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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150505 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150505.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Cartoon: Trans-Pacific speculation - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/01/1380971/-Cartoon-Trans-Pacific-speculation nicely done #TPP

Zero Rating and the Open Internet - https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2015/05/06/zero-rating-and-the-open-internet/ wise words from the Lizard Wrangler #mozilla

Community is the focus of 2015's International Day Against DRM - https://www.fsf.org/news/community-is-the-focus-of-2015s-international-day-against-drm #DRM must go

The right to install other software on your computing devices - https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150506-01.en.html crucial issue as software enters everything

Phind Is Shazam For Location — Snap A Photo, Pull In All The Info, Book Stuff - http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/05/dont-search-phind-snap-a-photo-pull-in-all-info-about-a-location-then-book-stuff/ was bound to come

Study: Mismarketing Of Patented Drugs Has Cost Society At Least $380 Billion - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150503/02563230867/study-mismarketing-patented-drugs-has-cost-society-least-380-billion.shtml another reason pharma patents must go

#ISDS: Spreading the disease instead of looking for a cure - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/isds-spreading-disease-instead-looking-cure propping up a rotting system... #TTIP

UK campaign to halt criminalisation of young people who send sexts - http://arstechnica.co.uk/2015/05/06/uk-campaign-to-halt-criminalisation-of-young-people-who-send-sexts/ law being dangerously stupid, again...

#NHS 'like sick patient in early stage terminal decline' former boss says - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/06/nhs-like-sick-patient-in-early-stage-terminal-decline-former-boss-says David "NHS is safe in my hands" Cameron?

Commission’s ISDS plan fails to deliver - http://www.beuc.eu/publications/commission%E2%80%99s-isds-plan-fails-deliver/html because #ISDS is fundamentally anti-democratic - it can't be saved #TTIP

EU’s #DigitalSingleMarket: Limited reforms for geo-blocking and #copyright - http://arstechnica.co.uk/2015/05/eus-digital-single-market-limited-reforms-for-geo-blocking-and-copyright/ a huge missed opportunity here

Cameron and the European Commission: doing the business of business - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/vicky-cann/cameron-and-european-commission-doing-business-of-business important analysis looking at bigger picture

Elizabeth Warren: Trade bill could “tear down” Wall Street oversight - http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/warren-trade-bill-could-tear-down-wall-street-oversight-117670.html that's the plan #TPP

Rechtsgutachten bestätigt: In #TTIP vorgesehene Schiedsgerichte sind verfassungswidrig - http://berliner-wassertisch.info/rechtsgutachten-bestaetigt-in-ttip-vorgesehene-schiedsgerichte-sind-verfassungswidrig/ big if confirmed #de #ISDS

Stop #TTIP: Malmström’s ISDS proposal misses the point - https://stop-ttip.org/stop-ttip-malmstroms-isds-proposal-misses-the-point/ "foreign investors obtain rights without any obligations"

(A) Missing link between prokaryotes and complex cells identified - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/a-missing-link-between-prokayotes-and-complex-cells-identified/ exciting

Mass protests, brutal crackdown in Macedonia - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/mass-protests-brutal-crackdow.html looks bad

Saving the Yangtze Finless Porpoise - https://vimeo.com/126769807 some signs of hope here... #china

China fishing plan in Antarctica alarms scientists - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/03/19/260369/china-fishing-plan-in-antarctica.html this is potentially v bad

Encryption: What The FBI Wants It Can Only Have By Destroying Computing And Censoring The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150502/14414630864/encryption-what-fbi-wants-it-can-only-have-destroying-computing-censoring-internet.shtml </sigh>

Video: How the Doctor Who theme was recorded - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/video-how-the-doctor-who-them.html fascinating

#ISDS-Vorschlag von Malmström vertuscht Probleme - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/isds-vorschlag_malmstroem.html "Die einzig sichere Lösung sei, CETA & TTIP nicht zu ratifizieren"

EU court rules “Skype” is too similar to “Sky,” blocks trademark application - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-court-rules-skype-is-too-similar-to-sky-blocks-trademark-application-2/ absurd

Announcing Open Government Fellows - http://blog.okfn.org/2015/05/06/announcing-open-government-fellows/ good stuff

Freihandelsabkommen #TTIP: Gutachten stuft Schiedsgerichte als verfassungswidrig ein - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-schiedsgerichte-laut-bund-gutachten-verfassungswidrig-a-1032467.html good to see @DerSPIEGEL #ISDS



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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150504 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/150504.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Welcome to Ars Technica UK! - http://arstechnica.co.uk/2015/05/05/welcome-to-ars-technica-uk/ it lives. why not give it a whirl?

EMA boasts landmark in patient data, health groups lukewarm - http://www.politico.eu/article/ema-boasts-landmark-in-patient-data-health-groups-lukewarm/ EMA still has a long way to go....

1000-Year-Old Village Told To Stop Using Name Because Of #Trademark Claim From Hotel Chain Founded There - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150504/07402630883/1000-year-old-village-told-to-stop-using-name-because-trademark-claim-hotel-chain-founded-there.shtml uh-huh

Wikimedians in Brussels map out key issues about the European Union’s digital future - http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/04/european-union-issues/ this is useful #EU

appellate body for #ISDS is exactly wrong: it just gives corporations yet another opportunity to erode democracy. #ISDS must go, not grow

#TTIP talks: despite the PR, still under a cloak of #secrecy - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/ttip-talks-despite-pr-still-under-cloak-secrecy excellent, concrete issues raised here

AIPAC-backed legislation targeting #BDS movement advances in Congress - http://mondoweiss.net/2015/04/legislation-targeting-movement NB: this would apply to #TTIP

How #NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/05/nsa-speech-recognition-snowden-searchable-text/ "the economics of #surveillance have totally changed" #snowden

UK Supreme Court makes court cases available online to watch on-demand - http://arstechnica.co.uk/2015/05/05/uk-supreme-court-makes-court-cases-available-online-to-watch-on-demand/ great move - but why only for one year?

Roman mosaics are almost unrecognizable after botched restoration work - http://mashable.com/2015/05/05/turkey-mosaics-ruined/ </facepalm>

Announcing the Birth of Hurd - http://fossforce.com/2015/05/announcing-the-birth-of-hurd/ the end times are upon us... #GNU

France brings in mass #surveillance with its own “snooper’s charter” - http://arstechnica.co.uk/2015/05/05/france-brings-in-mass-surveillance-with-its-own-snoopers-charter/ this looks really bad... #privacy

Standard Chartered face pressure to cut links to Australian 'carbon bomb' project - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/05/standard-chartered-face-pressure-to-cut-links-to-australian-carbon-bomb-project shame on #standardchartered

Only 24 hours to #StopC51 before the final House of Commons vote - https://stopc51.ca/?src=157708 don't follow #France, #Canada...

DEA agents who imprisoned student for 5 days without food or water receive wrist slap - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/05/dea-agents-who-imprisoned-stud.html such contempt

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150503 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/05/150503.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Trans Pacific Trickle-Down Economics - http://robertreich.org/post/117948294805 good analysis of the Great Lie at the heart of #TPP  (v @EllieAsksWhy)

Names of the chemical elements in Chinese - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18877 you can thank me later... #linguistics #china

UK 2015 Election Candidates Surveillance Survey - https://election.openrightsgroup.org/ Find out where your parliamentary candidates stand on surveillance

Harper’s Canada-EU trade deal sideswiped by Europe’s U.S. fears: Walkom - http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/01/stephen-harpers-canada-eu-trade-deal-sideswiped-by-europes-us-fears-walkom.html failure of #CETA now widely discussed

And Another One Bites The Dust: Mass Surveillance Ruled Unconstitutional In Slovak Republic - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150501/09272230846/another-one-bites-dust-mass-surveillance-ruled-unconstitutional-slovak-republic.shtml yay #sk

Labour would repeal Tory #NHS reforms within 100 days, says Miliband - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/may/04/election-2015-live-result-knife-edge-ken-clarke-warns-chaos-second-vote @UKLabour finally gets there...

Widerstand gegen #TTIP erfasst ganz Europa" - http://www.euractiv.de/sections/eu-aussenpolitik/widerstand-gegen-ttip-erfasst-ganz-europa-314285 good summary of the massive rejection across #EU (v @michelreimon)

New EU laws to pass 'regulation test' - https://euobserver.com/news/128537 deeply undemocratic - just like #TTIP (v @CatherineOlier @olivierhoedeman)

UK Government: Change the Freedom of Information Act - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/The_UK_Government_Change_the_Freedom_of_Information_Act/ reform the “commercial confidentiality exemption” #demandFOI

there can be no compromise on #ISDS, nor naive re-branding as "independent court": it must go from #TTIP, #CETA, SingaporeFTA – everything

Extreme secrecy eroding support for Obama's trade pact - http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/secrecy-eroding-support-for-trade-pact-critics-say-117581.html probably because he's eroding democratic oversight #TPA #TPP

"can’t make details public because the negotiations are still going on with multiple countries at once": rubbish, show main bracketed text

A Game of Chicken - http://www.oregonlive.com/usda-salmonella/ salmonella-infected food coming to EU thanks to #TTIP's removal of "non-tariff barriers"?

Stepping back from sharing - http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2015/05/04/stepping-back-from-sharing/ "a masterpiece of doublespeak" #elsevier #oa

World’s first #Ubuntu powered Drone launched - http://www.techworm.net/2015/05/worlds-first-ubuntu-powered-drone-launched.html nice

Announcing the “wily werewolf” - http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1468 make of that what you will #ubuntu

Texas Republican Wants Women to Carry Deceased Fetuses to Full Term - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-republican-wants-women-carry-deceased-fetuses-full-term

"Most worrisome are #ISDS arbitrations, which constitute an attempt to escape the jurisdiction of national courts" - http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/may/04/ttip-united-nations-human-right-secret-courts-multinationals

Schumer Warns Obama Trade Agenda Is Dead Without China Currency-Manipulation Crackdown - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/02/chuck-schumer-currency-trade-china_n_7192708.html (v @StopFastTrack @PCGTW)

How To Use ‘Intellectual Property’ Properly - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150501/16584030850/how-to-use-intellectual-property-properly.shtmla crucial distinction being made here

Opening up the Shadowy World of #TradeSecrets - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/trade-secrets-open-3610447/ How European Commission gave lobbyists pretty much what they wanted

Germany pitches plan to break #TTIP stalemate - http://www.politico.eu/article/germany-pitches-plan-to-break-ttip-stalemate/ still gives corporates privileged legal status: unacceptable #ISDS

#Apple Trying To Kill Off Spotify's Free Tier; DOJ Now Investigating For Antitrust - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150504/10043430886/apple-trying-to-kill-off-spotifys-free-tier-doj-now-investigating-antitrust.shtml @vestager may need intervene...

.@MalmstromEU:"#ISDS is now the most toxic acronym in Europe." - http://www.politico.eu/article/malmstroms-washington-agenda/ yes, just like #ACTA. Remember what happened then?

Reid Plans To Block Trade Deal Until The Senate Deals With Surveillance Reform, Highway Funding - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/harry-reid-tpp_n_7208076.html whoa #TPA #TPP

Humanitarians split on Obama’s trade agenda: #TPP - http://www.humanosphere.org/world-politics/2015/05/humanitarians-split-over-obamas-trade-agenda-trans-pacific-partnership/ any of them supporting it clearly don't understand it

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150502 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150502.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Ebuyer Launches #Ubuntu Certified Laptops Powered by AMD - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ebuyer-Launches-Ubuntu-Certified-Laptops-Powered-by-AMD-479949.shtml bought £200 one last year; pretty good value

"We trialled and sold #Ubuntu preloaded on one device last year with huge success" - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/05/02/ubuntu-laptops-available-for-pre-order-with-ebuyer-com/ important if we can sustain it

important analysis of food safety measures in trade agreements - http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=26fee7f7d268bc1c653da5892&id=22d63cc968&e=13a31567bf #TTIP #TPP #SPS

Anti-Piracy Measures Putting Internet Users at Risk - http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-putting-internet-users-at-risk-150503/ -ve externalities greatly outweigh any benefits to (c) cos.

Fears grow over ‘land grab’ of #NHS by private suppliers - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/02/nhs-land-grab-private-firms-health-privatisation-fears #TTIP's #ISDS will make this effectively irreversible

Why are GPs being told to hand billions-worth of #NHS decisions to private health firms & lobbyists? - https://www.opendemocracy.net/tamasin-cave/why-are-gps-being-told-to-hand-decisions-to-private-health-firms-and-their-lobbyists disgraceful

important reply from Capaldo to ECIPE paper's criticisms of his big #TTIP analysis - https://stopttipitalia.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/capaldottip_rejoinder.pdf (v @Alberto_Zoratti)

Make way for the lynx and the bear as ‘#rewilding’ projects gather pace across Britain - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/03/lynx-rewilding-britain-wildlife-countryside exciting

#AU: End #TPP secrecy and let Parliament decide, community groups tell Senate Inquiry - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/953 it's called democracy #ISDS

senior doctors: "coalition’s 5 years in power have amounted to 'a huge setback for the health of the public' ” - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/03/austerity-policies-failures-public-health-cost-lives-senior-doctors-coalition-obesity-alcohol-welfare-letter

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150430 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/05/150430.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Movie Studios Give ‘Pirate’ Sites a 24h Shutdown Ultimatum - https://torrentfreak.com/movie-studios-give-pirate-sites-a-24h-shutdown-ultimatum-150430/ these people are delusional

So-called 'free trade' policies hurt US workers every time we pass them - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/29/so-called-free-trade-policies-hurt-us-workers-every-time-we-pass-them here are the facts #TPP #ISDS (V @DrRimmer)

Online and on the streets: Labour test modern methods in Southampton marginal - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/02/online-labour-modern-methods-southampton-marginal fascinating; but will it work?

HP 455 Quad Core Laptop + ubuntu - £300 - http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es FWIW, I bought its predecessor; works well. no, I do not get commission

Meeting Snowden in Princeton - https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2015/05/02/meeting-snowden-in-princeton/ v thoughtful, v useful notes from 4-hour crypto discussion with #snowden: lots here

Gabriel treibt Idee von #TTIP-Handelsgericht voran - http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article140420171/Gabriel-treibt-Idee-von-TTIP-Handelsgericht-voran.html still unnecessary & undemocratic: just bin the whole idea #ISDS

"Was wir damit schaffen, ist kein Schiedsgericht mehr, sondern ein ganz normales Gericht" - http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article140420171/Gabriel-treibt-Idee-von-TTIP-Handelsgericht-voran.html so use normal courts

The @arstechnica guide to digital policy in the UK’s 2015 general election - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/30/the-ars-technica-guide-to-digital-policy-in-the-uks-2015-general-election/ find out how savvy/clueless they are

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150430 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/05/150430.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

England faces major rise in record hot years due to #climatechange – scientists - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/01/england-faces-major-rise-in-record-hot-years-due-to-climate-change-scientists "any old thermometer can show you"

Church of England ends investments in heavily polluting fossil fuels - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/30/church-of-england-ends-investments-in-heavily-polluting-fossil-fuels why can't @BillGates do the same? #divestment

Tesla’s new “Powerwall” home battery will cost $3,500 for 10kWh units - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/01/teslas-new-powerwall-home-battery-will-cost-3500-for-10kwh-units/ looks good #energy

Indonesian government must halt road through orangutan reserve - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/30/indonesian-government-must-halt-road-through-orangutan-reserve-says-green-prize-winner haven't they suffered enough? #id

The Great Database of #China: Rating Moral Behavior, Blacklisting Citizens - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150430/08412830838/great-database-china-rating-moral-behavior-blacklisting-citizens.shtml eek: hope this doesn't give UK ideas...

Farage steps up attack on BBC after Question Time row - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/01/nigel-farage-bbc-question-time-ukip absurd: BBC hugely biased in favour of UKIP already...

After #OpenStreetMap - OpenSeaMap - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/openseamap-3609469/ yet another great open project #osm

Schools providing £43.5m of extra support to children due to cuts – poll - http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/01/schools-providing-435m-of-extra-support-to-children-due-to-cuts-poll shames us all, but especially UK gov.

#Encryption won't work if it has a back door only the 'good guys' have keys to - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/01/encryption-wont-work-if-it-has-a-back-door-only-the-good-guys-have-keys-to- don't miss the superb analogy used

lion burgers - https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-05-03/anshu-pathak-exotic-meat-guy talking of sick individuals...

The @arstechnica guide to science policy for the 2015 UK general election - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/01/the-ars-technica-guide-to-science-policy-for-the-2015-uk-general-election/ just in case you were still wavering...

Debian 8: #Linux’s most reliable distro makes its biggest change since 1993 - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/01/debian-8-linuxs-most-reliable-distro-makes-its-biggest-change-since-1993/ Deb & Ian will be proud...

House Science Committee guts #NASA Earth sciences budget - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/01/house-science-committee-guts-nasa-earth-sciences-budget/ shameful anti-science move by dogmatic idiots

Who Pays When The DEA Destroys Your Vehicle & Kills Your Employee During A Botched Sting? Hint: Not The DEA - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150428/16401530826/who-pays-when-dea-destroys-your-vehicle-kills-your-employee-during-botched-sting-hint-not-dea.shtml insane

French letter thanked UN whistleblower for disclosing abuse by troops - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/01/french-letter-thanked-un-whistleblower-for-disclosing-abuse-by-troops but the #whistleblower gets it again

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150429 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/04/150429.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Crowdfunding Weaponized Drones In Ukraine - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150426/01540530789/crowdfunding-weaponized-drones-ukraine.shtml eeek

France’s Intelligence Bill: legalising mass surveillance - https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/félix-tréguer/france’s-intelligence-bill-legalises-mass-surveillance

LIVE footage of earthquake in Kathmandu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kmMOHPrTsg#t=162  pretty amazing #nepal

ALTER-EU launches its full lobby #transparency now! campaign - http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2015/04/alter-eu-launches-its-full-lobby-transparency-now-campaign great move #lobbying

UK Tribunal Rules #GCHQ Conducted Illegal #Surveillance And Must Destroy Legally Privileged Documents - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150429/09141930832/uk-tribunal-rules-gchq-conducted-illegal-surveillance-must-destroy-legally-privileged-documents.shtml important

The @arstechnica guide to digital policy in the UK’s 2015 general election - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/30/the-ars-technica-guide-to-digital-policy-in-the-uks-2015-general-election/ find out how savvy/clueless they are

Commission wants to vet changes to draft EU law - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/commission-wants-vet-changes-draft-eu-law-314243 a blatant, undemocratic power-grab by @EU_Commission #deregulation

Hillary Clinton opposes #ISDS - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/30/hillary-clinton-trans-pacific-partnership_n_7173108.html "confirmed to HuffPost by a spokesperson for her presidential campaign": big if true

#Microsoft Corporation's entry in EU Transparency Register - http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=0801162959-21  not exactly gripping reading, but interesting

Obama trade bill in trouble - http://www.politico.eu/article/obama-trade-bill-in-trouble/ "currently dozens of votes short of being able to pass" #TPA #TPP (v @ThiruGeneva)

development & faith organisations: reject #TPA and a bad #TPP deal - http://www.oxfamamerica.org/static/media/files/development_and_faith_letter_on_TPP__TPA_-_30_April_2015.pdf more voices against

Tom Friedman: If We Don't Sign The #TPP Agreement, The World Will Be Overtaken By ISIS, Anarchy And China - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150429/05485830831/tom-friedman-if-we-dont-sign-tpp-agreement-world-will-be-overtaken-isis-anarchy-china.shtml uh-huh

Spam-blasting malware infects thousands of #Linux and #FreeBSD servers - http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/30/spam-blasting-malware-infects-thousands-of-linux-and-freebsd-servers/ interesting, slightly worrying... #security

</sigh> #copyright maximalists are such lovely people - http://thetrichordist.com/2015/04/28/recreatecoalition-org-reheatcoalition-org/

Windows 10 is now available on Raspberry Pi & Arduino - http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/04/30/windows-10-is-now-available-on-raspberry-pi-and-arduino/  well, I do declare: #microsoft "chasing tail lights" again

Music Licensing Groups Argue That An Homeowners Association Playing Music At The Pool Is A Public Performance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150429/05442730830/music-licensing-groups-argue-that-homeowners-association-playing-music-pool-is-public-performance.shtml

"European Union is approaching its last chance to save its reputation with citizens" - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/workers-day-message-european-commission-314263 #ISDS could be the last straw

Law Enforcement's Cluelessness On Display In Congressional Hearing On Undermining Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150429/18033330836/law-enforcements-cluelessness-display-congressional-hearing-undermining-encryption.shtml and how...

Comment Is Weird: A Tumblog of Greatness that parodies The Guardian's 'Comment Is Free' - http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/comment-is-weird-a-tumblog-of.html spectacular

Battle rages over key Obama trade policy - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/04/30/battle-rages-over-key-obama-trade-policy/ word is out: "#ISDS risks undermining democratic norms" #TPP

"Below, we detail the ways in which #ISDS departs from the justice opportunities that U.S. courts provide" http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/04/30/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/oppose_ISDS_Letter.pdf fab letter

Dear @BillGates : 'Will you lead the fight against climate change?' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/30/dear-bill-gates-will-you-lead-the-fight-against-climate-change yeah, answer that, matey...