Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• Twitter in 2012: the real story | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  The trends behind what trends > Twitter in 2012: the real story | Technology http://bit.ly/T8ac5o
• Lib Dems free vote on gay marriage | Storytracker | PoliticsHome
  ‘Lib Dems free vote on gay marriage’ http://bit.ly/Sa4naS Good. Easiest way to work out who’s liberal, not who’s afraid of the chief whip.
• Whips, Marriage and the irrelevance of consensuality? | Hopi Sen
  As @HopiSen points out http://bit.ly/UzSjMw Lab party has never voted to support #equalmarriage so no reason for their MPs to be whipped…
• Love and Liberty: Liberal Voice of the Year? Speak Up Now!
  A (liberal) call to (LibDem) arms from @alexwilcock > Liberal Voice of the Year? Speak Up Now! http://bit.ly/SNQsEi
• BBC – Podcasts and Downloads – Letter from America: In Alistair Cooke’s Footsteps
  As a child they bored me. But now loving listening to Alistair Cooke’s Letters from America on way to work http://bbc.in/SNI7jS
• Time to Tune Out – NYTimes.com
  “I overshare therefore I am” Suggestn to get a little more silence, a little less noise in our lives http://nyti.ms/S1RTlF (ht @PolProfSteve)
• Anatomy of a Twitterstorm (with images, tweets) · anyapalmer · Storify
  “Anatomy of a Twitterstorm” by @anyapalmer http://bit.ly/SLagbu < Nowtrage slacktivism with no follow-through (h/t @aljwhite)
• Discussing the State of the British Media with Ian Hislop | VICE
  “Discussing the State of the British Media with Ian Hislop” | @VICEMAG http://bit.ly/SL6crD (H/t @sebastianepayne)
• Caron’s Musings: Ad Lib: there are mistakes here, but it’s a good effort
  .@caronmlindsay reviews the new Lib Dem magazine > Ad Lib: there are mistakes here, but it’s a good effort http://bit.ly/SL042J