Friday, 31 January 2020

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200129.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK sued for approving Europe’s biggest gas power station - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/30/uk-sued-for-approving-europes-biggest-gas-power-station so much for tories’ green credentials…

#Peru: why a fundamentalist sect became an unexpected winner in elections - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/peru-why-a-fundamentalist-sect-became-an-unexpected-winner-in-elections Peruvians weary of graft and politicians “think a person with a religious vocation is not going to rob you or be corrupt" - er, well, about that…

Make ban on Chinese wildlife markets permanent, says environment expert - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/30/make-coronavirus-ban-on-chinese-wildlife-markets-permanent-says-environment-expert-aoe if they don’t, we will keep on getting these zoonotic pandemics… #coronavirus

Most of 11m trees planted in Turkish project ‘may be dead’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/most-of-11m-trees-planted-in-turkish-project-may-be-dead that’s a bit sad…



UK goods to face extra checks at borders under PM’s Brexit plans - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/30/uk-businesses-to-face-extra-checks-at-borders-under-pms-brexit-plans he really hates UK business, doesn’t he? #brexit

University of Minnesota student jailed in China for tweeting memes of Chinese President Xi Jinping: How was he caught? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2020/01/university-of-minnesota-student-jailed-in-china-for-tweeting-memes-of-chinese-president-xi-jinping-how-was-he-caught/ good question…



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Wednesday, 29 January 2020

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200128.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

France moves to ban mass live-shredding of male chicks - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/29/france-moves-to-ban-mass-live-shredding-of-male-chicks that’s good, but what a headline… #animalwelfare

White House claims John Bolton book contains top secret information - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jan/29/trump-impeachment-trial-live-news-bolton-witnesses-mcconnell-2020-latest-updates the depth of trump’s stupidity, presumably…



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Tuesday, 28 January 2020

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200127.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU could use carbon border tax against Brexit Britain, warns MEP - https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/eu-could-use-carbon-border-tax-against-brexit-britain-warns-mep/ “for the EU team, it’s about no-regression clauses, so you can’t diverge regarding current EU law"


Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/28/vinyl-record-revival-environmental-impact-music-industry-streaming surprising stuff

UK Says It Won’t Implement The EU Copyright Directive, Which Wouldn’t Have Passed Without Its Support During A Crucial Vote - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200124/08245243791/uk-says-it-wont-implement-eu-copyright-directive-which-wouldnt-have-passed-without-support-during-crucial-vote.shtml but I bet it will when the #copyright extremists start whining…

#Australia is ‘ground zero’ in climate crisis and must show leadership, top researchers say - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/29/australia-is-ground-zero-in-climate-crisis-and-must-show-leadership-top-researchers-say “claims strong action to cut emissions would be economically destructive have no basis”



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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200126.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page


US agriculture chief urges EU to listen to science, not fear-mongering NGOs - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/us-agriculture-chief-urges-eu-to-listen-to-science-not-fear-mongering-ngos/ EU will listen to science here when US listens to science on #climatecrisis, not before…

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Sunday, 26 January 2020

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200125.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Year 2032: World Leaders Apologize | Climate Change | - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpeEY5_Zvkg&feature=youtu.be bit late then… (v @azeem)

Germany Wants To Limit Memes And Mashups Derived From Press Publishers’ Material To 128-by-128 Pixels In Resolution, And Three Seconds In Length - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200117/07301943748/germany-wants-to-limit-memes-mashups-derived-press-publishers-material-to-128-by-128-pixels-resolution-three-seconds-length.shtml but don’t worry, your memes will be totally unaffected by EU #copyrightdirective…

Can hardware ever be trusted? The Betrusted project aims to find out by going back to basics - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2020/01/can-hardware-ever-be-trusted-the-betrusted-project-aims-to-find-out-by-going-back-to-basics/ if you can’t trust hardware, you can’t trust software - even #opensource

Independence Day will expose #Brexit as a ruse to free an imaginary nation - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/26/independence-day-will-expose-brexit-as-ruse-to-free-an-imaginary-nation “That the leader of the revolution enjoys imagining his trustiest followers as the Wurzels suggests the awkwardness of the question.” well, at least he’s right about that…





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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200124.htmlyesterday’s tweets as a single page

The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly’s ‘Connectome’ - https://www.wired.com/story/most-complete-brain-map-ever-is-here-a-flys-connectome/ “contains 25,000 neurons and the 20 million connections between them” amazing achievement; mouse next…

Russia: 2 elephants escape from circus - https://boingboing.net/2020/01/24/russia-2-elephants-escape-fro.html shameful that this animal abuse is still going on in Italian circuses

Race to exploit the world’s seabed set to wreak havoc on marine life - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/25/race-for-seabed-threat-to-oceans just when you think companies can’t get any more greedy and selfish…

Court to probe Carrie Symonds’ influence on PM after cancellation of badger cull - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/25/court-probe-carrie-symonds-influence-boris-johnson-badger-cull the only thing moronic farmers know how to do is kill: do they not understand what vaccination means, and why it makes culling unnecessary?

Coronavirus: academic had no official contact on return from China - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/25/coronavirus-academic-had-no-official-contact-on-return-from-china great…



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Saturday, 25 January 2020

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2020/01/200123.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Australian bushfires to contribute to huge annual increase in global carbon dioxide - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/24/australian-bushfires-to-contribute-to-huge-annual-increase-in-global-carbon-dioxide australian government are climate criminals; they are destroying the habitable planet for selfish and stupid reasons

Revealed: complex post-Brexit checks for Northern Irish traders - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/24/revealed-complex-post-brexit-checks-for-northern-irish-traders surprise: boris johnson lied: “The legal basis of the forms is contained in a complex 557-page document which is almost incomprehensible to an untrained eye.” enjoy, #brexiters…

I’m really looking forward to watching the smug face of #brexit hit the brick wall of reality over the next few months and years…

Jair Bolsonaro’s racist comment sparks outrage from indigenous groups - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/24/jair-bolsonaro-racist-comment-sparks-outrage-indigenous-groups Bolsonaro declared: “Indians are undoubtedly changing … They are increasingly becoming human beings just like us.”



Calls for global ban on wild animal markets amid coronavirus outbreak - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/24/calls-for-global-ban-wild-animal-markets-amid-coronavirus-outbreak “The younger generation is already on board and various high-profile Chinese people have been saying it. It is the older generation. These markets are all over China and in Vietnam.”


‘Something is wrong’: MEPs say EU is failing on the regulation of live animal exports - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/24/something-is-wrong-meps-say-eu-is-failing-to-regulate-live-animal-exports humans are wrong, that’s what…

YouTube Streamer Hit With Demonetization Over Copyright Claims To Numbers ‘36’ And ‘50’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200124/09485643792/youtube-streamer-hit-with-demonetization-over-copyright-claims-to-numbers-36-50.shtml this is where #copyright insanity inevitably leads…



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