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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191105.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report needs addressing urgently

Science can’t explain consciousness — but panpsychism might crack the mystery - https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/11/06/science-cant-explain-consciousness-but-panpsychism-might-crack-the-mystery/ an interesting approach, despite its dodgy-looking name…

John Bercow: Brexit is UK’s biggest mistake since second world war - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/06/john-bercow-brexit-is-uks-biggest-mistake-since-second-world-war and how

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191104.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Government pushes ahead with plans for ‘festival of Brexit’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/05/government-pushes-ahead-plans-festival-of-brexit stupidly divisive; will deepen rifts in this country even more

Home Office pays religious groups to help deport rough sleepers - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/05/home-office-pays-religious-groups-to-help-deport-rough-sleepers oh, so that’s what religion is for…

Appeals Court Says It’s OK For Cops To Destroy Someone Else’s House To Apprehend A Criminal Suspect - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191030/15530543295/appeals-court-says-ok-cops-to-destroy-someone-elses-house-to-apprehend-criminal-suspect.shtml words fail

Ex-Johnson aide behind banned #Facebook ad worked on fake grassroots campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/05/ex-johnson-aide-behind-banned-brexit-facebook-ad-worked-on-fake-grassroots-campaign #ge19

this US Food Defect Levels Handbook - https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook - should be one of @uklabour’s most powerful election documents; US food standards are awful… #ge19

Pharma Giant Fails To Mention – For 18 Years – That US Government Helped Fund A Key Patent Used In Drug That Has Generated $53 Billion In Sales So Far - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191101/08414243305/pharma-giant-fails-to-mention-18-years-that-us-government-helped-fund-key-patent-used-drug-that-has-generated-53-billion-sales.shtml whoops - how careless of us…

Cambridge accepts £6m Shell donation for oil extraction research - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/nov/05/cambridge-accepts-6m-shell-donation-for-oil-extraction-research shame on @Cambridge_Uni (but nice pic of my tower-top room in that Guardian pic…)

Trial by fire: A scholar burned himself to death to protest the disappearance of indigenous languages and cultures in Russia. - https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/11/04/trial-by-fire amazing report of a tragic situation… #Udmurt #linguistics

#Climatecrisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/climate-crisis-11000-scientists-warn-of-untold-suffering

‘Alarming’ Chinese meddling at UK universities exposed in report - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/nov/05/alarming-chinese-meddling-at-uk-universities-exposed-in-report “The committee highlighted the role of China-funded Confucius Institutes officials in confiscating papers which mentioned Taiwan at an academic conference”; huge issue, and will get worse

Cowed and outgunned: why Mexico’s police ‘don’t stand a chance’ against drug cartels - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/05/mexico-police-dont-stand-chance-against-drug-cartels & yet this could all be stopped by a single move: #decriminalisation…

Don’t sign pledges on NHS or climate, Tory HQ tells candidates - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/05/dont-sign-pledges-on-nhs-or-climate-tory-hq-tells-candidates says it all, really… #ge19

‘Fantastic day for elephants’: court rejects ivory ban challenge - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/fantastic-day-for-elephants-court-rejects-ivory-ban-challenge according to article, this is a good example of UK leading the way; we should do more of this…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191103.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

No 10 blocks Russia EU referendum report until after election - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/04/no-10-blocks-russia-eu-referendum-report-until-after-election a blatant cover-up, but there will be zero consequences. this is where we are today.

Irish PM under fire for extolling benefits of #climatecrisis - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/04/irish-pm-leo-varadkar-under-fire-for-extolling-benefits-of-climate-crisis oh, and I thought he was reasonably clever…

US Government Threatening To Kill Free Trade With South Africa After Hollywood Complained It Was Adopting American Fair Use Principles - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191031/00591143300/us-government-threatening-to-kill-free-trade-with-south-africa-after-hollywood-complained-it-was-adopting-american-fair-use.shtml don’t do as I do, do as I say…

191103

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191102.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Недалеко от Гори построят еще одну ветряную электростанцию - https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/30250450.html “сегодняшний день возобновляемая энергетика в Грузии представлена в основном гидроэлектростанциями, «но современный мир требует диверсификации»” indeed

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191101.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

British government takes global lead on violence against women and girls - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/02/british-government-takes-global-lead-on-violence-against-women-and-girls kudos to UK gov, for a pleasant change…

Jeremy Corbyn decries fracking suspension as election stunt - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/02/jeremy-corbyn-decries-fracking-suspension-as-election-stunt “Labour leader’s comments come after minister suggests halt may only be temporary” it’s a con; don’t be fooled…

Brazilian ‘forest guardian’ killed by illegal loggers in ambush - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/02/brazilian-forest-guardian-killed-by-illegal-loggers-in-ambush more blood on #Bolsonaro's hands…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/11/191031.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Man Sues Twitter For $1 Billion Claiming His Account’s Suspension Violated His Right To Worship President Trump As A Demigod - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191030/12465443292/man-sues-twitter-1-billion-claiming-his-accounts-suspension-violated-his-right-to-worship-president-trump-as-demigod.shtml great headline…

Beyond #Aadhaar: India wants to create a giant centralized facial recognition database - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/11/beyond-aadhaar-india-wants-to-create-a-giant-centralized-facial-recognition-database/ what could possibly go wrong? #surveillance #privacy

‘One of the greatest finds’: experts shed light on Staffordshire hoard - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/01/staffordshire-hoard-archaeologists-academic-research-gold-ornaments amazing stuff #anglosaxon

Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging # Copyright Infringement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191030/10483543290/just-another-day-academic-publishing-professor-posts-his-own-article-his-own-website-gets-takedown-notice-alleging-copyright.shtml #openaccess

Bob Murray, Who Sued John Oliver For Mocking His Support Of Trump’s Plan To Bring Back Coal Jobs… Files For Bankruptcy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191031/00254143299/bob-murray-who-sued-john-oliver-mocking-his-support-trumps-plan-to-bring-back-coal-jobs-files-bankruptcy.shtml

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/10/191030.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Cops: People In Their Own Homes Are In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time Whenever A Cop Enters Unlawfully - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191012/18373443184/cops-people-their-own-homes-are-wrong-place-wrong-time-whenever-cop-enters-unlawfully.shtml right, got it.

Victory! Pharma Giant Pfizer Bans the Cruel Forced Swim Test - https://www.peta.org/blog/victory-pfizer-bans-forced-swim-test/ what kind of sick mind came up with this “test”…?

Sometimes The Cost Of Revenue Is Too High: Twitter Bans Political Ads As Facebook Deals With Ongoing Shitshow - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191030/17351543296/sometimes-cost-revenue-is-too-high-twitter-bans-political-ads-as-facebook-deals-with-ongoing-shitshow.shtml

‘Unprecedented’ murder charges for loggers in deaths of indigenous activists - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/31/peru-logging-indigenous-activists-murders #peru