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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/12/181217.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Human rights body calls on US school to ban electric shocks on children - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/judge-rotenberg-center-electric-shocks-ban-inter-american-commission-human-rights “use of electric shocks on severely disabled children” wut??? #murica

Brexit: 3,500 troops on standby to help in event of any no-deal crisis, MPs told - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/dec/18/brexit-latest-theresa-may-cabinet-no-deal-planning-tory-pro-europeans-more-likely-to-abandon-may-in-confidence-vote-than-brexiters-claims-rees-mogg-politics-live perfectly normal - exactly what people voted for in the referendum… #brexitchaos

Brexit putting thousands of ski resort jobs at risk for British workers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/18/brexit-thousands-ski-resort-jobs-at-risk " leaving the EU will lead to a 31% increase in the cost of the British package holiday, whether skiing or summer camping." ah well, will of the people and all that… #brexitchaos

Carmakers criticise ‘unrealistic’ EU plan to slash vehicle emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/18/carmakers-criticise-unrealistic-eu-plan-slash-vehicle-emissions after the industry’s lies and deception over diesel emissions, they can jolly well shut up and get on with it.

YouTube’s $100 Million Upload Filter Failures Demonstrate What A Disaster #Article13 Will Be For The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181214/17272041233/youtubes-100-million-upload-filter-failures-demonstrate-what-disaster-article-13-will-be-internet.shtml great analysis; #eucopyright is on course to be the worst #copyright law in history…