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No hope of success and no plan B – but the PM won’t blink - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/08/theresa-may-brexit-meaningful-vote-defeat this should be her epitaph

Open Science Means Open Source–Or, at Least, It Should - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-science-means-open-source-or-least-it-should Why #opensource was actually invented in 1665.

Brexit: Majority of country now think Britain should remain in the EU, new poll finds - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-theresa-may-uk-vote-economy-mps-remain-a8673926.html but small sample size

IFPI Slams Pirate MEP For ‘Lobbying’ Kids, Forgets a Decade of Rightsholders Doing Just That - https://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-slams-pirate-mep-for-lobbying-kids-forgets-a-decade-of-rightsholders-doing-just-that-181209/ the hypocrisy of the #copyright maximalists is nauseating…

US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un another reason to bring down the #saudi torturers’ tyranny

Trump ‘at center of massive fraud against Americans’, top Democrat says - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/09/donald-trump-michael-cohen-payments-impeachment-jerrold-nadler time to get rid of the #cimatedenialist…

Group led by Thomas Piketty presents plan for ‘a fairer Europe’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/09/eu-brexit-piketty-tax-google-facebook-apple-manifesto “huge levies on multinationals, millionaires and carbon emissions”

Eleven researchers publish sharp critique of EPA fuel economy logic - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/science-trump-admin-report-justifying-fuel-economy-rollback-is-flawed/