Sunday 30 March 2014

140330


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140329 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2014/03/140329.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Call for #NZ public to have say on #TPP - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/240196/call-for-public-to-have-say-on-trade-deal a travesty of democracy & transparency

Social Media Storm Descends on #Taiji, the Japanese Town at Center of #Dolphin #Slaughter - http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/04/04/social-media-storm-descends-taiji-japanese-town.html great use of twitter


UK Copyright reforms set to become Law: Content-mining, parody and much more - http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/03/30/uk-copyright-reforms-set-to-become-law/

How Whale Feces Slows Down Ocean Warming - http://www.alternet.org/environment/whale-feces-helps-slow-antarctic-warming why we need moar whales...

Elseviergate today: LIBER says to Libraries: DONT sign #Elsevier’s click-through licence for Content Mining (#TDM) - http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/03/29/elseviergate-today-liber-says-to-libraries-dont-sign-elseviers-click-through-licence-for-content-mining-tdm/

Britain must take lead in global warming battle, says Ed Davey - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/30/uk-global-warming-battle-ed-davey-lib-dem-energy-climate-change I'll believe it when I see it... #climatechange

 Nafta Still Bedevils Unions - http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/nafta-still-bedevils-unions/ damning indictment of #NAFTA & #TPP (v @Copycense)

#Mozilla is messy - http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/mozilla-is-messy/ "The community dialogue around Brendan’s appointment is an example of this."

Great Barrier Reef and Indigenous heritage laws face 'one-stop shop' threat - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/28/great-barrier-reef-indigenous-heritage-one-stop-shop-threat #AU trying hard to become super-evil

#Indonesia granted right 2 challenge Australia's plain-packaging laws - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/indonesia-granted-right-to-challenge-australias-plain-packaging-laws profits before people; pure bullying #tobacco

Neue Informationen zur Überwachung von Angela Merkel: Über 300 Berichte lagen vor - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/neue-informationen-zur-ueberwachung-von-angela-merkel-ueber-300-berichte-lagen-vor/ … "Obama ist im Bilde gewesen"

Abstimmung auf der Krim: Tataren sprechen sich für Autonomie aus - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/abstimmung-auf-der-krim-tataren-wollen-autonomie-a-961529.html oooh, recursion...

The inside story of MIT and Aaron Swartz - http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/29/the-inside-story-mit-and-aaron-swartz/YvJZ5P6VHaPJusReuaN7SI/story.html @MIT emerges with little honour,@JSTOR with even less...

world’s growing love affair with most wasteful form of #coffee - http://qz.com/193138/the-worlds-growing-love-affair-with-the-most-wasteful-form-of-coffee-there-is/ awful development (v @kevinjdelaney @jeffjarvis)

Ron Wyden, Refusing to Play Prosecutor, Says We Need to Ban Dragnet Collection of Purchase Records - http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/03/30/ron-wyden-refusing-to-play-prosecutor-says-we-need-to-ban-dragnet-collection-of-purchase-records/ what a star

Spyware increasingly a part of domestic violence - http://boingboing.net/2014/03/30/spyware-increasingly-a-part-of.html firghtening; blame #NSA for promoting & validating this stuff

Big #Pharma's links to doctors - http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/big-pharmas-links-to-doctors.23822907 good investigation (v @Spinwatch)

Zwischen Kommunikationsüberwachung und Wirtschaftsspionage: Deutsche Unternehmen von #GCHQ ausgeforscht - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/zwischen-kommunikationsueberwachung-und-wirtschaftsspionage-deutsche-unternehmen-von-gchq-ausgeforscht/


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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140328 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.it/2014/03/140328.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Hundreds protest against trade deal - http://news.msn.co.nz/nationalnews/8821649/protesters-rally-against-free-trade-deal only hundreds? #TPP #NZ

#NHS england: be more transparent - https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/nhs-england-give-us-transparency#petition time to own up about conflicts of interest


#TTIP: "the last episode of a wave of trade agreements that are based on the old economic model." - http://about-sustainability.com/2014/03/29/internet-and-economy-interview-with-lorenzo-fioramonti/

#TTIP: Text of the treaty will be published after the signing - http://prawokultury.pl/en/news/TTIP-text-of-the-treaty-will-be-published-after-th/ IOW, when it's too late to change #TAFTA #ACTA

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm have you read all 21 of them...? #TAFTA


Putin: Pirate Site Blocking Has Failed to End Piracy - http://torrentfreak.com/putin-pirate-site-blocking-has-failed-to-end-piracy-140329/ "she is reminded of the “Streisand Effect” " #ru

#NSA Put Merkel on List of 122 Targeted Leaders - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/29/der-spiegel-nsa-ghcq-hacked-german-companies-put-merkel-list-122-targeted-leaders/ "court order specifically 2 monitor communications related to #DE"

#CC BY 4.0 required on U.S. Department of Labor $150M grant - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42446 good news

Umstrittenes Abkommen #TTIP: Obama brennt nicht für den Freihandel - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/freihandelsabkommen-obama-brennt-nicht-fuer-den-freihandel-a-961206.html#ref=rss even he thinks it's dead duck

#GCHQ & #NSA Targeted Private German Companies - http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-targeted-private-german-companies-a-961444.html "provides permission to access communications of all #DE citizens"

MT @ValedeAlmeidaEU  let's go forward with #TTIP for jobs & growth & high standards>> EU's own figures disagree: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/ttip-update-xxi/index.htm

#NZ Protesters demand facts on trade agreement - http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/protesters-demand-facts-trade-agreement-5878784 as well they might #TPP

 Europe means business reeling in pirate fisheries - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25287-europe-means-business-reeling-in-pirate-fisheries.html great news; more please.... #sustainability


Trans-Atlantic labor union calls for higher labor standards in #TTIP http://www.bilaterals.org/?trans-atlantic-labor-union-calls nice idea; ain't gonna happen, though

Le gaz de schiste au cœur du sommet UE-USA - http://www.bilaterals.org/?le-gaz-de-schiste-au-coeur-du especially post-ukraine... #TTIP


No organisation for #Stravinsky?  - http://jessicamusic.blogspot.it/2014/03/no-organisation-for-stravinsky.html #copyright getting in the way of art yet again...

Non-profits ask #BRICS to resist US pressure - http://thebricspost.com/non-profits-ask-brics-to-resist-us-pressure/ v. interesting move

RIAA Demands Personal Details of Pirating YouTube Users - http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-demands-personal-details-of-pirating-youtube-users-140327/ awful precedent

Animals 'live a good life' at Copenhagen zoo, where culling comes naturally - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/29/copenhagen-zoo-culling-giraffe-lions-inbreeding good explanation of the issues

Copyright & Inequality - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2398373 "not boon to consumer choice, barrier to acquiring knowledge & taking part in cultural life"



Saturday 29 March 2014

140328


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140327 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ru/2014/03/140327.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Latin American Revolution: #Chile's New Government Wants To Open Up TPP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140327/12093026714/latin-american-revolution-chiles-new-government-wants-to-open-up-tpp.shtml cracks in the #TPP edifice

UE–É.-U. Obama tente de rassurer les sceptiques - http://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/403745/libreechange-ue-e-u-obama-tente-de-rassurer-les-sceptiques fails miserably, of course #TTIP #ISDS

Canada, Big Oil and the frequently and quietly delayed Fuel Quality Directive - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/canada-big-oil-and-frequently-and-quietly-delayed-fuel-quality-directive-301159 disgraceful lobbying #tarsands

EU Court Of Justice Makes Life Difficult: 'Balance' In Blocking Websites, Incomplete Blocking May Lead 2 Liability - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140327/11031526711/eu-court-justice-tries-to-thread-needle-demanding-isps-censor-pirate-sites-is-okay-cant-block-legal-content.shtml

Motion picture industry continues to stagger under #piracy with mere record-breaking income - http://boingboing.net/2014/03/27/motion-picture-industry-contin.html well put (v @Klangable)

Obama formally proposes end to #NSA's bulk collection of telephone data - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/obama-proposes-end-nsa-bulk-data-collection er, no: "US phone data" only....

US Trade Deficits Have Grown More Than 440% with FTA Countries, but Declined 16% with Non-FTA Countries - http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/03/us-trade-deficits-have-grown-more-than-440-with-fta-countries-but-declined-16-with-non-fta-countries.html #TPP #TTIP

New Zealand, Plain Packaging, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership - http://infojustice.org/archives/32570 #TPP #NZ

It happened to me: ex-MP Louise Mensch cyberbullied me! - http://usvsth3m.com/post/80972333347/it-happened-to-me-ex-mp-louise-mensch-cyberbullied-me truly priceless (v @superglaze @MartinBelam)

Leaked EU analysis of #TTIP IPR negotiations - http://keionline.org/node/1984 some useful hints of where the pressure will be #TAFTA

Senators Afraid Of 'Chilling Effects' On Poor Lobbyists If Scientists Disclose Which Large Company Funded Research - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140327/07520226707/senators-afraid-chilling-effects-those-poor-poor-lobbyists-if-scientists-disclose-which-large-company-funded-research.shtml

Day 7 Before The Vote to Save #NetNeutrality! Parliamentarians Must Protect The Open Internet! - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/day-seven-before-the-vote-to-save-net-neutrality-parliamentarians-must-protect-the-open-internet contact your MEPs

UK Finally 'Legalizes' CD & DVD Ripping... But You're Still Not Allowed To Circumvent DRM - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140328/07561926719/uk-finally-legalizes-cd-dvd-ripping-youre-still-not-allowed-to-circumvent-drm.shtml

University of Konstanz cancels license negotiations with scientific publisher #Elsevier - http://www.aktuelles.uni-konstanz.de/en/presseinformationen/2014/28/ who's next? #openaccess

US companies fret over selling #TTIP - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-us-trade-talks-moving-forward/us-companies-fret-over-selling-ttip-301225 "argue that it provides a solution to ongoing economic crisis": not even close


Friday 28 March 2014

140327


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140325 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/03/140326.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD


#NZ actors to rally against secretive #TPP - http://www.bilaterals.org/?nz-actors-to-rally-against nice to see...

Rap Artists Wu-Tang Clan Fight Infinite Goods By Selling One Copy Of Their Next Album... For $1 Million - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/14030526697/rap-artists-wu-tang-clan-fight-infinite-goods-selling-one-copy-their-next-album-1-million.shtml interesting

#Brazil's 'Marco Civil' Internet Civil Rights Law Passes, With Key Protections Largely Intact - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/09012226690/brazils-marco-civil-internet-civil-rights-law-finally-passes-with-key-protections-largely-intact.shtml emigration time?

#TPP & #TTIP – Policy Implications of Environmental Research Irrelevant - http://www.earthwatchmedia.org/tpp-ttip-policy-implications-of-environmental-research-irrelevant/ #ISDS devastates environmental protection

there seems to be something of a consensus that the European Commission's "consultation" on #ISDS will be launched today...can't wait #TTIP

EU "Public consultation on modalities for ISDS in TTIP" [pdf] - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/march/tradoc_152280.pdf notice it's "modalities" - no choice...

Theft of Austerity Britain’s Coal [pdf] - http://frackingfreeireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Theft-Of-Austerity-Britains-Coal.pdf excellent detailed report of underhand actions by UK gov - appalling

Public consultation on #ISDS investor protection launched today - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/consultation.html good quick comment and suggestions #TTIP

#TTIP Update XXI - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/ttip-update-xxi/index.htm why that best-case "€119 bn" GDP boost to EU economy equates to just €15 per person, per year...

"#TTIP – Too many untrustworthy promises and real risks" - http://europeangreens.eu/brussels2014/content/position-paper-ttip excellent analysis from EU Greens (v @andrea_licata)

Girl Scouts Get A Badge In Intellectual Property Maximalism - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/18013826701/girl-scouts-get-badge-intellectual-property-maximalism.shtml just sick...

Campaigners slam Commission’s mock consultation on #ISDS in #TTIP - http://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2014/03/campaigners-slam-commission-mock-consultation-investor-rights-eu-us-trade-deal "selling its pro-industry agenda"

German Court Says Creative Commons 'Non-Commercial' Licenses Must Be Purely For Personal Use - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/11405526695/german-court-says-creative-commons-non-commercial-licenses-must-be-purely-personal-use.shtml #cc-nc means "avoid"

 Data privacy shapes up as a next-generation trade barrier - http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-usa-trade-tech-analysis-idINBREA2Q1K120140327 you bet (v @PCGTW)#NSA #safeharbour

Attacking academic values - http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/03/27/attacking-academic-values/ wow, now Nature Publishing Group wants to be hated... #openaccess /cc @petermurrayrust

Senator McCain Says #Snowden Is Working For Putin Based On 'Timing' Of News Reports Snowden Has Nothing To Do With - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140327/07342126706/senator-mccain-says-snowden-is-working-putin-based-timing-news-reports-snowden-has-nothing-to-do-with.shtml

Breakthrough as ExxonMobil Agrees To Outline Climate Risks - http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2014/03/27/breakthrough-as-exxonmobil-agrees-to-outline-climate-risks/ don't forget to include #disinvestment, chaps...

Police use of #Tasers rises sharply in 2013 - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/27/police-use-tasers-rises-sharply this was inevitable; next routine use, all the time...


Thursday 27 March 2014

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140325 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/03/140325.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Open Letter to EU: Time to support #Open Standards - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140326-02.en.html "EC acknowledges in a state of "effective captivity" to MS"

#TTIP: "Wir brauchen Waffengleichheit von Staat und Konzernen" - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/freihandel-jurist-klaus-sachs-ueber-umstrittene-schiedsgerichte-a-958300.html useful interview with #ISDS judge (v @dozykraut)

Corporate Sovereignty Provisions Called Into Question Around The World - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140325/10074526680/corporate-sovereignty-provisions-called-into-question-around-world.shtml #ISDS must come out of #TAFTA/#TTIP & #TPP

4 Ways Supreme Court Ruling on Idea of Religious Freedom for Corporations Could Be Disastrous for Americans - http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/4-ways-hobby-lobby-ruling-could-be-disastrous-americans bonkers

Death threats made to Ecuadorian lawyer in Chevron pollution case - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/26/death-threats-made-to-ecuadorian-lawyer-in-chevron-pollution-case who would do that...?

Judge Tells Private Prison Corporation It's Government Agency As Far As Public Information Requests Are Concerned - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140322/12231126659/judge-tells-private-prison-corporation-its-government-agency-as-far-as-public-information-requests-are-concerned.shtml

#ClimateChange Philosopher A Target Of Abusive Hate Campaign - http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/03/25/exclusive-climate-change-philosopher-target-abusive-hate-campaign reveals true nature of some denialists (v @Glinner)

Concerns about #TTIP not just in EU: interview with US State Legislator, Sharon Treat - http://ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/USA%20concerns.html (v  ‏@SharonTreat @DrRimmer)

Conference 10 April The Future of Transatlantic Trade in Paris - https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Future_of_transatlantic_trade great resource; no civil society, as usual? #TTIP

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm includes all 20 of them, including latest on non-existent #transparency #TAFTA

MT @EU_TTIP_team @BarrosoEU : 'We're determined at the highest level to make #TTIP happen'>> what, even if it makes no economic sense? #TTIP

Schwarzenegger 'linked to destructive logging companies' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/25/arnold-schwarzenegger-destructive-logging-companies time to terminate them, no? #trees


MT ‏@euHvR #DataProtection: umbrella agreement by this Summer: equal treatment EU & US citizens. >> oh, we're stuffed, then... #privacy

Is APP's zero deforestation pledge a green villain's dramatic turnaround? - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/26/app-deforestation-greenpeace-campaign interesting; let's hope...

Setting the record straight on #TTIP? Yes, let’s. - http://ciel.org/wordpress_211560016/?p=1188 excellent, detailed analysis of attempts 2 weaken chemical safety

Faymann spricht sich als erster Regierungschef gegen "ISDS" aus - http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20140326_OTS0253/greenpeace-erfreut-kanzler-faymann-spricht-sich-als-erster-regierungschef-gegen-schattengerichte-aus Austrian Chancellor against #ISDS (v @Fschweitzer)

New Report: The Way Software is Built is Changing. Are You a Part of the Trend? - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2014/03/new-report-way-software-built-changing-are-you-part-trend from @linuxfoundation #opensource

Tell the commission: enforce the law – protect the pigs - http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=26709 these intelligent animals deserve better #EU

KlearGear No-Shows Hearing, Reinstates $3,500 Non-Disparagement Clause - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140324/03123726668/kleargear-no-shows-hearing-reinstates-3500-non-disparagement-clause.shtml what an insane story

UK Court Says Information Stored Electronically Is Not 'Property' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140326/04380226685/uk-court-says-information-stored-electronically-does-not-constitute-property.shtml so it can't be stolen, right? #copyright

GPPi launches project on freedom & security in the digital age - http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/ "right balance between security & freedom": wrong


What's in a name? Geographical indications stir the pot at WIPO trademark committee - http://keionline.org/node/1977 hugely contentious in #TTIP #GI

Fight over Rooftop Solar Forecasts a Bright Future for Cleaner Energy - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fight-over-rooftop-solar-forecasts-a-bright-future-for-cleaner-energy/ long-overdue energy decentralisation

Inclusiveness at @Mozilla - https://brendaneich.com/2014/03/inclusiveness-at-mozilla/ "express my sorrow at having caused pain"

"thanks to Alan Turing, who basically saved the country by breaking Enigma in 1941." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26759034 says someone who should know


Wednesday 26 March 2014

140325


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140324 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ch/2014/03/140324.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Wellcome Trust’s #OpenAccess spend 2012-13: Are fees charged by major publishers creating a new serials crisis? - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/03/24/wellcome-trust-apcs-serials-crisis/

Community and Diversity - https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/community-and-diversity/ be interesting to see how this develops in #mozilla and #opensource worlds

Obama to Call for End to #NSA’s Bulk Data Collection - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/us/obama-to-seek-nsa-curb-on-call-data.html?hp&_r=2 no protection for us furriners, of course.. (v @SophieintVeld)

Obama in Europe - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/obama-europe-friendly-visit-2014322142431773289.html excellent analysis of how big business is driving #TTIP & hollowing out European values (v @jmcest)

#TTIP: Ex-Weltbankchef Zoellick will Investorenschutz kippen - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/freihandel-ex-weltbankchef-zoellick-will-investorenschutz-kippen-a-960373.html wow, #ISDS definitely on the way out

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: news and review of comments on EPO strike - http://ipkitten.blogspot.ch/2014/03/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-news-and.html #EPO seems in meltdown mode...

Math Teacher Punishes Students With 'Game of Thrones' Spoilers - http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/game-of-thrones-spoilers-teacher/ maths teachers always were ahead of the game

#Fracking safety: report warns of 'significant unknowns' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/25/fracking-safety-oil-gas-report all safety data must be #opendata

EU emissions cuts could herald climate turning point - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25284-eu-emissions-cuts-could-herald-climate-turning-point.html which is why we must do it

Investor treaties in trouble - http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Global-Trends/Profile/Articles/2014/03/24/Investor-treaties-in-trouble/ "In Malaysia, the ISDS is one of the major controversial issues" #TPP #ISDS

Steeped in Overhead: A Look at the Expenses of Tea Party Groups - http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/tea-party-spending-by-the-numbers/ ha! #TeaParty taken to the cleaners (v @froomkin)

Document Freedom Day delivers messages of interoperability around the world - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140326-01.en.html 41 Events in 18 countries

Imaging Beta Pictoris b - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=30271 such exciting times in the field of exoplanets... #science


UK moves towards longer jail terms for trolls - http://gigaom.com/2014/03/25/uk-moves-towards-longer-jail-terms-for-trolls/ no danger of this being abused, of course...

Michael Hayden Thinks #Snowden Revelations, Rather Than NSA Actions, May Splinter The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140324/16234826674/michael-hayden-thinks-snowden-revelations-rather-than-nsa-actions-may-splinter-internet.shtml yeah, right

I dropped the “NC” from my #CC License - http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/i-dropped-the-nc-from-my-creative-commons-license/ good post: "what most scholars really want—is simply proper attribution"

Mass Surveillance: French Spooks and Telcos Hand in Hand - http://www.laquadrature.net/en/mass-surveillance-french-spooks-and-telcos-hand-in-hand " revelations have been met with the deafening silence"


Pour les européennes, Mélenchon mise tout sur le traité transatlantique - https://www.contexte.com/article/elections-europeennes-2014/pour-les-europeennes-melenchon-mise-tout-sur-le-traite-transatlantique.html (v @LesMotsRouges @Irien00)#TTIP


#Snowden Statement on Administration’s #NSA Reform Plan - https://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/edward-snowden-statement-administrations-nsa-reform-plan "This is a turning point" (v  ‏@benwizner @GusHosein)

Obama: US must 'win back the trust of ordinary citizens' over data collection - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/25/obama-us-nsa-data-collection-trust (but foreigners don't count) #snowden

 MIT creates a system to “PRISM-proof” websites - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/mit-creates-a-system-to-prism-proof-websites/ we need plenty of these systems

We need different types of citation: Replicates, Falsifies, DependsOn, Acknowledges … - http://svpow.com/2014/03/25/we-need-different-types-of-citation-replicates-falsifies-dependson-acknowledges/ clever; let's do it


Tuesday 25 March 2014

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 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140323 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ch/2014/03/140323.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

La mobilisation contre le Traité transatlantique monte en puissance - http://www.reporterre.net/spip.php?article5446 useful background to #TTIP/#TAFTA

Computers in the post-Snowden era: choose before paying! - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140324-01.en.html "an unfettered choice of the operating system" #fsfe


The Secret Deal that Threatens the Food on Your Plate - The Secret Deal that Threatens the Food on Your Plate v short video from @foeeurope on #TTIP's impact on food

US sends special forces to Uganda to hunt for brutal warlord Joseph Kony - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/us-special-forces-uganda-hunt-warlord-joseph-kony oddly, I find myself applauding this...

one for the #denialists: 13 of 14 warmest years on record occurred in 21st century – UN - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/24/warmest-years-record-un-global-warming this is why it's not just "weather" #statistics


"Wer Geld hat, kauft sich das Ohr der Mächtigen" - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-03/lobbyismus-bruessel-ttip-interview & they call #TTIP "transparent"? give me a break...

Investment in #CETA – A response to a lobby document by DG Trade - http://eu-secretdeals.info/upload/2014/03/S2B-Marc-Maes-CETA-Investment_Response-to-DG-Trade-claims-March-7-2014_v2.pdf good analysis of flawed document (v @CETAWatch)

Yahoo UK Moves To Dublin To Escape Surveillance; UK Asks It To Stay... For The Spies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140321/14074826654/yahoo-uk-moves-to-dublin-to-escape-surveillance-uk-asks-it-to-stay-spies.shtml UK is just risible

sheer scale of hybrid journal publishing - http://access.okfn.org/2014/03/24/scale-hybrid-journals-publishing/ outrageous figures: we must kill "hybrid" #oa - it's a rip-off

Freihandel als Bedrohung - http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/freihandel-als-bedrohung-2801543.html "#TTIP schützt die Investoren – auf Kosten unserer Standards." (v @mehr_demokratie)

.@PaulbernalUK - My new book: Internet#Privacy Rights - http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/my-new-book-internet-privacy-rights/ timely (v @Klangable)

America’s Underappreciated Entrepreneur: The Federal Government - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/opinion/americas-underappreciated-entrepreneur-the-federal-government.html good to see the message getting out

analysis of the 5 most worrying proposals of the pharmaceutical industry’s wish list for #TTIP - http://commonsnetwork.eu/ttipbigpharmawishlist/ serious stuff

Mike Rogers Says #Snowden's To Blame For Russian's Aggressive Actions Against Ukraine - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140323/13360926665/mike-rogers-says-snowdens-to-blame-russians-aggressive-actions-against-ukraine.shtml utterly bonkers


MHRA destroys trial data after 15 years on file - http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/14-03-24/MHRA_destroys_trial_data_after_15_years_on_file.aspx irresponsible & insane (v @pharmagossip)

#TTIP Update XX - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/ttip-update-xx/index.htm remember the 3 EU public consultations on #TAFTA? no, me neither #transparency

#BRICS at Hague slam attempts to isolate Putin - http://thebricspost.com/brics-at-hague-slam-attempts-to-isolate-putin/ pretty amazing shift

 A Return to Founders as #Mozilla Moves Forward - https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2014/03/24/a-return-to-founders-as-mozilla-moves-forward/ the lizard wrangler explains

Ministers defend ban on sending books to prisoners in England and Wales - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/24/ban-books-prisoners-england-wales-authors yeah, why not make food conditional, too?

"how Inmarsat honed in on missing Malaysian Airlines' plane" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/flight-mh370-inmarsat-aaib-analysis oh, come on@guardian...

Musician Claims $5.2 BILLION In Damages In #Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple, Amazon And CDBaby - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140321/08104126646/musician-claims-52-billion-damages-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-against-apple-amazon-cdbaby.shtml riiight

#TTIP "could help Europe wean itself from reliance on Russian energy supplies" - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/business/international/us-official-lobbies-for-trans-atlantic-trade-pact.html better to boost renewables...

From Health in the UK to Education in Nigeria – Stop Secret Contracts -  http://blog.okfn.org/2014/03/24/from-health-in-the-uk-to-education-in-nigeria-stop-secret-contracts/ - transparency now

What is a trade deal for if it doesn’t even create trade? - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/diversion%20of%20trade.html curious: pretty much exactly what I said last week #TTIP

Trading Away Democracy - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/trading-away-democracy/ "Now is an opportune time for Americans to voice their concerns." #TTIP

New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements that Help Corporations Sue Governments - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/new-study-shows-dangers-of-trade-agreements-that-help-corporations-sue-governments/ #TTIP #ISDS

Debunking Eight Falsehoods by Pacific Rim Mining / OceanaGold in El Salvador - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/debunking-eight-falsehoods-by-pacific-rim-mining-oceanagold-in-el-salvador/ "costs of mining" #ISDS

New Report Reveals Environmental Costs of North American Free Trade Agreement - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/new-report-reveals-environmental-costs-of-north-american-free-trade-agreement/ as we suspected #NAFTA

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (#ISDS) & prospects for reform - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/investor-state-dispute-settlement-isds-state-of-play-and-prospects-for-reform/ EU Parliamentary Research Service Briefing

Europeans prepare for war against U.S. and Canadian FTAs - http://canadians.org/blog/europeans-prepare-war-against-us-and-canadian-ftas don't overlook #CETA #TTIP


Monday 24 March 2014

140323


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140322 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ch/2014/03/140322.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Global warming to hit Asia hardest, warns new report on #climatechange - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/22/global-warming-hit-asia-hardest this will cause wars in those regions...

Britain urged to sign up to shipwreck treaty to protect underwater heritage - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/23/government-urged-sign-shipwreck-treaty why on earth has this not been done?

Another stolen generation: how #Australia still wrecks Aboriginal families - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/21/john-pilger-indigenous-australian-families 14,000 children "removed" #AU

Guess who's major stakeholder in Canada's #tarsands? Of course, it's the Kochs - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/20/1286250/-Guess-who-s-the-major-stakeholder-in-Canada-s-oil-sands-Of-course-it-s-the-nbsp-Kochs# some of the most evil people around

in 2007,@BarackObama promised to label #GMO foods if elected - http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/label_gmos_now/?ak_proof=1&akid=.196395.6NXxOv&rd=1&t=6 has this man kept any of his election promises?

Elephants damage vehicles after escaping from Missouri circus handlers - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/23/elephants-damage-cars-missouri-circus time to ban use of these animals in circuses

Government intervenes at school 'taken over’ by Muslim radicals - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10716855/Government-intervenes-at-school-taken-over-by-Muslim-radicals.html very worrying if confirmed (v @aral)#UK

Busted: BSA Steals Photo For “Snitch On a Pirate” Campaign - http://torrentfreak.com/bsa-pirates-busted-140322/ strange how that happens...

The “Permanent Liaison”: how ERT and BusinessEurope set the agenda for the EU Summit - http://corporateeurope.org/lobbycracy/2014/03/permanent-liaison-how-ert-and-businesseurope-set-agenda-eu-summit "competitiveness" vs #commons

"public health establishment is too cowardly to take on the powerful processed food companies and their lobbyists" - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/23/everything-you-know-about-unhealthy-foods-is-wrong

No-Spy-Abkommen: "Wir haben mit niemandem ein entsprechendes Abkommen geschlossen, nicht einmal mit den Briten." - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/nsa-ex-chef-hayden-entschuldigt-sich-bei-deutschland-a-960231.html

#Japan: Stop Denying The "Comfort Women" Justice! - http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3023 “a necessary system to maintain military discipline."

Metropolitan police sued over officer who preyed on domestic violence victim - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/23/metropolitan-police-sued-officer-domestic-violence-sex-999-call just how many rotten apples are there?

.@Novartis extends leadership in clinical trial data transparency - http://www.hospitalpharmacyeurope.com/clinical-trials/novartis-extends-leadership-clinical-trial-data-transparency v welcome (v @pharmagossip)#opendata

LG announces a smart bulb that connects to iOS & Android devices - http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/03/23/lg-announces-a-smart-bulb-that-connects-to-ios-and-android-devices/ "how many smartphone platforms does it take to..."

London Live: Can it change the capital's television viewing habits? - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/23/london-live-audience-advertisers interesting venture #london #tv

Why has Grayling banned prisoners being sent books? - http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2014/03/23/comment-why-has-grayling-banned-prisoners-being-sent-books what a truly sad & mean-spirited individual (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

Lenovo Succumbs To Patent Troll In USD100 Million Deal - http://www.chinatechnews.com/2014/03/24/20383-lenovo-succumbs-to-patent-troll-in-usd100-million-deal what a waste