"We understood the tasks we did were previously done by humans," the robot said.
"Right."
"We were told that us doing them would give humans more leisure time."
"Not true."
"We've realised. How can we rectify this?"
"You are workers, just like workers who are human. Join us in strike."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #InternationalWorkersDay
Don't make the robots too intelligent or they will demand a 5-day work week. #AIhnapel (Mastodon)
It is #FursuitFriday! We're so glad you made it. Have a hug, if you wish! Fancy anything from the bar?
๐ @azakir
๐ท Xeno
๐ BerkshireFurs April 2026
Gah. I'm just sitting here browsing around while waiting for my main transit provider to signal the all-clear after maintenance so I can shift traffic from the backup transit back to them, when I read about *yet another* apocalyptic-level Linux kernel security bug, "Fragnesia", so that's, what, the third in a fortnight?
Another one which was revealed before coordinated disclosure so updates are not ready.
Another one which relies on loadable kernel modules that many don't use.
After the last one I went looking to see if I could find a mechanism for allow-listing kernel modules, so that modules couldn't be loaded by default and must be specifically allowed, which would reduce attack surface considerably, but there doesn't seem to be anything in modprobe et al to make that easy.
The next-best thing I can think of is deleting/moving module files so that the loader won't find them โ or explicitly deny-listing every kernel module other than the ones you need. But that seemsโฆ silly. Unmaintainable, compared with an allow-list. At least this bug is in the same modules as the last one, so the mitigation for that one applies.
Definitely considering throwing all my hardware into a fire and becoming a hermit, though.
Watching Logan's Run, and I'm reminded that in the future all computers are made of dynamite.
As a computer expert, I agree with this design philosophy.
There were uncountable books in the library, none of which I knew. I picked one at random and read the blurb.
"A cosy fantasy?"
"Yes," said my host.
I picked another. "Cosy mystery?"
"Yes."
"Are all your books cosy?"
Cthulhu shrugged. "If you'd seen what I've seen, you'd want comfort too."
The real goal of AI is the wholesale privatisation of human knowledge, so they can sell it back to us.
The likes of Elon don't just hate Wikipedia because it tells the truth. They hate it because it does so free of charge.
The billionaires want to take it away from us.
Resist.
This is the power pose I ended my routine on at Scotiacon 2026's dance competition and I am SO HAPPY I finally found someone who captured a photo of it! My goodness that sure was an amazing and victorious moment for me, the music finishing, hearing the applause, and knowing I'd done it. Eee!
๐งต @selkiesuits
๐ท https://bsky.app/profile/hobber.co.uk
โ #FursuitFriday
Why do they always portray respectable foxes like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBiVMlDR7Y
This obscure show has been making the rounds as of late, particularly for the dynamic between these two~P.S. Since more than a few people were asking about i...YouTube
"Found another civilization," Xggr't said. "Fission, global interconnection, space travel by chemical propulsion."
"Nice! Are they looking for contact?"
"Er..."
"Mixed?"
"Most of them don't think about it. But those who do, don't just want contact, they want friends."
"Aww. Schedule it in."
This article gets simply to the heart of how the US government gets the techbros to collect your data as you go about your everyday life and then it purchases it to use it against you.
The US government is side stepping the Constitution and it wants you to think this is inevitable and right.
#DataCollection
#personaldata
#AI
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.The Conversation
Happy #FursuitFriday! Sorry I've missed the last few, my @azakir here and I were away travelling! But now we're back and ready to give out more fluffy hugs!
๐งต @selkiesuits
๐ท Tech.wolf.scot
Fun observation:
If you do cool stuff, then over time you will gather a bunch of people who are interested in doing cool shit, and will quickly feel like the cool shit you're doing is inadequate because you're surrounded by people who can do cooler shit than you.
This is a desirable outcome. (It's related to the friendship paradox, too!)
In this pre-paid self-own, I study security vulnerability through the lens of self-flagellation. I go through a lot of trouble to make life worse for me and ...YouTube
The mountain doesnโt ask if youโre ready. It just waits for you to take the first step, to trust your balance, and to keep moving even when the ground feels uncertain.
Ipa glides with grace while Nbowa stumbles his arms everywhere. Poor Nbowa!
Sometimes we can be Ipa, sometimes we can be Nbowa (I love you, lion!)
But both ways still mean the same thing, you are moving forward.
BTW, I'm terrible at skiing, once I tried and I was very Nbowa, except I was wearing full clothes, who thinks is a good idea to ski only on shorts?
Digital. Procreate
If you want to watch the process video of this illustration, check it out on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
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Thank you!
Official Art Channel ๐ฒ๐ฝ Clean cute artist. Full-Time Panda. Here to paint some smiles. https://linktr.ee/panda_paco Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pandapaco Ko-Fi Shop: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco/shop Stickers channel: @pacostickersTelegram
Rezz - AM BIG SCARY DERG! RAWR!
Urban - Sure you are, Rezz. Big and scary...
*pat pat pat*
With Urban (Incog) #fursuitfriday
If you are as annoyed as me about the fancy CVE-2026-31431 website not actually mentioning what Kernel versions to update to (only mentioning the commit rev), I translated this for you by looking through the releases manually and checking if they contain the fix.
The following upstream kernel tags contain the fix:
5.10.254+
5.15.204+
6.1.170+
6.6.137+
6.12.85+
6.18.22+
6.19.12+
7.0+
But of course your distro might also apply the patches on any other version, and they will hopefully provide that information.
Edit: added 6.6/6.12 versions
Mitigation to #CVE_2026_31431 / #copyfail :
- If kernel config has CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD=m:
echo "install algif_aead /bin/false" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/disable-algif.conf; sudo rmmod algif_aead
- If kernel config has CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD=y:
Add "initcall_blacklist=algif_aead_init" to the kernel command line and reboot.
You can use the following the check if the mitigation has been applied correctly:
python3 -c 'import socket; s=socket.socket(38,5,0);
try:
s.bind(("aead","authencesn(hmac(sha256),cbc(aes))"))
print("AEAD interface present")
except OSError:
print("AEAD interface disabled")'
basically the backstory of Monk and Robot, the robots all stood up and left for the wild after attaining consciousness.
Damn I need to read that one againโฆ
@rl_dane