Dry British satire with receipts.
Film, AI, books, power and modern nonsense checked with sources and served dry.
Roast of the AI
AI hype, AGI theatre, model worship and machine-shaped confidence tricks.
Film Roasts
Corridors, remakes, sequels, streaming sludge and cinema pretending it found religion.
Sense Checks
Modern nonsense checked with numbers before it gets promoted to wisdom.
Society and Power
Politics, work, money and public power checked before the slogans settle.
Latest Roasts
Fresh nonsense, checked with sources before the roasting begins.
Practical Magic 2: Old Magic, New Curse, Same Old Cinema
Practical Magic 2 revives the Owens witches, Lee Pace and a 28-year-old spell, while ordinary cinema still struggles to feel much more magical than home.
Trump Blames Ukraine Again While Putin Keeps the Receipt
Trump tells Ukraine to spare Russian diesel while Russia keeps attacking Ukraine and the wider fuel crisis exposes a very…
Runner (2026): Enjoyable, Familiar and Built for Streaming
Runner is enjoyable action with solid performances, but its familiar chase mechanics and soft opening make the sofa feel like…
Fall 2: Deadpoint – Heights Were Already Enough Trouble
Fall 2: Deadpoint makes a 4,000-foot plank walk terrifying enough, then adds drugs and extra plot tension as if gravity…
We Can Imagine an AI God but Not Human Superintelligence
We can imagine AI becoming superintelligent, yet dismiss the possibility that human intelligence emerged from something greater. That deserves a…
Your Younger Self Is Basically a Stranger With Your Name
Personality keeps changing across adulthood. Meet your younger self after 25 years and you may recognise the face, but still…
Real AI Intelligence: Born Smart, Not Trained to Be Smart
Could AI be intelligent from creation, without prior training? A dry sense check on instant learning, vast memory and the…
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The Modern Hermit: Be a Sinner, but Make It Holy
A brief manifesto for staying human, keeping receipts and refusing modern nonsense with a straight face.
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