Saturday 30 November 2013

131129


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131128 - http://bit.ly/1fO1p6G yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

 Secret memos show efforts of MI5, MI6 and #GCHQ to maintain Cyprus base - http://bit.ly/1805gbR no surprise there

#fracking will not reduce UK gas prices - http://bit.ly/1iZxB6E says chairman of the UK's leading shale gas company #energy

Linux.Darlloz worm attacks embedded systems - http://bit.ly/1eFjXmp "hints at pretty frightening future for compromised Internet-of-Things"

The slippery slope to political Internet #censorship - http://bit.ly/18aYWuY " I’m not worried [because] it’s not going to work"

#Swift-Abkommen: EU-Kommission will weiter Bankdaten in die USA schicken - http://bit.ly/1eALS71 just one question: why?

DG Trade contacts with "stakeholders" about EU-US trade negotiations' - http://bit.ly/1cCeD1f "stakeholder" = "industry", often US-based

DG Trade contacts with industry lobbyists about #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://bit.ly/1btVBx7 the full, tortuous correspondence

S. #Korea gov’t shows interest in #TPP - http://bit.ly/1hmGAja clearly bonkers

#Badger cull called off in Gloucestershire - http://bit.ly/1c0MJtP can you spell "fiasco" Mr Paterson?

"functionality of a computer program does not count as a form of expression"  - http://bit.ly/180Oj14 hugely important win (v @jwildeboer)

The hidden reports from the Interception of Communications Commissioner Office - http://bit.ly/Iwfzvk great move; get digging #uk

#Bitcoin Research in Princeton CS - http://bit.ly/IkInqi timely stuff

In Context of Crisis and Corruption, a #Transparency Law with No Heart - http://bit.ly/1cDaCJU come on, #spain, this is feeble

La France au coeur de la surveillance des câbles sous-marins de communication - http://bit.ly/1dFXFnr france in it too... (v @cybearDJM)

Heard a thinktank on the BBC? You haven't heard the whole story - http://bit.ly/1eGftfn shameful decline in journalistic standards at #BBC

Techies vs. #NSA: #Encryption arms race escalates - http://bit.ly/1b8FbnQ you bet - & we're going to win (v @PrivacyMemes @AdV007)

Fights break out at Asda as shoppers descend on Black Friday deals - http://bit.ly/Iw7d5V if only there were some kind of a symbolism here

La France, précieux partenaire de l'espionnage de la #NSA - http://bit.ly/Iw8Qka quelle surprise... (v ‏@manhack)

Demo In Support Of EU Integration Held In #Armenia - http://bit.ly/18snlSC "scores of people turned out..." hmmm (v @GoldenTent @asteris)

#Russia's Putin to arrive in #Armenia with 500-member delegation - http://bit.ly/1fPKWyE subtle, he ain't (v @GoldenTent)

"#surveillance is not a tech problem. It’s a technological & social problem." - http://bit.ly/IweWRo (v @Info_Activism @remixtures)

"secretly reported to FBI by LA County sheriff’s deputies for nothing more than taking pictures" - http://bit.ly/IwiAe9 (v Paul Newport)

E-mails show cozy relationship between trade negotiators & industry - http://wapo.st/IrAaQO good analysis of USTR's double standards #TPP

Wall Street Journal's Alistair MacDonald "reports" an outright lie - http://bit.ly/199yIt8 @WSJ is just pathetic if it has to stoop to this

Your medical data in their hands - concerns mount over #NHS project - http://bit.ly/181r7BK "life system of universal health #surveillance"

"disgraceful that big #energy companies have orchestrated this unscrupulous campaign" - http://bit.ly/18O18fC people will die 'cos of this

Savage street attack on soldier was retaliation 4 perceived western oppression of Muslims - http://bit.ly/1b1Tpeo will #blair say "not so"?


Thursday 28 November 2013

131128


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131127 - http://bit.ly/ItYWPX yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP Defenders Take To Internet To Deliver Official Talking Points; Inadvertently Confirm Opponents' Worst Fears - http://bit.ly/1979onz

U-turn could result in plain packaging on cigarettes by 2015 - http://bit.ly/1aXfzyt surprising, hugely welcome; the momentum builds...

Timor-Leste reopens claims #AU spied in dispute over resources treaty - http://bit.ly/188PFna more economic espionage (v @VictimsofDSTO)

The secret trade deal favouring big drug companies - http://ab.co/IikZJP #australia starts waking up to #TPP threat

New #Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto - http://bit.ly/IlKxWc hardly cricket #nsa (v @dexterdyne)

Bringing meaning to technology: #PCR at 30 - http://bit.ly/1cyeJab fascinating analysis of big breakthrough (v @edyong209)

“In the US, a trade agreement does not create a stance to litigate in a court,” de Gucht said - http://bit.ly/IimMyw bonkers (v @Kirst3nF)

re last tweet: any lawyers able to comment on de Gucht's comment quoted in that link, please? important issue at stake... #ISDS #TAFTA/#TTIP

"Asked if had been pressure to not share US negotiating positions with member states, de Gucht answered evasively" - http://bit.ly/IimMyw

#UnitedAirlines Nearly Kills Pet, Aims For #Streisand Glory Instead Of Paying Vet Bill - http://bit.ly/1fLmrCG so let's spread the word...

#TPP public health: patent law and medical procedures - http://bit.ly/1hklTnP detailed legal analysis – useful

Evan Rachel Wood attacks #MPAA for cutting sex scene featuring cunnilingus - http://bit.ly/Im0Ulw "heads blown off remained intact" #sick

De-fanging Software Patents For GNU #GPL'd Code - http://bit.ly/18pEYma the way forward? #swpats #opensource

#Canada Must Hold Firm in Opposing US Efforts to Expand IP Rights - http://bit.ly/1eCwmrd "Health is usually seen as an externality"

#Snowden spyware revelations: we need to unmask the five-eyed monster - http://bit.ly/1dCZv8K staggering hypocrisy of West (v @drbenhayes)

Research ethics: 3 ways to blow the whistle - http://bit.ly/1eCz28f increasingly important area #whistleblowing

"haven't seen shred of evidence that these techniques have been used on general public" - http://bit.ly/1eCzHGG that's how blackmail works

'Idiots' cleared of threatening to blow up Manchester-bound plane - http://bit.ly/18pMwW1 oh look: a dangerous terrorist plot that wasn't

UK gov will order ISPs to block terrorist & extremist websites - http://bit.ly/1a8xi1D more vile consequences of Blair's "terror" rhetoric

Controversial #Seralini #GMO-rats paper to be retracted - http://bit.ly/1aY1CAg "retraction is only on inconclusiveness of this one paper"

OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer - http://bit.ly/Iutcdq hugely impressive use of fractals/zooming (v @JohnRHutchinson @RolandKays @edyong209)

Stoning will not be brought back, says Afghan president - http://bit.ly/1b1ht0h shouldn't even be considered

Ex presidente Ricardo Lagos evidencia preocupación por los alcances del #TPP - http://bit.ly/18qaQXG as well he might #chile

Closed Door Courts for Big Business? Frightening Way #TPP Extends Tentacles of Corporate Power - http://bit.ly/1dDJqj2 same 4 #TAFTA/#TTIP

Protectionism by consent: #TPP - http://bit.ly/1eueNcl good analysis of why TPP is exactly wrong

A few words on privilege… - http://bit.ly/1hl0D1p good post; Boris should read it... (v @kcarruthers @Asher_Wolf)

China signs trade deals with Latin American countries - http://bit.ly/1eug0jF who needs #TPP?

Choosing between Europe and #TTIP (pdf) - http://bit.ly/1b1t6nT key point: TTIP could destroy the European project (v Olivier Hoedeman) #EU

.@article19org on #TPP leak - http://bit.ly/Iti3KO "would severely infringe Net users’ freedom of expression, privacy & due process"

#TPP end game can only come from dirty compromises - http://bit.ly/17YFcxN "A deal cannot be a foregone conclusion" #NZ

.@ggreenwald hardtalk interview - http://bit.ly/1aZ9MZd I am truly ashamed of what the once-great @BBCNews has become; pitiful "journalism"

131127


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131125 - http://bit.ly/17PzTRe yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Hollywood Presses Anti-Piracy Trade Measures With Obama - http://on.wsj.com/1dAeDnf greedy #copyright maximalists always want more #TPP

MEPs demand human rights safeguard clause in European arrest warrant - http://bit.ly/1ghda2I quite right

#NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers' - http://huff.to/17WXIc0 elsewhere, too, most likely (v @schestowitz)

Public Citizen Suing On Behalf Of Customers Whose Credit Was Ruined By #KlearGear's $3,500 'Bad Review' Fee - http://bit.ly/1epK3ch

Suitcase-Sized #Drones Extend And Deepen #OpenStreetMap's Coverage - http://bit.ly/1a3fSU2 fascinating development

Resistance Grows To Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In Canada-EU Trade Agreement (#CETA) - http://bit.ly/IgCOZW important #ISDS

Buckinghamshire has released Public Rights of Way mapping as #opendata; many councils still refuse - http://bit.ly/1jJ3UUZ (v @Rchards)

Brussels nervous on public reaction to EU-US trade talks - http://bit.ly/18nvuYs pity this parrots exaggerated "€100 billion" boost figure

Restoring Trust in EU-US data flows - http://bit.ly/1iSr3a1 feeble stuff from #europeancommission, as expected...(v @bendrath)#safeharbour

Helium: an Open Source, supercapacitor-powered portable speaker! - http://bit.ly/1eq6Zbo

Senate to oust Berlusconi as Letta wins confidence vote - http://bit.ly/1cuGNLv yay, finally... #italy

“Magnificent Century”: Vehicle for Turkish Soft Power Raises Eyebrows in Conservative Pakistan - http://bit.ly/1bVb58o #tr #pk

#Tor Appliance - http://bit.ly/1aYga25 if it's good enough for @Bruce_Schneier....

London CryptoFestival 2013 Schedule - http://bit.ly/1dAJGPW this saturday... #crypto

Decoding the Summer of #Snowden - http://bit.ly/18nNvWG good, accessible summary in case you'd lost track (v @samgustin)

Demokrati som handelshindring - http://bit.ly/IoAjVR good article, great headline: "democracy as a trader barrier" (v @olivierhoedeman)

Bombshell Study Finds Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Far Higher Than EPA Estimates - http://bit.ly/IgVo3U not good

EU-Richtlinie: #GEMA & Co müssen Creative Commons erlauben - http://bit.ly/1cNR5WS too right #cc

Canada, Norway fail to overturn EU ban on seal furs - http://bit.ly/17XiHLJ #ISDS in #CETA would overturn this...

The Secret History Of The #London Brick - http://bit.ly/IoDgFD  facinating tale

“newspaper allegations” of US breaking its side of data-sharing bargain “not enough” to prove it has taken place" - http://bit.ly/1bVKLLc

USTR FOIA, 127 pages of emails between industry and USTR #TPP negotiators - http://bit.ly/1iTmOef clearly working together closely

Water shortages may make #fracking impractical, industry says - http://bit.ly/1cOb73r more likely: local streams/rivers will run dry

Stakeholder input sharpens, focuses US work on pharma in #TPP - http://1.usa.gov/18opMWk total cant; but interesting they felt need to say it

The Great Transformation - #Capitalism - http://bit.ly/1aZb99u interesting points

EU rekindles love affair with Livni - http://bit.ly/1boBqAD my new-found respect for Ashton just evaporated; shameful betrayal of principle

 EU-Kommission will weiter Bankdaten in die USA schicken - http://bit.ly/1eALS71 European Commission loses more credibility & legitimacy

How an #opensource computer kit for kids based on #RaspberryPi is taking over Kickstarter - http://bit.ly/1giYujQ that's good

USTR Announces New Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Proposals for #TPP - http://bit.ly/18HZJXZ starting to panic in wake of leaks?

scientist has used Google Earth to uncover a Middle Eastern fish scam - http://bit.ly/1ifZwRX brilliant stuff #fishing

Crane's eye view of Shanghai - in pictures - http://bit.ly/IpV3fG but I now feel rather queasy... #china

Wall Street Journal Columnist Repeatedly Gets His Facts Wrong About #NSA Surveillance - http://bit.ly/1a5I0WE  what shoddy journalism

Increasing European Moves To Block Access To Websites Accused Of Helping People Infringe #Copyrights - http://bit.ly/1fK7WiE

#BorisJohnson invokes Thatcher spirit with greed is good speech - http://bit.ly/196tZsc time's up, buffoon: your carriage awaits...


Wednesday 27 November 2013

131126


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131125 - http://bit.ly/17PzTRe yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Errors, lies and secrecy: don’t trust govts on national security - http://bit.ly/1iaWdeH great analysis (v @VictimsofDSTO)#snowden #AU

re last RT: what @seafishuk don't want you to know: "the stealth tax that says to hell with North Sea cod stocks - http://bit.ly/IgmMj3"

#TPP threatens "sovereign ability of nations to protect public health from tobacco-related disease & death" [pdf] - http://bit.ly/1aQ0crF

 Upgrade to CC-BY((NC((ND|SA))?|ND|SA))?-4\.0 - http://bit.ly/1bRkJc7 interesting comment on #CC-SA

Shameful Business: Corporate Giants Target Activists & Non-profits 4 Corporate Espionage - http://bit.ly/1bRntGw #Microsoft, #Monsanto etc

#NAFTA Successfully Undermined Regulations -  paved way for #TPP and #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @CeOlivet @pablosolon)

Troll wins #Newegg encryption patent case, threatening web firms that protect customers - http://bit.ly/1jEJxrV US patent system is a joke

Julian #Assange unlikely to be charged in US - http://bit.ly/18l1TPf but is it a trick? (v @charles_consult @kaatje36)

#Xinjiang university students must have political views approved - http://bit.ly/1iNSh1p #china really wants to be hated...

.@MBarnierEU:"Je vais lancer une consultation publique" on #copyright - http://bit.ly/1aQdZ1h we shall see (v @NeelieKroesEU)

Salt Lake #TPP negotiations end with growing desperation - http://bit.ly/1icbk7P who knows what will be the outcome...?

#NSA May Have Hit Internet Companies at a Weak Spot - http://nyti.ms/17QKA5U more details emerge

NAFTA & US Farmers—20 Years Later - http://bit.ly/1hfYe85 "food system that is dominated by fewer and bigger corporations" cf. #TAFTA/#TTIP

Leaked doc shows EU fear of inferiority in #TAFTA - http://bit.ly/1enGvaH "Commission during meeting presented its new website on #TTIP"

Trade unions oppose privileged rights for corps. in #CETA - http://bit.ly/1cMGPyh "failings of the #NAFTA must not be replicated"

Gobierno de #Ecuador invita a sociedad a elaborar de forma transparente un borrador de Ley del Software Libre - http://bit.ly/1b2ws6F nice

Facebook Messenger still reigns in the U.S. but other countries look to #WhatsApp - http://bit.ly/1exo6sq watch out, #facebook...

I am Richard Dawkins, scientist, researcher, author of 12 books, mostly about evolution, plus The God Delusion. AMA - http://bit.ly/1aW0pbX

Are UK organisations merely paying lip service to whistleblowing? - http://bit.ly/1hg4ooM more whistleblowers needed...

Open router project launched to improve network #privacy - http://zd.net/185brbB looks interesting #surveillance

43 Analyses of the Text of Leaked #TPP Text - http://bit.ly/1bliR0n this is the richness that #transparency brings: tabled documents now

Report: Android Tablets Will Be on the Rise Next Year - http://bit.ly/1cqL8iR #android tabs becoming the new #windows?

Medieval #Canada threatens global biodiversity - http://bit.ly/1b2BoIy "not all future Anthropocenes were created equal." (v @MarkJaccard)

"Clinical trial data cannot be considered trade secrets as they are generated ‘using’ human beings" - http://bit.ly/1b2NykK too right

How Big #Tobacco’s divide-and-conquer strategy exposed the #’s flaws - http://bit.ly/1b2QUnU great reporting, sordid tale (v @DrRimmer)

.@UniversitiesUK:"does not promote gender segregation" – http://bit.ly/1aS2Yg8 witless policy, great comments on it (v @Stephen_Curry)

Here’s why Obama trade negotiators push the interests of Hollywood and drug companies - http://wapo.st/1aWwaS1 excellent report (v @burcuno)

#NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements - http://bit.ly/1blP7QP go Viv, go...

US #TPP Negotiators Accused Of Bullying; Refusing To Budge On Ridiculous IP And Corporate Sovereignty Demands - http://bit.ly/IgXlNx

EU to ban fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia - http://bit.ly/1hgDRrv great move; kudos to @MariaDamanakiEU

If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong - http://bit.ly/194RLoc  yup


Tuesday 26 November 2013

131125


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131123 - http://bit.ly/1iGn684 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Australia should resist US bullying at #TPP trade talks - http://bit.ly/19VizqB as should all the other TPP nations

Cromwell’s Code Breaker. - http://bit.ly/1hcNebB fascinating tale of forgotten mathematician (v @Stephen_Curry)

Black hole in BIS budget threatens students and scientists - http://bit.ly/IonRnR "Willetts’ plan has come back to bite him, hard" #UK

Wind in the Willows river 'risks running dry' if new #water bill is passed - http://bit.ly/1fC5vP5 further privatisation of the #commons

CC to European Commission: No restrictions on PSI re-use - http://bit.ly/192jcPx too right CC0

Responding to the European Commission consultation on PSI: Minimizing restrictions maximizes re-use - http://bit.ly/17TByrc

Manchu Ulabun: A Hot Research Topic in China - http://bit.ly/19VlvDK good to see #manchu getting some respect it deserves

Hierarchy of mechanisms for limiting #copyright & copyright-like barriers to use of Public Sector Information - http://bit.ly/1jAn7Z5 #psi

 Iron age hill fort threatened by plans to build 200 luxury homes - http://bit.ly/1jAo0Ri money-grubbing tory philistinism strikes again

The stealth tax that says to hell with North Sea cod stocks - http://bit.ly/IgmMj3 using public money to fight conservation – outrageous

#TPP: 10-year tariff cut offered; ‘sacred’ items excluded - http://bit.ly/1cLad7T interesting move by #japan

"$15 billion is difference between how much our privacy is worth & cost of services we receive in exchange for it" - http://bit.ly/1c4AG27

#NSA Has A 50,000 Computer Botnet From Secretly Installing Malware Around The Globe - http://bit.ly/1jBfMbH ICYMI #snowden

#Afghanistan considers reintroduction of public stoning for adulterers - http://bit.ly/IoLsoH remind me why UK troops are dying for this?

MT @RLUK_David Taylor & Francis introducing own CC license restricting derivatives, except for text mining>> no: don't proliferate licences

"Canada is top target of NAFTA investor-state litigation" - http://bit.ly/17TZIlb "claims could cost #CA taxpayers > $2.5-billion" #TPP

"Everything is an investment. Almost any adverse regulatory or court decision is tantamount to expropriation" - http://bit.ly/17TZIlb #TPP

Newegg Brings Out Whit Diffie et al. To Debunk Patent Troll's Claim; Troll Attacks Diffie's Credibility - http://bit.ly/19WA6i6 </facepalm>

#TTIP Update VI - http://bit.ly/1hdI9zL why #deregulate #EU for < 1% extra GDP in 2027 even in impossibly-optimistic outcome? #TAFTA

To confront the climate emergency we need to dismantle the WTO and the free trade regime - http://bit.ly/18BVL37 from September; still true

Counter-Surveillance - http://bit.ly/1gc49rV interesting thoughts on what we/IETF should be doing in wake of #snowden

Edward #Snowden a 'hero' for #NSA disclosures, Wikipedia founder says - http://bit.ly/1b0KNQZ & he is absolutely correct

How #NSA Mass Surveillance is Hurting the US Economy - http://bit.ly/1aNUIO1 at least that should get their attention

#Python Displacing #R As The Programming Language For Data Science - http://bit.ly/IpgE73 interesting: are others finding this?

US Gov't Appears To Have Misled The Supreme Court About How The # Spied On Americans - http://bit.ly/1bixUb8 important issue at stake

Keith Alexander Offered To Resign, But White House Said No Because It Didn't Want #Snowden To Win - http://bit.ly/1937N27 </sigh> #nsa

Red October crypto app adopts “two-man rule” used to launch nukes - http://bit.ly/IdwySm clever; useful for activist files too #opensource

Trapped in detail: #Australia, Copyright & the #TPP - http://bit.ly/1he1u3S good analysis: "throw IP chapter out of the free trade talks"

"US could soon learn that investor-state dispute resolution is a double-edged sword" - http://bit.ly/1cmn6p6 oh yes #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Corporate Bully Whose Front Groups, Willful Distortions and Hate-Mongering Has Poisoned U.S. Politics - http://bit.ly/1dwpJcO sad

"US is dictating the terms of an agreement which they cannot guarantee will get through their own Congress" - http://bit.ly/19VizqB #TPP

Seedrs becomes first equity crowdfunding platform to operate across Europe - http://bit.ly/1b0QQ88

USTR Proposes Extra Intellectual Property Protection for #Biologic Drugs in the Trans Pacific Partnership (#TPP) - http://bit.ly/IdR1GY

 Norwegischer Ölkonzern: Statoil will größten schwimmenden Windpark Europas bauen - http://bit.ly/1jCHR2i wise

EU-kommissionens läckta PR-strategi - http://bit.ly/1dwtije #TAFTA/#TTIP

BBC and Mozilla formalize partnership for web skills in the UK - http://mzl.la/1i9ylbz let's hope #mozilla can sort out useless #bbc

ISPs Condemn “Useless” Blocking Proposals From Secret Piracy Talks - http://bit.ly/1el5dIC usual anti-democratic copyright maximalists #ch

"Are you familiar with [public key encryption]?"  "Yes, I am," said Diffie - http://bit.ly/1jCNk96 ha! #newegg (v @BiellaColeman)

US accused of war of attrition in trade talks - http://bit.ly/1euTgRl "negotiation by exhaustion"; pure bullying #TPP

TTIP FAQ -@MarietjeSchaake's indispensable roundup of facts & figures - http://bit.ly/1euUn3u key, fact-based resource for #TAFTA/#TTIP

Spies worry over "doomsday" cache stashed by #Snowden - http://reut.rs/1bQ6TXi sadly, reuters not a credible source 4 this (v @CasparBowden)

FDA Orders #23andMe Off The Market; Apparently Concerned That People Are Too Stupid To Understand Their Own #DNA - http://bit.ly/IdQ54X

#TPP rules may block Malaysian alcohol control measures - http://bit.ly/1b18PeL must remain area for national policy decisions


Monday 25 November 2013

131124


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131123 - http://bit.ly/1iGn684 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Iran seals nuclear deal with west in return for sanctions relief - http://bit.ly/1aPZDNv great news; let's hope it's just the start

"Singapore is a key “third party” working with the “Five Eyes” intelligence partners." - http://bit.ly/ImFYe1 (v @DrRimmer)#NSA #snowden

#FreeBSD Is Getting Into The Magazine Business - http://bit.ly/19SR8h9 nice

King Gesar, The Official Version: 40-volume Tibetan Edition Launched - http://bit.ly/I9xpTS wow, fab. now, if only I could read Tibetan...

Indonesian Politicians Plan To Quiz #Snowden Following Visit By Russians - http://bit.ly/1i5J0UD form an orderly queue... #id

"a perfect storm of bad typography, bad writing, bad educational policy, bad parents and bad bureaucracy" - http://bit.ly/1cJPdP4

Thousands protest in #Japan against new state secrets bill - http://bit.ly/IcZbQ2 great to see #transparency

help fight EU's idiotic new #seedlaw - http://bit.ly/1eqJu2u will reduce genetic diversity, increase EU dependence on #monsanto et al.

"answer in #Australia to the question ''who guards the guardians'' will continue to be ''nemo'' - nobody." - http://bit.ly/IdaLuJ #snowden

Genetically modified politicians - http://bit.ly/1aQib06 good summary of the politicking around #GM food

"#TPP may become the most harmful trade pact ever for access to medicines for developing countries" - http://bit.ly/Idj1uL (v @jamie_love)

#Crossrail: Britain's biggest archaeological dig will transform #London - http://bit.ly/17Sgotm lovely celebration of engineering

Fears grow over open access 2 UK patient records - http://bit.ly/1bMA1Pc this is a privacy disaster in the making (v @EffyVayena @wilbanks)

#NSA Mass Surveillance Has Already Been Used For Ordinary Police Work - http://bit.ly/18yX7LW drawing the line

Patriot Act abused by #NSA - http://bit.ly/1917iW9 "could justify mass collection of financial, health & library records" (v @schestowitz)

UK University debates, when gender segregation OK? - http://bit.ly/1dtEq0h "Segregation is not acceptable, don’t do it." (v @Stephen_Curry)

 IOC Demands 2014 Olympics Piracy Takedowns & Blocks “Within Minutes”  - http://bit.ly/19TrSHE #IOC overreach again: time to bin it

Iran and US could cause shift in tectonic plates of Middle East alliances - http://bit.ly/1g8xOlu interesting analysis, but is it right?

hadn't seen this before... http://bit.ly/1ercO97 #maths

Brzezinski: Obama Administration Should Tell Israel U.S. Will Attack Israeli Jets if They Try to Attack Iran - http://abcn.ws/1eh5GLX whoa

IamA Security Technologist and Author Bruce Schneier AMA! - http://bit.ly/IdYu9p some interesting stuff

#Botswana Secretly Fracks World’s Second-Largest Wildlife Preserve After Kicking Out The San People - http://bit.ly/1jyAOrq awful

What's Twitter's real value? Don't ask an economist - http://bit.ly/17SJZ62 bean-counters must learn to appreciate what is free

US police arrest black man for trespassing 56 times -- at the store where he works - http://bit.ly/1aK8OjC  doesn't this worry Usians?

Intellectual Property Is “Evil”- And Businesspeople Should Oppose It - http://bit.ly/1iHKvWJ extremely clear interview – recommended

Kim Dotcom Links €20,000 #Wikileaks Donation to Megaupload Raid - http://bit.ly/1aZ4ZTl fascinating stuff

Court rules that calling an MP "a coward" isn't a crime - http://bit.ly/180Kw0p kudos to judge for his/her good sense


Sunday 24 November 2013

131123


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131122 - http://bit.ly/17WHRoG yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Safe Until Proven Harmful - http://bit.ly/1bZNYgf this is why EU must preserve #precautionaryprinciple in #TAFTA/#TTIP talks #safety

#NSA " to fight back against rise of #encryption through relationships with companies" - http://nyti.ms/17CM0Rr why we must use #opensource

#NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software - http://bit.ly/1juCdz6 (v @huibmodderkolk @lennarthuizing)#security

"We Have to Consume Less": Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis - http://bit.ly/1iDgSpC makes sense

#Tizen turns up in an IVI system and a fridge - http://bit.ly/1iDhmvK good to see it spreading to new areas #linux

How an infuriated mom chased revenge-porn slime-king offline - http://bit.ly/I9Aaow the power of one person: we can all make a difference

Push button for #openaccess - http://bit.ly/IaEoNe the future depends on passionate youth & clever moves like this....

New Euripides - http://bit.ly/1bKimHW exciting

BIS blew its budget, and now entire higher education sector will have to pay - http://bit.ly/IlhGRw utter incompetence (v @CameronNeylon)

Big Tobacco admits defeat, will develop e-cigarettes - http://wapo.st/18wizRM won't they just make it a gateway? (v pharmagossip @ezraklein)

"online network effects: strong barriers to FRONTAL competition, not to LATERAL competition" - http://read.bi/1i3PhQv (v @28481k @jenny8lee)

US Retailers Decline to Aid Factory Victims in #Bangladesh - http://nyti.ms/1eoSR2P unlike some in EU (v @sivavaid)#TAFTA/#TTIP

West Virginia Supreme Court upholds $93M settlement of #Monsanto pollution case - http://bit.ly/1ecs49e  (v @elizabethzen @kaatje36)

"big pharma has corrupted #healthcare": interview with Peter Gøtzsche - http://bit.ly/1c0ibvI this man is total hero: pl. watch & share

Protests Embolden #TPP Delegates To Resist Controversial American Proposals - http://bit.ly/1aGw5Tu let's hope... (v @Baka_62 @kaatje36)

Qualcomm CEO Says #NSA Fallout Impacting China Business - http://on.wsj.com/19RdaRo "All U.S. tech companies are seeing pressure."

Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday - http://dthin.gs/IacL6t #yahoo a media company?

'Outrageous US bullying' on intellectual property and health - http://bit.ly/18fSdpq the @USTradeRep is just pathetic... #TPP

Get IP Out of the #TPP - http://huff.to/1beEJdO "enabling Hollywood & other industries to improperly influence US & foreign law"

"How gov. can discover your health problems, political beliefs, & religious practices using just your #metadata" - http://slate.me/1jw52uW

MT @TVGuideArchives DEBUT: sci-if drama 'Dr. Who' premiered on BBC 50 yrs ago today. pic.twitter.com/wdx9ooitRs >>I remember the acid rock-pools

Universities should be the last place to ban free speech - http://bit.ly/1h9BFBS "universities are a production line for cowed conformists"


Saturday 23 November 2013

131122

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131121 - http://bit.ly/17xIKqA yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Exposing China's cyber espionage campaign hasn't lessened scope, US says - http://bit.ly/1elBmAk same could be said of US, of course #NSA

A letter from the OurFairDeal coalition to governments negotiating the #TPP - http://bit.ly/I7i32E good points; doubt they'll listen...

Rerouting Internet Traffic by Attacking BGP - http://bit.ly/1elC2G7 "odds that the #NSA is not doing this sort of thing are basically zero"

Support 5-country proposal on patents & medicines in #TPP to safeguard access to medicines - http://chn.ge/Ijvax4 #epetition

 700 Unternehmen: Wasserwirtschaft und Getränkeindustrie fordern #Fracking-Verbot - http://bit.ly/18V6NNg interesting move

.@timberners_lee: UK & US must do more to protect Net users' privacy - http://bit.ly/I3Wxvv good to hear this: people might listen to him

Paterson more than meets the two criteria for a good Cabinet minister - http://bit.ly/17Om1sE witless post about a witless minister

Your medical records – now on sale - http://bit.ly/17TByC8 includes your date of birth and postcode; total contempt for UK public's privacy

Another New Thames Bridge: Chelsea Harbour 2 Battersea - http://bit.ly/1c9hzlJ #london bridges are like buses: you wait for ages, & then...

Texas Police Set Up Checkpoints To Collect Blood And Saliva From 'Volunteers' - http://bit.ly/I42BUG er, America, I'd worry if I were you

Horizon 2020 approval by #EP - http://bit.ly/IjKmu9 how much will be #openaccess? #opendata? #opensource? (v @creativecommons @remixtures)

Germany threatens to jail Carl Malamud for making the law available for free - http://bit.ly/1c9njMj Germany, you're looking silly: stop it

 Canada's refusal to protect polar bears comes under scrutiny - http://bit.ly/1bI6yWQ I preferred old boring to current contemptible

Will #NZ Govt purchasing deals prevent support for Living Wage? - http://bit.ly/I7Cble of course, autonomy will go... #TPP

Google's Greatest Doodle Yet: an Epic 8-bit 'Doctor Who' Game - http://on.mash.to/1e7vrOB nice

"We have now the proof that the European laws are directly written by the industry" - http://bit.ly/I8C6hC more transparency indispensable

#TPP: a longish peep at patents - http://bit.ly/1fqD0nh & v detailed; useful commentary

Turning #Mozilla #Thunderbird into a Phoenix - http://bit.ly/18dh7FW why we need Thunderbird to become a major platform #email

Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, #poverty thoughts - http://bit.ly/1e8l1OU all non-poor people should read this (v @johnb78 @28481k)

Open Electronics - http://bit.ly/1aCSb9f not sure quite how open, but lots of interesting stuff (v @mbauwens)

"#Canada must stand fast in #TPP negotiations to defend access to medicines" - http://bit.ly/1fr1IUJ good open letter to Canadian PM

French Stock Market Regulator Hits US Blogger With $10K Fine For Publishing Opinion On French Bank's Leverage Ratio - http://bit.ly/I8UqqX

#TPP: what the design provisions say -- and don't say! - http://bit.ly/1bXWkVC short but useful analysis of obscure area

The Epic Art of the #Haida Mythtellers - http://bit.ly/18WfUxs wonderful stuff; reader: I bought the book... #linguistics

How the Internet Saved '#DoctorWho' - http://on.mash.to/18WihjE fascinating background; how "rights" nearly killed the TV series

The French Senate adopts the #UnitaryPatent, without any debate - http://bit.ly/1iBbF1E carelessness born of ignorance

#Copyright Lobbyists And The $1 Trillion Fallacy - http://bit.ly/19OoA8l "co-opting the economic activity that disproves their argument"

#Thunderbird peut-il renaître tel un phœnix de notre vie privée ? - http://bit.ly/1doEBdn sounds good to me #mozilla

Things I learned wandering around Europe for 7 months - http://bit.ly/1bIRVlU some wise and interesting thoughts

Agriculteurs & jardiniers seront-ils bientôt obligés de cultiver dans la clandestinité ? - http://bit.ly/1bY9fH7 (v @TeaWithCarl)

Texas board of education may reject biology textbook because evolution is but a theory - http://bit.ly/18u1PuB bunch of risible idiots

Netzneutraliät in Brüssel: Die Zukunft des Internets steht auf dem Spiel - http://bit.ly/1g2AVeW things not looking good #netneutrality

#Maori culture could be trademarked by #TPP multinationals - http://bit.ly/1g2BdCm neocolonialism strikes again... #NZ

Health Canada outs 40,000 medical marijuana users - http://bit.ly/19OvE50 careless #privacy

Advanced experiments in 4-D Printing in Boulder - http://bit.ly/17ULfAb potentially quite big

US Physicians and Scientists-in-Training Push for Access to Medicines in #TPP Negotiations - http://bit.ly/1h7vNct lives depend on it

"I'm pleased to announce a major step in the development of the #OSI" - http://bit.ly/1iByjHa onward & upward #opensource

It's Not Such A Wonderful Public Domain, As Paramount Plans To Block 'It's A Wonderful Life' Sequel - http://bit.ly/1doUW1J  copyright theft

How Antisec Died - http://bit.ly/IklHFU interesting & important setting-down of the group's betrayal (v @boingboing)

#Motorola Will Use #3DPrinting For Its Customizable Smartphones - http://bit.ly/1g2TDTH will be the norm soon

Police Beat Up College Student for Riding Bicycle on Sidewalk (Video) - http://bit.ly/1emYwq2 nice little police state you've got there...

How one Chinese company surfed the wave of Android’s openness to a New York IPO - http://tnw.co/1caMyhg more to come, no doubt #china

Lanzamiento del botón de acceso abierto - http://bit.ly/1aVZR2i nice idea #openaccess

Open letter asking for greater transparency around #TPP - http://bit.ly/1caNBh7 great to see #OpenKnowledgeFoundation in there

Pressure Mounts Against Telcos To 'Fess Up About Their Involvement In #NSA Surveillance - http://bit.ly/1aW0DfM & it won't be pretty

"perception that it's corporations that are dictating agenda in these trade deals" - http://zd.net/17PDukl perception??? (v @MsLods)#TPP

people finally realise #stuxnet was a monumentally stupid idea - http://read.bi/I8FUPm (v @PirateOrg @swardley)#toolatenow

Forward Secrecy at #Twitter - http://bit.ly/1i2rZL2 that's good #nsa

WIPO Boss Accused Of Surreptitiously Collecting DNA Samples From #WIPO Employees - http://bit.ly/1g3C066  wow: Gurry must clearly go