Thursday 27 February 2014

140227


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140226 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/02/140226.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP too tough for Groser's talent - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/9769135/TPP-too-tough-for-Grosers-talent why should #NZ "bend over backwards to help the US cement this deal"?

#Qatar's foreign domestic workers subjected to slave-like conditions - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/26/qatar-foreign-workers-slave-conditions sounds appalling, if confirmed

#TTIP: Free Trade Is Not So Free After All - http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/2064-free-trade-is-not-so-free-after-all "EU behaviour is a disgrace, but also routine." (v @corporateeurope)

#TTIP ‘challenged’ by environmental critics, EU says - http://www.euractiv.com/trade/ttip-challenged-environmental-cr-news-533794 rightly so (v @olivierhoedeman ‏@ArthurNeslen)#TAFTA #ISDS

How Commission is out-manoeuvring the European Parliament to undermine #netneutrality - http://edri.org/ec_strategy/ good analysis of bad stuff

#TTIP threatens financial reform and the public interest - http://somo.nl/news-en/somo-news/ttip-undermines-financial-regulation-and-leaves-citizens-unprotected I missed this last month; good analysis of crucial aspect


EU draft proposal on trade in services, investment and e-commerce for the #TTIP negotiations - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-02/freihandelsabkommen-eu-sonderrechte-konzerne NB: huge new leak

that important #TTIP leak can be downloaded from here: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1030459/eu-kommission-position-in-den.pdf it's in English, and contains key #ISDS section #TAFTA

IETF Draft Wants To Formalize 'Man-In-The-Middle' Decryption Of Data As It Passes Through 'Trusted Proxies' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140226/07270626350/ietf-draft-wants-to-formalize-man-in-the-middle-decryption-data-as-it-passes-through-trusted-proxies.shtml #MITM

great news: consultation on #OpenStandards and #ODF extended http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/02/stand-up-for-open-standards-and-odf/index.htm you now have until 5pm Friday 28th Feb - pl. use it

Millions of dollars of public money are lost each year to fraud: http://stopsecretcontracts.org/ aims to fight it; pl. spread the word #transparency

Kepler: Opening the Planet Verification Bottleneck - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=30051 such an exciting time in this field

#GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo still "authorised, necessary and proportionate" really??

given the continuing revelations about the slimy stuff they get up to, why would any decent person ever want to join #GCHQ now...?



Abe: Avoid time limit for Japan-US #TPP - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001072671 “We never break election promises” 4 "tariffs on 5 agricultural categories"

NSA robots are 'collecting' your data, too, and they're getting away with it - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/27/nsa-robots-algorithm-surveillance-bruce-schneier important pt.: this is still spying

"#GCHQ personnel stumbling across images of child abuse could be committing a criminal offence" - http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/rule-34-meet-kafka.html serious points

The Moazzam Begg Arrest: Part of the Effort to Criminalize Muslim Political Dissent - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/27/moazzam-begg-arrest-part-effort-criminalize-muslim-political-dissent/ shame on the UK government

"likely means that the #NSA has webcam images of American citizens in their storage houses" - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140227/09452426376/peek-a-boo-gchq-has-been-checking-you-out-through-your-webcam.shtml Americans please note

#AU: "further extension of patent monopolies through [#TPP] adding hundreds more millions to the health budget! - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-28/gleeson-cost-cutting-crusade-ignores-vital-health-report/5289726

#GCHQ's cover for Optic Nerve provided by legislation introduced in 2000 - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-insists-optic-nerve-program-legal-legislation-2000 #RIPA is not fit for purpose: repeal it

#TPP: Japan's inflexibility and its agreement with the US leave little room, and little movement, for other nations - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11211006

Five year ambition for open philanthropy in the UK - http://threesixtygiving.com/2013/06/24/five-year-ambition-for-open-philanthropy-in-the-uk/ great idea (v  ‏@EllnMllr)

UK Hacker Faces Extradition To US, Not To Mention 5 Years' Imprisonment In UK For Failing To Hand Over Crypto Keys - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140227/08165326373/british-hacker-faces-extradition-to-us-not-to-mention-five-years-imprisonment-uk-failing-to-hand-over-encryption-keys.shtml



140226


 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140225 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/02/140225.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD


Ubuntu mobile maps: open maps on an open platform - https://www.mapbox.com/blog/ubuntu-mobile-maps/ open is good

#China's toxic air pollution resembles nuclear winter, say scientists - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/china-toxic-air-pollution-nuclear-winter-scientists yikes

Are #TPP Trade Talks Going Anywhere? - http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/25/are-trade-talks-going-anywhere/ tl;dr: nope (v @DrRimmer)

Homeless living in shocking, rat-infested conditions, report says - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/26/homeless-shocking-rat-infested-conditions shameful return to Victorian conditions in UK


#Atos awarded contract for #NHS records - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/laura-donnelly/10661359/Atos-awarded-contract-for-NHS-records.html to help with the "fitness for work" scheme, perhaps... (v @aral)

last day: Please Stand up for #OpenStandards - & #ODF - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/02/stand-up-for-open-standards-and-odf/index.htm important UK consultation - pl. make a submission, even short


Seal deaths caused by propellers break environmental law, ministers warned - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/26/sea-deaths-ship-propellers-corkscrew horrific injuries #uk

YouTube Ordered to Remove “Illegal” Copyright Blocking Notices - http://torrentfreak.com/youtube-ordered-to-remove-illegal-copyright-blocking-notices-140226/ #GEMA is such a waste of skin

 The Act of Killing has helped #Indonesia reassess its past and present - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/25/the-act-of-killing-indonesia-past-present-1965-genocide sounds a hugely important film #id

#Singapore and #Malaysia hit by extreme dry spell - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/26/singapore-malaysia-extreme-dry-spell if only someone had seen this coming - oh, wait... #climatechange

Post-WikiLeaks, Manning, Snowden world brighter for freedom fighters - http://rt.com/op-edge/post-wikileaks-manning-snowden-816/ "#Whistleblowers are increasingly valued"

#TAFTA/#TTIP debate: "If we do not achieve deal by the end of 2015 or early 2016, we will not get there at all" - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140225/debtext/140225-0002.htm#14022578000001

Extending or replacing EC's contracts with Microsoft & suppliers of Microsoft licenses - http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/extending_or_replacing_ecs_contr nice #FOI (f @dozykraut)

Whale graveyard in Chile unearths fossil treasure trove - http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/26/baleen-whale-graveyard-fossil-treasure-atacama-chile exciting stuff

Sweden to sue the Commission for delaying hormone-affecting criteria - http://www.euractiv.com/health/sweden-sue-commission-delaying-h-news-533772 yay, go sweden

Schneier: NSA snooping tactics will be copied by criminals in 3 to 5 years - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/26/nsa_snooping_tactics_will_be_copied_by_criminals_in_35_years/ hugely important, ignored by #nsa /#gchq

A Plan to Rebuild Computer Security From the Ground Up - http://www.wired.com/business/2014/02/casado-vmware-goldilocks-layer/ "VMware plans to #opensource the key parts"

NSA Inspector General Speaks on #Snowden for First Time, Says He Was ‘Manic in His Thievery’ - http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/02/25/nsa-inspector-general-speaks-on-snowden-for-first-time-says-he-was-manic-in-his-thievery/ wow, back to 1950s

at a stroke, #NSA Inspector General has established it's a waste of time going to to him about concerns; get read for more #whistleblowers

CJEU to decide on the present and future of book scanning and library activities - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/02/cjeu-to-decide-on-present-and-future-of.html #copyright

Chicago PD Believes It Can See The Future, Starts Warning Citizens About Crimes They Might Commit - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140220/09312226296/minority-report-chicagos-new-police-computer-predicts-crimes.shtml really dangerous

UK Government response to consultation on EU #copyright rules - https://ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/policy-information/policy-notices/policy-notices-eu.htm some interesting comments here...

FSFE comments on UK proposal on document formats - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140226-01.html still time to add yours...#ODF #openstandards

Pulling back the shower curtain:@ProcterGamble's dirty secret - http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/dirty-palm-oil/blog/48308/ #palmoil, & destruction of #orangutan habitat


No deal after four days of Asia-Pacific talks - http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/trade/199154-asia-pacific-trade-talks-end-without-deadline-for-completion “significant gaps remain in the more difficult areas" #TPP

US-led trade deal talks to carry on to next round - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-farm-tariffs-may-stymie-us-led-trade-deal/2014/02/25/41df1bd4-9dda-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html "had sought to reach a deal by the end of 2013" #TPP

Tell Head & Shoulders to stop using dirty #palmoil - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/speakout/protect-paradise @ProcterGamble must stop driving deforestation #ProtectParadise

Microsoft has posted a monster of a submission to UK gov - http://standards.data.gov.uk/comment/929#comment-929 don't let them block #openstandards again - pl. post now

Support MediaGoblin! - http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html "freedom-respecting replacement for sites like Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Thingiverse."

BTW, if you do decide to respond to Microsoft's claims to UK gov, please keep it factual: anything else will damage the case for #openness

Will the Supreme Court save us from #softwarepatents? - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/26/will-the-supreme-court-save-us-from-software-patents/ good history and analysis of upcoming case

great to see people still posting here: http://standards.data.gov.uk/proposal/sharing-collaborating-government-documents?page=13 - still time to add your comments #ODF #openstandards

nice little posting about supporting #ODF here from a certain Vint Cerf - http://standards.data.gov.uk/comment/901#comment-901 why not join him? #openstandards

#AU #Copyright Reform Goes Into Reverse: 'Fair Use' Out, 'Three Strikes' In - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140225/12341626346/australian-copyright-reform-goes-into-reverse-fair-use-out-three-strikes.shtml snatching defeat from jaws of victory

Reddit Mods Bury Glenn Greenwald's Story On GCHQ/NSA Use Of Internet To 'Destroy Reputations' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140226/11344026358/reddit-mods-bury-glenn-greenwalds-story-gchqnsa-use-internet-to-destroy-reputations.shtml not good for reddit

Lack of currency provisions threatens future of Obama trade agenda - http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/trade/199336-lack-of-currency-provisions-threatens-future-of-obama-trade-agenda "not moving until currency is part of it" #TPP

Horrific Appeals Court Ruling Says Actress Has (c) Interest In 'Innocence Of Muslims,' YouTube 2 Delete Every Copy - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140226/12103626359/horrific-appeals-court-ruling-says-actress-has-copyright-interest-innocence-muslims-orders-youtube-to-delete-every-copy.shtml

Google’s first Ara developers kits and conference are coming soon - http://gigaom.com/2014/02/26/googles-first-ara-developers-kits-and-conference-are-coming-soon/ "open hardware platform"

Life Sciences, Intellectual Property Regimes and Global Justice - http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/02/26/ip-rights-impact-practice-of-science-global-justice-author-says/ sounds interesting



Tuesday 25 February 2014

140225


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140224 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/02/140224.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Another Area Where #TPP Will Cause Problems: Internet Domain Names - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140220/09385026299/another-area-where-tpp-will-cause-problems-internet-domain-names.shtml another reason to see the text

#TPP & expected impact of AUSFTA Annex 2-C style provisions on access to medicines and #PHARMAC in #NZ [pdf] - http://www.pha.org.nz/documents/392-pharmac.pdf

U.S. ‘suggests #TPP pact without #Japan’ - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001061260 but is it just bluffing?

Obama advisor: Think your data is safe in an EU cloud? The #NSA will raid your servers - http://www.pogowasright.org/prez-obama-cyber-guru-think-your-data-is-safe-in-an-eu-cloud-the-nsa-will-raid-your-servers/ (v @AltheimLaw @IanBrownOII)

How Covert Agents Infiltrate Net to Manipulate, Deceive, & Destroy Reputations - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ read, learn, apply - against them

EU eyes softer climate policies to fuel ‘industrial renaissance’ - http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-industrial-renaiss/eu-eyes-softer-climate-policies-news-533721 idiots: strong climate policy is not optional

African farmers cut use of ‘toxic’ pesticides through EU-funded project - http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/african-farmers-cut-use-toxic-pe-news-533719 good initiative

BT earns £1.3bn extra from NHS IT scheme – for what? - http://ukcampaign4change.com/2014/02/25/bt-earns-1-3bn-extra-from-nhs-it-scheme-for-what/ what a fiasco

Building an archaeological project repository I: Open Science means #OpenData - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/02/24/archaeological-repository-open-science-open-data/

Graphics on U.S. Pharmaceutical Exports to India, Patents, the Compulsory License, and Prices - http://infojustice.org/archives/32249 so stop whining, then


Rep. Goodlatte Slips Secret Change Into Phone Unlocking Bill That Opens The #DMCA Up For Wider Abuse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140224/13185926335/attempt-to-fix-cell-phone-unlocking-would-create-significant-new-copyright-problems.shtml that's nasty

#TPP negotiators fail to reach a deal - https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2014/02/trans-pacific-trade-negotiators-fail-reach-deal "can’t even agree on common-sense provisions"

"What we know about the Trans-Pacific trade pact is not good. What they're hiding could be far worse." - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilana-solomon/a-clean-environment-is-no_b_4846566.html #TPP

#TTIP Update XVI - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/02/ttip-update-xvi/index.htm more info on #ISDS provisions, and a call for #transparency - from the USTR #TAFTA

EU parliament backs tougher car emissions limits - http://www.euractiv.com/transport/eu-parliament-backs-tougher-car-news-533744 well done MEPs....

Dilma: EU-Mercosur Deal Is "Close to Completion" - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2014/02/1417429-dilma-eu-mercosur-deal-is-close-to-completion.shtml anyone know what's in this? #ISDS for example? copyright? Patents?

CCI Claims 6 Strikes Working Great To Thwart Piracy, Offers Absolutely No Evidence To Support That Claim - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140225/04495526342/cci-claims-six-strikes-working-great-to-thwart-piracy-offers-absolutely-no-evidence-it-yet-again.shtml surprise

Getting cured of hepatitis C will cost you your pension - http://www.actupparis.org/spip.php?article5338 profits before people #pharma #patents


Paramount Flips Out That People Might 'Watch' Twitter Account Posting Top Gun Frame By Frame - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140225/11554326345/paramount-flips-out-that-people-might-watch-twitter-account-posting-top-gun-frame-frame.shtml

With Great Power Comes The Thinnest Skin: 13-Year-Old Hit With Felony Charges After Throwing Snowball At Cop - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140223/15564526324/with-great-power-comes-thinnest-skin-13-year-old-hit-with-felony-charges-after-throwing-snowball-cop.shtml


nun brachte US-Landwirtschaftsminister Tom Vilsack [Hormonfleisch] aufs Tapet & dies mit Nachdruck - http://www.wienerzeitung.at/dossiers/welthandel/611237_Konfrontation-bei-TTIP.html (v @story4good)

"Damit bestätigten sie die Befürchtungen europäischer Umweltorganisationen, die in der Vergangenheit genau davor gewarnt hatten." #TTIP


140224


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140223 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/140223.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Hell Freezes Over: Nokia Unveils an #Android Phone, the Nokia X - http://mashable.com/2014/02/24/nokia-x/ well, there you are: the #windows era is over...

Study Confirms #TarSands Contamination First Nations Warned of for Years - https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/21-4 just the start...

Hospital records of 47m #NHS patients obtained by insurance society - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/24/hospital-records-nhs-patients-insurance "resulting in increased premiums"; oh, look...

Please Stand up for #OpenStandards - and #ODF - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/02/stand-up-for-open-standards-and-odf/index.htm important UK consultation closing soon - pl. make a submission

#ISDS: devil in KAFTA’s detail - http://www.bilaterals.org/?isds-the-devil-in-kafta-s-detail "claimed compensation is high enough 2 seriously affect a country’s fiscal position"

New NSA Leakers Reveal It Switched From Spying On Merkel To All Her Advisors - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140223/21332626325/new-nsa-leakers-reveal-nsa-switched-spying-merkel-to-all-her-chief-advisors.shtml #whistleblowers of the world unite

#Brazil Says US Farm Bill Violates Trade Rules - http://www.voanews.com/content/brazil-says-us-farm-bill-violates-trade-rules-/1856057.html " plans to reopen a case before the #WTO"

One Million for Zooniverse – and One for #GalaxyZoo! - http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2014/02/24/one-million-for-zooniverse-and-one-for-galaxy-zoo/ great milestone for wonderful project #citizenscience

"Tabled texts can be shared with public. After, parties make a text with brackets. These texts can be published" - http://acta.ffii.org/?p=2019

we need to establish the basic principle that "tabled texts must be published texts" in all negotiations #TPP #TAFTA #TTIP #transparency

SanDisk Packs 128GB Into A MicroSD Card - http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/24/sandisk-packs-128gb-into-a-microsd-card/ how long before a terabyte?

Medical records rules broken, #NHS admits - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26329748 but it will OK next time, promise... #trust #caredata #forgetit

"#TPP's abandonment of an aggressive defense of the #environment could be illegal" - http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/17691-obama-s-tpp-negotiators-get-big-bonuses-from-wall-street wow, this is interesting

NB, still: "only 8 of 29 chapters in #TPP have been finalised & not the most controversial or significant sections" - http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/trade-ministers-resume-tpp-talks-in-singapore

USTR on Charm Offensive—Tweaks to Secret #TPP Far From Enough - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/us-trade-rep-charm-offensive-slight-tweaks-secret-tpp-process-far-enough "deals that uphold corporate interests above all"

"Pharma companies are queuing up behind so-called not-for-profit front companies to spy on what pills we take" - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/24/drug-makers-patient-records-database

Trade and the Tea Party: Washington insiders remain clueless - http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/198942-trade-and-the-tea-party-washington-insiders-remain "#TPP is not free trade" (v @snlester)

Musicians Increasingly Realizing That Streaming Services Are Actually A Really Good Thing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140223/22200926326/musicians-increasingly-realizing-that-streaming-services-are-actually-really-good-thing.shtml getting there...

Police Chief To Critics Of Controversial Arrest: Hey, At Least My Officers Aren't Sexually Assaulting Arrestees - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140223/14193826323/police-chief-to-critics-controversial-arrest-hey-least-my-officers-arent-sexually-assaulting-arrestees.shtml


Monday 24 February 2014

140223


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140222 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/140222.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#HS2 may increase risk of homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/23/hs2-may-increase-risk-of-homes-being-flooded-senior-conservatives-fear "it's dead, Jim..." #nohope

US now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel - http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/uk-germany-usa-spying-idUKBREA1M0IV20140223 looks like people now more willing to reveal this stuff... #nsa

#Netzneutralität auf dem Prüfstand im EU-Parlament - http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1733980/ good background #netneutrality


#TPP: "US not shown any willingness to make concessions" - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001059199 #japan: "We will not concede what we cannot concede"



Sunday 23 February 2014

140222

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140221 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com.tr/2014/02/140221.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Crunch time for National: support tobacco carveout from #TPP - http://livenews.co.nz/2014/02/22/crunch-time-for-national-support-tobacco-carveout-from-tppa-resist-rear-guard-actions/ why won't #NZ gov supprt this?

Why a tobacco "exception" from ISDS won't sufficiently protect tobacco control measures [pdf] - http://ash.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ISDS-tobacco-exception.pdf good analysis #TPP

#NZ should follow #Malaysia lead in releasing #TPP text  - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1402/S00272/nz-should-follow-malaysia-lead-in-releasing-tppa-text.htm absolutely vital for public to join debate


Intellectual Ventures starts PAC to lobby for #patent trolls - http://gigaom.com/2014/02/21/intellectual-ventures-starts-pac-to-lobby-for-patent-trolls/ just no shame

Bye Bye, WhatsApp: Germans Switch To Threema For Privacy Reasons - http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/bye-bye-whatsapp-germans-switch-to-threema-for-privacy-reasons/ interesting

EU ministers ask Commission to withdraw GMO proposal in open letter - http://www.euractiv.com/cap/eu-ministers-ask-commission-with-news-533486 system is a mess


European Parliament moves forward on Transparency of Company Ownership - http://www.access-info.org/en/business-transparency/542-ep-amld-vote this is goold

How USDA Cowers to the Poultry Industry - http://www.alternet.org/food/pathetic-how-usda-cowers-poultry-industry why we don't want "mutual recognition" of US food stds in #EU with #TTIP

What Happens When You Marry The #NSA's Surveillance Database With #Amazon's Personalized Marketing? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140221/09375526309/what-happens-when-you-marry-nsas-knowledgebase-with-amazons-personalized-marketing.shtml nothing good...

Julian #Assange's ghost writer breaks silence on failed autobiography - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/21/julian-assange-ghost-writer-autobiography-wikileaks fascinating

David Hare: 'The security services are running the country, aren't they?' - http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/feb/21/david-hare-interview-turks-and-caicos this man is extremely wise; listen to him

US News Dumps Pre-2007 Archive, Putting A Proxy Paywall Between Writers And Their Work - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140219/09364926282/us-news-dumps-pre-2007-archive-putting-proxy-paywall-between-writers-their-work.shtml serious problem for future


Saturday 22 February 2014

140221


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140220 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com.tr/2014/02/140220.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Pharmaceutical industry behaviour & #TPP - http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/127-1389/5986/  "vital that #NZ does not cede further ground to pharmaceutical industry"

#malaysia: draft text of #TPP will be released for detailed scrutiny & public debate before any final agreement - http://www.thesundaily.my/news/963509


Anti-#TPP 'zombies' invade Kuala Lumpur - http://my.news.yahoo.com/anti-tppa-39-zombies-39-invade-kl-042839440.html nice media event #my

discussion about encryption, confidentiality & DebianParl - http://epfsug.eu/content/trust-your-friends speakers include Nils Torvalds, father of Linus...

Net neutrality gets final scrutiny in EU Parliament - should we be alarmed? - http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/telecoms-package/net-neutrality/951-net-neutrality-gets-final-scrutiny-in-eu-parliament-should-we-be-alarmed yes, "specialised services" must go

#TAFTA/#TTIP seen dragging on until mid-2016 - http://www.euractiv.com/trade/ttip-deadline-2016-experts-news-533668 "public debate on TTIP in Europe has turned sour over the past months"

Comment Deadline on UK Cabinet Office “#ODF Only” Policy is February 26 - http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20140220165521599 the best background to what's at stake

OpenMENA - http://mena.okfn.org/2014/02/21/launching-openmena/ "bringing the values of an open & more collaborative society to Middle East and North Africa"; great news

Critics of giant NHS database 'are scaremongering' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26277866 so says Patients4Data, representing charities & drug companies

Historic National US Strategy to Address Wildlife Trafficking - http://www.wcs.org/press/press-releases/national-strategy-for-wildlife-trafficking.aspx this is good, Mr Obama, pl. make it happen fast

#snowden: "a sort of surveillance time-machine" - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/21/on-liberty-edward-snowden-freedom the 4th dimension is crucially dangerous #nsa #gchq

Take action now or face 'climate gag' on new roads - http://www.campaigncc.org/climategag just outrageous... #uk

Politicians Freak Out Over New FCC Neutrality Moves, Not Realizing They Probably Won't Do Anything - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140220/09095926291/politicians-freak-out-over-new-fcc-neutrality-moves-not-realizing-they-probably-wont-do-anything.shtml more theatre...

Exxon CEO Stands Up for Homeowners Against Frackers (When He's the Homeowner) - http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/02/ceo-exxon-stands-homeowners-against-frackers-when-hes-homeowner/358365/ you can't make it up (v @dozykraut)

 The EU's #netneutrality compromise - what does it really mean? - http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/telecoms-package/net-neutrality/952-the-eus-net-neutrality-compromise-what-does-it-really-mean further analysis of some bad wording

MSF urges #TPP countries not to abandon public health - http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/msf-urges-tpp-countries-not-abandon-public-health-bid-finalize " most damaging trade agreement we’ve ever seen"

MT @CETAWatch Draft #CETA investment texts will be made public in EU consultation on investment, #ISDS in US deal. >>important news #TTIP

EU-Schutzstandards bleiben bei Handelsabkommen mit USA gewahrt - http://ec.europa.eu/deutschland/press/pr_releases/12113_de.htm but in future? #ISDS's chilling effect on new laws

#TTIP benefits called "fairy tale" on #DE television as opposition to #CETA, #TAFTA grows - http://canadians.org/blog/transatlantic-trade-benefits-called-fairy-tale-german-television-opposition-ceta-ttip-grows don't miss "0.05% growth"

Did GCHQ and NSA Lose an Eye Today? - http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/02/21/did-gchq-and-nsa-lose-an-eye-today/ interesting questions #tempora

Obama’s ambitious trade deal hits Asian resistance - http://www.bilaterals.org/?obama-s-ambitious-trade-agenda "Malaysia’s government has faced debilitating backlash over TPP"

#India gets historic #whistleblowers protection bill - http://thebricspost.com/india-gets-historic-whistleblowers-protection-bill/ this is good: let's hope it helps

Sows at US factory farm fed blended flesh of baby pigs to guard against viral outbreak - http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/sows-at-us-factory-farm-fed-bl.html  more factory farm horrors

#Snowden Elected As Glasgow University Rector, Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140220/04152126289/edward-snowden-elected-as-glasgow-university-rector-nominated-nobel-peace-prize.shtml he gets my vote...

Time for trade ministers to think about public health - http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/02/21/time_for_trade_ministers_to_think_about_public_health.html "a political & not just an economic treaty" (v @StuJT)#TPP



Friday 21 February 2014

140220


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140219 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.pt/2014/02/140219.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Snowden Endorses Sam Adams Awardee Chelsea Manning (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqprKCHIP3Y interesting thoughts on over-classification of secrets

Save the Internet - http://www.savetheinternet.eu/ important vote on #netneutrality on Monday - pl. contact your MEPs today

South Korea's Love Affair With Censorship Squanders Their Tech Superiority - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140212/10493926200/south-koreas-love-affair-with-censorship-squanders-their-tech-superiority.shtml not just about tech...

EU scientists’ biofuels warnings were ignored - http://www.euractiv.com/energy/eu-scientists-biofuels-warnings-news-533639 shame on the politicians involved

#Ecuador pursued #China oil deal while pledging to protect Yasuni, papers show - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/19/ecuador-oil-china-yasuni another disaster in the offing

UK Government Refuses To Confirm Or Deny If Your Pronunciation Of Massive Surveillance Program 'Tempora' Is Correct - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140217/09392326250/uk-government-refuses-to-confirm-deny-if-your-pronunciation-its-massive-surveillance-program-tempora-is-correct.shtml

Shooting to people in Kiev / Стральба па пратэстоўцах у Кіеве - Shooting to people in Kiev / Стральба па пратэстоўцах у Кіеве awful scenes (v @DenZhadanov)#ukraine

"Air pollution causes 29,000 early deaths a year in UK" - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/20/air-pollution-european-commission-legal-action-uk-nitrogen-dioxide so why worry about terrorism which causes about zero?

it's just absurd to take away our freedom over a threat (terrorism) that is negligible, while ignoring a huge one (air pollution) that isn't

#TTIP: hurdles to overcome - http://www.euractiv.com/trade/ttip-hurdles-overcome-analysis-533627 what a fatuous piece. no evidence it's a "huge opportunity": annual GDP boost just 0.05%

#Brazil moves to end tension over land disputes - http://thebricspost.com/brazil-moves-to-end-tension-over-land-disputes/ this is good: let's hope it happens

"What happens if birds are contaminated with feces? rule allows companies to douse them with more chemicals" - https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/680 #TTIP

Alternative Tube Maps: Underground Underworld - http://londonist.com/2014/02/alternative-tube-maps-underground-underworld.php ha! nicely done #hades

USTR Thinks A Non-Transparent 'Public Interest' Committee Will Mollify Critics; It Won't - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140219/00571826274/ustr-thinks-non-transparent-public-interest-committee-will-mollify-critics-it-wont.shtml token gestures much?

Mitos del TLCAN después de 20 años - http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2014/02/20/politica/002n1pol #NAFTA has been a disaster for #mexico; #TPP will be worse

Demand for food banks 'fuelled by poverty and benefit delays' - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/20/food-bank-review-undermines-ministers-claim "findings had been 'suppressed'"; also, water wet...

Tracking deforestation as it happens - http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/tracking-deforestation-supply-chains welcome tool; now let's use it where we can #supplychain #palmoil

Terrorists Have Known Cellphones Are Surveillance Targets 4 A Decade But Now It's Greenwald And Snowden's Fault? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140214/14270626234/terrorists-have-known-their-cellphones-are-surveillance-targets-over-decade-suddenly-its-greenwald-snowdens-fault.shtml

Leaving Google - https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/02/19/Leaving-Google that would be @timbray...


Trade deals: why Obama is stymied by members of his own party - http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/0219/Trade-deals-why-Obama-is-stymied-by-members-of-his-own-party-video everyone's saying it #TPP #TAFTA #TTIP

This is the best opening paragraph in any news story ever - http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/this-is-the-best-opening-parag.html well, maybe not, but it's rather good...

Apparently We Are All Confused & Killing Net Neutrality Will Be Just GREAT For Startups - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140218/08030526262/apparently-we-are-all-confused-killing-net-neutrality-will-be-just-great-startups.shtml good debunking of daft idea

The Race to Save Mali’s Priceless Artifacts - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/Race-Save-Mali-Artifacts-180947965/?all inspiring tale (v @BoingBoing)

As Idaho moves 2 criminalize undercover video with 'ag-gag' law, clip of dairy worker sexually abusing cow surfaces - http://boingboing.net/2014/02/18/as-idaho-moves-to-criminalize.html

Denmark Is About To Set Even More Ambitious Climate Goals Than All Of Europe - http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/14/3296351/denmark-climate-goals/ "100% renewable energy by 2050"

Release #TPP text - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11206582 "If it was just a trade agreement, fewer would be worried. this is mainly about domestic laws"

We're Running Out of #Antibiotics - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/were-running-out-of-antibiotics/357573/# "80% of all antibiotics used in US are given to animals": selfish, stupid waste

#TPP lose-lose for #cancer patients - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11206578 must these people be sacrificed on the altar of free trade? #nz

#TPP leak spurs fears over cancer drug - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11206738 well, leak from last year, no? but point taken...