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Oliver Buchannon
Edith Crnkovich

25 years in tech, wrestling with words that wandered in uninvited.

THE STATIC - Issue 53

Aug 25, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 53

This week: Coffee outrage, emotional robots, Zuckerberg losing, AI trust tanking and synthetic empathy in the executive suite. Plus, Grindslop, and sanitised money talk goes in the bin.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 52

Aug 11, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 52

AI raids old books, courts influencers, invents religion and builds plastic humans. A robot dies rudely on stage. Meanwhile, singer Usher would like everyone to know he hasn't been cloned.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 51

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 51

Smart glasses are a creator’s dream, until the 'pervert glasses' ruin the vibe. AI romance scammers outperform humans, Google Earth discovers why prompts need supervision, and tech companies fear their rivals more than the public fears AI. Plus, Meta’s earnings-call superlatives fail to impress investors.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 50

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 50

Surveillance tech obsesses over your every move. More job casualties blamed on AI. OpenAI snores as its agent attacks Hugging Face. Tech bros flex with analogue watches and power suits. Plus unconvincing things CEOs say about layoffs and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 49

Jul 21, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 49

The hypocrisy of Satya warning us about AI. Google employees reject power and greed. AI monitors your emotions but your boss still doesn't care. Sam Altman gets a movie he'd rather bury. Plus, we bin the phrases that raise millions for products that barely exist.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 48

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 48

Apple doesn't like the taste of its own nasty medicine. Layoffs in tech - a permanent management practice. Big tech's 'demented' bet. An AI movie star tests her emotional range. Waffle from OpenAI, plus a new tech ailment: Pilferitis, and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 47

Jul 7, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 47

The UK announces an AI strategy that barely exists. Amazon finds more workers to track. AI enters caveman mode. We translate Google-speak, explain Tokenpocalypse and bin the latest sales and marketing jargon.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 46

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 46

Meta both downplays and admits it f'd up AI training after staff morale craters. Elsewhere, people in the office are lonelier than ever. Sam Altman-backed start-up keeps choosing partners with serious criminal baggage. President Trump mocks tech leaders for 'kissing ass', while Anthropic's CEO is called a 'weirdo', plus other tech babble.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 45

Jun 23, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 45

Engineers learn AI after hours to keep their jobs while grads fear they won't get a job. Inside the elite's secret club - world domination and how to build a cult. Google in trouble because of AI, plus unhinged reality TV show ramps up surveillance tech, and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 44

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 44

If you join Meta, you'll just be a company bee-atch working in gulag-type conditions. Find out why my love of MANGOS is now ruined. Read about Botsitting and dung-slinging, plus Cartoon of the Week explains AI productivity, and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 43

Jun 9, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 43

AI puppet masters exposed. Staff mock Microsoft employee survey questions and people take a pitchfork to local data centre openings. We give 'purpose-built' waffle the side-eye, poke fun at leadership slogans and translate jargon drivel.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 42

Jun 2, 2026

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6 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 42

AI jobs hysteria reality check. The Pope issues a warning on AI. Insider trading on Polymarket and connection to a killer. We provide a community service announcement on the dangers of overdosing on micro-content, and issue an Interpol Red Notice for the word 'empowerment'.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
Everyone in Tech Sounds Alike. Artificial Intelligence Is Not the Problem

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

Everyone in Tech Sounds Alike. Artificial Intelligence Is Not the Problem

A research report on the banality of tech messaging and why it's hurting your business

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 41

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 41

Reports of the death of software engineers have been greatly exaggerated. Robotaxis experience road rage. AI lovers self-destruct. The Internet of Shit arrives. We diagnose Power Rabies, explain 'Agentic Misalignment', and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 40

May 19, 2026

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4 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 40

Axe throwing in the Musk v. Altman trial. Rebellion at Meta. Anthropic blames sci-fi stories for their AI blackmailing humans, while the fear of AI was apparently predicted 80 years ago. Plus, the official gateway drug to corporate waffle is...?

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 39

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 39

Elon Musk is mad as hell he missed out on cake. How to trick the bosses into thinking you're using AI when you're not. Google CEO impresses investors with his corporate waffle. The true meaning of collaboration and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 38

May 5, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 38

Elon Musk & Sam Altman's verbal bashing. Trigger-happy AI. Kind culture exposed. Beware when AI confidently lies to you instead of admitting it doesn't know. Brain electrodes: better mental health or better behaved humans? Plus more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 37

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 37

Meta is watching. Robots are learning. Alarm clocks can now zap you, steal your money or torture you. We look at overly dramatic language in tech, the true meaning of psychological safety, plus more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 36

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 36

To avoid blame or responsibility, just copy Mark Zuckerberg's wordology. Introducing brain wearables, perfect for frying skulls. Tokenmaxxing enters the vernacular. AI Utopia is coming. The true meaning of Value Creation, plus more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 35

Apr 14, 2026

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12 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 35

Brainless human clones are coming while BullShitBench testing sorts out AI nonsense. More AI and fewer managers can cause burnout. Now that we're all back in the office, here's what 'work ethic' really means. Plus more AI trash talk and corporate wordplay to delete.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 34

Apr 7, 2026

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8 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 34

Toxic culture amid 'stack ranking' at Atlassian. AI writes nasty posts. Protector AIs now hunt Rogue Agents. Gig workers train robots to fold laundry. AI Derangement explained.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 33

Mar 31, 2026

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8 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 33

Can robots cure loneliness? It pays to have active listening skills. We welcome Agents of Chaos. Time to audit 'fake concern' language? And more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 32

Mar 24, 2026

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9 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 32

Mike Cannon-Brookes' public persona takes a beating, a job that pays you to bully AI, semantic warfare, plus Cartoon of the Week. This issue has it all and more.

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 31

Mar 17, 2026

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9 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 31

Inconvenient truth about layoffs, tech founder caught with hands in the cookie jar, death outlawed, meaning of 'brain fry', using AI when it doesn't make sense, plus more

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
THE STATIC - Issue 30

Mar 10, 2026

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10 min read

THE STATIC - Issue 30

AI Washing ramps up, Meta glasses capture toilet trips, being rude to AI helps, but arguing with your CEO doesn't, enter robot cage boxing, watch enshittification in 2026, plus more

Edith Crnkovich
Edith Crnkovich
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