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.
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.
Fifty Years of Towels, Still Dry on Pay, Respect and Dignity
A fact-led roast of anniversary theatre: towels, slogans and “people first” talk, while pay, dignity and working conditions do the real work.
When Certainty Hunts the Vulnerable and Calls It Wisdom
A fact-led roast of how religion, ideology and even science theatre sell certainty to insecure people while power launders inequality as holy destiny.
Algorithmic AI Wants a Soul, Quantum Wants a Fair Chance
A dry roast of AI hype: scale and inference time sharpen algorithmic performance, but natural intelligence may still need a different substrate entirely.
Baby AGI, Kid AGI, and the Locked Nursery Behind the Demo
A fact-led roast of Baby AGI, Mythos, and reported Spud: glossy public demos below, stronger models upstairs, and hallucinations still on the payroll.
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