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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/12/191230.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Happy Public Domain Day 2020! - https://boingboing.net/2019/12/30/coulda-been-bob-dylan.html absurd that people have had to wait so long for industry to fulfil its part of the supposed #copyright bargain… #PD

Crack down on genomic #surveillance - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03687-x “Corporations selling DNA-profiling technology are aiding human-rights abuses. Governments, legislators, researchers, reviewers and publishers must act.”

UK Metropolitan Police Admit They’ve Finally Shelved ‘Investigation’ Into Journalists Who Reported On Snowden Docs - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191226/12191143637/uk-metropolitan-police-admit-theyve-finally-shelved-investigation-into-journalists-who-reported-snowden-docs.shtml what a waste of money and resources

Barcelona to open southern Europe’s biggest low-emissions zone - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/barcelona-to-open-southern-europes-biggest-low-emissions-zone “Petrol-driven cars bought before 2000 and diesels older than 2006 will be banned and face a fine of €100-€500 (£85-£425) each time they enter the zone.”

Cyprus defends its courts amid rising anger over rape verdict - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/cyprus-defends-its-judiciary-amid-mounting-condemnation-over-case this stinks to high heaven #Cyprus_police

As public fears mount over online surveillance and lack of control, advertising industry gets #privacy religion – sort of… - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/12/as-public-fears-mount-over-online-surveillance-and-lack-of-control-advertising-industry-gets-privacy-religion-sort-of/ glimmers of hope