190117

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/01/190116.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut - https://nb.sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in the best short analysis of modern #China that I have read

How Illegally Harvested Timber Is ‘Greenwashed’ in #China - https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003369/How Illegally Harvested Timber Is ‘Greenwashed’ in China @FSC_IC needs to investigate urgently

More than 170 business leaders join call for second Brexit referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/17/more-than-170-business-leaders-join-call-for-second-brexit-referendum #PeoplesVote

Checks on both sides of Irish border ‘mandatory under no-deal #Brexit’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/17/checks-on-both-sides-of-irish-border-mandatory-under-no-deal-brexit “Customs expert says extra costs and delays will harm small businesses and WTO rules would ‘kill UK farming’”

No-deal Brexit would be catastrophic for UK farmers, warns NFU - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/04/no-deal-brexit-would-be-catastrophic-uk-farmers-warns-nfu but destroying farming and manufacturing in UK small price to pay for blue passports, no…?

‘More animal than ever’: Europeans find joy in John Bercow - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/17/more-animal-than-ever-europeans-find-joy-in-john-bercow rightly so; he should be made PM… #brexitchaos

On Saturday the UK turns remain. Parliament must force a second referendum - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/17/saturday-uk-remain-parliament-force-second-referendum “The true “will of the people” looks considerably more questionable if it turns out to be the will of dead people – not the will of those who have the most life ahead of them”

Kentucky newspaper removes criticism of Trump from woman’s obituary - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/kentucky-newspaper-removes-criticism-of-trump-from-obituary if only there were a word for this sort of thing…

“Nous encourageons les Belges à agir, à dire à leurs représentants de porter un coup en faveur de l’équité, contre la concentration et la censure du marché.” - https://boingboing.net/2019/01/17/belgium-say-no-to-article-13.html #article13

“Vi behöver få svenskar att agera och lägga tryck på sina politiker att utdela ett slag för rättvisa och mot marknadskoncentration och censur.” - https://boingboing.net/2019/01/17/sweden-and-you-can-sa.html #article13

“Die Deutschen haben hier eine besondere Rolle zu spielen, da Ihre Abgeordneten und Ihre Zeitungsriesen die Agenda in einem hohen Maß vorantreiben und beeinflussen. Da Wahl schon bald stattfinden wird, ist es wichtig, dass Sie JETZT handeln!” - https://boingboing.net/2019/01/17/resist-censorbots-2.html