Interesting Links for 09-07-2018

[andrewducker]

Tory MPs threaten Theresa May with leadership challenge as Brexiteer backlash over cabinet plan intensifies

(tags: Conservatives europe )

Job ads like this (for a footman for a student in St Andrews) give you a view into how the rich live

(tags: money jobs inequality viaJane )

Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork

(tags: birds phones Poland )

San Francisco nightclubs are basically a way for tech people to lose their dotcom profits

(tags: money music sanfrancisco economics )

Trump's election is the death rattle of white christian America

(tags: usa racism politics republicans demographics )

David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary

So, will the Brexit hardliners topple May, or will she manage to push things along for long enough for the EU to bounce back the whitepaper they're still producing with the strategy that Davis is resigning over? This is all very exciting. Wish it wasn't happening to me.
(tags: UK Europe )

1,000 ridiculous, surreal, delightful fictional video games

(tags: games funny weird fiction )

Comments

[cybik]

If you like Frog Croakley's fictional video games you could buy his book(s)!

https://www.waterstones.com/book/100-best-video-games-that-never-existed/nate-crawley/9781781086148

[cmcmck]

Bojo's gone too!

"affluent and UHNW family"

[agoodwinsmith]

Ultra High Net Worth acronym is actually a thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high-net-worth_individual

... boggle ...

[luzclarita]

That ad! It makes the girls I work with up on the hill sound thrifty. They buy Teslas rather than employing footmen for their personal houses. Although I suppose a Tesla costs about what a house does in some places.