BlueMonday1984

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The problem is culture - Iris on tech's LLM obsession (deadsimpletech.com)
Art student protests other student’s AI ‘art’: he eats it in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 4 hours ago

I've seen memes about eating people's art, but never a literal case, lmaoooooooooooo

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 25th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

>zero-click android exploit

>arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation

Remember when the human was the weakest part of any cybersecurity system? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 25th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 18 hours ago

Newgrounds user turned Audio Moderator Quest has put together a recap of 2025 (text version), providing stats for how much slop she's dealt with:

2025 Stats:

  • 2818 AI-Generated Tracks Flagged or Removed
  • 3656 Total Flagged or Removed Tracks
  • 12.7 GB Data Used by AI-Generated Tracks
  • 2843 Accounts Which Uploaded Prohibited Audio

Cumulative Stats (since 2024):

  • 4475 AI-Generated Tracks Flagged or Removed
  • 5731 Total Flagged or Removed Tracks
  • 18.93 GB Data Used by AI-Generated Tracks
  • 4113 Accounts Which Uploaded Prohibited Audio

AI Model Breakdown:

  • Suno AI: 82%
  • Udio AI: 5%
  • Riffusion AI: 1%
  • Other: 12%
    • RVC-Based: 0.6%
    • Soundful: 0.4%
    • Mixed: 0.2%
    • Various Other Models: 2.9%
    • Unknown: 7.9%

Reportedly, she's also got an essay-length sneer in the works:

Finally, I am also working on an even larger, long-form essay post about artificial intelligence, drawing a link to something that I do not see draw enough. It’s a big project with a lot of research and knowledgeable people guiding me. This will be released in the coming months. I have a lot to say.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 25th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago

Starting off with a double bill of art-related sneers:

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 25th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago

New post from Iris Meredith, doing a deep-dive into why tech culture was so vulnerable to being taken over by slop machines

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Open Slopware revived via fork (codeberg.org)
 

The original's been taken down thanks to the creator being harassed into silence by promptfondlers, but a fork was thankfully made, and taking contributions.

Curtis Yarvin absolutely losing his brain to AI in c/sneerclub@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Like the bottle opener on a Galil, or the "Flower Field" version of Minesweeper, it can also help distinguish your story in small, but interesting ways, and help it stick in a reader's mind. (Had to try this trick for myself :P)

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was floated last year, and its happened today - Curl is euthanising its bug bounty program, and AI is nigh-certainly why.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Simon Willison defends stealing a Python library using lying machines, answering "questions" he previously "asked" in an attempt to downplay his actions.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 6 days ago

A small list of literary promptfondlers came to my attention - should complement the awful.systems slopware list nicely.

(source on Mastodon)

the Awful Systems list of LLM-tainted software needs a name in c/freeasm@awful.systems
[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

Either Clanker Watch or Clankerware - either would work well IMO.

the Awful Systems list of LLM-tainted software needs a name in c/freeasm@awful.systems
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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th January 2026 (awful.systems)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
167 comments fedilink
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.

Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Open Slopware - a list of AI-tainted FOSS software, plus alternatives (codeberg.org)
 

Currently in its very early stages, but it'll be a useful resource to identify slopified garbage and get it out of your life.

Credit to Kat Marchin for starting this.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(2026 is off to a great start, isn't it? Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 4th January 2026 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Last substack for 2025 - may 2026 bring better tidings. Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 28th December 2025 (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, and happy holidays in general!)

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 21st December 2025 (awful.systems)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
177 comments fedilink
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. This was a bit late - I was too busy goofing around on Discord)

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Master of Fine Arts in Software (dreamsongs.com)
 

Stumbled across this proposal whilst reading about one of the AI-free calibre forks cropping up - pretty interesting idea all around.

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 14th December 2025 - awful.systems (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 7th December 2025 - awful.systems (awful.systems)
 

Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(December's finally arrived, and the run-up to Christmas has begun. Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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