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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180608.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Au pair shortage sparks childcare crisis for families - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jun/09/au-pair-shortage-prompts-crisis-for-families #brexit bigotry strikes again…

"The slump in au pair applications is largely being blamed on a perception that Britain is now “anti-foreigner”" #welldonebrexiters

Act now to stop the EU’s plan to censor the web - https://creativecommons.org/2018/06/08/act-now-to-stop-the-eus-plan-to-censor-the-web/ this is bad, EU people: please write to your MEPs alerting them to the huge threat

Masks fall as Romanian government withdraws UNESCO application for Rosia Montana - https://www.euractiv.com/section/central-europe/opinion/masks-fall-as-romanian-government-withdraws-unesco-application-for-rosia-montana/ disgraceful sellout over goldmine #romania

EU Publishers Freak Out Now That People Are Realizing Just How Fucked Up Their #LinkTax Really Is - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180607/18054639989/eu-publishers-freak-out-now-that-people-are-realizing-just-how-fucked-up-their-link-tax-really-is.shtml brilliant takedown of EU publishers’ whining #article11 #copyrightdirective

The EU’s #Copyright Proposal is Extremely Bad News for Everyone, Even (Especially!) Wikipedia - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/eus-copyright-proposal-extremely-bad-news-everyone-even-especially-wikipedia that means the harm will be global #article13

The ‘dark fleet’: Global Fishing Watch shines a light on illegal catches - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/09/the-dark-fleet-global-fishing-watch-shines-a-light-on-illegal-vessels #china is eating the earth again…

Why Canadian milk infuriates Donald Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/jun/09/milk-canada-us-trade-war the problem is US use of inhumane mega-farms with rampant neglect of cows + hormones to increase yield & overproduce; trump should fix that…