190827

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/08/190826.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

GDPR could obstruct AI development, MEP says - https://www.euractiv.com/section/5g/interview/gdpr-could-obstruct-ai-development-mep-says/ the EU #copyrightdirective is a far more serious threat to EU AI #tdm

KFC launches test run of ‘miracle’ non-meat nuggets - https://thenextweb.com/us/2019/08/26/kfc-meat-alternatives-test-run/ great to see more non-meat meat going mainstream…

#Bolivia: catastrophic wildfires devastate forest in echo of Brazil’s Amazon crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/bolivia-wildfires-brazil-amazon

Spain braces for more rain after hail piles up during violent storms - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/27/spain-rain-hail-piles-up-violent-storms you know, it’s almost as if the climate has gone out of kilter all around the world…

Johnson’s plan for ‘Brexit heroes’ in the Lords will reverberate for years to come - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/27/boris-johnson-house-lords-brexit-heroes-civil-service #brexit stupidity and bigotry will poison this country for 30 years if he takes this route

Leaders opposing no-deal Brexit issue joint statement - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/aug/27/jeremy-corbyn-party-leaders-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-live-updates?page=with:block-5d651ced8f081cf11cf1dc12#block-5d651ced8f081cf11cf1dc12 "The attendees agreed that Boris Johnson has shown himself open to using anti-democratic means to force through no deal."

Nigel Farage says Brexit party could strike election pact with Tories - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/27/nigel-farage-says-brexit-party-could-strike-election-pact-with-tories is there any essential difference? no, I thought not…

Corbyn asks 116 Tory MPs for support to stop no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/aug/27/jeremy-corbyn-party-leaders-no-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-live-updates?page=with:block-5d6537c28f084061ab38d5c6#block-5d6537c28f084061ab38d5c6

Near-total ban imposed on sending wild African elephants to zoos - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/27/near-total-ban-imposed-on-sending-wild-african-elephants-to-zoos that’s great, but what the hell was the moronic EU playing at here? shame on them.

Deutsche Bank says it has some of Trump’s tax returns - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/aug/27/trump-news-today-live-biden-2020-democrats-polls-latest-updates excellent…

‘Not nice!’: Trump denies rumors of bedbugs at resort he’s promoting for G7 - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/27/trump-bedbugs-doral-g7-miami-golf-club oh, so it’s true, then? “Trump’s resort is reported to be struggling, reports the Miami Herald” #TrumpBEDBUGsouvenirs2020G7