German Christian Democrats are using mafia methods to stop their European party colleagues from voting against the #LinkTax. Knowing they have all the facts and experts against them, they resort to threats. #fixcopyright #SavetheLink eutoday.net/news/politics/…

Italy faces sharply higher borrowing costs in €5.6bn debt sale on.ft.com/2L82RTk

It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. Signed, Pawfficer Donut #WednesdayWisdom

Günther Oettinger is right. Like it or not, markets do decide how people vote. Just ask the Greeks politi.co/2siynay

"medienkritische Mottenkiste..” *gähn* ;) x.com/altpapier/stat…

Italy's far-right and anti-establishment parties vow to reject a caretaker government as political turmoil spooks world markets - AFP News Agency story by Lucy u.afp.com/og2g

Panasonic plans to develop cobalt-free car batteries reut.rs/2L3Dz95

BREAKING: Kim Kardashian is headed to the White House today to discuss Prison reform with Jared Kushner. No, I'm not making this up. Call me crazy, but perhaps ex-prisoners and prison guards should be discussing this, and not a Reality TV star...

The drug maker of Ambien responds to Roseanne Barr: "...While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication,” Ashleigh Koss, Head of Media Relations, North America, Sanofi US tells @Cnn

BREAKING: Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reported killed in Kiev, shows up at a news conference in Ukraine.

Thread x.com/jimbrunsden/st…

What’s the plural of emoji, and how should they be quoted in news stories? x.com/MattNavarra/st…

one for Mark Dittli and Sandro Rosa x.com/SJosephBurns/s…

NOT an Onion headline: x.com/thehill/status…

Japan bekommt "Hello Kitty"-Zug 😍😀 spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/…

Smiling robots, drones and machines to scan your footprints. See the latest in Chinese surveillance tech. reut.rs/2H2gPUo Via Reuters TV