140106

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140105 - http://bit.ly/JXbGzi yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Journalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald - http://bit.ly/197oq2f good piece about nasty tactic (v @Asher_Wolf  ‏@barryeisler)

It's a scandal drug trial results are still being withheld - http://bit.ly/1cSHosS it is; open clinical data now

Unhealthy big business spreading great harm - http://bit.ly/1gbgKLA many people will die as a direct result of #TPP

Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap - http://bit.ly/1eBCa3h as some of us have been pointing out for a while... #osm

French researcher finds gaping holes in security of DSL modems - http://bit.ly/1f7Ueqw this is a huge issue #nsa #gchq

Mapping the Open Spending Data Community - http://bit.ly/1f7VKJa "how citizens, journalists, and civil society organisations using data"

Leading VC: #NSA's Activities Are 'Corroding Silicon Valley' - http://bit.ly/1eCaKdJ is that really what Obama wants?

#NAFTA Shows the Damage Fast Track Could Bring - http://huff.to/19Xno76 #NAFTA was a disaster; #TAFTA/#TTIP could be too

TTIP Update XI - http://bit.ly/1lKE83F so is #TAFTA/#TTIP #ACTA by the back door after all?

EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations - http://bit.ly/1iazY5n will it never learn?

Business Groups Back Obama on Trade Amid Historic Debate - http://buswk.co/1dqhmJS public's views totally ignored, as usual #TPP

Obama set to approve “public advocate” position, + NSA reforms - http://bit.ly/1f8Cb3f does he really think we'll fall for window-dressing?

 EU-Polizeiagentur bastelt an grenzüberschreitendem Echtzeit-Tracking von Peilsendern - http://bit.ly/1lKJqfw war on hackers continues

Documentary “#Blackfish” Is Causing More Major Problems For #SeaWorld - http://bzfd.it/1daRg2O don't miss the clumsy vote-stuffing...

Study: File Sharing Leads To More, Not Fewer, Musical Hits Being Written - http://bit.ly/1eD142o but more research needed #copyright

At last, a law to stop almost anyone from doing almost anything - http://bit.ly/1egzasI this is just insane/evil - actually, just evil #uk

Meet Alphalem, an #OpenSource Brain Just for Robots - http://wrd.cm/1iLv8OF #linux-based, of course

140105

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140104 - http://bit.ly/1bHTHUb yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Environment secretary may be blind to rising flood risks, says Labour - http://bit.ly/1i82Kn6 the man's a disgrace: he should resign

Mexico farmers warn of year of protests - http://bit.ly/JClnDI time to reverse damage caused by #NAFTA

Exciting linguistic developments of 2013 - http://bit.ly/KuhnpA nic

140104

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140103 - http://bit.ly/JA0RUi yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Russian Authorities Threaten To Block CloudFlare And Other Key Infrastructural Sites - http://bit.ly/1kibo70 not good #censorship #ru

Stop and penalize #dolphin hunting off the coast of Peru - http://bit.ly/1avHuSL #epetition against barbarous activities in #peru

Ancient woodlands could be cut down under 'biodiversity offsetting' proposal - http://bit.ly/1djRIGL #paterson worst environment sec ever

Rory Stewart: 'The secret of modern Britain is there is no power anywhere' - http://bit.ly/1exmyhh good interview with fascinating chap

#Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia: Reversion to Mosque Status only a Question of Time? - http://bit.ly/JRHhSP hmmm

From the steppe to central Spain, Europe echoes to the howl of the #wolf - http://bit.ly/1i5nFHk exciting; time to introduce a few to UK?

Canadian libraricide: Tories torch and dump centuries of priceless, irreplaceable environmental archives - http://bit.ly/1exJBbS staggering

#ePUB is a revolution in scholarly publishing - http://bit.ly/1dkMnyO do others agree?

The #NSA refuses to deny spying on members of Congress - http://wapo.st/1bGWexN so that's a "yes", then...

The secret trade deal that threatens Maine’s frail economy - http://bit.ly/1dl9R77 surprisingly detailed look at #TPP's problems

140103

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140102 - http://bit.ly/1keyUSn yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Cameron's internet porn filter is the start of censorship creep - http://bit.ly/1i0CdYV good point about making gchq tracking easier

Losing Aaron - http://bit.ly/1eZSjUW fine piece about Swartz, his father, &@MIT's betrayal of its hacking culture (v @robinwauters)

After 20 Years, It's Clear #NAFTA Has Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits; So Why Trust #TPP, #TTIP Will Be Better? - http://bit.ly/1guVIIs

Drug firms accused of holding back complete information on clinical trials - http://bit.ly/Jy0pWt hugely important; open clinical data now

A Simple Economic Truth America's Super Rich Don't Want Us to Know About - http://bit.ly/1hl8YCD trickle-down economics don't work

European Trademark Office Says Pinterest Doesn’t Own ‘#Pinterest’ – Social News Startup Premium Interest Does - http://tcrn.ch/1l6umLL

UK 'unprepared for flu epidemic' - http://bit.ly/1eZVTOA largely because UK government is undermining #NHS to boost profits of its chums

Public Accounts Committee Tamiflu investigation: a positive move for clinical trial transparency - http://bit.ly/KnXnEu big win #uk

“#Surveillance breeds conformity”: Salon’s Glenn Greenwald interview - http://bit.ly/1iyQeQe some interesting thoughts

#NSA Trying To Build A #QuantumComputer To Crack Lots Of Encryption, But Not Having Much Luck Yet - http://bit.ly/1cNcfXC meh

Are Other #NSA Employees Leaking Documents Under The Cover Of #Snowden? - http://bit.ly/JyJL9g intriguing thought...

Negociaciones del #TPP se pospondrían hasta próximo gobierno de EU: Comce - http://bit.ly/19PMPV4 wow, huge if true...

Pardon #Snowden, He Blew Whistle on #NSA Crimes - http://bit.ly/1i24UVk first the @nytimes, now @GuidoFawkes: is the tide turning?

DeltaTrix #3DPrinter is #OpenSource & Fully Hackable - http://bit.ly/1dtsjxN the more, the merrier

Weird California Incident Last Year Points To The Real Threat To The Power Grid (Hint: It's Not Cyberattacks) - http://bit.ly/1lFag8X huh?

Cambridge's Head of Cryptography: I Would Abolish #MI5 - http://onforb.es/1d62B4j bold, but, er, unlikely I fear...

140102

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140101 - http://bit.ly/1dVvwV0 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower - http://nyti.ms/1a2TTkF "Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight"

 2013 Cyberlaw in #Peru: Year-in-review - http://bit.ly/1erVTCC useful #pe

doctors on #TPP: "These proposals threaten the health of millions of global citizens" - http://bit.ly/1kae0Um (v @BotengaM @DrDebGleeson)

#Email is broken - but Dark Mail Alliance is aiming to fix it - http://bit.ly/18Z3nie backgrounder on interesting project

China hints at joining #TPP talks - http://bit.ly/1dVBkhg why would it want to be subservient to US interests?

US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" - http://bit.ly/1cK09hT 21st-century barbarism in a nutshell

 Polish shale gas deal expires, source says no renewal - http://reut.rs/19LFs4e #fracking is so 2013 (v @peterpolder @kaatje36)

Defensive Patent Licence: Nice Idea; Not Much Use - http://bit.ly/Km2ghh still good to see people trying things out #swpats #freesw

Plastic waste in the Thames will devastate marine life, report warns - http://bit.ly/1dqZJNG unacceptable; let's fix it

Julian Assange rails against surveillance in Thought for the Day - http://bit.ly/1hinIlB well done him

"Military Style" Raid on California Power Station - http://bit.ly/1dr02rH @Bruce_Schneier:"I don't know what to think about this"

UK braced for further floods as more storms sweep in from Atlantic - http://bit.ly/1dWjj29 gosh, if only we knew why - eh, Mr Paterson?

Murderers may face 100 years in jail under plans backed by #Cameron - http://bit.ly/1aqsfKV 'cos it's worked so well in US #pathetic

#malaysia: No US pressure to sign #TPP - http://bit.ly/1d1Wb68 "if yet we decide not to sign the agreement, it should be okay": wow

Deadline not met on U.S.-Asia free-trade deal - http://bit.ly/1couyS3 has #TPP lost its momentum?

The Importance Of Justice #Sotomayor's Jones Ruling In Laying The Groundwork To Restore The 4th Amendment - http://bit.ly/1kbPbrj new era?

Google’s VP9 Video Codec Gets Backing from ARM, Nvidia, Sony And Others, Gives 4K Video Streaming A Fighting Chance - http://tcrn.ch/1drvhCQ

Electricity use drops as UK passes 'peak light bulb' - http://bit.ly/1lCQ1Zx amazing: changing light bulbs does make a difference

Nervöse EU-Kommission schießt ein Eigentor - http://bit.ly/1iwQpvm rebutting the "rebuttal" #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @erikwesselius)

Suggestion To NSA Employees Who Actually Respect Civil Liberties: Do A 'Quarter #Snowden With A Twist' - http://bit.ly/1grIJqU nice idea

Oh Look, Hollywood Had Yet Another Record Year At The Box Office - http://bit.ly/1eYEOVi but but but

Norman Foster unveils plans for elevated 'SkyCycle' bike routes in #London - http://bit.ly/1aroe90 fab idea - do hope it happens

Hard pills to swallow - http://econ.st/1g3SPgU #pharma & its patents are broken; #TPP and #TTIP can't fix it. move to #prizes instead

French Telco Orange Plans To Sue The #NSA For Tapping Its Undersea Cables - http://bit.ly/1coTFnN bold

Utility #Patents Granted in 2013: A New Record (For the Fourth Consecutive Year) - http://bit.ly/Jx1b6d higher standards? I think not

Shia Labeouf Brilliantly Parodies Intellectual Property With Plagiarized Apologies And Defense Of #Plagiarism - http://bit.ly/1bCx5UU fab

The Most Pirated Movies of 2013 — And Why Piracy Isn’t Hurting Profits - http://wrd.cm/1d2Mlkm people are finally waking up to this fact

As kids' accidental ODs rise, FDA still won't mandate flow restrictors in medicine bottles - http://bit.ly/Kn94eo money, of course

#TLCAN: Derechos supranacionales se amplían a energéticos - http://bit.ly/1desucM the reality of #NAFTA & #ISDS

#TLCAN detonó el desarrollo del narco, sostiene Quintana Silveyra - http://bit.ly/1bCErb3 obvious, really  (v @sinkdeep)#mx #nafta

video: GLENN GREENWALD vs RUTH MARCUS - http://bit.ly/1lDoTcH @ggreenwald in fine form; worth watching #snowden

140101

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131231 - http://bit.ly/1anyyis yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

New Year's Message: Optimism On The Cusp Of Big Changes - http://bit.ly/1g0gsHj nicely - & rightly - upbeat thoughts from @mmasnick

Julian Assange to be guest on Radio 4's Today programme - http://bit.ly/1l0G1eY let's hope the #BBC listens...

It's time to show that the whole world supports Edward #Snowden - http://bit.ly/1bA9rIJ no longer waiting for Godot....

For Drug Corporations, Aiding the Sick and Poor Is Bad Business - http://bit.ly/1clYtXi pharma no longer fit for purpose

2014 is the year when the fight against the worst ideas of #TAFTA/#TTIP gets serious; here's the story so far - http://bit.ly/1868cGa

Gamer resistance to #DRM is stronger than ever - http://bit.ly/1hfjVoY " 'lost sales' is a massive misunderstanding" (v @teirdes)

.@AnnieMachon's CCC talk — the Four Wars - http://bit.ly/1bAjeOZ important issues discussed by a brave woman - do watch #whistleblowing

Why we should all take notice of Edward #Snowden - http://bit.ly/1clZodX "the most significant whistleblower in modern history"; yup

Introducing Contributoria - http://bit.ly/1hUK8GY interesting model; let's hope it succeeds #journalism #publishing

Researchers Confirm #Exoplanet Has Clouds Using Hubble Telescope - http://bit.ly/1a12a8V amazing; so who is saying that about Earth?

Russian stsrtup offers wireless remote controller for cars - http://bit.ly/1dTZF74 #linux-based, of course...

#NAFTA "fue positivo para #México" - http://bit.ly/1cmD2sF no, it was an utter disaster: http://bit.ly/1k8Ldzy (v @sinkdeep)

131231

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131230 - http://bit.ly/1cjtNpF yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Now you can run #LibreOffice in a browser - http://bit.ly/1d5yPr4 still rather limited

"You had a chance to make a real difference in 2014. What did you do with that opportunity?" how will you respond? - http://bit.ly/Jr6AeS

Les peuples amérindiens mettent en garde sur la destruction de la Terre-Mère - http://bit.ly/1enSfcV #TPP et al.

Authors Guild appeals Google Books decision - http://bit.ly/1dQE7It these people are just clueless

MoD tightens security at American spy bases linked to drone strikes - http://ind.pn/18VpXs9 trying to hide US/UK #drone shame

Skepticism of #evolution grows among #Republicans, according to new poll - http://bit.ly/1dmQIVH how can so many be so utterly stupid?

#TTIP Update X - http://bit.ly/1dQJwiQ in which #EU trade commissioner denies lack of transparency, & attempts to justify #ISDS #TAFTA

Over-Extended Metaphor for the day - http://bit.ly/1kXSgsR  nicely done, but where's #RMS? #unix #linux

China’s #Xiaomi expects to ship 40 million #smartphones in 2014, more than double that of 2013 - http://tnw.co/1k37Mpe rising force

Самое длинное предложение русского языка - http://bit.ly/1fXVcSv "состоит из 9387 слов, 61061 знака"; yikes

Free trade’s tarnished silver anniversary - http://bit.ly/1dmVp1T so why sign up for more? #CETA #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

#30c3: To Protect And Infect, Part 2 - http://bit.ly/1emErzf this talk by @ioerror really is extraordinary: please watch and be warned #nsa

Berlin Law Firm Files Criminal Complaint Against Copyright Troll U+C Alleging Its Demand Letters Are Fraudulent - http://bit.ly/1lwy7rl

Solitary Row Houses Defy the Process of Urban Decay - http://wrd.cm/1cjOX7f melancholy & disconcerting

2013 Year in Review: A Principled Fight Against Global Mass #Surveillance - http://bit.ly/1lwWcyj *universal* rights (v @Engstrom_PP)

.@Bruce_Schneier:"consider this an advance warning of what we have to secure ourselves against in the future" - http://bit.ly/1alqcHS #nsa

#TSA Agent Hassles Actress For Carrying 'Knuckle Duster' Purse, Accuses Her Of Buying A Knockoff - http://bit.ly/1bz3hsu just absurd

Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn - http://bit.ly/1alrMJU you'd think even denialists would notice it's getting worse...

Obama claims NSA has never abused its authority. That's false - http://bit.ly/1lxeizZ also: no reason why digital law is different

Open Invention Network Extends its Linux-Protective Efforts to Cover OpenStack - http://bit.ly/1cFsxSt makes sense

NSA Admits Lots Of People Could Have Done What Snowden Did - http://bit.ly/19FFkDh or maybe not; safer just to ignore everything they say

Silicon Valley Is Going to Hate the Latest #NSA Revelations—Unless It Already Knew About - http://bit.ly/1alEkRD quite (v @schestowitz)

#Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program - http://tcrn.ch/1eTyDlv

Elephant deaths rise in Tanzania after shoot-to-kill poachers policy is dropped - http://bit.ly/1cksB5D 2014 must be year we save elephants

http://96elephants.org/ - signing up to this isn't much in the fight to save them, but it's a sign & a start; pl. add your name...

if you're interested, you can also support the work of 96elephants here: http://bit.ly/18WgH71 fwiw, I've just donated

This Clip Of Former NSA Boss Michael Hayden Calling Snowden A Traitor Is Brought To You By Microsoft - http://bit.ly/1alWkeI ouch

How To Respond If Somebody Holds A Gun To Your Head - http://read.bi/19G1zsw no idea if true, but interesting (v @charlesarthur)

#Police Shoot Puppy of Witness to Another Police Shooting - http://bit.ly/1k4RhsV such warm human beings

2013 was a year for American rule breakers - http://wapo.st/19G4hhZ unusual and perceptive analysis #snowden