190531

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/05/190530.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Israel to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/31/israel-to-auction-prefab-classrooms-donated-by-eu-to-palestinians stealing from the poorest of the poor - classy, #israel, very classy…

Elton John: 'I am a European – not a stupid, imperialist English idiot' - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/31/elton-john-brexit-not-imperialist-english-idiot-verona "I’m ashamed of my country for what it has done. It’s torn people apart". Bravo.

This Is Why We Can't Have Fun Things: The Copyright Dispute Over Lord Buckethead's UK Political Career - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190530/11303542305/this-is-why-we-cant-have-fun-things-copyright-dispute-over-lord-bucketheads-uk-political-career.shtml ridiculous that the mighty @LordBuckethead has to suffer this indignity…

Madrid set to become first European city to scrap low-emissions zone - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/31/madrid-set-to-end-clean-air-project-in-rightwing-power-switch new right-wing mayor actively wants children to die unnecessarily from horrible lung diseases…

Oversharing: how Napster nearly killed the music industry - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/31/napster-twenty-years-music-revolution crass, simplistic analysis: the music industry nearly killed itself by fighting, not embracing the digital revolution exemplified by napster…

Large expansion to ‘blue belt’ of UK’s protected marine areas announced - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/31/uk-creates-blue-belt-of-marine-protected-areas-twice-englands-size credit to Gove for doing this, but we need full no-take for the protected areas, and real enforcement of that

How much is good online security worth to you? How about $100,000? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/05/how-much-is-online-security-worth-to-you-how-about-100000/ cheap at twice the price…

Why Is The US Government Letting #BigPharma Charge Insane Prices On Patents The US Owns? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190524/15584642274/why-is-us-government-letting-big-pharma-charge-insane-prices-patents-us-owns.shtml this insanity costs lives; it must stop