Thursday 3 September 2015

150902


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150901 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/09/150901.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page


Big money and close ties behind Big Pharma's Brussels lobby efforts – new study - http://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2015/09/big-money-and-close-ties-behind-big-pharmas-brussels-lobby-efforts-new-study #TTIP doubtless big focus


The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China's human rights crackdown - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/the-case-of-wang-yu-emblem-of-chinas-human-rights-crackdown dark days for freedom in #china

Science vs. Lobbying: How to escape Regulatory Capture? - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-vs-lobbying-how-to-escape-regulatory-capture-tickets-17692333245 free conference, Brussels, 22 September

Journalists arrested on terrorism charges in #Turkey for using #crypto software - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/journalists-arrested-on-terrorism-charges-in-turkey-for-using-crypto-software/ the war on crypto continues

Problem: Male Operators Use Surveillance Cameras For Ogling Women; Mayor's Solution: Employ Only Female Operators - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150901/09530932133/problem-male-operators-use-surveillance-cameras-ogling-women-mayors-solution-employ-only-female-operators.shtml

Why wind — and soon solar — are already cheaper than fossil fuels - http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-wind-and-soon-solar-are-already-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels hugely important graphs #energy (v @mbauwens)

Experts call for immediate halt to £7,000-per-#badger cull - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/02/badger-cull-experts-call-for-immediate-halt-programme "central importance of cattle-to-cattle transmission”

Experts warn that the G20's massive infrastructure plan will cause "rapid ecological deterioration." - http://www.alternet.org/environment/worlds-biggest-economies-have-devised-plan-spells-doom-planet-earth not good


Could Tobacco Carveout Kill #TPP? - http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/could-tobacco-carveout-kill-tpp/ can't see this happening, alas...

What Happened to a Govt Scientist Whose Findings Stood in the Way of Big Oil's Plans for Arctic Drilling - http://www.alternet.org/environment/what-happened-govt-scientist-whose-findings-stood-way-big-oils-plans-arctic-drilling staggering

Blue #whale caught on camera in English waters 'for the first time' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/02/blue-whale-caught-on-camera-english-waters-first-time exciting; shows that conservation can work

526,964 people say to UK: Keep the ban on bee-killing pesticides - https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/ban-bee-killing-pesticides-for-good-937d4563-7694-41a8-a642-65e6b0e51453 let's make it a million

Obama secures #Iran victory as 34th senator endorses nuclear deal - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/iran-nuclear-deal-congress-34th-senator that's a relief

Movie Studio & Copyright Troll Claim 'Mere Possession' Of Popcorn Time Is Illegal & Could Result In A Year In Jail - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150901/23310632139/movie-studio-copyright-troll-claim-mere-possession-popcorn-time-is-illegal-could-result-year-jail.shtml

Coe: Athletics is about more than drugs, blood & urine - http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/02/sebastian-coe-athletics-drugs-blood-urine-president-iaaf "global adviser to Nike is nonnegotiable": the man's a fool


How Washington Put Economics Ahead of Human Rights - https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-08-31/human-trade-offs because #TPP vincit omnia...


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