141021

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141020 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.fr/2014/10/141020.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

World Trade Organization veils meaty information - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-10-world-trade-organization-veils-meaty-information staggering interference in democratic decision-making #TTIP #TPP

"If ever there was an industry whose early decline could be confidently predicted it's steaming coal." - http://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/abbotts-choice-competition-v-cronies-20141019-1189dm.html #AU #TPP

Protestors disrupt The Death of Klinghoffer opera - http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/21/protest-death-of-klinghoffer-opera-new-york-antisemitic Adam's work is a compassionate & balanced masterpiece

#TTIP and #ISDS: The Obscure Trade Clause Threatening to Tear European Politics Apart - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ttip-isds-obscure-trade-clause-threatening-tear-european-politics-apart-1470908 and how... (v @TTIPBeware)

Divest MPs' pension fund from fossil fuels, says Caroline Lucas - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/divest-mps-pension-fund-from-fossil-fuels-says-caroline-lucas excellent idea: lead the way #divestment

Paralysed man Darek Fidyka walks again after pioneering surgery - http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/21/paralysed-darek-fidyka-pioneering-surgery looks promising

How money from pro-Israel donors controls Westminster - https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/14752-how-money-from-pro-israel-donors-controls-westminster amazing amount of money sloshing around here... #UK

Italian Parliament Publishes Draft Internet Bill Of Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141020/06582728886/italian-parliament-publishes-draft-internet-bill-rights.shtml after #Brazil, now #Italy picks up the baton

User Data Manifesto 2.0 - https://userdatamanifesto.org/2.0/ "Defining basic rights for people to control their own data in internet age" (v @hugoroyd)

Stop #TTIP and #CETA petition just passed 2/3rds of a million signatures - http://stop-ttip.org/sign/ incredible...

This trade deal with America would have Churchill beaming - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11173369/This-trade-deal-with-America-would-have-Churchill-beaming.html see how Boris tries to put lipstick on a pig #TTIP

on #TTIP, Boris trots out misleading best-case figures, claims they are good (they're actually close to zero in real terms) +empty rhetoric

Boris: UK should go it alone on trade deal with US if EU fails to sign - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/boris-johnson-britain-should-go-it-alone-on-us-trade-deal-if-eu-fails-to-sign-9806414.html with no leverage, that means grovelling

Outgoing #GCHQ boss defends agency activities after #Snowden revelations - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/21/gchq-outgoing-director-sir-iain-lobban-edward-snowden-revelations blatant, delusional attempt @ whitewashing

"of all communications out there globally only a small %age are within reach of our sensors" - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/21/gchq-outgoing-director-sir-iain-lobban-edward-snowden-revelations yes, but all of UK's

European Commission proposes ratification of Marrakesh Treaty - http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1185_en.htm?locale=en even though they fought it tooth & nail #copyright

Wikileaks Exposes Trans-Pacific Partnership as Bad Trade Deal Again - http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/wikileaks-exposes-trans-pacific-partnership-bad-trade-deal-again-5590 "Enslaved through trade" #TPP

Trans-Pacific trade deal could bankrupt governments - http://www.allvoices.com/article/100001618 corporations above nations #TPP

Copyright Maximalists And Lobbyists Insist 'Criminal Elements' Are Secretly Leading The Copyright Reform Effort - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141019/18125628883/copyright-maximalists-lobbyists-insist-criminal-elements-are-secretly-leading-copyright-reform-effort.shtml

Federal Trade Commission names Ashkan Soltani chief technologist - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/21/federal-trade-commission-names-ashkan-soltani-chief-technologist/ that's rather hopeful...

Honduras near ’failed state’ status due to free trade agreement - http://www.bilaterals.org/?honduras-near-failed-state-status time to pull out of CAFTA-DR

Farage deal with Polish far-right party ‘raises serious questions’ say Jews - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/21/nigel-farage-jews-polish-far-right-ukip-deal-robert-iwaszkiewicz & that's putting it politely #ukip

Ministries of ICT, Education, & UNESCO join to formally launch School of Open #Africa - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/44015 great move

‘Angry-looking grey men’ told they will lose campaign for UK to leave EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/21/angry-looking-grey-men-lose-campaign-uk-leave-eu-referendum-michael-fabricant good: #brexit utter disaster for UK

UK: Nurses warn over EU-US trade deal - http://www.bilaterals.org/?uk-nurses-warn-over-eu-us-trade rightly: #ISDS makes privatisation irreversible #TTIP

Raspberry Pi Founder Shows Off Incoming Touch Panel For Making DIY ‘Pi Pads’ - http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/pi-pads/?ncid=rss nice

New Open Knowledge Initiative on the Future of #OpenAccess in the Humanities and Social Sciences - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/10/21/future-of-scholarship/ good move

Auf Wiedersehen, #Ukip - http://www.markgoodge.com/2014/10/auf-wiedersehen-ukip/ "immigration and economic prosperity go together"; good analysis

Is Peer-to-Peer Energy the Next Big Sharing Thing? - http://www.shareable.net/blog/is-peer-to-peer-energy-the-next-big-sharing-thing makes sense