708/09092142538/politicians-queue-up-to-make-frances-proposed-law-against-hateful-content-far-far-worse.shtml please don’t do this, #france…

One giant … lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked it’s actually very simple: vast numbers of people are very stupid

“Emily Thornberry labels Boris Johnson ‘an obsequious weakling’” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/jul/10/tory-leadership-latest-news-john-major-threatens-to-take-boris-johnson-to-court-to-stop-him-proroguing-parliament-for-no-deal-brexit-live-news?page=with:block-5d25feab8f08d0b6ca52de96#block-5d25feab8f08d0b6ca52de96 “just imagine Churchill allowing this humiliating, servile, sycophantic indulgence of American president’s ego to go unchallenged.” quite; we must constantly remind @borisjohnson of this

“35% saying Darroch should be replaced with someone more amenable to the Americans” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/jul/10/tory-leadership-latest-news-john-major-threatens-to-take-boris-johnson-to-court-to-stop-him-proroguing-parliament-for-no-deal-brexit-live-news?page=with:block-5d2607a58f0845f89e30a7ba#block-5d2607a58f0845f89e30a7ba I am astonished - and ashamed - that a third of my fellow Brits are cowards and sycophants; I would never have expected this, even after #brexit…

Ursula von der Leyen signals she will not reopen Brexit talks - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/10/ursula-von-der-leyen-signals-not-reopen-brexit-talks-backstop “Nominee to lead European commission also says ‘precious’ backstop must be defended”

Sharing, Generosity and Gratitude - https://creativecommons.org/2019/07/10/sharing-generosity-and-gratitude/ “It seemed appropriate then, when the Mayo Clinic selected my liver donor, that it would be the person who helped train me in open education – David Wiley” #kudos

Voting Machine Makers Claim The Names Of The Entities That Own Them Are Trade Secrets - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190706/17082642527/voting-machine-makers-claim-names-entities-that-own-them-are-trade-secrets.shtml you can tell these people are totally trustworthy running the machinery of democracy

Boris Johnson blamed after Kim Darroch quits as UK ambassador to US - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/10/kim-darroch-resigns-as-uk-ambassador-to-us-after-leaked-trump-comment " Theresa May is understood to be considering appointing a new ambassador in her last week as prime minister" damn right - a condign punishment for johnson’s cowardice

"Conservative MP Sir Patrick McLoughlin agreed: “It is unedifying to see someone who wants to be prime minister failing to stand up for hard-working civil servants, who have done nothing wrong, under attack from foreign governments. Leadership involves standing up for your team.”

Northern Ireland civil service chief warns of Brexit threat to society - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/10/northern-ireland-civil-service-chief-warns-of-brexit-threat-to-society “report says 40,000 jobs are at risk in region” #brexiters don’t give a damn about Northern Ireland or its people…

Vegan Food Manufacturers Sue State Over Unconstitutional Law Banning Them From Using Meat Words - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190707/13032242531/vegan-food-manufacturers-sue-state-over-unconstitutional-law-banning-them-using-meat-words.shtml quite right too