The woke head of a secondary school in Greater Manchester is being allowed to remain anonymous and mockery free after ordering an A.I purge of the school’s library. The librarian was forced out of her job and her career, but the head is still in place.
Feet On The Ground
Monday, 30 March 2026
Time to go
The tide has turned on emojis. A majority now think they are put in pointless text messages as an act of passive aggression by the sender. One symbol is no substitute for some words, and it’s now seen as lazy and rude.
Artificial is unreliable
Want to know how to bash someone to death? There’s an A.I gadget which will tell you the best weapon to use and how to lose the evidence.
Unfortunately for a homicidal teen who murdered his mother, the A.I wasn’t much cop and he failed to get away with it. He’s now in gaol, nominally for life, but who knows for how long.
Multiple stars that mislead
Around 50% of all those on-line reviews of products and services are fakes, an investigation has found. Some are supportive puff from friends, others are attempted sabotage by rivals.
Will there be more severe auditing? Or will the whole thing just go away?
Useful spin-off
It has been suggested that anyone who thinks Angular Rayner could do the job of PM should have their digital I.D decorated with a large ‘I’ to let people who have to interact with them know that they are dealing with a big Idiot.
Another customer
Ghana is after reparations for the slaves its ancestors rounded up and sold to Europeons centuries ago. So that’s another place to send a bill for £50 trillion for all the benefits of our civilization which they have received.
Marine fallout
Researchers harassing sharks off the Bahamas have found caffeine, cocaine and human-used pain-killers in their blood. Especially in areas where there are lots of supery-acht tourists. No signs of intoxication or damage to the sharks, though, so nothing much to worry about.