Friday, 10 May 2013

130509


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130508 - http://bit.ly/11lJKgW yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

hilarious whine from PhRMA about how rotten those Australians are being by refusing to give PhRMA even more [pdf] – http://bit.ly/10I3zaJ

Thoughts on #OpenInnovation - http://bit.ly/10I3MKS "Open Innovation in the context of economics, society and global affairs" free #ebook

The High Price of “Free” Trade: U.S. Trade Agreements and Access to Medicines - http://bit.ly/10cJFZD good, detailed analysis #TPP #TAFTA

Cuadrilla to drill for shale gas in home counties for first time - http://bit.ly/12g1reu huge externalities local people will pay #fracking

Para dar conta do consumo, Índia pode comprar soja brasileira - http://bit.ly/13DaMxb so why are UK supermarkets lying that they can't?

EU retailers pledge support for Brazilian non-GMO soy - http://bit.ly/15M0wan UK supermarkets on the wrong side of history

EU bans nearly 1,400 chemicals from personal care products -  http://bit.ly/16j7UcI US found only 11 chemicals to be “unsafe” #TAFTA/#TTIP

Announcing PLOS Labs – Call For Participation - http://bit.ly/10kcQpm "to develop disruptive ideas and products for science communication"

#NZ IT industry backs software patent change - http://bit.ly/13juwGX no patents on computer program "as such"...but better than nothing

Dutch certifiers question supermarkets' GM soy claims - http://bit.ly/10szexX more evidence UK supermarkets are lying to us

Experts call for transparency over medical devices - http://bit.ly/173QZLk "
safety data should be published online" (v @gsDetermination)

EU member states Seek More Specifics In U.S.-EU Mandate, Press Jurisdiction - http://bit.ly/173Tkpx lots of helpful info about #TAFTA/#TTIP

Appeals Court In Google Book Scanning Case Clearly Leaning Towards Fair Use Ruling - http://bit.ly/12ZCGRq would be significant

Your next language...or how open source changed programming - http://bit.ly/12ZDF46 interesting historical perspective #devs

Contre le piratage, l'Ukraine cède aux pressions des USA - http://bit.ly/13jSJwW no surprise #ua

Police warned girl, 10, 'chalk hopscotch grid on path was criminal damage' - http://bit.ly/ZKmByg should be named, shamed & reprimanded

Ofcom: "as people consumed more infringed files they consumed more legal files, & spent more on legal content" – http://bit.ly/12ZMaMx

mining company causes major health problems in kids, demands compensation from Peru under investment-state treaty  - http://bloom.bg/16jLRTl

India threatens to stall trade talks with EU - http://bit.ly/130l1c7 "to give an ultimatum on recognising it as a ’data-secure’ country"

Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications – http://bit.ly/12hb6l8

New Bipartisan Bill Proposes Real Fixes to Bad #Copyright Law - http://bit.ly/ZRW3i3 also slaps down international treaties

Panorama journalist and former UK drugs adviser blocked from holding lecture in Cardiff - http://bit.ly/17ONruu no #freespeech in #wales?

Keep Dairy “off the table” in #TPP - http://bit.ly/18wDLWN same for #TAFTA/#TTIP

US Executive Order -- Making #Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information - http://1.usa.gov/16khL1Z good to see

#W3C proceeds with Web video encryption despite opposition - http://cnet.co/12jlp71 wrong, wrong, wrong #DRM

Economics and The Wealth of the #Commons Conference - http://bit.ly/10dV2QU free #ebook - looks good

Apple's European Multi-Touch Patent Revived by the English Court of Appeals - http://bit.ly/11nNgHJ hmmm

#China raises concerns about EU-US plans for free-trade pact - http://bit.ly/13kuWgi starting to take note of #TAFTA/#TTIP

PLS 387/2011 – Projeto de Lei para Acesso Aberto à Produção das Universidades Públicas Brasileiras - http://bit.ly/194rZ3g green #oa

"The EFF is a lobbying organization, just like the NRA" - http://bit.ly/12joYtR (in comments) ORLY? (v @ralpost)

#Prenda Lawyer Says Judge Wright's Order Is Inapplicable In Georgia Because California Recognizes Gay Marriage - http://bit.ly/10wCLQu wut?

New Zealand To Ban Software Patents 'As Such'; Tries To Pin Down What On Earth That Means - http://bit.ly/17Pb9qm we shall see #NZ #swpats


Thursday, 9 May 2013

130508


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130507 - http://bit.ly/18WECgG yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Queen's speech to feature new curbs on migrants from EU - http://bit.ly/ZGqrsf of all the problems facing UK, they chose this non-issue

#IKEA: Stop destroying Russia’s remaining ancient forests - http://bit.ly/YtJVTs shame #epetition

Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work - http://bit.ly/18t894m the #commons needs more respect (v @maira)

U.S. agriculture welcomes international biotech agreement - http://bit.ly/1430dTH another attempt to circumvent national regulations #AU

European Court Puts Release Of Drug Safety Data On Hold - http://bit.ly/15Ek6Fo pharma puts profits before human lives #AbbVie #InterMune

Draft EU-Canada trade treaty threatens Europe's #fracking bans - http://bit.ly/10hQbu7 investment-state disputes must be taken out #CETA

G8 under pressure to rethink #biofuel mandates - http://bit.ly/YtMnta too right, this approach is insane

Samsung-Apple Patent Fight: Is It Worth It? - http://on.wsj.com/11hSd4M well, guess #bonkers

Irish PM faced with excommunication threat - http://bit.ly/ZGxPDU as if anyone cared about idiotic medieval threats

#Disney Drops Controversial Dia De Los Muertos #Trademark Bid After Online Uproar - http://bit.ly/12fxt95 only because people protested

Why the Idea of the Software Patent Does Not Fly - http://bit.ly/11iAPg3 & other reasons why they are bad in every way #swpats

Clinical trials startup TrialReach doses up on $3.1m funding led by Octopus Investments - http://tnw.co/18XN1QW but will it be #opendata?

First Year of Korea Free Trade Agreement Data Shows U.S. Exports Down, Trade Deficit with Korea Up - http://bit.ly/12UUmxA who needs FTAs?

Record satisfaction with NHS even among Tory voters - http://bit.ly/11iWfJY why destroy it through creeping privatisation? (v @marcuschown)

OLAF's leaked Dalligate report underlines need to end tobacco #lobbyist's role as EU ethics adviser - http://bit.ly/12UWfu1 too right

RT @julianhuppert  David Blunkett argues for the reintroduction of #IDcards! #fb >>will he never get the message? #authoritarianism

Intellectual Property Owners Association Against Helping The #Blind Because It Would 'Set A Dangerous Precedent' – http://bit.ly/10blvP9

#Harper’s obsession with controlling the message verges on the Orwellian - http://bit.ly/10qNH29 #stalinist, more like #canada #censorship

7 Poisons/Cruel Food Practices that #TAFTA/#TTIP will doubtless try to force on EU - http://bit.ly/15IdHsC get ready to fight (v @PCGTW)

Stop modernising Lhasa, pleads Tibetan writer - http://bit.ly/10bD69x cultural genocide proceeds apace #tibet #china

Queen's speech revives 'snooper's charter' legislation - http://bit.ly/13zYCoQ time to sack May, a clueless authoritarian #snooperscharter

South Sudan focuses on ICT to rebuild - http://bit.ly/17MdVMY great opportunity for #opensource to help (v @africatechie)#africa

fantasy: Inside the NRA's 2013 Convention - http://bit.ly/10j35aY reality: "a dead girl on a hospital cot, her neck and head ripped open"

Documentary about trying to stop #tarsands oil pipeline - http://bit.ly/11TkJVm "seeking post-production funds to complete his documentary"

Watch a Guy Get Sucked Out of a Plane When His Parachute Deploys Early - http://bit.ly/10H1bkr whoops: hope he was all right...

Japanese Movement Against #TPP Growing - http://bit.ly/ZQdbVs excellent analysis of Japanese attitudes, & impact on its health system

Furore deepens over Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott - http://bit.ly/10rBsSW tony blair will be attending: say no more...


Wednesday, 8 May 2013

130507


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130506 - http://bit.ly/11e3rHx yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

To the space station & beyond with #Linux - http://zd.net/17J992T "needed an operating system that was stable and reliable" (v @jasonwryan)

English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language - http://bit.ly/11PxOij lovely idea, but controversial #linguistics

Now US And EU Want To Apply Upward Ratchet To #TRIPS Itself - http://bit.ly/11e7DH9 enough is never enough for the rich #copyright

#Biofuels industry sent ‘3 mails an hour’ in ILUC lobby offensive - http://bit.ly/15mfMKY strange these weren't blocked like the public's

EU-Kommission will Netzneutralität sichern? Don´t believe the hype! - http://bit.ly/12NZfZ7 quite #netneutrality

Re:publica: Von Afrika lernen - http://bit.ly/YBTIJn sounds like a good idea #africa #rp13

Für einen Neustart der Urheberrechtsdebatte: www.rechtaufremix.org - http://bit.ly/YrvkaU at the very least... #copyright

Access to Medicines Is Key to Reducing Suffering from #Asthma - http://bit.ly/18r2RpP don't worry, #TPP will soon put a stop to that #NZ

#UK's QinetiQ pwned for years by Chinese hackers - http://ars.to/16RdSBH why would anyone trust their products now? (v @ustuntman)

27 common scams to avoid - http://bit.ly/17Jgpf2 good to see #guardian showing #Microsoft #Windows logo in list of scams...

EU Consultations: A Modest Proposal - http://bit.ly/16dGS6t I respond to the response to my response #IPRED #copyright

EU Data Protection - Privacy Alert: #0 Introduction - http://bit.ly/YCcqR3 we need to protect our privacy: that means contacting MEPs

#Antibiotics could cure 40% of chronic back pain patients - http://bit.ly/18RA2QW great news, but makes new antibiotics even more urgent

Cloning the world's oldest #trees to reforest the planet - http://bit.ly/10DOyXq interesting project

Why the politics of envy are keenest among the very rich - http://bit.ly/16RExhO the despair at the heart of money (v @bengoldacre)

GE Crop Risk Assessment Challenges: An Overview - http://bit.ly/15xoXrU #GM uses more pesticides, not less: research needed on effects

"Turkey as Trojan Horse for loosening EU #GM regulatory approaches" for #TAFTA/#TTIP? - http://bit.ly/18RLprX big battle over #GM coming

#China’s largest law firm announces #Brussels opening - http://bit.ly/13eUqvu  talk about symbolism

Trans Pacific Partnership analysis complete but confidential: Fast - http://bit.ly/13rwTqs lots of equivocation there... #TPP #CETA

Megaupload Launches Frontal Attack on White House Corruption - http://bit.ly/16dVIKk attack is the best defence #copyright

Tackling tax evasion: will the Commission listen to anyone but industry? - http://bit.ly/15mMo7r you know, like EU citizens?

decline in party membership across EU - http://bit.ly/YCGc8o the dinosaurs are doomed, but don't realise it (v @jonworth @democraticaudit)

#TPP talks key to opening Japan - http://politi.co/11Q9Eo2 note mention of soya products, which are mostly GM; expect same for #TAFTA/#TTIP

Royalty Collection Agency SABAM Sues Belgian ISPs In Pursuit Of Its Fantasy 'Piracy License' - http://bit.ly/11QbpBC </facepalm> #be

Over 90% Of The Most Innovative Products From The Past Few Decades Were NOT Patented - http://bit.ly/17JQAeR important study #patents

#INDECT et la "discrimination algorithmique" - http://bit.ly/10lTpCe good way of putting it (v @manhack)#surveillance

Gaijin Entertainment Demands Gaijin.com, Which Predates Them And Doesn't Infringe Their Trademark – http://bit.ly/10Es08X

EU Seed Diversity – The Final Word - http://bit.ly/10gBCXC useful thoughts on latest changes to seed regulation (v @permagriculture)

U.S. Govt. Attack on Megaupload Bears Hallmarks of ‘Digital Gitmo’ - http://bit.ly/13tdsxu I like this man's way of thinking...

Diabetic High School Girl Beaten by Police Officer and Arrested -- For Falling Asleep in Class - http://bit.ly/10nbKKF makes my blood boil

El Buen Vivir and the #Commons - http://bit.ly/10ncAXS fascinating stuff

$10 gadget contains "the entire English Wikipedia with 3 million topics" - http://bit.ly/16TLIpA tomorrow, all human knowledge in your hand

Judge Wright Sentences Prenda To Poetic Justice - http://bit.ly/15nyvWK "Well played, Judge Wright. Well played." yup

#Crowdfunding a CC-licensed translation of classic #Yiddish book Poylishe Velder (In The Forests of Poland) - http://bit.ly/ZEJxPl

Dutch Law Would Authorize Police To Hack Into Foreign Computers And Phones: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - http://bit.ly/13tX2Vz #nl

Poisoning the Treaty for the #Blind - http://huff.to/12boXJu justly angry piece about callous selfishness of #MPAA and friends #copyright

"#WTO is destroying whatever shred of legitimacy it still had" - http://bit.ly/YsLgKe outrageous attack on clean energy programme

Content barons are the richest CEOs - http://bit.ly/15nSjcx "hard to be sympathetic to their constant whining about illegal copying"


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