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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150817 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150817.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#AU Reporter Makes A Year's Worth Of His Metadata Available For Public To Rummage Through - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150817/09264131978/australian-reporter-makes-years-worth-his-metadata-available-public-to-rummage-through.shtml "just metadata" isn't

#Switzerland pressures Colombia to deny compulsory license on imatinib - http://keionline.org/node/2312 yeah, who cares if leukaemia patients die?

Norwegian fund divests from four Asian companies over #palmoil - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/norwegian-fund-divests-four-asian-companies-over-palm-oil-316890 others should follow its great example #no

Only a third of athletes will be drug-tested at world championships - http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/18/iaaf-drug-testing-world-athletics-championships-beijing-doping definitely not suspicious, oh my word no #IAAF

#Corbyn: Labour should enjoy excitement about leadership campaign - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/18/jeremy-corbyn-labour-enjoy-excitement-leadership-campaign oh, I'm sure they are, I'm sure they are...

#Russia’s pro-Putin “troll factory” must pay damages to ex-worker: one rouble - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/russias-pro-putin-troll-factory-must-pay-damages-to-ex-worker-one-rouble/ don't miss the abusive captions

"The Teflon Toxin" shows well why we need #PrecautionaryPrinciple - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/17/teflon-toxin-case-against-dupont/ & why we must fight #TTIP if it undermines it

Hollywood Keeps Breaking Box Office Records... While Still Insisting That The Internet Is Killing Movies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150817/11485931984/hollywood-keeps-breaking-box-office-records-while-still-insisting-that-internet-is-killing-movies.shtml again

Five Reasons Why #TPP Countries Should Unite To Oppose The US Pharmaceutical IP Agenda - http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/08/18/five-reasons-why-tpp-countries-should-unite-to-oppose-the-us-pharmaceutical-ip-agenda/ five of many...

Staunch Syria Enclave Holds Off ISIL--And Finds Support Online - http://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2015/08/18/staunch-syria-enclave-holds-off-isil-and-finds-support-online/ good to see, but not sure how viable long-term

1,000 sq miles of England opened up for fracking in new round of licences - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/18/1000-sq-miles-england-opened-up-fracking-new-round-licences as US #fracking collapses, this is insane

UK wants to create world’s largest honeypot of centralised personal financial data - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/uk-wants-to-create-worlds-largest-honeypot-of-centralised-personal-financial-data/ this is just insane #privacy

Stephen Hawking’s Speech Software Is Now #OpenSource - http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/08/stephen-hawking-speech-software-open-source/ pity it only runs on windows; time for a port....

Arrogance will not win Trans Pacific Partnership debate for Key - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/71236492/editorial-arrogance-will-not-win-trans-pacific-partnership-debate-for-key strikingly negative comments on #NZ gov in #TPP