Tuesday 30 July 2019

190730


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/07/190729.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The New Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive: A Critical Look - http://infojustice.org/archives/41470 “the Directive denotes a normative preference for private ordering over public choice in EU copyright law”

What can we learn from Palantir’s secret user manual for police users of its big data software? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/07/what-can-we-learn-from-palantirs-secret-user-manual-for-police-users-of-its-big-data-software/ it’s easy - too easy #surveillance #privacy

A Trump trade deal with Britain will unleash a bonfire of regulations - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/29/trump-trade-deal-britain-bonfire-regulations-liz-truss-brexit “wants Britain to allow food produced in enormous animal factories, pumped with steroids, hormones and antibiotics, into our markets”

PM warned of ‘absolutely catastrophic’ result of no-deal Brexit ahead of a visit to Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/30/stop-playing-russian-roulette-sheep-industry-johnson-told " I suspect there will be protests"

Stop Lydian’s toxic attack on democracy - https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/stop-lydian’s-toxic-attack-democracy appalling bullying of small, poor country - using #ISDS, of course. at risk is the main water supply for the nation and much else


Trump's threat to tax French wines labelled 'completely moronic' - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/trumps-threat-to-tax-french-wines-labelled-completely-moronic well, trump made it, so…

Brexit will be 'catastrophic', first minister tells Boris Johnson ahead of his visit to Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/jul/30/boris-johnson-prime-minister-brexit-news-warned-no-deal-brexit-could-lead-to-farmers-blocking-roads-in-protest-live-news "Under WTO trade rules, without a trade deal, the EU could not drop tariffs for meat imports from the UK without dropping them for everyone else."

Cambridge Analytica did work for Leave. EU, emails confirm - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/30/cambridge-analytica-did-work-for-leave-eu-emails-confirm oh…now, where is my surprised face…?

Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into actual sentences - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/30/neuroscientists-decode-brain-speech-signals-into-actual-sentences good news for the paralysed; not so sure for the rest of us…

“at Heathrow, customers walking up to Travelex desks on Tuesday morning were being given just €0.91 for each £1, while if they wanted dollars the rate had collapsed to just $1.01.” - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/30/pound-holidays-prices-sterling-brexit but remember: there are no downsides to #brexit, only upsides

Court: No Immunity For SWAT Team That Hurled A Flash-Bang Grenade In The General Direction Of A Two-Year-Old Child - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190725/14363942655/court-no-immunity-swat-team-that-hurled-flash-bang-grenade-general-direction-two-year-old-child.shtml well, that’s, er, good…

Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/boar-wars-how-wild-hogs-are-trashing-european-cities fascinating feature; great headline; majestic, if problematic, beasts

No-deal Brexit: how likely is it and what would be the impact? - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/30/no-deal-brexit-how-likely-is-it-what-would-be-impact “With meat farming, there would be an immediate WTO 40% tariff on exports to the EU, which could instantly wipe out many farming businesses”

No-deal Brexit would endanger rural life, says Welsh leader - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/30/no-deal-brexit-would-endanger-rural-way-of-life-says-welsh-leader “he took very seriously the risk of civil unrest in the countryside if farmers’ livelihoods were lost.”

“a very successful shellfish industry that has been built up over the last 20 years and more,” he said. “It leaves fresh, it arrives fresh, there are no impediments to trade. That 20-year investment could be over in three weeks in a no-deal Brexit.” #wales #brexit

“I think the union that is the United Kingdom is more at risk today than at any time in my political lifetime." #wales #brexit

‘Five Eyes’ nations discuss backdoor access to WhatsApp - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/30/five-eyes-backdoor-access-whatsapp-encryption still clueless; and Patel’s comment totally gormless…

Former Tory minister warns Johnson against no-deal Brexit strategy - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/30/stephen-hammond-boris-johnson-warn-against-no-deal-brexit "In a coded warning to the new prime minister, Hammond said he should not underestimate the strength of feeling on the Tory backbenches."

EU must give way over backstop, says Johnson after rebuff by Varadkar - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/30/johnson-varadkar-clash-over-irish-backstop-phone-call-brexit why on earth should EU give in? it’s the UK that’s leaving: it takes what it gets. he’s acting like a selfish 7-year-old: “just give me what I want, you rotters”



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