Roast of the Day
The roasts take a current claim, film, product, institution or public performance and ask the impolite but useful question: does any of this make sense? Each article separates the judgement from the evidence, checks the important factual claims and leaves the sources in view. Expect dry British satire, modern incentives and the occasional three-panel sketch. Start with the newest receipt or use the topic links to narrow the archive.
Smarter AI, dumber work: GPT-5 and the waste loop
GPT-5 thinks harder but wastes compute on redoing the whole picture. The numbers show rising energy and shaky instruction-following. Here is the roast with…
Back to the Future’s 40-Year IMAX Time Loop
The 40th anniversary of Back to the Future in IMAX shows how old classics still outshine new blockbusters drowning in hype and high ticket…
AI is not a bubble. It is a debt-fuelled buildout at scale
AI is not a dotcom replay. It is a debt-fuelled infrastructure buildout with rising energy bills, record capex, and no quantum shortcut. Numbers, not…
Plumber safe? For now. Learn to fix the robots and code
Leaders say trades are safest from AI. Hinton points to plumbing. Altman flags customer service risk. Truth: no job is static. Learn to fix…
Good Fortune: Heaven Tries Class Satire and Misses the Joke
Good Fortune sends Keanu Reeves into a gig-economy class swap, but uneven satire, soft conclusions and rushed morals leave the angel doing overtime again.
Tron: Ares – All Lights, No Logic
A glowing IMAX spectacle with no heart. Tron: Ares dazzles in neon and sound but crashes when logic loads. A roast of Disney’s latest…
AI panic vs reality: big firms run, SMEs count the bill
Big firms sprint into AI while smaller ones watch the invoice. The numbers say slow diffusion, high costs, mixed job impacts. FOMO is loud.…
Thank you for working unpaid: shutdown reality for workers
Excepted staff work without pay during the shutdown. OPM says back pay after it ends, while reports say the White House may dispute it.…
Trump 2.0 vs Gilead: The Handmaid’s Tale Reality Check
A calm Gilead check. What Trump’s second-term moves do to reproductive rights, how the show and book frame the danger, and where the inches…
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