161009

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161008 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161008.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

“All the qualified workers now prefer migrating to Canada, Australia and New Zealand" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/08/fears-brexit-effects-uk-culture-polish-workers-indian-students #WellDoneBrexiters

Does Amber Rudd hate foreigners, or does she hate us? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/09/amber-rudd-hate-foreigners-foreign-workers-companies-racist "She may not be racist, but she certainly thinks we are."

161008

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161007 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161007.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Yahoo email spying claims prompt warning from UN rights tsar - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/08/yahoo-email-spying-claims-prompt-warning-from-un-rights-tsar NB: also applies to #GCHQ's routine scanning of feeds

Homophobic attacks in UK rose 147% in 3 months after #Brexit vote - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/08/homophobic-attacks-double-after-brexit-vote first race attacks, now this #WellDoneBrexiters

Amid Syrian chaos, #Iran’s game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/08/iran-iraq-syria-isis-land-corridor fascinating analysis #iraq

Welsh tidal lagoon project could open way for £15bn revolution in UK energy - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/08/tidal-power-swansea-bay-lagoon this is the future, not #fracking

161007

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161006 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161006.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK must pay price for #Brexit, says François Hollande - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/07/uk-must-pay-price-for-brexit-says-francois-hollande so, about that assurance the EU would beg us for a deal...

I'm being stripped of my citizenship – along with 65 million others - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/07/eu-citizenship-stripped-brexit-theresa-may 37% of UK population have no right to do this

Delay to curbs on toxic #shipping emissions 'would cause 200,000 extra premature deaths - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/07/delay-to-curbs-on-toxic-shipping-emissions-would-cause-200000-extra-premature-deaths needs urgent action

8 Years Later: Saeed Malekpour Is Still In An Iranian Prison Simply For Writing Open Source Software - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161005/10584235719/8-years-later-saeed-malekpour-is-still-iranian-prison-simply-writing-open-source-software.shtml appalling #ir

Cyber firefighters, #Germany needs you! Firms asked to volunteer staff - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/cyber-firefighters-germany-needs-you/ do it for Deutschland #security

the lack of condemnation by #brexiters of what the last tweet describes is striking - and confirms that this is what they really want

Chatting with Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer about Pixel, Android OEMs, and more - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/10/chatting-with-googles-hiroshi-lockheimer-about-pixel-android-oems-and-more/ gosh, what boring answers

#Argentina Not Only Wants To Bring In E-Voting, It Will Make It Illegal To Check The System For Electoral Fraud - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161005/09344635714/argentina-not-only-wants-to-bring-e-voting-it-will-make-it-illegal-to-check-system-electoral-fraud.shtml

Russia moving nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, says Estonia - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/07/russia-moving-nuclear-capable-missiles-into-kaliningrad-says-estonia as if we didn't have enough problems

Surprise: Intelligence Community Comes Out AgainstCongressional Plan To Weaken Intelligence Oversight - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161003/16550135698/surprise-intelligence-community-comes-out-against-congressional-plan-to-weaken-intelligence-oversight.shtml

161006

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161005 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161005.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

'Trump only goes on Hannity': Megyn Kelly clashes with Fox News colleague - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/06/trump-only-goes-on-hannity-megyn-kelly-clashes-with-friend-at-10-oclock Kelly seems one of few with integrity

I have seen the future of the Internet: Millions of rogue fridges will render it unusable - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/10/future-of-the-internet-iptv-ddos-iot-security-issues/ well, that's a pity #IoT

#Brexit 'not good news for British science' warn new Nobel laureates - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/06/brexit-not-good-news-for-british-science-warn-new-nobel-laureates fine british understatement there...

UK #fracking decision is nothing short of hypocrisy - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/06/uk-fracking-decision-is-nothing-short-of-hypocrisy "ministers steamrolling over local opposition"

A deceitful attempt to get #CETA signed - https://blog.ffii.org/a-deceitful-attempt-to-get-ceta-signed/ indeed; really shabby behaviour by @EU_Commission, obviously desperate

Donald Trump's prized club could be hammered by Hurricane Matthew - http://mashable.com/2016/10/06/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-hurricane-matthew/ non-existent climate change comeuppance: sweet

#TISA: Hopes High as Services Negotiators Enter Final Sprint - http://www.bna.com/hopes-high-services-n57982078078/ er, people, don't overlook what's happening here

First deal to curb aviation emissions agreed in landmark UN accord - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/06/aviation-emissions-agreement-united-nations better than nothing; now include #shipping

Dolphin trainers: Help stop the #Taiji dolphin slaughter - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/703/054/124/ #japan's enduring shame

Pakistan makes 'honour killings' punishable by mandatory prison time - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/06/pakistan-honor-killing-law-prison-sentence progress, finally #pk

161005

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161004 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161004.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Cops charge Cardiff man with “training, researching” how to use #crypto software - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/cops-charge-cardiff-man-with-terrorist-crypto-training-offence/ you can see where this is going..

Embarrassed about your cyber hygiene? UK’s new NatCybSecCent can help - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/uk-gchq-ncsc-national-cyber-security-centre/ snark, what snark? #gchq #surveillance

PM wants British troops pulled out of European convention on human rights - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/may-british-troops-exempt-european-convention-human-rights/ good, detailed background to move #ECHR

Spain steps up efforts to share control of Gibraltar after Brexit - http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/spain-steps-up-efforts-to-share-control-of-gibraltar-after-brexit/ brexit means "taking back control" - for Spain

Romania bans trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wild cats - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/05/romania-bans-trophy-hunting-of-brown-bears-wolves-lynx-and-wild-cats great news - kudos to #romania

António Guterres to be next UN secretary general - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/antonio-guterres-next-un-secretary-general intriguing

Angela Merkel takes significantly tougher Brexit stance - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/05/angela-merkel-takes-significantly-tougher-brexit-stance so there you go... #WellDoneBrexiters

Hurricanes will worsen as planet warms and sea levels rise, scientists warn - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/climate-change-hurricane-matthew-sea-level-rise "more common due to #climatechange"

for connoisseurs of EU idiocy, here's a perfidious new #TISA proposal on state-to-state dispute settlement - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2016/october/tradoc_154992.pdf

161004

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161003 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161003.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

letter from US Congress making it clear that it expect @EU_Commission to surrender on all aspects of #TTIP - https://www.scribd.com/document/326339228/US-Congress-TTIP-Letter-3-Oct-2016

PSI welcomes French call to halt #TTIP negotiations & asks ‘what about #CETA’? - http://www.world-psi.org/en/psi-welcomes-french-call-halt-ttip-negotiations-and-asks-what-about-ceta you can't stop one & keep the other

'Great Pacific garbage patch' far bigger than imagined, aerial survey shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/04/great-pacific-garbage-patch-ocean-plastic-trash tragedy of the #commons writ large

Machtvolle Rückkehr der DDoS-Attacken - http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1773571/ this is very bad #IoT

Efforts to boost elephant protection fails at Cites - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37541378 "opposition of the EU was pivotal in the defeat. " what???????

anyone know which countries were behind EU's disgraceful vote here, & why? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37541378 #ivory

UK police tackle Cyprus bird poachers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37557924 kudos to police, shame on @GovCyprus pl. RT for wider awareness of this

161003

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 161002 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/10/161002.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Arduino on #Arduino battle ends in reconciliation, merger - http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2016/10/arduino-on-arduino-battle-ends-in-reconciliation-merger/ good news for #openhardware world

Spain wants UK to foot healthcare bill for British citizens - http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/spain-wants-uk-to-foot-healthcare-bill-for-british-citizens/ well, of course #brexit

B flat Trump - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=28610 "Trump's speech in Mannheim PA, 10/1/2016, was sung on a single well-controlled pitch" fascinating

#GDPR: "once we are out of Europe, we will still need to be deemed adequate or essentially equivalent" - http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ico-firms-must-follow-gdpr-pre/ #brexit

Revealed: MRSA variant found in British pork at Asda and Sainsbury's - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/03/revealed-mrsa-variant-found-in-british-pork-at-asda-and-sainsburys factory farming to blame again #antibiotics

Trump: Cyberwarfare to be 'one of our greatest weapons' against terrorists - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/oct/03/donald-trump-taxes-returns-hillary-clinton-2016-election-live?page=with:block-57f26e49e4b0643b5d8439b8#block-57f26e49e4b0643b5d8439b8 yeah, that'll work

Networks of Control - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5922129/NetworksOfControl_PressInfoEN.pdf "comprehensive study about corporate surveillance, digital tracking, Big Data and privacy"