150513

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150512 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150512.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

First offshore wind farm to debut in the U.S. in July - http://mashable.com/2015/05/13/offshore-wind-america/ amazing it's taken this long... #energy

UNCTAD Released its Annual Issues Note on Latest Developments in #ISDS - http://investmentpolicyhub.unctad.org/News/Hub/Home/306 indispensable resource

US Says 'No' To ISDS Reform; Hungary Says 'No' To ISDS - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150512/06070430970/us-says-no-to-corporate-sovereignty-reform-hungary-says-no-to-corporate-sovereignty.shtml #ISDS is the new #ACTA - & just as toxic

'Happy surprise' as Greece receives invitation to join BRICS bank - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/happy-surprise-greece-receives-invitation-join-brics-bank-314514 now that's an interesting move

.@wikileaks Releases Transcript Of German Inquiry Into Growing #NSA Spy Scandal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150512/07452930973/wikileaks-releases-transcript-german-inquiry-into-growing-nsa-spy-scandal.shtml good to see more stuff from them

Obama’s trade deal: Why he’s in danger of losing - http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-obama-is-in-danger-of-losing-on-tpp/2015/05/11/ae4caf30-f814-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html excellent analysis #TPA #TPP #TTIP

#GCHQ places job ad for white hat hackers, for attack as well as defence - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/gchq-puts-out-job-ad-for-white-hat-hackers-for-attack-as-well-as-defence/ Applicants will have conscience vetted

.@EU_Commission wants #TTIP advisory groups to sign confidentiality agreement - http://www.politico.eu/article/the-commissions-trade-secrets/ repeating obama's mistakes #secrecy

#TTIP in disarray after US vote - http://www.arc2020.eu/2015/05/ttip-in-disarray-as-us-senate-rejects-tpp-fast-track/ "take far more seriously the undeniable civil society momentum to scupper TTIP"

The Initiative Against An Ancillary #Copyright For Press Publishers - http://ancillarycopyright.eu/ new Web site fighting a stupid idea

#TTIP falters after Senate blocks Obama on free-trade initiative - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/ttip-falters-after-senate-blocks-obama-free-trade-initiative-314565 #TPA

Jetzt Druck machen: Gemeinsam schaffen wir zwei Millionen "Stop #TTIP"-Unterschriften! - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/stopttip-unterschriften.html go on, you know you want to

Google wins #privacy case, allowed not to forget in Finland - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/google-wins-privacy-case-allowed-not-to-forget-in-finland/ embarrassing? Tough

The secret corporate takeover of trade agreements - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/13/the-secret-corporate-takeover-of-trade-agreements @JosephEStiglitz says it all on #ISDS, says it well (v @PekkaJN)

UK Plans To Do Away With Free Speech... In The Name Of Free Speech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150513/07020630985/uk-plans-to-do-away-with-free-speech-name-free-speech.shtml just shameful

"Asbestos remains legal and lethal in the US" - http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/241807-americans-face-an-irreversible-rollback-in-chemical unbelievable; & they want to harmonise with these laws using #TTIP?

150512

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150511 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/05/150511.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

German states call for ban on household pesticide - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/german-states-call-ban-household-pesticide-314508 just the start #glyphosate

NGOs demand Timmermans make good on mandatory lobbying register - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/public-affairs/ngos-demand-timmermans-make-good-mandatory-lobbying-register-314507 @TimmermansEU turning into a real disaster

#NHS Contract Awarded To Private Firm; Rival Bid “£7 Million Cheaper” - http://www.buzzfeed.com/solomonhughes/nhs-contract-stoke scandalous - & a foretaste (v @MikeTaylor)

EU's New 'Scrutiny Board' To Implement Key US Demands For TAFTA/#TTIP Even Before It's Completed - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150510/03131930947/eus-new-scrutiny-board-to-implement-key-us-demands-taftattip-even-before-completed.shtml #deregulation

Ireland Becoming Key Spot In Fights Over Data Privacy: Both Concerning Governments & Tech Companies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150509/07182930946/ireland-becoming-key-spot-fights-over-data-privacy-both-concerning-governments-tech-companies.shtml good analysis

Erle-Copter, #Ubuntu Core Edition: the first drone with apps - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/05/erle-copter-ubuntu-core-edition-the-first-drone-with-apps/ the power of #opensource #ros

Who is writing the #TPP? - http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/05/11/elizabeth-warren-and-rosa-delauro-who-writing-tpp/2FQZAV6uz9GGQI6pe3cd0K/story.html "A rigged process leads to a rigged outcome."

How Obama could face a filibuster from his own party on trade - http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-obama-could-face-a-filibuster-from-his-own-party-on-trade/2015/05/11/25c644dc-f814-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html interesting times #TPA #TPP #TTIP

Why Doctors Without Borders Is Lobbying Against Obama’s Trade Deal - http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/why-doctors-without-borders-is-lobbying-against-obama-s-trade-deal-20150510 #TPP "would lock in high drug prices" #TPA

Why Warren Is Right and Obama Is Wrong on Fast Track’s Threat to Wall Street Reform - http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2015/05/why-warren-is-right-and-obama-is-wrong-on-fast-tracks-threat-to-wall-street-reform.html link-rich analysis #TPA #TPP

How #TTIP & #TISA threaten education - http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publication/EUA_Statement_TTIP.sflb.ashx from January, but still very true, alas #ISDS

Update on #DRM and #Firefox - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/05/12/update-on-digital-rights-management-and-firefox/ Mozilla deepens its complicity in destroying the open Web; sad & very foolish

Verizon Buys AOL, Because Two Lumbering Dinosaurs Who Can't Figure Out The Modern Internet Must Be Better Together - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150512/06492130971/verizon-buys-aol-because-two-lumbering-dinosaurs-who-cant-figure-out-modern-internet-must-be-better-together.shtml

Obama’s Fast-Track Trade Bill Filibustered (Updated) - http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/obamas-fast-track-trade-bill-filibustered/ "52-45 vote fell well short of the 60 votes needed"; wow

Looks Like CIA's 'Torture Revealed Osama's Courier' Story Now Even More False Than Previously Believed - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150512/06593330972/looks-like-cias-torture-revealed-osamas-courier-story-now-even-more-false-than-previously-believed.shtml

Obama's plans for #TPP & #TTIP in tatters after Senate vote - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/12/obama-trans-pacific-partnership-senate-vote "need to fundamentally renegotiate US trade agreements"

Senate Rejects Fast Track Bill For #TPP Agreement: Back To The Drawing Board - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150512/12221430979/senate-rejects-fast-track-bill-tpp-agreement-back-to-drawing-board.shtml what just happened #FTA

150511

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150510 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150510.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Crunch time for #TPP talks - http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Global-Trends/Profile/Articles/2015/05/11/Crunch-time-for-TPPA-talks/ certainly is...good summary

Study: Costs of Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in EU €157 billion - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399291/ action required urgently #TTIP

UK government will bring back Snooper's Charter; #Snowden warns of dangers - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/uk-government-will-bring-back-snoopers-charter-snowden-warns-of-dangers/ #encryption also at risk? #surveillance

Russia now selling home-grown CPUs with Transmeta-like x86 emulation - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/05/russia-now-selling-home-grown-cpus-with-transmeta-like-x86-emulation/ interesting move

Rare direct image of a super-Jupiter exoplanet - http://www.cnet.com/news/rare-direct-image-of-a-super-jupiter-exoplanet/ wow, exciting times

EU's New #DigitalSingleMarket...Isn't - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/dsm-3611213/ how long will we have to wait? #copyright

US rejects EU proposal on free trade tribunal - https://euobserver.com/tickers/128662 good news: now we must get rid of #ISDS completely... #TTIP

#TTIP: "the inadequate level of #dataprotection in the United States might be considered a trade barrier." - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/dont-forget-big-data-ttip-and-tisa-314487 ha!

World full of useless placebo buttons - http://boingboing.net/2015/05/11/world-full-of-useless-placebo.html fascinating

major #AIDS research groups says the #TPP will make it harder to fight AIDS - https://www.vox.com/2015/5/11/8584025/tpp-amfar-aids-generics who cares, provided rich get richer?

An Open Letter to Progressives: #TPP Is Not Yet 'The Most Progressive Trade Agreement in History' - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-sander-/an-open-letter-to-progres_b_7257776.html far from it

Senators: Vote No on Fast Track! - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-r-shaffer/seantors-vote-no-on-fast-_b_7253124.html yup; I mean, nope #TPA

DEA Takes $16,000 From Train Passenger Because It Can - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150511/09225630958/dea-takes-16000-train-passenger-because-it-can.shtml disgusting, racist bullying

150510

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150509 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150509.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Move over, Raspberry Pi. This startup is building a $9 computer - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/05/move-over-raspberry-pi-this-startup-is-building-a-9-computer/ this is one reason why #freesw is unbeatable

#FiveEyes "put everything they collect in all their countries in a common bucket...do whatever they want with it." http://www.forbes.com/sites/runasandvik/2015/05/10/what-edward-snowden-said-at-the-nordic-media-festival/2/

#Copyright from the lens of reality - http://svpow.com/2015/05/07/copyright-from-the-lens-of-reality/ splendid, angry stuff about self-serving toffee; read and enjoy #openaccess

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 ICYMI



150509

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150508 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/150508.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

MIT Report Says Current Tech Enables Future Terawatt-Scale Solar Power Systems - http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/05/09/1334249/mit-report-says-current-tech-enables-future-terawatt-scale-solar-power-systems good news

 I won human rights for a chimpanzee - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630202.700-i-won-human-rights-for-a-chimpanzee.html great work

150508

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150507 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/05/150507.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

The strange case of the shy lobbyists: why no-one will admit to lobbying for #TTIP - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/strange-case-shy-lobbyists-why-no-one-will-admit-lobbying-ttip great research

Learning from Openness: Partial Sharing is not Enough - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/sharing-3610448/ Some organisations still find it hard to let go completely

Democratic Deficit - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uk_electoral_reform_21/ certain recent events indicate why we need to reform the UK voting system

Seven Corporations that Could Sponsor Obama’s Controversial Trade Deal (If His Nike Endorsement Falls Flat) - http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2015/05/seven-corporations-that-could-sponsor-obamas-controversial-trade-deal-if-his-nike-endorsement-falls-.html #TPP

Why Is Consumers' Research Pushing For Anti-Consumer Trade Deals, And Bad Intellectual Property Laws? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150503/17490130876/why-is-consumers-research-pushing-anti-consumer-trade-deals-bad-intellectual-property-laws.shtml

Obama Gets Called Out For Trade Deal Secrecy – By A Right-Wing Republican - http://www.alternet.org/obama-gets-called-out-trade-deal-secrecy-right-wing-republican awkward #TPA #TPP #TTIP

#Climatechange a “hoax”: key business advisor to #AU prime minister - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/05/climate-change-a-hoax-says-key-business-advisor-to-aussie-prime-minister/ "new world order under the control of the UN"

Next week in Corporate Congress: Fast Track push, Dodd-Frank attack - http://www.citizenvox.org/2015/05/08/next-week-in-corporate-congress-fast-track-push-dodd-frank-attack/ time to push back... #TPA

150507

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150506 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/150506.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Donald Trump To Blast Obama Trade Pact In Radio Ads: ‘A Bad, Bad Deal’ - http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/06/donald-trump-to-blast-obama-trade-pact-in-radio-ads-a-bad-bad-deal/ strange bedfellows... #TPA #TPP

EU Tries To Put Lipstick On The #ISDS Pig - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150506/10054030901/eu-tries-to-put-lipstick-corporate-sovereignty-pig.shtml forget it: it's not needed. just bin it #TTIP #TPP

Recipe for disaster:pro-business Scrutiny Board to prevent laws that hurt corporate profit - http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2015/05/recipe-disaster-pro-business-scrutiny-board-prevent-laws-hurt-corporate-profit exactly #TTIP's approach

MEPs unimpressed with Commission’s #ISDS proposal - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/meps-unimpressed-commissions-isds-proposal-314389 they're too wise to be fooled by a little fiddling at the edges

Europol und Interpol wollen Verschlüsselung umgehen & Geheimdienstdaten verarbeiten - https://netzpolitik.org/2015/dauerhaft-angespannte-bedrohungslage-europol-und-interpol-wollen-verschluesselung-umgehen-und-geheimdienstdaten-verarbeiten/ disgraceful attack on freedom

The UK press are still attempting to sway voters on election polling day - http://mashable.com/2015/05/07/general-election-newspapers/ journalism? not so much #GE2015

#TTIP-Handelsgericht weder notwendig noch sinnvoll - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/ttip-gerichtshof_paralleljustiz.html #ISDS increasingly toxic now...

'Kill Anything': #Israeli Soldiers Say #Gaza Atrocities Came From Orders For Indiscriminate Fire - http://www.alternet.org/world/kill-anything-israeli-soldiers-say-gaza-atrocities-came-orders-indiscriminate-fire need investigating

#ISDS Reformen reichen nicht - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/kritik-an-schiedsgerichtsplaenen-fuer-ttip-reformen-reichen-nicht-1.2468233 "stoßen bei Kritikern auf Ablehnung". get the message: no (v @Bwassertisch)#TTIP

EU Tries To Put Lipstick On The #ISDS Pig - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150506/10054030901/eu-tries-to-put-lipstick-corporate-sovereignty-pig.shtml ISDS is an irremediably flawed solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

German support for #TTIP drops on food, safety worries: poll - http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-usa-germany-trade-idUKKBN0NS0ZR20150507 going down... (v @bilaterals_org @TTIPBeware)#de

#BND stoppt Internet-Überwachung für #NSA - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geheimdienst-affaere-bnd-stoppt-internet-ueberwachung-fuer-die-nsa-1.2468701 wow, that's a big slap in the face (v @AdV007)

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit From Redditor Who Found An FBI Tracking Device On His Car - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150506/15083030905/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-redditor-who-found-fbi-tracking-device-his-car.shtml crazy

#TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that undermines democracy - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/ the Big One: 6K words; pl. spread widely

#TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that undermines democracy - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/ detailed background: pl. spread widely

Unhappy #Canada says will negotiate #TPP deal in own interests - http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN0NS28Y20150507 the claws start to come out

Appeals Court Says #NSA's Bulk Phone Records Collection Not Actually Authorized By PATRIOT Act - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150507/07372730922/huge-win-appeals-court-says-nsas-bulk-phone-records-collection-not-actually-authorized-patriot-act.shtml great analysis

Why Nike Is the Problem, Not the Solution - http://robertreich.org/post/118377464065 yup #TPP