190722

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/07/190721.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#China denies Uighurs’ Turkic descent and says ‘hostile forces’ trying to split country - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/china-denies-uighurs-turkic-descent-and-says-hostile-forces-trying-to-split-country yeah, sure; still, rather strange they speak a turkic language, and are genetically related to other turkic nations…

EU farm chief struggles to dispel concerns over #Mercosur trade deal - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-farm-chief-struggles-to-dispel-concerns-over-mercosur-trade-deal/ that’s probably because it’s a terrible deal, especially for the amazonian forest…

Large companies fail to disclose impact on deforestation - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/large-companies-fail-to-disclose-impact-on-deforestation/ “Among those who failed to provide information were major food companies like REWE Group, Auchan Holding, Oetker-Gruppe, Parmalat and Louis Dreyfus, but also furniture maker IKEA”

Canadian cities take wooden skyscrapers to new heights - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/22/canadian-cities-take-wooden-skyscrapers-to-new-heights " massive beams and columns are created from the aggregate of many smaller pieces, mimicking many coveted characteristics of old-growth wood with a fraction of the ecological damage."

Europäische Union plant europaweite Abfrage von Gesichtsbildern - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/europaeische-union-plant-europaweite-abfrage-von-gesichtsbildern/ not good

“Blackjewel is the third large US coal company to declare bankruptcy since May 2019, despite promises from Donald Trump that he would save the coal industry and its jobs.” - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/22/blackjewel-mines-shut-down-layoffs-future shut them all now #dirtycoal

UK must look after its own ships in the Gulf, says Pompeo - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/uk-must-look-after-its-own-ships-in-the-gulf-says-pompeo that #brexit UK-US special relationship really working well again…

Leonardo DiCaprio flooded with requests to save Siberian lake - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/22/leonardo-dicaprio-baikal-lake-siberia-instagram-appeals-to-save I’m disappointed vlad isn’t doing more to save #baikal

SJ: “H.O is perfectly capable of having large, complicated tasks, requiring big projects, using new technology, and making it work.” what, like this, you mean?
“Home Office criticised over £830m ‘failed’ borders scheme” - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34988913 eight years late, too…

Video of uncontacted Amazon tribe highlights threat from illegal loggers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/22/uncontacted-tribe-video-amazon-rainforest-awa-people more people that #Bolsonaro wants to murder