Sense Check
Sense Checks slow a claim down before it becomes accepted wisdom. The focus is on numbers, definitions, incentives and the difference between what was promised and what actually happened. These articles are less interested in winning a shouting match than in finding the part that survives contact with evidence. Read the newest check first, or choose a topic when one kind of nonsense has arrived in bulk.
Reasoning AI Models: Clever Parrots in Lab Coats
Reasoning AI models are better assistants now, but confusing longer thinking with actual intuition is how the circus buys lab coats.
The AGI Race Is a Swimming Pool With No Water Yet, Lads
Tech influencers keep betting on which lab reaches AGI first, but the real race may be a breakthrough no benchmark or podcast table can…
Streaming Ate Cable, Then Became Cable With More Apps Again
Streaming was sold as freedom, then became cable with apps, adverts, price rises, and one modest salary asked to fund every logo on Earth…
Council Tax Bullies And The Peaky Blinders Payment Trap
Council tax arrears turn one missed payment into a yearly threat, while public services plead poverty and richer players keep loopholes polished and legal.
AI Got Smarter While Politics Found Ancient Stupidity Again
AI has reached the public square, but politics still sells anoesis in loud packaging: old Greek wisdom meets new machine intelligence and civic theatre.
AI Finally Learnt Design, And Humans Look Truly Nervous
AI image tools are finally becoming useful design partners, not magic gods. The promise is real, but so is the slop parade pretending to…
When Peace Talks Become a Pillow for Strongmen in Europe
Europe needs diplomacy, not surrender with table manners. Peace with Russia cannot mean asking Ukraine to smile while empire checks the old map again.
Can You Read? Workplace Racism In The Manager’s Sunday Suit
A sharp sense check on workplace racism, management silence and the company handbook that smiles while dignity gets kicked under the office desk today.
Britain: Old Empire, New Chaos and Integrity on Life Support
Britain keeps the crown polished while politics drops integrity in the gutter: a roast of Starmer, Mandelson, empire nostalgia and Westminster fogginess.
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