Thursday, 4 October 2012

121003

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121002 - http://bit.ly/RbwMIq yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

New HD #CCTV puts UK human rights at risk - http://ind.pn/Vf4Icf really worrying (v @bbw1984)

Keccak is SHA-3 - http://bit.ly/PO2yuN if it's good enough for Uncle Brucie, it's good enough for me #crypto

RIAA Targets Foreign Music Download Portals - http://bit.ly/Rbxsh0 good reason not to use .com domains...

#AU Pirate Party outlines Lego manifesto - http://bit.ly/PuBO0S and why not?

ForestWatchers.net A citizen project for forest monitoring - http://bit.ly/SDhLydtrendy, worthy fun - what more do you want?

Samsung's Claims of Juror Misconduct Revealed in Unredacted Filings -http://bit.ly/SDhYl7 this story gets more and more incredible

China domain name land grab about to start - http://bit.ly/PuCeV9 watch out for the .中国s...

Young Rewired State Year 5: Everywhere and Hyperlocal - http://bit.ly/SDiqjpgreat to see this flourishing

Budget #Hadopi 2013 : 8 millions d'euros, en baisse de 28 % -http://bit.ly/RzBuSl not dead yet, apparently, but heading that way #fr

West Coast franchise fiasco exposes flawed government infrastructure process: my personal experience - http://bit.ly/SoaI1R interesting #uk

UK will spend £50 million to digitise classic films - http://bit.ly/T0oAzg great; bet it won't be under #cc licence, though... #commons

The Pirate Bay Returns After 2 Days Downtime - http://bit.ly/P9YlFV but not the target of police raid, it claims

"we all report to the same people: consumers" - http://politi.co/T0qOOW why MPAA's Chris Dodd is clueless: we're not consumers anymore...

Swedish Pirate Party surges after file-sharing host facility raided -http://bit.ly/SCbceD action, reaction... #se

Why #ECJ Must be Ultimate Arbiter of the Unitary Patent - http://bit.ly/RzRpQNUS patent mess shows us what will happen if not #EU

Digital Economy Act: Costs Order pulled - http://bit.ly/WiqoT3 "DEA is a dead end from the fag end of an exhausted Parliament" #deact

European Parliament Committee Calls For Creation Without #Copyright To Become EU Policy - http://bit.ly/RbOxHx huh? #eu

Establishment Darkness - http://bit.ly/T0NKs6 strange how people obsess about Net porn instead of awful real-life cases #coverups #uk

#Wikileaks donations - http://bit.ly/SxLJrk how long before these options are blocked, too?

Benedict #Cumberbatch in line to play Julian #Assange in biopic -http://bit.ly/PvtKwV not an obvious choice, but fun

RT @Asher_Wolf Link for #CryptoParty #crowdsourced manifesto currently in production: http://titanpad.com/ESuifwW5MM >>cool & v useful

Amazon Studios Options Its First Novel, Seed, For A Crowdsourced, Big-Screen Adaptation - http://tcrn.ch/UcfwIW fascinating changes here

BBC will launch Spotify rival Playlister by early 2013 - http://bit.ly/T1gYfO licence fee payers get free access without paying extra

Open Access event in the European Parliament - http://bit.ly/SxY9zn important: there's a big battle over #oa in #eu: potentially big win

Todd Akin on the scourge of doctors giving abortions to non-pregnant women -http://bit.ly/Pw2UVl warning: this man is bonkers

The Government Can Be #Transparent About International Negotiations... If It's Unhappy With Them - http://bit.ly/QQhjjN strange, that #TPP



Tuesday, 2 October 2012

121002


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121001 - http://bit.ly/Qzjoge yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Over two hundred Belgian political candidates support #freesoftware -http://bit.ly/QzjLHS  we should do this everywhere #be

Open Access in the UK: Reinventing the Big Deal - http://bit.ly/PTue28interesting stuff, as ever #oa

Samsung Sues Apple Over iPhone 5, Allowed to Sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 -http://on.mash.to/QUckvd the stupid spreads

Brussels to launch shipping emissions monitoring system - http://bit.ly/QJq9j7not before time

OGM : le Dr Spiroux, co-auteur de l'étude-choc, répond aux critiques -http://bit.ly/PJBI6R the saga continues #monsanto #gm

UK ISPs dismiss calls for default porn blocks - http://bit.ly/SW8sP8 good for them #censorship

A Question of Authorship? - http://bit.ly/PJCocH long, interesting disquisition on authorship and attribution

A rightwing insurrection is usurping our democracy - http://bit.ly/QUd97qimportant troubling piece about thinktanks #uk

SCOAP3 #OpenAccess Initiative launched at #CERN - http://bit.ly/SZdtRzhugely important win for #oa (v @greboun)#science

Are These The #Drones We're Looking For? - http://bit.ly/PJE2La "What is going to happen when #paparazzi start to use drones?"; coming soon

#3DPrinter Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith -http://bit.ly/Szx9eo presumably he'll buy one next time

Could Waterloo International Become A Greenhouse? - http://bit.ly/P7LZhr I'll get me wellies #london

Naxos 19th Century Violinist Composers Series - http://bit.ly/P7M7NQ another interesting set

Windows Phone Is Taking Share From RIM, But It’s Still Nowhere Near Breaking Through The Android/iOS Stronghold - http://tcrn.ch/QJuuCS

#NZ prime minister defends Hollywood trip in wake of Megaupload mess -http://bit.ly/R93R7V oops, awkward

US warns European governments against supporting Palestinians at UN -http://bit.ly/QJzW8Q definitely not bullying EU (v @kaatje36 @occpal)

#LATimes poll: supporters of CA labeling for genetically engineered food outnumber foes 2 to 1 - http://lat.ms/RwRh4r big if confirmed

Out of Africa: More #Microsoft #FUD - http://bit.ly/SZjgqo hasn't it learnedanything? #opensource

MSF Launches Patent Opposition Database - http://bit.ly/VnxkhW pity this is even necessary #pharma

Why It Could Make Sense To Get Rid Of #Patents Entirely, Even If They Work In A Few Cases - http://bit.ly/VaMB7v well, obvs

Six Questions on #CleanIT - http://bit.ly/UDAyed over to you, European Commission (v @PostActa)

¿Dónde está la comunidad del Software Libre en #Paraguay? -http://bit.ly/R9q0mw sounds like there's a problem... #freesw

UK's #OpenData Institute Moves in to #london Head-quarters -http://bit.ly/R9xHZU good to see things happening here (v @DirDigEng)

Pesticide Use Rises as Herbicide-resistant Weeds Undermine Performance of Major #GM Crops, New WSU Study Shows - http://bit.ly/SzjHb7 course

http://dati.comune.milano.it/ - http://bit.ly/QG8yZ6 bella mossa (v @carlopiana @diritto2punto0)#opendata #it

The Independent to drop American digital charges - http://bit.ly/SwbGr7 "This is not just a facile '#paywalls don’t work” story' "; no..?

BRICS nations thrash out World Bank alternative - http://bit.ly/P8fL5z wow, that would set the cat amongst the pigeons... (v @ChinaBizWatch)

1/4 of US tech start-ups founded by an immigrant - http://reut.rs/SAaI8Rxenophobia would kill Silicon Valley (v @mjasay @ScepticGeek)

MEPs must be ready to reject an #ACTA-like Canada/EU Trade Agreement -http://bit.ly/R9EnqY zero #transparency, zero #trust

Study shows 25% of Americans own a #tablet - http://bit.ly/SXgK9s impressive rise of #android there (not just #kindle)

Jolla’s #MeeGo revival plans shape up with $260m ecosystem alliance -http://bit.ly/SXvRQi seems implausible; hope it's true #linux

#Guyana Resorts To Buying Pirated Textbooks Because Legal Copies Are Too Expensive - http://bit.ly/SAkJmF says it all

Net Threat: The Dangers From Global Web Regulation - http://onforb.es/Slcu3Vgood summary of #wcit threat (v @AnonyOdinn)

#PHP, the web’s most popular programming language, is coming to mobile -http://bit.ly/QGsJWP uh-huh

YouTube goes legit in #Turkey, bringing more sales and more censorship -http://bit.ly/SAkhoU yeah, they tend to go together

The 6,000,000 dollar fair use standard - http://bit.ly/SlACTS "Prices not rising fast enough, greater income from permissions is required."

The Next Big Battle in Internet Policy - http://slate.me/PspU7J good history of#netneutrality, but v us-centric (v @MarietjeD66 @gigibsohn)

Out With The Old, In With The New: How Innovation Has Completely Changed The Music Business - http://bit.ly/SY2QUv good analysis

Motorola surprisingly withdraws Apple complaint from ITC -http://cnet.co/Qo5XBf weird

Gangnam Style Shows What Can Happen When You Don't Lean On Copyright -http://bit.ly/Vd1Yw5 great point

UN: We Don't Want To Take Over The Internet... Just Fundamentally Change How It Works - http://bit.ly/P8ZPQG looking worse & worse #wcit

Facebook Likes Could Lead to Jail Time Under New #Philippine Law -http://on.mash.to/Wg2lnC cluelessness or viciousness?

There Really Is a Smartphone Inside ‘EW Magazine’ -http://on.mash.to/SBk0SN running #android, of course...


121001


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120930 - http://bit.ly/TZhUTd yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Deutscher Juristentag: Juristen fordern Online-Durchsuchung und Vorratsdatenspeicherung - http://bit.ly/R6sGRX what lovely people

Freedom of Information to include ministers' private texts - http://bbc.in/V4Umf3important decision for UK #foi

After Extravagant "Bond" Party, Swedish Govt Classifies All Security Police Expenditures - http://bit.ly/QRmYD1 nothing to hide, of course

3D Printed Quad Copter - http://bit.ly/PR3f7v wow, #3dprinting meets #drones: pretty significant moment

Russia’s Yandex does inevitable, launches WebKit-powered Internet browser to stave off Google - http://tnw.co/OyFLHh no #gnu/linux version

Microsoft v. Motorola - The 9th Circuit Ct. of Appeals Ruling, as Text -http://bit.ly/QRnlgW shows why #frand is a disaster for standards

How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system - http://bit.ly/StLk93excellent history of CAFC; EU take note

#OpenSource Fear Mongering Is Ridiculous With The Advent Of Open APIs -http://tcrn.ch/QEggmF is #tibco getting desperate?

Anti-Downloading Law Hits Japan, Up To 2 Years in Prison From Today -http://bit.ly/V4XCa9 #japan goes insane; criminalises a generation

Чеченские провайдеры заблокировали доступ к видеохостингу YouTube -http://bit.ly/R6uEBV yeah, that's a proportionate response #chechnya

Wir veröffentlichen das geheime Gutachten, das strengere Gesetze gegen Abgeordnetenbestechung fordert - http://bit.ly/PFwfOt #corruption

#G4S named as smart card supplier to further education consortium -http://bit.ly/Ru0gU3 cos they did the olympics so well

Activists warned to watch what they say as social media monitoring is 'next big thing'  - http://ind.pn/PmqiEE well, quite (v @Asher_Wolf)

Counter-terrorism officer appears in court over 'leaks to News of the World' -http://bit.ly/QEzb0F (v @jmcest @Asher_Wolf)

From Windows Phone to patent troll: Microsoft Senior Attorney joins Acacia -http://tnw.co/QEzRmt no comment needed, really

A new approach to tackling #copyright infringement - http://bit.ly/ST1HgY UK now has a small claims track; important change

Verhagen eist kritische reactie EU op internettolweg - http://bit.ly/SgkXFyhands off #netneutrality (v @AdV007&@kaatje36)

Help the World's Forest - http://bit.ly/QiLDS0 uses #citizenscience#crowdsourcing to monitor patches of #forest across the globe; fun, too

EU Copyright Holders Cling To Old Levies, As New Ones Start To Appear On Cloud Storage - http://bit.ly/SY9wNe time to junk this absurdity

Former CIO of Swiss Intellectual Property Institute praises #opensource -http://bit.ly/QGsNWV nice #ch

#Microsoft to Launch Own News Operation Oct. 26 - http://on.mash.to/SukBJMthose that forget the past etc. etc. #msnbc

#Google Passes #Microsoft’s Market Value for First Time Ever -http://on.mash.to/RuOUz4 symbolism? you want symbolism?

#Ikea Caught Photoshopping Women Out of Its Saudi Arabian Catalog -http://gaw.kr/RuP6hG oh look, more symbolism...

Can We Kill The Myth That The #US Constitution Guarantees #Copyrights And#Patents? - http://bit.ly/UCdYCC great points

#Openness is Alive and Well (and Living in Europe) - http://bit.ly/SxWJAv well, we try #ofe2012

#Microsoft takes the wraps off TypeScript, a superset of #JavaScript -http://zd.net/Qj7atO how does it go? embrace, extend... (v @sbisson)

Police Drones: Unmanned Air Vehicles Could Monitor Protests, Riots & Traffic In UK - http://huff.to/QwQihJ kiss the skies goodbye (v @drones)

Crime Inc. Inc., The Business Of Hyping The #Piracy Threat -http://bit.ly/O0ZGgA sad & pathetic excuse for "journalism" #tv

Worth Noting: #AmandaPalmer's 'Free' Album Debuted At Number 10 On The Billboard Charts - http://bit.ly/PoNbr3 great to hear


Monday, 1 October 2012

120930


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120929 - http://bit.ly/Pj4E4p yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Greek #Pastafarian arrested for "Cyber Crimes" - http://bit.ly/QCLfPR hey,#greece, remember that "western civilisation" stuff...?

Italians Take Up The Torch To Ignite Their Own Tech Startup Scene -http://tcrn.ch/OwQ7HT things seem to be taking off: great #it

Thomas Jefferson, enthusiastic, brutal slaver - http://bit.ly/NYdb0r sad

Mexico's Media Monopolies and The Threats Facing the #YoSoy132 Youth Movement - http://onforb.es/RrSutK interesting #acta


Sunday, 30 September 2012

120929


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120928 - http://bit.ly/V9dIOs yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

[RT] Guerillas on London Transport - http://bit.ly/NVHAwA many of these are utterly brilliant (v @Thayer @Rchards)#tube

US Copyright Office Seeking Comments On Resale Royalties For Visual Artists - http://bit.ly/SLcg5K 'cos world needs more monopolies

Bürgerdialog – Was fällt dem Netz für die Politik ein? - http://bit.ly/TQsHPz last chance to give your thoughts here

Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK -http://bit.ly/UWHrvz getting to grips with things #wikipedia

[RT] Why Everyone Should Care About #DRM's Punishment Of The Visually Impaired - http://bit.ly/OtUXpb this time, it's personal #copyright

#Crowdsourcing #Climate Science - http://onforb.es/VYe61V "analyze past hurricane photos (over 300,000) in a series of controlled questions"

Court: Motorola can't enforce injunction against Microsoft -http://cnet.co/UWIDz1 I look forward to german courts blocking US injunctions...

Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter The Public Domain? The Data Says... No - http://bit.ly/QBxOj3 yay for #PD

Government support of #opensource falls short - http://bit.ly/VYeSfh deal with those #swpats, please

Bündnis gegen Kinderpornografie im Internet: MOGiS erklärt Austritt aus White IT - http://bit.ly/SqKOsD now this is interesting

Are These The Drones We're Looking For? - http://bit.ly/Ssz0BI the coming#opensource #drone revolution

One month to Droidcon London - http://bit.ly/PMq5Ns a possible date for your diary #android

Hobbyists Embrace #OpenSource Concept For #Drones - http://rww.to/PyRdi5everybody's doing it

Official complaint made re. inaccuracies in #Transparency Register -http://bit.ly/UWKsfo needs sorting

Nokia Looks Cheap As Asha Handsets Help Retain Emerging Markets Foothold - http://onforb.es/UWMnR2 battling against #android here, too

Geheimes Gutachten zu Open Source auch in Freiburg - http://bit.ly/SqM7I4something to hide, perchance? #opensource #transparency

ISPs and Tracking Company Ready to Start Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme -http://bit.ly/QneYct VPN cos. chortle with glee

The Flipside Of BitTorrent - Why Many Musicians Still Hate It -http://rww.to/UWNlwS worth reading 

Business hires of former government employees as #lobbyists -http://bit.ly/NTGX6L truly appalling figures

Hi tech shock absorber legs for multicopeters - http://bit.ly/R1Qo1D lovely#maker moment #drones

X-plane Developer Sued By Patent Troll; Ponders Shuttering Business Or Defending - http://bit.ly/R1Vr2c patents promoting innovation again

Composer Thomas Adès: 'Wagner is a fungus' - http://bit.ly/SqSlrt fab composer; slightly odd interview...

Towards #Transparency - http://bit.ly/V9TYKP kudos: #stripe partners with#chillingeffects; others might like to follow (v @dozykraut) 

Kofi Annan: Tony #Blair could ultimately have stopped #Iraq war -http://bit.ly/SVCM7g  "What went wrong? What changed him?" 

#Chevron Targeting Private Email Accounts of 101 People Linked To #EcuadorEnvironmental Case - http://bit.ly/P24yDA evil much? (v @rmack)

I inherited a da Vinci - http://bit.ly/Sr9Wzv lovely story... #art

Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk - http://bit.ly/PAmbX6 great example of how corporate stupidity could harm us... (v @techsoc)


Saturday, 29 September 2012

120928


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120927 - http://bit.ly/S58wMA yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

#LibreOffice Conference, Berlin (Germany), 17–19/Oct/2012 -http://bit.ly/S58J2w project now two years old - http://bit.ly/QiigNZ #freesw

Automated calls, fraud and the banks: a mismatch made in hell -http://bit.ly/SGPI62 turns out #banks are greedy and stupid

California passes groundbreaking #opentextbook legislation -http://bit.ly/SGPSdL great; others follow suit, pl.

Internet Giant Builds Web of Influence in Berlin - http://bit.ly/Pv4vvZ #googleramps up #lobbying (v @evgenymorozov)

Eye in the Sky: #Drones Help Conserve Sumatran #Orangutans & Other Wildlife - http://bit.ly/QJV8sa great to see this kind of use (v @BoraZ)

Texas Municipal Officials Fight 'Open Meeting Act,' Get Shot Down By Fifth Circuit Court - http://bit.ly/OZ65ua good stuff #transparency

UK gov asked just 15 companies about snooping plans - http://bit.ly/Sg3gjEpublic's view irrelevant (v @ralpost)

ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing #surveillance stats -http://bit.ly/QJVEGM they're all at it

Flying Robots Cooperate, Throw and Catch Balls - http://bit.ly/QJVIpZ if this doesn't worry you, you're not paying attention... #drones

EU-Projekt #CleanIT: Projektleiter verteidigt Online-Terrorbekämpfung -http://bit.ly/UxLTMM tech experts unconvinced 

Conroy - red underpants on your head - http://bit.ly/S5b1yo here's a droll little meme from #australia #OpRedUndies 

Chinese rail ministry on the defense as $52m ticketing website is widely reviled - http://tnw.co/RmZGaD even the chinese have probs with sw

$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “#supercomputer” as Kickstarter project -http://bit.ly/Qu8GLs  26 gigaflops; runs #ubuntu; wow (v @opensourcerer)

re UK snooping bill, it was @julianhuppert who spoke to 15 cos. against bill, not Home Office. thanks to @willhowells for clarification

EU Open #Voluntarism Consultation: Your Views - http://bit.ly/Quersy closes today (whoops - sorry...) #acta #cleanit

The great DNA fishing trip - http://bit.ly/Sgm3vd UK police still using this tool too broadly #privacy #surveillance

Australian Securities & Investment Commission wants open sesame on all phone, internet data - http://bit.ly/Sqa7qb that slippery slope again

Draft UK #libel law forces websites to axe mudslinging comments -http://bit.ly/QA2fq7 the devil is in the details

Civil watchdog objects to tender published by Polish ministry -http://bit.ly/Q77ifD "for a specific proprietary computer operating system"

UK shale gas is more lead balloon than silver bullet - http://bit.ly/VT8cyYclearly a dog (v @GeorgeMonbiot)#fracking

Pollutants linked to ‘fracking’ found in Wyoming groundwater again -http://bit.ly/QiUFwK more #fracking fun (v @kaatje36)

"Kein Steuergeld für #CleanIT aus Österreich" - http://bit.ly/V512Zb so there (v @netzpolitik)#at

Royal Library: Public Interests Over Private - http://bit.ly/QjoAow great to see sensible approach to #hostageworks (v @sivavaid @ARLpolicy)

original announcement of the #GNU Project, posted 29 years ago by #RMS, on September 27, 1983 - http://bit.ly/PKupwR (v @schestowitz)

OpenForum Academy 2012 conference proceedings - http://bit.ly/VTTgAMfresh off the digital presses; cc-by-sa 3.0

All Fair Use And No License Fees Makes Room 237 An Interesting Test Case -http://bit.ly/ShlD80 indeed

Why Everyone Should Care About #DRM's Punishment Of The Visually Impaired - http://bit.ly/OtUXpb this time, it's personal #copyright

Guerillas on London Transport - http://bit.ly/NVHAwA many of these are utterly brilliant (v @Thayer @Rchards)#tube


Friday, 28 September 2012

120927


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120926 - http://bit.ly/P88rkR ysterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Before and After ACTA - http://slidesha.re/Q2C2OX my Berlin talk about political consequences of #ACTA fight now on Slideshare

The Hustler's MBA - http://bit.ly/Sn5yBy wiser than you might expect (v @boingboing)

Cleansing the Internet of Terrorism: Leaked EU Proposal Would Erode Civil Liberties - http://bit.ly/QHe0rS #EFF offers its view #cleanit

Creation Engine: #Autodesk Wants to Help Anyone, Anywhere, Make Anything - http://bit.ly/PqXeNP but only if they go closed... #3dprinting

New Zealand Prime Minister Apologizes To Kim Dotcom - http://bit.ly/PqXtsewow, PM grovels to dotcom...

Visualising Europe’s #Languages - http://bit.ly/PHC7Yx nice; english less dominant than I would have expected

WikiWomen Unite! - http://bit.ly/UMbPbV good idea - do it #wikipedia 

UK government spends £2bn on #drones - http://bit.ly/PHCz97 money well spent?

Rupert #Murdoch Admits Defeat: Now Wants London Times To Appear In Search Results - http://bit.ly/UZ1bx9 ouch; germany pl. take note

#CleanIT ist nur ein Symptom für die irreführende Politik der privaten Rechtsdurchsetzung im Internet - http://bit.ly/QWmAUd exactly

Joint Parliamentary Committee Could “Kill” the UK ISP Internet Snooping Bill -http://bit.ly/Uw3hl7 let's hope (v @Coadec)#CCDP

Hospital Tech Declines To Patent His Invention, As Saving Lives Is 'More Important Than Money' - http://bit.ly/PHFb79 bravo

Why Microsoft Is Tying B&N's Nook To Windows, Office And Bing -http://rww.to/SCKEzy was bound to happen

Pollution-Eating Clothing Heads Toward Commercialization -http://tcrn.ch/QdMzp0 sounds too good to be true

Software release suggests Samsung could soon launch a smartphone running Tizen - http://bit.ly/Uw3IvQ that would be good news #linux

#Mozilla and National Science Foundation seek developers to build “apps from the future” - http://bit.ly/QdN2rk good match

Endangered Alphabets - http://bit.ly/QHirD9 when we lose a language or an alphabet, we are all impoverished #linguistics

#CleanIT is just a symptom of the pinata politics of privatised online enforcement - http://bit.ly/QWny2D good analysis of larger problem

.@NeelieKroesEU presents EU cloudcomputing strategy (live video stream) -http://bit.ly/QyvGbW (v @lennarthuizing)

Gates Foundation-Led Green Revolution Promotes False Solutions to Hunger in#Africa - http://bit.ly/OrlvaK #seedpatents exactly wrong

Let's Clean up the #CleanIT Project - http://bit.ly/TFrieC here's how to address some of its problems #surveillance #censorship

Future has made £5 million from iPad magazines in a year - http://bit.ly/UZjguTsmall numbers, but positive signs #publishing

Michael Robertson Continues To Tempt Copyright Fate With UberTalk: Recordable Radio Directory Online - http://bit.ly/SSxoBC brave: kudos

#Ubuntu's Amazon search feature gets kill switch - http://bit.ly/Qe4HPu why it's always worth kicking up a fuss #privacy

A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of #XKCD - http://bit.ly/QHrrIkinteresting interview with amazing bloke (v @jackschofield)

When technical experts do the job of politicians - http://bit.ly/UN65ii interesting reflections on the recent OFE2012 conference

Make the IP system compatible with the Union’s human rights obligations -http://bit.ly/QHKsud powerful analysis #eu 

New Ethics Scandal Rocks #Wikipedia - http://rww.to/S21GHO this really needs sorting – now

Come back, Diyarbakır mayor tells Armenians - http://bit.ly/QWP7Jd now that's interesting #turkey

#Corruption, corporate #transparency and #opendata -http://slidesha.re/TGzTOn every activist should see this and RT - hugely important tool

#TPP: A Quiet Coup For the Investor Class - http://bit.ly/PIeDSY "corporations are granted more rights than American citizens" (V @PCGTW)

File-Sharing for Personal Use Declared Legal in #Portugal - http://bit.ly/S2hL0fwow, potentially big (v @mgeist)

#Panama's Government One Step Away From Passing The 'Worst #CopyrightLaw In History' - http://bit.ly/SSYAAq this. is. insane.

Free the Files! ProPublica taps the crowd for a database-building sprint to US election day - http://bit.ly/UNByRu interesting (v @mathewi)

#Mozilla launches Persona beta: A Web-wide alternative to logging in via Facebook or Twitter - http://tnw.co/OXrhkc good stuff

Public consultation on the future of EU-US trade and economic relations -http://bit.ly/N0Nppy last chance: closes today

Fairly long discussion over #cleanIT (in English) - http://bit.ly/Pse5Qc make up your own mind... #surveillance #censorship

“#CleanIT” – even worse than it sounds - http://bit.ly/NTnFOO Index on Censorship expresses concerns

#jobs in world of #freesw in switzerland - http://bit.ly/OXzpBp #gnu/linux,#magenta, #moodle

#Hadopi non grata - http://bit.ly/PIpdtm " l'UFC-Que Choisir et l'April ont décidé de ne pas répondre à l'invitation de l'Hadopi" #vlc #drm

Our Tweet Debate on #ACTA is drawing closer… - http://bit.ly/SEoVr1 sharpen your digital pencils...

J.K. #Rowling’s new book on Kindle: Literally unreadable - http://bit.ly/PIyCRAhere's a tip: why not check next time?

[RT] Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120926 - http://bit.ly/P88rkR ysterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

#PSI Data Must Be Free for the Magic to Happen - http://bit.ly/Pa344F obvs#opendata

#EPO debate: How #swpatents are delaying the future - http://bit.ly/QzaYbQmore grown up than I would have been

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, revolving doors and climate change denial -http://bit.ly/STfn6h the usual problems

#EU Competition Commissioner: "#Microsoft Has Not Kept its Promises" -http://dthin.gs/PIBD4u naughty naughty

Former Copyright Boss: New Technology Should Be Presumed Illegal Until Congress Says Otherwise - http://bit.ly/PsMGxD </facepalm>

#Bitcoin Foundation launched - http://bit.ly/QItGv0 interesting move

In U.N. Speech, Assange Demands U.S. End Persecution of WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning - http://bit.ly/UwSUxx I should hope so

US pharma companies could be real beneficiaries of Canada-EU trade deal -http://bit.ly/V1hp8U well, there you go

Google's #Copyright Crackdown Punishes Author For Torrenting His Own Book - http://bit.ly/OXUHP7 #google more ossified & stupid by the day

Business hires of former government employees as #lobbyists -http://bit.ly/NTGX6L growing problem everywhere...

#Megaupload Farce Stirring Up Backlash Against #Copyright Overreach -http://bit.ly/SdFKDU time to put the emphasis back on basic rights?

Australia, Chile & New Zealand reply to UN Rapporteur for Right to Health on#TPP complaints - http://bit.ly/QXTsvE with contempt for public