Wednesday, 29 May 2013

130528


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130527 - http://bit.ly/114W9jj yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Jaron Lanier: Sell your data to save the economy and your future - http://bbc.in/ZbkeHt actually interesting for a change (v @Rchards)

Baby in China saved from sewer pipe - http://bit.ly/13WaaUu what a desperately sad story

Britain doesn’t need a #Snooping Act, or another new terrorism committee - http://bit.ly/11tKYFI excellent analysis (v @NO2ID @glynwintle)

CIMMYT: Bill Gates Invests $25 Million In Controversial GM Crop Center - http://huff.to/12ZVHpI easy: abolish gene patents (v @DrRimmer)

Will the EU-US trade deal encourage attacks on the public interest? - http://bit.ly/Zq5p6m you bet; good to see this conference #TAFTA

Abstimmung über Vorratsdatenspeicherung von Reisedaten in zwei Wochen - http://bit.ly/19iB7nL contact your MEPs

Soybeanland Stands Up to #Monsanto - http://bit.ly/12enFkE " “Mothers of Ituzaingó” fighting against spraying of pesticide #Roundup"

#Alibaba launches new project, backed by $16.3b funding, to improve goods delivery in #China - http://tnw.co/1atv5hX big getting bigger

El #TPP, nuevo acuerdo comercial, amenaza la libertad en Internet - http://bit.ly/16m7CD2 getting the word out (v @carobotero)

#Mozilla teams up with Foxconn to debut a #Firefox OS #tablet? - http://cnet.co/171AH5W that would be fun

Jailbreaking the PDF; a wonderful hackathon and a community leap forward for freedom - http://bit.ly/16m9s6U great work

First Video Broadcast From Mt. Everest Peak Outrages Tourist Ministry of Nepal - http://bit.ly/1audeaE </sigh>

The Zombie Bill Is Back - http://bit.ly/10ZWjav let's hope not...# snooping

#BSA Study Demonstrates #OpenSource's Economic Advantage - http://bit.ly/11uHfHK some of you might find this rather entertaining... #piracy

NBC Universal and Warner Bros. have asked Google to de-list Mega from its search results - http://tnw.co/12f8TdE disproportionate as ever

Jailbreaking the PDF – 2; Technical aspects (Glyph processing) - http://bit.ly/15fa3mg interesting stuff

#BBC iPlayer will allow radio content to be downloaded for offline access from 2014 - http://tnw.co/ZqHp2T more #DRM stupidity

The Politics of Security in a Democracy - http://bit.ly/11uLdQG wise and depressing

Toronto mayor: homicide detectives search mayor's office after tip on crack-smoking video; top staffers quit - http://bit.ly/15fhiKZ #ca

PayPal Denies Teen Reward For Finding Bug - http://bit.ly/11uS3G4 this reminds me why I hate #paypal

Fear Mongering Report Suggests 'IP Theft From China' One Of The Biggest Problems America Faces - http://bit.ly/15fjMsD great debunking

Do established economic models apply to data, and will they spread wealth, or is Jaron Lanier wrong? - http://bit.ly/15fkQwN good analysis

#Chile’s Recent Lead Negotiator on #TPP Warns It Could Be a “Threat to Our Countries” - http://bit.ly/10EBVwF & he should know

How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” - http://ars.to/15fu0JG fantastic piece - do read (v @manhack)#security

UK: Tories are floating plans to cap the number of times we are allowed to visit our GP - http://bit.ly/13fSq4f #epetition to stop it #NHS

Meat from endangered #whales used for dog treats in Japan - http://bit.ly/19jvgPd sickening; caught in #iceland

AllTrials campaign writes to every MEP on ENVI committee before the vote on the clinical trial regulation tomorrow - http://bit.ly/11n5PVa

Two die after H7N9 bird flu virus resists treatment - http://bit.ly/ZcejBZ confirmation that #tamiflu is officially useless

Europe Continues To Allow Vegetable Patent Despite Being Told To Stop - http://bit.ly/Zclzhq #EPO goes rogue

Pirate Bay Founder Denies Hacking Charges in Court - http://bit.ly/13ggjc4 the saga continues

How Technology Is and Isn't Helping Fight #Corruption in #India - http://bit.ly/13Xfas1 fascinating perspective

#Kickstarter passes 100,000 launched projects, 44% funded successfully thanks to $535m in crowdsourcing - http://tnw.co/16ngk3P impressive

Why Are UK Police Allowing Entertainment Industry Employees To Arrest And Interrogate People With Their Help? - http://bit.ly/15ghBoJ why?

Julius Genachowski: Exit Interview - http://on.tnr.com/11vPsvp "The outgoing FCC boss on net neutrality, political polarization, & free speech"

Woolwich attacks - MI5 refuses to back ‘snooper’s charter’ - http://ind.pn/19jXiKk if so, kudos to them (v @spyblog @glynwintle)

Lion Meat Tacos (You Read That Right) Are the Latest Threat to #Conservation - http://bit.ly/19k6SwM just sick (v @BoraZ)


Tuesday, 28 May 2013

130527


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130526 - http://bit.ly/15ahf2X yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy - http://bit.ly/18txbPI stupid old tories strike again

Updated: "Final" version of the text for the CEWG "Decisions Point" - http://bit.ly/10uBdp7 is this good or bad?

Xiaomi’s Daring Plan to Let Fans Design the Phone - http://bit.ly/12XQqid v interesting approach #android #china

Google Glass Comes To Android Phones Unofficially - http://bit.ly/11qv2ns interesting

Hablando del #TPP en PuntoEdu - http://bit.ly/19gkxVD getting the message out

#TPP & TSA will undermine sovereignty - http://bit.ly/10uCQmW of course - that's the point

Obama's trade reps and the MPAA are killing a copyright treaty that gives rights to disabled people - http://bit.ly/16jURIW shameful

#Opensource, cross-platform office suite Joeffice was created in just 30 days - http://bit.ly/17eIBd3 anyone tried this?

Stakeholders from research sector, SMEs and #openaccess publishers withdraw from Licences for Europe - http://bit.ly/11kwGBj (v @MaelB)#EU

'The Sumatran rainforest will mostly disappear within 20 years' - http://bit.ly/13UPVqo shame on #indonesia, shame on western companies

Despite High Court Intervention, Copyright Trolls Continue Where ACS:Law Left Off - http://bit.ly/12Y44SA will they ever stop?

Verhandlungsstand der Datenschutzreform im Ministerrat – Minister schützen Markt, aber keine Daten - http://bit.ly/13UQn88 what a betrayal

Bio-Hackers, Get Ready - http://tcrn.ch/13UQHnk exciting stuff, but all closed-source as far as I can see...

Book launch of ”The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture”, Brussels, June 18th - http://bit.ly/14WijIe important project

How #Drones With Facial Recognition Technology Will End #Anonymity, Everywhere - http://read.bi/15boTtR that's a pity (v @jackschofield)

#Fairphone: social values with smart, radically open design that considers full lifecycle of the product - http://bit.ly/14Xecvx #android

Intellectual property in the time of crowdfunding - http://bit.ly/14XgpHq why the latter renders intellectual monopolies superfluous

Neutralité des réseaux : quelles solutions pour quelle transparence ? - http://bit.ly/11rF2wO Bruxelles 06 juin #netneutrality (v @MaelB)

Italiens 5-Sterne-Bewegung kommt nach Deutschland - http://bit.ly/15bNdfb wow: Grillchen im Deutschland (v @Liberationtech @EthanZ)#de

#TPP: Japón estará en próxima ronda de negociación - http://bit.ly/1aqW5Pb then the fun begins (v @derechosdigital @fifarahman)#japan

EU exit would put US trade deal at risk, Britain warned - http://bit.ly/11rLrIs wow, #UKIP might kill #TAFTA/#TTIP

Another Reason Why #OpenSource Wins: Fairness - http://bit.ly/17gXGe9 enter the #Fairphone #android #bloodminerals

Sensationsfund: Porträt von Georg #Büchner auf Dachboden entdeckt  - http://bit.ly/16kMxst exciting; one of my favourite writers

Italian prosecutor may put Facebook staff under investigation after suicide over 'bullying' - http://bit.ly/15bZZdv (v @LifeinSicily)

Woolwich murder — the “why?” should be obvious - http://bit.ly/115P1WT yup: Blair's ridiculous line actions abroad have no consequences

Dear #WordPress - http://bit.ly/18uH0wT nicely done - & happy birthday (v @mathewi)

Culls risk illegally exterminating #badgers, animal expert warns - http://bit.ly/ZoYL02 after bees, another #paterson fiasco: resign now

My manifesto for rewilding the world - http://bit.ly/13dsFSb intriguing idea

Matt Mullenweg on how #opensource is democratising the web - http://bit.ly/114fVv9 looking back on 10 years of #wordpress


Monday, 27 May 2013

130526


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130525 - http://bit.ly/156lxsc yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Hackney GPs to challenge out-of-hours bid bombshell - http://bit.ly/19e6JuM #TAFTA/#TTIP will make this happen everywhere #nhs

Why Drummer Rigby’s slaughter should haunt Clegg - http://bit.ly/128Tprz cynical & ignorant piece about #snooperscharter

Tories look at limiting GP visits - http://bit.ly/13Tk7SF after that, just go & die in the corner without troubling the rich any more #nhs

Spying on citizens is criminal - http://bit.ly/13Tkeh3 people start asking questions in #zambia (v @JulieOwono)#surveillance

Who owns Superman? The Man of Steel fights #trademark law - http://bit.ly/13Vi0uc interesting point about #fanfic

With European Elections One Year Out, Pirate Representation Expected To Triple - http://bit.ly/128UI9T let's hope #EU

How Religious Corporations Are Gobbling Up Healthcare Facilities - http://bit.ly/18rzB1i "subject to a set of theological agreements"

USians: How You Can Help Create a Better Farm Bill - http://bit.ly/138BrAM "support for labeling of foods with GM ingredients"

How Corporations Are Subverting Attempts to Rein in Their Power - http://bit.ly/128W58D the biggest threat in #TAFTA/#TTIP - pl. read

Triple-nested Klein bottle - http://bit.ly/1121ISL now that's nice

How Corporations use Global Investment Rules to Undermine A Sustainable Future - http://bit.ly/156s7Pe detailed report on investor-state disputes

ARM In Supercomputers — 'Get Ready For the Change' - http://bit.ly/18ipHS9 more good news for #linux

British broadcaster BSkyB has all of its Android apps hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army - http://tnw.co/Z82zka careless

Is This Kickstarter Project the Future of #Blogging? - http://on.mash.to/13VlDQW #opensource and ambitious - great combination

ProjectLibre edges in on Microsoft Project dominance - http://red.ht/16XlHpT we really need this #opensource #projectplanning

Introducing PubPeer.com - http://bit.ly/Zm8hRy "an organized system of post-publication review"; interesting project

Tizen running on a Intel UltraBook at the Tizen Conference 2013 - http://bit.ly/10sK7U6 so is #tizen finally taking off? #linux

Will Irish courts take phone hacking seriously? - http://bit.ly/Z84rcF weird stuff

Research sector, SMEs, civil society groups & #oa publishers withdraw from Licences for EU re text & data mining - http://bit.ly/18rDF1s

Five Undercover Police Cars Sent To Arrest Single Alleged Movie Pirate - http://bit.ly/12FRSnO absurd overreaction & waste of police time

Taking the privacy message to MEPs - http://bit.ly/14QZLsS we need to do this much more often to counter #lobbying #EU

Schedule of Witness Testimony at #TAFTA/#TTIP Hearing Next Week - http://bit.ly/13ToIUS so it begins

RIAA: The #Copyright Reform We Need Is To Make Everyone Else Copyright Cops - http://bit.ly/18rFD23 destroy the Net rather than change

Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in US-EU trade deal - http://bit.ly/187c9J8 "be able to challenge European fracking bans"

RIAA Makes Drastic Employee Cuts as Revenue Plummets - http://bit.ly/Z86Wvz time to bin it

Greek Gene Bank’s Struggle Indicative Of Changing Times - http://bit.ly/10V6QDQ why we can't risk depending on seedbanks

Is "Licences for Europe" already falling apart? The case of text and data mining - http://bit.ly/10V7tNT the whole project was a disgrace

Millions march against #Monsanto - http://bit.ly/11nNZHE so what next? (v @WarOnWant @olivierhoedeman)

Mass surveillance wouldn't have saved the life of Drummer Rigby - http://bit.ly/111o17S spot on; this is just "cynical opportunism": shame

#Copyright Amendment Will Bring Web Filter System to Taiwan - http://bit.ly/10ydBMX foolish move (v @avilarenata)#censorship #sopa

EU Hackathon 2013: Visualisieren, wie Behörden auf private Online-Kommunikation zugreifen und gewinnen - http://bit.ly/16XsLmm sehr cool

Cap on number of GP visits being considered by Tories - http://ind.pn/156NyQg appalling idea (v @BellaPagan @BendyGirl @cstross)#nhs

WHO Should Have The Evidence? Ben Goldacre Refutes WHO Director’s Claim - http://bit.ly/156Oc0a yay, go @bengoldacre

Police Confiscate Food And Sleeping Bags From Homeless In Ilford - http://bit.ly/111pUl4 what kind of heartless swine would do that?

Neelie Kroes responds: Old mantras and political uncertainty 4 net neutrality in Europe - http://bit.ly/19eif9y look it's easy: just do it

Cheap shale gas bubble 'will burst within 2-4 years': Expert - http://bit.ly/111q6AA so let's not even go there #fracking

Kim Dotcom to Google, Twitter, Facebook: I Own Security Patent, Work With Me - http://bit.ly/17ad6AG how to lose credibility

Cops Go Undercover at High School to Bust Special-Needs Kid for Pot - http://bit.ly/12FZ0R8 how pathetic can you get? #bullies

Theresa May lines up new measures to combat terrorism - http://bit.ly/ZmfWiN she should just resign now #surveillance

Google defends its use of proprietary tech in Hangouts - http://bit.ly/11nXMNH good luck with that, #evil #Google (v @jackschofield)

[RT] How Corporations Are Subverting Attempts to Rein in Their Power - http://bit.ly/128W58D the biggest threat in #TAFTA/#TTIP - pl. read

[RT] good report on investor-state dispute resolution - http://bit.ly/156s7Pe how they undermine national sovereignty #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Why should Canadians care about investor-state treaties? - http://bit.ly/12WcFFq they override national sovereignty (v @DrRimmer @CeOlivet)

Double heart and lung transplant dies nine days after she has benefits stopped - http://bit.ly/10sTxPs this is tories' UK (v @Asher_Wolf)

last story: worth noting it was privatised #Atos assessors that said she was "fit to work" days before she died - our future, UK #compassion

Leading scientist attacks university over 'outrageous' IVF treatment patent - http://bit.ly/13908xb more idiotic US patents on nature

needless to say, #BBC news has not one iota about the 2 million people marching against #monsanto yesterday; the mega-fail continues... #sad

Türkei: Religiöse greifen Kuss-Protest an - http://bit.ly/19epHBE kiss-in: lovely idea

Tory-Labour pact could save #snooping bill, says Michael Howard - http://bbc.in/ZmrMtr wow, coalition of control freaks: shame on #labour

 "sharp rise in malformations mirrored v closely increase in cultivation of GMO soya" - http://bit.ly/157kCrr #glyphosate likely culprit

I always wondered why Microsoft chose "bing" - http://bit.ly/Z8mSOo "pile built of accumulated spoil - the overburden or other waste rock"

Virginia Republicans Nominate Anti-Science Candidate for Governor - http://onforb.es/139Arg2 contemptuous of science, dreadful news

Luftüberwachung: Deutsche Bahn setzt Drohnen gegen Graffiti-Sprüher ein - http://bit.ly/1amXnuq wow, probably just the start #drones

"would prevent #TPP governments  from requiring companies to disclose proprietary formulas for  their products" - http://bit.ly/18jAPOJ

#Iceland campaigns to restrict internet porn - http://bit.ly/13TMK25 only way to do that is to shut down the Net... #is

Is the #TPP a Waste of Time and Energy? - http://bit.ly/10yYIKp good analysis of US hypocrisy (v @limweywen @fifarahman)

At trade talks, US, EU ready for fight on genetically modified crops - http://bit.ly/ZmILeY  will the European Commission cave on this?

Samsung invests $25 million to open its first US-based patent business - http://tnw.co/19eTKsI the madness spreads

US (c) industry: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits, spyware,  ransomware and trojans to attack pirates! - http://bit.ly/16iPeuC nuts

Government-backed logging 'pushing rare possum towards extinction' - http://bit.ly/11jBbvL nice pice for launch of #Guardian #Australia


Sunday, 26 May 2013

150525


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130524 - http://bit.ly/11hD6B6 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's family are, variously, a drug kingpin, a gangster, & affiliated with KKK - http://bit.ly/176Hk7G read, wonder

How the U.S. Government Hacks the World - http://buswk.co/12ErMSc & undermines its ability to criticise #china (v @AnnieMachon)

The National Health Action Party calls for immediate release of the #NHS Risk Register - http://bit.ly/18qAMhs something to hide, UK gov?

#Peru funded illegal Amazon rainforest road, claims Global Witness - http://bit.ly/14Ozs6y need to spread word, keep up pressure on this


Saturday, 25 May 2013

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


Thursday, 23 May 2013

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


Tuesday, 21 May 2013

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