Moody's Microblog Daily Digest

“For € 500 million, we’d set up an independent Tuta Drive instance on BND infrastructure – with quantum-resistant encryption.” - https://tuta.com/blog/german-bnd-to-use-google-cloud using #google for #bnd is utter folly

#Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster #India IPO -https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/jio-shares-surge-21-in-market-debut-after-blockbuster-india-ipo/ valued Jio at around ₹12.5 trillion (around $131.9 billion)

#China’s top-secret #spaceplane can’t hide in low-Earth orbit -https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/chinas-top-secret-spaceplane-cant-hide-in-low-earth-orbit/ " The DIA’s threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space. "

“No human at the helm”: Delaware plan would let #AI #agents run entire businesses -https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/no-human-at-the-helm-delaware-plan-would-let-ai-agents-run-entire-businesses/ " Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for “reckless” AI, US Rep. Comer says. " what could go wrong...?

#Anthropic #IPO warns its #AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity -https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/anthropic-ipo-warns-its-ai-could-blackmail-people-become-sentient-end-humanity/ no biggie, right?

#Discord will let public server messages be discoverable in #Google Search -https://mashable.com/tech/discord-public

ED138: What a New Dwarf Planet Portends - https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/10/28/ed138-what-a-new-dwarf-planet-portends/ "ED138 turns out to be the largest trans-Neptunian object we’ve found in the last two decades" #space

#Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions - https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/10/28/microsoft-faces-potential-vote-shareholders-curious-about-its-plans-to-tackle-emissions/5305953 " #Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030 " aren't we all?

Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/palestinian-parties-knesset-election-exit-polls-redraw-israel-political-landscape glimmer of hope

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

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…

Monday, 10 February 2020

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

Saturday, 8 February 2020

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

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

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…