I’m still working on the High Society post, which is taking longer than I thought it would (but will be several thousand words when done), so here are some links to keep you going:

Zom has a look at the Joker in The Killing Joke

Jac Rayner, who you may know as the writer of things like Doctor Who And The Pirates, has started blogging about her experiences with M.E.

Why “the most salient aspect of Barack Obama’s character is that he is an asshole of the worst order.”

Jennie was at the Lib Dem Spring Conference this weekend, and produced what are to my mind the best posts about it – on the debates, the speeches and Q&As, and especially the mood .

And finally, since today is (in the US, anyway) half-tau day, a reminder as to why pi is wrong