130524

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130523 - http://bit.ly/16S79Yk yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Modernising african agriculture: who benefits? - http://bit.ly/12Ai1El moving away from industrial agriculture #seedpatents #africa

#TAFTA: First Step Towards a Super-#ACTA - http://bit.ly/ZhDeXg serious failure by European Parliament #TTIP

Don't Believe the Publishers' Hype: Support Open Access - http://bit.ly/123537p more #FUD from publishers #oa

EPO Still Granting Patents On Conventional Vegetables; ‘Just Following Rules’ - http://bit.ly/18aBqSF #EPO still out of control

GPs threaten to quit commissioning to concentrate on patients - http://bit.ly/14FJbMt this is their job, not profit maximisation

EU Parliament Backs Start Of Transatlantic #TAFTA Negotiations - http://bit.ly/18mLcyA a couple  of stakeholders meetings not transparency

EU Commissioner De Gucht says no to transparent #TTIP negotiations - http://bit.ly/16SaAyi doesn't want another #ACTA, but he'll get it

Urheberrecht in der Schweiz: Forderung nach Netzsperren, Überwachung und Zensur - http://bit.ly/10Qhqfo wrong moves

Novartis Acknowledges Employees Participated In 'Independent' Trials - http://onforb.es/Z4rMvE more tricks

#EFSA resistance to two-year cancer study on GM feed - http://bit.ly/14FLBux so how does this protect our health?

Academia should not wait for publishers to make the rules; WE should make them - http://bit.ly/18mMhq4 quite right

Chaos Computer Club "befreit" das Grundgesetz - http://bit.ly/10X89mX nice

130523

How Low Can #Drones Go? - http://bit.ly/12YbGmL your views?

CSS Tube map - http://bit.ly/13KxXmO oooh, that's clever

Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority - http://bit.ly/13Ky9Tb very wise

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Proposal to Ban Special 301 Adjudication - http://bit.ly/10NtIVT interesting; can't see it happening

EU Vote on Clinical Trials Data - Please Contact MEPs Now - http://bit.ly/11dJY8n important, pl. do this if you can #opendata

Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in US-EU trade deal - http://bit.ly/187c9J8 wow, read this, and be afraid #tafta/#ttip

Reporters Find Exposed Personal Data Via Google, Threatened With CFAA Charges - http://bit.ly/10Nugv1 absurd

Patent troll that wants $1,000 per worker gets sued by Vermont A-G - http://ars.to/14ADCyS sounds fair

Why Italy Needs a Proper Freedom of Information Law - http://osf.to/14ADWh0 indispensable

Scientists from Brazil's GMO regulatory agency protest dismissal of Seralini study - http://bit.ly/18jU2Nz interesting

Chronology of the Canadian Conservative government's war on science - http://bit.ly/Zf9UR7 chronicle of shame #canada

In China, controversy over bear bile farming as Asia's animal rights movement grows - http://bit.ly/12P20w7 at last: appalling suffering

NZNO – Public Health Will Be A Major Loser Under the TPPA - http://bit.ly/ZfahuV and how #pharmac #nz

130521

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130520 - http://bit.ly/118cRwN yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

'Intellectual Property' Mess Holding Up The #TPP - http://bit.ly/12IxHXV and how

Pesticide firms compete to showcase bee-protection programmes -http://bit.ly/10Jl0I9 expect a crescendo of #FUD from #monsanto et al.

Nicht ACTA, aber genau so wichtig: Entscheidung über EU-Datenschutzreform fällt jetzt - http://bit.ly/10iebBM why are MEPs selling out?

At chicken plants, chemicals blamed for health ailments are poised to proliferate -http://bit.ly/190ExeF #TAFTA will bring this stuff 2 EU

Top A&E doctors warn: 'We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore' -http://ind.pn/14M49IV #NHS collapse continues

EU may consider 'hack-back' legislation - http://bit.ly/10Jm7ru idiotic idea (v @kyrah)

Report From Outside the #TPP Negotiating Venue in Lima, Peru -http://bit.ly/12IzE6O useful update from the scene of the crime

Joint Letter to the 66th World Health Assembly: Follow-up of the report of CEWG -http://bit.ly/10L6JyU not that they'll take any notice

The "Biggest, Most Destructive Tornado in History" - http://bit.ly/16LlkP9 just as climate scientists predicted would happen, & will happen

Slash education budget by a fifth, says think-tank - http://bit.ly/18emq3L others boost education, UK's swivel-eyed loons want to cut it

Reading Shakespeare: the Next Act of Open Data - http://bit.ly/Za2kHj what next?#opendata everywhere

Why Even Good Hospitals And Doctors Are An Obstacle To Better, Cheaper#Healthcare - http://bit.ly/17XWoE7 perverse incentives

Git for Data Publishing - http://bit.ly/10REBH5 great idea #opendata

Europe cannot drill its way to a low-carbon economy, say climate justice groups -http://bit.ly/13HMALb no easy solutions here

Berlusconi party proposes slashing penalty for a mafia crime - http://bit.ly/10iIybfnow, why might it want to do that..? (v @LifeinSicily)

Duffy, the Government and the problem with “no-notes” meetings - http://bit.ly/118JKcH more shabby behaviour by #canadian government

Plagiarism: Do we need a law? - http://bit.ly/10iJso9 nope: "the punishment for plagiarism is severe."

Surveillance and the Internet of Things - http://bit.ly/10LN0ir "In the longer term, the Internet of Things means ubiquitous surveillance."

"Precaution in EU has become a pretext for import protectionism under pretense of consumer safety" - http://bit.ly/13EwVZu #TAFTA/#TTIP

Happy 9th Birthday to the Open Knowledge Foundation! - http://bit.ly/1919dfU how time flies when you're having fun #okf

Police Raid School Teacher for Uploading History Book for Students -http://bit.ly/16LJBo7 absurd over-reaction

Data Expedition: Mapping the garment factories - http://bit.ly/YWvd7L great idea

Saving #India’s Musical Heritage, One Record at a Time - http://bit.ly/10RLjNj fab project #music

ePetition für gesetzliche Festschreibung der Netzneutralität - http://bit.ly/10LPJbBworth trying #netneutrality

Hollywood should not decide our #copyright laws - http://wapo.st/10K6XSNindeedy 

130520

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130519 - http://bit.ly/19TyZjR yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs -http://ind.pn/16Ja1aa #NHS #privatisation harm evident

Hatching Europe's Unified Patent Court: who will pay for the chickens and eggs? -http://bit.ly/13Fcq2s lots of delay likely

Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement? - http://on.mash.to/11QJd70 nicely-written piece #africa

Will working families be hurt by a #TPP agreement? - http://bit.ly/10fCpga you bet, especially as #pharmac is dismantled #NZ

NZ-born Fair Deal Coalition Gets Global Makeover - http://bit.ly/14HZx6J good news #tpp

Police retain #DNA from thousands of children - http://bit.ly/12G1ctn gross abuse and waste of resources; destroy all samples

former #Monsanto employee appointed “Associate Editor for biotechnology" on food journal - http://bit.ly/14Iq97F (v @kaatje36)

#EU Commission Sued For Refusing To Reveal Trade Agreement Documents They Shared With #Lobbyists - http://bit.ly/161IIZf hardly fair

Why We Need #OpenSource: Three Cautionary Tales - http://bit.ly/16EpSYa and in unexpected places: #economics, #science, #government

#Google, #Microsoft and #Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association - http://bit.ly/13BGyIx shabby (v @olivierhoedeman)

Bracing for another delay - open innovation at WHO? - http://bit.ly/13BHbBY"medicines are created as global public goods accessible 2 all"

In defence of digital freedom - http://bit.ly/16JPke9 sensible stuff from @MarietjeD66: enough with the cyber-FUD (v @sinanulgen1)

Sailfish OS phone “Jolla” debuts, available for preorders - http://ars.to/YUEqNIlooks nice, but a crowded market...

Book your tickets for ORGCon2013! - http://bit.ly/108Okw8 while you still can... Saturday 8 June #london

Colombian Government Presents Again Bill 1520 Without Citizen Participation -http://bit.ly/18Z6dAT openness now

#Russia withdraws from #OpenGovernment Partnership. Too much transparency? -http://bit.ly/YUWdV2 regrettable

Open Knowledge may yet come to medicine – let’s help make it happen -http://bit.ly/14oTkgg good post, important topic; big EU vote soon

The #Arduino #Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels - http://bit.ly/13Cg1L7arduino goes from strength to strength

Optical illusion: train moves both ways - http://bit.ly/10h5tUp those wonderful tube trains... #london

Day 1 of Launch Week: Join the Stop the #TPP Campaign - http://bit.ly/10It4ZHspread the word; keep up the pressure; kill the beast

Viruses in the gut protect from infection - http://bit.ly/13CrkCZ amazing stuff we didn't know we didn't know 

Officially Entering “And Then They Fight” Phase of #OpenAccess -http://bit.ly/10fEAgl spot-on analysis:  "we’re gonna get hit hard"

TRIPS Exemption Opposed By Obama, Threatening Cost Spike For Drugs - http://huff.to/17VgBdY heart of stone (v @Sean_Fiil_Flynn)#LDC

#TPP may be bad for consumers - http://bit.ly/117mNXi guaranteed: investor-state arbitration overrides national health, food safety laws

Deciphering licensing in Project Open Data - http://bit.ly/11SCwBl important stuff 

Trans-Pacific Partnership deal unlikely this year - http://bit.ly/13Gijwg great: more time to make people aware of its dangers #TPP

Journalists need to tool up - http://bit.ly/YVebH1 take note, people, while you still can...

#TPP: IP Chapter Shows No Sign of Resolution, End of Negotiation in 2013 Highly Unlikely - http://bit.ly/11SHNZz (v @kim_weatherall)

Flickr Announces One Free Terabyte Of Storage Space Per User, Officially Beating Everyone - http://tcrn.ch/163hZve a milestone #storage

130519

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130518 - http://bit.ly/13DKBYm yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Report: Yahoo eager to close $1.1 billion cash deal for Tumblr by Sunday evening -http://bit.ly/16yJHjp good time to start tumblr clone...

Too late to #openness - http://bit.ly/13yabKQ yup; why #blackberry is doomed

Ancient discovery set to rewrite Australian history - http://bit.ly/11ORYygpotentially amazing story (v @tomstandage @harikunzru)

#Tarsands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist -http://bit.ly/1156HgT great that he's speaking out more 

#Yahoo Board Approves #Tumblr Acquisition - http://on.mash.to/12EK5rP this will end in tears

MPs could be in line for £10,000 pay rise - http://bit.ly/16AkXY8 I agree: they need to be paid decent wage 2 discourage getting distracted

#HSBC in #Malaysia - http://bit.ly/10egvKh this is not acceptable #logging #palmoil

Afghan law to protect women's rights blocked by opponents - http://bit.ly/11PaNkQdepressing stuff

How Cheap Genetic Testing Complicates Cancer Screening For Us All -http://tcrn.ch/11PktMg important point about statistics

Welcome Arduino Yún – the first member of a series of wifi products combining#Arduino with #Linux - http://bit.ly/10etEmw exciting

 Monsanto sofre nova derrota judicial em relação a patentes - http://bit.ly/14FP3Vnbig setback for #monsanto

Patent lawyers: Help! The evil Makers won't let us apply for bullshit #3Dprintingpatents! - http://bit.ly/12Mzj1A this is hilarious

People who oppose robust #copyright exceptions for #blind people (the Private Sector) - http://bit.ly/Z5Tg6v hall of shame #GE #Disney

Challenges Facing a Proposed #WIPO Treaty for Persons Who are #Blind or Print Disabled - http://bit.ly/13ztZxr great, detailed summary

Time To Shine A Light On Shady Deals - http://bit.ly/16IddCP "#transparency is a key principle for an accountable #NHS"

#YouTube reveals users now upload more than 100 hours of video per minute, as the site turns eight - http://tnw.co/12MAKgv wow #ugc

The inconvenient truth about GM - http://bit.ly/14FQZNE interesting to see this in Telegraph, usually pretty pro big business

Artist finds inspiration in Canadian government's attempt to silence her -http://bit.ly/14kVDkz sad to see #canada become like this

Observing Run: Raw Data versus Finished Product - http://bit.ly/YT9Mo7 this is crying out for a new free software project 

Astroturfing und Plagiieren: Video beleuchtet Wirtschaftslobbying rund um EU-Datenschutzreform - http://bit.ly/18a8QOF #lobbying

How the Case for #Austerity Has Crumbled - http://bit.ly/12F1Xmt cogent analysis (v @beckyfh: RT @hady_ba @Stephen_Curry)

Si on arrêtait d'utiliser les licences libres ? (au profit du domaine public) -http://bit.ly/18VS2wk par moi #pd

UNCTAD Figures Show Record World Trade In Creative Goods -http://bit.ly/12n3hJ1 tell me again why #piracy is such a problem?

Research council’s makeover leaves Canadian industry setting the agenda -http://bit.ly/10GaN3b the attack on science continues

A treaty too many - http://bit.ly/18abpk0 how investor-state disputes harm emerging economies #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

FTA with USA has harmed Colombia, Senator says - http://bit.ly/10GFGka more will find the same

Government pleads with Labour to save gay marriage bill - http://bit.ly/18W1yj6"redefine marriage": what contemptible bigots they are #uk

Climate change meltdown unlikely but human disaster looms, claims new research - http://bit.ly/10d101I why a climate "pause" not enough

Why #China oh-so-desperately wants a claim to the Arctic Ocean -http://bit.ly/10GOhTN useful analysis

Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping’s latest propaganda tool -http://bit.ly/115xjP0 intriguing #china

130518

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130517 - http://bit.ly/13ChNPM yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

RPiCluster: Another Raspberry Pi Cluster, With Neat Tricks - http://bit.ly/15Vr8pKnice 

Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV -http://bit.ly/16Fw8y5 good analysis (v @DrRimmer)

People are told EU migrants steal jobs; in truth bosses want cheap labour -http://bit.ly/10EjFSY UK outside EU is nothing (v @mikebutcher)

Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July - http://bit.ly/1134PoR #android-based

6 New #Bitcoin Educational Resources - http://bit.ly/14Ao7X3 interesting stuff

AP's Attempt At #DRM'ing The News Shuts Down - http://bit.ly/13vxqVY good riddance to a rubbish idea

Western leaders study 'gamechanging' report on global #drugs trade -http://bit.ly/17LDO26 hugely important; let's hope things do change

good analysis of problems, wrong solution - http://bit.ly/10F3sgf correct answer is to abolish all patents (@AlexanderSpuntz @zoobab)

Sussex academy pays £100,000 to use 'patented' US school curriculum -http://bit.ly/10alS9M idiotic: you can't "patent" a curriculum

130517

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130516 - http://bit.ly/111fhNI yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Investor State Dispute Settlement Provisions in the #TPP: Impact on Access to Knowledge [pdf] - http://bit.ly/16DtZmu this is a huge threat

#Blender dives into 3D printing industry - http://bit.ly/10CeN0F a marriage made in open source heaven #3Dprinting

Information Flow and Trade Agreements: History and Implications for Consumers’ Privacy [pdf] - http://bit.ly/111fBMp useful analysis #TPP 

Jeff Merkley Pushes '#Monsanto Protection Act' Repeal - http://huff.to/111fS1Qwould be good, but I'm not holding my breath (v @DrRimmer)

Saudi princes lose battle to keep court documents secret - http://bit.ly/YNW2uHshaping up as a juicy courtroom battle

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European #TAFTA/#TTIP to Further Global Dominance - http://bit.ly/Z0slsL long, sceptical (v @HeartPowered)

Just say no to impact factors - http://bit.ly/108u3qv yes: the next big fight in#openscience (v @jameswilsdon @Stephen_Curry)

Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion - http://bit.ly/12zGvPR</facepalm> #openaccess (v @klang67)

How the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens online rights and freedoms -http://bit.ly/14vIJzI "we don't have a say in any of this" #TPP

#TPP Resources - http://bit.ly/12fMQyf including 3 excellent research papers

Some thoughts on the Shakespeare Review of Public Data - http://bit.ly/10JsnAfuseful stuff #opendata

What Happens When the Food Industry Regulates Itself - http://bit.ly/16oMprG this is what #TAFTA/#TTIP will try to bring to #EU #foodsafety

Whistleblowing & ICANN - http://bit.ly/14vM6qm #ICANN was, is, & probably always will be an utter disaster: bin it, start again (v @jmcest)

Digital coalition asks for a fair deal on #TPP #copyright provisions -http://bit.ly/Z0xeC4 hardly too much to ask...

Australian Scientists Develop Printable A3-Sized Solar Cells - http://on.mash.to/106dOGU sounds great #energy

How #Monsanto Is Using Cronies in Congress to Take Away States' Rights to Label Genetically Modified Foods - http://bit.ly/10CjIP3 #choice?

How transnational corporations use trade & investment treaties as powerful tools in oil, mining, gas disputes [pdf] - bit.ly/17z1RRA

Risks of wiretap modifications to endpoints - http://bit.ly/12fSDUq FBI #FUD; in fact: "this seems to be a golden age of surveillance"

Why Was Hacker 'Weev' Put in Solitary Confinement? - http://on.mash.to/17DxPwjhacker persecution continues

#Australia's net filter sneaks into operation through back door - http://bit.ly/Z0zQj7more bad stuff happening surreptitiously

RT @mikebutcher Considering the huge roof area of Clapham Junction, it’s amazing not to see it covered in solar panels.>>great idea

The Importance of Being Attributed - http://bit.ly/YOanan kickstarter project to deal with issues of attribution #cc #licensing

Hunters incensed at Italian MEP’s call for sanctions on Malta -http://bit.ly/16DJpav bravo Zanoni, shame on #malta (v @LifeinSicily)

Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video -http://bit.ly/13AL90Z nicely done

Trans Atlantic free trade agreement could be a monster - http://bit.ly/108MOtQpeople waking up to risks of #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @PostActa)#foe

[correct URL] #Denmark: Infopaq-case decided after eight years - http://bit.ly/10Vd8cn copyright for 11 words? come on.. (v @copyrightgirl)

Turkey seeks seat at US-EU trade table - http://bit.ly/111xRFs as previously rumoured #TAFTA/#TTIP

Join us at ORGCon2013! - http://bit.ly/108Okw8 tickets going fast, sold out last year... #london #digitalrights

Banking Privacy More Important than Copyright Enforcement, Court Rules -http://bit.ly/13sf0p3 important precedent

Lead the World on Internet Rights, Web Inventor urges #Brazil -http://bit.ly/15T2E0k great to see @timberners_lee support #marcocivil

Why are #Facebook, #IBM, #Microsoft & #Oracle Backing the Fight AgainstBlind? - http://bit.ly/YOr71s should explain where they stand

European Parliament to Vote Green Light to Next #ACTA? - http://bit.ly/12gGq1Hactually ACTA++

Saudi Religious Police: Anyone Using #Twitter 'Has Lost This World And His Afterlife' - http://bit.ly/10JZyUn </insert witticism here>

Nigeria announces national ID cards with electronic payment capability built in -http://tnw.co/19EH1No it's a trick (v @africatechie)

A Framework For #Copyright Reform - http://bit.ly/17Fpb0h useful summary of US meeting

Elsevier, NewsCorp, Facebook, and Yahoo join ignorant attack on #openaccess -http://bit.ly/107ataF thought #Yahoo was getting a clue? nope

#TPP Round 17: Lima, Peru - http://bit.ly/15TqGrQ lots of articles and videos (in#spanish)

Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines – Eli Lilly & #TPP - http://bit.ly/16qHeaA a must-read

"#TPP es una gran idea en proceso de desarrollo. Debemos transformarlo en oportunidad real para nuestras economías" - http://bit.ly/107g2Ge

Google's open video proposal closes door on software freedom - http://bit.ly/111Ztue #google's backsliding very worrying

Global warming has not stalled, insists world's best-known climate scientist -http://bit.ly/10W5KNM  "diversionary tactic" from "deniers"

Big Pharma Firms Seeking .pharmacy Domain To Crowd Out Legitimate Foreign Pharmacies - http://bit.ly/17FRpYG why we must junk new domains

Three Months of Open Development - http://bit.ly/10D5GwP fascinating insights into the world of #ODI #opendata #opendevelopment

Turkey’s economy comes of age with a prized investment-grade rating -http://bit.ly/15TSyfD #turkey on the up, #UK on way down...

Lib Dem minister urges coalition to carry out plain cigarette packet plan -http://bit.ly/12HkGwm but #cameron happy for thousands to die

4 Inhumane Realities about Guantanamo Hunger Strike - http://bit.ly/109zDJg "a practice that’s torture & in violation of international law"

Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion -http://on.mash.to/10yKxHW exciting #science

Google Investing in #Drone Tech - http://bit.ly/1129aZB I'd be shocked if they didn't

Mediocre Poison Eaters And The Imperfection of Evolution - http://bit.ly/19G3wlaexcept that it's happened incredibly fast; fascinating

Spanish Wikipedia surpasses the 1 million article milestone - http://bit.ly/13Bz7ocfab: who says #Wikipedia is languishing...? #es

DDOS actions and the challenge of civil disobedience on the internet - http://bit.ly/109P3Ny interesting, important issues explored

New International Coalition to #TPP Negotiators: We Demand a Fair Deal for the Internet - http://bit.ly/16EERk0 fair's fair