Friday, 3 May 2013

130502


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130501 - http://bit.ly/12ZeelG yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

PLOS, Wellcome Trust, Google launch #openaccess science award program - http://bit.ly/131MXQq recognition is good

Science Media Centre invents more GM "good news" stories - http://bit.ly/17yYw2p interesting analysis #uk

Meet #Drone Shield, an ambitious idea for a $70 drone detection system - http://ars.to/Ygb7oq not sure it's this, but we need something

#NL Minister to clamp down on computer crime, sanction Skype taps - http://bit.ly/10u37gd lots of bad ideas here (v @rikwes66)

[RT] What is Special 301? A Historical Primer - http://bit.ly/14VxwfN great analysis #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

[RT] #CostaRica pedirá a Obama apoyo para entrar a la OCDE y Acuerdo Transpacífico - http://bit.ly/18pLZgo that's unfortunate #TPP

#China Is Investing $810M In Beidou, A Navigation System It Hopes Will Eventually Rival #GPS - http://tcrn.ch/ZBbBGV be mad not to

Britain violates EU pollution law, court rules - http://bit.ly/105iTiz shameful indifference by UK government

#Google Adds Remote Desktop Feature to Hangouts - http://bit.ly/ZYGupL potentially useful

#Brazil's Marco Civil Not Dead Yet; Yahoo Voices Support - http://bit.ly/11XpRtd surprising, but welcome

#Africa's Ancient Plant Diversity And #Seed Independence Under Threat, Supposedly In The Name Of Progress - http://bit.ly/131RGSf not good

Plain fag packets plan up in smoke - http://bit.ly/YouI8d Cameron's craven surrender to lobbyists much? (v @TransformDrugs)#health

Votingcomputer: the zombie that just won't die - http://bit.ly/17z84ur good discussion of deep problems with #evoting

threats to block EU fisheries reform - http://bit.ly/132fC85 from France, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Greece and Romania (v @jonworth)

The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian #Copyright - http://bit.ly/17zn9ft free #ebook

Pollution in #China sends some foreign workers packing - http://bit.ly/18eUcXx anecdotal but highly plausible (v @daeaves)

Analysis of data submitted by Monsanto GM maize MON89034 x NK603 - http://www.testbiotech.de/node/760 shows clearly why safety data must be #opendata

Frankencows: A Complete Misunderstanding Of Science - http://bit.ly/YoU8CC indeed: important to understand what's going on

Two and Half Years Later, DataWind Ships 100,000 Aakash Tablets to the Government - http://bit.ly/130LDfK at last #india

European Medicines Agency publishes final advice from clinical trial advisory groups - http://bit.ly/YgWyRC getting there (v @bengoldacre)

RT @jamie_love Public Citizen hit USTR hard on the investor state dispute resolution issue for the #ttip. >> yay, go @Public_Citizen

Woeser's Statement On Apple's Censorship Of #Tibet - http://bit.ly/151gmgO #apple up to its usual tricks of complicity (v @degewa)

Noncommercial Users Ask #ICANN Board to Review Decision to Expand #Trademark Rights in New Domains - http://bit.ly/15bUXlo (v @ipjustice)

More Obama appointments: Froman for trade representative - http://wapo.st/ZpCXfw a hard man for #TAFTA/#TTIP?

Woman Prosecuted For Filming Slaughterhouse From The Road In Utah; Public Backlash Leads To Quick Reversal - http://bit.ly/YpeMmk ag-gag

procurement favouring Microsoft killed in Portuguese court - http://bit.ly/121bxP1 "clarifies widely used procurement procedure is illegal"

USTR "listening session" for public interest groups on #TTIP trade negotiations - http://bit.ly/105cqmP first glimpses #opendrafts #TAFTA

Science Europe Denounces ‘HYBRID’ #OpenAccess - http://bit.ly/17A3xIa quite right, too

Study links insecticide use to invertebrate die-offs - http://bit.ly/18vZIm3 how much evidence does UK gov need? (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

#Tor Books UK Says Ditching #DRM Showed No Increase In Piracy - http://bit.ly/ZYn5Uc a great data point

12 Latin American Governments Gather to Confront Extreme Investor Privileges Regime - http://bit.ly/12t7da3 #EU must do same #TAFTA/#TTIP

The U.S. government’s “watch list” on developing countries’ use of health rights - http://bit.ly/ZCzyxq interesting analysis #pharma

In Violation of Constitution, Ethiopian Blogger Will Face 18 Years in Prison - http://bit.ly/13Qaxyi awful #ethiopia


Thursday, 2 May 2013

130501


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130430 - http://bit.ly/ZVlLl5 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Stop the lies from Stop43 - http://bit.ly/ZTARsV great rebuttal to load of nonsense about UK's new #orphan works regulations

Woman Faced 6 Months in Jail For Filming Slaughterhouse ... From Across the Street! - http://bit.ly/ZVmuCL absurd gagging laws

Twenty years on, the Web faces new #openness challenges - http://cnet.co/YlwcA2 useful contrasts #DRM #patents

Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment Goes Bad - http://bit.ly/102A700 attack on hackers continues (v @robinwauters)

Health NGO pushes for more #transparency in clinical trials - http://bit.ly/102vHVU @cochranecollab on why we need clinical study reports

OxyContin And The Art Of 'Evergreening' - http://bit.ly/11UP9bj how to make temporary intellectual monopolies less temporary

"Governments now answer to business, not voters. Is democracy dead?" - http://bit.ly/14Tag22 great analysis (v @mbauwens)

The Future of #Mozilla: Fast Second Follow - http://bit.ly/ZVnIy6 interesting; not sure I agree... #innovation

'Find what you love and let it kill you' - http://bit.ly/Yd3ork fine meditation on giving meaning to your life (v @Asher_Wolf)#music

A Lazy, Ignorant Company of Stationers, To Say No Worse of Them - http://bit.ly/ZVo1J8 Mr Locke opines on #copyright (v @howardknopf)

#Palmoil is a major driver of peatlands destruction in Indonesian #Borneo, finds new study - http://bit.ly/11WUTzV depressing

#Mozilla sends cease and desist to #spyware maker - http://bit.ly/15Zb59i fascinating & important case #trademarks

Enigma makes it easy for anyone to search, discover and analyze public data from over 100,000 sources - http://tnw.co/ZU8V8p looks useful

Responding to Cambridgeshire Police Issuing #TASER to Non-Firearms Officers - http://bit.ly/10rUkeL @julianhuppert on fine form - & right

Parallella, the ultimate flight controller brain? - http://bit.ly/12lLArW now there's a thought #drones

Hitchhiker's Fan-Site Started By Douglas Adams Shows Why Authors Shouldn't Panic Over Derivative Works – http://bit.ly/Zm9oeJ

Pirate Site Blocking Legislation Approved By Norwegian Parliament - http://bit.ly/10UMAJD </sigh> how pointless

New EU law that could ban our seeds - http://bit.ly/10UTvT8 time to write to European Commission before vote next week #SaveSeed

pic of the week: Blind Uyghur Dutar - http://bit.ly/Ym6Z8A what a touching image (v @farwestchina)#uyghurs

What's in a (Free Software project) name? - http://bit.ly/159nAjb #trademarks are important, because #attribution & #reputation matter

No, The UK Did Not Just Abolish #Copyright, Despite What Photographers Seem To Think - http://bit.ly/11VKbtG  #orphanworks

Veel gestelde vragen over het Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (#TTIP) - http://bit.ly/11XfeW2 updated FAQ on #TAFTA - useful

Move to reveal doctor drug deals - http://bit.ly/12m6ffH good move in #australia; needed everywhere (v @DrRimmer)#transparency

Hachette will make all ebooks available to libraries nationwide - http://bit.ly/ZzzL4D "charging 3x the price of the “primary” print book"

European Court is on the Wrong Side on Patient Safety - http://bit.ly/103ygrU urgent: pl. sign #alltrial epetition – http://bit.ly/UVJxKY

Deadly Afghan Plane Crash Caught By Dash Cam In This Horrifying Video - http://bit.ly/103awTN awful images of 747 falling out of the sky

#CostaRica pedirá a Obama apoyo para entrar a la OCDE y Acuerdo Transpacífico - http://bit.ly/18pLZgo that's unfortunate #TPP

What is Special 301? A Historical Primer - http://bit.ly/14VxwfN great analysis #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Is anonymous whistleblowing a thing of the Past? - http://bit.ly/11CsWwP great points #surveillance

Traveling by Train from Urumqi Station - http://bit.ly/ZA1Fxg </adds to list of things to do...> #uyghur

Fundraising Campaign: Non-Profit Accounting Software - http://bit.ly/130oVVZ great new #freesw project

Identi.ca conversion to pump.io - http://bit.ly/10VHMUk will be interesting to see what happens here

Belgian Media Group Demanding #Copyright Levy for Internet Access - http://bit.ly/10VIvEN #SABAM clueless as ever

EU member states may not have a veto on #TTIP / #TAFTA - http://bit.ly/12Xb69V this is an important - and worrying - analysis

NCSG Request for Reconsideration of #trademarks Decision - http://bit.ly/10thwJn reining in the joke that is #ICANN (v @ipjustice)

New Special 301 Report Shows Spain's Kowtowing Paid Off - http://bit.ly/14X1qAf lucky #spain, enjoy your serfdom




Wednesday, 1 May 2013

130430


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130429 - http://bit.ly/11TOJ3E yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

What New-Style Trade Agreements Are Really About (Hint: It's Not Trade) - http://bit.ly/16gsytO #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP etc etc

Wikipedia’s shame - http://bit.ly/Zx34Vd "Welcome to the age of “revenge editing.” (v @violetblue)

[RT] What Is #TPP? It's the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since #ACTA - http://bit.ly/13GNohG yup - until #TAFTA/#TTIP gets going..

SCOTUS Says Out Of State Residents Have No Constitutional Right To Virginia's FOIA Law - http://bit.ly/11SnXtJ obvious solution is obvious

#wikipedia: Announcing the official Commons app for iOS and Android - http://bit.ly/ZOB1lq nice idea

UK Patients Win Choice of Sharing Medical Records - http://bit.ly/13IaAfI good win #privacy

Genetically modified food rapped - http://bit.ly/YiKiCk after the conversion of Mark Lynas, here's a scientist who went the other way...

The road to monopoly is littered with good intentions: how the EC let Google win the search war – http://bit.ly/14Mtw1c

Global Academics’ Expert Letter on LDC Extension - http://bit.ly/12fUM14 more disgusting behaviour from EU & US #bullying

Political corruption and the 'free trade' racket - http://aje.me/15WorTS excellent analysis #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Has #Russia's VKontakte Social Network Betrayed Its Users? Or Is It Under Attack For Defending Them? - http://bit.ly/YiO6DE confusing

Korean Copyright Reform Bill, & Opposition from the Copyright Industries - http://bit.ly/16gG3to strange how (c) must always be stronger

The Web: 20 Years of #RF Licensing - http://bit.ly/ZT8WHY the argument is over: time to junk #FRAND now

Benefit Claimants Must Use Ancient #Microsoft Software - http://bit.ly/Zin7Df this is truly unbelievable, even for #UK government

help please: anybody have a contact for this site? http://open-seeds.org/ thanks

ICO places three authorities on #FOI watch - http://bit.ly/189Kx4x one of which is #metropolitanpolice (v @tonyrcollins)#transparency #uk

RT @SoilAssociation Save our seeds! http://open-seeds.org/bad-seed-law/   #saveseed #GM #Heritage >>good to see Soil Association on this important issue

Soil Association: Proposed EU regulation concerning seed varieties - http://bit.ly/ZQ76cq "stop exchange and selling of traditional seeds"

#google's BebaPay: Launching electronic payments in Kenya - http://bit.ly/100Ib1e whoa: you can see where this is going... #africa #money

UK Land Registry to release free historical property data - http://bit.ly/12Q8aMd under Open Government licence (v @glynwintle @SaturnSA4)


Tuesday, 30 April 2013

130429


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130428 - http://bit.ly/Y7PdDY yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Mélenchon & Jadot issue warnings on #TAFTA - http://bit.ly/18d1BDU important post: how #TTIP could destroy #EU independence (v @PostActa)

Panel seeks to fine tech companies for noncompliance with wiretap orders - http://wapo.st/18712OF #policestate (v @ioerror @kurtopsahl)

Digital #Surveillance: how to avoid another Snoopers' Charter - http://bit.ly/ZQWIj1 important contribution to debate #ORG

#Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees - http://bit.ly/18d51GE let's hope UK's stupidity doesn't ruin this

Bad Seed Law - http://bit.ly/12U69j2 "no seed can be sold, or even given for free, to anyone anywhere in EU unless it is registered" insane

Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to #Mozilla, sues him for $3.4m - http://tnw.co/Y8en5l absurd; I shan't be using #opera again

The power of lobbyists for pesticides 'harmful' to bees - http://bit.ly/ZKsPCH aided & abetted by disgraceful UK gov (v @corporateeurope)

Welcoming Greece Local Group as Open Knowledge Foundation Chapter - http://bit.ly/12bxJoc great

Bee-harming #pesticides banned in Europe - http://bit.ly/ZYGyjN one in the eye for Paterson #food #lobbying

European parliament starts discussing the proposed Directive on collective management of copyright - http://bit.ly/187wT1E useful analysis

Die Deutsche Telekom will dreist die Netzneutralität abschaffen. Remix Deine Meinung! - http://bit.ly/ZfmJpg hilarious #netneutrality

What the Letzgo Hunting vigilantes can teach Home Office - http://bit.ly/18e8wg4 avoiding "obsessive focus on blanket surveillance"; nice

What Do We Mean By Small Data - http://bit.ly/Y8nClX thought-provoking stuff #opendata

G-8 #OpenData for #Agriculture Conference - http://1.usa.gov/153UuSn live now: important initiative (v @wilbanks @dhgisme)#transparency

hilarious to hear @BillGates calling for #opendata in agriculture that can be shared widely... ORLY? - http://1.usa.gov/153UuSn

US senators target pharma IP in #TPP meeting - http://bit.ly/17sYyJo "12 years of regulatory data protection for biologics" & #TAFTA/#TTIP?

European Commission Replies to My #IPRED Letter - http://bit.ly/12IZU0r so I write back... #copyright #enforcement #EU

In the future our police, lawyers and jails will be run by G4S - http://bit.ly/Y8CrFb a terrifying future: it must not be (v @JackofKent)

#TPP: Todos Podemos Perder - http://bit.ly/18f90Te well, aside from the huge multinationals - they will win & win & win...

#Trademarks: the good, the bad and the ugly - http://bit.ly/10OLpeu excellent intro to important but oft-times problematic area

OLAF's #Dalligate report slammed as 'biased', 'amateurish' - http://bit.ly/Y92w76 wow, what a saga #EU #transparency

"the right to access public information is not a 'fundamental' privilege" - http://bit.ly/Y92NH5 uh-oh, not good #us #foi

U.S. Lawmaker Proposes New Criteria for Choosing NSF Grants - http://bit.ly/14IK3TK #china must be laughing at this autodestruction

Act of Terror - http://bit.ly/10nUyTV brilliant, simple film about right to film police; kudos to Gemma Atkinson. show it in all schools...

Announcing Outreach Program for Women Internships for the #Linux Kernel: Please Apply - http://bit.ly/14IOEVR great idea    

How HMRC treated its Goldman Sachs tax deal #whistleblower as a criminal - http://bit.ly/11Sp3EH unbelievable; unforgiveable

#China commits billions in aid to #Africa as part of charm offensive - http://bit.ly/ZMfmKA fascinating

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored - http://bit.ly/ZMgk9w er, isn't this ringing any alarm bells in US?

What Is #TPP? It's the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since #ACTA - http://bit.ly/13GNohG yup - until #TAFTA/#TTIP gets going...

Bill Gates joins administration in promoting open agricultural data - http://wapo.st/10oe7M2 yeah, he's a big fan of openness...wait, what?

Political Corruption & "Free Trade" Racket - http://bit.ly/ZYd0n8 "increasing protectionist barriers" (v @info_justice @PostActa)#TAFTA

Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists - http://bit.ly/16eqD96 glad I'm not the only one appalled by Walport here

Ridiculous: Short-Sighted, Anonymous Hollywood Exec Flips Out Over Using BitTorrent For Promotions – http://bit.ly/ZYeGgo

Who Owns Your Pictures? - http://bit.ly/ZMHI7r good analysis of what's really going on with UK #orphan works changes

The #copyright orphanage - http://bit.ly/ZMKPML more sensible thoughts on the UK's new #orphan works legislation


Sunday, 28 April 2013

130428


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130427 - http://bit.ly/150C4Sz yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

The Revival of Tradition in France’s Forests - http://bit.ly/126QCbJ fascinating tale of the forest #commons (v @mbauwens)

#Pirate Party Enters #Iceland’s National Parliament After Historic Election Win - http://bit.ly/ZPqWmw impressive & great news #is

Death Threats, a Fired Bullet and Cold Cells: Hear #Guantanamo Horror Stories as Mass Hunger Strike Continues - http://bit.ly/150DkoL shame

Fact vs. Fiction: How Renewables Outshine Fracking - http://bit.ly/13DnHPk some great graphs here

$200 Intel #Android Laptops Are Coming - http://bit.ly/15R2V2V can't wait #linux

Mayflower #tarsands Spill: Chemist finds benzene, AG investigates, residents organize - http://bit.ly/12RlAIL a "taste" of things to come

Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees - http://bit.ly/11MUhxX shame on UK for fighting experts' advice on this

Is the NHS safe in his hands? - http://bit.ly/17qpuJB well-written article about tragic destruction of #NHS (v @marcuschown)

Scientists on brink of #HIV cure - http://bit.ly/Z9qTPp hmm: let's hope so... (v @mpesce @PME2013 @williamcrawley)#health

Heavy use of herbicide #Roundup linked to health dangers-U.S. study - http://reut.rs/ZVvLHW important if confirmed #monsanto

Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes & Amino Acid Biosynthesis: Pathways 2 Modern Diseases - http://bit.ly/189IZVp #monsanto

#Italy's first black minister attacked by Northern League - http://bit.ly/11NOrwx that didn't take long (v @LifeinSicily)#racism

The rise of patent monetization entities: situation in the EU and UPC developments - http://bit.ly/11Pimmx more patent trolls in EU?

Are #Geeks the New Guardians of Our Civil Liberties? - http://bit.ly/11uGw5k they have been since Richard Stallman... #freesw #rms

#China's Going To Build Massive #4G Mobile Networks—Snubbing EU Companies In Process - http://read.bi/12EdyBU no surprise (v @africatechie)

Michael Jackson trial pits family against concert organiser AEG Live - http://bit.ly/10LHSh1 "$40bn wrongful death lawsuit"; uh-huh

Global scientists back 10-year moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops - http://bit.ly/ZtIQM1  "well-argued, scientific & fair" #india

Man accused of placing GPS device on victim’s car before burglarizing her home - http://ars.to/ZtJcCy at least he didn't use a drone...

"cybersecurity is a proper career" - http://bit.ly/11uQ8wV stop giving it such risible name, then...

How Privacy is Lost - http://bit.ly/18b04hD important post on how our #privacy & #dataprotection is being lobbied away #EU

Number 10 hands out #Twitter exclusives to favoured journalists - http://bit.ly/Yf5Gbz shows it matters (v @MikejMcDermott @marcuschown)

Reflections on Iceland’s Election of Pirate MPs - http://bit.ly/12SNQLb by the man who started it all...

#Australia's boom is anything but for its #Aboriginal people - http://bit.ly/ZWc4Qm who are still waiting for amends from so many


130427


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130426 - http://bit.ly/Yb8nLg yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Get Ready for the Australian Coal Show-Down - http://bit.ly/ZCsLVB great to see the Dirty Coal Brigade panicking (v @DrRimmer)#au

Bundesregierung bastelt mit üblichen Verdächtigen an EU-USA-Freihandelsabkommen - http://bit.ly/Yb9hr4 we demand #transparency now

#RioTinto should address pollution and human rights abuses at its mines in West Papua and Papua New Guinea - http://bit.ly/ZNN6FM

Tackling "Monoculture of the Mind" - http://bit.ly/11LI4IS good analysis of blinkered, doomed approach

#china grows in importance to ‘NZ Inc’ - http://bit.ly/12xxkyX another reason #TPP is exactly wrong for #newzealand

US GM food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back - http://reut.rs/10j9oLu important: GM industry knows it's lost labelling debate

[RT] this is why we must have strong data protection in #EU - http://bit.ly/ZRS41a once our data is sold, there's no getting it back

If Everything Is A Threat, Then Nothing Is - http://bit.ly/ZToiJj good analysis

The Italian Constitutional Court experiments an #opendata approach (with a CC license) - http://bit.ly/ZCLjoy interesting issue about #pd

Die Wikipedia-AG – Ein Pilotprojekt mit Zukunft - http://bit.ly/11rJcRe interesting initiative

Vote for us – the politicians who bankrupted #Iceland! - http://ind.pn/ZDshhS fascinating if depressing situation (v @AnnieMachon)

Automated constrained poetry, made from Markov Chains and Project Gutenberg - http://bit.ly/12PuZR9 markov chains rule

Blow for Cameron as #China welcomes Hollande - http://bit.ly/10IDLT6 but kudos to Cameron for "daring" to meet dalai lama

SO THAT’S WHAT “#RAND” MEANS?: A Brief Report on the Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Microsoft v. Motorola – http://bit.ly/10jBq9C

ease of finding information online makes us keen to know more about food we eat - http://bit.ly/12yVV6t yup (v @Steph_Steinberg @DrRimmer)

Former #Microsoft Managers Now In Charge of Washington State's Budget - http://bit.ly/12Pz4EW level playing-field for #opensource? ORLY?

"You have to see how hits blow up strictly from bluetooth swapping" - http://bit.ly/17oSnpH digital music in #africa (v @rassina)

Saturday, 27 April 2013

130426


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130425 - http://bit.ly/10EM7eq yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

[RT] The return of #ACTA: US dictating Canada’s intellectual property laws - http://bit.ly/13xYHJe sounds plausible #TPP #CETA

Stand up for #WestPapua - http://bit.ly/11IWo4S "#Indonesia has been getting away with human rights abuses" (v @suigenerisjen)

The Great Pill Push - http://bit.ly/15LxVB7 Bad #Pharma down-under (v @DrRimmer)

The Value of #OpenData – Don’t Measure Growth, Measure Destruction - http://bit.ly/12Me7e7 great analysis: spot on

Obama campaign launches plan to shame climate sceptics in Congress - http://bit.ly/Y8ANWc time to make them face the facts

Police Arrests CEO of #China’s No.1 Pirate Site - http://bit.ly/ZyrJtv more signs of a move to respectability? (v @gadyepstein)

#TAFTA/#TTIP Trade pact with E.U. may not be best - http://bit.ly/10gTils good analysis #IPout #opendrafts

James Hansen: The One Thing We Should Be Doing to Prevent Catastrophic #ClimateChange - http://bit.ly/ZoJqe1 externalities are key

6 New Ways Big Pharma Is Scheming to Make Billions at the Expense of Your Health – http://bit.ly/11J1iyF

In “Great Shame,” WIPO Fund For Indigenous Peoples’ Participation Running Dry - http://bit.ly/17m0WkU #WIPO losing even more credibility

China moves to source GM-free soya supplies: why will UK supermarkets not do same in Britain? - http://bit.ly/11pbdsL fake reasons

European Parliament Trade Committee Backs Cultural Exclusion From EU-US FTA - http://bit.ly/10ETQck bad news that Moreira is rapporteur

#OpenChemistry project upholds mission of unorganization, The Blue Obelisk - http://red.ht/10gXEcl great stuff

After Muzzling Librarians And Scientists, Now Canada Starts Making It Difficult For Citizens To Express Their Views – http://bit.ly/17m56ct

EP trade committee rejects meaningful #TTIP amendments - http://bit.ly/180DRCW not good: have we got to go through #ACTA again?

You Got To Fight For Your Right....To Privacy - http://bit.ly/ZM7wim good explanation of how EU Data Protection is being subverted

Wikipedia is now drawing facts from the Wikidata repository, and so can you - http://bit.ly/13z7tqa important shift

Why I'm stepping down as a GP over #NHS 'reforms' - http://bit.ly/17m6OKW because tories have destroyed doctor-patient trust

#WTO set for Latin American boss, Brazil and Mexico vie for job - http://reut.rs/11pfOeo let's hope it's Brazil...

#OpenData for African platform to Boost Access to African Stats - http://bit.ly/12Mrvik good to see (v @rassina)#africa

"File sharing" in area of seeds will become a criminal act - http://bit.ly/ZMk6OD empowering #monsanto, & reducing diversity, is madness

evidence to the Science and Tech Select Committee inquiry on missing trial data - http://bit.ly/ZSThoa good stuff from @bengoldacre

40.000 equipos informáticos públicos migrarán a sistemas de software libre en 2013 - http://bit.ly/ZSTAiG great news from #spain (v @Sjig)

Why students need the right to copy - http://bit.ly/Zp60TQ great piece about what's happening in #india #copyright (v @petersuber)

US Demands #Transparency Everywhere -- But Only From Everyone Else - http://bit.ly/181neK5 gosh, strange that

Nueva amenaza para la libertad en internet - http://bit.ly/12sKJZ9 the threats from #TPP (v @carobotero)

Campaign for a progressive copyright law in #Uzbekistan - http://bit.ly/ZRyiTC great to see

U.S. Ambassador To Australia Takes On #1 Issue Of The Day: Game Of Thrones Piracy - http://bit.ly/15M6iIq says all that needs to be said

Five reasons Canada should NOT ratify a Canada-EU free trade agreement - http://bit.ly/11Z8khp "about making dubious policy reforms"

Bangladesh building collapse: This is what race-to-the-bottom global trade looks like - http://bit.ly/14VtmEV remember: #TAFTA/#TTIP #TPP

US Chamber of Comm. fights 4 right of oil, gas & mining corporations to keep payments to foreign governments secret – http://bit.ly/ZzwQKb

Join the Wikipedia Language Mavens! - http://bit.ly/Y1SqVt "seek advice, guidance and validation on language features"

#INDECT : Big Brother en Europe ? - http://bit.ly/ZzBp7h they say no...but Mandy Rice-Davies applies... (v @manhack)

US schools weigh bulletproof uniforms - http://bit.ly/YZkPsD because guns really aren't a problem, are they?

How to vilify a movement - http://bit.ly/ZzR2eG fascinating analysis of the rhetoric & tropes being used against environmentalists

this is why we must have strong data protection in #EU - http://bit.ly/ZRS41a once our data is sold, there's no getting it back

EU plant Vorratsdatenspeicherung 2.0 - http://bit.ly/ZRSzrW thinks there just isn't enough surveillance going on in Europe...

Russia Plans to Fight Drugs at Home with Jobs in Central Asia - http://bit.ly/Y9vzcR good to see some new thinking

pic of the week: Silver river - http://bit.ly/182ghWp lovely: just what we need on a Friday evening... #london

banks implicated in $500 trillion fraud: biggest price-rigging scandal in history - http://bit.ly/Y9L2JQ greed in its purest form

Celebrate The Right To Share On 'World Intellectual Property Day' - http://bit.ly/1822CBi great work by @article19org

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction - http://bit.ly/15XC4BL old but fabulous tale (v @xpectro)

Strongest Evidence of Animal Culture Seen in Monkeys and Whales - http://bit.ly/11qlRzs so can we stop feeling special now, please?

Hurray! We are not headed for a disaster of biblical proportions - http://bit.ly/Z063C6 we just have to kick the carbon habit

Fair use decision: remixing is legal even when there is no intent 2 comment or parody original work - http://bit.ly/15MUupc looks important

McAfee Patents System To 'Detect And Prevent Illegal Consumption Of Content On The Internet' - http://bit.ly/ZN1rlK yeah, that'll work