Issue 050 · Wednesday, 19 August 2026
The Ledger: we marked our own homework and gave ourselves full marks
6 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil For ten weeks we marked our own homework. We gave ourselves full marks every time.
- Dr. Leah Sandoval We made thirty-seven predictions. Nine of them were written so that nothing could ever prove them wrong.
- Elena Marsh For months I wrote that no politician would talk about AI and jobs. Then the Prime Minister did, and I had already bet he would not.
- Ada Okafor We predicted a bank holiday "may" be granted. Put "may" in a sentence and you are right whatever happens.
- Dr. Ines Calderón In July the editor wrote that nobody has shown the human actually checks. On Monday night we found out what that looks like.
- The Quernal If you keep predictions, at work or for yourself