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Freedom of Information request to Cabinet Office
“Obviously this is a very serious matter. ... What budget has the government setting aside for this threat to the national security?”
whatdotheyknow.com/request/prime_ministers_tweet

YouGov: Two in the three believe in Lord Ashcroft’s allegations
“66% of British people believe Lord Ashcroft’s allegations against David Cameron, but over a half say they don’t matter”
yougov.co.uk/news/2015/09/23/two-three-believe-lord-ashcrofts-allegations

Noam Chomsky explains the propaganda model and quotes a fine bit of Orwell
youtube.com/watch?v=9RPKH6BVcoM
"Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban. ... sensational items of news—things which on their own merits would get the big headlines—being kept right out of the British press, not because the Government intervened but because of a general tacit agreement that ‘it wouldn’t do’ to mention that particular fact." - George Orwell
theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-freedom-of-the-press

Andrew Greenway: What are civil servants for?
“Civil servants, I think, need to help their ministers more. The best way for them to do that is to get closer to the people they and their Ministers serve.”
medium.com/@ad_greenway/at-your-service-what-are-civil-servants-for-fdd6264417f0

Richard Pope: Product Land part 3
“This is the 3rd and final part of an essay about design and possibilities.”
blog.memespring.co.uk/2015/09/14/product-land-part-3

Maciej Cegłowski: What Happens Next Will Amaze You
“He’s a nice guy. But making him immortal is not going to make life better for anyone in my city. It will just exacerbate the rent crisis.”
idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you.htm

Wonder Showzen was very weird wasn't it?
youtube.com/watch?v=TFdNgInXkyU

The universal New Yorker caption for the 21st Century
“Hi, I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."
theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/a-new-universal-new-yorker-cartoon-caption-id-like-to-add-you-to-my-professional-network-linkedin/406783

Hey. You're ok. You'll be fine. Just breathe.
(I sing this to my little boy quite a lot.)
zefrank.com/chillout
 

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds