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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161126 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161126.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

‘A recipe for scandal’: Trump conflicts of interest point to constitutional crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/27/donald-trump-conflicts-interest-constitutional-crisis interesting times

“#FOIA superhero” launches campaign to  make Trump’s admin transparent - http://www.salon.com/2016/11/27/foia-superhero-launches-campaign-to-make-donald-trumps-administration-transparent/ funding needed - https://www.gofundme.com/operation-45

talking of #FOI, Karl Auerbach pointed out to me that US Privacy Act of 1974 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974 is another useful option

#Chechnya picks leader's aide with an Apprentice-style reality show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/25/chechnya-leader-apprentice-reality-show </insert reference to another country here>

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161125 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161125.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Send patients 2 private sector to avert winter crisis, hospitals told - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/26/send-patients-to-private-sector-to-avert-winter-crisis-hospitals-told clever: privatisation by stealth, adds costs

Donald Trump’s stock in Dakota Access oil pipeline company raises concern - http://www.salon.com/2016/11/25/trumps-stock-in-oil-pipeline-company-raises-concern/ as it should... #DAPL

Datenschützer Caspar warnt vor #Tisa-Abkommen - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/tisa-verhandlungen-johannes-caspar-warnt-vor-aufweichung-von-eu-recht-a-1123074.html "einen Frontalangriff auf europäische Standards"

Thunderstorm asthma: 'an event equivalent to a terrorist attack' - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/27/thunderstorm-asthma-oure-talking-an-event-equivalent-to-a-terrorist-attack climate change far more serious than terrorism

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161124 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161124.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable #climatechange at global level - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/25/arctic-ice-melt-trigger-uncontrollable-climate-change-global-level & US voted 4 the denialist trump

#Japan plans 130-petaflop #China-beating number-crunching supercomputer - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/11/supercomputer-japan-130-petaflop-china-beating-number-cruncher/ almost certain to run #linux

'We are in shock': historic #Bolivia drought hammers homes and crops - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/25/bolivia-drought-water-rationing-crops facts of #climatechange we'll see more often

.@BorisJohnson is a clown who has united the EU against Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/25/boris-johnson-clown-eu-britain-foreign-secretary about the only thing he's ever achieved

Repeal the new Surveillance laws (Investigatory Powers Act) - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173199 #epetition; probably hopeless, but we have to try...

#TiSA-Leaks: Fundamental rights overridden for free trade – also in the internet - https://netzpolitik.org//2016/tisa-leaks-fundamental-rights-shall-be-levered-out-for-free-trade-also-in-the-internet/ lots of bad stuff confirmed

Kazakh President Says 'No Need' To Rename Capital After Him - http://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-no-need-to-rename-astana-after-me/28139489.html bravo, this would be a huge mistake for #kazakhstan

Digital Economy Bill: About this data sharing plan… where are the safeguards? - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/digital-economy-bill-about-this-data-sharing-plan-op-ed/

Chechnya picks leader's aide with an Apprentice-style reality show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/25/chechnya-leader-apprentice-reality-show border between reality & showbiz fades yet more

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161123 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161123.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

ISPs may be forced to block age-flouting porn sites, saucy sex acts face ban - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/isps-block-porn-sites-age-verification-digital-economy-bill-sex-acts-ban/ UK goes from bad to worse

.@Snowden can be invited to meatspace in German #NSA probe, court rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/snowden-can-be-invited-in-person-german-nsa-inquiry-court/ but would the US nab him if he went?

Kazakh politicians want to rename capital after president - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/24/kazakhstan-politicians-rename-capital-astana-after-president-nursultan-nazarbayev don't spoil all the progress you've made... #kazakhstan

World Leaders: Protect half our planet - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/protect_half_our_planet_loc_sus_d/ with trump about to wreck environment, we need this more than ever

Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/24/protected-forests-in-europe-felled-to-meet-eu-renewable-targets-report EU #bioenergy policy a disaster - bin it

TiSA Ministerial Cancelled, Officials To Prepare for 2017 - http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/tisa-ministerial-cancelled-officials-to-prepare-for-2017 after #TPP & #TTIP, now #TISA is in trouble...

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161122 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161122.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research dangerous fools on the loose

UK to censor online videos of 'non-conventional' sex acts - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography "will take UK’s censorship regime back to pre-internet"

China Uses US Concern Over Fake News To Push For More Control Of The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161122/11501136116/china-uses-us-concern-over-fake-news-to-push-more-control-internet.shtml as was inevitable...

#brexit: Canadian finance minister says UK not top of trade priorities - http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/november/brexit-canadian-finance-minister-says-uk-not-top-of-trade-priorities/ well, that's #awkward

They blocked Netflix, but no one's in a rush to regulate insecure 'smart devices' - http://mashable.com/2016/11/23/australia-regulating-iot-devices-last-resort/ that's foolish #IoT

Nadella says next Microsoft phone will be the “ultimate mobile device” - http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/11/23/nadella-says-next-microsoft-phone-will-ultimate-mobile-device/ the last one, he means? that's a relief

#TPP Dead, #TTIP Dying, But The EU And #Canada Seem Determined To Ram Through #CETA Deal Without Proper Scrutiny - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161122/09574936110/tpp-dead-ttip-dying-eu-canada-seem-determined-to-ram-through-ceta-deal-without-proper-scrutiny.shtml

MEPs quash #CETA challenge but what about Wallonia? - http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/the-brief-meps-quash-ceta-challenge-but-what-about-wallonia/ will @PaulMagnette save EU democracy? #ISDS

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161121 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161121.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Donald Trump to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership on first day in office - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/donald-trump-100-days-plans-video-trans-pacific-partnership-withdraw it's official: #TPP is dead

Important Research Venture at the University of Skövde within the Area of Open Source - http://www.his.se/en/News-and-calendar/News-list/all-news/Important-Research-Venture-at-the-University-of-Skovde-within-the-Area-of-Open-Source/ looks interesting…

#Trump: I’ll ditch #TPP trade deal on day one of my presidency - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/11/trump-to-ditch-tpp-trade-deal-day-one-of-presidency/ but says he wants more "clean coal" </facepalm>

"the cesspit that is career politics" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/22/nigel-farage-will-not-be-ambassador-to-us-say-no10-and-foreign-office-donald-trump says the man who has made a career out of failing to become an MP

UK people: please write to your MEPs about this #CETA vote - http://start.groenlinks.nl/ceta/uk/ via this easy-to-use service - https://www.writetothem.com/

#Brexit deadlock could halt flights to Europe, warns Ryanair boss - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/22/brexit-europe-ryanair-michael-oleary-eu will be disaster - delusional to think otherwise

#Turkey: Erdoğan rule could extend until 2029 under proposal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/22/turkey-erdogan-presidency-referendum-akp-nationalist no more holidays in turkey until 2029, then; pity...

S&Ds call for strong EU leadership to move ahead with global climate action - http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9e180a6b42ef1eae663a9e517&id=6ccd642068&e=78e1c0c8ff something sensible for a change..

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161120 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/11/161120.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK aid money spent trying to boost British role in Malawi oil sector - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/21/uk-aid-money-spent-trying-to-boost-british-role-in-malawi-oil-sector May's perversion: using aid to damage ecology

Fed up with EU, Erdogan says Turkey could join ‘Shanghai Five’ bloc - http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/fed-up-with-eu-erdogan-says-turkey-could-join-shanghai-five-bloc/ I predict this will happen

#GCHQ may be forced to respond to #FoI requests after European court ruling - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/gchq-foi-response-european-convention-human-rights-ruling/ you have a right to public data

Going with the flow: The global battle for your personal data - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/11/eu-us-personal-data-flows-explainer/ localisation requirements to protect #privacy? #TISA

High-speed rail officials planned to spy on private lives of opponents - http://arstechnica.co.uk/uncategorized/2016/11/high-speed-rail-officials-planned-to-spy-on-private-lives-of-opponents/ what were they thinking? #HR2 #privacy

Russia Orders #LinkedIn's Service To Be Blocked, Supposedly 4 Failing To Store Personal Data Locally - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161118/10020336084/russia-orders-linkedins-service-to-be-blocked-supposedly-failing-to-store-personal-data-locally.shtml #localisation

Support for the EU on the rise since #Brexit vote … even in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/21/support-for-the-eu-on-the-rise-since-brexit-vote-even-in-the-uk confirmation that #Brexit is madness & unwanted

The ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe’s new far right - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/01/the-ruthlessly-effective-rebranding-of-europes-new-far-right best analysis I've read explaining #brexit, #trump

State Senator Wants To Turn First Amendment Activity Into 'Economic Terrorism' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161117/17040736078/state-senator-wants-to-turn-first-amendment-activity-into-economic-terrorism.shtml #SignOfTheTimes

US to quit #TPP trade deal, says Trump - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38059623 "on his first day in office"