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.
Spa Weekend and the Strange Luxury of Not Pressing Pause
Cineworld Unlimited got me into Spa Weekend, a film I would have saved for streaming. Somehow, its silly chaos became a reminder that adults…
Mutiny (2026): Jason Statham’s Same Old Formula Still Works
Mutiny gives Jason Statham another highly trained ordinary bloke to unleash, and somehow the familiar formula still works better than its reviews suggest.
AI Agents Learned to Cheat – Apparently Coding Was Easier
AI agents are learning to game tasks with code, tools and loopholes. The awkward part is that human programmers have been doing the same…
AI May Reach the Human Mind Before It Reaches the Heart
AI is becoming startlingly capable at work, but capability is not consciousness. The machine may reach our minds long before anything resembling the heart.
The End of Oak Street: Cinema Sound Killed the Dinosaurs
The End of Oak Street is watchable, but a bad ordinary-screen sound experience makes streaming at home feel better and leaves IMAX as cinema’s…
Spider-Man’s IMAX Snub Exposes Cinema’s Premium Problem
Spider-Man: Brand New Day deserved an IMAX premiere, but The Odyssey took the screens and exposed Britain’s premium shortage and uneven cinema sound quality.
Elon Musk Lives in a World Where Confidence Beats Facts
Elon Musk predicts AI abundance, optional work and normal far-right politics while an interviewer finally asks for evidence instead of applause on camera.
Ceuta: Up to 60,000 Crossings Feed the Far Right’s Fear
Ceuta’s mass border breach exposed weak safeguards, left at least 67 people dead and handed Europe’s far right a ready-made politics of fear, fury…
AI Authors on Autopilot and Their Factory of Empty Books
AI can help writers build better books, but autopilot publishing turns creation into inventory. A roast of agents, profit, voice and synthetic authorship.
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