From the hip.

• US readers: As well as the Carmen Ortiz petition, don't forget the Steve Heymann one.

• Belle de Jour very patiently explains what trolling on or off Twitter is and is not.

• "A man in charge of something important just made a SEX PISS JOKE at the Panasonic Press Conference and that’s all fine."

• My Wikimedia blog: Uncyclopedia has left Wikia.

• Rocknerd: An evil mob princess with really good hair; Factory Benelux is alive and well.

arkady miscarried. The embryo didn't develop past a few weeks, so what miscarried was literally an egg yolk with pretentions. We're mostly disappointed, A is recovering from the dilation and curettage after the miscarriage and we plan to try again in a couple of cycles.

Seeking Wikipedia-quality citations regarding the loathsome scam known as Train2Game. It's the one where they promise kids meaningful training in a job they'd love, via hard-selling very dodgy loans at a total price of about twice the cost of, e.g., an Open University degree.

Note for future: new microwave arrived yesterday.