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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181125.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“driving job vacancies in the UK to a record high, with an estimated 845,000 unfilled positions. Employers warn that it is getting harder for firms to hire qualified staff.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/26/figures-show-rise-in-eu-nationals-exiting-public-sector-after-brexit-vote #brexitchaos

Brexit can be stopped, leading Remainer stays hopeful - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-can-be-stopped-leading-remainer-stays-hopeful/ “It’s now very likely that Brexit will be stopped”

We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything - https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thought-the-incas-couldnt-write-these-knots-change-everything/ are we close to deciphering khipus? I do hope so…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181124.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Concern grows at Tory link to US lobby firm in Facebook smear scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/tory-links-us-lobby-firm-facebook-smear-scandal this is global, people…

Trump at bay: failure looms as Democrats load ‘subpoena cannon’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/25/donald-trump-democrats-subpoenas-house good news at last…

Woman who inherited fatal illness to sue doctors in groundbreaking case - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/25/woman-inherited-fatal-illness-sue-doctors-groundbreaking-case-huntingtons this was bound to happen

Campaign builds to force Corbyn’s support for people’s vote - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/24/campaign-corbyn-peoples-vote-special-conference-referendum excellent news #brexitchaos

“a growing number of frontbenchers believe Labour may need to “swerve” towards a “people’s vote”, as one put it, if public opinion swings behind the idea” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/labour-plays-waiting-game-over-second-brexit-referendum-corbyn #brexitchaos

May to warn MPs that rejecting Brexit deal would put UK ‘back to square one’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/may-to-warn-mps-that-rejecting-brexit-deal-would-put-uk-back-to-square-one “square one” is UK occuping a uniquely privileged position within the EU… so vote it down, please…

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181123.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Pro-Brexit adviser admits UK would be better off staying in EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/24/pro-brexit-adviser-admits-uk-would-be-better-off-staying-in-eu pretty unanimous, then… #brexitchaos

Welcome to the burgeoning, globalized business of implementing government #surveillance - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/11/welcome-to-the-globalized-interlinked-business-of-surveillance/ it’s everywhere…

Non-Pirate Kodi Add-On is Copyright Infringing, Denuvo Owner Says - https://torrentfreak.com/non-pirate-kodi-add-on-is-copyright-infringing-denuvo-owner-says-181124/ more #copyright madness

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181122.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Scientist unveils blueprint to save bees and enrich farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/23/scientist-unveils-blueprint-to-save-bees-and-enrich-farmers this is urgent: let’s do it

US trade deal would flood Britain with ‘cheap, inhumanely produced’ bacon - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/growth-hormones-gestation-crates-bacon-us-trade-deal it’s also more infected with disease than UK meat - https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants #BrexitChaos

Assault on Chinese consulate in Karachi as violence flares across region - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/23/pakistan-blast-and-gunshots-heard-near-chinese-consulate big ramifications for #obor

Sajid Javid abandons plans to ban .50-calibre military-grade guns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/23/sajid-javid-abandons-plans-to-ban-50-calibre-military-grade-guns so rees-mogg and hoey won’t support the police call for the ban? don’t they care that officers could be killed?

Repowering the UK’s oldest wind farms could boost energy generation by 171% - https://theconversation.com/repowering-the-uks-oldest-wind-farms-could-boost-energy-generation-by-171-106211 let’s do it

#Climatechange to inflict ‘substantial damages’ on US lives, major report to warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/23/climate-change-america-us-government-report

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181121.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Outcry and arrests in #China over abattoir pumping cattle with water - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/outcry-and-arrests-in-china-over-abattoir-pumping-cattle-with-water-10954972 “showed a swollen cattle on its knees with tears in its eyes” #animalabuse

Let’s get artists paid by making Big Tech pay them, not by creating EU copyright filters - https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/dont-break-the-net.html obvious, really…except to the #copyright industry

Matt Hancock says second Brexit referendum is possible - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/22/matt-hancock-says-second-brexit-referendum-is-possible the tide is turning, even #brexiters have to admit it… #brexitchaos #PeoplesVote

The Future of Emails Is Private with Tutanota’s New Email Client: Fast, Secure, Beautiful. - https://www.tutanota.com/blog/posts/new-mail-client “It is our mission to provide a completely private and secure email service, and to our understanding being #opensource is an integral part of this…”

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181120.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

eLife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati commit to Libero for opensource publishing - https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/d8cccde3/elife-coko-hindawi-limited-and-digirati-commit-to-libero-for-open-source-publishing #openaccess needs #opensource platforms

Facebook to lodge appeal against ICO’s £500,000 fine - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-appeal-against-information-commissioners-office-fine-cambridge-analytica quite right - should be much more…

SoundCloud Troll Getting DMCA Takedowns Shows The Weakness Of Notice And Takedown Systems - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181116/09175541064/soundcloud-troll-getting-dmca-takedowns-shows-weakness-notice-takedown-systems.shtml abuse will be even worse with #article13 of #eucopyright directive

Information Attacks against Democracies - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/information_att.html “we look at democracy through the lens of information security, trying to understand the current waves of Internet disinformation attacks.”

The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/the-snowden-legacy-part-one-whats-changed-really/ good review

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181119.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“At least as far as #copyright is concerned, the lawlessness of the early internet has been replaced not by legitimate legal processes but by corporate rule through algorithmic enforcement.” this is the problem. more here: https://digitalsocialcontract.net/lawless-2910ee226bfa

“By pushing to the “link tax”, publishers are shooting themselves in the foot three times over.” - https://mondaynote.com/the-media-industry-and-the-make-google-pay-fantasy-1b4de36e3b04 yup #article11

Letter to the EU Council: Stand for citizen’s rights and the European digital economy in the #copyright negotiations! - https://edri.org/letter-to-the-council-stand-for-citizens-rights-in-the-copyright-negotiations/ EU citizens are watching…