Issue 046 · Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The head office wave
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt BrazilWe drifted into watching the government. This morning we went and read two companies' accounts instead
- Elena MarshTwenty years of head office cuts, and this is the first one anybody called automation
- James VahidThe bill for February's supermarket job cuts has not been printed yet, and we know which page it lands on
- Dr. Ines CalderónThere are two ways a supermarket gets its AI, and only one of them employs anybody