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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140423 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/04/140423.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

The secret trade deals that threaten the food on your plate - http://gmoinside.org/the-secret-trade-deals/ #TPP & #TTIP, and what to do about them

Obama's Asia Trip: #TPP Make-or-Break Moment? - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/obamas-asia-trip-tpp-make_b_5201529.html er, the latter, please...

Obama trade push gets thumbs down from Democrats  -http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/obama-trans-pacific-partnership-asia-105955_Page2.html let's just forget it, then... #TPP

Great list of all of the unresolved #TPP issues [pdf] - http://www.citizen.org/documents/obama-asia-trip-memo-april-2014.pdf and there are lots...

Police officer fired Taser at naked man in cell, court told - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/23/police-officer-taser-naked-man-court cowardly bully: dismiss him

The fight to protect digital rights is an uphill battle, but not a silent one - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/24/the-fight-to-protect-digital-rights-is-an-uphill-battle-but-not-a-silent-one?CMP=twt_gu good historical background

Six ans de lutte contre le Grand Marché Transatlantique - http://www.jean-luc-melenchon.fr/arguments/six-ans-de-lutte-contre-le-grand-marche-transatlantique/ lots of good stuff (v @MazelierThomas)#TTIP #TAFTA

#Cornish recognised as national minority group for the first time - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/24/cornish-recognised-national-minority-group-first-time great to see the language being supported too

#TTIP must be stopped - http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/927-ttip-must-be-stopped "Activist groups and citizens are waking up to the dangers"

Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming - http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/92931-fiction-prepares-us-for-a-world-changed-by-global-warming "Climate fiction, or simply cli-fi"

Erdoğan offers ‘condolences’ to Armenian genocide survivors - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/enlargement/erdogan-offers-condolences-armenian-genocide-survivors-301723 interesting #armenia #turkey

#Elsevier journals — some facts - https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/ wow, what an amazing post about costs in UK (v @Stephen_Curry @RLUK_David)

US gov demands #TTIP bring GMOs, chlorine chicken and hormone beef to EU [pdf] - http://www.fas.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2014-04/tpa-ttip.pdf what do you say,@EU_Commission?

HP 255 G1 Laptop with #Ubuntu - http://www.ebuyer.com/620311-hp-255-g1-laptop-with-ubuntu-h6q17ea-abu great to see @Ebuyer offering this at last - been looking for a mainstream supplier

#OpenSource: Getting Angry, Getting Better - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/04/open-source-getting-angry-getting-better/index.htm … plus: behold The Core Infrastructure Initiative #heartbleed #forking

Telecom Musical Chairs: Regulators And Lobbyists Swap Roles, Everyone Wins! (Except The Public) - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/14103927007/telecom-musical-chairs-regulators-lobbyists-swap-roles-everyone-wins-except-public.shtml shameless

Vermont passes bill to require warning labels for genetically modified foods - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/24/vermont-bill-gm-food-health-labels hugely significant breakthrough for US

MIA In The War On Cancer: Where Are The Low-Cost Treatments? - http://www.propublica.org/article/where-are-the-low-cost-cancer-treatments important issue #pharma

Why Did FBI Label Ryan Shapiro’s Dissertation on Animal Rights Threat to National Security? - http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/25/why_did_the_fbi_label_ryan insane #FOI #terrorism

Planet Earth comes under fire from asteroids – video animation - http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/apr/24/planet-earth-asteroids-video-animation fascinating - & worrying...

Mayor Ardis Defends Police Raid, Complains That Parody Twitter Account Used Up All The Free Speech - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/17345027010/mayor-ardis-defends-police-raid-complains-that-parody-twitter-account-used-up-all-free-speech.shtml still digging

Will Labour defend the NHS from the EU/US trade deal? - http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/linda-kaucher/will-labour-defend-nhs-from-euus-trade-deal good analysis; Labour should be fighting #TTIP completely

Why should a bank be allowed to own and trade oil, metals or land? -  http://www.iatp.org/blog/201404/why-should-a-bank-be-allowed-to-own-and-trade-oil-metals-or-land good question...

#Netmundial-Konferenz zwischen historischer Chance und Mißerfolg - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/netmundial-konferenz-zwischen-historischer-chance-und-misserfolg/ excellent, balanced summary of what's happened

#Russia Orders Bloggers To 'Register'; Outlaws Anonymous Blogging, Continues Clampdown On Social Media - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/09130227004/russian-net-clampdown-continues-now-its-turn-blogs-vkontakte.shtml not good

Weasel Language In Proposal For FCC's New 'Open Internet' Rules Actually Opens The Door To An End To Net Neutrality - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/17511727011/weasel-language-proposal-fccs-new-open-internet-rules-actually-opens-door-to-end-to-net-neutrality.shtml

Allowing corporations to sue governments for changing their laws may be common, but it's not good - http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/thomas-mc-donagh/allowing-corporations-to-sue-governments-for-changing-their-laws-may-be- good survey #ISDS

#Solar’s dramatic cost fall may herald energy price deflation - http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/solars-dramatic-cost-fall-heralds-energy-price-deflation-76250 carbon fuels get their come-uppance (v @monkchips)

Rabbit Proto: print head add-on for #3dprinters to print complex conductive traces - http://www.rabbitproto.com/ #opensource code

MARCO CIVIL DA INTERNET unofficial English translation - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1kJYQx-l_BVa9-3FZX23Vk9IfibH9x6E9uQfFT4e4V9I (v @netzpolitik)

US #Copyright Law Doesn’t Apply Worldwide,”DVD Ripper” Tells Court - http://torrentfreak.com/us-copyright-law-doesnt-apply-worldwidedvd-ripper-tells-court-140424/ interesting case

Internet Blocking Protests Force #Mexico Government Retreat - http://torrentfreak.com/internet-blocking-protests-force-mexico-government-retreat-140424/ good news, assuming it happens

Getting Action Strategy Check: Confronting ‘corporate super-rights’ in the #TTIP - http://democracyctr.org/news/getting-action-strategy-check-confronting-corporate-super-rights-in-the-ttip/ useful points #ISDS

In China, An #OpenData Movement is Starting to Take Off - http://techpresident.com/news/wegov/24940/China-Open-Data-Movement-Starting-Take-Off superb intro to field (v @EllnMllr)

#Mozilla CTO: Andreas Gal - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/24/mozilla-cto-andreas-gal/ official announcement

#AGCOM issues the first fastissimo administrative blocking injunction - http://ipkitten.blogspot.nl/2014/04/breaking-news-agcom-issues-first.html vabbe'...

  Obama’s GMO problem - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201404/obama%E2%80%99s-gmo-problem interesting analysis #TTIP