Friday 7 March 2014

140306


 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140305 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/03/140305.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Celebrities parody Cameron's 'on-the-phone-to-Obama' selfie tweet - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/06/celebrities-parody-camerons-on-the-phone-to-obama-selfie-tweet oh, those wacky Internets...


Getty Images Decides It's Mostly Better To Compete Than Sue, Frees Up Millions Of Images - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140305/16180626448/getty-images-decides-its-mostly-better-to-compete-than-sue-frees-up-millions-images.shtml interesting move


Big coal producer to pay record $27.5m fine for violating water pollution limits - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/05/coal-producer-record-275m-fine-violating-water-pollution-limits the true cost of #dirtycoal

No #fracking way - http://www.foeeurope.org/no-fracking-way excellent, in-depth explanation of how #ISDS could allow corporations to impose fracking on #EU

"Die Zeit der unregulierten Massentierhaltung ist vorbei" - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/interview-mit-niedersachsens-landwirtschaftsminister-christian-meyer-a-953089.html#ref=rss great; but #TTIP would undermine that by offshoring to US

Senators Call For Study On Keystone Health Effects After Doctor Cites Cancer Near #TarSands - http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/26/3334971/boxer-whitehouse-keystone/ maybe sooner, not later

Does European Commission Really Think The Internet Is A 'Value Tree' That Requires A 'Transmission Belt Of Euros'? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140228/11214326390/does-european-commission-really-think-internet-is-value-tree-that-requires-transmission-belt-euros.shtml

Global Commission on Internet Governance - https://www.ourinternet.org/#home is a bad joke. our Internet? I think not... (v @ThAOSteen)

North and South sign commitment to family farming - http://www.euractiv.com/development-policy/northern-southern-countries-comm-news-533937 great; but #TTIP will give huge boost to #factoryfarming...

Jewish school redacts exam to remove evolution questions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26437882 no longer a science exam, but a superstition exam...

#TTIP-Verhandlungen: Freihandelsabkommen zwischen EU & USA wackelt - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-freihandelsabkommen-eu-usa-a-957165.html"Der Kampf für TTIP scheint so gut wie verloren"

Daughter-belting judge loses seat to primary challenger - http://boingboing.net/2014/03/05/daughter-belting-judge-loses-s.html deserves to lose rather more...

Scientists Need Your Help to Discern Global Warming's Role in UK Floods - http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/global-warming-uk-floods/ great idea

Nearly Every Star Hosts at Least One Planet - http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/every-star-planet/ increases likelihood of life elsewhere greatly

Study: Recycling plastic at home saves energy and dramatically cuts 3D printing costs - http://gigaom.com/2014/03/05/study-recycling-plastic-at-home-saves-energy-and-dramatically-cuts-3d-printing-costs/ nice

Sign the petition to candidates running in the 2014 European elections: Stop the #TTIP and #CETA! - http://www.bilaterals.org/?sign-the-petition-to-candidates

Lobbypedia: #TTIP/#TAFTA - https://lobbypedia.de/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership looks v. useful resource (v @ALTEREU @lobbycontrol)

The Face Behind #Bitcoin - http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html Newsweek claims to have found Satoshi Nakamoto... (v @xpectro)


Germany offers frightening glimpse at #copyright trumping privacy - http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/03/germany-offers-frightening-glimpse-copyright-trumping-privacy/ disappointing to see this from #de (v @Klangable)

#3DPrinting's Next Revolution: #Linux - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/3d-printings-next-revolution-linux/index.htm with great embedded power comes great upgrade responsibility

(c) in EU & the Dark Side of online consultations - http://www.cottica.net/2014/02/04/copyright-in-the-eu-and-the-dark-side-of-online-consultations/ interesting background to copywrongs.eu (v @ladyniasan)

Stephen Lawrence report: Theresa May orders public inquiry into police spies - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/06/stephen-lawrence-police-corruption-ellison-report long overdue...

ODI Research Priorities for 2014 - http://theodi.org/blog/odi-research-priorities-for-2014 good to see this out in the, er, open

Wounded landscape: how Norway is remembering its 2011 Utøya massacre - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/mar/06/norway-massacre-memorial-jonas-dahlberg-anders-behring-breivik# striking & beautiful idea

Apple fails to win permanent ban of Samsung products - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57619990-37/apple-fails-to-win-permanent-ban-of-samsung-products/ </yawn>

Why #DRM'ed coffee-pods may be just the awful stupidity we need - http://boingboing.net/2014/03/06/why-adrmed-coffee-pods-may-b.html could be, could be...

American Cheese-Makers: Stop Imitating Europe! Create Your Own Cheese Names - http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/05/cheese_and_european_geographical_indications_why_america_should_create_its.html NB 4 #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @burcuno)#GI

Greek Politician Tries To Use Defamation Lawsuit To Gag Wikipedia, Is Rewarded With Streisand Effect - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140305/08562026441/greek-politician-tries-to-use-defamation-lawsuit-to-gag-wikipedia-is-rewarded-with-streisand-effect.shtml </sigh>

"would cut businesses' costs & generate enough growth & jobs to boost EU economy by up to €120 bn" - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1033 up to includes 0

Homeland Security Detained US Citizen Inside The US, Used Intercepted Emails To Quiz Her About Her Sex Life - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140305/17284126449/homeland-security-detained-us-citizen-inside-us-used-intercepted-emails-to-quiz-her-about-her-sex-life.shtml awful

Keurig Insists Coffee #DRM Brings 'Interactive-Enabled Benefits' And Is For Your Own Safety - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140305/14561626447/keurig-insists-coffee-drm-brings-interactive-enabled-benefits-is-your-own-safety.shtml yeah, right...

The Aereo Case Isn't About Aereo, But About The Future Of Cloud Computing And #Innovation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140306/00350726450/aereo-case-isnt-about-aereo-about-future-cloud-computing-innovation.shtml important point

The Act of Killing wins top prize at first Guardian Film Awards - http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/06/the-act-of-killing-prize-guardian-film-awards "study of the Indonesian death squads of the 1960"

Disappointing: DMCA Being Used To Make Feynman Lectures On Physics Less Accessible - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140304/17500826434/disappointing-dmca-being-used-to-make-feynman-lectures-physics-less-accessible.shtml (c) doing what it does best...


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