What I've been up to by Text today

My daily digest of texts, tweets and status updates.

• 12:33 is laughing at Jennie for ringing me and saying "hello, is that the council tax office" Chace'd be a fine thing--bloody bills. #

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Icons, voting and a conductor caught in the act

• IM represents 'new linguistic renaissance' | The Register
  I still dislike using IM, but the snobs are wrong: far from ruining teenagers' ability to communicate, IM lets teenagers show off what they can do with language
  (tags: language linguistics)
• Science and SF articles needed
  For the science writers and reviewers out there, Nick Mamatas needs feature articles for his Clarkesworld magazine. He'll even pay you.
  (tags: writing nick+mamatas)
• La conductrice qui jouit
  Note to train drivers - if you're going to have a wank after making an announcement to the whole train, turn off the intercom first? (from Popbitch, natch)
  (tags: humour masturbation)
• Girly B Icons - Various Academia Quotes
  There are some rather good ones in this set, haven't figured out what to yoink yet but will definitely grab something
  (tags: icons livejournal)
• Who to vote for - The Public Whip
  Not a bad little tool, biased against the Govt but not horribly so, picks 14 issues of the last few years and you get to compare your opinion to the party voting record, includes stuff like the smoking ban and fox hunting, not all dry stuff
  (tags: politics predictions public+whip)
• redscharlach: Blackadder II mini-icons: Two spikes would be an extravagance
  These are brilliant
  (tags: blackadder livejournal icons)
• Liberal Conspiracy » Forza, Viola
  Jarndyce is spot on with this one: The notion that sport and politics should never mix is a curious, and also deeply political, one. Sport, after all, is just the waging of international politics by other means
  (tags: sports politics)