Hi. Tell me about your personal experiences of dealing with the government through the internet. Good and bad, central and local.

Please tell me things will be all right in the end? Mark Kermode

Additional funding from ActiveEssex means that new items are now in stock at the Essex Library of things. Basketball hoops 🏀 Football kits ⚽ Croquet sets 🏑... Or taking us right back to the 1970s, a hopper! There’s so much more to hire, visit: essex.gov.uk/news/find-your…

Some really interesting ideas in here

With stratospherically rising fuel costs (amongst everything else) I could really do with securing a few more sponsors for Electromagnetic Field. If you have any pointers for companies that might be interested, I'd really appreciate them!

'Readers who are conscious about their environmental footprint should generally decline to use decentralized blockchain systems, and educate others about the environmental dangers of using such systems without good reason.' Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) 🦋 bit.ly/3ypUheD

Last weekend to apply to be DWP's Head of Content Design. You'll work with some of the most passionate and talented content designers around, ensuring millions of people get the information they need. Up to £86,492. Closes at 11:55pm on Monday 16 May. bit.ly/3FJYBa9

Very important role in GOV.UK. Come and work with some excellent humans!

No it is not. The most cost effective way is through your local library where all of this is free all of the time, not just for a trial period. Please reTweet this as I am staggered how many people do not know this.

Young people from eligible countries can have their code run in space with #MissionZero 👨‍🚀 Write a simple program to display an image on the #AstroPi computers on board the ISS: astro-pi.org/mission-zero Follow our step-by-step guide; no prior coding experience necessary #STEMEd

Last few days for this Manchester-based Senior Product Manager gig, working on GOV.UK with fine folks like ⁦Sam Dub⁩ - do please pass on to anyone suitable! gdscareers.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/ap…

FREE PHOTO ID FOR STUDENTS! This year photo ID presents a new barrier for young people and students to get their voices heard. So we've teamed up with CitizenCard to offer FREE voter ID that can be used in next month's Local Elections. Find out more 👇 nus.org.uk/photo-id

📢Calling pals / alumni Justice Digital and elsewhere! Here CitizensAdvice we're looking for acquired wisdom on forms strategy e.g. how do we enable all product teams to build forms in an easy, repeatable way - would love to chat! Replies, DMs, and RTs welcome 😀

🚨 Exciting job klaxon 🚨 I'm hiring 2 lead designers to come and work on the GOV.UK programme at GDS. This is a really exciting time as you will be critical in implementing our new strategy. If you want to know more, get in touch! ♥️🎉🙌civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Lost your photo ID? You can apply for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm on polling day. Your proxy will need to show their own ID to cast your vote. Apply now ⬇️ electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/a…

Also, only a few days left to apply for one of the most important Product gigs in government - Head of Product at GOV.UK. Three Deputy Directors, three lead PMs, umpteen teams, some great fellow-Head-ofs, plus me to bounce ideas off. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

1/2 Safely to @Glastonbury. Major 5G infrastructure deployment by the mobile operators. My research indicates: EE: 7 temp sites & two permanent sites, Virgin Media O2 News: 8 temp sites, Three UK: Five temp sites, Vodafone UK: 9 temps.

Are you an experienced engineer wanting work on something that has real positive impact? At GDS we apply the culture, processes, business models and technologies of the internet era to deliver for our users. Two critical Lead Tech Arch roles coming up at GDS [1/4] 🧵

Get sent a free sim as part of a Virgin Media ❤️ contract, which they sell on to O2 . O2 then start charging for the (unused) sim, only try to contact you via the unused number and then send you a debt collection notice. Brilliant work everyone 👏

GOV.UK waved goodbye to a good 'un today. Good luck with your next adventures Tim Leighton-Boyce 🫡 gov.uk/humans.txt?tim…