170831

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170830 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170830.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘#TPP 11’ to freeze drug data protection demanded by US - https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/TPP-11-to-freeze-drug-data-protection-demanded-by-US

Hard border could spell the end for Northern Ireland’s dairy processors - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/hard-border-could-spell-the-end-for-northern-irelands-dairy-processors/ of course; but #brexiters don’t care

Brexit-fuelled energy efficiency myths - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/brexit-fuelled-energy-efficiency-myths/ #brexiters spreading harmful lies everywhere

A ₹1 Crore Fund to Support Open Source Projects in #India - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/08/30/1-crore-fund-support-open-source-projects-india/ huge potential there

Estonia on #copyright: Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde and his alter ego on steroids - http://copybuzz.com/analysis/estonia-copyright-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-alter-ego-steroids/ a slap in the face for the EU public

Even encrypted data streams from the Internet of Things are leaking sensitive information; here’s what we can do - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/even-encrypted-data-streams-internet-things-leaking-sensitive-information-heres-can/

Leaked Plans Shows Top EU Body Backing #Copyright Industry Against The Public, The Internet, And Innovation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170831/08410438122/leaked-plans-shows-top-eu-body-backing-copyright-industry-against-public-internet-innovation.shtml

170830

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170829 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170829.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Hello spam and tinned peaches: is Britain facing a Brexit food crisis? - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/29/hello-spam-and-tinned-peaches-is-britain-facing-a-brexit-food-crisis enjoy, #brexiters

urgent: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation today - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Miss UK says she handed back her crown because she was told to lose weight - http://mashable.com/2017/08/30/miss-uk-beauty-pageant/ well done, her…

India’s Supreme Court Rules Privacy Is Fundamental Right; Big Ramifications For Aadhaar Biometric System & Beyond - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170829/08325938100/indias-supreme-court-rules-privacy-is-fundamental-right-big-ramifications-aadhaar-biometric-system-beyond.shtml

Distracted Boyfriend photographer: “It’s not allowed to use any image without purchasing the proper licence” - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/30/the-team-that-made-the-distracted-boyfriend-meme-have-split-up

Scale Of Moderating Facebook: It Turns Off 1 Million Accounts Every Single Day - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170828/17021938096/scale-moderating-facebook-it-turns-off-1-million-accounts-every-single-day.shtml facebook, not linus, does not scale

Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/30/brazilian-court-blocks-abolition-of-vast-amazon-reserve kudos, but: “may be only temporary reprieve for the area”

170829

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170828 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170828.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU’s #Brexit negotiator tells UK to speed up and ‘get serious’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/28/michel-barnier-concerned-about-brexit-talks-progress-third-round this is going so well

Universities abroad headhunting 95% of UCL’s top EU researchers - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/aug/29/universities-abroad-headhunting-ucl-eu-researchers-brexit #WellDoneBrexiters, destroying UK research

Interview With Raegan Macdonald - http://copybuzz.com/interviews/interview-raegan-macdonald/ Senior Policy Manager @mozilla #copyright #EU #copyrightdirective

#CCTV + Lip-Reading Software = Even Less #Privacy, Even More #Surveillance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170822/05364238054/cctv-lip-reading-software-even-less-privacy-even-more-surveillance.shtml

#Sweden doubles down on data retention surveillance, includes #VPN surveillance in new leaked proposal - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/sweden-doubles-data-retention-surveillance-includes-vpn-surveillance-new-leaked-proposal/ awful move

Letters threatening acid attacks sent to Muslims in Bradford - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/letters-threatening-acid-attack-threats-sent-to-muslims-in-bradford this is what #brexiters have turned UK into

Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf citadel faces obliteration - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/turkeys-12000-year-old-hasankeyf-citadel-faces-obliteration unnecessary: #turkey is perfect for solar power

Is this the key to foiling #phishing attacks? Spoiler alert: probably - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/key-foiling-phishing-attacks-spoiler-alert-probably/ everyone should do this if poss #security

Total Harvey insurance cost could be as high as $100bn - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/29/total-harvey-cost-insurance-texas-tropical-storm-hurricane-sandy tackling #climatechange looking cheaper by the day

Man born and raised in UK told he is not a British citizen - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/joiner-shane-ridge-born-and-raised-in-britain-told-to-leave-home-office @ukhomeoffice strikes again…

170828

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170827 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170827.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Houston fears climate change will cause catastrophic flooding: ‘It’s not if, it’s when’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/16/texas-flooding-houston-climate-change-disaster this is from June

2 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Get out, and go quick: #Brexit heartland stays defiant - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/get-out-and-go-quick-brexit-heartland-stays-defiant/ stupid old bigots still stupid, still bigoted…

UK Home Office cannot be trusted, say EU citizens’ rights groups - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/28/uk-home-office-cannot-be-trusted-say-eu-citizens-rights-groups too right: @ukhomeoffice is a perennial disgrace

It’s a fact: #climatechange made Hurricane Harvey more deadly - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-more-deadly well, obvs

Oxford University professor resigns in Donald Trump protest - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/aug/28/oxford-university-professor-bo-rothstein-resigns-donald-trump-protest bravo

Santorini’s popularity soars but locals say it has hit saturation point - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/santorini-popularity-soars-but-locals-say-it-has-hit-saturation-point #tourism is destroying what it loves

Netanyahu accuses Iran of missile production sites in Syria - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/benjamin-netanyahu-iran-building-missile-production-sites-syria-and-lebanon well, at least #israel doesn’t have nuclear weapons

170827

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170826 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170826.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

British tourists tell of misery abroad with pound at eight-year low - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/26/british-tourists-tell-of-misery-of-pound-at-eight-year-low well, we did warn you; but you know, facts…

A million skilled EU workers see their future outside Britain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/27/million-skilled-eu-workers-planning-to-leave-uk-brexit #WellDoneBrexiters, destroying UK’s future thus

3 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

Can Labour’s change of course over #Brexit change Britain’s fate? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/26/can-labours-change-of-course-over-brexit-change-britains-fate we’ll see…

Maybe Trump is a kind of cry for help from the Earth - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/27/frankie-boyle-donald-trump-embodies-twitter “like he’s building up a credible insanity defence”

170826

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170825 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170825.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘I hope you’re ready to get married’: in search of Vietnam’s kidnapped brides - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/26/ready-married-kidnapped-brides-vietnam-china fruit of china’s one-child policy

4 days left: EU Database Directive: Please Respond to the Consultation Now - http://copybuzz.com/editorial/eu-database-directive-please-answer-consultation-now/ help roll back the #copyright ratchet

170825

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170824 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170824.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Astronauts flew right over monster storm Hurricane Harvey - http://mashable.com/2017/08/24/hurricane-harvey-nasa-space-photos/ this is the face of #globalwarming

Jeremy Hunt can attack me all he wants – but he is wrong to say the #NHS is working - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/25/jeremy-hunt-attack-nhs-stephen-hawking-crisis saith Stephen Hawking…

Piece by piece, the case for severing Britain’s ties to Europe is falling apart - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/24/case-britains-ties-europe-severed-falling-apart-brexiteers-migration-norway-option just the start… #brexit

Welcome to the Internet of listening, eavesdropping, spying things - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/08/welcome-internet-listening-eavesdropping-spying-things/ we need to, er, talk about this now…

Repeal All UK Terrorism Laws, Says UK Government Adviser On Terrorism Laws - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170824/07284238075/repeal-all-uk-terrorism-laws-says-uk-government-adviser-terrorism-laws.shtml oh, that’s rather good

To truly understand Brexit debacle, look 2 Star Wars - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/25/brexit-star-wars-phantom-menace-movies “has 2 be explanation to make things better than they seem.”

Brexiteers tangled up in #redtape - https://www.facebook.com/OpenBritain/videos/1743673019006348/ oh look: another #brexit lie: not less, but more bureaucracy