190929

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190928.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“Johnson refuses to say if he’s asked another EU leader to veto Brexit extension” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/29/brexit-latest-news-tory-conference-boris-johnson-conservative-suggests-his-critics-had-eu-help-drafting-benn-act-to-stop-no-deal-live-new?page=with:block-5d906d298f084ab84172f314#block-5d906d298f084ab84172f314 if he has, then presumably that would be betraying the country according to #brexiters, #amirite?

“Johnson says, whether people voted leave or remain, they want Brexit done.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/29/brexit-latest-news-tory-conference-boris-johnson-conservative-suggests-his-critics-had-eu-help-drafting-benn-act-to-stop-no-deal-live-new?page=with:block-5d906a8c8f081108db9bec57#block-5d906a8c8f081108db9bec57 we don’t. we really, really don’t.

No 10 denies claims Boris Johnson squeezed journalist’s thigh - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/29/no-10-denies-claims-boris-johnson-squeezed-thigh-journalist-charlotte-edwardes two women say it, and are ignored, of course…

190928

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190927.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Lawsuit: School Strip-Searched An 8-Year-Old Because Someone Found Feces On A Bathroom Floor - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190910/10365842961/lawsuit-school-strip-searched-8-year-old-because-someone-found-feces-bathroom-floor.shtml staggering #murica

Beautiful electronic easy listening music from the USSR (1960) - https://boingboing.net/2019/09/27/beautiful-electronic-easy-list.html wonderful…just watch that theremin player in action…

‘I feel like I’m dying’: West Papua witnesses recount horror of police shootings - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/28/i-feel-like-im-dying-west-papua-witnesses-unrest-indonesia-police the world must wake up to what is being done by #indonesia in #westpapua

UK ‘needs billions a year’ to meet 2050 climate targets - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/28/uk-needs-billions-a-year-to-meet-2050-climate-targets the good news is that if we cancel #brexit, we will have billions to spend on combating #climatecrisis that would have been wasted propping up collapsing economy…

190927

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190926.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ministers still do not know if NHS can cope with no deal, says watchdog - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/ministers-still-do-not-know-nhs-cope-no-deal-brexit-report IOW, people will die because of #brexit. no biggie.

Government plan to invoke EU law’s supremacy to ensure Brexit on Halloween - https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-government-plan-to-invoke-eu-laws-supremacy-to-ensure-brexit-on-halloween/ “European law usurps British law,” a source told City AM. “That means the Article 50 deadline trumps the Benn Act.” - but deadline is not the law, it can be moved - already has

Amber Rudd says prime minister’s Brexit rhetoric ‘legitimises violence’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/amber-rudd-prime-minister-brexit-rhetoric-legitimises-violence

What’s Australian For #StreisandEffect? Perhaps It’s Fatty McFuckhead - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190925/17590443070/whats-australian-streisand-effect-perhaps-fatty-mcfuckhead.shtml #australia

Top court says “right to be forgotten” doesn’t always apply outside EU – and orders search engines to manipulate results - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/top-court-says-right-to-be-forgotten-doesnt-always-apply-outside-eu-and-orders-search-engines-to-manipulate-results/ good and bad news… #privacy

Just As Everyone Predicted: EU #Copyright Directive's Link Tax Won't Lead To Google Paying Publishers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190926/17223443073/just-as-everyone-predicted-eu-copyright-direc... surprise...not

190926

Royal Shakespeare Company threatened with boycott over #BP sponsor - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/26/climate-activists-threaten-boycott-rsc-bp-sponsorship quite right; this kind of cultural prostitution is not acceptable in #2019 #RSC

Chinese Authorities Call For Internet Companies To Add Bias To AI Algorithms – In Order To ‘Promote Mainstream Values’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190912/08571442974/chinese-authorities-call-internet-companies-to-add-bias-to-ai-algorithms-order-to-promote-mainstream-values.shtml sounds legit… #censorship #china #ai

EU-#Leistungsschutzrecht droht schon vor dem Start zu scheitern - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/eu-leistungsschutzrecht-droht-schon-vor-dem-start-zu-scheitern/ just as warned… #copyright

Trafficked to extinction - https://globalstory.pangolinreports.com/#lede superb journalism on terrible #pangolin trade. shame on #china for driving this still…

Supreme court litigant advised to buy stab vest after death threats - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/26/supreme-court-litigant-advised-to-buy-stab-vest-after-death-threats “police fears for Maugham’s safety increased after a journalist published his home address” she must be so proud #brexit

"He says the Commons library has confirmed to him today that the soonest an election could take place would be Tuesday 5 November.

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Bercow confirms that this is his understanding of the rules." - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/26/boris-johnsons-brexit-rhetoric-condemned-as-mps-tell-of-death-threats-politics-live?page=with:block-5d8cb8228f08fbb0c171beb4#block-5d8cb8228f08fbb0c171beb4 #brexit

В Адыгее стартует республиканский этноязыковой лагерь - https://adigea.aif.ru/society/details/v_adygee_startuet_respublikanskiy_etnoyazykovoy_lager this is excellent news - more like this is needed #circassian

Opposition planning to again seize control of Commons next week - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/26/opposition-planning-again-seize-control-commons-next-week-brexit-corbyn most important bit: “A Plaid Cymru source said opposition MPs were getting on better than expected. “It surprises all of us how easy these meetings are,” they said.” crucial for #GE19

‘We have made history’: Mexico’s Oaxaca state decriminalises abortion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/we-have-made-history-mexicos-oaxaca-state-decriminalises-abortion lovely place, oaxaca; must go back one day…

190924

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190923.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

During A Police Raid, Russian Activist Uses #Drone To Whisk Sensitive Data To Safety - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190917/08374243009/during-police-raid-russian-activist-uses-drone-to-whisk-sensitive-data-to-safety.shtml clever chap; and he recorded the raid… #russia

The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/24/ursula-herrmann-germany-kidnapping-mystery tragic but fascinating story

Atlas the humanoid robot shows off a new and improved gymnastics routine - https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/24/atlas-the-humanoid-robot-shows-off-a-new-and-improved-gymnastics-routine/ we don’t stand chance, do we?

Internet Archive and Center for Open Science Collaborate to Preserve Open Science Data - https://blog.archive.org/2019/09/24/internet-archive-and-center-for-open-science-collaborate-to-preserve-open-science-data/ that’s good #openscience

Global postal union warns of ‘total disruption’ if Trump pulls US out - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/24/universal-postal-union-disruption-trump-us-pullout nowhere near #brexit levels of pointless self-harm, but stupid in the same way…

190923

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190922.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

This chainless bike’s a gear closer to revolutionizing the cycling world - https://mashable.com/video/ceramicspeed-chainless-bike-can-now-shift-gears-carry-load/ rather clever

The Grenfell Tower fire: a crime caused by profit and #deregulation - https://www.fbu.org.uk/publication/grenfell-tower-fire-crime-caused-profit-and-deregulation “The Fire Brigades Union believes that the terrible loss of life at Grenfell Tower was ultimately caused by political decisions made at the highest level.” more like this post-#brexit

Brazilian indigenous leaders denounce Bolsonaro before UN speech - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/jair-bolsonaro-un-brazilian-indigenous-leaders quite right: not content with stealing their lands, he is destroying them now… #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil

UK to snub Franco-German ‘alliance for multilateralism’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/uk-to-snub-franco-german-alliance-for-multilateralism as #brexit UK becomes a vassal of trump’s American empire…

Private Companies Gathering Plate Data Are Selling Access To People’s Movements For $20 A Search - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190918/14224343020/private-companies-gathering-plate-data-are-selling-access-to-peoples-movements-20-search.shtml #privacy

Hundreds of authors protest after Kamila Shamsie’s book award is revoked - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/23/hundreds-of-authors-protest-after-kamila-shamsies-book-award-is-revoked #BDS

can I just say that the shabby treatment of Hans Rott by Brahms confirms my low opinion of the latter as a human being. that is all.

190922

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190921.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Corbyn suggests UK could be better off after Brexit if deal is right - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/22/jeremy-corbyn-uk-better-off-brexit-deal-right I bet @LibDems can’t believe their luck at this gift of millions of remain votes…

190921

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190920.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Another Nail In the Coffin Of Corporate Sovereignty, As Massive Asian Trade Deal RCEP Nears Completion Without It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190919/08562843024/another-nail-coffin-corporate-sovereignty-as-massive-asian-trade-deal-rcep-nears-completion-without-it.shtml #ISDS is definitely on the way out; but it remains in older treaties…

190920

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190919.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Superbug hotspots emerging in farms across globe – study - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/superbug-hotspots-emerging-in-farms-across-globe-study meat is killing the planet, and will us. we must move to plant-based substitutes, which fortunately are really good now… #plantmeat

Fresh Brexit talks row as UK asks EU to keep its proposals secret - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/20/fresh-brexit-talks-row-uk-eu-proposals-secret now stupid do have to be not to understand that this is not how the EU works…? #brexitchaos

Court Shoots Down Cop’s Assertion That Driving Without Breaking Any Laws Is ‘Suspicious’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190904/13582142921/court-shoots-down-cops-assertion-that-driving-without-breaking-any-laws-is-suspicious.shtml well, that’s a relief…

Chinese journalists to be tested on loyalty to Xi Jinping - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/chinese-journalists-to-be-tested-on-loyalty-to-xi-jinping coming soon: Brit journalists to be tested on loyalty to #brexit…

Chuck Yeager Sues Airbus For Mentioning That Chuck Yeager Broke The Sound Barrier - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190919/11564943027/chuck-yeager-sues-airbus-mentioning-that-chuck-yeager-broke-sound-barrier.shtml what a sad, er, comedown…

190919

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190918.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

John Major tells supreme court it would be 'naive' to believe Boris Johnson on prorogation - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/sep/19/brexit-news-latest-supreme-court-john-major-tells-supreme-court-it-would-be-naive-to-believe-boris-johnsons-prorogation-claims-live-news?page=with:block-5d832f9c8f08f9df5bdd73b6#block-5d832f9c8f08f9df5bdd73b6 pretty staggering…

#Climatecrisis seen as ‘most important issue’ by public, poll shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/18/climate-crisis-seen-as-most-important-issue-by-public-poll-shows that’s good, but UK emerges with little honour here…

Australian Aboriginal Flag Mess Is Getting Worse – All Thanks To #Copyright - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190910/08572442955/australian-aboriginal-flag-mess-is-getting-worse-all-thanks-to-copyright.shtml <sigh/>

Now is the time to defend the final haven for #privacy: your brain - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/now-is-the-time-to-defend-the-final-haven-for-privacy-your-brain/ because we’re about to lose it…

No-deal Brexit will cut 3% off UK economic growth, warns OECD - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/19/no-deal-brexit-3-percent-off-uk-economic-growth-says-oecd-recession no biggie - 3 is a small number, #amirite…?

Hong Kong’s Green Monday sees breakthrough for plant-based ‘pork’ in swine fever-hit China - https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/3027948/hong-kongs-green-monday-sees-breakthrough-plant-based-pork-swine great news: “Omnipork, a plant-based protein that looks and tastes like ground pork”

“They contemplate a world where the supreme court rules this prorogation unlawful – the government is plainly contemplating in that world, continuing the prorogation until October 14th.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/sep/19/brexit-news-latest-supreme-court-john-major-tells-supreme-court-it-would-be-naive-to-believe-boris-johnsons-prorogation-claims-live-news?page=with:block-5d836f758f0834740f3be3ee#block-5d836f758f0834740f3be3ee #brexitchaos

Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment by Home Office dies - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/19/asylum-seeker-denied-cancer-treatment-nhs-home-office-hostile-environment “The Home Office, they killed her – they really did". I hope the people responsible enjoy looking in the mirror for the rest of their lives…

Campaigners urge UN to endorse global fracking ban - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/campaigners-urge-un-to-endorse-global-fracking-ban great idea, but might be hard to get it past trumpie…

Trump sues Manhattan DA seeking to block tax return subpoena - https://apnews.com/b4b0ea59e908433996f77698f45d2756 amazing - it’s almost as if he had something terrible he wanted to hide…

Kamila Shamsie’s book award withdrawn over her part in Israel boycott - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/19/kamila-shamsies-book-award-withdrawn-over-her-part-in-israel-boycott ridiculous and petty

190918

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190917.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“When the commission explained the technical challenges and enduring need for customs checks under the UK proposals, Johnson expressed surprise in the direction of his advisers.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/18/boris-johnson-surprised-by-level-of-irish-border-checks-brexit #brexitchaos

DOJ Decides To Help Publicize Snowden’s Memoir By Suing Him For Failing To Run His Book By The CIA And NSA First - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190917/16533043011/doj-decides-to-help-publicize-snowdens-memoir-suing-him-failing-to-run-his-book-cia-nsa-first.shtml

190917

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190916.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Richard M. Stallman resigns as FSF president and from its board of directors - https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns sad end to a brilliant career #gnu #rms

Amazon deforestation is driven by criminal networks, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/amazon-deforestation-brazil-crime-report-human-rights-watch maybe time for #bolsonaro to enforce the laws…

Swiss #Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking - https://torrentfreak.com/swiss-copyright-law-downloading-stays-legal-no-site-blocking/

Outrage as blue shark is cooked and served at Plymouth Seafood festival - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/blue-shark-cooked-at-plymouth-seafood-festival unacceptable in 2019…

EU given Brexit draft with backstop scrubbed out, UK sources admit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/17/eu-given-brexit-draft-with-backstop-scrubbed-out-uk-sources-admit petty and pathetic #brexitchaos

House Intelligence Committee: Intelligence Community Is Burying A Whistleblower Complaint That May Involve Wrongdoing By The White House - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190915/17162442994/house-intelligence-committee-intelligence-community-is-burying-whistleblower-complaint-that-may-involve-wrongdoing-white-house.shtml interesting…

US academic given two weeks to leave UK after eight years - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/17/us-academic-given-two-weeks-pack-up-after-eight-years-visa-system-researchers #brexit is throwing all the best people out of the country to mollify the bigots and idiots

Pitting climate justice against remain won’t work for Lexiteers - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/17/climate-justice-lexiteer-labour-conference-europe-environment how stupid can people be to set up this kind of false choice?

The silenced: meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/whistleblowers-scientists-climate-crisis-trump-administration trump is such a stupid, cowardly bully… #climatecrisis

190916

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190915.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘Americans are waking up’: two thirds say climate crisis must be addressed - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/15/americans-climate-change-crisis-cbs-poll that’s good; Dems must take note

Denmark Releases 32 Prisoners Convicted Because Of Flawed Mobile Phone Tracking Data - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190913/08340842982/denmark-releases-32-prisoners-convicted-because-flawed-mobile-phone-tracking-data.shtml just because it’s digital data doesn’t mean it’s dependable

A rising tide: ‘overtourism’ and the curse of the cruise ships - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/16/a-rising-tide-overtourism-and-the-curse-of-the-cruise-ships these polluting monsters must be taxed to the hilt for the damage they cause to the environment and cities

Brexit: EU must show flexibility, says Raab before Johnson-Juncker meeting - live news - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/16/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-talks-juncker-eu-must-show-flexibility-says-raab-ahead-of-boris-johnsons-key-meeting-with-juncker-live-news-latest-news strange how the UK doesn’t have to show any “flexibility” on its unrealistic red lines…

Half of tigers rescued from Thai temple have died, officials say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/half-of-tigers-rescued-from-thai-temple-have-died-officials-say appalling

Mother of all loft conversions: how Tate Modern became building of the century - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/16/tate-modern-best-architecture-21st-century-jacques-herzog fab architecture, fab space #artepovera

New York prosecutors subpoena eight years of Trump’s tax returns - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/16/trump-tax-returns-new-york-subpoena excellent news…

190915

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190914.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘Johnson is a liar who only backed Leave to help his career’ – David Cameron - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/15/david-cameron-slammed-for-horrendous-mistake-brexit-referendum “Brexiters were enraged by his suggestion that a second referendum might be necessary and that the Vote Leave campaign lied.”

We must stop Brexit in any form, councillors tell Jeremy Corbyn - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/15/we-must-stop-brexit-in-any-form-councillors-tell-jeremy-corbyn people finally telling the truth about #brexit; but is it too late?

Should apps share details of women’s menstruation and sex lives with #Facebook and other sites? Some already do - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/should-apps-share-details-of-womens-menstruation-and-sex-lives-with-facebook-and-other-sites-some-already-do/ #privacy #advertising

EU officials reject Boris Johnson claim of ‘huge progress’ in Brexit talks - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/15/eu-officials-reject-boris-johnson-claim-huge-progress-brexit-talks “one EU source, describing the mood after the latest talks. “I am not even going to call them negotiations”

Johnson’s ‘bonkers’ plan for £15bn bridge derided by engineers - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/15/boris-johnson-bonkers-plan-for-15bn-pound-bridge-derided-by-engineers "would require dozens of support towers at heights “never achieved anywhere in the world”

190914

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190913.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Denmark Releases 32 Prisoners Convicted Because Of Flawed Mobile Phone Tracking Data - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190913/08340842982/denmark-releases-32-prisoners-convicted-because-flawed-mobile-phone-tracking-data.shtml just because it’s digital data, doesn’t mean it’s right

Should apps share details of women’s menstruation and sex lives with #Facebook and other sites? Some already do - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/should-apps-share-details-of-womens-menstruation-and-sex-lives-with-facebook-and-other-sites-some-already-do/ #privacy

190913

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190912.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

MPs condemn ‘misleading’ no-deal Brexit publicity campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/mps-condemn-misleading-no-deal-publicity-campaign “Get Ready for Brexit ads a waste of money as 31 October no-deal EU exit now unlikely, say critics”

Momentum launches digital tool to help students register to vote - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/13/momentum-launches-digital-tool-to-help-students-register-to-vote that’s good, but does it exist yet? I can’t find it, and article has no info

Criminal gangs will cash in on no-deal Brexit, police warn - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/13/criminal-gangs-will-cash-in-on-no-deal-brexit-police-warn rationing, black market, spivs - it will be like in WW2 - just as #brexiters wanted…

“He attended, by chance, a conference on the scale of Chinese surveillance of its own citizens. That created a nagging thought that if China was doing it then so too might the US. He searched and found confirmation.” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/sep/13/edward-snowden-interview-whistleblowing-russia-ai-permanent-record #Snowden

Content Moderation Is Impossible: Facebook Settles Legal Fight Over Famous Painting Of A Woman’s Genitals - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190818/17594042811/content-moderation-is-impossible-facebook-settles-legal-fight-over-famous-painting-womans-genitals.shtml “You have a French court telling them it must be left up, while you have American politicians saying stuff like this must be taken down.”

“believe that despite the upheaval at Westminster, their domestic agenda – including increasing resources for schools and police – is beginning to register with voters in focus groups and polling.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/13/no-10-plays-down-hopes-of-brexit-breakthrough people must not let them get away with this travesty

190912

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190911.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

European parliament to attack UK treatment of EU citizens - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/european-parliament-to-criticise-uk-treatment-eu-citizens-veto-brexit-deal “MEPs will use veto against any Brexit deal without a backstop”

Australian natural disasters minister’s complete about face: ‘I believe in climate science’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/12/australian-natural-disasters-ministers-complete-about-face-i-believe-in-climate-science what cynical squirming… #climatecrisis

Britain to use millions of NHS patients’ histories to seek cures - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/12/britain-to-use-millions-of-nhs-patients-histories-to-seek-cures “Information gathered will be routinely “de-identified” before it is stored”: it’s v hard to do that with health data, relatively easy to de-anonymise using other data

France to block development of #Facebook's #Libra cryptocurrency - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/12/france-block-development-facebook-libra-cryptocurrency “Finance minister warns monetary sovereignty of governments could be at risk”

Defra refuses to give details on no-deal Brexit food supply disruptions - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/defra-refuses-disclose-details-no-deal-brexit-food-supply-disruptions if there were a shred of good news, they would have published it. they didn’t, and there isn’t. #brexitchaos

“They hope the nobile officium power could mean the court will send the article 50 extension letter on Johnson’s behalf, if he refused to do so.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/anti-brexiters-new-legal-challenge-scotland-to-force-article-50-extension whoa, heavy stuff… #brexitchaos

Crisis at the boar-der: panic as Canadian feral hogs approach the US - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/feral-hogs-us-canada-border-wall Princess Mononoke comes to the US…

Intellectual Property Is Neither Intellectual, Nor Property: Discuss - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190910/17343842967/intellectual-property-is-neither-intellectual-property-discuss.shtml this is so important

“You should no more refuse to request an extension of article 50 than you could possibly excuse robbing a bank on the basis that money stolen would be donated to a charitable cause,” Bercow said. - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/bercow-warns-pm-not-to-defy-law-on-no-deal-brexit what a star this man is…

John Bercow: I’ll stop Boris Johnson breaking the law on Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/bercow-warns-pm-not-to-defy-law-on-no-deal-brexit “The only form of Brexit that we have, whenever that might be, will be a Brexit that the House of Commons has explicitly endorsed.”

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190910.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Leak suggests UN agency self-censors on climate crisis after US pressure - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/11/leak-suggests-un-agency-self-censors-on-climate-crisis-after-us-pressure pathetic; there's a word for selling out for money…

Europe's marine sanctuaries are no more than 'paper parks' - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/11/europes-marine-sanctuaries-are-paper-parks "highlighted the problems at Dogger Bank, the large sand bank in the North sea, described as a “cross-border conservation failure” by the UK, Germany and Denmark"

“Boris Johnson says over 1m people watched the last People’s PMQs.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/sep/11/brexit-latest-news-public-would-not-benefit-from-hearing-official-worst-case-no-deal-assumptions-says-leadsom-live-news?page=with:block-5d791b028f083106f4559b19#block-5d791b028f083106f4559b19 this is trump approach - & a v important development for UK.

means he can push his story unchallenged. v dangerous & hard to counter. leaders of other parties adopt this approach too.

Water Vapor Detection on a ‘Super-Earth’ - https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/09/11/water-vapor-detection-on-a-super-earth/ exciting stuff

“All it did in my local community was confirm that the Conservative party is now led by a narrow sect who wouldn’t be out of place in the Muppet version of the Handmaiden’s tale.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/11/operation-yellowhammer-fears-no-deal-brexit-chaos-forced-to-publish-secret-papers

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190909.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Australian natural disasters minister David Littleproud: ‘I don’t know if climate change is manmade’ - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/10/david-littleproud-australian-minister-disaster-climate-change-man-made this man shames #australia #climatecrisis

Wilbur Ross faces calls to resign after report he threatened firings over ‘Sharpiegate’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/wilbur-ross-sharpiegate-alabama-resignation outrageous; he should go

Ring Has A ‘Head Of Face Recognition Tech,’ Says It’s Not Using Facial Recognition Tech. Yet. - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190904/16331642923/ring-has-head-face-recognition-tech-says-not-using-facial-recognition-tech-yet.shtml

Barcelona’s car-free ‘superblocks’ could save hundreds of lives - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/10/barcelonas-car-free-superblocks-could-save-hundreds-of-lives

wow: everyone who wants to stay in the EU should read this blog post by cummings: “On the referendum #20: the campaign, physics and data science – Vote Leave’s ‘Voter Intention Collection System’ (VICS) now available for all” - https://dominiccummings.com/2016/10/29/on-the-referendum-20-the-campaign-physics-and-data-science-vote-leaves-voter-intention-collection-system-vics-now-available-for-all/ (v@mberry)

MPs look to bring back May’s Brexit deal with vote on referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/10/mps-look-to-bring-back-mays-brexit-deal-with-vote-on-referendum interesting…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190908.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Australia launches emergency relocation of fish as largest river system faces collapse - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/09/plan-to-relocate-fish-as-australias-largest-river-system-faces-ecological-collapse this is what #climatecrisis looks like; wake up, #australia…

‘Chaos, chaos, chaos’: a journey through Bolsonaro’s Amazon inferno - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/09/amazon-fires-brazil-rainforest #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil - he is the world’s biggest environmental criminal; he should be behind bars

YouTube Lets Indonesian Government Block Satirical Video That Criticizes The Indonesian Government - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190905/13205542932/youtube-lets-indonesian-government-block-satirical-video-that-criticizes-indonesian-government.shtml looks like we are about to find out how to say #streisandeffect in Indonesian… #westpapua #censorship

#WestPapua: police investigate as bags of snakes thrown into student dormitory - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/west-papua-police-investigate-as-bags-of-snakes-thrown-into-student-dormitory will the perpetrators be caught? will they heck…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190907.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson heads to Dublin amid fears of more resignations - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/08/boris-johnson-heads-to-dublin-amid-fears-of-more-resignations “three cabinet ministers and nine junior ministers who have expressed concern about the direction of the government” - go on, do it

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The next great platform shift is underway, and that could be really bad for #privacy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/the-next-great-platform-shift-is-underway-and-that-could-be-really-bad-for-privacy/ this is happening now, it’s big and it’s bad #surveillance

Getting #UploadFilters Wasn’t Enough: EU #Copyright Industry Starts Stealth Campaign To Demonize Internet Companies Even More - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190903/07114142908/getting-upload-filters-wasnt-enough-eu-copyright-industry-starts-stealth-campaign-to-demonize-internet-companies-even-more.shtml they won’t be satisfied until they have destroyed the Internet…

‘Dead things everywhere’: is Australia facing the summer from hell? - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/06/dead-things-everywhere-is-australia-facing-the-summer-from-hell will #australia wake up to the #climatecrisis before it is too late?

Trumps Trojanisches Pferd - https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/brexit-boris-johnson-braucht-handelsabkommen-mit-den-usa-a-1285570.html “Der britische Premier Boris Johnson braucht bei einem Brexit ein schnelles Handelsabkommen mit den USA. Doch US-Präsident Donald Trump und seine Berater werden sich einen Deal teuer bezahlen lassen.”

Boris Johnson ‘could be jailed for refusing to seek Brexit delay’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/boris-johnson-could-be-jailed-for-refusing-to-seek-brexit-delayjust just stunning that a PM could contemplate ignoring the law…

Amber Rudd resigns from cabinet and surrenders Conservative whip - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/amber-rudd-resigns-from-cabinet-and-surrenders-conservative-whip the decline and fall of @borisjohnson gathers pace… #brexit

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190902.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Rebel Tories defiant in face of deselection and election threats - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/02/rebel-tories-defiant-in-face-of-deselection-and-election-threats key point from this: both tory and labour waverers say they won’t support johnson if there is no plan. #ThereIsNoPlan

The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: ‘a place where we never go outside’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/02/las-vegas-climate-crisis-extreme-heat-hellish-future not just Las Vegas: many other cities too #climatecrisis

Brussels baffled by Boris Johnson’s Brexit progress claims - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/03/brussels-baffled-by-boris-johnsons-brexit-progress-claims “PM says deal outline is nearly ready but EU says no backstop alternatives have been tabled” #ThereIsNoPlan

Bristol teenager loses sight and hearing due to processed food diet - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/03/british-teenager-loses-sight-and-hearing-due-to-processed-food-diet what a headline #2019

We’re in a #ClimateCrisis, so why are we still giving lots of dosh to burn polluting fossil fuels? #bonkers
New Energy Lending Policy of the @EIB can be a breakthrough. Ministers @OlafScholz & @peteraltmaier, please support it #FossilFreeEIB

How much destruction is needed for us to take climate change seriously? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/03/how-much-destruction-is-needed-for-us-to-take-climate-change-seriously

This man wants to ban the word “equal” | JACOB REES-MOGG DISS TRACK | Rap Roasts #6 | Dan Bull - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fL3UWruSZU&feature=youtu.be brilliant and witty as ever…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190901.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Irish border after Brexit – all ideas are beset by issues says secret paper - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/02/irish-border-after-brexit-all-ideas-beset-by-issues “specific concerns over whether any technological solution could be delivered to monitor cross-border trade.” as some of us have warned for years… #brexitchaos

Tory deselection threat ‘may boost plan to stop no-deal Brexit’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/02/tory-deselection-threat-may-boost-plan-to-stop-no-deal-brexit "I think there’s quite a lot of people who have reacted to this as being very provocative. "

River Thames home to 138 baby seals, latest count finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/river-thames-home-to-138-baby-seals-latest-count-finds good news, at last… #lunnon

Irish border after Brexit – all ideas are beset by issues says secret paper - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/02/irish-border-after-brexit-all-ideas-beset-by-issues which is why EU will not drop the backstop

Harry Potter books removed from Catholic school ‘on exorcists’ advice’ - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/02/harry-potter-books-removed-from-catholic-school-on-exorcists-advice “use of ‘actual spells’ risks conjuring evil spirits”: my, but these people are stupid… #murica

‘Murderer of nature’: Evo Morales blamed as Bolivia battles devastating fires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/02/bolivia-evo-morales-wildfires-chiquitano #morales is a traitor to the earth…

Defra ordered urgent study on no-deal food supplies in August - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/02/defra-ordered-urgent-study-on-no-deal-food-supplies a cynic might say this is a bit late for worrying… #brexitchaos

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190831.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History - https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/08/commute-time-city-size-transportation-urban-planning-history/597055/ illuminating analysis

Been duped on Facebook and Amazon’s platforms? Well, you’re not alone - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/31/been-duped-on-facebook-and-amazon-platforms-well-you-are-not-alone " when you let anyone on Earth on to your platform, that includes bad people."

After 83 plays, Alan Ayckbourn publishes his first novel at 80 - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/sep/01/alan-ayckbourn-publishes-his-first-novel-the-divide-aged-80 “Set in a dystopian England a century from now” - oh, a #brexit novel, then…

Brexit: Gove refuses to rule out ignoring any law passed to stop no deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/01/brexit-gove-refuses-rule-out-ignoring-law-passed-stop-no-deal- so latest victim of #brexit: the rule of law…

Home Office planning to end family reunion for children after Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/01/home-office-planning-to-end-family-reunion-for-children-after-brexit what a disgusting, petty little place #brexit UK will be… shame on #brexiters

U-turn over plan to end freedom of movement on 31 October - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/01/government-to-scrap-plans-for-henry-viii-power-to-end-free-movement it’s almost as if the country is being run by witless morons… #brexitchaos

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190830.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Riot police out in Glasgow as Irish unity march sparks disorder - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/31/riot-police-out-in-glasgow-as-irish-unity-march the future hard irish border is already causing problems #brexitchaos

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

Thousands expected to join protests against Boris Johnson ‘coup’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/31/thousands-expected-to-join-protests-against-boris-johnson-coup perfect weather for a demo; I’ll be there…

The first car painted with the world’s “blackest black” is deeply unsettling - https://www.fastcompany.com/90396527/the-first-car-painted-with-the-worlds-blackest-black-is-deeply-unsettling hmm, it is, rather…

A ‘Brexit bonanza’ for UK fishing? That’s a fishy tale with an unhappy ending - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/31/myth-brexit-bonanza-uk-fishing-exposed-no-deal gullible people who voted for stupid idea finally realise they have destroyed their own livelihoods…

PM ‘must launch urgent inquiry into Dominic Cummings’s reign of terror’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/31/boris-johnson-must-launch-inquiry-dominic-cummings-reign-of-terror “It’s a shocking abuse of armed officers, it’s appalling. The police should be asking questions of Cummings, asking questions of the prime minister around an abuse of process."

#Google says: “# Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do”; here’s why that can’t be true - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/google-says-privacy-is-paramount-to-us-in-everything-we-do-heres-why-that-isnt-true/ #surveillance