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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/08/180817.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

As Academic Publishers Fight And Subvert #OpenAccess, Preprints Offer An Alternative Approach For Sharing Knowledge Widely - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180816/06022140441/as-academic-publishers-fight-subvert-open-access-preprints-offer-alternative-approach-sharing-knowledge-widely.shtml #preprints are the future

Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/18/muslim-couple-denied-swiss-citizenship-over-handshake-refusal quite right too: people’s hobbies don’t mean they get to ignore the law

Omarosa has stash of video, emails and texts to support Trump claims – source - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/omarosa-trump-video-texts-white-house-source-claims I do hope she has hired some serious bodyguards to prevent, er, accidents…

“consequences of a no-deal exit would be so serious that the UK parliament would have to consider whether it could allow it to go ahead.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/18/rethink-of-brexit-vote-may-be-necessary-ex-civil-service-head-warns-lord-kerslake good: someone has the guts to tell people the truth; others must follow his lead…

A Titanic success: how Boris Johnson inspired my viral Brexit satire - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/18/titanic-success-viral-video-satirising-brexit-10m-views “an online comedy short sending up #Brexit became a viral hit, racking up more than 10 million views.”

Catholic League insists that it’s only rape when priests “penetrate” children - https://boingboing.net/2018/08/18/christ-what-a-rapey-asshole.html

Learning German is just the job for savvy millennials - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/aug/18/savvy-millennials-rush-to-learn-german so, bit of a pity that #brexit will stop them moving there to live and work frictionlessly…

Fashion boss gives £1m boost to People’s Vote campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/18/founder-superdry-donates-1-million-pounds-peoples-vote-brexit-deal more donations needed from business that know what a disaster #brexit will be for them…

London museum is livestreaming a key 21st-century artifact—festering sewage - https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/stinky-festering-sewage-now-21st-century-artifact-watch-the-livestream/ #2018 strikes again…

After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/after-call-to-implant-microchips-in-people-awaiting-trial-are-they-about-to-become-the-next-threat-to-our-privacy/