Moody’s Microblog
Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191120.html
yesterday’s tweets as a single page
Google latest tech
giant to crack down on political ads as pressure on Facebook grows -
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/20/google-political-ad-policy-facebook-twitter
“will increase pressure on Facebook to limit micro-targeting”.
as we wrote last
week:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/11/at-last-some-good-news-for-privacy-signs-that-micro-targeted-advertising-may-be-on-the-way-out/
World’s donkeys
being ‘decimated’ by demand for Chinese medicine -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/worlds-donkeys-being-decimated-by-demand-for-chinese-medicine
“transported on long journeys without access to food or water, with
up to 20% dying on route”. #china
destroying everything it touches…
Massive Mildura dust
storm leaves Victorian town ‘unliveable’ amid 40C heat -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/21/victorian-town-mildura-unliveable-massive-dust-storm-40c-heat
sadly, “unliveable” will be the epithet for many places on this
heating planet…
Court Says It’s
Not Tortious Interference To Report Your Account Or Ask Twitter To
Ban You -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191120/15165743422/court-says-not-tortious-interference-to-report-your-account-ask-twitter-to-ban-you.shtml
lovely word, “tortious”…
#DiversifyTheMedia
– PressPad Crowdfunder -
https://natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk/diversifythemedia
we certainly need more diversity in the media… #journalism
UK metal
detectorists guilty of theft after concealing £3m hoard -
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/21/uk-metal-detectorists-guilty-of-theft-after-concealing-3m-treasure-hoard
“The stupidity is that our treasure system is the most generous in
the world in terms of providing rewards for those who abide by the
law.”
Bad news:
‘Unblockable’ web trackers emerge. Good news: Firefox with uBlock
Origin can stop it. Chrome, not so much -
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/21/ublock_origin_firefox_unblockable_tracker/
you know what to do…
Renewables are not
making electricity any more expensive -
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/new-report-shows-wind-and-solar-dropping-us-wholesale-electricity-prices/
so install it everywhere…
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