Interesting Links for 12-09-2018

[andrewducker]

Societal issues explained (by throwing people down pits)

(tags: society satire )

The EU is betting that Brexit will make a trade deal with India a little easier.

(tags: europe india uk trade )

Why has Brexit become a legal matter when it should be a political matter?

(tags: politics uk Europe law )

Kieron Gillen's new comic looks interesting

(tags: comics roleplaying )

Brexit: Now Conservatives are suggesting the EEA for three years as a stop-gap.

(tags: uk europe doom )

There has been no Corbyn surge in Scotland

(tags: Scotland labour politics )

EA defies Belgian loot box decision, setting up potential gambling lawsuit

If they decide that loot boxes are gambling then I can't see how, for instance, Hearthstone card packs aren't. Or, indeed, Magic: The Gathering card packs. This one could be absolutely massive.
(tags: gambling games belgium )

Which artist do you think draws the most handsome/beautiful/sexiest characters in comics? Any genre. (Nice range of styles in the replies)

(tags: comics art beauty )

'She has to go': Conservative MPs meet over plot to oust Theresa May

I don't actually think she'll lose a vote of no confidence
(tags: conservatives )

Barnier confronts Raab over discovery of Brexit no-deal letters to EU27

(tags: Europe UK doom )

Movie Star's Absence Shows Perils of Show Business in China

(tags: movies China money )

Brexit: EU can 'certainly not' accept Theresa May's single market plan, Juncker warns

(tags: europe uk doom )

‘Super-recognisers’ employed by UK police to hunt criminals may not be identifying people correctly

(tags: faces vision uk police fail )

The Effectiveness of Publicly Shaming Bad Security

(tags: security journalism )

Finding balance in the universe, a short story

(tags: short_story scifi ethics morality )

A single gene mutation may have helped humans become optimal long-distance runners

(tags: humans genetics running )

Tom Watson says Momentum should drop speaker who vandalised Warsaw ghetto

(tags: labour Jews OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[fub]

I think the main point is that with those things (like, for instance, packs of Magic cards), the odds of getting a rare item are advertised and known in advance.