Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140723 -
http://moodysmdd.blogspot.it/2014/07/140723.html yesterday's
tweets as a single Web page #MMDD
China’s hunger for timber is wrecking
#Mozambique -
http://qz.com/238520/chinas-hunger-for-timber-is-wrecking-mozambique/ hey,
#china, could you
stop destroying the earth, please?
trade deal could be health hazard:
Australian Medical Association -
https://ama.com.au/ausmed/looming-trade-deal-could-be-health-hazard-ama another
important voice raised against #TPP #AU
Scrapped EU #surveillance laws
throws doubt on US data agreements -
http://euobserver.com/justice/125089 hugely
important point #nsa #drd
EU swamped by 150,000 replies to
#TTIP consultation
-
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-industry/commission-swamped-150000-replies-ttip-consultation-303681 shows
public really cares -@EU_Commission must change course
China conducts 3rd missile
interception test -
http://thebricspost.com/china-conducts-3rd-missile-interception-test/ clearly
the latest military fad....
How Microsoft will make money from
Common Core (despite what Gates said) -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/12/how-microsoft-will-make-money-from-common-core-despite-what-bill-gates-said/ excellent
joining of dots (v @schestowitz)
NRA Floats Idea of Kids Needing to Show
Gun Proficiency to Advance to the Next Grade -
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/nra-floats-idea-kids-needing-show-gun-proficiency-advance-next-grade utterly
bonkers
Press conference: European
Citizens' Initiative STOP #TTIP -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZq0stqilzA hugely
important initiative coming in September
Director Wants His Film on The Pirate
Bay, Pirates Deliver… -
http://torrentfreak.com/director-wants-film-pirate-bay-pirates-deliver-140724/ nice
#CETA,
cet accord qui nous vient du froid -
http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/daniele-favari/ceta-accord-froid_b_5613973.html "Le
CETA, comme le TISA et le PTCI avancent "cachés"
Give forests to local people to
preserve them -
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25943-give-forests-to-local-people-to-preserve-them.html yes,
this is so important
#TTIP:
What’s in it for me? -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip-whats-in-it-for-me wow,
2-page UK gov leaflet not just misleading, but is utterly naff
design to look at
In #Luxemburg formieren
sich die TTIP-Gegner -
http://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/story/In-Luxemburg-formieren-sich-die-TTIP-Gegner-25015579 and
elsewhere.... (v @Liese_Mueller)#ECI
Put a price on nature? We must stop
this neoliberal road to ruin -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/jul/24/price-nature-neoliberal-capital-road-ruin brilliant
lecture, wonderful take-downs
big #TTIP leak:
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues – Draft SPS chapter -
http://www.iatp.org/files/2014.07_TTIP_SPS_Chapter_0.pdf crucially
important area, big win to have it
brilliant analysis of #TTIP chapter
on food safety, animal and plant health
http://www.iatp.org/documents/analysis-of-the-draft-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip-chapter-on-food- how
EU food safety will be compromised
Die Gongos von Brüssel -
http://www.monde-diplomatique.de/pm/2014/07/11/a0054.text "Schattenspiele
sogenannter Nichtregierungsorganisationen" (v
@Liese_Mueller)#TTIP
Draft decision of the European
Ombudsman on internal rules concerning #whistleblowing -
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/cases/correspondence.faces/en/54612/html.bookmark v
welcome (v @ronpatz)
Digital Economy Act "backstop
should rights holders wish 2 encourage UK to further implement it"
-
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2014/july/digital-economy-act-copyright-regime-shelved-by-uk-government/ (v
@lilianedwards)
The EU publishes #TiSA position
papers -
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1133 that's
good; more please (v @Liese_Mueller)
Numérisons les intérêts des
parlementaires -
http://www.regardscitoyens.org/interets-des-elus/ "plateforme
collaborative" #fr
Landmark case might affect US-European
trade -
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/landmark-safe-harbour-case-might-affect-us-european-trade-1.1875599 "would
mean ECJ might have to overturn Safe Harbour" (v @schestowitz)
joint letter calling on USTR Froman to
oppose an energy chapter or any provisions in #TTIP [pdf]
-
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/DocServer/TTIP_Energy_Letter_Final__1_.pdf?docID=16121 #TAFTA #fracking
*Bhlog -
http://blog.as.uky.edu/thebhlog/ "accessible
but informed forum for all matters Indo-European"
#cool #linguistics
surprising consequence of using
#glyphosate: no
fodder for the animals of the poorest -
http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/the-ekta-club-comes-of-age-114062701093.html weeds
used to be harvested
Anti-Surveillance Camouflage for Your
Face -
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/07/makeup/374929/ is
this the face of the future? (v @BoingBoing)
What Kind Of 'Extra Scrutiny' The
Government Gives To Folks On The Terrorist Watchlist -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140723/14321427980/revealed-what-kind-extra-scrutiny-government-gives-to-folks-terrorist-watchlist.shtml staggeringly
intrusive
"we are very much afraid of a yolk
tsunami from the US" -
http://www.just-food.com/analysis/sticky-issues-remain-in-eu-us-free-trade-talks_id127354.aspx as
you would be... #TTIP #TAFTA
"US processors face lower costs
due to America's weaker animal welfare legislation." -
http://www.just-food.com/analysis/sticky-issues-remain-in-eu-us-free-trade-talks_id127354.aspx key
issue for #TAFTA #TTIP
#TTIP Updates
- The Glyn Moody blogs -
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm now
includes Update XXXIII about ISDS resistance & submissions - 150K
of them
Yet Another Court Rules That Digital
Data Is Not Property -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140724/02483327986/yet-another-court-rules-that-digital-data-is-not-property.shtml what
fun
