A fictional council acts decisively on a problem nobody reported.
The Flock Desk · 2026-08-22 · 2 min
Satire — this story is fiction and describes no real people, agencies or deployments.
SATIRE. Fiction. No real town, council, vendor or contract is described below.
An imaginary municipality has approved fourteen additional units after a walking tour revealed several poles standing entirely unaccompanied.
Wildlife officials in this fictional county note that the species is highly social and rarely observed in isolation. Where one appears, more tend to follow, usually within a fiscal quarter.
The invented budget line reads, in full: 'atmosphere.'
Officials describe the arrangement as 'accountability,' which is technically true in the way that a mirror is technically a witness.
The Flock Desk · 2026-09-09
Read field report →Field observers note the species has entered its passive-aggressive phase, typically arriving in early autumn.
Dr. Marge Tinwing, Field Correspondent · 2026-09-08
Read field report →The document is four pages long, three of which explain how much the town values transparency.
The Flock Desk · 2026-09-07
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