Thursday 31 July 2014

140731


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140730 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/07/140730.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Israel calls up another 16,000 reserves - http://news.yahoo.com/israel-calls-another-16-000-reserves-053657775.html but why? does it need reinforcements to kill even more children in #Gaza?

#Gaza and the Loss of Civilization - http://davidbyrne.com/gaza-and-the-loss-of-civilization "What's clear is that no one has the moral high ground. " (v @Funzafunza)

Groser orders up protected Antarctic toothfish - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/isaac-davison/news/article.cfm?a_id=586&objectid=11302080 he should resign #NZ

Greek court acquits farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers who dared to ask for back pay - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/greek-court-acquits-farmers-shot-strawberry-pickers what a shame

Ombudsman asks Council and Commission to publish more #TTIP documents
 - http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press/release.faces/en/54636/html.bookmark @EUombudsman is proving a really ally here


"wendet sich die Regierung gegen eine Einbeziehung des #ISDS in #TTIP" - http://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/2014_07/-/293980 official: Germany against (v @Bwassertisch)

Ombudsman joins call to open up EU-US trade talks - http://www.foeeurope.org/ombudsman-call-open-EU-US-trade-talks-310714 pressure really building on @EU_Commission #TTIP #TAFTA

Gatwick brings in reinforcements after baggage delays - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/31/gatwick-staff-baggage-delays-swissport "company is using staff on zero-hours contracts" #swissport

KAFTA enables Korean miners to sue over environmental regulation -  http://www.smh.com.au/comment/kafta-enables-korean-miners-to-sue-states-over-environmental-regulation-20140711-zszuy.html the reality of #ISDS (v @JimboStanford)#AU

A Shattered Childhood: The War on #Gaza's Kids - http://mashable.com/2014/07/31/gaza-palestinian-children/ #israel


Oil refinery threatened by sea-level rise, asks government to fix problem - http://grist.org/climate-energy/oil-refinery-threatened-by-sea-level-rise-asks-government-to-fix-problem/ the ultimate hypocrisy (v @andrea_licata)

US says Israeli attack on UN school was 'totally unacceptable' - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/gaza-conflict-us-israeli-attack-un-school while continuing to supply yet more weapons #gaza

I agree #Israel should destroy Hamas' tunnels - but only on Israel's side of border; then there's no need to kill children in #Gaza....

Watch Sen. Whitehouse, a badass, totally own Sen. Inhofe, a climate change denier, on climate change http://boingboing.net/2014/07/31/watch-sen-whitehouse-a-badas.html impressive

big: India puts #GM crop trials on hold - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jul/31/india-gm-crop-trials-bjp-rss "to not surrender country’s food security to foreign companies" #monsanto

10 reasons to be hopeful that we will overcome climate change - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/30/reasons-hopeful-overcome-climate-change-solar let's accentuate the positive for a change...


NY judge, ruling against Microsoft, says US warrant can access email stored in Ireland - http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/269407171.html everybody take note of this

Resources for composers - http://ericwhitacre.com/blog/resources-for-composers as recommended by Eric...

Botageddon - http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2014/07/botageddon.html "when the number of #bots on the planet outnumber us 1,000 to one"; interesting

101 Geysers on Enceladus (and What They Imply) - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=31216 ooh, exciting... #science

NY Port Authority Claims To Own The NYC Skyline: Tells Store To Destroy Skyline-Themed Plates - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140730/06563228056/ny-port-authority-claims-to-own-nyc-skyline-tells-store-to-destroy-skyline-themed-plates.shtml bonkers

#Gaza crisis: UN, US announce ceasefire to begin Friday morning - http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2014/jul/31/gaza-crisis-israel-calls-up-reservists-as-it-maintains-offensive-live-coverage let's hope it holds...

140730


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140729 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/07/140729.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Gaza: another UN school hit in further night of fierce bombardment - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/gaza-another-un-school-hit-in-further-night-of-fierce-bombardment #Israel showing callous contempt for human life

"diplomatic embarrassment cannot justify withholding information relating to serious criminal activity from public” - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/rights-group-and-union-push-for-review-of-australian-wikileaks-gag-order

Duke Professors Looking To Make Legal Texts Affordable; Kicking Off With Intellectual Property Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140728/17583428039/duke-professors-looking-to-make-legal-texts-affordable-kicking-off-with-intellectual-property-law.shtml great project

maybe that was the real reason for taking out #Gaza's only power station: to stop people using mobiles to tell the world about the massacre

this is the greatest speech ever made about #copyright -  http://www.thepublicdomain.org/2014/07/24/macaulay-on-copyright/ if you don't know it, you're in for a treat (v @techdirt)

Company Offering Open-Source Biological Reagents Hopes To Recapitulate Free Software's Success - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140724/08221627989/company-offering-open-source-biological-reagents-hopes-to-recapitulate-free-softwares-success.shtml interesting....

Germany, Denmark benefit most from internal market - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-enterprise/germany-denmark-benefit-most-eu-internal-market-303781 pity that #TTIP will hollow it out according to economic study

Victory for Free and Neutral Knowledge - http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/29/victory-for-free-and-neutral-knowledge/ "preventing four websites advertising a service of paid editing" #wikipedia

#GIs becoming growing cheese trade barrier - http://www.bilaterals.org/?gis-becoming-growing-cheese-trade which means US will use #TTIP to get rid of them...


#TTIP Update XXXIV - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/07/ttip-update-xxxiv/index.htm #ISDS drama, & how mutual recognition will undermine EU food & animal protection standards #SPS

DC Circuit Court Tells District Officials They Can No Longer Hide From FOIA Requests By Using Personal Email - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/09395328004/dc-circuit-court-tells-district-officials-they-can-no-longer-hide-foia-requests-using-personal-email-accounts.shtml

Diver's delight: From oil rig to teeming fish habitat - http://www.cnet.com/news/divers-delight-from-oil-rig-to-teeming-fish-habitat/ heartening success story

Poland on road to EU Court over shale gas defiance - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/poland-road-eu-court-over-shale-gas-defiance-303798 bad poland...

Amazon To Hachette And Authors: Here, Let Us Explain Basic Price Elasticity To You - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/16470728046/amazon-to-hachette-authors-here-let-us-explain-basic-price-elasticity-to-you.shtml ha!

Alexander: I'm Worth $1 Million Per Month Because I'm Patenting A Way To Stop Hackers (Which I Didn't Tell NSA) - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/07042228042/keith-alexander-im-worth-1-million-per-month-because-im-patenting-way-to-stop-hackers-which-i-didnt-tell-nsa.shtml


Debunked: The Mendacious Propaganda #Israel is Pushing to Justify Its War On #Gaza - http://www.alternet.org/world/debunked-mendacious-propaganda-israel-pushing-justify-its-war-gaza a depressing catalogue

if most Israelis think it's right to boycott businesses of Palestinians of Israel, it's only fair we boycott Israeli ones #BDS

Sea level rise causing huge increases in “nuisance flooding” - http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/sea-level-rise-causing-huge-increases-in-nuisance-flooding/ "cause damage to infrastructure" #climatechange

Open public contracts around the world by filing freedom of information requests for access to specific contracts - http://stopsecretcontracts.org/

#China charges #Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/china-uighur-scholar-ilham-tohti-charged ridiculous bullying #xinjiang

Free Traders Panic Over German Challenge to #ISDS - http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2014/07/30/important-challenges-to-investor-state-dispute-settlement/ brilliant analysis of #CETA's problems (@StuJT)

#Russia wants to check Apple and SAP code for spying - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-russia-software-idUSKBN0FZ1O320140730 or it could just move to #opensource, and avoid that problem

old, but important: Big Pharma wants safety data for new drugs to be a protected "trade secret" - http://www.efpia.eu/mediaroom/129/44/EFPIA-welcomes-the-Commission-39-s-Proposal-on-the-protection-of-undisclosed-know-how-and-business-information-quot-Trade-Secrets-quot profits b4 people

UN: 'world stands disgraced' as shelter 4 Gaza children shelled by #Israel - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/world-disgrace-gaza-un-shelter-school-israel "serious violation of international law"

#TTIP & trust: Is Commission backing wrong horse? - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/ttip-trust-is-the-commission-backing-the-wrong-horse/ fab post: EU thinks grovelling to US more important than public

missed this before: Impact of #CETA on the Real Economy - https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/out-equilibrium "loss of between 28,000 and 150,000 Canadian jobs"

Lawsuit threatens to break new ground on the #GPL and software licensing issues - http://opensource.com/law/14/7/lawsuit-threatens-break-new-ground-gpl-and-software-licensing-issues complicated, but important


Tuesday 29 July 2014

140729

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140728 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/07/140728.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

We all already own #NHS - the latest 'mutual' spin is about taking it out of our hands - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/we-all-already-own-nhs-latest-mutual-spin-is-about-taking-it-out-of-our-hands why we have to be careful

Pangolins being eaten to extinction, conservationists warn - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/29/pangolins-being-eaten-to-extinction-conservationists-warn-anteaters #china & #vietnam *again* - can we stop please?

Legislators, Corporations Gather For Secret Meeting Against Clean Energy And You’re Not Invited - http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/28/3461743/alec-annual-meeting-energy-climate/ ALEC strikes again

Germany Says It Won't Agree To #CETA With Current Corporate Sovereignty Chapter - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140726/02430828014/germany-says-it-wont-agree-to-ceta-with-current-corporate-sovereignty-chapter.shtml not dead yet, but tottering #TTIP

Colorado Judge Lets #Fracking Trump Public Health - http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/07/25/colorado-judge-lets-fracking-trump-public-health who needs health when you have gas?

Leaked World Bank lending policies 'environmentally disastrous' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/25/leaked-world-bank-lending-policies-environmentally-disastrous @WorldBank shows its evil side again...

The internet of things - next big challenge to our privacy - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/28/internet-of-things-privacy why architecture must be completely open (v @DrRimmer)

The European Commission's Great #TTIP Betrayal - http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.nl/2014/07/the-european-commissions-great-ttip.html how it plans to circumvent its promises on standards #sciencebased

Leaked #TISA Financial Services - http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/global-economic-governance-2/tisapolicybrief/ detailed analysis: "negotiated terms leave global economy at risk of instability"

how is taking out #Gaza's only power station "pinpoint targeting"? how can hospitals work? clear case of collective punishment - a #warcrime


Israeli criticism of truce talks as diplomatic strain shows - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/28/israel-gaza-us-ceasefire-diplomacy-criticism-kerry #Israel's killing spree seems to have driven them mad

indeed, in a sense, #Israel's actions are their own punishment: look at the sort of society is it engendering - http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-graveyard-sing-joyful-israeli-youths

"would allow politicians to determine what is best available science – not scientists themselves." - https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2767 #antiscience

Report Says Backlash From NSA's Surveillance Programs Will Cost Private Sector Billions Of Dollars - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140726/19022728022/report-says-backlash-nsas-surveillance-programs-will-cost-private-sector-billions-dollars.shtml

Türkei: Erdogan-Vize will Frauen das Lachen verbieten - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/tuerkei-erdogans-stellvertreter-will-frauen-das-lachen-verbieten-a-983400.html so is this what you really wanted, #Turkey?

As the #Gaza crisis deepens, boycotts can raise price of Israel’s impunity - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/gaza-crisis-boycotts-israel-impunity-apartheid looks to be only way (v @DocR0cket)#BDS

The Sun hit by criticism after 'Satan boy' article - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/29/the-sundevil-satan-boy-outrage-chest @rupertmurdoch's team plumbing new depths of "journalism"

US chicken is about to get more full of feces - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/chicken-regulations-obama-poultry-industry important: #TTIP will bring this food to EU with "mutual recognition"

Trophy Pictures - http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/07/trophy-pictures/ " The disgusting complicity of the BBC in filming this stunt is equally astonishing." #immigration

Lee Rigby's killers received > £200,000 in legal aid - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/29/lee-rigby-killers-legal-aid it's called "justice". quite right too - as was their sentence

KLA guerrillas harvested murdered Serbs’ organs, say EU investigators - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/enlargement/kla-guerrillas-harvested-murdered-serbs-organs-say-eu-investigators-303776 appalling if confirmed

Professor Pappé: Israel Has Chosen to be "Racist Apartheid State" with US Support - http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/28/professor_ilan_pappe_israel_has_chosen historical context (v @Klangable)

#TTIP threat to locally-sourced food - http://www.thelondoneconomic.com/2014/07/29/the-ttip-threat-to-locally-sourced-food/ good post: hugely important point (v @TTIPBeware @ElsaABuchanan)

Journalists subpoenaed in Pink Slime maker's lawsuit against news orgs - http://boingboing.net/2014/07/29/journalists-subpoenaed-in-pink.html #pinkslime maker wants Streisand fame?

Did you take action on #ISDS? EU Trade Commissioner says you didn’t. - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/consultation%20ISDS%20discount.html thinks little people's views don't count #TTIP

TPP Petition Delivery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2RSYKoeuE nice video showing how  resistance to #TPP is growing in Canada & elsewhere

From trade tariffs to trust – #TTIP a year on - http://euobserver.com/economic/125070 tries spin massive problems as due to NSA; nope... (v @schestowitz)

Court orders #Russia to pay $50 billion for seizing Yukos assets - http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/uk-russia-yukos-idUKKBN0FX08M20140728 #ISDS can do this to any country signing up to it


Recording Industry Willfully Misreads The Law In Order To Sue Ford & GM For Having Built-in CD Rippers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140728/17321728038/recording-industry-files-insane-lawsuit-against-ford-gm-having-built-in-cd-rippers.shtml

Supreme Court’s new rules on abstract patents hit Apple v. Samsung - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/supreme-courts-new-rules-on-abstract-patents-hit-apple-v-samsung/ excellent news...

If You Want To Know How Supporting Techdirt Can Help Shift The Debate In Washington DC, Read This - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/05504028040/if-you-want-to-know-how-supporting-techdirt-can-help-shift-debate-washington-dc-read-this.shtml

given the effect that @techdirt had on the #SOPA debate (& therefore on #ACTA), you might want to support it here; http://www.beaconreader.com/projects/the-net-neutrality-battle

important: "S&D Group: "Do not allow #ISDS to jeopardize #CETA" - http://socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sd-group-do-not-allow-investor-state-dispute-settlement-isds-jeopardize-trade-deal-between call on EU to drop it (v @mgeist)

US Council of Economic Advisors: Delay on climate action will cost us - http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/us-council-of-economic-advisors-delay-on-climate-action-will-cost-us/ how many people have to say this?

#Israel is finding it harder to deny targeting #Gaza infrastructure - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/29/israel-gaza-infrastructure-blackouts-idf-civilian like power stations & hospitals... #warcrimes

Belgium calls for clear labelling of goods from #Israeli settlements - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/29/belgium-clear-labelling-goods-israeli-settlements interesting move from unexpected quarter

Jon Snow has opinions, and they’re fit for TV - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/29/jon-snow-tv-youtube-gaza absolutely right

#ISDS has a chilling effect on new laws; anyone who doubts this, read what happened with #Canada & #NAFTA: http://www.thenation.com/article/right-and-us-trade-law-invalidating-20th-century?page=0,5 #TTIP

The FBI Is Complaining That Its $8.4 Billion Budget Isn't Enough To Keep Up With Criminal Technology - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/13442828008/fbi-is-complaining-that-its-84-billion-budget-isnt-enough-to-keep-up-with-criminal-technology.shtml yeah, right

#Argentina on brink of 2nd debt default in 12 years - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/29/argentina-brink-second-debt-default-12-years "precedent for investors to wreck other countries' debt deals"

Max #Mosley sues Google over News of the World photos - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/29/max-mosley-google-news-of-the-world-photos tiresome, but potentially far-reaching case

Senators Wyden And Udall Pledge To Strengthen USA Freedom Act By Closing Surveillance Backdoor - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/12085528045/senators-wyden-udall-pledge-to-strengthen-usa-freedom-act-closing-surveillance-backdoor.shtml good news

Letwin letting slip plans to tax low-paid same as bankers - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/listen-tory-oliver-letwin-letting-3933116 oh, Letwin #polltax (v @GlenisWillmott @MissLilySummers)



Monday 28 July 2014

140728


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140727 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/140727.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Fracking push gets go-ahead across UK as ministers tighten safeguards - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/28/fracking-expansion-uk-drilling-national-parks-safeguards "safeguards" worthless; "politically toxic"

 Indian Government Launches MyGov, An Ideation Platform - http://www.nextbigwhat.com/mygov-297/ interesting #india


Labour to allow #cooperatives and #mutuals to run railway franchises - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/28/labour-co-operatives-mutuals-railway-franchises great idea, could be applied to #NHS too...

Bee research tainted by corporate funding, MPs say - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/28/bee-research-funding-pesticides-mps important: why US call for "science-based" #TTIP is a sham

3 New Kinds of #OpenSource: DNA, Journalism, Shoes - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/07/open-dna-open-journalism-open-shoes/index.htm includes @bellingcat; amazing approach is spreading so widely

Facebook has only “pivoted” on one kind of privacy — in other ways, it’s becoming more dangerous - http://gigaom.com/2014/07/28/facebook-has-only-pivoted-on-one-kind-of-privacy-in-other-ways-its-becoming-more-dangerous/ yup


Abkommen EU/Kanada wackelt - http://derstandard.at/2000003583367/Blaupause-fuer-TTIP-Abkommen-EU-Kanada-wackelt "weitere Schwierigkeiten für #TTIP sind programmiert" (v @TeraEuro @688i)#CETA

Open access: effective measures to put UK research online under threat? - http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/jul/28/open-access-effective-measures-threat sensible piece about next moves #oa

EU/Canada free trade deal and disputes over investor protection: a silver lining or a cloud? - http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-eucanada-free-trade-deal-and.html interesting analysis

Killing The Golden Goose: Copyright Holders Demand More Cash As Streaming Music Services Struggle To Be Profitable - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140727/12322628030/killing-golden-goose-copyright-holders-demand-more-cash-even-as-streaming-music-services-struggle-to-be-profitable.shtml

Spain Likely To Pass 'Google Tax'; Makes Paying For News Snippets An 'Inalienable Right' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140728/06561628035/spain-likely-to-pass-google-tax-makes-paying-news-snippets-inalienable-right-new-bureaucracy-to-collect-it.shtml #spain, you're ridiculous

When she finished her pitch, the investor said he didn’t invest in women - http://boingboing.net/2014/07/28/when-she-finished-her-pitch.html </facepalm>

Ford and General Motors Sued Over ‘CD Ripping Cars’ - http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-sues-ford-gm-cd-ripping-cars-140728/ perhaps they'd like to lobby for copyright reform?

Tight Measurement of Exoplanet Radius - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=31193 "height of person standing on Jupiter to within three quarters of an inch.”

'Fat taxes' do work, EU report finds - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/fat-taxes-do-work-eu-report-finds-303748 let's go for it, then....

Government pushes ahead with #fracking plan despite wide opposition - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/28/fracking-expansion-shale-gas-opposition-britain will this become the new #polltax revolt?

EFF Asks Court To Declare NSA's 'Internet Backbone' Collections Unconstitutional - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140726/14263328017/eff-asks-court-to-declare-nsas-internet-backbone-collections-unconstitutional.shtml sounds right to me but IANAL


Sunday 27 July 2014

140727


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140726 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/07/140726.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD


Ugandans begin to question the high price of the growing China-Africa pact - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/china-executes-ugandans-drugs-trafficking is #China's African honeymoon over?

In Search for Killer, DNA Exposes Intimate Family Secrets in Italy - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/world/europe/in-search-for-killer-dna-sweep-exposes-intimate-family-secrets-in-italy.html raises lots of privacy issues (v @csoghoian)

Destroying #Hamas won't solve conflict, warns US intelligence head - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/destroying-hamas-wont-solve-conflict-warns-us-intelligence-head #ISIS doubtless cheering on #Israel

#Gaza pulverised beyond recognition - http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-pulverised-beyond-recognition-1779159127 slow-motion genocide #israel

The Decline and Fall of the US Empire - http://www.alternet.org/activism/why-people-are-organizing-end-us-empire useful analysis plus worrying predictions

"drinking alcohol in public remains the most frequently issued criminal court summons in New York City" - http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/down-nanny-state-why-new-yorkers-should-be-allowed-drink-booze-public bonkers

Lessig on Project to Seize Control of Politics from Corporations - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/lawrence-lessig-tells-chris-hedges-about-his-project-seize-control-politics …@lessig applies the #copyleft trick to politics

45,000 Londoners Protest [against] #Israel's Operation in #Gaza - http://mashable.com/2014/07/26/45000-londoners-protest-israels-operation-in-gaza/ impressive: who says the public is apathetic?

statement by Ophelia Benson & Richard Dawkins - http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2014/07/joint-statement-by-ophelia-benson-and-richard-dawkins/ "who tries to intimidate members of our community in no way my ally"

‘Gaza doctrine’ of collective punishment & deliberately spreading terror among civilians illegal - http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/it-is-a-war-crime-to-target-densely-packed-gaza-homes-1.1874825 (v @suigenerisjen)

#NHS tax is floated by Liberal Democrats to fill £30bn hole - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/27/nhs-tax-health-service-hypthecated we really need to do this...

US-Behörden wollen Reisende in die USA bereits beim Abflug in Deutschland befragen und durchsuchen - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/vorgelagerte-einreisekontrollen-us-behoerden-wollen-reisende-in-die-usa-bereits-beim-abflug-in-deutschland-befragen-und-durchsuchen/ charming

Russia’s Crimean redevelopment quagmire - http://registan.net/2014/07/27/russias-crimean-redevelopment-quagmire/ whoops, nobody thought that one through, did they?

Angst vor dem Kapitalismus durch die Hintertür - http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/europaeische-angst-vor-investorenschutz-im-ttip-abkommen-13062978.html totally misreading situation & stats - wilfully? (v @howardknopf)

Noch ist #TTIP nicht am Ende - http://www.taz.de/Probleme-beim-Freihandelsabkommen/!143146/ true; but it's definitely approaching the "nailed to its perch" stage (v @c_g_citizen)

"IDF rejects claims that people were killed in the [@UNRWA] school premises as result of IDF operational activity" - https://twitter.com/DerekStoffelCBC/status/493465615978741760/photo/1

energy-efficient way to punish Putin – & protect the planet - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/27/energy-efficient-putin-planet-europe-greens-russia more renewable electricity; more insulation. do it.

'Only stones remain': #Gaza lies in ruins - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gaza-lies-ruins-israel-war-201472794647457501.html as the pictures show. what can possibly come from this?

& here is your Sunday dose of overtone/throat singing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aBz6riP-SYU maybe best not to try this at home judging by his veins



Saturday 26 July 2014

140726

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140725 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/07/140725.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Brandis ties NGO funding to non-advocacy - http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2014/07/26/brandis-ties-ngo-funding-non-advocacy/1406296800 blatant attempt to stifle dissent (v @charliepick @Asher_Wolf)#AU

.@Nestle wants to lock up its control over Fryeburg’s water until 2057 - http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/poland-springs-nestle-fryeburg/ epetition helping to stop them #commons

#China begins shutting down coal-power polluters - http://thebricspost.com/china-begins-shutting-coal-power-polluters/ welcome

Senator Wyden Toying With The Idea Of Releasing The Senate's CIA #Torture Report - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/15314728010/senator-wyden-toying-with-idea-releasing-senates-cia-torture-report.shtml we'll get it one way or another..

Drought-Stricken Southwest Has Lost a 'Shocking' Amount of Its Precious Groundwater - http://mashable.com/2014/07/25/the-southwest-is-rapidly-depleting-its-groundwater-study-shows/ means things will get worse

 Moving to #LibreOffice saves Toulouse 1 million - https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/moving-libreoffice-saves-toulouse-1-million another wise move, saving plenty #opensource

Pirate Bay Founder’s Religious Rights Spark New Complaint - http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founders-religious-rights-spark-new-complaint-140726/ that's the Church of #Kopimism in case you were wondering

Met worse than Murdoch - http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/07/met-worse-than-murdoch/ "undercover Met officers spied on family of Jean Charles De Menezes after they murdered him"

 A New Wave of Wacko Evangelicals Swept GOP Primaries—and Could Win Several Seats in Washington - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/new-wave-wacko-evangelicals-swept-gop-primaries-and-could-win-several-seats lucky America

"business model of internalizing profits & dumping their labor costs on society" - http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/how-all-us-are-paying-heavy-price-corporate-greed business, not gov., the parasite

How the Public Is Using Internet to Score Major Victories Against Corporate Food Giants - http://www.alternet.org/food/food-fights-online see? epetitions can work


#Mars lawyers slam tobacco plain packaging - http://www.cityam.com/1406214295/mars-lawyers-slam-tobacco-plain-packaging … they know they're next for warnings about excessive #sugar content

Report: Germany to reject EU-Canada trade deal - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/report-germany-to-reject-eu-canada-trade-deal/article19795900/#dashboard/follows/ pretty big if confirmed; #TTIP#TAFTA also affected #ISDS

Canada-EU free trade deal to be rejected by Germany, says report - http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-eu-free-trade-deal-to-be-rejected-by-germany-says-report-1.2718981 more on the same #CETA

The cowardice at the heart of our relationship with Israel - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9740044/The-cowardice-at-the-heart-of-our-relationship-with-Israel.html from 2012, but an interesting analysis of UK Tories

German SMEs reject #ISDS - another reason it's dead - http://www.bvmw.de/politik/europa.html (v @dozykraut)#TAFTA #TTIP

Selbst der Bundesverband für mittelständische Wirtschaft sagt No2ISDS! - http://berliner-wassertisch.info/bundesverband-mittelstaendische-wirtschaft-bvmw-lehnt-isds-ab/ only the big corps want it - says it all

.@techdirt "went from profitable to unprofitable as a result of the SOPA fight", & could do with a little help now - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/16014828011/home-stretch-supporting-our-net-neutrality-reporting.shtml

Mother could be forced to pay damages to child for drinking during pregnancy - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/26/pregnancy-mother-forced-pay-child-damages-drinking not sure that will help much...

In Pictures, Palestinians Visit Ravaged #Gaza Areas During Cease-Fire - http://mashable.com/2014/07/26/palestinians-visit-gaza-ceasefire/ heart-breaking stuff...


#NHS manager redundancy payouts total £1.6bn since 2010 - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/26/nhs-managers-redundancy-payments-total 4000 re-hired - utter government incompetence



Friday 25 July 2014

140725


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140724 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/07/140724.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD


NATO to expand Polish base in response to Russian threat - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/nato-expand-polish-base-response-russian-threat-303713 yeah, that will help calm things down...

UN official: Yemen could be 'first country to run out of water' - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/un-official-yemen-could-be-first-country-run-out-water-303678 but certainly not the last #climatechange

.@KimDotcom : 'The Internet party will abolish mass surveillance' - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/25/kim-dotcom-interview-the-internet-party-will-abolish-mass-surveillance-snowden shrewd - and welcome - promise #NZ

What the UK Government’s adoption of #ODF really means - http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2014/07/24/uk-odf/ good points (v @schestowitz)#openstandards

Square Enix Nixes 3 Years Of Fan Translation Work On PSP, Despite Not Releasing English Version For PSP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140721/13153627958/square-enix-nixes-3-years-fan-translation-work-psp-despite-not-releasing-english-version-psp.shtml petty

"SPS provisions in TTIP will not lower the level of protection in the EU nor in the US" - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/july/tradoc_152685.pdf but mutual recognition will

What the recent ECJ ruling means for transparency in the #TTIP negotiations - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/what-the-recent-ecj-ruling-means-for-transparency-in-the-ttip-negotiations/ excellent analysis of important ruling

9/11 Commission's '10 Years Later' Report: The Only Problem With US Counterterrorism Efforts Is The General Public - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140722/10532827968/911-commissions-10-years-later-report-only-problem-with-us-counterterrorism-efforts-is-general-public.shtml

UN "made repeated attempts to negotiate a window of time during which people could safely leave area, none granted" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/palestinian-protests-continue-israel-considers-ground-operation-ceasefire

Food. It's on the table. - https://www.foe.co.uk/blog/food-its-table how the European Commission will circumvent its promises on #foodsafety for #TTIP

Cambodian expert shows how to disarm a mine, using a live landmine as an example... Cambodian shows how to disarm a mine respect

"cost of rebuilding Gaza homes destroyed so far in Israeli bombing $800 million - whole of Gaza's annual budget" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2014/jul/25/gaza-crisis-israel-strike-un-shelter-palestinian-protesters-west-bank-live-updates#block-53d249c1e4b09c9edf9b0211

#OpenSource Software in Local Government - https://foi.brighton-hove.gov.uk/requests/3405 interesting FOI showing obstacles to overcome

Australian Government Proposes New Copyright Law: Basically Hollywood's Wishlist - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/07082528003/australian-government-proposes-new-copyright-law-basically-hollywoods-wishlist.shtml just awful #AU


#Israeli cabinet rejects US proposal for 'humanitarian pause' in Gaza fighting - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/israel-rejects-us-ceasefire-proposal boycott & disinvestment the only way

In #Gaza, Hamas fighters are among civilians. There is nowhere else for them to go - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/gaza-hamas-fighters-military-bases-guerrilla-war-civilians-israel-idf  there's your problem, #Israel..

A word in your ear: the interpreters who speak for world leaders - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/interpreters-world-events-gorbachev-reagan-deng-xiaoping-ahmadinejad fascinating glimpses