131218

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131217 - http://bit.ly/1czYuI3 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Fracking may increase health risks, scientists warn - http://bit.ly/18VJeYb but hey, the important thing is that it makes the rich richer

Why the #NSA Ruling Could Backfire into a Court Disaster We'll Regret for Decades - http://bit.ly/1enLQ5F interesting if worrying

Lago Agrio: Ecuadorians can seek #Chevron damages in Canada - http://bbc.in/1dMO0XT still seeking justice for massive environmental damage

EU-US trade talks could become 'another #Acta' - http://bit.ly/1i0Qfw2 true, because the resistance will be much, much broader #TAFTA/#TTIP

Why Tribunals Imposing Corporate Sovereignty Are Even More Dangerous Than We Thought - http://bit.ly/J4Q2bR do not touch with a bargepole

Amazon Storybuilder launches in beta, gives writers a virtual corkboard to map out their next script - http://tnw.co/18Wrzj8 amazon, sw co?

Why I want #Bitcoin to die in a fire - http://bit.ly/18Ws3po thought-provoking stuff; recommended

Suspend U.S cloud data deal, European Parliament’s civil liberties committee says - http://bit.ly/1gG4JkB good work by @ClaudeMoraesMEP

131217

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131216 - http://bit.ly/1bMHgJZ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Report accuses #BT of supplying backdoors for #GCHQ and #NSA - http://bit.ly/1bL034M needs checking, I think (v @AnnieMachon @francibosco)

Mining firm sues campaign group over personal data - http://bit.ly/1fj1jAm interesting case #dataprotection

Extrarechte für Multis - http://bit.ly/1fAIwBw excellent report on how #TAFTA/#TTIP puts corporations above nations (v @corporateeurope)

Ex cancilleres podrían reunirse esta semana con ministro Alfredo Moreno por #TPP - http://bit.ly/1c8SF9H doubts growing in #chile

WIPO broadcast treaty: New Indian proposal on scope of application rejects webcasting - http://bit.ly/1kRjdLM good move

Elsevier steps up its War On Access - http://bit.ly/1fj5L2j "#Elsevier are finished as a credible publisher." #openaccess

OpenDocument #ODF Support Coming To The Web - http://bit.ly/19uS0x0 really important project

Exploring sustainable software for science - http://red.ht/JCaKRu important but neglected are #opensource #openscience

Vectr, the Open Source 3D Sensing Gesture Controller is campaigning - http://bit.ly/1djDdUE interesting; on #Kickstarter

F-gas lobby saga - how the industry #lobby got in the way of climate policy - http://bit.ly/1bc0F3o these #lobbyists are scum #EU

Ministers reveal UK #fracking roadmap - http://bit.ly/1bc5F8p absurd waste of far more valuable resource: clean water, for short-term gains

UK Government Is Working In A Snowden-Free Bubble - http://bit.ly/1elwKh3 #snowden who?

Generation–C: creative consumers in a world of #intellectualmonopolies - http://bit.ly/IS98Cs "future can only bring conflict"

TTIP Update VIII - http://bit.ly/1cOvhfX turning #TAFTA/#TTIP into zombie treaty that never dies through all-powerful #regulatorycouncil

#Poland's Digital School e-textbooks program: a year and a half later - http://bit.ly/19PR1nt sounds like things are going well

 Customs Asked to Leak Kim Dotcom Secrets to FBI for “Brownie Points”  - http://bit.ly/1fBnnqQ incredible

#Mozilla in 2013 - http://mzl.la/1bNyWd0 useful summary #firefox

70% would be willing to have a smart toilet share their personal data - http://bit.ly/JDe3YL think it through: http://bit.ly/18uI6N3

A Full-Featured, $38 #Tablet Is Coming to the U.S. - http://on.wsj.com/1dkh74v soon, even that will look expensive #opensource

2013: The Year of Linux on the...Everything - http://bit.ly/JwS8Sp can anyone really doubt that #opensource is winning? #GNU #Linux

 Torrent Site Uploader Ordered to Pay $625,000 For Sharing One Movie - http://bit.ly/19aLq0F #sweden goes bonkers

 Greatest month in history? - http://bit.ly/19QcFYM certainly pretty amazing... #1991

Document from the Swedish Government give away details about the U.S position on #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://bit.ly/1fBN3nh (v @HAX @Engstrom_PP)

Obama’s #TPP: Not So Fast - http://bloom.bg/1bXPos0 "When the House last granted fast-track, the measure passed by a single vote."

Top tech firms steer focus towards #NSA #surveillance at White House meeting - http://bit.ly/18OKxoL no good for furriners, of course...

Tone Deaf #NSA Officials Tell Reporter It's Time To Reform The First Amendment - http://bit.ly/1dKnFd8 riiight

Merkel compared NSA to Stasi in heated encounter with Obama - http://bit.ly/ISW5Rx she's wrong, of course; it's far worse

The British Library is still one Flickr away from making all art free - http://bit.ly/18UftHg spot on: free all the PD (v @vickeegan)

#TAFTA/#TTIP Leak Illustrates Depth Of “Enhanced Regulatory Cooperation” As NGOs Sound Off - http://bit.ly/1gEaz64 (v @howardknopf)

#Opensource #blogging platform Ghost begins rolling out its fully-hosted service - http://tnw.co/1bYc8YM good to see

Endlich ausgedruckt verfügbar: Unser Buch “Überwachtes Netz” - http://bit.ly/18xdZEP the perfect gift (warning: may contain nuts...)

Canadians balk at longer brand-name drug patents - http://bit.ly/1bYczCr why pay more? #TPP

Welcome to Radio Galaxy Zoo! - http://bit.ly/1bcsFnw exciting #citizenscience #astronomy

Judge Rules That NSA Can Only Spy On Phone Records Of 6.7 Billion Non-Americans - http://onforb.es/1cP8zo1 something people overlook

Reading Every Book - http://bit.ly/1c9Sqeh another reason we don't need copyright: there are already more books than we can ever read

Pharma chief: Governments must stop thinking short-term to save industry - http://bit.ly/1dKKgGo he's right: they must move 2 pharma prizes

#Copyright Strikes Again: No Online Access To #UK Internet Archive - http://bit.ly/JEB39P you can't make this stuff up...

Ryan Calo says #drone innovation requires an open model - http://bit.ly/1emNhBs he's obviously a very wise chap... #openness

#Ubuntu Might Replace #Windows XP in South #Korea - http://bit.ly/1gEtxt8 that would be a smart move; unlikely to happen, though....

Regierung will Medikamenten-Preise per Eilgesetz bremsen - http://bit.ly/1gEtP3n under #TAFTA/#TTIP, this would get them sued for billions

Wall Street Journal Calls #Snowden A Sociopath; Argues For Even Less #NSA Oversight - http://bit.ly/ITpECv how low can @WSJ go? #shame

131216

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131215 - http://bit.ly/IZeStO yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Ways the #TPP's extreme Internet Censorship plan will affect you - http://bit.ly/JxzmLe cut out and keep graphic

The Open-Sorcerers - http://slate.me/197EUrs what would #opensource magic look like? (v @sundogme)

MEP: #TAFTA/#TTIP negotiations threaten European consumer protection - http://bit.ly/18LasNW it's a race to the bottom #deregulation

The false promise of EU-US trade talks - http://bit.ly/19MYtQc excellent analysis of flaws in #TAFTA/#TTIP propaganda (v @corporateeurope)

AllSeen's #InternetofThings: All-Seeing Too? - http://bit.ly/18uI6N3 why is no one talking about role as ultimate #surveillance tool? #IoT

Internet of things set to unleash deluge of disruption - http://bit.ly/1982DYG what about surveillance? - http://bit.ly/18uI6N3 #IoT #NSA

'60 Minutes': #NSA Good, #Snowden Bad - http://bit.ly/JyaZx0 utterly pathetic... (v @carlmalamud)#whitewash

Our Free Society Stands Or Falls With Our Defense Of Sharing Knowledge And Culture - http://bit.ly/1dFQzLr #censorship always extends

EU to open up publicly funded research data - http://bit.ly/19sHfLG great news; now we need publicly-funded sw as #opensource (v @ccbuhr)

US trade body says it will be difficult for #Korea to join #TPP negotiations - http://bit.ly/IPnsvB obvs: don't know why it's even trying

Security guru @Bruce_Schneier to leave employer @BT - http://bit.ly/1jb6esX can't imagine that got on well... #nsa #snowden

wanted: policy intern to work at the #OFE Brussels office - http://bit.ly/19N5VuB

EU Regulation - none of our business? - http://bit.ly/1baIGKN good analysis of how #EuropeanCommission will water down EU safety standards

Global Congress Endorses Principles for International Intellectual Property; Criticizes #TPP - http://bit.ly/1jbDDUe

OpenDataMonitor - http://bit.ly/1bTWk9A "an overview of available #opendata resources"

#Malaysia: #TPP Sparks Protests - http://bit.ly/19NyCHM won't be the last, either

Human rights must be a priority as US talks #TPP with Vietnam - http://wapo.st/1eiIxNj I suspect the priority will remain dollar signs

MPs grill Theresa May over spy chiefs' 'melodramatic soundbites' on #NSA files - http://bit.ly/1gBSOEk yay #snowden

#IT prosecutors investigate claims of restaurants serving dolphin - http://bit.ly/1dGPHpO vergogna, Italia (v @LifeinSicily @stephanfaris)

US calling out Canada on trade protectionism under banner of national security - http://bit.ly/1kPr2lj US would never do that (v @mgeist)

Mission accomplished in #Afghanistan, declares David Cameron - http://bit.ly/1heA63c </facepalm> #iraq

#ClinicalTrials Regulation in Europe – breaking news - http://bit.ly/1di9R9g great work by @GlenisWillmott et al. coming to fruition

Congressional High Tech Caucus worried about EU's "protectionist data flows" - http://1.usa.gov/1cMVRGh er, not, that's we call "privacy"

Agriculture the lynchpin for #TPP - http://bit.ly/1cxemuO great: selling out Australia's future to protect its past - clever move

Judge Says #NSA Bulk #Metadata Collection Likely Unconstitutional, Issues Injunction - http://bit.ly/1hXqgpj good, detailed analysis

American and european groups press for protected safeguards in #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://bit.ly/1fzf6DD nearly 200 sign up: just the start

#TPP's Attack on Artists' Termination Rights - http://bit.ly/19O2dkw good point: copyright cos. they don't love artists - just look

59 Bootleg #Beatles Tracks Released Officially -- For All The Wrong Reasons - http://bit.ly/1k9zMoH how #copyright makes fans suffer

Happily ever #NAFTA: #TAFTA/#TTIP could boost corporations and harm environment - http://bit.ly/19tFi1k no "could" - that's it's core aim

Report accuses #BT of supplying backdoors for #GCHQ and #NSA - http://bit.ly/1bL034M whoa, big if confirmed (v @AnnieMachon @francibosco)

if you have a BT Huawei EchoLife HG612 or ECI B-FOCuS VDSL2 modem you should read this immediately: http://cryptome.org/2013/12/Full-Disclosure.pdf #backdoors

131215

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131214 - http://bit.ly/1k3uRpm yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Please support nonprofit @MotherJones - http://bit.ly/1hUzIJV I'm impressed with their in-depth reporting, & so have given my widow's mite

 The real #NHS 'crisis' this winter is the constant threat of unrealistic cuts - http://bit.ly/1kLHlQa when will people wake up and fight?

Wie "geistiges Eigentum" und Steueroasen zusammenhängen - http://bit.ly/1cuo94Z fascinating & outrageous (v @dozykraut)

Orangutans fight for survival as thirst for #palmoil devastates rainforests - http://bit.ly/JtWkTE greed, stupidity & cruelty #depressing

greedy #AU record companies doing their best to destroy the music business, as usual - http://bit.ly/1deSciL (v @DrRimmer)#copyright

Police Say Teen Shot Self in Head — While Hands Cuffed Behind Back - http://bit.ly/1bHohR5 sounds legit

Under the Hood of #SteamOS - http://bit.ly/1cupo45 interesting details of important move #linux

Add animal welfare clauses to the UTZ Certification criteria - http://chn.ge/18O0oH3 overseeing ridiculous fad for "civet coffee"

TTIP: Verkauft nicht unsere Zukunft! - http://bit.ly/1hby8Au big #de petition against #TAFTA/#TTIP; already has nearly 200K signatures

A partir de janvier 2014, vous devrez déposer un double de vos clés en mairie - http://bit.ly/1bQECDK it's happening..online (v @cybearDJM)

LIBE Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass #Surveillance of EU Citizens - http://bit.ly/19qsJUy more good work by @ClaudeMoraesMEP et al.

'#Frack Master: "Every argument that they have, I believe, is manipulated information" - http://bit.ly/1bQZQl1 said of environmentalists...

Meanwhile, in Free, Libre, Open Sourced, Shareable #Ecuador - http://wrd.cm/IXEiYy interesting moves there (v @mbauwens)#ec

#EU politicans who got raises worked less; MEPs with pay-cuts worked more - http://bit.ly/1kMqHQk fascinating

#NZ Parliament and people shut out of treaty ratification process - http://bit.ly/19qXpoT just unacceptable in a democracy #TPP

Torservers awarded $250,000 by Digital Defenders - http://bit.ly/Jonqe4 fab news: "at least 3 Gbit/s of exit traffic" (v @schestowitz)

#TPP ‘trust me’ is not good enough for democracy - http://bit.ly/IY5pmo *tabled* documents are not secret: release them now

Google will not answer to British court over UK privacy claim - http://bit.ly/1cv8uCm it takes our data, it should also take responsibility

Wegen #NSA-Affäre: Merkel schafft neuen Posten eines Geheimdienst-Staatssekretärs - http://bit.ly/1hVlx7q na, und? #de

Open Hardware Association releases first Writeup about Legal Issues - http://bit.ly/1bI4lKc useful #openhardware

Users' Rights Over All? - http://bit.ly/196nxXW "#copyright of the future is going to come from #Africa, not from Western ideologists"

ICSID & LatAm: Criticism, withdrawal and the search for alternatives - http://bit.ly/JvFIuO this, not #TPP or #TAFTA/#TTIP, is future

Bachelet poised for return to Chilean presidency - http://bit.ly/1ffsKv7 important: she wants review of #TPP terms - http://bit.ly/1eZM7bu

How the #Bitcoin protocol actually works - http://bit.ly/1hVpsBn clear & detailed

Bunnie Huang explains the nuts-and-bolts of getting stuff made in #Shenzhen - http://bit.ly/1bIdlPJ illuminating & fun

"it’s common knowledge that the LDP pushed the #secrecy bill at the urging of the U.S" - http://bit.ly/1egDLQq (v @Morality124)#TPP

131214

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131213 - http://bit.ly/1cHYc5p yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Google buys Boston Dynamics, the world’s scariest #robot developer - http://bit.ly/1bEwoxL what could possibly go wrong...?

#Canada Weakens Opposition to U.S. Proposals on Intellectual Property Rights - http://bit.ly/1ecvi0w for what? magic beans? #TPP

New Creative Commons Licenses Released For Intergovernmental Organizations - http://bit.ly/19nBRta interesting #cc

#UN #drones: A sign of what's to come? - http://bit.ly/19nG9Rn if they're just for surveillance, seems sensible (v @privacyint)

Hackers Want to Donate to Less Fortunate with Credit Cards of Government Officials - http://bit.ly/IVngKP (v @ntisec @kaatje36)

The Schekman Manoeuvre - http://bit.ly/1ft9NFR interesting analysis; sounds plausible #openaccess #science

Bye bye Internet, la settimana nera delle nuove tecnologie - http://bit.ly/1cI8qTg  ahimè, povera Italia.... (@fabiochiusi @Smaurizi)

Comedians and their parents: Sarah Silverman and father Donald - http://bit.ly/1fdjdVp lovely double interview

#China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon - http://bbc.in/1cInW1B exciting stuff, but strangely little coverage in Western media...

New ISP customers will have porn filters turned on automatically - http://bit.ly/1fdAaPi now let's see how annoying they are... #censorship

"sexting between minors with no more than 2 years’ age difference, or adults, won’t be illegal" - http://bit.ly/19JvVac some sense at last

Birdi Will Warn You When You’re Breathing Nasty Air - http://tcrn.ch/1c3gDTz sadly necessary, even here in #London (shame on Boris...)

#Geary 0.5.0 #Email Client Is Now Available for Download - http://bit.ly/1ddsZoM good to see innovation in this area #opensource

#TTIP/#TAFTA whitewash: "More trade brings more jobs" - http://bit.ly/1bOMWUM the facts say otherwise: http://bit.ly/13akc1B

#Fracking hell: what it's like to live next to it - http://bit.ly/1hThyrY "Nausea, headaches & nosebleeds, invasive smells": coming to UK?

The Mission to Decentralize the Internet - http://nyr.kr/1ddyl3c useful, link-rich backgrounder on crucial area #arkOS #raspberrypi #linux

Turn Off Gmail’s Auto Image Loading to Keep Email Snoops at Bay - http://wrd.cm/ILU2hR ridiculous we need to do this to reduce tracking

Microsoft joins FIDO group hoping to replace passwords with public key cryptography - http://bit.ly/18Iz6Pd interesting

Facebook wants to know why you didn’t publish that status update you started writing - http://slate.me/1ddGPY8 uh-huh... #surveillance

“SWEDUSA”: Schwedischer Geheimdienst attackiert im Programm “Quantum” mit NSA und GCHQ fremde Rechnersysteme - http://bit.ly/JkdrXl

Obama panel says NSA phone spying records should be held by third party - http://bit.ly/1fdNGlY great pic; but he's missing the point

#snowden: "No official may decide the limit of our rights in secret." - http://cnet.co/1bFdy63 transparency is crucial #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Switch to #opensource successfully completed, city of #Munich says - http://bit.ly/19JSpYM OK, everyone now follow suit, please... #linux

EU must make its lobby transparency register #TAFTA/#TTIP-proof! - http://bit.ly/1bFeyqJ unprecedented lobbying has begun, will get worse

#TAFTA/#TTIP cause of concern for Indian pharma firms - http://bit.ly/1fu3HVG as well it might #generics

EU Air Pollution Standards May Need To Be Strengthened - http://onforb.es/1haeGUS #TAFTA/#TTIP could prevent that... #deregulation

#BitTorrent Sync doubles users in a single month, growing ’2 times as fast as Dropbox’ - http://bit.ly/1k1JcCE impressive

131213

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131212 - http://bit.ly/JdS35T yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental - http://bit.ly/1cFuePw #badgoogle

Krugman Misses the TPP Forest for the Tariff Trees - http://bit.ly/19lKvbt another good response about real dangers of #TPP - #ISDS et al.

Panopticlick tests your browser to see how unique it is based on info shared with sites it visits - http://bit.ly/btBxv6  (v @RobinLauren)

.@britishlibrary releases >million images onto Flickr Commons - http://bit.ly/1hQMr0i #PD licence: exactly right - well done (v @freecloud)

"collecting millions of random data is useless" - http://bit.ly/1fpCT97 important statement from public prosecutor in Italy (v @Smaurizi)

#EU has failed to defend Edward #Snowden, says activist group - http://bit.ly/1b1SWF1 too right

two great books on knowledge & #innovation in #Africa - http://bit.ly/IImy43 free downloads; important area

#AU in the dark about risky #TPP trade deal - http://bit.ly/1dbbBB5 important research: "87%: FTAs should be made public before signing"

Woman who miscarried in private prison 'made to clean up after herself'  - http://ind.pn/1bKFIRw how can this happen in UK today??? #shame

re last tweet: note she was sentenced to 10 months for stealing food because "she had not been given benefit payments she was entitled to"

Another Free Trade Agreement Fails To Deliver: Why Should People Believe USTR's Claims About #TPP's Huge Benefits? - http://bit.ly/ITvFOJ

Michael Gove: university gender segregation is 'pandering to extremism' - http://bit.ly/1bKHt17 he's right

Cambridge don Michael Green shares $3m Fundamental Physics prize - http://bit.ly/1j2Ajuy amazing number of big figure prizes these days

#Tobacco Firms’ Tactics Limit Poorer Nations’ Smoking Laws - http://nyti.ms/18IrUG0 people behind this are evil, pure & simple #ISDS

Citizen Science Project for Air Quality Measurements - http://bit.ly/19GEkLN great idea; pity it's only for iPhone (v @MLBrook)

#WikiLeaks more transparent in revealing #TPP negotiations than Malaysian government - http://bit.ly/1b1ZGmk interesting perspective #my

Content Mining: Recent progress - http://bit.ly/1bAWb6q important project; pl. help if you can...

IBM shareholder sues firm over #NSA “links” and China risk - http://bit.ly/1b22CQ5 more of these, please

Fort Worth Shows Why So Many Towns Are Banning #Fracking - http://bit.ly/1bKUFmz "Residents have been sickened by vapors from drilling"

World’s Largest Palm Oil Company Commits To Zero Deforestation - http://bit.ly/1crJa08 great; hope they follow through... #Wilmar

"many #TPP participating countries have been frustrated with the US" - http://bit.ly/18GjU5o "could seek an alliance" (v @mpklang)

#Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills - http://bit.ly/1gvbvcV what an amazing bloke #uy

UK Secure Email Provider Shut Down His Service In January To Prevent #GCHQ From Obtaining Encryption Keys - http://bit.ly/1bLfsGM bravo

Mapping 400,000 Hours of U.S. TV News - http://bit.ly/IJXYj7 fascinating; but does anyone still watch TV these days...?

Permanence of CC licenses upheld in CrunchBase settlement - http://bit.ly/1bBTzFw important stuff #cc

 Urteil zu Gen-Food: Was das Amflora-Verbot für Verbraucher bedeutet - http://bit.ly/1bBU1DE useful analysis

#Brazil Takes Steps Aimed At More Balanced IP Rights - http://bit.ly/1fc6dzh let's hope...

How trade policy gives companies tools to delay measures to protect public health - http://bit.ly/19mDZkM people waking up to #ISDS

Censorious, Abusive Spanish Anti-Piracy Firm Targets #Chevron (Yes, Chevron) With Bogus Copyright Takedowns - http://bit.ly/19HBlTe weird

very interesting analysis of response to Paul Krugman blog post on #TPP - http://bit.ly/1cGPvZ7 straw in the wind? (v @vavoida)

Crucial Moment Ahead for #NetNeutrality at the EU Parliament - http://bit.ly/1kGVcaq contacting MEPs would be good...

By cracking cellphone code, #NSA can decoding private conversations - http://wapo.st/1kHf0u1 hardly a surprise, this one (v @trevortimm)

UK government is working in a #Snowden-free bubble - http://bit.ly/1dbWmaX excellent analysis of witless UK gov stance (v @Joscelyn)

Despite Australian government's claims, our privacy rights are not insignificant - http://bit.ly/IKyBxC too right (v @accessnow)#AU

New Use For Facebook: Apologizing To That Guy You Mugged Three Decades Ago - http://bit.ly/19mZQIU we need more stories like this...

131212

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131211 - http://bit.ly/1d92Bwn yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP: "way of subordinating sovereign parliaments & domestic law beneath the rule of unaccountable corporations" - http://bit.ly/1e7fWKI

Action Alert: Korea deal allows corporations to sue - Email #AU Cabinet ministers before it is signed - http://bit.ly/1bxqOtx #TPP #ISDS

#AU Senate motion on protecting public health and PBS from trade agreements - http://bit.ly/IH1gUp #TPP and #KAFTA specifically

Update from the latest Trans Pacific Partnership meeting - http://bit.ly/J95DHH sorry tale of bullying and pusillanimity #TPP

Pope Francis is a whistleblower for the poor. Thank you Time for recognising it - http://bit.ly/1fmmfqV interesting points (v @raycorrigan)

Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport - http://bit.ly/1iZb5NK the new police state spreads to #NZ (v @AlecMuffett)

sad how hard some people try to stop others being happy: http://bit.ly/1cCLZic & http://bit.ly/19jrd6O #india #australia

#malaysia Government accused of backtracking on trade talks - http://bit.ly/1aXZPY8 I do hope not... #TPP

Legal Challenges To Spying Mount In UK - http://bit.ly/1bYgkti the fightback begins... #GCHQ #NSA

Call for UK food crime unit to tackle 'endemic' illegal activity - http://bit.ly/1kC5FUt we need this urgently, not copyright cops...

#Japan condemned for 'secret' executions - http://bit.ly/1h2eEhP hurtling into the middle ages...

#Opensource advancing at Dutch defence ministry - http://bit.ly/1jRs8z7 another big win for #libreoffice, #firefox, #ubuntu #nl

Gender segregation not 'alien to our culture', says Universities UK chief - http://bit.ly/JhERgX witless analogies; she should resign

The #BBC must declare the interests of its contributors, or lose our trust - http://bit.ly/18EdbsA pretty much shot to pieces already

#Linux's New Game: the Internet of Things - http://bit.ly/Jar2QX what do you do when you already dominate much of computing? #steamos #IoT

#Snowden: MEPs vote to invite ex-NSA contractor to testify - http://bit.ly/1h32dT1 goo to see pathetic, craven objections were ignored #EU

"Wyden said that the continued leaks from #Snowden help build momentum for changing the law" - http://nyr.kr/1d9A75w long, great piece #nsa

EU faces double whammy with investor-to-state dispute settlement - http://bit.ly/18EnEEs great analysis of v important issue #TAFTA/#TTIP

Browser-Erweiterungen: #Google verbannt Torrent-Apps aus Chrome Web Store - http://bit.ly/1dtujEm pathetic: it's a technology #evilgoogle

Google’s Road Map to Global Domination - http://nyti.ms/1aZ1b4H wrong: #OpenStreetMap will own maps just as #Linux owns operating systems

The Public Domain “Class of 2014″ - http://bit.ly/1hOWTp9 ridiculous we have to wait this long #pd

Finnish antismoking ad - http://bit.ly/1h3bpGT your choice, of course... #tobacco

Israel: Schwarze Abgeordnete darf kein Blut spenden - http://bit.ly/1bZ76wL lovely

#Lobbying #Transparency via Right to Information Laws - http://bit.ly/1d9DZmZ "recommendations on info which govs should make available"

Unease among Brazil's farmers as Congress votes on #GM #terminator seeds - http://bit.ly/1h3iaZj incredibly disappointing move from #brazil

Horsemeat review: not just rogues, UK has serious mainstream food crime - http://bit.ly/1kDimOX sounds like a commendably thorough report

Read This If You Want To Understand Just How Far The #NSA Has Gone, And The Political Mess Behind It - http://bit.ly/19kjGVd agreed

Harper government wants lifetime gag agreements from Canadian parliamentary staffers - http://bit.ly/1jTNU5A frightened of #whistleblowers?

EU, U.S. Officials Indicate Potential #Privacy Agreement at Data Protection Congress - http://bit.ly/1da2wZe EU selling us down the river?

"Every transmission of personally-identifiable information must be #encrypted" - http://bit.ly/18GwAw4 good post on problems we must solve

Alexander: Can't Think Of Any Other Way To Keep US Safe Than Bulk Metadata Collections - http://bit.ly/1fnV671 clearly not up to the job

#Openaccess mandate from EU - http://bit.ly/1bZHQq9 seems overly-obsessed with "protecting" results, not sharing them: misguided

#TPP: Australia 'fails' anti-tobacco bid - http://bit.ly/1fajtUQ Australia as a "constant stumbling block" (v @DrRimmer)#ISDS

Inofficial web form for the Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules - http://bit.ly/1b01qg4 brilliant idea (v @teirdes)

Data Retention Directive Incompatible With Fundamental Rights According To EU Court Of Justice's Advocate General - http://bit.ly/19Fjvjz

Proposed US Ambassador to #Canada Pledges More Pressure on Intellectual Property - http://bit.ly/18XGuMw you have to stand up to bullies

’AGCOM sequestra il web. Pubblicato il regolamento sul diritto d’autore, senza modifiche - http://bit.ly/1cqRmha a farce & disaster

Content Mining starts today! - http://bit.ly/18oBOi5 great news: good luck @petermurrayrust

Endocrine disruptors: Harmful or not? - http://bit.ly/1dafW7u excellent summary; shows why #REACH must be protected during #TAFTA/#TTIP

#NHS campaigners' bid for #1 Christmas song - http://bit.ly/1j15A0V nice: not even the #BBC could ignore that...

An Open Source, $2000, metal 3-D printer - http://bit.ly/18FhzaE technology is moving fast #3dprinting

Remember Aaron Swartz in January & join New Hampshire walk - http://bit.ly/IImy43 @petermurrayrust:"Is anything planned in UK/Europe?"

Paul Krugman and #TPP - http://bit.ly/18H0ct8 good rebuttal