190830

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190829.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Sajid Javid was not told in advance of adviser’s sacking by Cummings - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/30/sajid-javid-was-not-told-in-advance-of-advisers-sacking-by-cummings wow, good job we don’t have a Rasputin pulling all the strings at No. 10 or anything…

Former Hotel Exec Gets Elected To Congress, Decides First Order Of Business Is To Destroy Airbnb - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190827/14420742866/former-hotel-exec-gets-elected-to-congress-decides-first-order-business-is-to-destroy-airbnb.shtml well, of course

Salmon farming in the Beagle Channel enters troubled waters - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/30/salmon-farming-in-the-beagle-channel-enters-troubled-waters “Victory for community concerned about the industry’s environmental costs strengthens calls for shakeup of rules along Chilean coast”

As the Amazon burns, BlackRock named as world’s largest investor in deforestation - https://foe.org/news/amazon-burns-blackrock-named-worlds-largest-investor-deforestation/

Rise in EU citizens not getting UK settled status causes alarm - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/30/eu-citizens-uk-settled-status-alarm 42% only given pre-settled status - so much of johnson’s “I repeat unequivocally our guarantee to the 3.2 million EU nationals now living and working among us.” another #brexit lie

TSA’s Expensive Scanners Can’t Figure Out Afros Or Turbans, So Guess Who’s Getting Searched More Often - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190826/19494642859/tsas-expensive-scanners-cant-figure-out-afros-turbans-so-guess-whos-getting-searched-more-often.shtml

Sajid Javid confronts Boris Johnson over adviser’s sacking - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/30/sajid-javid-confronts-boris-johnson-over-advisers-sacking good for him. and then what happened…? “There is a now a climate of fear operating in government that Dominic Cummings is trying to create.”

No-deal Brexit ‘could motivate extremists in Northern Ireland’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/30/no-deal-brexit-could-motivate-dissident-republicans-in-northern-ireland-says-barbara-gray could??? I bet they are digging up all those buried weapons at this very moment…

Corporations pile pressure on Brazil over #Amazonfires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/30/corporations-pile-pressure-on-brazil-over-amazon-fires-crisis corporations can be callous and evil, but they don’t have to be. and sometimes, for whatever reasons, they do the right thing, as here…

You Know That Mobile Phone Tracking Data You Used As Evidence In Over 10,000 Court Cases? Turns Out Some Of It Was Wrong, But We’re Not Sure Which Yet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190828/02412742871/you-know-that-mobile-phone-tracking-data-you-used-as-evidence-over-10000-court-cases-turns-out-some-it-was-wrong-were-not-sure.shtml well, that’s #awkward…

190829

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190828.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Amazon’s indigenous warriors take on invading loggers and ranchers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/29/xikrin-people-fight-back-against-amazon-land-grabbing we should be sending weapons to these people - they are the only ones defending nature

Trading Away Protection: Emerging threats from the EU-US trade talks on conformity assessment and regulatory cooperation - https://corporateeurope.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/EU-US-trade-web-2.pdf also applies to post-#brexit trade deal with UK, only more so

A major security breach raises a key question: what happens when your #biometric data is exfiltrated from a system? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/a-major-data-breach-in-the-access-platform-biostar-2-raises-the-question-what-happens-when-your-biometric-data-is-exfiltrated-from-a-system/ because you ain’t changing it

Burning issue: how fashion’s love of leather is fuelling the fires in the Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/aug/29/burning-issue-how-fashions-love-of-leather-is-fuelling-the-fires-in-the-amazon important point #AmazonFires

Boris Johnson Is Planning A Series Of Extreme Measures In The Coming Weeks To Force Through Brexit - https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-extreme-measures read and weep at what #brexit is doing to this country…

Do not prorogue Parliament petition now stands at 1,470,743 - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269157 please help to get it to 1.5 million soon…

Former Farc commanders say they are returning to war despite 2016 peace deal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/29/ex-farc-rebels-announce-offensive-despite-peace-deal-colombia-video “This is the continuation of the rebel fight in answer to the betrayal of the state of the Havana peace accords.”

Senior Tory rebels ready to back move against no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/29/senior-tory-rebels-ready-to-back-move-against-no-deal-brexit “Corbyn said he was confident there was enough time in parliament to introduce legislation.”

“Ministers privately admit the battle to block anti-no-deal legislation in the Commons next week appears all but lost, but efforts to frustrate the rebels is focusing on the House of Lords.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/29/time-to-step-up-tempo-of-brexit-talks-says-bullish-boris-johnson well, that’s remarkable, if true…

Time to step up tempo of Brexit talks, says bullish Boris Johnson - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/29/time-to-step-up-tempo-of-brexit-talks-says-bullish-boris-johnson if you have nothing substantive to say, saying it faster and more often is completely pointless. @BorisJohnson has no new plan, he just wants to say his old one louder, which always works

190828

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190827.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Internet shutdowns in #WestPapua are within Australia’s responsibility - https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2019/08/28/internet-shutdowns-in-west-papua-are-within-australias-responsibility/

Deadly superbug outbreak in humans linked to antibiotic spike in cows - https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/deadly-superbug-outbreak-in-humans-linked-to-antibiotic-spike-in-cows/ remember that key US demand for post-#brexit trade deal is that this meat ends up on our plates, probably unlabelled

Carmakers set to produce enough EVs to meet CO2 targets, but UK may fall behind after Brexit - https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/carmakers-set-produce-enough-evs-meet-co2-targets-uk-may-fall-behind-after-brexit as in so many fields…

Die eigenen Gouverneure stellen sich gegen Bolsonaro - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/jair-bolsonaro-brasiliens-praesident-wird-von-den-eigenen-gouverneure-kritisiert-a-1283970.html well done, them #AmazonFires

Do Citizens Have A Right To See The Algorithms Used By Publicly-Funded Software? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190823/07295442845/do-citizens-have-right-to-see-algorithms-used-publicly-funded-software.shtml public funds means public code…

Trump will Regenwälder Alaskas zur Abholzung freigeben - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/trump-will-regenwaelder-alaskas-zur-abholzung-freigeben-a-1283969.html this is sickening; trump is an environmental criminal of the first order

important: “€3bn to €6bn of the €10.4bn corporate tax receipts received in 2018 could be considered excess.” - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/28/uk-and-irish-businesses-want-1bn-euros-to-withstand-no-deal-brexit-shock this is why Ireland will weather catastrophic crash-out #brexit - it has a huge war-chest. UK, not so much…

French police hunt thieves who stole Provence church bells - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/28/french-police-hunt-thieves-who-stole-provence-church-bells disgusting vandalism. but it really isn’t hard to fix up a mobile phone to act as a cctv camera…

A major security breach raises a key question: what happens when your #biometric data is exfiltrated from a system? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/a-major-data-breach-in-the-access-platform-biostar-2-raises-the-question-what-happens-when-your-biometric-data-is-exfiltrated-from-a-system/ because you ain’t changing it…

‘Let’s do it now’: Greta Thunberg crosses Atlantic and calls for urgent climate action - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/28/greta-thunberg-arrival-in-new-york-delayed-by-rough-seas this is what we should be putting all our energies into - not having to defend democracy in the UK (sic)…

Boliviens linker Bolsonaro - https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/evo-morales-und-die-amazonas-braende-boliviens-linker-bolsonaro-a-1284042.html shame on @evoespueblo for this staggering betrayal of his people, his land, and “Mother Nature”…

As Amazon burns, Trump wants to log world’s largest intact temperate rainforest in Alaska - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/27/as-amazon-burns-trump-wants-t.html ““President Trump has instructed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to exempt Alaska’s 16.7 million-acre Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions”

190827

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190826.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

GDPR could obstruct AI development, MEP says - https://www.euractiv.com/section/5g/interview/gdpr-could-obstruct-ai-development-mep-says/ the EU #copyrightdirective is a far more serious threat to EU AI #tdm

KFC launches test run of ‘miracle’ non-meat nuggets - https://thenextweb.com/us/2019/08/26/kfc-meat-alternatives-test-run/ great to see more non-meat meat going mainstream…

#Bolivia: catastrophic wildfires devastate forest in echo of Brazil’s Amazon crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/bolivia-wildfires-brazil-amazon

Spain braces for more rain after hail piles up during violent storms - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/27/spain-rain-hail-piles-up-violent-storms you know, it’s almost as if the climate has gone out of kilter all around the world…

Johnson’s plan for ‘Brexit heroes’ in the Lords will reverberate for years to come - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/27/boris-johnson-house-lords-brexit-heroes-civil-service #brexit stupidity and bigotry will poison this country for 30 years if he takes this route

Leaders opposing no-deal Brexit issue joint statement - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/aug/27/jeremy-corbyn-party-leaders-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-live-updates?page=with:block-5d651ced8f081cf11cf1dc12#block-5d651ced8f081cf11cf1dc12 "The attendees agreed that Boris Johnson has shown himself open to using anti-democratic means to force through no deal."

Nigel Farage says Brexit party could strike election pact with Tories - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/27/nigel-farage-says-brexit-party-could-strike-election-pact-with-tories is there any essential difference? no, I thought not…

Corbyn asks 116 Tory MPs for support to stop no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/aug/27/jeremy-corbyn-party-leaders-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-live-updates?page=with:block-5d6537c28f084061ab38d5c6#block-5d6537c28f084061ab38d5c6

Near-total ban imposed on sending wild African elephants to zoos - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/27/near-total-ban-imposed-on-sending-wild-african-elephants-to-zoos that’s great, but what the hell was the moronic EU playing at here? shame on them.

Deutsche Bank says it has some of Trump’s tax returns - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/aug/27/trump-news-today-live-biden-2020-democrats-polls-latest-updates excellent…

‘Not nice!’: Trump denies rumors of bedbugs at resort he’s promoting for G7 - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/27/trump-bedbugs-doral-g7-miami-golf-club oh, so it’s true, then? “Trump’s resort is reported to be struggling, reports the Miami Herald” #TrumpBEDBUGsouvenirs2020G7

190826

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190825.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Nestlé plan to take 1.1m gallons of water a day from natural springs sparks outcry - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/26/nestle-suwannee-river-ginnie-springs-plan-permit just obscene #nestle the embodiment of selfish, anti-environmental business

G7 leaders agree plan to help Amazon countries fight wildfires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/g7-leaders-agree-plan-to-help-amazon-countries-fight-wildfires only $20 million, but it’s a start… #AmazonFires

Gordon Brown calls on MPs to order no-deal Brexit inquiry - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/26/gordon-brown-calls-on-mps-order-no-deal-brexit-inquiry great idea, but maybe they should have done this two years ago… #brexitchaos

G7: Trump skips talks on climate crisis and Amazon fires - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/donald-trump-skips-g7-talks-on-climate-crisis-and-amazon-fires empty chair, empty brain

Company Sues Blackhat Because People Mocked Their Sponsored Presentation And Called It Snake Oil - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190824/23025242850/company-sues-blackhat-because-people-mocked-their-sponsored-presentation-called-it-snake-oil.shtml

190825

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190824.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Mehr als 1500 neue Waldbrände am Amazonas - https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/brasilien-mehr-als-1500-neue-waldbraende-im-amazonas-a-1283535.html “Die Brände breiten sich weiter aus - betroffene Bundesstaaten schlagen Alarm.” #AmazonFires

Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/scientists-have-been-underestimating-the-pace-of-climate-change/ “climate skeptics & deniers have often accused scientists of exaggerating threat of climate change, but evidence shows that not only have they not exaggerated, they have underestimated.”

No-deal #Brexit will ‘instantly disrupt’ UK’s role as £174bn global data hub - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/25/no-deal-brexit-will-instantly-disrupt-uk-role-as-data-hub-digital-economy this is the problem with having tech-illiterate politicians: they just don’t understand the problem, or its scale #adequacy

Ex-minister: Bolsonaro ‘most detested’ leader as he neglects the Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/25/brazil-the-amazon-fires-bolsonaro #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil #AmazonFires

Britain can ‘easily cope’ with no-deal Brexit, claims Boris Johnson - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/25/britain-can-easily-cope-with-no-deal-brexit-claims-boris-johnson sure: all those people who will die as result just didn’t believe in #brexit enough…

Johnson to burnish green credentials with G7 biodiversity plea - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/25/boris-johnson-burnish-green-credentials-g7-biodiversity-plea-amazon-fires good insofar as it goes…which is really not very far at all

190824

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190823.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘profound love’ for Amazon rainforest as criticism intensifies - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/24/jair-bolsonaro-claims-profound-love-for-amazon-rainforest-as-criticism-fires-intensifies important: shows he is vulnerable to pressure threatening trade deals like #mercosur #AmazonFires

“PHOIBLE is a repository of cross-linguistic phonological inventory data” - https://phoible.org/ just look at that Kabardian insanity: https://phoible.org/inventories/view/4#tsegments #linguistics

G7 leaders to hold emergency talks over Amazon wildfires crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/ireland-could-oppose-trade-deal-brazil-fails-stop-amazon-fires-leo-varadkar “Brazil had stopped being a villain and it is now going back to being a pariah. We must stop this insanity” #AmazonFires

What3words Is A Clever Way Of Communicating Position Very Simply, But Do We Really Want To Create A Monopoly For Location Look-ups? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190816/04041742793/what3words-is-clever-way-communicating-position-very-simply-do-we-really-want-to-create-monopoly-location-look-ups.shtml nope

“Cross-Whitehall analysis published last year suggested a new trade deal with the US would be likely to add just 0.2% to GDP in the long term.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/23/britain-to-be-energetic-partner-after-brexit-pm-to-tell-g7-allies “UK economy to lose 3.5 percent of GDP in no-deal Brexit” - https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-imf-worldbank-britain/uk-economy-to-lose-3-5-percent-of-gdp-in-no-deal-brexit-imf-idUSKCN1RL1JA #brexit #madness

Maas deutet Konsequenzen für Mercosur-Handelsdeal an - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/waldbraende-im-amazonasgebiet-heiko-maas-deutet-folgen-fuer-mercosur-deal-an-a-1283507.html yeah, but what?

Bolsonaro kündigt harte Strafen gegen Brandstifter an - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/braende-im-amazonas-gebiet-jair-bolsonaro-will-brandstifter-bestrafen-a-1283487.html I doubt it; significant he even says it. "Umweltschützer werfen Bolsonaro vor, ein politisches Klima geschaffen zu haben, in dem sich Bauern zu immer mehr Abholzung und Brandrodung ermutigt sehen. "

Brazilian protesters rail against Bolsonaro as Amazon fires rage on - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/brazilian-protesters-bolsonaro-amazon-fires this is great - well done, #brazil #AmazonFires

On the Irish border lanes of Fermanagh, the bad old days are returning - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/24/fermanagh-irish-border-lanes-bad-old-days-returning-no-deal-brexit-bomb sadly many people will soon die violently as a direct result of #brexit…

Evgeniy Nikolaychuk on Vesti.FM: languages ​​around the world are disappearing at an alarming pace - https://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Yevgeniy-Nikolaychuk-on-Vesti-FM-languages-​​around-the-world-are-disappearing-at-an-alarming-pace.html indeeds, e.g. lots of caucasian languages need preserving…

“Johnson told reporters during a visit to Devon: “I’m afraid we will have to prepare to come out without an agreement… We are very confident that we will be OK because we will have all sorts of preparations in place.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/24/no-deal-brexit-would-shrink-uk-global-influence-say-ex-ambassadors IOW #brexit deaths are on him.

190823

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190822.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Amazon rainforest fires: Macron calls for G7 talks to focus on ‘international crisis’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/amazon-rainforest-fires-macron-calls-for-international-crisis-to-lead-g7-discussions global leadership by macron; boris johnson? not so much. that #brexit world leader thing really going well…

What3words Is A Clever Way Of Communicating Position Very Simply, But Do We Really Want To Create A Monopoly For Location Look-ups? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190816/04041742793/what3words-is-clever-way-communicating-position-very-simply-do-we-really-want-to-create-monopoly-location-look-ups.shtml

Irland droht Brasilien mit Blockade von Freihandelsabkommen - https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/amazonas-irland-droht-brasilien-mit-blockade-von-handelsabkommen-a-1283308.html well done, #ireland; every other EU country should take the same position #AmazonFires

Amazon rainforest fires: global leaders urged to divert Brazil from ‘suicide’ path - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/amazon-fires-global-leaders-urged-divert-brazil-suicide-path “agriculture sector in Brazil is very concerned that EU consumers won’t buy Brazil produce. This may be the ultimate way to stop the Brazilian government” #boycottbrazil

Bolsonaro und die Feuer in Brasilien: Der Brandbeschleuniger - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/jair-bolsonaro-und-die-feuer-in-brasilien-der-brandbeschleuniger-a-1283296.html #AmazonFires

Merkel backs Macron’s call for G7 talks on Amazon fires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/amazon-rainforest-fires-macron-calls-for-international-crisis-to-lead-g7-discussions top leaders call for action; #brexit nobody @BorisJohnson is nowhere, of course…

In Bolsonaro’s burning Brazilian Amazon, all our futures are being consumed - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/23/amazon-rainforest-fires-deforestation-jair-bolsonaro

Boris Johnson ‘deeply concerned’ by fires raging in the Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/boris-johnson-deeply-concerned-by-fires-raging-in-the-amazon good. Conor Burns grovelling to Brazilian ministers, bad…

190822

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190821.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Pressure mounting on EU to end ivory trade - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/pressure-mounting-on-eu-to-end-ivory-trade/ shameful this isn’t already the case

Xenophobic bullying souring lives of eastern European pupils in UK - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/22/xenophobic-bullying-souring-lives-of-east-european-pupils-in-uk this is on you, #brexiters, besmirching the heart of UK society

Macron warns Boris Johnson Brexit could turn UK into vassal state of US before they meet in Paris - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/aug/22/brexit-latest-news-macron-boris-warns-boris-johnson-brexit-could-turn-uk-into-vassal-state-of-us-ahead-of-their-meeting-in-paris-live-news?page=with:block-5d5e47fe8f08a0805bcc25be#block-5d5e47fe8f08a0805bcc25be as is obvious to anyone looking objectively at the situation

The future of privacy is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/the-future-of-privacy-is-already-here-its-just-not-very-evenly-distributed/ are you ready for gait recognition to track you everywhere? thought not…

First day at university in China now means a face scan to enrol - https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/3023767/first-day-university-china-now-means-face-scan-enrol well, of course it has… #surveillance #privacy

Sanders to unveil $16tn climate plan, far more aggressive than rivals’ proposals - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/bernie-sanders-climate-change-plan well done him; everyone should be coming up with similar

How will Britain treat EU citizens after Brexit? They need to know – and so does business - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/22/britain-eu-citizens-brexit-business-immigration-policies once a byword for efficiency and pragmatism, UK is now an incoherent gibbering wreck…

Brazilian minister booed at climate event as outcry grows over Amazon fires - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/22/brazilian-minister-booed-at-climate-event-as-outcry-grows-over-amazon-fires good: keep up the pressure. "could scupper a trade deal between the South American trade block Mercosur and the European Union." scupper it, scupper it #AmazonFire

China (Yes, China) Complains About Attack On Its ‘Free Speech Rights’ After Twitter/Facebook Boot Propaganda Accounts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190820/17074442826/china-yes-china-complains-about-attack-free-speech-rights-after-twitter-facebook-boot-propaganda-accounts.shtml #2019, you’re doing it again…

190821

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190820.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

It’s On: Details Emerge Of Polish Government’s Formal Request For Top EU Court To Throw Out #UploadFilters - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190819/08344542817/details-emerge-polish-governments-formal-request-top-eu-court-to-throw-out-upload-filters.shtml you thought the battle over #eucopyrightdirective was finished? nope; well done, #poland

The future of privacy is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/the-future-of-privacy-is-already-here-its-just-not-very-evenly-distributed/ get ready: here’s what is hurtling towards us

A Handbill of Tiananmen - https://chinachannel.org/2019/08/21/tam-handbill/ “Documents of atrocity, resurfacing after thirty years”

“Boris Johnson prepares to visit Berlin as minister struggles to defend his ‘collaboration’ jibe” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/aug/21/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-berlin-merkel-prepares-to-visit-berlin-as-minister-struggles-to-defend-his-collaborators-jibe-live-news?page=with:block-5d5cf8478f08a0805bcc1b07#block-5d5cf8478f08a0805bcc1b07 john humphries doing proper journalism for a change - well done; now, please continue in this vein…

Trump’s state visit cancellation over Greenland shocks Danes - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/21/trump-state-visit-cancellation-over-greenland-shocks-danes what a statesman, eh?

Brexit no-deal funding ‘too little, too late’, says Portsmouth council leader - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/21/brexit-no-deal-funding-too-little-too-late-says-portsmouth-council-leader so there’s that…

Jair #Bolsonaro accuses NGOs of setting fire to Amazon rainforest - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/21/jair-bolsonaro-accuses-ngos-setting-fire-amazon-rainforest adopting the trump trick of spouting outright and outrageous lies…

“Eliades says that he voted to leave because he sees the EU as overly bureaucratic. But he believes that a no-deal Brexit would mean chaos in Dover.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/21/uk-main-ports-brexit-chaos-portsmouth-dover what he stupidly calls “bureaucratic” is just rules that work; unlike #brexit, which is chaos itself.

Potentially Big News: Top CEOs Realizing That ‘Maximizing Shareholder Value’ Isn’t A Great Idea - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190819/16582042822/potentially-big-news-top-ceos-realizing-that-maximizing-shareholder-value-isnt-great-idea.shtml

Leaked emails suggest Trump’s US interior secretary may have corrupt role in gas project - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/21/leaked-emails-suggest-this-tru.html

190820

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190819.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“Boris Johnson has written to the EU suggesting the backstop could be replaced by some form of commitment” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/19/eu-unconvinced-as-boris-johnson-sets-out-fresh-bid-to-remove-brexit-backstop because nothing suggests “commitment” like repudiating a deal you have already agreed… #brexitchaos

Brexit free-movement cutoff plans worse than Windrush, says Abbott - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/20/brexit-free-movement-cutoff-plans-worse-than-windrush-says-abbott UK is “heading for a catastrophe that would make Windrush seem like a minor blip”

Death, blackouts, melting asphalt: ways the climate crisis will change how we live - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/aug/20/death-blackouts-melting-asphalt-ways-the-climate-crisis-will-change-how-we-live or, you know, US government could tackle the #climatecrisis like any civilised country…

Gizmodo Media’s Clueless New Owners Tell Reporters They Can’t Use Encrypted Email Any More - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190816/17534842802/gizmodo-medias-clueless-new-owners-tell-reporters-they-cant-use-encrypted-email-any-more.shtml

Amazon under fire for new packaging that cannot be recycled - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/20/amazon-under-fire-for-new-packaging-that-cant-be-recycled we need to impose high taxes on anything that can’t be recycled

Canada’s election watchdog: ads saying climate change is real may break law - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/20/canadas-election-watchdog-a.html #climatecrisis is not a matter of opinion; @ElectionsCan_E are irresponsible idiots

It’s On: Details Emerge Of Polish Government’s Formal Request For Top EU Court To Throw Out #UploadFilters - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190819/08344542817/details-emerge-polish-governments-formal-request-top-eu-court-to-throw-out-upload-filters.shtml you thought the battle over #eucopyrightdirective was finished? nope #poland

Cruise ship nightmare: After measles, norovirus outbreaks, why does anyone still set sail? - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1043516 “a mere 10 viral particles is enough to make someone sick”. why I would never go on a cruise…

Donald Trump’s UK trade promises are hot air – his aim is Brexit chaos - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/20/donald-trump-uk-trade-brexit-chaos-boris-johnson-us-eu “While a post-Brexit UK is still likely to be one of the world’s largest economies… it will be less important to US national security and economic interests.”

Ivanka Trump's embrace of nature sparks cries of hypocrisy - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/20/ivanka-trumps-embrace-of-nature-sparks-cries-of-hypocrisy it's *not* hypocrisy; it's merely a foretaste of the future where the rich 1% live in environmental heaven, while the 99% live in #climatecrisis hell, largely driven by her father and #bolsonaro

EU citizens in UK demand clarification of status as no deal looms - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/20/eu-citizens-uk-demand-clarification-immigraiton-status-no-deal-brexit "How will a UK border control officer even know which EU citizens are resident in the UK and which are not?” shameful

Customs passes to be allocated as part of no-deal Brexit planning - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/20/customs-passes-to-be-allocated-no-deal-brexit-exports-uk “Even with a customs pass there is no guarantee the EU will recognise Eori numbers after 31 October should a no-deal Brexit go ahead.” why should it? “no deal” = throwing away everything

The future of #privacy is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/the-future-of-privacy-is-already-here-its-just-not-very-evenly-distributed/ coming your way…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190818.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson ‘confident’ EU will back down in Brexit talks - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/19/boris-johnson-confident-eu-will-back-down-in-brexit-talks of course, announcing this publicly will make it much more likely to happen, #amirite…?

190818

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190817.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Anti-Piracy Efforts Are Unlikely to Beat @Sci_Hub - https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-efforts-are-unlikely-to-beat-sci-hub/ why would any sane person want to “beat” a service to humanity?

Briten drohen Lebensmittel- und Benzin-Engpässe - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-grossbritannien-drohen-lebensmittel-und-benzin-engpaesse-a-1282469.html not what a civilised country does; #brexit UK is not a civilised country…

Murgers and biangbiang in London - https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=44002 #lunnon

Where did all the cod go? Fishing crisis in the North Sea - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/18/where-did-all-the-cod-go-fish-chips-north-sea-sustainable-stocks human greed and stupidity strike again; likely to be worse after #brexit: “taking back control” will probably mean “taking everything that moves in the North Sea”

FCO Speeds Up Planning to Move UK Embassy to Jerusalem - https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2019/08/fco-speeds-up-planning-to-move-uk-embassy-to-jerusalem/ “Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, Scott Morrison, Benjamin Netanyahu and now Boris Johnson – constitute a distinct and extreme right wing bloc.”

190817

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190816.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

A trade deal with Trump will change Britain for the worse - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/17/trade-deal-trump-change-britain-for-the-worse-animal-welfare-tech-monopoly #brexit will destroy everything fine about the UK; oh, the irony…

Police forces halt trials of facial recognition systems - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/police-halt-trials-face-recognition-systems-surveillance-technology #kudos to them. background here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/arsenic-in-the-water-of-democracy-uk-police-politicians-and-privacy-activists-clash-over-facial-recognition-use/

190816

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190815.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Kenyan Government Risks Squandering The Long-Term Potential Of Mobile Transactions In The Hope Of A Little Extra Tax Revenue - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190813/09115642771/kenyan-government-risks-squandering-long-term-potential-mobile-transactions-hope-little-extra-tax-revenue.shtml #kenya

Norway halts Amazon fund donation in dispute with Brazil - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/norway-halts-amazon-fund-donation-dispute-brazil-deforestation-jair-bolsonaro MEPs must block #mercosur trade deal

Lobbying group takes out full-page ads to prove Beyond Meat’s veggie burger is unhealthy — but it’s not - https://thenextweb.com/insider/2019/08/16/lobbying-group-takes-out-full-page-ads-to-prove-beyond-meats-veggie-burger-is-unhealthy-but-its-not/ good to see the meat industry panicking…

Group to tout bleach-based ‘miracle cure’ at upstate New York ‘seminar’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/16/bleach-based-miracle-cure-group-seminar-new-york “The two liquids are combined to make chlorine dioxide, a powerful bleaching agent used in industrial processes including textile manufacture.” #darwinism at work in #murica

‘Always ask if there’s coffee in it’: Mormon church stands by rule with new advice - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/16/always-ask-if-theres-coffee-in-it-mormon-church-stands-by-rule-with-new-advice industrial bleach probably ok, though…? #murica

190815

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190814.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Half of UK farms could fail after no-deal Brexit, report warns - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/15/half-of-uk-farms-could-fail-after-no-deal-brexit-report-warns 's OK, people knew they were voting to destroy UK farming when they chose #brexit…

Arsenic in the water of democracy: UK police, politicians and privacy activists clash over #facialrecognition deployments - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/arsenic-in-the-water-of-democracy-uk-police-politicians-and-privacy-activists-clash-over-facial-recognition-use/ #privacy #surveillance

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190813.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Why tiny Belize is a world leader in protecting the ocean - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/14/why-tiny-belize-is-a-world-leader-in-ocean-protection inspiring; rest of the world should learn from this

El Salvador rape victim who suffered stillbirth faces murder retrial - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/14/el-salvador-rape-victim-who-suffered-stillbirth-faces-murder-retrial-evelyn-beatriz-hernandez-cruz what a backward, primitive country #elsalvador is…

Johnson accuses MPs and EU of ‘terrible collaboration’ over Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/14/johnson-hits-out-at-terrible-collaboration-of-mps-and-eu-trying-to-block-brexit oh, “collaboration” - like WW2 collaborators, you mean - traitors that should be executed…?

#Fracking causing rise in methane emissions, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/14/fracking-causing-rise-in-methane-emissions-study-finds confirms why everyone - including the UK - should ban it

Johnson’s Facebook PMQs show how politicians can bypass scrutiny - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/14/boriss-facebook-pmqs-show-how-politicians-can-bypass-scrutiny he’s just copying trump; journos must not play along as they do in the US…

Johnson sparks cross-party backlash over Brexit ‘collaboration’ claim - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/14/johnson-sparks-cross-party-backlash-over-brexit-collaboration-claim he knew exactly what he was doing; he doesn’t care if people get killed over this…

Arsenic in the water of democracy: UK police, politicians and privacy activists clash over #facialrecognition deployments - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/arsenic-in-the-water-of-democracy-uk-police-politicians-and-privacy-activists-clash-over-facial-recognition-use/ #privacy

190813

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190812.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘Loud, obsessive, tribal’: the radicalisation of remain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/brexit-remain-radicalisation-fbpe-peoples-vote good summary of why we will never forgive #brexiters for what they have done to this country and its values, and why we will simply rejoin the EU if johnson takes us out.

Brexit: judge fast-tracks challenge to stop Johnson forcing no deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/court-hears-challenge-boris-johnson-no-deal-brexit good news

UK Moves To Give Regulators Power To Fine Internet Companies 5% Of Revenue If They Can’t Wave A Magic Wand And Make Bad Content Disappear - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190812/16392242762/uk-moves-to-give-regulators-power-to-fine-internet-companies-5-revenue-if-they-cant-wave-magic-wand-make-bad-content-disappear.shtml

Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/13/interoperability-and-privacy.html #facebook

Of course the US supports a no deal – it makes a minnow out of Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/us-no-deal-john-bolton-trade-foreign-policy “Britain after a no-deal Brexit would be a beggar, not a chooser; a panicky minnow “negotiating” with a shark whose sole stated purpose is making sharks great again.”

Hungary’s far-right government vilifies #Finland over rule of law inquiry - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/hungary-far-right-government-finland-rule-law-inquiry clearly time to suspend #hungary's voting rights in EU institutions

.@linuxjournal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye awkward, and regrettable, indeed, since two of my columns for the title were yet to be published. looks like I have some free slots for freelance work…

John Bolton doesn’t want a trade deal with the UK – he wants to colonise us - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/john-bolton-trade-deal-uk-colonise “Brexiteers promised a return of sovereignty. What’s coming is a sellout – a fire sale at the altar of America First.”

190812

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190811.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Nigel Farage attacks Harry and Meghan, jokes about ‘overweight’ Queen Mother - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/12/nigel-farage-prince-harry-meghan-markle-overweight-queen-mother-cpac-brexit I’m sure #brexiters will love this…

#facialrecognition recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies bring in bans - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/facial-recognition-concerns-go-mainstream-in-the-us-as-cities-and-companies-bring-in-bans/ it’s spreading, but so is the fightback… #privacy

‘Ecological grief’: Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/12/greenland-residents-traumatised-by-climate-emergency sadly, this will become the norm in most places

British diplomats to pull out from EU decision-making meetings within days - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/12/british-diplomats-to-pull-out-from-eu-decision-making-meetings-within-days “They were once the most respected diplomatic corps here,” - this is what #brexit means - trashing our global reputation for excellence

Sportsman who bit head off live chicken faces legal action - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/12/bixente-larralde-sportsman-who-bit-head-off-live-chicken-faces-legal-action “If convicted of animal cruelty, Larralde could face a fine of up to €30,000 (£28,000).”

Reaping What They Sowed: Recording Industry Now Quite Upset About Copyright Run Amok - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190806/21222842734/reaping-what-they-sowed-recording-industry-now-quite-upset-about-copyright-run-amok.shtml well, we did warn them…

How YouTube Radicalized Brazil - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html so it seems that @google is responsible for the coming destruction of the amazon, and with it today’s generally habitable environment. I mean that quite seriously. all to sell a few more ads.

190811

Elsevier Says It’s Infringing To Link To Sci-Hub; Hypocrite Elsevier Links To Sci-Hub All The Time - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190804/21235242719/elsevier-says-infringing-to-link-to-sci-hub-hypocrite-elsevier-links-to-sci-hub-all-time.shtml also: gives yet more publicity to @Sci_Hub so that even more people use it…

Elsevier Tries To Lie About University Of California’s Contract Negotiation; UC Shows Its Receipts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190804/21394042720/elsevier-tries-to-lie-about-university-californias-contract-negotiation-uc-shows-receipts.shtml more stupidity from @ElsevierConnect

#facialrecognition recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies bring in bans - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/facial-recognition-concerns-go-mainstream-in-the-us-as-cities-and-companies-bring-in-bans/ it’s spreading, but so is the fightback #privacy

#Brazil's highest court rules that #Bolsonaro cannot use criminal investigations to harass Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/11/democratic-fundamentals.html that’s good

Ireland tells Boris Johnson there will be no backstop renegotiation - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/11/ireland-tells-boris-johnson-there-will-be-no-backstop-renegotiation seems that attempt to blackmail ireland isn’t going so well… #brexit

Jaipur protest demands end to use of elephants to carry tourists - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/jaipur-protest-demands-end-to-use-of-elephants-to-carry-tourists quite right