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Toy Drones, Roomba Tanks and the Farce of Planet Zog’s War Tech

25 Friday Sep 2026

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Author: Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Published: 20th September 2026

Oza-Cesuras, Spain

How Toy Helicopters, Roomba Tanks, and Glorified Spreadsheets Are Saving the Army of Planet Zog By Barnaby Mugg, Professional Hot-Air Vendor and Thought-Leader Extraordinary

Summary

The High Command of Planet Zog’s Armed Forces is embarking on another dazzlingly expensive rebranding exercise. Having watched too many viral clips from Eastern European mud fields, the Ministry of Mild Inconvenience is pivoting hard toward self-flying plastic gadgets, RC lawnmowers, and algorithmic magic tricks.

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10 Ways Humanoid Robots Will Revolutionise the Art of Grifting You Out of Your Job

07 Sunday Jun 2026

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The Good Strat Fraud Squad

London, Sunday 7th June 2026

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10 Ways Humanoid Robots Will Revolutionise the Art of Grifting You Out of Your Job (And Your Sanity)

Right! Listen to me! I was reading Fraudes Magazine the other day—a publication written exclusively for men who wear fleece gilets indoors and think ‘crypto’ is a substitute for a personality. And there’s an article by a so-called ‘futurist’—let’s call him Bartholomew Pompous-Windbag.

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CEO BRIEFING: The Truth Behind AI Hype in 2026 – 2026/01/22

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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New IT Bullshit for Old

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Wednesday 21 January 2026

In early 2026 the technology industry is once again telling big confident stories about its own future. These stories dominate earnings calls conference stages and investor decks. They sound transformative urgent and inevitable. Yet when examined closely many of them rest on fragile foundations and selective evidence rather than operational reality.

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2026 Tech Trends: The Rise of Hyper-Hype – 2026/01/08

10 Saturday Jan 2026

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On Your Head!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Thursday 8th January 2026

Here are the next 7 big bandwagon topics that IT charlatans, grifters, LinkedIn thought leaders, and poser consultants will jump on, talk endlessly about, and pretend they’ve been experts in since 2012 (roughly ordered by how soon & how hard they’ll hit the hype cycle in 2026–2028):

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