190929

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190928.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“Johnson refuses to say if he’s asked another EU leader to veto Brexit extension” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/29/brexit-latest-news-tory-conference-boris-johnson-conservative-suggests-his-critics-had-eu-help-drafting-benn-act-to-stop-no-deal-live-new?page=with:block-5d906d298f084ab84172f314#block-5d906d298f084ab84172f314 if he has, then presumably that would be betraying the country according to #brexiters, #amirite?

“Johnson says, whether people voted leave or remain, they want Brexit done.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/29/brexit-latest-news-tory-conference-boris-johnson-conservative-suggests-his-critics-had-eu-help-drafting-benn-act-to-stop-no-deal-live-new?page=with:block-5d906a8c8f081108db9bec57#block-5d906a8c8f081108db9bec57 we don’t. we really, really don’t.

No 10 denies claims Boris Johnson squeezed journalist’s thigh - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/29/no-10-denies-claims-boris-johnson-squeezed-thigh-journalist-charlotte-edwardes two women say it, and are ignored, of course…

190928

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190927.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Lawsuit: School Strip-Searched An 8-Year-Old Because Someone Found Feces On A Bathroom Floor - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190910/10365842961/lawsuit-school-strip-searched-8-year-old-because-someone-found-feces-bathroom-floor.shtml staggering #murica

Beautiful electronic easy listening music from the USSR (1960) - https://boingboing.net/2019/09/27/beautiful-electronic-easy-list.html wonderful…just watch that theremin player in action…

‘I feel like I’m dying’: West Papua witnesses recount horror of police shootings - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/28/i-feel-like-im-dying-west-papua-witnesses-unrest-indonesia-police the world must wake up to what is being done by #indonesia in #westpapua

UK ‘needs billions a year’ to meet 2050 climate targets - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/28/uk-needs-billions-a-year-to-meet-2050-climate-targets the good news is that if we cancel #brexit, we will have billions to spend on combating #climatecrisis that would have been wasted propping up collapsing economy…

190927

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190926.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Ministers still do not know if NHS can cope with no deal, says watchdog - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/ministers-still-do-not-know-nhs-cope-no-deal-brexit-report IOW, people will die because of #brexit. no biggie.

Government plan to invoke EU law’s supremacy to ensure Brexit on Halloween - https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-government-plan-to-invoke-eu-laws-supremacy-to-ensure-brexit-on-halloween/ “European law usurps British law,” a source told City AM. “That means the Article 50 deadline trumps the Benn Act.” - but deadline is not the law, it can be moved - already has

Amber Rudd says prime minister’s Brexit rhetoric ‘legitimises violence’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/amber-rudd-prime-minister-brexit-rhetoric-legitimises-violence

What’s Australian For #StreisandEffect? Perhaps It’s Fatty McFuckhead - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190925/17590443070/whats-australian-streisand-effect-perhaps-fatty-mcfuckhead.shtml #australia

Top court says “right to be forgotten” doesn’t always apply outside EU – and orders search engines to manipulate results - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/09/top-court-says-right-to-be-forgotten-doesnt-always-apply-outside-eu-and-orders-search-engines-to-manipulate-results/ good and bad news… #privacy

Just As Everyone Predicted: EU #Copyright Directive's Link Tax Won't Lead To Google Paying Publishers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190926/17223443073/just-as-everyone-predicted-eu-copyright-direc... surprise...not

190926

Royal Shakespeare Company threatened with boycott over #BP sponsor - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/26/climate-activists-threaten-boycott-rsc-bp-sponsorship quite right; this kind of cultural prostitution is not acceptable in #2019 #RSC

Chinese Authorities Call For Internet Companies To Add Bias To AI Algorithms – In Order To ‘Promote Mainstream Values’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190912/08571442974/chinese-authorities-call-internet-companies-to-add-bias-to-ai-algorithms-order-to-promote-mainstream-values.shtml sounds legit… #censorship #china #ai

EU-#Leistungsschutzrecht droht schon vor dem Start zu scheitern - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/eu-leistungsschutzrecht-droht-schon-vor-dem-start-zu-scheitern/ just as warned… #copyright

Trafficked to extinction - https://globalstory.pangolinreports.com/#lede superb journalism on terrible #pangolin trade. shame on #china for driving this still…

Supreme court litigant advised to buy stab vest after death threats - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/26/supreme-court-litigant-advised-to-buy-stab-vest-after-death-threats “police fears for Maugham’s safety increased after a journalist published his home address” she must be so proud #brexit

"He says the Commons library has confirmed to him today that the soonest an election could take place would be Tuesday 5 November.

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Bercow confirms that this is his understanding of the rules." - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/26/boris-johnsons-brexit-rhetoric-condemned-as-mps-tell-of-death-threats-politics-live?page=with:block-5d8cb8228f08fbb0c171beb4#block-5d8cb8228f08fbb0c171beb4 #brexit

В Адыгее стартует республиканский этноязыковой лагерь - https://adigea.aif.ru/society/details/v_adygee_startuet_respublikanskiy_etnoyazykovoy_lager this is excellent news - more like this is needed #circassian

Opposition planning to again seize control of Commons next week - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/26/opposition-planning-again-seize-control-commons-next-week-brexit-corbyn most important bit: “A Plaid Cymru source said opposition MPs were getting on better than expected. “It surprises all of us how easy these meetings are,” they said.” crucial for #GE19

‘We have made history’: Mexico’s Oaxaca state decriminalises abortion - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/we-have-made-history-mexicos-oaxaca-state-decriminalises-abortion lovely place, oaxaca; must go back one day…

190924

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190923.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

During A Police Raid, Russian Activist Uses #Drone To Whisk Sensitive Data To Safety - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190917/08374243009/during-police-raid-russian-activist-uses-drone-to-whisk-sensitive-data-to-safety.shtml clever chap; and he recorded the raid… #russia

The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/24/ursula-herrmann-germany-kidnapping-mystery tragic but fascinating story

Atlas the humanoid robot shows off a new and improved gymnastics routine - https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/24/atlas-the-humanoid-robot-shows-off-a-new-and-improved-gymnastics-routine/ we don’t stand chance, do we?

Internet Archive and Center for Open Science Collaborate to Preserve Open Science Data - https://blog.archive.org/2019/09/24/internet-archive-and-center-for-open-science-collaborate-to-preserve-open-science-data/ that’s good #openscience

Global postal union warns of ‘total disruption’ if Trump pulls US out - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/24/universal-postal-union-disruption-trump-us-pullout nowhere near #brexit levels of pointless self-harm, but stupid in the same way…

190923

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190922.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

This chainless bike’s a gear closer to revolutionizing the cycling world - https://mashable.com/video/ceramicspeed-chainless-bike-can-now-shift-gears-carry-load/ rather clever

The Grenfell Tower fire: a crime caused by profit and #deregulation - https://www.fbu.org.uk/publication/grenfell-tower-fire-crime-caused-profit-and-deregulation “The Fire Brigades Union believes that the terrible loss of life at Grenfell Tower was ultimately caused by political decisions made at the highest level.” more like this post-#brexit

Brazilian indigenous leaders denounce Bolsonaro before UN speech - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/jair-bolsonaro-un-brazilian-indigenous-leaders quite right: not content with stealing their lands, he is destroying them now… #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil

UK to snub Franco-German ‘alliance for multilateralism’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/uk-to-snub-franco-german-alliance-for-multilateralism as #brexit UK becomes a vassal of trump’s American empire…

Private Companies Gathering Plate Data Are Selling Access To People’s Movements For $20 A Search - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190918/14224343020/private-companies-gathering-plate-data-are-selling-access-to-peoples-movements-20-search.shtml #privacy

Hundreds of authors protest after Kamila Shamsie’s book award is revoked - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/23/hundreds-of-authors-protest-after-kamila-shamsies-book-award-is-revoked #BDS

can I just say that the shabby treatment of Hans Rott by Brahms confirms my low opinion of the latter as a human being. that is all.

190922

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/09/190921.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Corbyn suggests UK could be better off after Brexit if deal is right - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/22/jeremy-corbyn-uk-better-off-brexit-deal-right I bet @LibDems can’t believe their luck at this gift of millions of remain votes…