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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/191231.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

New Year’s Message: Opportunities Come From Unexpected Places - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191230/13041143654/new-years-message-opportunities-come-unexpected-places.shtml @mmasnick is still strangely upbeat…

Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy - https://boingboing.net/2019/12/31/ingenious-cold-war-keylogger-t.html amazing hacking of analogue kit

British teenager’s mother calls for tourism boycott of Cyprus - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/01/british-teenagers-mother-calls-for-tourism-boycott-of-cyprus #malta and #cyprus are a disgrace to the EU

Let’s be friends: Boris Johnson’s new year message to remainers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/31/lets-be-friends-boris-johnson-new-year-message-remainers sickening cant: while pushing for the hardest #brexit imaginable, no compromise whatsoever, he tells remainers to bend over and enjoy it…

Gorillas, orangutans and chimps die in German zoo fire - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/01/gorillas-orangutans-and-chimps-die-in-german-zoo-fire awful; another reason not to imprison animals in cruel zoos…

Australia bushfires: PM’s climate stance criticised as thousands flee blazes - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/01/australia-bushfires-defence-forces-sent-to-help-battle-huge-blazes “Polls show a large majority of Australians see the climate emergency as an urgent threat and want tougher government action” he’s a climate criminal