Thursday, 20 November 2014

141119


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141118 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/11/141118.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

#Ukip’s Mark Reckless: immigrants may be asked to go if Britain quits EU - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/19/ukip-mark-reckless-immigrants-rochester-and-strood what a bunch of mean-spirited bigots

#Israeli police spray putrid water on Palestinian homes, schools - http://972mag.com/watch-police-spray-putrid-water-on-palestinian-homes-schools/98840/ imagine this other way round: still acceptable?

China Takes The Great Firewall Up A Notch By Blocking An Entire Content Delivery Network - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141118/07265229179/china-takes-great-firewall-up-notch-blocking-entire-content-delivery-network.shtml bad timing...

#CETA: Trading away democracy - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/11/ceta-trading-away-democracy hugely important report on #ISDS dangers: pl. spread widely (v @Bwassertisch)#TTIP

Hotel guests ‘fined’ for leaving bad review on TripAdvisor - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11239413/Hotel-guests-fined-for-leaving-bad-online-review.html Broadway Hotel, please meet the #StreisandEffect

Jolla Is Crowdfunding An iPad Alternative Focused On Multitasking - http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/jolla-tablet/ #linux-based

Leaked documents on #TTIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgGK0j7WMg&list=PL7E48D55222A55667&index=1 short video on what's being withheld from us

EU to water down net neutrality rules - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/eu-water-down-net-neutrality-rules-310133 not "watered down", destroyed... this is not #netneutrality

German government upholds #fracking ban - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/german-government-upholds-fracking-ban-310127 unlike greedy idiots in UK government

Ukip overrules Reckless claim that EU migrants could be asked to leave - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/19/ukip-mark-reckless-immigrants-rochester-and-strood uh-huh

Man allegedly #tortured by US and UK troops wins right to sue for damages - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/nov/19/man-allegedly-tortured-us-ulk-troops-wins-right-sue-damages well done, UK judge

London's garden bridge: the public park where groups and cyclists aren't welcome - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/nov/19/londons-garden-bridge-the-public-park-where-groups-and-cyclists-arent-welcome what a disappointment; just bin it

The good news about the 'death' of #NSA reform: surveillance supporters may have dug their own grave - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/19/nsa-reform-surveillance-usa-freedom-act-section-215 interesting pt

#TTIP Update XLIII - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/ttip-update-xliii-3586641/ the problem of data flows & privacy, + why #CETA's #ISDS is worse than NAFTA's #TAFTA

New report exposes myth that green regulations inflict major harm on business competitiveness and economic growth - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/news/new-report-exposes-myth-that-green-regulations-inflict-major-harm-on-business-competitiveness-and-economic-growth/

TTIP: Seid's ihr wo angrennt??? - http://www.fischundfleisch.at/blogs/jetzt-ich/ttip-seid-s-ihr-wo-angrennt.html why is @EU_Commission for #ISDS, but defends Romania from it too? (v @michelreimon)

Georgia Man Shoots Latino 22-Year-Old Dead For Pulling Into Wrong Driveway, Gets $500 Fine and Probation - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/georgia-man-shoots-latino-22-year-old-dead-pulling-wrong-driveway-gets-500-fine #guns

#ISDS: "Some are very low quality. That is not the type the US have" - http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/international/eus-malmstroem-attempts-to-revive-us-trade-talks_112188.html ridiculous "quality" idea: all are dangerous



New research study: #TTIP will have adverse effects on GDP, exports and jobs - http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/news/InformationAdverseEffectsTTIP_Nov2014.pdf translation of Danish article #dk

Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on govt to withdraw from #TPP negotiation - http://www.therakyatpost.com/letters-from-the-rakyat/2014/11/19/cap-calls-govt-withdraw-tppa-negotiation/#ixzz3JXIhqGlv #my


EU court rules UK must clean up air pollution - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/eu-court-rules-uk-must-clean-air-pollution-310163 great news; so act on it, Boris... #london

EU to "publish texts setting out the EU's specific negotiating proposals on #TTIP." - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1201 but what does that mean?

Blackpool hotel 'to refund £100 fine for bad TripAdvisor review' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11240681/Blackpool-hotel-to-refund-100-fine-for-bad-TripAdvisor-review.html be crazy not to... (v @kevinisageek)

Citizens & human rights in jeopardy with #TTIP - http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/gue-ngl-news/citizens-and-human-rights-in-jeopardy-with-ttip "affirmation of primacy of investors over popular sovereignty"

Beefed up iPhone #crypto will lead to a child dying, DOJ warned Apple execs - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/beefed-up-iphone-crypto-will-lead-to-a-child-dying-doj-warned-apple-execs/ pathetic attempt at emotional blackmail

#ISDS: Corporations versus public health – Achmea v. the Slovak Republic - http://www.psiru.org/reports/2010-02-H-tradelaw.doc just came across this in-depth

Private firms on course to net £9bn of #NHS contracts - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/19/private-firms-nhs-contracts-circle-healthcare-bupa-virgin-care-care-uk shows tory lies on privatisation; TTIP will make irreversible

New House Intelligence Boss Doesn't See The Need For Any Surveillance Reform - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141119/07170029191/new-house-intelligence-boss-doesnt-see-need-any-surveillance-reform.shtml great


Wednesday, 19 November 2014

141118


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141117 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/11/141117.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

China opens up $4.2tn stock market to world via Hong Kong - http://rt.com/business/206235-china-hong-kong-stock/ more straws in the wind...

Congress will force Obama into #TPP compromise - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11360019 interesting analysis

To Avoid Government Surveillance, South Koreans Abandon Local Software And Flock To German Chat App - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/13281229123/to-avoid-government-surveillance-south-koreans-abandon-local-software-flock-to-german-chat-app.shtml

EU  study on the impact of TTIP on ENVI relevant legislative area - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2014/536293/IPOL_STU%282014%29536293_EN.pdf very useful comparison of EU/US practice


Call for Participation: Open Commons Kongress 2015 - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/call-for-participation-open-commons-kongress-2015/ Linz

Don't let Big Meat eat our bumper crop - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201411/dont-let-big-meat-eat-our-bumper-crop-0 don't let factory farming drive #TPP #TTIP

Giganews Not Liable for Pirating Usenet Customers, Court Rules - http://torrentfreak.com/giganews-not-liable-for-pirating-customers-court-rules-141117/ important ruling #copyright


EU Boosts #OpenData; Open Contracting Data Standard Out - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/open-data-3586388/ how to save trillions using #openstandards #corruption

Conference: #TTIP & Consumers. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/de/events/sd-conference-ttip-and-consumers-good-bad-ugly-ttip-und-die-verbraucher-das-gute-das today; streamed. send questions to @TheProgressives

Food prices will rise under China trade deal, Barnaby Joyce admits -  http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/food-prices-will-rise-under-china-trade-deal-barnaby-joyce-admits-20141118-11p3o7.html so that's what FTAs are for: increasing costs

CAP calls on Malaysian Prime Minister to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (#TPP) - http://www.consumer.org.my/index.php/development/socio-economic/747-cap-calls-on-prime-minister-to-withdraw-from-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement-tppa #my

Stunning time-lapse visualises flight paths over the UK - http://mashable.com/2014/11/18/uk-flight-path-time-lapse/ always fun to watch


Harry Reid Wants To Attach Part Of #SOPA To Surveillance Reform Bill - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141118/03244829175/harry-reid-considering-attaching-part-sopa-to-surveillance-reform-bill.shtml yikes, let's not do that


Michelle Müntefering zu #TTIP: "Bei Lebensmitteln und Kosmetika wird es schwierig" - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/michelle-muentefering-spd-im-interview-ueber-ttip-a-1003529.html sensible points

"resurgence of challenge prizes offers huge potential to help address some of most intractable problems we face" - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26576-why-you-dont-need-a-nobel-prize-to-save-the-world.html

Licence fine forces town to drop move to alternative office tools - https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/licence-fine-forces-town-drop-move-alternative-office-tools why lock-in is wrong at many levels

Trade deals criminalise farmers' #seeds - http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5070-trade-deals-criminalise-farmers-seeds great summary of threats - & the fightback #TPP

S&D Conference: #TTIP and Consumers. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/de/channel/sd-conference-ttip-and-consumers-good-bad-ugly livestream now running

Cost-benefit analysis of #TPP will be revealed, Dewan told - http://themalaysianreserve.com/main/news/corporate-malaysia/7602-cost-benefit-analysis-of-tpp-will-be-revealed-dewan-told should be interesting

Female Indonesian police recruits forced to undergo ‘virginity tests’ - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/female-indonesian-police-recruits-forced-virginity-test appalling, insulting & primitive #indonesia

New, Free Certificate Authority to Dramatically Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/new-free-certificate-authority-dramatically-increase-encrypted-internet-traffic great: could have huge impact

Rotherham abuse scandal: IPCC to investigate conduct of 10 police officers - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/18/rotherham-abuse-scandal-police-watchdog-investigate-conduct-10-officers too right



US Defense Official Says Intelligence Agencies Need To 'Grow Up' & Stop Blaming Snowden For ISIS-Tracking Problems - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141116/14231229167/us-defense-official-says-intelligence-agencies-need-to-grow-up-stop-blaming-snowden-their-isis-tracking-problems.shtml

Keystone company's PR blitz to safeguard its backup plan - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/18/revealed-keystone-companys-pr-blitz-to-safeguard-its-backup-plan disgusting; I'm now boycotting @EdelmanPR

Netanyahu orders 'terrorists' homes destroyed - http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/live/2014/nov/18/jerusalem-synagogue-attack-live-updates collective punishment - that'll work... #israel

Reglue: Deleting The Digital Divide One Computer at a Time - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/deleting-the-digital-divide-one-computer-at-a-time worthy project from the amazing Ken Starks: pl. support

Elephants are being wiped out, but not enough people seem to care - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/18/elephants-wiped-out-interpol-most-wanted-eco-criminals-list we must not be the generation that loses them

Internet Society Says 'Oh, Hell No' To ICANN's Plan For A 'UN Security Council For The Internet' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141117/17550129174/internet-society-says-oh-hell-no-to-icanns-plan-un-security-council-internet.shtml quite

EFF, Others Launch New Free Security Certificate Authority To 'Dramatically Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141118/12135229182/eff-others-launch-new-free-security-certificate-authority-to-dramatically-increase-encrypted-internet-traffic.shtml

Why Hollywood Director Lexi Alexander Sides With “Pirates” - http://torrentfreak.com/why-hollywood-director-lexi-alexander-sides-with-pirates-141118/ we need more voices like this #copyright

‘TTIP would destroy small businesses’  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2D0qSfm898 good summary from @nickdearden75 of #TTIP's deep, irremediable problems

Good News: WhatsApp Gets Serious About End To End Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141118/12280429183/good-news-whatsapp-gets-serious-about-end-to-end-encryption.shtml others, please follow suit...

Campylobacter contamination found in over half of UK’s fresh chicken - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/chicken-uk-campylobacter-contaminated-fresh-supermarkets-fsa-freeze voluntary schemes don't work; legislate now


Tuesday, 18 November 2014

141117


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141116 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/11/141116.html … yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Interpol launches first appeal for environmental fugitives - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/interpol-launches-first-appeal-for-environmental-fugitives overdue, but highly welcome

Attack reveals 81 percent of Tor users but admins call for calm - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/17/deanonymization_techniques_for_tor_and_bitcoin/ yikes

US unions to fight back against right-wing attacks and trade deals - http://leftfootforward.org/2014/11/us-unions-to-fight-back-against-right-wing-attacks-and-trade-deals/ #TPP #TTIP


Regulatory advocacy in the EU: 5 years of 'new' comitology - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/regulatory-advocacy-eu-5-years-new-comitology-310039 interesting aspect

Merkel urges Europeans to speed up #TTIP talks with US - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/merkel-urges-europeans-speed-ttip-trade-talks-us-310051 how about a bit of transparency first?

big:France will not support the inclusion of #ISDS in a potential #TTIP agreement - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/french-government-will-not-sign-ttip-agreement-2015-310037

India’s plan to stop importing coal deals another blow to Australia - http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/indias-plan-stop-importing-coal-deals-another-blow-australia-68894 wow, important move (v @CarbonBubble)

#TTIP Talks: What's Cooking?: Perspectives on Food & Farming - http://www.greens-efa.eu/ttip-talks-what-s-cooking-13089.html 10 December Brussels

English as ruby annotation for Chinese - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=15786 nice #linguistics

Putins Angst vor TTIP - http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2014-11/fuenf-vor-acht-g20-putin-ttip-eu-amerika good try, but not true (v @Liese_Mueller)


EVERYTHING needs crypto says Internet Architecture Board - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/16/net_gurus_face_off_against_spooks_encrypt_everything/ absolutely right

ISP Provides Free VPN to Protect Customer Privacy - https://torrentfreak.com/isp-provides-free-vpn-to-protect-customer-privacy-141117/ great: should be standard for all

An unprecedented Public-Commons partnership for the French National Address Database - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/11/17/an-unprecedented-public-commons-partnership-for-the-french-national-address-database/ nice

Robots could soon replace human security guards - http://mashable.com/2014/11/17/k5-robot-security-guard/ what could possibly go wrong? #robocop


Sunday, 16 November 2014

141116




UK "signed trade deal after trade deal & [#ISDS] never a problem in past." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30073357 'cos we bullied weaker nations with it

#NHS: "It's in the public sector, it will stay in the public sector" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30073357 but #ISDS means privatised never goes back

Cameron vows he will take the fight to unions over #TTIP - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/16/david-cameron-fight-unions-us-eu-trade-deal great, the facts are clear: TTIP will be a disaster for EU

David Hockney: ‘When I’m working, I feel like Picasso, I feel I’m 30’ - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/16/david-hockney-interview-i-feel-like-picasso nice interview, good readers' questions

Stop #TTIP and #CETA petition now at 899, 560 signatures - let's get it to 900,000 today - https://stop-ttip.org/sign/

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/ttip-updates--the-glyn-moody-blogs-3569438/ includes news of devastating new economic study that guts the case for TTIP

you did it: 900,000 people have signed the Stop #TTIP and #CETA petition - https://stop-ttip.org/sign/ well done - now let's go for 1,000,000


Saturday, 15 November 2014

141114


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141113 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.be/2014/11/141113.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Vertrauliches Gutachten: Freihandelsabkommen hebelt deutsche Gen-Politik aus - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-freihandelsabkommen-durchkreuzen-gen-politik-der-bundesregierung-a-1001211.html as we warned (v @Liese_Mueller)#TTIP

Data retention bill over the top, AU parliamentary committee finds - http://www.itnews.com.au/News/397886,data-retention-bill-over-the-top-committee-finds.aspx too right (v @MsLods)

Google removes link to Telegraph story about mass murderer Anders Breivik - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/11228826/The-EUs-Right-to-be-Forgotten-Google-removes-link-to-Telegraph-story-about-mass-murderer-Anders-Breivik.html clearly unnecessary: google trying it on?

"Ukip has taken the radical step of aligning with the trade unions to oppose #TTIP" - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/13/nigel-farage-nhs-free-health-service-video-privatisation interesting


#TTIP and Consumers: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly - S&D meeting, 18 November, Brussels - http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/sites/default/files/Programme%20TTIP-05112014%20FINAL_4.pdf #TAFTA #health

Putin says Russia prepared for oil price collapse as more sanctions threatened - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/14/putin-russia-oil-price-collapse-sanctions-g20 going down... #fossilfuels

Stop #TPP in its tracks - http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/11/13/trans-pacific-partnership-communications-workers-of-america-editorials-debates/18996859/ "about foreign policy and about protecting the profits of multinational corporations"

Connected Europe? Broadband for all is the answer - http://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/oettinger/blog/connected-europe-broadband-all-answer_en first blog post by Digital Economy & Society Commissioner

Mayor Denies Wrongdoing In Chinese Investors Deal - http://londonist.com/2014/11/mayor-denies-wrongdoing-in-chinese-investors-deal.php Boris "refutes the allegations"; if he does, he's illiterate

Global Witness & Open Knowledge – Working to investigate & campaign on corruption related to extractives industries - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/11/14/global-witness-and-open-knowledge-working-together-to-investigate-and-campaign-against-corruption-related-to-the-extractives-industries/

Scientists bury hopes of EU shale gas revolution - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/scientists-bury-hopes-eu-shale-gas-revolution-309988 #fracking just makes no sense, from any viewpoint

#Badger cull cost over £3,000 for each animal killed - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/14/badger-cull-cost-over-3000-for-each-animal-killed cruel, unnecessary, botched & expensive  - well done, UK gov

Safe Harbor on trial in the European Union - https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/11/13/safe-harbor-on-trial-in-the-european-union hugely important case #privacy #dataprotection

Cop Who Obtained Warrant To Take Photo Of Teen's Erect Penis For Sexting Case Sues Teen's Lawyer For Defamation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141114/10310829143/cop-who-obtained-warrant-to-take-photo-teens-erect-penis-sexting-case-sues-teens-lawyer-defamation.shtml

Americans Want More Privacy from Companies and Government - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/americans-want-more-privacy-companies-and-government pretty significant, especially for #TTIP negotiations

High stakes: UN enters late-stage negotiations for recognition of right to privacy in digital age - https://www.privacyinternational.org/news/blog/high-stakes-un-enters-late-stage-negotiations-for-recognition-of-right-to-privacy-in oh look, privacy

The hot streak continues: Earth just had its warmest October on record - http://mashable.com/2014/11/14/earth-warmest-october-on-record/ yet idiot denialists continue to deny

Mark Udall's Open To Releasing CIA Torture Report Himself If Agreement Isn't Reached Over Redactions - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141113/17505729134/mark-udalls-open-to-releasing-cia-torture-report-himself-if-agreement-isnt-reached-over-redactions.shtml good: do it

IPCC doom, gloom and an LED light at the end of the tunnel - http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2014/11/14/ipcc-doom-gloom-and-an-led-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ "most important concept is that of a carbon budget"

First ruling on interception of legally privileged material awaited - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/11/14/first-ruling-on-interception-of-legally-privileged-material-awaited/ hugely important #gchq

Thursday, 13 November 2014

141113


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141112 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/141112.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Why #Patents Are Dying - http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2014/11/11/why-patents-are-dying/ good explanation why patents don't work in the age of the Net (v @MikeNelson)

video giving good explanation (in Spanish) of the problems of #TTIP - http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?76917-TTIP-Corporate-Rule also has English subtitles #TAFTA

Malmström in Berlin: ISDS in #CETA and #TTIP likely not opposed by German government - http://www.borderlex.eu/malmstrom-berlin-isds-ceta-ttip-likely-opposed-berlin/ Gabriel buckles, as feared

Trade protest signs stolen in night - http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2014/11/12/nhs-not-for-sale-boards-go-up/ weird #TTIP story from Jersey

#TPP Trade Talks Must Stop - https://www.popularresistance.org/tpp-trade-talks-must-stop/ "criticising the secrecy and corporate bias in the current negotiations."

Ny analyse: #TTIP-aftale vil koste på BNP, eksport og job - http://www.information.dk/515329 important new study shows huge negative effects

#NHS must use fewer temporary staff and sell land to save £10bn, says Hunt - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/13/nhs-temporary-staff-land-save-billions-jeremy-hunt his plan: first: weaken; then: privatise

Save Borneo's Pygmy Elephants From #PalmOil Companies - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/582/608/689/ killing these amazing animals with rat poison; pl. sign

London's Third Wall And #Surveillance Function Creep - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/06534529115/londons-third-wall-surveillance-function-creep.shtml "paranoia, electromagnetism, & infrastructure"

Keep Devon's beavers in the wild - https://www.foe.co.uk/act/keep-devons-beavers-wild-b lots of benefits all around

PrivacyGrade: Grading The #Privacy Of Smartphone Apps - http://privacygrade.org/ looks potentially useful (v @AdV007)

#Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/firefox-3585611/ where does #Mozilla go from here? #privacy #devs

Carmakers tinkering with APIs to connect cars to Google says CA Technologies - http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3585362/carmakers-are-already-working-with-apis-connect-cars-google-social-media/ what could possibly go wrong? #privacy

Here to stay: Water #remunicipalisation as a global trend - http://www.tni.org/briefing/here-stay-water-remunicipalisation-global-trend #TISA will make this impossible (v @satokokishimoto)

Hamburg at forefront of drive to reverse privatisation of city services - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/12/hamburg-global-reverse-privatisation-city-services which #TISA will prevent (v @ClaireProvost)

"bringing water services in England back into public hands could yield savings in the range of £900m a year" - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/12/hamburg-global-reverse-privatisation-city-services do it

.@Dotcom Loses Lawyers – Then They Erase All History of Him - http://torrentfreak.com/dotcom-loses-lawyers-then-they-erase-all-history-of-him-141113/ weirder & weirder... #NZ

"Any ‘significant progress’ made on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is pure bureaucratic BS" - http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/11/john-ivison-any-significant-progress-made-on-the-trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-is-pure-bureaucratic-bs/ #TPP

A Solar Pocket Factory is a tabletop machine that makes solar panels automatically - http://solarpocketfactory.com/ nice, assuming it works

Spain Copyright Executive Claims $50k Brothel Bill Was For Work-Related Activities - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/06190329113/spain-copyright-executive-claims-50k-brothel-bill-was-work-related-activities.shtml ah, yes, the copyright industry

Plans 2 scrap EU environmental laws must be stopped - http://bearder.eu/en/article/2014/940871/plans-to-scrap-eu-environmental-laws-must-be-stopped outrageous: will @JunckerEU's commission really be this stupid?

#Android Cipher Indicator - Identify Cell Network Tampering - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1760935672/android-cipher-indicator-identify-cell-network-tam important project for post-#Snowden world (v @9600)

Stop forced displacements by dirty coal - http://action.wdm.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1784&ea.campaign.id=33277 coal which comes to EU & US: our responsibility, IOW

"The vaults below Threadneedle Street hold about £156bn worth of bullion" - http://londonist.com/2014/11/londons-gold-vaults.php yikes #london

"Porndroid": Trojaner-App erpresst Android-Nutzer mit Kinderpornos - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/porndroid-android-trojaner-erpresst-mit-kinderpornos-a-1002653.html nasty, in every way

House Dems say trade bills have no chance of passing - http://thehill.com/policy/finance/223923-house-democrats-say-fast-track-tpp-have-no-chance-to-pass interesting #TPP #TPA

EU Advances Legal Regime Protecting Trade Secrets - http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/continental-shift-eu-advances-legal-reg-82246/ this is a dangerous development...

German Spy Agency Wants To Buy Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Order To Undermine #SSL Security - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141111/03485729100/german-spy-agency-wants-to-buy-zero-day-vulnerabilities-order-to-undermine-ssl-security.shtml just crazy


"Hannigan’s oft-repeated invocation of “democracy” is without content, without integrity. He should be fired" - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/13/gchq-assault-privacy-illegality-net-blackmail-surveillance #gchq

Local Economies on the Table - http://www.iatp.org/documents/local-economies-on-the-table EU wants to get rid of ‘Buy American’ as part of #TTIP/#TAFTA deal


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141111 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/11/141111.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

China and US strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate pact - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/12/china-and-us-make-carbon-pledge … welcome, but will Republicans screw it up?

Data retention issue stymies EU air passenger bill - http://euobserver.com/justice/126473 #dataprotection needs to be sorted soon (v @JanAlbrecht)

"prospect of shale gas making Britain self-sufficient in gas again is far-fetched" - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/11/shale-gas-unlikely-to-make-the-uk-energy-self-sufficient-report-says time to forget about #fracking


To prevent total 'collapse,' Feds enact New England cod fishing ban - http://mashable.com/2014/11/11/noaa-orders-cod-fishing-ban/ should have been done before...

#TTIP and #CETA Jeopardize EU Standards - http://www.atlantic-community.org/-/ttip-and-ceta-jeopardize-eu-agriculture-and-environmental-animal-welfare-and-consumer-protection-standards great analysis of the lie at the heart of "harmonisation" (v @TTIPBeware)

Want your #privacy back? First, curb your own enthusiasm for snooping - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/12/privacy-snooping-film-trust-society interesting point #DoAsYouWouldBeDoneBy

Microsoft Appeals to Developers, Developers, Developers - http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/795282-microsoft-appeals-to-developers-developers-developers …@jzemlin explains why Microsoft had no choice...




#TTIP – Soyez Prêts! - http://news360x.fr/ttip-soyez-prets/ "Opposons-nous à la course effrénée à la compétitivité et à l’ultralibéralisme"

How Do You Have A Town Of 300 Residents... And 100 Police Officers? You Let Anyone 'Buy' A Job As A Cop - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141111/10150729107/first-amendment-lawyerpart-time-cop-switches-sides-to-protect-his-pay-to-play-cop-buddies-public-records-requests.shtml incredible

AT&T Pouts, Freezes Mostly Bogus 'Fiber To The Press Release' Deployments In Net Neutrality Bluff - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/07323529118/att-pouts-freezes-mostly-bogus-fiber-to-press-release-deployments-net-neutrality-bluff.shtml pathetic


Inhofe hates the new U.S.-China emissions targets - http://mashable.com/2014/11/12/senate-climate-denier-hates-new-targets/ history will judge this dangerous idiot harshly

Film shows Nigel Farage calling for move away from state-funded #NHS - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/12/film-nigel-farage-insurance-based-nhs-private-companies so there you go...

Pew Privacy Study Finds Huge Concern About Control Of Personal Data Online - http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/pew-study-finds-huge-concern-about-personal-data-privacy-online/ maybe time for US to adopt EU approach

What we know and don't know about the #TPP - http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/bulletin-the-tppa "TPPA is not a normal trade agreement"