Saturday 30 September 2017

170930


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170929 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170929.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

West Papua independence petition is rebuffed at UN - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/30/west-papua-independence-petition-is-rebuffed-at-un not good, not fair #westpapua

#Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/29/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-europe-trump-nuclear quite right

Animal cruelty could result in five-year jail sentence under new law - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/30/animal-cruelty-could-result-in-five-year-jail-sentence-under-new-law quite right

#Elsevier Launching Rival To #Wikipedia By Extracting Scientific Definitions Automatically From Authors’ Texts - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170928/02375038300/elsevier-launching-rival-to-wikipedia-extracting-scientific-definitions-automatically-authors-texts.shtml


170929


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170928 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170928.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page


UN experts are worried about the Catalan referendum online crackdown - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/un-experts-worried-catalan-referendum-online-crackdown/ rightly so…

Pornhub, the World’s Biggest Adult Site, Gives Blind Users an Upgrade - https://www.wired.com/story/pornhub-accessibility-blind-visually-impaired-users/ amazing how porn leads the way…


Friday 29 September 2017

170928


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170927 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170927.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘The last place on Earth’: how Sumatra’s rainforest is being cleared for palm oil - https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/sep/28/last-place-on-earth-deforestation-palm-oil-threat-leuser-rainforest awful; the curse of #palmoil

Putting the environment at the heart of #Brexit - https://www.transportenvironment.org/publications/putting-environment-heart-brexit they should; I doubt they will…

Tencent-Backed Meituan Close to $3 Billion-Plus Funding - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-27/tencent-s-meituan-is-said-to-close-in-on-3-billion-plus-funding-j82nsi7c “a $28 billion valuation” #china

UK’s top supplier of supermarket chicken fiddles food safety dates - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/28/uks-top-supplier-of-supermarket-chicken-fiddles-food-safety-dates the greed of this industry knows no bounds

Macron’s counter-terror bill risks #France’s human rights record, say UN experts - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/28/macrons-counter-terror-bill-risks-frances-human-rights-record-says-un this is not good


Wednesday 27 September 2017

170927


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170926 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170926.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK treatment of foreign nationals ‘could colour’ MEPs’ view on #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/27/britains-treatment-foreign-nationals-colour-meps-view-brexit quite right…

Stunning: Taser wants to turn the public and their smartphones into its big data posse of police informants - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/stunning-taser-wants-turn-public-smartphones-big-data-posse-police-informants/

#SESTA Is Being Pushed As The Answer To A Sex Trafficking ‘Epidemic’ That Simply Doesn’t Exist - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170925/16401838283/sesta-is-being-pushed-as-answer-to-sex-trafficking-epidemic-that-simply-doesnt-exist.shtml as usual

Bureau awarded grant to investigate global superbug threat - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2017-09-27/bureau-awarded-130-000-grant-for-global-story-on-antibiotic-resistance excellent news - can’t have too much info here

Blue Planet II : The Prequel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=305&v=_38JDGnr0vA if only @realDonaldTrump would watch this, he wouldn’t be so keen to destroy it all

every child who sees Blue Planet II should ask their parents what they are doing to preserve this amazing heritage...


170926


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170925 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170925.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page


‘Leave UK immediately’: scientist is latest victim of @ukhomeoffice blunder - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/26/leave-uk-immediately-scientist-is-latest-victim-of-home-office-blunder more insults & incompetence


Tuesday 26 September 2017

170925


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170924 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170924.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Brexit bonanza: Lawyers encouraging corporations to sue UK & EU member states - https://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2017/09/brexit-bonanza-lawyers-encouraging-corporations-sue-uk-eu-member-states UK public could pay billions #ISDS

The race to save online #privacy: what happens when quantum computers can break all our #crypto? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/race-save-online-privacy-happens-quantum-computers-can-break-crypto/ deep stuff

Meet Shadowsocks, the underground tool that China’s coders use to blast through the Great Firewall - https://qz.com/1072701/meet-shadowsocks-the-underground-tool-that-chinas-coders-use-to-blast-through-the-great-firewall/ interesting

Interview With Delia Browne - http://copybuzz.com/interviews/interview-delia-browne/ head of Australia’s National Copyright Unit, international fair use expert #copyright

EU citizens will not be fingerprinted or need ID cards, say officials - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/25/eu-citizens-will-not-be-fingerprinted-or-need-id-cards-say-officials well, we’ll see… #brexit

NSA-Developed Crypto Technology No Longer Trusted For Use In Global Standards - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170922/08551138267/nsa-developed-crypto-technology-no-longer-trusted-use-global-standards.shtml now, why would that be?

Traveler who refused to give device passwords to police found guilty of obstruction in UK court - https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/traveler-who-refused-to-give-device-passwords-to-police-found-guilty-of-obstruction-in-uk-court/ outrageous


Monday 25 September 2017

170924


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170923 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170923.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“One person, one vote, one time isn’t democracy: it’s how dictators keep power.” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/24/brexit-theresa-may-florence-speech-mad-escapade-best-deal-say-in-eu #brexit


Sunday 24 September 2017

170923


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170922 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170922.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘Smart’ Hospital IV Pump Vulnerable To Remote Hack Attack - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170920/09450338247/smart-hospital-iv-pump-vulnerable-to-remote-hack-attack.shtml more #IoT sloppiness


Friday 22 September 2017

170922

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170921 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170921.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

EU Diagnosed With © ‘Ostrich Syndrome’: Missing Study On Piracy - http://copybuzz.com/analysis/ec-diagnosed-ostrich-syndrome-missing-study-piracy/ in-depth analysis of buried report on #copyright

The Village Voice prints its final edition – with Bob Dylan on the cover - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/21/village-voice-final-edition-new-york-bob-dylan end of an era; sad it’s online only now

Thursday 21 September 2017

170921


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170920 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170920.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Bashkir becomes the first language collated inside MediaWiki - https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/20/bashkir-collation/ yay

Florida Trump Flash Mobs Organized by the Russian “Troll Factory” - https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2017/09/20/florida-trump-flash-mobs-organized-russian-troll-factory/ great analysis

EU Brexit negotiator attacks Johnson’s ‘old-fashioned’ views on identity - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/21/eu-brexit-negotiator-attacks-boris-johnson-old-fashioned-views-on-identity-european it’s johnson & #brexiters who are wrong

Opening the black boxes: algorithmic bias and the need for accountability - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/opening-black-boxes-algorithmic-bias-need-accountability/ this is serious and urgent


‘He headbutted me’: Tony Abbott says he was assaulted by yes campaigner - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/21/tony-abbott-assaulted-on-street-in-hobart I thought it was called “shirtfronting”…

Irish border data underlines huge task facing #Brexit negotiators - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/21/irish-border-data-underlines-huge-task-facing-brexi... "110m border crossings last year "

Beijing’s Securitization Strategy in Tibet & Xinjiang - https://jamestown.org/program/chen-quanguo-the-strongman-behind-beijings-securitization-strategy-in-tibet-and-xinjiang/ “overlooked risk is the alienation of local Han population”


Wednesday 20 September 2017

170920


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170919 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170919.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

HP Brings Back Obnoxious #DRM That Cripples Competing Printer Cartridges - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170914/11491238210/hp-brings-back-obnoxious-drm-that-cripples-competing-printer-cartridges.shtml @HP hates its customers

Demand Heart Radio stops promoting cruel @SeaWorld - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/880/585/378/ this is completely irresponsible given the animal cruelty there

Free Software Foundation Europe Leads Call For Taxpayer-Funded Software To Be Licensed For Free Re-use - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170914/09163238207/free-software-foundation-europe-leads-call-taxpayer-funded-software-to-be-licensed-free-re-use.shtml



Florida Utilities Lobbied To Make It Illegal For Solar Users To Use Panels In Wake Of Hurricanes, Outages - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170919/10565138241/florida-utilities-lobbied-to-make-it-illegal-solar-users-to-use-panels-wake-hurricanes-outages.shtml obscene


I Have Nothing to Hide – Really? Here’s why #privacy matters to all of us - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/nothing-hide-really-heres-privacy-matters-us/ amazing this still needs to be said


170919


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170918 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170918.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Australia’s record-breaking winter beats average highs by 2C, Climate Council says - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/19/australias-record-breaking-winter-beats-average-highs-by-2c-climate-council-says when will #AU government act?

EU Kick-Starts #PSI Directive Review - http://copybuzz.com/facts-figures/ec-kick-starts-psi-directive-review/ your chance to make your views heard: let’s push for #opendata

Me, my data and I: Decode and the future of the personal data economy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/data-decode-future-personal-data-economy/ an alternative to #surveillance capitalism


EU also preparing “Communication on a balanced, clear and predictable European licensing framework for Standard Essential Patents” #SEP

Boris Johnson could resign if Theresa May opts for ‘Swiss-style’ #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/19/boris-johnson-could-resign-if-theresa-may-opts-for-swiss-style-brexit that’s a feature, not a bug

Blowing the whistle on the meat industry - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-09-19/blowing-the-whistle-on-the-meat-industry great report on hugely important issue; mandatory, independent #CCTV now



Tuesday 19 September 2017

170918

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170917 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170917.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia & Ukraine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/17/cyprus-selling-eu-citizenship-to-super-rich-of-russia-and-ukraine UK gets this free; now throwing it away #brexit

W3C Publishes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) as a W3C Recommendation - https://www.w3.org/2017/09/pressrelease-eme-recommendation.html.en shame on @w3c for adding #DRM to HTML

Soviet officer who averted cold war nuclear disaster dies aged 77 - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/18/soviet-officer-who-averted-cold-war-nuclear-disaster-dies-aged-77 this is what a modern hero looks like

find out how your MP voted on the EU Withdrawal Bill https://bestforbritain.org/WithdrawalBill just enter postcode; can then send email to MP…


“Effective today, @EFF is resigning from the W3C.” - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membership good to see someone has principles #DRM; time to boycott @W3C?

Turkish high school students will no longer be taught “controversial” evolutionary theory - https://boingboing.net/2017/09/18/gollum-erdogan.html #turkey goes medieval

Shanghai’s newest theater has a three-layered facade that’s always rotating - http://mashable.com/2017/09/18/shanghai-kinetic-theater-landmark/ more amazing architecture in #china


Monday 18 September 2017

170917


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170916 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2017/09/170916.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Frustrated EU fears Britain is ‘heading for the #Brexit rocks’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/european-union-frustration-britain-heading-for-brexit-rocks imagine how the sane 16 millions Brits feel…

#Brazil: Stop #Corruption Killing the Amazon - https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/all_for_amazon_loc/ 1.2 million have signed; let’s make it 1.5 million…

James O’Brien Explains Why Voters Have Been ‘Conned’ Over #Brexit - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/james-obrien-brexit-con_uk_59ba74f6e4b02da0e13f7bab this is really good - very clear explanation

Call to Action: Write to the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee on the upcoming #copyright vote - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/call-action-write-european-parliaments-legal-affairs-committee-upcoming-copyright-vote/

Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/rabbis-block-marriages-israeljewish-identity-human-rights rational solution: embrace atheism



Sunday 17 September 2017

170916


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170915 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170915.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK exporters have ‘hoarded’ gains from fall in sterling, says ONS - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/15/uk-exporters-have-hoarded-gains-from-fall-in-sterling-says-ons another reason why #brexit will be a disaster


UK legal claims grow over exposure at work to toxic diesel fumes - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/16/legal-claims-grow-exposure-at-work-to-toxic-diesel-fumes action needed

All the things we were told about Brexit that now turn out to be wrong - http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/things-were-told-brexit-now-459168 I know it’s hard to keep track, so many now


Saturday 16 September 2017

170915


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170914 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170914.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page


Chinese IT giant #Huawei has big plans for the cloud in Western markets, with important implications for #privacy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/chinese-giant-huawei-big-plans-cloud-western-markets-important-implications-privacy/

Moral Muppets At @Harvard Cave In To The CIA; Rescind Chelsea Manning’s Fellowship - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170915/09593238214/moral-muppets-harvard-cave-to-cia-rescind-chelsea-mannings-fellowship.shtml @mmasnick on fine, angry form

Friday 15 September 2017

170914


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170913 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170913.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page


#Apache Software Foundation Confirms #Equifax Data Breach Due to Failure to Install Patches for Struts Exploit - https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/media-alert-the-apache-software
Four Times No: Article 13 Censorship Filter Confirmed As Illegal - http://copybuzz.com/facts-figures/4-times-no-article-13-censorship-filter-confirmed-illegal/ just bin it #copyright

Home secretary ignores court order & sends asylum seeker to Kabul - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/14/home-secretary-ignores-court-order-sends-asylum-seeker-kabul-samim-bigzad UK gov just ignores the law - #brexit breakdown

Thursday 14 September 2017

170913


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170912 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170912.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

New iPhones: why is Apple’s pricing the same in pounds and dollars? - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/13/apple-iphone-x-launch-uk-prices-dollar-parity because #brexit has trashed the pound, obvs


Brexit is a great British bore. Europe has moved on, & the UK should be worried - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/13/brexit-britain-eu-european another reason #brexit a disaster

Another threat to your #privacy: the way you write - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/09/another-threat-privacy-way-write/ has the NSA got a yottabyte yet? #surveillance

Wednesday 13 September 2017

170912


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170911 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170911.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“ideas – and exponential growth they imply – are getting harder & harder to find” - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/11/are_we_running_out_of_ideas/ growth not the point of research

Civil Liberties Groups Release First Report on Ag-Gag Laws - https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/09/06/civil-liberties-groups-release-first-comprehensive-report-ag-gag-laws ag-gag laws have one purpose: to hide animal abuse

Welcome to #JEFTA! - https://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2017/09/welcome-jefta which will benefit corporates far more than the public - as usual

How Congress Ignored Science and Fueled Antibiotic Resistance - https://www.wired.com/story/big-chicken/ millions are likely to die because of big-ag greed



Monday 11 September 2017

170911



Compensation body told Rotherham abuse victim she ‘consented’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/11/compensation-body-told-rotherham-abuse-victim-she-consented sickening; fire all the people responsible

The UK’s faith in a ‘sweet Brexit’ isn’t just deluded – it’s dangerous - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/11/uk-sweet-brexit-deluded-eu-europe-single-economy great quote at end:

"the way your suit is ruined with blood stains if the person standing next to you decides to shoot themselves in the foot" #brexit

No Europeans need apply: evidence mounts of discrimination in UK - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/11/no-europeans-need-apply-growing-evidence-discrimination-uk-brexit this is what we have become #WellDoneBrexiters

European #Copyright Reform: A New Directive Against Fundamental Freedoms - https://www.laquadrature.net/fr/node/10289

Lighthizer: Buy #GMOs Or Expect A Fight - http://www.agriculture.com/news/business/lighthizer-warning-buy-gmos-or-expect-a-fight only EU strong enough to fight this; #brexit means UK will get GMOs


Sunday 3 September 2017

170902


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170901 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/09/170901.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Trump’s ambassador to #Israel refers to ‘alleged occupation’ of Palestinian territories - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/01/trump-ambassador-israel-david-friedman-alleged-occupation-palestinian-territories yeah, it was all a dream

the more I read rabid comments of #brexiters, the more it becomes clear it will take 50 years to heal harm #brexit has done to UK society

Saturday 2 September 2017

170901


Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170831 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170831.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Power company kills nuclear plant, plans $6 billion in solar, battery investment - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/ this is the future #renewables


Big Ag Gets Ag-Gag Envy, Helps Bring In ‘Seed-Preemption’ Laws Across The US - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170830/09234038111/big-ag-gets-ag-gag-envy-helps-bring-seed-preemption-laws-across-us.shtml more bad stuff #seeds