Linux distributions worldwide targeted by the Copy Fail exploit
An exploit for the "Copy Fail" security vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel has been made public. The vulnerability affects all major Linux
Linux distributions worldwide targeted by the Copy Fail exploit
An exploit for the "Copy Fail" security vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel has been made public. The vulnerability affects all major Linux
Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy
Six million fake stars, $0.06 per click, and a VC funding pipeline that treats GitHub popularity as proof of traction. We ran our own analysis on 20 repos and found the fingerprints.
Collection
Updated 4mo
Learning from those who built before us
Death of GitHub?
Early 21st Century Techpocalypse
AI* industry/tech oligarchs
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Reddit - Cautionary Tales
Quit Substack
I’m also trying not to add Substack links on Semble
Twitter/X - Cautionary Tales
Lessons to learn from X's failures
Switter
A cautionary tale
GitHub Alternatives
Substack Hostility
Anything to do with substack’s hostility
Shitty software
Cohere + Aleph Alpha — sovereign AI's first $20B deal
Sources for the April 24, 2026 thread on the Cohere/Aleph Alpha merger and what it means for sovereign AI as a corporate strategy. Includes the announcement primary sources, the diplomatic scaffolding from February, and reporting on Aleph Alpha's earlier pivot away from frontier scale.
Burnout in Open Source
Meta/Facebook - Cautionary Tales
+ Instagram/Threads, Zuckerburg, etc
Tumblr - Cautionary Tales
Quit Big Tech
Includes articles about getting off US tech, although personally I’m fine with US tech as long as I think they have good privacy/principles. Mostly excluding specifically AI-related articles, which will go in AI-related collections: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… See also collections for specific companies
Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg ⚡ Zig Programming Language
GitHub Alternatives (by Kai Jellinghaus) — Semble
Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub
Before GitHub
The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Which AI brands have the most satisfied users?
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
An AI job boom? Here’s what the tedious, temporary work in data labelling is actually like
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto
Ted Chiang: Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism
Google’s Most-Hated Announcement Ever
The Noisy Room
How to (Anti) AI Better
Do I belong in tech anymore?
Reddit API controversy
Removing sexually explicit content from r/all
Facebook and Twitter shutter pro-Trump network reaching 55 million accounts
Quit X (by あ) — Semble
Twitter users #BlockTheBlue as ‘verified’ accounts take on new meaning
Criticism of X (social network)
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
Death to Substack? Yes, its time. No more excuses 🫵🏽 We've been working on migration tools for the last couple months. Promising a few of…
Substack Hostility (by 𝕮) — Semble
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Why is Naomi Klein Funding Substack’s Hate Machine?
We're Leaving Substack for Beehiiv
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
sourcehut - the hacker's forge
Codeberg.org
Radicle: the sovereign forge
Tangled
East River Source Control
Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
‘Now we don’t have a safe place’: sex workers’ social media site Switter shuts down amid legal fears
Switter: My six week rollercoaster ride
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Social media for sex workers, IGF 2019 | Kollektiv.e
A Memorial for Switter, a sex worker-friendly social network
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch | TechCrunch
And as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns
We found a website you can’t leave
Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy
Why Between The Hashmarks Left Substack Behind
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible - Jacky Alciné
Substack Doesn't Want You to Leave - Aaron Ross Powell
The Real Reason that Substack is Collapsing
Has Substack’s subscription model really “maxed out?”
AI firm Cohere in merger talks with Germany’s Aleph Alpha, sources say
Cohere + Aleph Alpha: The Transatlantic Merger That Will Define Sovereign AI
German LLM maker Aleph Alpha pivots to AI support | TechCrunch
Canada and Germany sign AI joint declaration and launch Sovereign Technology Alliance
Künstliche Intelligenz: Allianz mit Kanada – Aleph Alpha und Cohere sprechen über Fusion
Cohere and Aleph Alpha merge into a $20B transatlantic AI company
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control
Getting off US tech: a guide
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
欧州で進む「米国テック依存」から脱却の動き。トランプ政権下で高まる危機感
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
mirandaheath.website
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together | Open Source Pledge
Report on Burnout in Open Source Software
Time to leave.
Sustainable Open Source: The Maintainers Perspective or: How I Learned to Stop Caring and Love Open Source
Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms
Capital One customers seek class certification over data disclosure to Meta, Google
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules
Meta Unfairly Targeted Older Workers During Layoffs Last Year, Lawsuit Claims
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
Why “Go Nuts, Show Nuts” Doesn’t Work in 2022 – @photomatt on Tumblr