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.
Brexit’s Bagholders: Workers Pay, Schemers Cash Out Again
Brexit was sold as sovereignty and stuck workers with the invoice. A fact-led roast of the grift, the reset, and the rich still calling…
Prompt Engineers and the Church of Dumb Smart AI Models
A sharp sense check on prompt engineering and AGI hype: if models still need packed skills and clarifying rules, stop selling them as prophets.
Pay Them Properly and Billionaires Start Looking Normal
A fact-led roast of low pay, billionaire wealth, startup fantasy and AI hype: when wages trail prices and rent climbs, capital still calls it…
Trump’s tyrant-cleaning fantasy ends at his own front door
A roast on Trump’s strongman logic: he may batter tyrants abroad, but he will not leave quietly when voters finally come for him at…
AI Job Gurus Forget Who Still Signs Off the Whole System
A fact-led roast of AI doom merchants who say coding will vanish, while real systems still need humans to judge, audit, verify and sign…
AI won’t control the world. We’ll automate the surrender
A sense check on AI panic: code is being autocompleted, music is flooding platforms, and publishing is bracing. The real risk is lazy surrender,…
Britain’s Factory Floor Still Thinks Respect Is Optional
Britain’s factory floor still runs on shouting, fear and silence while the law promises rights, safety and respect that too many workers never see…
Britain Punishes Power, Rejects Extremism, and Flirts with Hope
Britain sacks failing governments, resists rage politics, and cautiously eyes the Greens as an alternative. A fact-led sense check of 2024 to 2026.
Authors vs social media: build first, post later, win now
Advice for authors: stop renting reach, build an owned site, be transparent about AI tools, add a raw voice section, and let the right…
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