• FT reports that Belarus waiving visa requirements for those wanting to transit by train from Russia to Europe: http://is.gd/byP8u #
• Excellent coffee. (@ ??? ????????????? ?????????? ?????????) http://4sq.com/bCzFVs #
• Status Quo apparently stranded in Moscow? #
• @alranson What inputs does your telly have? in reply to alranson #
• @alranson and the laptop has VGA-out, no? Should be peasy, then. Or if laptop has DVI then use DVI – HDMI lead. in reply to alranson #
• St Petersburg to hold "Volcano Party" for the stranded, complete with free beer: http://community.livejournal.com/ru_travel/14491532.html #
• Conference invite fail: Dear (SALUTATION) (SURNAME) … #
• Lonely Planet offering free city guide apps for the stranded – http://bit.ly/9zkut2 #ashtag #ashcloud #GetMeHome #stuckineurope #
• More teams deploying leapfrog to airports and hotels – possibility of Aeroflot flights out tonight (but not holding our breath) #
• @johnny_winter Interesting – source pls? in reply to johnny_winter #
• Right, now for the job of getting our stranded Brits onto the first 'planes back to London tomorrow. #
• @alranson surely last week's "I agree with Nick"-fest was tripartisanship at its finest?! in reply to alranson #
• @jkerrstevens did you just @ yourself? in reply to jkerrstevens #
• Zipcar / Streetcar merger FTW! http://bit.ly/aGcTyz #
• Mmm, six-day-old muffin, anyone? RT @channel4news: Costa Coffee workers at LHR say they've been "polishing muffins for six days" #
• @DavidBrain should have come here and stopped off for a beer – we have flights back to London now. in reply to DavidBrain #
• @itsWiggins That's easy, it's ????????????????. in reply to itsWiggins #
• Ura! SU241 SVO – LHR landed 1220, with the first of our stranded Brits on board. #ashtag #moscow #
• Remaining strandees about to depart on SU1247. I'm going home. #ashtag #sleepdeprivation #
• @lukeharding1968 Happy Birthday, old chap. #
• £12.50 for 1 year access to the Streetcar fleet and 1 hr of driving in a VW Golf http://bit.ly/ccGjcl #bargain #london #whoneedsacaranyway #
• Clegg: "I unlike Gordon Brown and David Cameron". Is that in the Facebook sense? #leadersdebate #
• Cameron: "Securing our future for the future". Ohhhhhh, now I get it. #
• "Religious face", Gordon? #leadersdebate #
• Wasn't this supposed to be the Foreign Affairs debate? Rubbish! #leadersdebate #
• @alranson fair enough. Still samey rubbish from all three though. in reply to alranson #
• #leadersdebate aside, Sky's projection onto the building is pretty cool. #
• Some fantastic Ashdown / Miliband sparring #leadersdebate #
• Campbell dodging questions nicely #leadersdebate #

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I must be slacking.

I’d missed, until today, the announcement a couple of months ago that Ketchum had fused with Pleon. I’d probably still not have noticed it, but for receiving an email from someone there today.

All good mergers involve a bit of rebranding. So the new firm is called, perhaps understandably, Ketchum Pleon. Except that the email I got today wasn’t from Ketchum Pleon.

It was from (anonymised to protect the sender) ineedafavour@ketchumpleon.com. Let’s look at that again:

ketchumpleon.com

How’d you pronounce that?

Why, it’s

ketch-UMP-lee-on,

of course.

• Apparently Tiger Woods was off his game yesterday, but still managed a 69. #
• @jedhallam if you’re still looking for push, try #boxcar – simple but effective. #
• Installed #operamini Looks good. But until Apple lets you change your default browser … #
• Mini review of #operamini It’s quite good. #
• Late May? LATE MAY??!! #
• UK in Russia is now officially on Twitter, @ukinrussia #
• @redexile BBC Ent & 24 both available on Hotbird here – I have a guy you should talk to. in reply to redexile #
• All these debate parties, election-night parties … have to say I’m rather missing being in the UK at the mo. Boo. #
• @JFrayne give him the chance and find out! in reply to JFrayne #
• Aargh, nearly out of API calls! #
• @tobyberesford you old cynic, don’t you remember my glorious campaign in ’87? in reply to tobyberesford #
• ‘kay, nearly 2am, school tomorrow. ‘Night. #
• Mmmm. (@ Starlite Diner) http://4sq.com/9sac3h #
• @anishathakker do you have a mobile number? #
• PS just realised that sounded dodgy. It’s not – I’m from the British Embassy. RT @jamesbarbour: @anishathakker do you have a mobile number? #
• @paris_100 Are you stuck in Moscow? Shout if you need any help. #
• @AshAlerts Isn’t that an A320 going _to_ Kaliningrad? SU753? Or were there two? in reply to AshAlerts #
• On my way to Sheremetyevo #moscow #ashtag #

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• Enough procrastinating. Off to the gym. #
• Now off to the office. Bank holidays rock. #
• Owl City. Fantastic, feelgood synth-pop. Amorphous, instantly forgettable, and none the worse for it. Just brilliant. G&T essential. #
• Forced to update to 3.1.3 yesterday by #evernote Now I have to jailbreak again because I can't live without Intelliscreen. Meh. #
• It would be churlish not to mention iPhone OS 4.0, given that everyone else is. Bet we can't actually get it today, though. #
• Giving #foursquare a try – saw @JFrayne using it so it must be the thing. #
• Inspired take on training from the Daily Mash: http://is.gd/bkZaZ #
• I'm at ?????????? ??????????????. http://4sq.com/9fy3pG #
• I just became the mayor of ?????????? ?????????????? on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9fy3pG #
• Polish President Kaczynski's 'plane crashes on approach at Smolensk. 87 dead according to ITAR-TASS. #
• RIAN: Polish President Lech #Kaczynski First Lady, 85 others confirmed dead in Tu-154 crash at #Smolensk on their way to Katyn ceremony #
• @ableandhow we always work weekends – always something happening somewhere. in reply to ableandhow #
• Russian and polish ministries now saying 130+ dead, including President #Kaczynski according to RT. #
• 130+ a lot for a Tu-154. But numbers aside, a tragedy for Poland, RF & all other nationalities on board. #Kaczynski #Smolensk #Russia #crash #
• @johnny_winter but I want #tweetie NOW, for #readitlater integration. I could just shell out the £1.79, but once upon a time that was a pint in reply to johnny_winter #
• @johnny_winter it's like ppl have suddenly got the need 4 integration. #tweetie #firefox #googlereader #4square across desktop & iphone. in reply to johnny_winter #

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shhhhhh.

(no change there, then)

• Apols for having a quiet twitter day. Rather busy. And everyone else seemed to have it covered … #
• Eugene Terreblanche. Thoroughly unsavoury character, and some might say a fitting end. But does anyone deserve to be bludgeoned to death? #

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