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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190918.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

John Major tells supreme court it would be 'naive' to believe Boris Johnson on prorogation - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/sep/19/brexit-news-latest-supreme-court-john-major-tells-supreme-court-it-would-be-naive-to-believe-boris-johnsons-prorogation-claims-live-news?page=with:block-5d832f9c8f08f9df5bdd73b6#block-5d832f9c8f08f9df5bdd73b6 pretty staggering…

#Climatecrisis seen as ‘most important issue’ by public, poll shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/18/climate-crisis-seen-as-most-important-issue-by-public-poll-shows that’s good, but UK emerges with little honour here…

Australian Aboriginal Flag Mess Is Getting Worse – All Thanks To #Copyright - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190910/08572442955/australian-aboriginal-flag-mess-is-getting-worse-all-thanks-to-copyright.shtml <sigh/>

Now is the time to defend the final haven for #privacy: your brain - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/now-is-the-time-to-defend-the-final-haven-for-privacy-your-brain/ because we’re about to lose it…

No-deal Brexit will cut 3% off UK economic growth, warns OECD - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/19/no-deal-brexit-3-percent-off-uk-economic-growth-says-oecd-recession no biggie - 3 is a small number, #amirite…?

Hong Kong’s Green Monday sees breakthrough for plant-based ‘pork’ in swine fever-hit China - https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/3027948/hong-kongs-green-monday-sees-breakthrough-plant-based-pork-swine great news: “Omnipork, a plant-based protein that looks and tastes like ground pork”

“They contemplate a world where the supreme court rules this prorogation unlawful – the government is plainly contemplating in that world, continuing the prorogation until October 14th.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/sep/19/brexit-news-latest-supreme-court-john-major-tells-supreme-court-it-would-be-naive-to-believe-boris-johnsons-prorogation-claims-live-news?page=with:block-5d836f758f0834740f3be3ee#block-5d836f758f0834740f3be3ee #brexitchaos

Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment by Home Office dies - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/19/asylum-seeker-denied-cancer-treatment-nhs-home-office-hostile-environment “The Home Office, they killed her – they really did". I hope the people responsible enjoy looking in the mirror for the rest of their lives…

Campaigners urge UN to endorse global fracking ban - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/campaigners-urge-un-to-endorse-global-fracking-ban great idea, but might be hard to get it past trumpie…

Trump sues Manhattan DA seeking to block tax return subpoena - https://apnews.com/b4b0ea59e908433996f77698f45d2756 amazing - it’s almost as if he had something terrible he wanted to hide…

Kamila Shamsie’s book award withdrawn over her part in Israel boycott - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/19/kamila-shamsies-book-award-withdrawn-over-her-part-in-israel-boycott ridiculous and petty