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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160706 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160706.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

The great tide: is Britain really equipped to cope with global warming?  - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/great-tide-is-britain-equipped-cope-glbal-warming nope; cancel Trident, spend money here

Italy’s 5 Star Movement overtakes Renzi’s Democrats in opinion polls - http://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/italys-5-star-movement-overtakes-renzis-democrats-in-opinion-polls/ #NewPolitics

‘An issue of life and death’: Sadiq Khan unveils bold air quality plans for London - http://www.euractiv.com/section/sustainable-dev/news/an-issue-of-life-and-death-sadiq-khan-unveils-bold-air-quality-plans-for-london/ good man

TSA Scores Another PR Win With Assault Of Nineteen Year Old Brain Tumor Patient On Her Way To Treatment - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160705/06265534893/tsa-scores-another-pr-win-with-assault-nineteen-year-old-brain-tumor-patient-her-way-to-treatment.shtml words fail

#uyghur tube - https://autonomousregion.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/uyghur-tube/ "selected video clips of the latest Uyghur comedies, TV dramas, films, sports/news, and music videos"

CETA and TTIP threaten the EU’s precautionary principle - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/ceta-and-ttip-threaten-the-eus-precautionary-principle/

#PrivacyShield to be dragged across finish line—sources - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/privacy-shield-to-be-dragged-across-finish-line-sources/ "dragged" because it's moribund

Standards Body Whines That People Who Want Free Access To The Law Probably Also Want 'Free Sex' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160702/07240834879/standards-body-whines-that-people-who-want-free-access-to-law-probably-also-want-free-sex.shtml

Easy target for terrorists: Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear plant - http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/opinion/easy-target-for-terrorists-armenias-metsamor-nuclear-plant/ worrying; EU needs to push #am to renewables now

Global fish production approaching sustainable limit, UN warns - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/07/global-fish-production-approaching-sustainable-limit-un-warns this is going to end very badly for everyone

Apple's IP Lawyers May Force YouTube MacBook Repair Videos Offline Over Schematic - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160703/14212934886/apples-ip-lawyers-may-force-youtube-macbook-repair-videos-offline-over-schematic.shtml don't think you own it

Under Mayer deal, #Mozilla could walk away and still get more than $1 billion if it doesn’t like Yahoo’s buyer - http://www.recode.net/2016/7/7/12116296/marissa-mayer-deal-mozilla-yahoo-payment

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160705 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160705_6.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Diagnostic Patents Suffer Another Setback In US As Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Sequenom Appeal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160629/09435234863/diagnostic-patents-suffer-another-setback-us-as-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-sequenom-appeal.shtml

#CETA will be voted on by EU member states after all, perhaps thanks to Brexit - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/ceta-eu-mixity-details-analysis/ things getting v interesting here..

Digital Economy Bill: Viewing porn online? Prepare for age checks - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/digital-economy-bill-age-verification-broadband-uso/ & lots of other bad stuff

Public sector unions lobby MEPs to reject new Investment Court System - http://www.world-psi.org/en/public-sector-unions-lobby-meps-reject-new-investment-court-system #ICS #ISDS #CETA #TTIP

African wildlife officials appalled as #EU opposes a total ban on #ivory trade - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/06/african-wildlife-officials-appalled-as-eu-opposes-a-total-ban-on-ivory-trade EU stupidity at its worst...

Hunt to impose new contract on junior doctors - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/06/jeremy-hunt-to-impose-new-contract-on-junior-doctors combined with #brexit, this will destroy #NHS - just as tories want

Pläne der EU-Kommission: Europa droht ein Leistungsschutzrecht XXL - https://netzpolitik.org/2016/plaene-der-eu-kommission-europa-droht-ein-leistungsschutzrecht-xxl/ just bonkers #copyright

#TTIP and the privatization of health - http://www.bilaterals.org/?the-ttip-and-the-privitization-of the #ISDS ratchet is the killer here...

The Netherlands prepares for a referendum against TAFTA/#TTIP - http://www.bilaterals.org/?the-netherlands-prepares-for-a #nl

Why The Latest Supreme Court Ruling In Kirtsaeng May Have A Much Bigger Impact On Copyright & Fair Use - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160625/00420834820/why-latest-supreme-court-ruling-kirtsaeng-may-have-much-bigger-impact-copyright-fair-use.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160704 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160704.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'Vatileaks' trio including mother of newborn facing jail terms - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/05/vatileaks-trio-including-mother-of-newborn-facing-jail-terms so much for christian love & forgiveness...

Welcome to the GreatFire Circumvention Central - https://cc.greatfire.org/en#2 great idea #china

Google’s DeepMind AI to use 1 million NHS eye scans to spot common diseases earlier - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/07/googles-deepmind-ai-to-use-1-million-nhs-eye-scans-to-spot-common-diseases-earlier/ could have big impact

Bulgaria Got a Law Requiring Open Source - https://medium.com/@bozhobg/bulgaria-got-a-law-requiring-open-source-98bf626cf70a excellent news; others should follow suit #bg

why poor Britons voted to leave EU - https://theconversation.com/more-in-hope-less-about-immigration-why-poor-britons-really-voted-to-leave-the-eu-61971 confirms they wanted exact opposite of what they will now get 'cos of brexit

#CETA "upholding Europe's high standards in areas like food safety, environmental protection" - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1524 just not true (1/2)

(2/2) in fact, #CETA has already undermined key EU environmental standards on tar sands - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-dropped-plans-for-safer-pesticides-because-of-ttip-and-pressure-from-us/

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#China restricts online news sites from sourcing stories on social media - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/china-social-media-news-source-ban/ clamping down again...

Europol’s online censorship unit is haphazard and unaccountable says NGO - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/europol-iru-extremist-content-censorship-policing/ as most censorship is...

Disaster capitalism: the shocking doctrine Tories can’t wait to unleash - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/04/disaster-capitalism-tory-right-brexit-roll-back-state?CMP=share_btn_tw this is what brexiters have voted for

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160701 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/07/160701.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'We are the 48%': tens of thousands march in London for Europe - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/02/march-for-europe-eu-referendum-london-protest this is my nation...

In #Brexit Britain the elites will run amok - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/01/brexit-britain-elites-run-amok exactly; so much for "sovereignty" people thought they were voting for

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160630 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/06/160630.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Dead dugong raises concerns over fishing practices in Great Barrier Reef - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/01/dead-dugong-raises-concerns-over-fishing-practices-in-great-barrier-reef #australia

"sources suggest that #TTIP will be parked until Britain’s Article 50 negotiations have been completed" - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/adam-hamdy/brexit-ttip_b_10728774.html?edition=uk

Netflix tax MEPs are “biased” and “unfit,” say fellow MEPs - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/netflix-tax-biased-meps-avmsd-gue-ngl/ well, that's fun

EU policy plans held hostage by post-Brexit Brits - http://www.euractiv.com/section/science-policymaking/news/eu-policy-plans-held-hostage-by-post-brexit-brits/ well, that's #awkward

Two Courts Throw Out Turkish President's Bid To Obtain An Injunction Against German Media Boss - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160623/06162334790/two-courts-throw-out-turkish-presidents-bid-to-obtain-injunction-against-german-media-boss.shtml

No, the Earth’s jet streams are not spinning out of control - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/07/no-the-earths-jet-streams-are-not-spinning-out-of-control/ well, that's a relief

Michael Bloomberg Comes Down On The Wrong Side Of The Crypto Wars: Supports Backdooring Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160630/17571934873/michael-bloomberg-comes-down-wrong-side-crypto-wars-supports-backdooring-encryption.shtml

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160629 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/06/160629.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

TAFTA/#TTIP Just Got Harder: #Brexit Is 'A Midsummer Night's Nightmare' Says EU Trade Commissioner - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160627/09322034832/tafta-ttip-just-got-harder-brexit-is-midsummer-nights-nightmare-says-eu-trade-commissioner.shtml

What Brexit could mean for global trade - http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/opinion/what-brexit-could-mean-for-global-trade/ "#TTIP and the EU-Canada deal must be renegotiated" #CETA

Forget the politics – Brexit may be unlawful - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/politics-brexit-unlawful-eu-uk interesting

#Facebook wins #privacy case against Belgium’s data protection authority - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/06/facebook-wins-privacy-case-against-belgiums-data-protection-authority/

Lauri Love still doesn’t know if he’ll be extradited to the US for alleged hacking - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/06/lauri-love-us-extradition-hearing/

Software Heritage, the “Library of Alexandria of software,” launches today - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/06/software-heritage-the-library-of-alexandria-of-software-launches-today/ looks a big, important project #freesw

Chechen leader Kadyrov to choose assistant on reality TV show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/30/chechen-ramzan-kadyrov-apprentice-reality-tv-show the world is officially losing its grip