170819

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170818 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/08/170818.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Tina Fey to white supremacists: ‘It’s not our country, we stole it from Native Americans’ - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/18/tina-fey-snl-weekend-update-charlottesville-virginia-trump needs pointing out more

Now #NHS cuts are stripping basic medicines from the poor - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/17/nhs-cuts-basic-medicines-poor-gps-withdraw-service the lack of compassion here makes me ashamed of UK

Welcome To The Technological Incarceration Project, Where Prison Walls Are Replaced By Sensors, Algorithms, And AI - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170817/05530038015/welcome-to-technological-incarceration-project-where-prison-walls-are-replaced-sensors-algorithms-ai.shtml

Google researchers reveal automated process for removing watermarks from stock images - http://boingboing.net/2017/08/18/robust-vs-imperceptible.html interesting

Look at this man trying to stop a Boston Dynamics robot from opening a door - http://boingboing.net/2017/08/18/look-at-this-man-trying-to-sto.html not sure its wise to make them angry

Germany introduces bill to make outsourcing easier for businesses subject to professional secrecy laws - https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2017/august/germany-introduces-bill-to-make-outsourcing-easier-for-businesses-subject-to-professional-secrecy-laws/ bad move

Environmentalists worried as UK sells off Green Investment Bank - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/environmentalists-worried-as-uk-sells-off-green-investment-bank/ outrageous: sold to fossil fuel investors

This video of dancing robots will keep you up at night - http://mashable.com/2017/08/18/dancing-robot-army-record-holder/ now imagine them with weapons

#Norway close to becoming planet’s first ‘fully electrified society’ - http://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/norway-close-to-becoming-planets-first-fully-electrified-society/ interesting

Trump Forest organizers want to resist Trump with billions of trees - https://thinkprogress.org/offset-trumps-terrible-climate-policies-with-trees-a36e8d7117d4/ this is a lovely idea

"Trump Forest aims to plant enough trees — 110  billion — to offset carbon emissions created by Trump administration’s climate regression"

Judge blocks coal mine expansion, citing lack of adequate climate analysis - https://thinkprogress.org/judge-blocks-coal-mine-expansion-0d6126ebbc00/ wise judge

A trillion-dollar investment company is making #climatechange a business priority - https://thinkprogress.org/investment-company-makes-climate-change-a-business-priority-24ea20537f2b/ why trump has already lost

What does respecting the referendum result mean? - https://mainlymacro.blogspot.nl/2017/08/what-does-respecting-referendum-result.html “no one who voted to Leave is going to be happy” great post

New study: ‘Super heat waves’ of 131°F coming if global warming continues unchecked - https://thinkprogress.org/super-heatwaves-coming-study-warns-955962bd275a/ these are not survivable