Monday 31 August 2015

150831


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150830 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150830.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP Could Block Copyright Fair Use - http://www.lojo.co.nz/updates-article/tpp-could-block-copyright-fair-use?lawgeeknz=1 because of #ISDS - of course...

WTO Ruling Against India's Solar Push Threatens Climate, Clean Energy - http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/08/27/wto-ruling-against-indias-solar-push-threatens-climate-clean-energy shows why putting trade first so dangerous

CIA rendition jet was waiting in Europe to snatch #Snowden - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/13/cia_rendition_jet_was_waiting_in_europe_to_snatch_snowden/ interesting work by "amateurs"  (v @schestowitz)

#Facebook must obey local censorship laws, says #Germany’s justice minister
 - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/facebook-must-obey-local-censorship-laws-says-german-minister/ easy to say, hard to do

Court Orders Italian ISPs to Block Popcorn Time - https://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-italian-isps-to-block-popcorn-time-150831/ spiace, ain't gonna work... #P2P #opensource #it

written submissions to UK Science and Technology Committee inquiry in "#BigData dilemma" - http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news-parliament-2015/big-data-tor/ closes soon: 3 September

‘transparency’ around TTIP a sham - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/31/transparency-ttip-documents-big-business 4 "values-based choices, democracies must be free to change level of regulation"

The MPAA Will Let Amazon Touch Its Stuff, But Only If It Agrees To A Ton Of Stipulations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150831/09180632121/mpaa-will-let-amazon-touch-stuff-only-if-it-agrees-to-ton-stipulations.shtml 'cos #copyright = control

Author resigns from West Point following paper legitimizing attacks on scholars who question terror tactics - http://retractionwatch.com/2015/08/31/law-review-backtracks-on-paper-accusing-scholars-of-treason-for-questioning-terror-tactics/

Moral Panics And How 'The Kids These Days' Adapt: From Facebook 'Permanence' To Snapchat's 'Impermanence' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150826/17101432074/moral-panics-how-kids-these-days-adapt-facebook-permanence-to-snapchats-impermanence.shtml

Many undecided over #TPP - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11505870 no surprise given how little info they have.... #NZ


FBI: Hurricane Katrina Made It Clear We Just Don't Have Enough Stingray Devices - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150831/07182432119/fbi-hurricane-katrina-made-it-clear-we-just-dont-have-enough-stingray-devices.shtml huh?

Local councils are starting to tear strips off #TTIP - http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2015/aug/28/local-councils-are-starting-tear-strips-ttip great initiative; more needed

BBC presenter loses it on live TV after spotting a blue #whale - http://mashable.com/2015/08/31/bbc-presenter-blue-whale/ and who can blame him?


150830


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150828 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150828.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Chris Christie: I would track immigrants like FedEx packages - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/30/chris-christie-i-would-track-immigrants-like-fedex-packages er, what? where does America find these idiots?

#TurksandCaicos dolphin park plan meets with opposition - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33991679 damn right, too...

#Malaysia protesters regroup to urge PM Najib Razak’s resignation - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/30/malaysia-protests-calling-for-najib-razak-to-resign-enter-second-day useful background to what's going on #Bersih

Oliver Sacks, eminent neurologist and author of Awakenings, dies aged 82 - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/30/oliver-sacks-dies-aged-82-eminent-neurologist-author-awakenings that's sad; great man

Can #TTIP Protect European Creativity? - https://blog.ffii.org/can-ttip-protect-european-creativity/ good analysis #ISDS

Scott Walker says building #Canada border wall is a 'legitimate issue' - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/30/scott-walker-canada-border-wall-immigration-terrorists you can't make this stuff up... #bonkers

1000s of North Sea oil jobs at risk as platform builder fails to win contract - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/30/north-sea-oil-jobs-at-risk-platform-builder-ogn-misses-out-on-contract another reason to boost renewables

MPAA Demands Extraordinary Measures to Prevent Piracy - https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-demands-extraordinary-measures-to-prevent-piracy-150830/ makes plain that #copyright is all about total control

The Coming Terrorist Threat From Autonomous Vehicles - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/30/1539258/the-coming-terrorist-threat-from-autonomous-vehicles now might be a good time to think sensibly about this


Sunday 30 August 2015

150829


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150828 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150828.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

We are not obliged to offer cheapest tickets, says train firm email - http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/aug/29/we-are-not-obliged-to-offer-cheapest-tickets-says-train-firm-email another reason to re-nationalise railways...

Steven Moffat: 'Only the BBC would have come up with #DoctorWho' - http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/29/doctor-who-bbc-steven-moffat or #MontyPython...

Virginia shooting victim's father says he will need to buy gun to defend himself - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/28/virginia-shooting-lone-survivor-reveals-terrifying-details </sigh> from the gun nutters...

Richard Stallman writes: "I'm looking for people to..." - https://stallman.org/index.html#volunteerListAnc #RMS

Croatian policy encourages open source adoption - http://opensource.com/government/15/8/croatia-open-source-policy nice, but what hope for implementation? #hr

TUC briefing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (#TTIP) - https://www.tuc.org.uk/international-issues/tuc-briefing-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip finally wakes up to dangers

FSFE supports recognition for User Data Rights - https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150829-01.en.html well, course...

Hunted: could you go on the run in UK's extreme surveillance state? - http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/29/hunted-channel-4-surveillance-show-reality-hacking too much to hope this might shake complacency

Obama defends Arctic drilling decision on eve of Alaska climate change trip - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/29/obama-arctic-drilling-alaska-trip-climate-change “self-defeating hypocrisy”.

TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that undermines democracy - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/ background reading for big #TTIP autumn push

TIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/ttip-updates--the-glyn-moody-blogs-3569438/ these 51 posts give all the twists & turns over last two & half years #ISDS

50 years after its death, Thames is again home to seals, whales, and dolphins - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/08/seals-dolphins-and-whales-spotted-in-the-thames/ Thamesmaidens are grateful... #lunnon

Jeremy Corbyn will have to learn Blairite lessons if I'm deputy, says Caroline Flint - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/29/jeremy-corbyn-learn-blairite-lessons-if-im-labour-deputy-caroline-flint so draw the obvious conclusion

West Point Professor Calls On US Military To Target Legal Critics Of War On Terror - http://www.alternet.org/west-point-professor-calls-us-military-target-legal-critics-war-terror domestic ones next, presumably

Lexmark’s war against a man who recycles toner cartridges - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/op-ed-lexmarks-war-against-a-man-who-recycles-toner-cartridges/ ridiculous

Blair’s plea: Corbynmania is ‘Alice in Wonderland’ politics - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/29/tony-blair-corbynmania-alice-in-wonderland better than your "Poodle in Republicanland" politics


Saturday 29 August 2015

150828


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150827 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150827.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

TISA and Tech's Double Standards On Secret Government Internet Deals - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/tisa-and-techs-double-standards-secret-government-internet-deals good analysis of #TISA's deep problems

Chaos in Melbourne as protests force border force to cancel visa operation - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/28/protests-force-border-force-to-cancel-press-conference-in-melbourne Australians standing up to #policestate

Extreme Arctic sea ice melt forces thousands of walruses ashore in Alaska - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/27/walruses-alaska-arctic-sea-ice-melt another really bad sign...

Labour did too little to safeguard #civilliberties, says Yvette Cooper - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/28/labour-did-too-little-to-safeguard-civil-liberties-says-yvette-cooper finally, some in Labour get it...

#Japan says #TPP may be halted if no deal is reached before #Canada election in October - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/28/business/amari-says-tpp-may-halted-no-deal-reached-canada-election-october/ "it will be difficult"

UK Music Collection Society PRS Sues SoundCloud - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150827/18102232090/uk-music-collection-society-prs-sues-soundcloud.shtml "appeasing copyright extremists never gets you very far"

Kenyan Copyright Collection Society Shockingly Found To Be Paying Artists Very Little - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150826/10142832069/kenyan-copyright-collection-society-shockingly-found-to-be-paying-artists-very-little.shtml strange, that... #ke


Thursday 27 August 2015

150827


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150826 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150826.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Horses 'neglected for 15 years' found with 3ft-long hooves - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/horses-neglected-for-15-years-found-with-3ftlong-hooves-10473164.html appalling neglect

Pesticides pose risk to bees, EU watchdog says - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/pesticides-pose-risk-bees-eu-watchdog-says-317105 "pesticides made by Bayer CropScience and Syngenta pose a risk"

Brussels launches public consultation on geo-blocking - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/brussels-launches-public-consultation-geo-blocking-317091 about time too #EU

LG Made A Full-Size Keyboard For Mobiles That Folds Into A Stick To Fit In Your Bag - http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/26/lg-made-a-full-size-keyboard-for-mobiles-that-folds-into-a-stick-to-fit-in-your-bag/?ncid=rss clever

​The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit by #Water Shortages by 2040 - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-nations-that-will-be-hardest-hit-by-water-shortages-by-2040 we need to start addressing this now


Net migration to UK hits record high of 330,000 - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/27/net-migration-predicted-to-hit-record-level #Tories are dogmatic morons: this is great news for economy/society


Thousands have died after being found fit for work: DWP figures - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/27/thousands-died-after-fit-for-work-assessment-dwp-figures Tories know that only shirkers use death as excuse

Consultation on the review of the EU Satellite and Cable Directive - https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/consultation-review-eu-satellite-and-cable-directive your chance to have say on #geoblocking

EU's and US' new trade deal threatens progressive business - http://chemsec.org/news/news-2015/july-september1/1473-why-eu-s-and-us-new-trade-deal-threatens-progressive-business "create new opportunities 2 weaken stronger rules" #TTIP

UK police triples use of ad-hijacking tech on alleged piracy websites - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/uk-police-triples-use-of-ad-hijacking-tech-on-alleged-piracy-websites/ er, can they do that?

Microscopic zoom-in on a bacterium on a diatom on an amphipod - http://boingboing.net/2015/08/27/microscopic-zoom-in-on-a-bacte.html impressive

#TTIP deal: Business lobbyists dominate talks at expense of trade unions and NGOs - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ttip-deal-business-lobbyists-dominate-talks-at-expense-of-trade-unions-and-ngos-10475073.html so much for fairness (v @PCGTW)

#TPP Must Not Undermine North America’s Dairy Sector - http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2015/08/27/expanded-trade-in-the-tpp-must-not-undermine-north-americas-dairy-sector/ "“I believe the TPP interferes with government’s obligations"

Tobacco Industry's Interest In Trade Negotiations? Totally Redacted - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150826/16180232073/tobacco-industrys-interest-trade-negotiations-totally-redacted.shtml which is totally outrageous #TTIP

Man found to have been shedding virulent strain of polio for 30 years - http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/27/man-found-to-have-been-shedding-virulent-strain-of-polio-for-30-years yikes

.@SeaWorld criticism surges online after Harry Styles speaks out, analysts report - http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/aug/27/seaworld-harry-styles-negative-online-comments time to shut the whole lot down


150826


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150825 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150825.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#Malaysia To Introduce RFID Tracking For Every Vehicle - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150825/09163632056/malaysia-to-introduce-rfid-tracking-every-vehicle.shtml what could possibly go wrong? #my

Mass protest against #TTIP and #CETA to take place in Berlin - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/mass-protest-against-ttip-and-ceta-take-place-berlin-317066 "Over 50,000 demonstrators are expected" 10 October

Will #Malaysia's #tobacco 'carve out' be adopted in Pacific trade deal? - http://www.fctc.org/media-and-publications/fact-sheets/industry-interference/1096-w would be disgraceful if it isn't... #TPP

The Strategic Costs of #TPP Failure - http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/the-strategic-costs-of-tpp-failure/ "The Trans-Pacific Partnership is in trouble." deep, deep trouble...

Major #TPP players holding their dairy consumers to ransom - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11499924 not so much "free" trade, eh? #NZ


#NZ not convinced a #TPP deal would have plenty of upside - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11500955 er, that's because it won't...

Claim That #TPP Promotes Free Trade 'is a Myth' - Former UN Delegate - http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150728/1025116484.html as the squabbling over dairy shows

#TPP "select committee considers it once, no vote in Parliament, can't be modified, & only Cabinet decides on ratification, not Parliament"


#TPP would be a 2nd-best outcome for Asia - http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150820-STICKER-SHOCK/Viewpoints/Supachai-Panitchpakdi-TPP-would-be-a-2nd-best-outcome-for-Asia more start calling for move away from flawed agreement

Putting the cart before the horse: a doomed constitutional strategy for negotiating the #TTIP - http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.be/2015/08/putting-cart-before-horse-doomed.html detailed analysis

Stop #TTIP, #CETA, #TiSA and #TPP! International Days of Action, main site - https://www.trade4people.org/en/call-to-action/article/call-to-action 10-17 October 2015

As Part Of Its War On Encryption, #Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150814/07293231941/as-part-war-encryption-russia-briefly-blocks-all-wikipedia-over-one-weed-reference.shtml good analysis

Streaming Site Operator Accused of £120m ‘Piracy Fraud’ - https://torrentfreak.com/streaming-site-operator-accused-of-120m-piracy-fraud-150826/ but only if you use totally bogus "lost sale" argument

Europese pesticidewetten moeten wijken voor vrijhandelsverdrag met de VS - http://mo.be/analyse/europese-pesticidewetten-moeten-wijken-voor-vrijhandelsverdrag-met-de-vs of course... (v @AnneMarieMineur)#TTIP

#BBC impartiality may be scrutinised by Ofcom, culture secretary hints - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/aug/26/bbc-impartiality-may-be-scrutinised-by-ofcom-culture-secretary-hints good: it's far too pro-government currently

Shinzo Abe and the Reality of Japanese Democracy - http://www.nbr.org/publications/analysis/pdf/brief/082115_sneider_japan.pdf "completion of U.S.-led negotiations on #TPP may bog down"

The good and bad news about #TPP - http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-good-and-bad-news-about-tpp "once the primaries begin, the TPP is off the agenda indefinitely."

Help make the UK a #TTIP free zone - https://globaljustice.netdonor.net/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1784&ea.campaign.id=41402 TTIP is in deep trouble: here's how to help kick it while it's down...

Lessons learned from cracking 4,000 Ashley Madison passwords - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/08/cracking-all-hacked-ashley-madison-passwords-could-take-a-lifetime/ fascinating analysis; shows how good #bcrypt is...

Virginia Police Force BBC Reporters To Delete Camera Footage Of Police Pursuit Of Shooter - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150826/11213632072/virginia-police-force-bbc-reporters-to-delete-camera-footage-police-pursuit-shooter.shtml so make cloud backups


Labour has duty to resolve 'mess' of hospital #PFI deals, says Jeremy #Corbyn - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/26/labour-has-duty-to-resolve-mess-of-hospital-pfi-deals-says-jeremy-corbyn good to see this honesty...

Windows 10 Reserves The Right To Block Pirated Games And 'Unauthorized' Hardware - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/06171332012/windows-10-reserves-right-to-block-pirated-games-unauthorized-hardware.shtml uh-huh....

Global “Trade” and the Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest - http://www.flushthetpp.org/global-trade-and-the-destruction-of-the-amazon-rainforest/ time to stop the mindless greed #TPP #TTIP



Tuesday 25 August 2015

150825


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150824 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150824.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TTIP: USA wollen Mitspracherecht bei EU-Gesetzen - http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article136809742/USA-wollen-Mitspracherecht-bei-EU-Gesetzen.html yeah, who cares about EU sovereignty? (v @olewin)


Corn wars - http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122441/corn-wars?src=longreads ridiculous; all this should be in the public domain so that we can feed the world (v  সঙ্কর্ষণ)

Stop Fedex from shipping shark fins - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/283/034/695/ shame on @FedEx profiting from this deadly trade

Large-Scale Peer-Review Fraud Leads To Retraction Of 64 Scientific Papers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150824/10001232043/large-scale-peer-review-fraud-leads-to-retraction-63-scientific-papers.shtml symptom of much bigger problem #oa

Germany initiates move to ban #GMO crops - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/germany-initiates-move-ban-gmo-crops-317029 that will go down well with Us companies #TTIP


if #Corbyn wins, Britain could be out of Europe - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/25/labour-race-corbyn-wins-britain-out-of-europe predictable scaremongering from pathetic toynbee #blair

Pesticides Blamed for Bee Declines Widespread in US Waterways - http://www.alternet.org/environment/pesticides-blamed-bee-declines-widespread-us-waterways #neonicotinoids could devastate aquatic invertebrates

UK #surveillance “worse than 1984,” says new UN privacy chief - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/uk-surveillance-worse-than-1984-says-new-un-privacy-chief/ great to see him speak out so soon on this...

Asian countries shift focus to regional trade after TPP delay - http://www.afr.com/news/economy/trade/asian-countries-shift-focus-to-regional-trade-after-tpp-delay-20150825-gj73bb bored by #TPP?


Non-UK born residents likely to exceed 8 million in latest figures, thinktank says - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/25/non-uk-born-residents-likely-to-exceed-8-million-in-latest-figures-thinktank-says that's good news 4 UK, actually

75,000 Popcorn Time Users in Crosshairs of Anti-Piracy Group - https://torrentfreak.com/75000-popcorn-time-users-in-crosshairs-of-anti-piracy-group-150825/ popcorn indeed...

Facing possible ban, more Americans are buying new—and legal—$900 flamethrowers - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/facing-possible-ban-more-americans-are-buying-new-and-legal-900-flamethrowers/ bonkers; great pic, though


#TPP sceptics won't halt deal - Groser - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11502748 translation: "I'm going to do it whatever the public thinks..." #arrogance

No #TPP deal if auto parts sector threatened: trade minister - http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5812122-no-trans-pacific-trade-deal-if-auto-parts-sector-threatened-trade-minister/ fighting words; but does he mean it? #CA


Monday 24 August 2015

150824


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150823 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150823.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

See pics of Sydney #TPP Protest August 23, 2015 - http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/1006 small but perfectly formed #AU

Mycroft is the world's first open source, open hardware home A.I. platform - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-an-open-source-artificial-intelligence-for #kickstarter

Hammond declares new chapter with #Iran in search for end to Syrian war - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/24/philip-hammond-iran-syria-war-discussion strangely sensible stuff; disconcerting

Will Australian Government Use Cost-Benefit Analysis 2 Kill Off Fair Use Proposal Once And For All? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150815/01325831953/will-australian-government-use-cost-benefit-analysis-to-kill-off-fair-use-proposal-once-all.shtml #AU #copyright

Ban #Windows 10 in government, says top Russian politician over privacy fears - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/ban-windows-10-in-government-says-top-russian-politician-over-privacy-fears/ also concerns about secret stuff #ru

Banner Drop #TTIP Campaign Strikes Again - http://www.nottip.org.uk/22nd-august-dropttip-banner-york/ well done, York...

Canadian, Mexican auto parts makers warn of fallout from #TPP trade pact - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/canadian-mexican-auto-parts-makers-warn-of-fallout-from-tpp-trade-pact/article26067376/ whoops, getting worse, not better #ca #mx

Trading up for a better deal than Trans-Pacific pact - http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-crime_database/ci_28686017/trading-up-better-deal-than-trans-pacific-pact #TPP just isn't good enough; bin it

Recording Industry Thinks Famous Dead Musicians And Their Personal Struggles Will Get People To Stop Pirating - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150823/07345032035/recording-industry-thinks-famous-dead-musicians-their-personal-struggles-will-get-people-to-stop-pirating.shtml

Big tobacco should be excluded from the #TPP - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/71394377/big-tobacco-should-be-excluded--from-the-tppa excellent explanation why

Carl Malamud Asks YouTube To Institute Three Strikes Policy For Those Who Abuse Takedowns - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150823/08003032036/carl-malamud-asks-youtube-to-institute-three-strikes-policy-those-who-abuse-takedowns.shtml makes sense


Sunday 23 August 2015

150823


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150822 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150822.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Thousands of new UK doctors opt for a better life abroad - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/23/new-doctors-leave-nhs-for-better-life-abroad this is what the destruction of the #NHS looks like

#Corbyn wins economists’ backing for anti-austerity policies - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/22/jeremy-corbyn-economists-backing-anti-austerity-policies-corbynomics not bonkers, but #TTIP would be a massive problem

perfect pinta vs. TTIP trade tanker - http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2985037/the_perfect_pinta_vs_the_ttip_trade_tanker.html important point: why EU farmers will suffer badly under #TTIP #animalwelfare

TUC briefing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (#TTIP) - https://www.tuc.org.uk/international-issues/tuc-briefing-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip why #ISDS must go, & other problems



Rosia Montana, an omen for TTIP - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/rosia-montana-omen-ttip-316594 this is the reality of #ISDS #ro

Geo-Blocking Caused Massive TV Piracy 20 Years Ago - https://torrentfreak.com/geo-blocking-caused-massive-tv-piracy-20-years-ago-150726/ interesting

National MPs could block US trade deal, activists say - https://euobserver.com/news/129739 all EU parliaments must ratify #TTIP, except malta

Stop #TTIP petition hits 2,500,818 EU signatures - https://stop-ttip.org/ that's 0.5% of EU population - great achievement

for detailed background on #TTIP see http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/ttip-explained-the-secretive-us-eu-treaty-that-undermines-democracy/ - 6000 words on its origin and problems, particularly #ISDS

and for even more #TTIP info, here are 51 columns I wrote over the last two years - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/ttip-updates--the-glyn-moody-blogs-3569438/ also covers #CETA, #TPP, #ISDS

This Anti-Piracy Campaign Will Leave You Speechless - https://torrentfreak.com/this-anti-piracy-campaign-will-leave-you-speechless-150823/ yet more proof #copyright industry is divorced from reality


Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii's spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/23/hawaii-birth-defects-pesticides-gmo unusual birth malformations worrying


150822


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150821 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150821.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Americans overpower gunman who opened fire on Paris express - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/amsterdam-paris-train-gunman-france kudos them for their bravery

Antibiotic resistance: the race to stop 'silent tsunami' facing modern medicine - http://www.theguardian.com/society/blog/2015/aug/21/antibiotic-resistance-the-race-to-stop-the-silent-tsunami-facing-modern-medicine maybe stop using them in farming

Londongrad: TV comedy shows London through eyes of its Russian inhabitants - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/londongrad-portrait-of-london-russian-inhabitants fascinating #russia #london

Two Danes face up to six years in jail for explaining how to use Popcorn Time - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/two-danes-face-up-to-six-years-in-jail-for-explaining-how-to-use-popcorn-time/ more #copyright madness #dk

I’m now an Estonian e-resident, but I still don’t know what to do with it - http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/08/im-now-an-estonian-e-resident-but-i-still-dont-know-what-to-do-with-it/ answers on the back of an e-postcard #ee

Takedown Resistant ‘Hydra Proxy’ Launches to Beat #Censorship - https://torrentfreak.com/takedown-resistant-hydra-proxy-launches-to-beat-censorship-150822/ the more, the merrier...

UK Government's trade union proposals not fit for purpose, watchdog says - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/22/governments-trade-union-proposals-not-fit-for-purpose-watchdog-says a bit like the UK government itself...


Saturday 22 August 2015

150821


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150820 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2015/08/150820.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

25m birds illegally killed in Mediterranean each year, says report - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/21/25m-birds-illegally-killed-in-mediterranean-each-year-says-report shame on #Italy for being a serious offender

"analysis of implications of proposed biologics definition in latest leaked version of #TPP IP chapter" - http://www.twn.my/title2/FTAs/Intellectual_Property/IP_and_Access_to_Medicines/TPPanalysisMay2015leakbiologicsdefn.doc

Google ordered to remove links to stories about Google removing links to stories - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/08/google-ordered-to-remove-links-to-stories-about-google-removing-links-to-stories/ this is #censorship, basically

World Is Catching On That Creativity And Creative Jobs Have Been Growing, Not Disappearing, Post-Napster - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150821/00394032024/world-is-catching-that-creativity-creative-jobs-have-been-growing-not-disappearing-post-napster.shtml

SORRY. - http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/21/9186937/spotify-ceo-privacy-policy-apology maybe @spotify should have published this rather than pushing out its poorly-phrased new privacy policy...

"Key said he would be concerned if #TPP was not done by Christmas" - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11500955 oh, look: end of the year - again #NZ

Umstrittenes Freihandelsabkommen: EU will doch über #TTIP-Verhandlungen berichten - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-eu-will-nun-doch-ueber-verhandlungen-berichten-a-1049343.html more U-turns: anyone in charge?

Critics of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal warn about arbitration clause - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trade-court-dispute-20150819-story.html as they should #TPP #ISDS

Oilseed rape pesticide linked to UK honeybee deaths, study finds - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/21/oilseed-pesticide-linked-to-uk-honeybee-deaths-study-finds UK government says: "la la la, not listening..."

Our unsustainable habit of hunting and fishing only for adult animals - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/08/our-unsustainable-habit-of-hunting-and-fishing-only-for-adult-animals/ </sigh> more problems...


Thursday 20 August 2015

150820


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150819 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/08/150819.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page


Increasing the transparency of clinical drug trials reduces number of positive results - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/08/increasing-the-transparency-of-clinical-drug-trials-reduces-number-of-positive-results/ why data must be open

New Zealand: Doctors’ #TPP Fears ‘Are Not Misinformed’ - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-974b-New-Zealand-Doctors-TPP-fears-are-not-misinformed staggering arrogance of #NZ government

#TPP talks to resume in September - http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/139088/tpp-talks-to-resume-in-september.html pushing process deep into 2016 US elections

Gabriel beschwert sich über Geheimhaltung - http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ttip-gabriel-beschwert-sich-ueber-geheimhaltung/12214708.html whoops,@EU_Commission move proving an own goal (v @michelreimon)#TTIP

Court Lets Malibu Media Move Forward With Discovery In Copyright Case, But Blocks 'Speculative Invoicing' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150818/17282532001/court-lets-malibu-media-move-forward-with-discovery-copyright-case-blocks-speculative-invoicing.shtml good

#CA appealing NAFTA tribunal decision of Nova Scotia quarry project - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/feds-appealing-nafta-tribunal-decision-of-nova-scotia-quarry-project-1.3196817 not so keen on #ISDS after all #canada

#TTIP could put Big Tobacco's interests before public health - http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/trade-deal-could-put-big-tobaccos-interests-before-public-health-31464272.html "predicted gains too small to justify social risks"

Your Toner Is No Good Here: Region-Coding Ink Cartridges... For The Customers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150815/02480731963/your-toner-is-no-good-here-region-coding-ink-cartridges-customers.shtml yeah, right


#Mexico: Stop attacks on freedom of expression - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ruben_global_l/ "Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found tortured & murdered"

#TPP protestors take wipe at Groser - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/281917/tpp-protestors-take-wipe-at-groser "Show Us Ya Text" #NZ

"I hope Chinese aren't collating Madison data with their federal list of Americans with a security clearance." - http://boingboing.net/2015/08/20/i-hope-the-chinese-arent.html

Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?!@Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With Data It Collects On You - http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/08/20/spotify-creepy-privacy-policy/ spotify just lost it

new @Spotify Privacy Policy is an utter disgrace - https://www.spotify.com/uk/legal/privacy-policy/ I won't recommend service again - & I have many times until now

It's Time To Encrypt Your Email - 6 Posts - http://code.tutsplus.com/series/its-time-to-encrypt-your-email--cms-795 it is; here's some help on that

Inhumane animal treatment cited at 3 out of 4 large-volume meat plants - http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/08/big-3-and-big-plants-leave-inhumane-handling-tracks-across-fsis-third-quarter/ #TTIP would bring this meat to #EU plates