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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160806 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160806.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Think the north and the poor caused #Brexit? Think again - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/07/north-poor-brexit-myths it was mainly the bigoted and the gullible

Hackers Could Break Into Your Monitor To Spy on You and Manipulate Your Pixels - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hackers-could-break-into-your-monitor-to-spy-on-you-and-manipulate-your-pixels blimey, is nothing safe? (nope)

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160805 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160805.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

#BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/05/bbc-to-deploy-detection-vans-to-snoop-on-internet-users/ question: would VPNs mask traffic enough to thwart this?

EU impact assessment: Establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court for investment dispute resolution - http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/docs/2016_trade_024_court_on_investment_en.pdf #ISDS

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160804 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160804.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Rio 2016: top American Olympic shooter Kim Rhode attacks gun-control laws - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/05/rio2016-top-american-olympic-shooter-kim-rhode-attacks-gun-control-laws this woman is sad & ridiculous

Eircode & Public Disservice Announcements - http://disloc8ed.com/blog/2016/08/01/eircode-public-disservice-announcements/ the #eircode saga just gets worse and worse

After The Age Of The PC, Welcome To The Age Of The PD -- The 'Personal Drone' – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160803/05521835141/after-age-pc-welcome-to-age-pd-personal-drone.shtml

Australia decides it should probably study climate science after all - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/08/recently-downsized-australian-climate-science-agency-gets-a-boost/ well, that's a relief

Major Amazon dam opposed by tribes fails to get environmental license - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/05/major-amazon-dam-brazil-opposed-by-tribes-fails-get-environmental-license great news

Austria is capital of radical racism, says Turkish foreign minister - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/05/mevlut-cavusoglu-austria-capital-of-radical-racism-turkey uh-huh

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160803 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2016/08/160803_3.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Fly the flag for Team GB. It may well be the last hurrah for ‘Britain’ - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/fly-flag-team-gb-last-hurrah-britain-rio-olympics yup: #WellDoneBrexit

 Chinese lawyer who exposed baby milk scandal jailed for subversion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/04/chinese-lawyer-who-exposed-baby-milk-scandal-jailed-for-subversion terrible signal #china

Australians threaten to take leave of their census - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/australia-2016-census-personal-data-retention/ great title, disastrous move by #AU government

#China's Home-Grown Version Of @Spotify Shows How To Make Money In A World Of Digital Abundance – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160801/08513035129/chinas-home-grown-version-spotify-shows-how-to-make-money-world-digital-abundance.shtml

Report: Operating Systems Should Actively Block Pirated Downloads - https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-want-microsoft-ban-pirated-software-windows-160803/ copyright maximalists know no limits..

Labour deputy leader calls on PM to halt plans to wipe old Companies House data - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/companies-house-defunct-companies-tom-watson/ a seriously bad idea, uk gov...

British woman held after being seen reading book about Syria on plane - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/04/british-woman-held-after-being-seen-reading-book-about-syria-on-plane @ThomsonAirways_ you are a disgrace

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160803 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160803.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/03/climate-crisis-media-relegates-greatest-challenge-hurtle-us-collapse-planet & that's the media's fault...

Khan controversy: Donald Trump fans don’t know or don’t care - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/03/smear-today-gone-tomorrow-khan-controversy-goes-over-trump-fans-hats key to trump's success: stupid, bigoted supporters

Pensioner fills in crossword puzzle art exhibit, claims #copyright of “new” work - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/pensioner-fills-in-crossword-puzzle-art-exhibit-claims-copyright-of-new-work/ (v @c_g_citizen)

The Public To Record The Police – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/08432935102/yes-you-read-that-correctly-china-says-ok-members-public-to-record-police.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160801 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/08/160802.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Mexican rape victim, 13, refused access to abortion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/mexican-victim-13-refused-access-to-abortion horrific: "judge downgrades crime to ‘sexual coercion’" #mx

"It’s time to bring BACK the famous dark blue UK passport" - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1537388/its-time-to-bring-back-the-famous-dark-blue-uk-passport-as-a-symbol-of-our-independence-after-brexit/ Sun continues to incite its bigoted and idiot readers

"if a company so much as tweets a congratulations to an Olympic athlete, that could cost the athlete their medals" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160730/00341435112/how-olympics-bullshit-ban-tweeting-about-olympics-is-harming-olympic-athletes.shtml

A challenge to publishers to justify embargo periods - https://fossilsandshit.com/2016/08/02/a-challenge-to-publishers-to-justify-embargo-periods/ accepting embargoes was a huge mistake #ZeroEmbargoesNow #ZEN

Russian Orthodox church head backs Ivan the Terrible sculpture - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/russian-orthodox-church-head-backs-ivan-the-terrible-sculpture you can't make this stuff up - talk about symbolism

Miller, Trott Urge President Against Forcing Lame-Duck #TPP Vote - https://candicemiller.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/miller-trott-urge-president-against-forcing-lame-duck-tpp-vote if it quacks like a duck, it's probably a dog...

Erdoğan: west is supporting terrorism against Turkey - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/the-west-is-supporting-terrorism-against-turkey-claims-erdogank at least he's making it easy for west to tell him to get lost

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160731 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/07/160801.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Russian spies claim they can now collect #crypto keys—but don’t say how - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/08/russian-spies-say-they-are-able-to-collect-crypto-keys-but-dont-say-how/ a riddle, wrapped up in a mystery #ru

Getty Makes Nonsensical Statement On Photographer Carol Highsmith's Lawsuit For Falsely Claiming Copyright – https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/13362135105/getty-makes-nonsensical-statement-photographe...

John McCain issues blistering statement on Donald Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/01/donald-trump-muslim-american-soldier-hillary-clinton-election-live?page=with:block-579f5851e4b06a1d8acefc97#block-579f5851e4b06a1d8acefc97 McCain is a man of decency, unlike some...