Tuesday, 7 May 2013

130506


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130505 - http://bit.ly/16LmLfW yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

non-GM soya supply is increasing, not decreasing - http://bit.ly/15jIKLx why are UK supermarkets lying to us?

EU-Canada trade agreement threatens fracking bans - http://bit.ly/YzfMUO important: investor-state dispute resolution huge danger for EU

France wants defense off table in EU-US trade talks - http://bit.ly/ZAoQUC some v interesting comments from #france here #tafta/#ttip

At Least 8% of All Pirate Bay Traffic Now Provided By Proxy Services - http://bit.ly/11aD2Kz how not to kill a hydra

UK proposed digital download law - with enormous unrecognised #netneutrality implications! - http://bit.ly/11aDxEv well, fancy that

Epigenetics: Switching the power (and responsibility) from genes to us? - http://bit.ly/10dBqs3 thought-provoking analysis

US and EU see opening for free-trade pact - http://bit.ly/13Y7qV2 "European health and safety rules hamper." the Big Sell-Out? #TAFTA/#TTIP

European Commission drives disastrous concentration of power in #seed markets - http://bit.ly/13l1HJe so short-sighted (v @wine_journal)

Tobacco’s Shifting Burden: From the Rich to the Poor - http://bit.ly/10BAXzL time to expropriate the ill-gotten gains of #tobacco industry

TIME/CNN Poll Shows Increasing Number Of Americans Won't Give Up Civil Liberties To Fight Terrorism - http://bit.ly/ZArXw0 let's hope

Siebte re:publica startet in Berlin - http://bit.ly/ZAspKL more good stuff than ever  #rp13

Handless Kazakhstan Man Denied British Visa for Lack of Fingerprints - http://bit.ly/15prXq5 how callous & stupid can you get, UK?

Breakthrough in solar efficiency by UNSW team ahead of its time - http://bit.ly/10g06pE another reason to move off carbon (v @DrRimmer)

Schmidt: TV is so over - http://bit.ly/Ypsq6D "#YouTube has already overtaken linear #TV." (v @dml @infopolicy)

a cultural shift in computing with EDSAC - http://bit.ly/1062XzM "1st general purpose stored program computer in regular service" #uk

Bangladesh protests: at least 15 killed - http://bit.ly/Yptac0 I love how religious fanatics want yet more hate and pain in world...

EU Regulation "On production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material" [pdf] - http://bit.ly/11NEBsV new version

"On the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material" - http://bit.ly/11b8Ajz home page for new regulation

The Dirt on Oil Sands - http://bit.ly/10gqYpg "if concerned about carbon emissions, we should really get off oil altogether." (v @BoraZ)

Time to talk business in EU-US trade talks - http://bit.ly/10BUD6F but will EU be forced to sacrifice health, eco & labour laws? #TAFTA

#Xinjiang's Dabacheng wind farm just south east of Urumqi is the world's 8th largest wind farm - http://on.fb.me/127Tfgd who knew?

The Most Dangerous Windows Infection of All - http://bit.ly/15qDYLW is not the one you might think... #microsoft

Tactus And Synaptics Create A Reference Tablet For OEMs With An Amazing, Disappearing Keyboard - http://tcrn.ch/18MZmrl intriguing #android

What to expect at the WTPF - http://bit.ly/106qLmZ excellent summary of what's coming at 2013 World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum

The Fight Over #DRM In #HTML5 Should Represent The Last Stand For DRM - http://bit.ly/16MYdmI yup /cc @timberners_lee

Bestätigt: Deutsche Behörden haben Staatstrojaner #FinFisher für 150.000 Euro gekauft - http://bit.ly/ZAYoKw bad show, #Germany, bad show

Canadian mining company got embassy help amid controversy in Mexico - http://bit.ly/ZAZaqX now add in investor-state dispute resolution

Kenyan Mau Mau victims in talks with UK government over legal settlement - http://bit.ly/18pxUCt shameful this hasn't been done yet #ke

To Fight Pandemics, Reward Research - http://nyti.ms/17HU55r good to see more people proposing prizes here (v @ipwatch)

New row flares over EU's register for #lobbyists - http://bit.ly/15rpBXZ without mandatory registration, it's just fake #transparency

update on EU seeds regulation - http://bit.ly/106SDHy looks like some improvements have been made; more as I find out #saveseed

OpenTech 2013 - http://bit.ly/ZLzj32 "different approaches to technology, experience & democracy" (v @MLBrook @marxculture)#london

Health minister threatened with ejection from royal college - http://bit.ly/10CxKQy that's heavy (but right) (v @marcuschown @NHAparty)#uk

New Zealand Wants New Spying Powers To Legalize Illegal Spying On Kim Dotcom And Others - http://bit.ly/16Ogxfg pretty shoddy #nz

#Microsoft's Gates: #iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface - http://dthin.gs/15l2YVg yeah, right... #delusional

How to Spread The Word About Your Code - http://mzl.la/17IfviW sensible advice from #mozilla hackers

EU: Motorola’s patent attack on Apple was “abuse of a dominant position” - http://ars.to/15sEF7r #FRAND is meaningless: time to bin it

WIPO treaty for blind "dangerous precedent for other areas of IP Law" - http://bit.ly/ZBSokI maximalists want to kick blind a little more

EU-Verordnung: Kampf um die Saat - http://bit.ly/10kbhc5 "das Gerangel um die EU-Saatgutverordnung gerade erst so richtig begonnen" you bet

Angst vor der Einheitssaat - http://bit.ly/11OCTHR "Der Rat der EU und das Europaparlament müssen die Pläne noch billigen." #saveseed

Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault - http://bit.ly/13ZlPk7 well, there's your problem...

Copyright Provisions in the #TPP Would Stifle Innovation and Impede the Economy - http://bit.ly/10eLSj2 excellent, accessible summary

The truth about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Part 1 - http://bit.ly/16OUd5h pretty ugly it is, too... #lobbying

"Una parte de los votantes del Partido Pirata nos vota como reacción contra un sistema injusto" – http://bit.ly/18qfFgj

#Chile Says It Does Not Recognize The Legitimacy Of The USTR's Special 301 Report - http://bit.ly/128X3Ok others pl. follow great example


Monday, 6 May 2013

130505


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130504 - http://bit.ly/139CUss yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Sumatran Orangutans’ Rainforest Home Faces New Threat - http://bit.ly/128nQZQ more bad stuff happening in #indonesia (v @mbachelard)

The digital truths traditional #publishers don't want to hear - http://bit.ly/11L6otY people literally walking out on the truth

Security alert: notes from the frontline of the war in cyberspace - http://bit.ly/169k4Vw well-meaning but rather shallow report #hackers

#Guantanamo Joint Medical Group Hunger Strike Response Photos - http://bit.ly/12EbjvT #america's abiding shame: just close it #torture

Climate changes could bring #malaria to the UK - http://bit.ly/128oB5l #climatechange isn't just something that happens elsewhere...

 Smoking: the government's cowardly surrender to the tobacco lobby - http://bit.ly/13fFUCI #australia shows the way (v @olivierhoedeman)

No 10 accused of 'caving in' to cigarette lobby as plain packs put on hold - http://bit.ly/ZIFeGn #ukip's malign influence again #tobacco

Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? - http://bit.ly/16GEPYE horribly plausible; and the uk? #surveillance

Anonymous UK leader Blackman cleared of raping woman at Occupy London camp - http://bit.ly/18mKVN0 another hacker attacked: coincidence...?

Paradise on the brink of catastrophe - http://bit.ly/1256NsN so sad to see one of my favourite places destroying itself like this #bali


Sunday, 5 May 2013

130504


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130503 - http://bit.ly/10bIYfL yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

They're taking our kids - http://bit.ly/1378rLT fine journalism from
@mbachelard on religious brainwashing of west papuan children #id

The Rich Have Gained $5.6 Trillion in the 'Recovery,' While the Rest of Us Have Lost $669 Billion - http://bit.ly/13b1PuU "austerity" much?

Milk Industry Desperation Setting in as America Decides It Doesn't Really Want to Drink It - http://bit.ly/122Ghk3 great: so stop using BST

USTR's 2013 Special 301 Report - http://bit.ly/13TDlGo useful summary if you don't want to wade through the whole thing...

DroneShield: Indiegogo project to detect drone audio signatures - http://bit.ly/ZGFSUz based on  #raspberrypi

US EPA hikes glyphosate limits in food and feed - again - http://bit.ly/15fY2Rq remember: #TAFTA/#TTIP could bring this to Europe

Mozilla Sends Cease & Desist Letter To Commercial Spyware Company 4 Using Firefox Trademark And Code To Trick Users – http://bit.ly/10y8tqK

The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction - http://bit.ly/18jVhgF important analysis NB Gates Foundation here

Doctors Call Out Novartis For Insane Pricing On Cancer Drug - http://bit.ly/17DcjoR "over $100,000 per year for Gleevec currently" #patents

Press Freedom: #China Targets Blogger for Covering #Tibet - http://bit.ly/10c7iyf brave woman, needs our support (v @degewa)

A Mole of Moles - http://bit.ly/11J1eP7 starts off well, gets even better (v @Stephen_Curry @Polypompholyx)#xkcd

6 Things Mike Froman Must Do As the Next U.S. Trade Representative - http://huff.to/10caPN3 but almost certainly won't #TAFTA/#TTIP


Saturday, 4 May 2013

130503


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130502 - http://bit.ly/Yr7qi1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

How #Facebook Designs the 'Perfect Empty Vessel' for Your Mind - http://bit.ly/1566TVu yes, but this ignores the exploitation that follows

Netflix chief says piracy drops whenever #Netflix launches in new markets - http://bit.ly/134jF3D crucial important fact, found before

Video: See the First Controlled Flight of a Robotic Insect - http://on.mash.to/ZZrsOR impressive; and just the start... #drones

How climate scientists are being framed - http://bit.ly/17AQdDo contemptible; this is where oil company-fuelled corruption takes us

Please Help Save #OpenSource Seeds Now - http://bit.ly/16xqsWw pl. contact European Commission before Monday's big, bad vote #saveseeds

India, European Union may skirt thorny Issues, ink FTA - http://bit.ly/111avXC we shall see...

OpenWorm: an artificial life sim of an earthworm - http://bit.ly/108lMiA what fun

Our Patent System Incentivizes Drug Companies To Pay Doctors Kickbacks - http://bit.ly/164OIzg time to fix it

Act now to save farmers' and gardeners' seeds - http://bit.ly/ZZtOgT huge issue that mainstream media has missed completely #saveseeds

How to Translate Galaxy Zoo - http://bit.ly/134nNAL it's #opensource now... #citizenscience

Open Knowledge: much more than #opendata - http://bit.ly/164PtIG oh yes

A Big breakthrough for #OpenData – Detailed UK House Price Paid - http://bit.ly/18h0NAK great news

New EU Regulation Threatens Rare Seed Varieties, Agricultural Independence And Food Supply Resilience In Europe - http://bit.ly/134gZmL bad

Open Source (Seeds) Under Threat - http://bit.ly/120iZuY keeping quaternary code free just as important as for binary code #saveseeds

Has the UK abolished #copyright? Analysis of new orphan work legislation - http://bit.ly/13RyMw1 usefully calm & detailed explanation

No one should be jailed in secret, says top judge - http://bit.ly/16ypl9b bravo, some sense at last #uk

Blackberry CEO Predicts Tablets Will Be Obsolete In Five Years - http://bit.ly/111SkRE er, I don't think so...

The #Linux desktop is already the new normal - http://bit.ly/1008Eit #chromebooks winning friends...

Mapping the #Apache Software Foundation - http://bit.ly/13RRbc6 nice idea

British Embassy Bahrain marks World Press Freedom Day - http://bit.ly/137ylhr by printing equation "human rights organisations=terrorists"

Canada’s two-tier approach to #TPP trade talks - http://bit.ly/124AfOt slamming the door in the face of the public as usual #transparency

Manatees Are Dying Off, and Florida Is Determined to Speed it Up - http://bit.ly/16zIVBM crass stupidity from these #florida politicians

Planned new European laws 'threaten' rare seeds - http://bbc.in/107R1cA wow, #BBC finally notices (v @permagriculture @StephensPhotos)

The word ‘hackathon’ has been trademarked in Germany - http://tnw.co/121ir8f by some lovely people...

#PhRMA Statement on 2013 Special 301 Report - http://onphr.ma/15eLidX says protecting patents more important than saving lives of the poor


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)