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Elsevier Says It’s Infringing To Link To Sci-Hub; Hypocrite Elsevier Links To Sci-Hub All The Time - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190804/21235242719/elsevier-says-infringing-to-link-to-sci-hub-hypocrite-elsevier-links-to-sci-hub-all-time.shtml also: gives yet more publicity to @Sci_Hub so that even more people use it…

Elsevier Tries To Lie About University Of California’s Contract Negotiation; UC Shows Its Receipts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190804/21394042720/elsevier-tries-to-lie-about-university-californias-contract-negotiation-uc-shows-receipts.shtml more stupidity from @ElsevierConnect

#facialrecognition recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies bring in bans - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/08/facial-recognition-concerns-go-mainstream-in-the-us-as-cities-and-companies-bring-in-bans/ it’s spreading, but so is the fightback #privacy

#Brazil's highest court rules that #Bolsonaro cannot use criminal investigations to harass Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept - https://boingboing.net/2019/08/11/democratic-fundamentals.html that’s good

Ireland tells Boris Johnson there will be no backstop renegotiation - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/11/ireland-tells-boris-johnson-there-will-be-no-backstop-renegotiation seems that attempt to blackmail ireland isn’t going so well… #brexit

Jaipur protest demands end to use of elephants to carry tourists - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/jaipur-protest-demands-end-to-use-of-elephants-to-carry-tourists quite right