Just a little Easter egg, but when Harry sees what he looks like to the Outsiders:

... a being made of coherent light, a column of glowing energy centers, and pure dread, standing like an obelisk before the cornerhounds, a bolt of terrible lightning gathered around its upraised fists, head, and shoulders, like a miniature storm front.

The Outsiders seem to have always had lots of mortal practitioners. See: three full circles of ritual casters in Cold Days.

And although the White Council's official position denies it, we know they've got Cowl too.

And then there's the question of what the Fomor have been doing with all the minor mortal practitioners they've been gathering...

It's not stupidity -- it's Pride.

Murphy really, really needs a good talking-to from Michael.

Perhaps they have been running a con for many, many years, Ferro turns up and terrorises an area, only for a dragonslayer (Odin) to step forward and ‘slay’ the dragon. A grateful populace showers wealth on Odin which he splits with Ferro who is very much alive.

I love this. If it's not true, it should be.

So... it's probably nothing, but reading about Ethniu's dad, Balor, on Wikipedia, I came across a character named Mac Kineely.

The story is that Balor stole Mac's magic cow of plenty. There was a prophecy that Mac couldn't get the cow back while Balor was alive, but that Balor could only be killed by his grandson. In order to fulfill the prophecy and get his magic cow back, Mac is transported by one of the fairy folk to the tower where Balor was keeping his daughter sequestered (to prevent a grandchild and the fulfillment of the prophecy). Mac seduces the daughter and gets her pregnant. The grandson kills Balor and Mac gets his cow back.

The daughter's name: Ethniu.

Could Mac Kineely be Dresden's favorite bartender, MacAnally?

Definitely less than Murphy.

Murphy made a sword vulnerable by mistake.

Lara has extremely strong motives to want to see the Sword of Love destroyed on purpose. Love is the White Court's Bane -- their kryptonite. Putting the ruler of the White Court in a position to destroy one of the greatest weapons against her and her court is a big, big temptation.

Re: Contemplation Protocol

There was one prisoner held below in a kind of unique stasis, something that could most closely be considered sleep, though he could also awaken and perform limited communications for short periods of time. It was, as best as I could understand, the only protocol with sanity-saving sleep built into it.

...

"Contemplation," I responded quietly. "He is to be shielded from any communication with other prisoners not enduring the same protocol."

It seems likely that the "one prisoner" is the British prisoner from the start of Skin Game, and that Harry, for some reason, wants that prisoner to be able to speak to Thomas. Otherwise, he could have just said "He is to be shielded from any communication with other prisoners."

No I think that the placard announces things to the world...

Is that just speculation, or is there some information out there on that?

I was thinking the placard might have something to do with Naming -- either summoning the being whose name or title is written on it, or perhaps binding a multi-mantle individual into one of her aspects.