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Andy Serkis plays talking anus in fatberg prevention campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/14/andy-serkis-plays-talking-anus-in-fatberg-prevention-campaign another great #2019 headline…

Britons in Europe face citizens’ rights ‘lottery’ in event of no deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/14/britons-in-europe-face-citizens-rights-lottery-in-event-of-no-deal-brexit UK is of course to blame for #brexit mess, but I have to say EU countries aren’t exactly shining here…

Rise of renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they think - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/14/rise-renewables-oil-firms-decades-earlier-think remember: anyone investing in #FossilFuels fuels is holding #strandedassets, and will lost massive amounts of money

#Divestment works – and one huge bank can lead the way - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/13/divestment-bank-european-investment-fossil-fuels @eib must lead the way - we’re running out of time…

191012

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191011.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Sadiq Khan calls for Labour to back second referendum before election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/12/sadiq-khan-calls-for-labour-to-back-second-referendum-before-election if it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for me… #PeoplesVote

The #HongKongProtests reveal how our faces are becoming a key battleground for #privacy and freedom - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/10/the-hong-kong-protests-reveal-how-our-faces-are-becoming-a-key-battleground-for-privacy-and-freedom/ this is the future #surveillance

#Brexit the horror film: billboards mock government’s ‘get ready’ campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/12/brexit-the-horror-film-billboards-mock-governments-get-ready-campaign-led-by-donkeys these are simply masterpieces of their art; well done, @ByDonkeys

Kurdish forces in Syria will no longer prioritise guarding Isis prisons - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/12/kurdish-forces-syria-isis-prisons-turkish-offensive and really, who can blame them? trump has set back the fight against islamic state by about 10 years…he deserves a negative Noble peace prize…

Preserving #Bali’s Cultural & Literary History through the Palm Leaf Project - https://blog.archive.org/2019/10/09/preserving-balis-cultural-literary-history-through-the-palm-leaf-project/ such great news; what would the world do without the @internetarchive?

191011

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191010.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

It’s Time For The Academic World To See The Positive Side Of Negative Results - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191008/08273743144/time-academic-world-to-see-positive-side-negative-results.shtml #openaccess on its own isn’t enough; other problems need solving

The #HongKongProtests reveal how our faces are becoming a key battleground for #privacy and freedom - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/10/the-hong-kong-protests-reveal-how-our-faces-are-becoming-a-key-battleground-for-privacy-and-freedom/ #surveillance

191010

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191009.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“No deal would put lives at risk, says former chief medical officer” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/oct/10/brexit-latest-news-boris-johnson-varadkar-corbyn-no-deal-would-put-lives-at-risk-says-former-chief-medical-officer-live-news?page=with:block-5d9ee2078f084862358fb4d0#block-5d9ee2078f084862358fb4d0 anyone who denies this is either a liar or a fool #brexitchaos

We have all been cornered into a no-deal Brexit that will harm millions - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/10/no-deal-brexit-voters-clean-break there is no such thing as a “clean break” #brexit: it’s about as clean as tearing your fingers off, and without an anaesthetic…

#NHS doctor may leave UK over refusal of visa for mother - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/10/nhs-doctor-leave-uk-refusal-of-visa-elderly-mother and this, people, is how we will lose thousands of the best minds thanks to #brexit bigotry

#Nissan: no-deal Brexit would jeopardise entire European business model - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/10/nissan-no-deal-brexit-would-jeopardise-entire-european-business-model #brexiters doubtless sure that losing 30,000 jobs is a small price to pay for blue passports

Revealed: top UK thinktank spent decades undermining climate science - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/thinktank-climate-science-institute-economic-affairs “Institute of Economic Affairs has links to 14 members of Boris Johnson’s cabinet” and won’t reveal which fossil fuel companies fund it, or how much: something to hide, it seems…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191008.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“EU may offer to extend Brexit talks to summer, despite PM’s insistence UK will leave on 31 October” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/boris-johnsons-brexit-deal-appears-doomed-as-deadline-looms excellent gives us time to organise a People’s Vote…

Real time badger tracking shows culling could increase spread of TB - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219063-real-time-badger-tracking-shows-culling-could-increase-spread-of-tb/ stop this cruel, expensive and ineffective #badgercull now

Brexit is a necessary crisis – it reveals Britain’s true place in the world - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/brexit-crisis-global-capitalism-britain-place-world “It brings to light, in stunning clarity, Brexiters’ deluded political understanding of the UK’s place in the world.”

Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions but they don’t give a damn #climatecrisis

Brexit news latest: Britain against leaving EU as poll of polls says most now want to stay - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-news-latest-britain-against-leaving-eu-as-poll-of-polls-says-most-now-want-to-stay-a4257476.html pretty clear cut now; not even 48:52…

PM may face contempt proceedings if he fails to adhere to Benn act - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/09/pm-faces-contempt-proceedings-if-he-fails-to-adhere-to-benn-act #brexitchaos

191008

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191007.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Boris Johnson faces court challenge over no-deal Brexit from low-paid workers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/boris-johnson-faces-court-challenge-over-no-deal-brexit-from-low-paid-workers keeping up the pressure

Why Navigation Apps, Working Properly, Can Make Traffic Flows Worse – And What To Do About It - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191003/09240543113/why-navigation-apps-working-properly-can-make-traffic-flows-worse-what-to-do-about-it.shtml

Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP - https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/10/thunderbird-enigmail-and-openpgp/ " future Thunderbird 78 release, planned for summer 2020, we will add built-in functionality for email encryption and digital signatures using the OpenPGP standard." great news

EU-Mercosur Abkommen: Gewinner sind Südamerikas Rinderbarone - https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/folgenabschaetzung-zu-eu-mercosur-vertrag-geringe-gewinne-a-1290377.html “minimale wirtschaftliche Gewinne, dafür aber einen rasanten Anstieg der Fleischimporte sowie mehr Treibhausgasemissionen” madness; stop #mercosur now…

"demands for Northern Ireland to remain in a customs union made a deal look “essentially impossible, not just now but ever”. - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/boris-johnson-ready-to-give-up-on-brexit-deal johnson admits that we will never have a deal with the EU if he is in power. think about what that means… #brexitchaos

UK gov: “Organisations receiving personal data from the EU/EEA need to make alternative legal arrangements” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/travel-trade-phone-bills-and-immigration-no-deal-brexit-plan-released well, that wipes out vast swathes of the UK services industry at a stroke. well done, #brexiters…

“other sectors will be more affected” with, for example, tariffs of 65% on boneless beef and 53% on fresh bone-in lamb. - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/travel-trade-phone-bills-and-immigration-no-deal-brexit-plan-released no biggie, #amirite, UK farmers…?

The DOJ Is Conflating The Content Moderation Debate With The Encryption Debate: Don’t Let Them - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191007/00022343132/doj-is-conflating-content-moderation-debate-with-encryption-debate-dont-let-them.shtml

Boris Johnson failed to disclose meetings with Jennifer Arcuri in diary - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/boris-johnson-failed-to-disclose-meetings-with-jennifer-arcuri-in-diary “In total, #Arcuri’s companies were granted more than £126,000 in public money”

‘A masterpiece’: Norwich council houses win Stirling architecture prize - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/08/stirling-prize-architecture-goldsmith-street-norwich-council-houses looks brilliant; should be the model for the rest of the country

191007

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191006.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘It’s like a death sentence’: retired Britons in EU face loss of healthcare - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/07/like-death-sentence-retired-britons-eu-face-loss-healthcare this is the reality of #brexit: pain, suffering, despair

Brexit secretary hints UK could rethink DUP veto on deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/06/brexit-secretary-stephen-barclay-hints-uk-rethink-dup-veto-deal “The day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want”.

Leaked Brexit planning memo offers no new guidance for departing EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/07/leaked-brexit-planning-memo-offers-no-new-guidance-for-departing-eu “get ready for brexit”, they say - but won’t say what will happen, so people can’t prepare… #GetBrexitGone