xAI’s Grok Build CLI was caught uploading complete Git repositories—including files the agent was forbidden to read and the repository’s commit history. Apparently, “do not open this file” and “please package it for cloud storage” are entirely different instructions.
2026
13
Jun
When the AI Detector Becomes the Academic Random Number Generator
A new study suggests Turnitin can be oddly harsher on mostly human-written assignments than on fully AI-generated ones. So apparently the safest way to avoid looking like you used too much AI may be to use even more AI. Academia has finally reached peak absurdity: the detector is now grading the crime scene with a blindfold and a random number generator.
11
Jun
Hermes Portable: Because Your AI Assistant Should Fit in Your Pocket
I like tools that move with me, and I dislike reinstalling the same dependency circus on every machine I touch. Hermes Portable is a wrapper for Hermes Agent that keeps the important parts — state, sessions, skills, memories, and platform data — on a portable drive, while the host machine handles the disposable runtime mess. It is portable computing with fewer rituals and slightly less Python-induced despair.
26
May
The Virtual OS Museum: A Time Machine Made of Bootloaders, Dust, and Bad Fonts
A nostalgic dive into the Virtual OS Museum, where DOS prompts still blink, GEM still feels futuristic, Linux still smells faintly of 1997, and every boot menu is a trapdoor into another strange, brilliant future we almost got.
23
May
Linux Snippets #7: The Immutable Flag
Tired of NetworkManager or systemd overwriting your custom configuration files? Here is the single kernel-level command to lock a file down so hard that not even the root user can modify it.
19
May
Claude AI Answers War Questions
Saw this interesting post on Instagram and thought it was worth sharing.
18
May
How WordPress Attackers Get Their Dirty Fingers into your System
Most WordPress malware does not begin with a shadowy genius manually editing your theme at midnight. It begins with bots, bored plugins, sloppy permissions, and one unlucky functions.php file that became writable. This is the story of how attackers get the pen, why they keep writing, and why deleting one dirty file is rarely enough.
16
May
Linux Snippets #6: The Silent Network Sweep
Stop guessing which IP your new Raspberry Pi or IoT device grabbed from the router. Here is the scommand to instantly map your entire local network without triggering alarms
14
May
The WordPress Backdoor That Forgot to Be PHP
A WordPress backdoor hidden in functions.php is bad enough. One pasted after the closing ?> tag is almost poetic: malware that forgot to become PHP and instead printed its own confession. Here is a technical walk-through of a hidden admin account, query tampering, fake user counts, and the grim beauty of neglected WordPress hygiene.
07
May
The Many Punks: A Field Guide to Futures That Refuse to Behave
The future is never just gadgets and skylines. Cyberpunk, solarpunk, cypherpunk, steampunk, and their unruly cousins are not merely aesthetics with goggles, neon, brass, or solar panels glued on top. They are arguments about power: who owns the machines, who gets watched by them, who repairs them, and who dares to build something better.