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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191005.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson faces ultimatum over Jennifer Arcuri messages - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/06/boris-johnson-jennifer-arcuri-london-assembly-summons never a dull moment in Banana Brexit Britain…

The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic - https://boingboing.net/2019/10/06/organized-criminality-torturer.html #brazil #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil

“The coefficient of the static friction between Jacob and the armrest is 0.3 and between Jacob and the seat it is 0.4. Assuming that Jacob is infinitely thin and entirely rigid, calculate the minimum angle he can make with the bench without slipping.” - https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/topical-mechanics-problems/

Orangutans can play the kazoo – here’s what this tells us about speech evolution - https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/10/05/orangutans-can-play-the-kazoo-heres-what-this-tells-us-about-speech-evolution/ another great reason not to exterminate them… #indonesia #palmoil

Counter-terror police running secret Prevent database - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/06/counter-terror-police-are-running-secret-prevent-database oh look: a secret police database. totally normal…

191005

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191004.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

US diplomat’s wife leaves UK after becoming suspect in fatal road crash - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/05/wife-of-us-diplomat-leaves-uk-after-becoming-suspect-in-fatal-road-collision US citizens above the law when abroad…

London police arrest Extinction Rebellion activists before protest - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/05/london-police-arrest-extinction-rebellion-activists-in-advance-of-environment-protest “So pita and pans are considered to be equipment that will be used to commit a crime; cushions too, apparently.” #ExtinctionRebellion

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191003.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson will write to EU requesting article 50 extension, court told - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/04/boris-johnson-will-write-to-eu-requesting-article-50-extension-court-told-brexit hmm…maybe it’s a trap

Facebook exempts political ads from ban on making false claims - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/04/facebook-exempts-political-ads-ban-making-false-claims this is just an invitation to cummings to lie non-stop… shows why @facebook is the most dangerous company in the world - & needs to be broken up.

Web sites have a problem after top EU court rules that pre-ticked checkboxes for tracking #cookies aren’t valid for consent - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/10/web-sites-have-a-problem-after-top-eu-court-rules-that-pre-ticked-checkboxes-for-tracking-cookies-arent-valid-for-consent/ well, that’s #awkward…

Baby dies in UK prison after inmate ‘gives birth alone in cell’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/04/baby-dies-in-uk-prison-after-inmate-gives-birth-alone-in-cell “Europe’s largest female prison, holding up to 557 inmates, & is operated by Sodexo Justice Services. Concerns have been raised previously about the care of prisoners.” close private prisons

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191002.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Australian State's Proposed Ag-Gag Law Threatens General Right To Protest, Critics Warn - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190927/07544343075/australian-states-proposed-ag-gag-law-threatens-general-right-to-protest-critics-warn.shtml not good #australia

Trump administration’s war on science has hit ‘crisis point’, experts warn - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/science-trump-administration-crisis-point-report #murica, what are you doing?

Trump’s video taken off Twitter after band Nickelback complains - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/03/donald-trump-video-taken-off-twitter-copyright-nickelback “The copyright removals stand in contrast to Twitter’s policy about Trump’s tweets, which specifically place the president above the law”, because copyright is sacred…

Floating garbage patches largely comprised of trash dumped off ships - https://boingboing.net/2019/10/03/floating-garbage-patches-large.html another reason to regulate them

191002

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191001.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson tells Tory conference: UK is ready for no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/02/boris-johnson-asks-tory-conference-are-we-ready-for-no-deal-brexit remember this claim: it means that tories have to accept responsibility for the deaths and chaos that crash-out catastrophic #brexit will wreak…

Welcome To Working Futures: 14 Speculative Fiction Stories About The Future Of Work - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190930/00131943097/welcome-to-working-futures-14-speculative-fiction-stories-about-future-work.shtml

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/190930.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Welcome To A World Of 500-Megapixel Cameras, And Surveillance Systems Able To Zoom In On Small Objects A Kilometer Away - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190925/06213643066/welcome-to-world-500-megapixel-cameras-surveillance-systems-able-to-zoom-small-objects-kilometer-away.shtml fab tech, awful #surveillance potential…

Boris Johnson dismisses leaked Irish border plans as ‘not quite right’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/01/boris-johnson-dismisses-leaked-irish-border-plans-as-not-quite-right meanwhile, Brits dismiss Boris Johnson as “not quite right”…

Dover could lose £1bn worth of trade a week under no deal, Tory fringe told - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/oct/01/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-conservative-conference-interviewed-as-ireland-dismisses-uk-border-plan-as-non-starter-live-news?page=with:block-5d93467a8f081108db9c0104#block-5d93467a8f081108db9c0104 “Doug Bannister, the chief executive of Port of Dover, said the assumed drop in traffic would cut £1bn in trade every week.” #brexitchaos

Telcos And Rupert Murdoch Pushing Nonsense Story That Google Helping Keep Your Internet Activity More Private Is An Antitrust Violation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190929/16484543093/telcos-rupert-murdoch-pushing-nonsense-story-that-google-helping-keep-your-internet-activity-more-private-is-antitrust-violation.shtml

Federal Court Blocks South Dakota’s Pro-Pipeline, Anti-First Amendment ‘Riot Boosting’ Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190919/12301843028/federal-court-blocks-south-dakotas-pro-pipeline-anti-first-amendment-riot-boosting-law.shtml

Revealed: Jennifer Arcuri got visa from scheme run by former Johnson official - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/01/revealed-jennifer-arcuri-got-visa-from-scheme-run-by-former-johnson-official whistleblower: “I could not understand why we were giving so much attention and extra funds to Innotech.”

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"Q: Do you know how the government will get around this law? I don’t expect you to tell me how.
Javid replies:
I think I do."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/30/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-conservative-conference-boris-johnson-groping-allegation-deeply-concerning-says-former-cabinet-minister-live-news?page=with:block-5d91aa818f084ab84172f9f5#block-5d91aa818f084ab84172f9f5

Revealed: Owen Paterson lobbied for firms he was paid to advise - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/30/revealed-owen-paterson-lobbied-for-firms-he-was-paid-to-advise “receives a total of £112,000 a year from the two firms, on top of his parliamentary salary of £79,000. He charges them £500 an hour.”

Boris Johnson will be dismissed by Queen if he tried to ignore court order to implement Benn Act, says Grieve - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/30/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-conservative-conference-boris-johnson-groping-allegation-deeply-concerning-says-former-cabinet-minister-live-news?page=with:block-5d91ed408f084ab84172fc2d#block-5d91ed408f084ab84172fc2d but that still leaves risk a “friendly” EU member state will refuse to accept extension, no?

EU imported $3bn worth of Brazilian beef from companies linked to deforestation - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2019-09-30/eu-imported-3bn-worth-of-brazilian-beef-from-companies-linked-to-deforestation good work: “we want to share the data with other journalists” #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil

“Snow Bunting, about the police response to Brexit; Kingfisher, about the impact on businesses; and Black Swan, which covers the worst-case scenario planning.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/30/opposition-parties-to-start-planning-for-national-unity-government oooh, Black Swan sounds like it’s going to be good…

Veteran Boris Johnson aide quits as Downing Street adviser - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/30/veteran-boris-johnson-aide-quits-as-downing-street-adviser #classicdom

Top Oracle Lawyer Attempting To Gaslight Entire Software Community: Insists APIs Are Executable - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190929/23221543096/top-oracle-lawyer-attempting-to-gaslight-entire-software-community-insists-apis-are-executable.shtml

€24bn in fossil fuel subsidies ‘a perverse incentive’ for shipping pollution - https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/€24bn-fossil-fuel-subsidies-‘-perverse-incentive’-shipping-pollution end this madness now