200211

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200210.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/11/virtuoso-mourns-beloved-150000-piano-smashed-by-movers poor Angela Hewitt…

Gove criticises US and Brazil for climate crisis scepticism - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/11/michael-gove-criticises-us-brazil-climate-crisis-scepticism-cop-26 well done, gove…

200210

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200209.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Fires and floods: maps of Europe predict scale of climate catastrophe - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/10/fires-floods-maps-europe-climate-catastrophe and these are probably optimistic scenarios… #climatecrisis

Government ‘actively looking into’ Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/10/boris-johnson-northern-ireland-scotland-bridge-plan-being-actively-looked-into-no-10 I’m sure a united Ireland will be delighted by this free transport infrastructure

An ad showing a woman’s body after birth is still too radical for the Oscars - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/10/oscars-banned-ad-womans-body-childbirth-pregnancy-frida-mom ads for guns would doubtless by fine

200209

Quest to save ancient #Yazidi music comes to Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/04/quest-to-save-ancient-yazidi-music-comes-to-britain great initiative

Mathematicians Prove Universal Law of Turbulence - https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-batchelors-law-of-turbulence-20200204/ George Batchelor’s Law, to be precise; when he taught us fluid dynamics many years ago we did get the impression he understood this better than anyone…

Sinn Féin to try to form ruling coalition after Irish election success - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/sinn-fein-to-try-to-form-ruling-coalition-after-irish-election-success never a dull moment these days… #ireland

200207

Eurostar Is Planning To Connect London To Spain - https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/02/06/eurostar-is-planning-to-connect-london-to-spain/ great news

UK unprepared for COP 26 conference, warn climate leaders - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/07/mary-robinson-attacks-unhelpful-uk-over-cop-26-climate-talks oh, great: #brexit UK already trashing our global reputation…

“Johnson’s handling of the launch, at which he failed to set out clear stepping stones to a successful outcome for #COP26 or domestic policies to reduce emissions, had hurt his standing among world leaders on the issue” - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/07/mary-robinson-attacks-unhelpful-uk-over-cop-26-climate-talks global leader, huh?

Why the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR) risks turning into a paper tiger - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2020/02/why-the-eus-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-risks-turning-into-a-paper-tiger/ a big problem if it’s not fixed… #privacy

200204

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200203.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Trophy hunting event to auction ‘dream hunt’ with Donald Trump Jr - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/donald-trump-jr-trophy-hunting-auction-nevada-aoe the real “dream hunt” would not be with Donald Trump Jr, but of Donald Trump Jr…

200203

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200202.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Signed Away: How Exxon’S Exploitative Deal Deprived #Guyana Of Up To Us$55 Billion - https://www.globalwitness.org/zh-cn/campaigns/oil-gas-and-mining/signed-away-exxons-exploitative-deal-deprived-guyana/ @exxonmobil is just evil, pure and simple…

Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM’s aide tried to ban selected reporters - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/feb/03/brexit-news-boris--johnson-speech-barnier-cabinet-ministers-claims-uk-does-not-need-trade-deal-with-eu-ahead-of-pms-speech-live-news?page=with:block-5e3832ac8f08e1332473c354#block-5e3832ac8f08e1332473c354 kudos to them for not allowing boris johnson to adopt the trump trick for throwing out critical journalists

Adding Fuel to the Fire: Export Credit Agencies and Fossil Fuel Finance - http://priceofoil.org/2020/01/30/g20-ecas-2020/ - this is just madness #climatecrisis

200202

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200201.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The British Wind Market Keeps Breaking Its Own Record - https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2020/01/28/the-british-wind-market-keeps-breaking-its-own-record/amp/ good to see (v @azeem) #renewables

Varadkar urges UK government to tone down ‘nationalist rhetoric’ and brands memo on diplomatic seating arrangements ‘petty’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-leo-varadkar-ireland-boris-johnson-dominic-raab-andrew-neil-bbc-a9313251.html #brexit has turned the UK into a petulant brat; the world must despise us now

200201

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/02/200131.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

This French Lawsuit Is Making Oil Companies Nervous - https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/01/30/this-french-lawsuit-is-making-oil-companies-nervous/ well, that’s good #climatecrisis

Brexit trade talks: EU to back Spain over Gibraltar claims - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/01/brexit-trade-talks-eu-to-back-spain-over-gibraltar-claims just as we warned. and guess what argentina will say when UK tries to negotiate a trade deal there…? #brexitshambles

Ingushetia to help authors writing in Ingush - https://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Ingushetia-to-help-authors-writing-in-Ingush.html great news

200131

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200130.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Investors warned against sudden ‘handbrake’ on high-polluting oil projects - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/investors-warned-against-sudden-handbrake-on-high-polluting-oil-projects/ companies “risk being left with stranded assets if they assume governments will not take forceful action to limit climate change” - get your money out now, or lose most of it

Trump will insist NHS pays more for drugs in trade deal, says ambassador - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/31/trump-will-put-us-interests-first-in-trade-talks-says-kim-darroch-ambassador people knew this when they voted for #brexit, #amirite? - it’s the will of the people to pay more for their drugs, and die when they are not available…

Population Changes In Former Soviet States - https://www.rferl.org/a/population-changes-in-former-soviet-states-/30404544.html #georgia really needs to sort out the problem of people emigrating…

#Kenya’s High Court Delays National Biometric ID Program - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/world/africa/kenya-biometric-ID-registry.html “challenged in court over #privacy concerns”

#Coronavirus live updates: returning Britons arrive at Wirral for quarantine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jan/31/coronavirus-live-updates-china-wuhan-death-toll-who-global-health-emergency-latest-news why isn’t the coach driver wearing any protection? have the UK authorities learnt nothing from japan’s experience here?

What can we learn from the Clearview “end of privacy” story? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2020/01/what-can-we-learn-from-the-clearview-end-of-privacy-story/ quite a lot, actually… #facialrecognition #surveillance