Sunday, 2 December 2012

121201


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121130 - http://bit.ly/Sww6Rh  yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Following Money and Influence in the EU: The Open Interests Europe Hackathon - http://bit.ly/11eGsbD great work #transparency

3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives - http://bit.ly/Vlggfepotentially huge 

#Transparency and Open Government - Moving Beyond the Point of No Return - http://huff.to/YhQZ7l Francis Maude being bold #ogov#

Whatever happened to Robert Le Diable? - http://bit.ly/RqqXM8 facinating tale#music

This #energy bill will fire up the renewables industry - http://bit.ly/VlgGlC let's hope

Launching the Open Sustainability Working Group - http://bit.ly/11eJpJw great initiative: we must have #opendata here

Despite US Refusal to Sign On, Global Landmine Treaty Working -http://bit.ly/TzsjQd shame on #US for holding out here

Genetically engineered babies unless you act now! - http://bit.ly/Vc1phs not a helpful view: this is a therapeutic use, not a commercial one

Free schools must teach evolution, ministers announce - http://bit.ly/YAqngLkudos to all those who made this happen #uk

ITU backs away from IP address provision - http://bit.ly/SBbrK9 that's good; still plenty to worry about 

UK Recording Industry Doesn't Want Google To Reduce Piracy Until It Reduces Piracy - http://bit.ly/Tzkkp1 trapped in the past

Japan split on whale hunts, poll shows - http://bit.ly/QUM2hG not only selfish and bloody-minded, but a total waste of money too

[RT] Outdated European Copyright Levy System Descends Further Into Disarray - http://bit.ly/11uCeMc time to bin it completely

IE10 grabs 0.51% market share, Firefox passes 20% again, Chrome loses users third month in a row - http://tnw.co/Tsw4qO v dynamic sector

Surprise Surprise... NOT. Seattle Judge Grants MS Motion, Bans Injunctions for Motorola's RAND Patents - http://bit.ly/QUMxIw stupid fight

Author Andrew Piper: Turning Pages Is Important, Therefore Reading Ebooks Isn't Reading - http://bit.ly/XaYlrU </shakes head in disbelief>

Supreme Court to Decide if Human Genes Are Patentable - http://bit.ly/RqtSV1hugely important #genepatents

Is #EFSA Now Completely Bonkers? - http://bit.ly/SBGyoV no, just completely adrift in a strange world of #transparency

Citizens Tell Governments: Vote for Openness at the #ITU -http://bit.ly/TzHgV4 getting the message across (v @rmack)#wcit

Towards more open formats for #EU public - http://bit.ly/TzVKEt more great work from @teirdes#openstandards #opendata

Tell #Waitrose to #DumpShell - http://bit.ly/QxJO6z it will not do their brand anygood to be associated with #shell...

#RaspberryPi Quadcopter - http://bit.ly/UhyJoe putting #linux in the sky #drones

NYT Has a Really Kooky Boner for Curation Wizard Maria Popova -http://gaw.kr/RrL1xJ I thought profile interesting; this is funnier, though

AGN in Bulgeless Galaxies: Paper Accepted - http://bit.ly/TtxAsN "made possible by the participation of 200,000 volunteers in #Galaxy Zoo"

Dear #ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls - http://ars.to/RrMqEqgood technical explanation why there are no free rides now

HowTo: Get rid of mosquitoes with FOSS - http://bit.ly/Ttzfi4 intriguing idea (v @RuiSeabra)

The Next Global Hotspot to Worry About - http://bit.ly/VhdgMW this chinese map is insane

Grundlegende Patentreform angemahnt - http://bit.ly/11x6wy2 the solution is simple... #patents

Ermordete Umweltaktivistin: Mexiko verliert seine Heldinnen -http://bit.ly/VhemZg depressing & unnecessary; legalisation only solution

Psy Elects Not To Go Legal Over Gangnam Style Restaurant -http://bit.ly/TB5ATT what a deeply civilised chap

Top BitTorrent Sites Have Domains Put On Hold Pending Legal Action -http://bit.ly/11xqVmz more extrajudicial action...? #eu


Saturday, 1 December 2012

121130


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121129 - http://bit.ly/TxmeXh yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

BPI To UK Pirate Party: Shut Down Your Pirate Bay Proxy - http://bit.ly/TxplONinteresting....

ICANN CEO and Chair to attend #WCIT opening - http://bit.ly/ViqixI should be fun

Science under pressure as pesticide makers face MPs over bee threat -http://bit.ly/11861v8 pressing need for #opendata here #transparency

Every ITR change at the click of a button - http://bit.ly/Wyde2x very useful#wcit #itu

#EFSA, Commission turn a blind eye to GMO dangers - http://bit.ly/X79auZgrowing scandal here

Crowdsourcing the microbiome: what's in your guts? - http://bit.ly/WydpuC nice project

[RT correct URL] The ITU and You - http://bit.ly/UvJg1j good to see #wcit

Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers -http://ars.to/TxqF4m big ramifications

Big Tobacco will have to run a national advertising campaign apologizing for lying about health risks from smoking - http://bit.ly/V8YhEV

#TPP Free Trade negotiations resume in Auckland, December 2 -http://bit.ly/Qup0wM the battle continues

Palestine and the Assange Test - http://bit.ly/QuycRF great point about "automaticity of European arrest warrants in the case of Assange"

Giant tortoises bounce back in the Galapagos - http://bit.ly/V88qQ6heartwarming stuff

MT @davidwearing Tzipi Livni calls Palestinian UN bid a "strategic terrorist attack" http://bit.ly/Tq38Qh >>absurd (v @Glinner)


Thursday, 29 November 2012

121129


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121128 - http://bit.ly/TqML5E yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Iran's Latest Move To Stifle Dissent: Requiring ID Cards To Go Online -http://bit.ly/TswI83 let's hope others don't follow suit

Leistungsschutzrecht wirkt und bringt Verlagen Geld - http://bit.ly/SgeGXq ha!

Newzbin2, the MPAA’s Usenet Enemy #1, Calls it Quits - http://bit.ly/TqVjJNnot surprising, doesn't matter

What hand did the British government have in halting Richard O'Dwyer extradition, & why are they not claiming credit? - http://bit.ly/WwERsx

German Chancellor Says Only Print Media Can Teach You 'Real' Reading -http://bit.ly/V5qf25 really?

Lib Dems 'may ditch' Communications Data Bill - http://bbc.in/SseJ3Z "may" isn't good enough...

EFSA's final report on Seralini fans flames of controversy - http://bit.ly/VgfbFu#EFSA has zero credibility

Outdated European Copyright Levy System Descends Further Into Disarray -http://bit.ly/X4IR8F time to put it out of its misery

Open Letter To Human Synergistics International In Response To Your Accusation That Techdirt Is Infringing - http://bit.ly/YaH2Zw fab stuff

#Argentina faces 65bn dollars in claims; plans to abandon international litigations court - http://bit.ly/Tosdep understandably

Military judge accepts plea terms in Bradley Manning case -http://cnet.co/X53SA0 complicated

#Pakistan's Move Against Maps…and Openness - http://bit.ly/UuvQCXbonkers: "already completely available on the internet"

Kenyan Filmmaker Looking To Cuts Costs By Using 'Pirates' As His Distributors - http://bit.ly/Tt2RvD innovative #ke

DuPont Sends in Former Cops to Enforce Seed Patents: Commodities -http://bloom.bg/Tt3ghv farmers who dare to keep seed for next year...

Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros -http://bit.ly/UeaBD7 understandable, but regrettable #fi

Conservatives Defeat Bill Promoting Developing World Access to Generic Drugs - http://bit.ly/TwkKfV making sure a few more poor people die

Staples Announces In-Store 3-D Printing Service - http://bit.ly/Tow7nq the new photocopier has arrived #3dprinter

Is BitTorrent The Future Of Book Publishing? Tim Ferriss Is Banking On It -http://bit.ly/WxhZt4 shrewd move


Wednesday, 28 November 2012

121128


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121127 - http://bit.ly/Y3CCn4 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Patent troll hits Apple for using headphones - http://bit.ly/SswIpp guess who...

Secretive #TPP negotiations betray all New Zealanders - http://bit.ly/QpnuMcwant to keep Pharmac? fight for it...

Unitary Patent Not Compliant with #EU Law - http://bit.ly/10TKeHr so try again

Canadians: write to Parliament about keeping generic pharma available to poor countries - http://bit.ly/QpnFaC people will die otherwise...

The Woman Behind #CryptoParty - http://bit.ly/QKXiNz nice profile of @Asher_Wolf 

#GM industry fund parliamentary group to promote return of GM crops to Britain - http://bit.ly/Sd4Wxi this needs to be watched & fought

RT @DaHammerstein Mandatory #openaccess to #EU funded published scientific research just approved in European Parliament.>>yay, but details?

Richard O'Dwyer strikes US deal to avoid extradition -  http://bit.ly/Wvg5ZV understandably, but should never have come to this

Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits -http://bit.ly/10WqR0t everywhere should have this

In #Finland, piracy fines are orders of magnitude higher than fines for rape, torture and murder - http://bit.ly/V6itFt staggering if true

#OpenAccess in der EU: Konservative wollen Verlage für “Verluste” entschädigen - http://bit.ly/Ttg6QG ridiculous protection of old models

Africa’s Mobile Market To Pass 80% Subscriber Penetration In Q1 Next Year; 13.9% Of Global Cellular Market By 2017 - http://tcrn.ch/TlMIIz

Samsung Galaxy Camera Is a Game Changer - http://on.mash.to/QMkTh2 I'm not totally convinced, but we shall see #android

German lawmakers condemn Google campaign against copyright law -http://reut.rs/U2Vpq8 yeah, what about the publishers' lobbying for it?

German lawmakers condemn Google campaign against copyright law -http://reut.rs/U2Vpq8 yeah, what about the publishers' lobbying for it?

Ballmer sees 'unprecedented opportunity' for Microsoft - http://cnet.co/V3gjGmto fire him, presumably

German Court Holds Internet User Responsible For Passing On Unknown, Encrypted File - http://bit.ly/Y62xuv seems a little harsh...

#Mozilla invests in Everything.me, marking first VC foray -http://cnet.co/StGZBw whoa, really?

UK needs Palestinian assurances before backing UN statehood vote, says Hague - http://bit.ly/UcsqSU adopts poodle position

New #xkcd store - http://bit.ly/TlR3LU support this genius if you can

Ein Meilenstein erreicht, 99 vor uns: Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek -http://bit.ly/QMoX0J sounds potentially fab

Unitary Patent: the legal services of the European Parliament confirms doubts about illegalities, MEPs plunge ahead - http://bit.ly/TufJV3

Amazon Publishing takes on Europe; Kirshbaum to head U.S. in reorg -http://bit.ly/TtwcK9 potentially big 

Dear #ITU: A Complex Process Where Delegates Who Fly To Dubai Can 'Lobby' Is Not 'Transparency' - http://bit.ly/SqYHqR quite #wcit


121127


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121126 - http://bit.ly/SmXwZJ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Worth a Thousand Words: On Elephants, Literally - http://bit.ly/URGTo1 why are elephants hairy? #science

Discussion program Regarding Nepal’s position at #WCIT - http://bit.ly/Ti84GN#nepal fights the evil empire #itu

German renewable energy drive brings emissions cuts success -http://bit.ly/QIkEU0 & it has a thriving economy: US take note

Exposed: elite club of lawyers who make millions from suing states -http://bit.ly/V3tCH0 time to ban investor-state provisions in FTAs

Google startet Kampagne gegen das Leistungsschutzrecht - http://bit.ly/V3tIhZwhat took so long? #de #copyright

Four more ethnic Tibetans have self-immolated - http://abcn.ws/RfkG5H"government booklet calling the Tibetan language irrelevant"

Bacon. - http://bit.ly/SqfCIN I hear some people like it

Open Access and the Prisoner's Dilemma - http://bit.ly/VakW7C well put #oa

As Feared, #Brazil's 'Anti-ACTA' Marco Civil Killed Off By Lobbyists -http://bit.ly/1138uWz frustrating waste of effort

Bt failure to hit GM cotton yield by 40%: Maharashtra Govt -http://bit.ly/Rfm9ck 5000 farmer suicides expected this year in Maharashtra

No #TPP deal unless dairy and Pharmac are in, says Key - http://bit.ly/QImBjeinteresting #nz

'I Am Bitterly, Bitterly Disappointed' in You, World's Best Father Tells Children in Heartwarming Letter - http://gaw.kr/Vamr5I ah, bless

Court date set: Man facing rare refusal-to-unlock-encryption charge -http://bit.ly/Qn2IwO bad law strikes again #rip

"proposals could “open the floodgates” for actions by non-practising entities" -http://bit.ly/SqiRzV EU Unitary Pat disaster (v @zoobab)

RT @MsLods @ellenbroad Aust govt's response to JSCOT's report on #ACTAwas tabled this afternoon: http://bit.ly/SmHyij  #copyright #TPP 

Europe's €50bn bung that enriches landowners and kills wildlife -http://bit.ly/TqFDKj end this absurdity now #farmsubsidies

RT @ebxnews @MarietjeD66 told by @usambeu that internet freedom best protected by stakeholders not govts.>> e.g. the copyright industry...

China Hails #ITU Internet Takeover By Blowing Its Favorite Trumpet: Distrusting The US - http://bit.ly/WVhEW3 out of the frying pan...

South African Bill seeks to impose jail sentence on gTLD offenders -http://bit.ly/U9hIwB seems a little harsh...

Politische Kampagnen von Google: Großkonzerne sind nicht immer Teil der Lösung, sondern auch Teil des Problems - http://bit.ly/SaiDwP wahr

Ericsson Files Patent Suit Against Samsung In The U.S. After Nearly Two Years’ Of #FRAND Talks Fail To Reach A Deal - http://tcrn.ch/UZ2kRV

Google launches “Defend Your Net” campaign in #Germany to protest against planned #copyright restrictions - http://tnw.co/QIEWgm

In case you wondered just how much the EU hates #ACTA . . . -http://bit.ly/Ymu9dA let's hope this is true (v @jjkaraganis)

Gathering Evidence for a Fact-Based #Copyright Policy - http://bit.ly/TqRmslfinally happening in the UK? interesting results...

Children and privacy rights within the family: are we normalising a surveillance culture? - http://bit.ly/Ymvp0d great post

RT @OKFN Like what we've been doing? We need your support to continue and expand our work http://okfn.org/support >>doing good stuff #openness

Misspokesman: IDF New Media officer poses 'Obama Style' - in blackface -http://bit.ly/10OOsjD interesting analysis (v @asteris @nealunger)

Google criticizes Russian authorities over service blockages and non-transparent blacklisting procedures - http://tnw.co/WW2kZ5 #ru

Free Market Failure: Telco Profit Margin On Data Roaming Exceeds One Million Per Cent - http://bit.ly/WtsFca honest capitalism...

Hungarian far-right leader requests ‘lists of Jews’ - http://bit.ly/U0ThPy the mask slips #hu

Life Around Cooling Stars - http://bit.ly/WtsXQm wonderful stuff #science

Russian Supreme Court: ISPs Need To Proactively Block 'Illegal Content' -http://bit.ly/Ts0RXc crazy ruling #ru

#OpenData and Privacy Concerns in Biomedical Research - http://bit.ly/SnSOLf tricky but important stuff

72 hours for #Palestine - http://bit.ly/115uxvL will cameron bottle out? #un

Datalove USBs calling for Copyright Reform for each Member of the EU Parliament - http://bit.ly/Torzhn hmmm

Apparently All That Stuff About Needing #SOPA To Go After Foreign Sites Was Bogus - http://bit.ly/TjjRod let's remember this next time...

Dear RIAA: Pirates Buy More. Full Stop. Deal With It. - http://bit.ly/Sbzory just about every study shows this: accept it

Schwangerschaft: Luftverschmutzung könnte Risiko für Autismus erhöhen -http://bit.ly/Uqiszy not those vaccines...

Credit card companies' WikiLeaks block just fine, EU says -http://cnet.co/QJLdrT gosh, EU really showing its indepedence there

Germany’s Bad, & Illegal, Proposal to Require “Ancillary Copyright” Licensing of Internet Search - http://bit.ly/UVn0fR if you missed it

Barnes & Noble Decides That Purchased Ebooks Are Only Yours Until Your Credit Card Expires - http://bit.ly/SotPHy they really ebooks to fail

The Oracle v. Google Trial Transcripts Now Complete and Groklaw Honored -http://bit.ly/Tkus26 light reading for the hols

BitTorrent Site Owners Fear European Domain Name Seizures -http://bit.ly/U1jWfa not a good development

Wissenschaftler gegen Leistungsschutzrecht: “Gefahr unabsehbarer negativer Folgen” - http://bit.ly/10QB5za well, indeed

From California to #India the GM Battle Rolls On - http://bit.ly/Y1v44n this time, it's global...

Deutschland will keine neuen Internet-Regeln - http://bit.ly/Tss9N7 opposition to#ITU grows... #wcit

How Do You Say 'Twitter Joke Trial' In Chinese? - http://bit.ly/Qojbkx hey, that's not funny #china

Government to begin checking thyroids of children from outside #Fukushima -http://bit.ly/UVJIV9 yikes (v @asteris @Michelle9647)#japan

EU Parliament Resolution on #WCIT flawed - http://bit.ly/SrJswq gosh, look, same tired arguments (v @PostActa)#transparency #itu


Tuesday, 27 November 2012

121126


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121125 - http://bit.ly/UL4uqu yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

To Damon Krukowski & Everyone Who Is Concerned About #Spotify's Impact On Music - http://bit.ly/Yid6t4 useful analysis of the numbers

Examples of Non-Military, Non-Police use of #Drones - http://bit.ly/TdnPi0 a short list (add your own...)

EU-Kommissarin fordert Meldepflicht für Hackerattacken - http://bit.ly/TdnSu5 I suspect this will come #security

The ticking clock, stopped - http://bit.ly/QkB3fS another nice what-if? from Charlie Stross

Twitter Law - http://bit.ly/Tos5im "It is my theory that the pious busybodies have set their sights on Twitter"

UN Agency's Leaked Playbook: Panic, Chaos over Anti-Internet Treaty -http://onforb.es/V1DSQg #ITU even worse than I thought #wcit

Announcing: the Open Knowledge Foundation in #France -http://bit.ly/WQUqQX great news

Google reportedly gearing up to launch its own, 12.85-inch #Chrome OS touch notebook in Q1 2013 - http://tnw.co/10WJd0c interesting move

Kickstarter, Trademarks and Lies - http://bit.ly/Sochd8 oh dear, trouble brewing? #arduino

Can The FTC And DOJ Do What The USPTO Won't? Crack Down On Patent Trolls - http://bit.ly/YiCHCm oh, look, a monopoly

Call for Participation: Digital Openness Index - http://bit.ly/UVZHjO fascinating stuff #opendata #openness

Citizens coalition or industry frontgroup? Covert lobby for shale gas enters European Parliament - http://bit.ly/V1Fpph guess #fracking

OECD: Telcos Overcharging By Five Orders Of Magnitude -http://bit.ly/QkWOfC this is presumably what the #ITU wants for the Internet..#wcit

Facebook partially blocked in #Tajikistan on government’s order -http://tnw.co/YiLRib for who knows what reason...

Munich Shows How Open Source Saves Big Money - http://bit.ly/XV8Kt8#freiburg not looking so clever now #linux #de

EU plans to implement mandatory cyber incident reporting -http://bit.ly/YiMMPJ wonder how that will go down #security

Early-Morning Raid Sent To Confiscate 9-Year-Old's Winnie The Pooh Laptop For Downloading Music - http://bit.ly/10XsD0a yeah, proportionate

#jobs at UK's Open Data Institute - http://bit.ly/TeylFx the cool place to be (v @Rchards @OliviaBurman)#opendata

Another #fairuse victory for libraries - http://bit.ly/Tp2jul yay (v @copyrightgirl)

Bundestagskommission empfiehlt ständigen Internet-Ausschuss -http://bit.ly/QlmdpA pros & cons here... (v @jeffjarvis)#de

Wearing V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes Masks Declared Illegal In Dubai -http://bit.ly/TpzT3m was bound to happen

Doha climate talks: US defends 'enormous' efforts - http://bit.ly/QH0ZUu true: Obama has made an "enormous" contribution to climate change

The #CETA Leak: Major Outstanding Issues Remain in an Unbalanced Deal -http://bit.ly/V2IR33 big; #ACTA stuff is out

Mobildienst Weixin: Chinas Anti-Facebook will den Weltmarkt stürmen -http://bit.ly/Tgehmr can't see why westerners would join this

400 African organisations call for ban on #GM crops - http://bit.ly/SlXT6I pretty significant #africa

Open Rights Group To Intervene in Speculative Invoicing Case -http://bit.ly/110gMhW "ORG has reached a turning point in its development"

David Kappos' war on poor people, and his indifference to broader public interest reforms - http://bit.ly/TmKmtn he can't go soon enough...

SCOTUS leaves in place ruling that protects right to record police -http://ars.to/ReaESo I should hope so too

Google Type uses image search to generate fonts - http://cnet.co/V9dFVwclever; pointless, but clever


Monday, 26 November 2012

121125


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 121124 - http://bit.ly/TWFwBy yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

RT @partido_pirata The Icelandic MP and #wikileaks Activist @birgittaj elected first President of the new #Pirate vessel >>congrats #is

Open source, sonar-controlled vibrator you play like a theremin, with your whole body - http://bit.ly/TjFh58 sounds fun

OggCamp explored: inside the open source event - http://bit.ly/TnP24r useful report (v @opensourcerer ‏@uktechnews)

Megaupload Shutdown Hurt Box Office Revenues - http://bit.ly/XQt6nf more evidence #sharing can be good for sales

I usually don’t like pie charts, but… - http://bit.ly/TdENwP says it all

A Report on the Santa Clara Conference on Software Patents -http://bit.ly/TdF7eY excellent; incredibly detailed #swpats

Publishing policy papers I wrote for politicians & advisors, and a statement about my personal politics - http://bit.ly/TdFXbI by @steiny

Why European startups should be furious about Autonomy - http://bit.ly/YfqC0xgood points #hp

400.000 Ölfässer in den Sand - http://bit.ly/QiIF2I this man is utterly barking; and that's good...

Would you trust Vladimir Putin with the keys to the web? - http://bit.ly/To1ukC"proof that the ITU isn't a fit organisation to govern" Net

Public Domain Call for Arts! - http://bit.ly/SmImCb names of those whose work will come into the #publicdomain in 2013 wanted

Britons! Stop the Snoopers' Charter, end the government's spying plan! -http://bit.ly/UHUePy must be stopped

5 big tech issues await Obama in second term - http://bit.ly/RaY1rk includespiracy??? </facepalm> (v @dangillmor)

New Naval Era Dawns as #China’s Carrier Launches First Jet -http://bit.ly/Rb1C8Q "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall.."

Animals are already dissolving in Southern Ocean acid - http://bit.ly/S5j4IO yet another prediction confirmed #climatechange