Canonical lays out a different kind of plan for AI.

4 months ago, Jon Seager (VP of Engineering) has laid out a road map for AI usage at the overall company and their Linux distribution, Ubuntu, but they want to do "a cautious and responsible approach", according to the Tom's Hardware article, regarding this topic.

Since the company is doing just that, they are well aware of the slop submissions, which people have been publishing onto FOSS projects for nearly 4 or 3 years and want contributors (alongside the member of staff) to be sceptical of what the LLM generates, not blindly trust it or something like that.

Starting from version 26.10 (Stonking Stingray), these features will be implemented and strictly be opt-in, because they really don't want to shove it down our throat, but instead introduce the technology, where it meaningfully improves certain things, like functionality.

Debian has decided upon the usage of gen AI, through a vote.

Now, what happened at one of the oldest distros in the world, feels like the exact opposite of what approach Canonical are taking, IMO.

Because 600 out of a couple thousand staff have just voted to not banish generative AI code and so, the foundation behind it had greenlit it, but they've placed responsibility onto the contributor from what I've read, hence the option that won being labeled as "Responsible Use".

In which the reactions are mixed, quite like the previous topic above this one, on places like The Register and it got so awkward to the point where Antoine had announced his retirement from the project on a Debian list as a response to the whole AI situation.

KDE made a similar decision to Debian, except it's a much worse one for the anti-AI crowd...

As of 21st of September, It has come to my attention that KDE has gone all in to include pro-AI contributions (preferably ones that are created using corporate LLMs, according to a post comment) and will not accept any of the suggestion for it to be disclosed, according to a Lemmy post that I've found on the interwebs.

It got so bad to the point, where they blocked David Gerad on what appears to be a Mastodon instance, after he questioned their decision to give an AI generated project a green light at the Akademy 2026 conference, in which it looks like a majority of the developers have hopped onto the AI hype train...

I wonder how many more contributors, users and developers will quit the project over this choice?

P.S. I found out that a paid developer of XFCE has came under fire, regarding his usage of AI/LLMs, whilst working on Wayland, via that post and a DuckDuckGo search result of a Tweet, I shall not link, because most people despise that website.

A fan-made song based on Benja's Slenderpants retake is now part of Porifera Atoll!

That's right, Night of The Ghostly Sponge has been remade and added to the official mod portfolio as Night of The Spongeghast Necropantsy (scroll down until you see the song's title)

I've discovered a tragic thing on Discuit (a Reddit alternative)

Basically, I read a comment from the platform's user that they place a gun with an empty mag on their forehead as a way to practice shooting themselves, when they can't take it anymore, from what I can remember.

Look, I get the 2020s may not be worth living in, but we must pull together in these difficult times, so we can continue to fight and secure a future that we wanted, like what some of us, if not, a lot of us are doing, right now.

And if you're feeling the same, please check out my lists of good news outlets to help you feel optimistic.

Telemarketers have learnt things the hard way in France.

So, their government had punched unsolicited telemarketers in the face with a $87,000 fine as a handful of articles say (which is €7,521,02, according to XE) and those who were annoyed by the constant calls by them on the phones can finally enjoy peace for a while without them goobers.

Porifera Atoll suffers a major blow.

Yesterday, it has come to my attention that MAJAVI (now exiled co-director of PA and composer for OG Set Me Free) has done some horrific things involving a minor, according to a Twitter thread started by ROMYArtVH.

And apparently, he didn't want to "have a relationship" with said minor and was abused as one, according to a YouTube commenter who likely read from what was typed onto the thread, but I'm not so sure.

But the good thing is that Porifera Atoll won't be cancelled and Set Me Free will be overhauled with now 2 composers, Siwiwiwoa and Aerozity.

Mixlas, the creator of Baby's Nightmare Circus, has passed away.

I was quite sad that Mixlas had passed away after reading comments on Dawko's latest video and then devastated that it was due to him taking his own life, after months or even years of being stuck with depression, according to dozens of Gamejolt posts.

I likely watched other YouTubers play his games such as the one I mentioned in the heading and Tyke & Sons, when I was younger...

I didn't expect it to happen, but unfortunately, that's how it is...

During a day before yesterday, something terrible happened that I wasn't aware of, until a day later.

A bunch of attackers had taken advantage of an oversight within KamTape's messaging/inbox feature that caused all of users' (now old) data to be scraped off of the database and according to the now deleted blog post, they intend to release it on other platforms within 1-2 days, in which I had to change it as quickly as possible (with some help) in order to avoid being doxxed on the World Wide Web.

Which is why KamTape was loading so damn slow, when I tried to upload a video onto there and it got so bad that Lemerksdotcom had chosen to leave the platform, altogether, but I don't want to leave my personal haven behind, as well until I have to.

Stay safe and beware of the doxxers on the interwebs!

About the EU/UK drama

Yes, I am aware of the fact that Ofcom are being asked by broadcasters to pass laws that force more of their videos onto YouTube recommendations at the top of the page with something similar is being done in the EU and unfortunately, this isn't the first time anything like this has happened.

Because if you pay attention this excerpt from the HuluTube video from 2009 on why Google are screwing over their YT userbase:

It's because they're bringing the big boys like Disney.

Companies like Disney want all the traffic pointing towards them and thus increasing their revenue at your expense.

They have television networks, TV shows and theme parks, but that is not enough.

Sound familiar?

Good, because history shouldn't be repeating itself with the kerfuffle creators are in right now, but here we are.

Ted Turner passes away at age 87

Thanks to a YouTube post I saw, I found out that Ted Turner had passed away after a long battle with dementia and it's truly sad as he was a huge pioneer of television advancement from the late 20th century, which wouldn't exist if we weren't involved.

Rest in peace.

Why do I think that?

Because in recent years, public distrust amongst governments, ruling parties and politicians have skyrocketed as they've been making universally hated decisions such as implementing controversial laws (e.g. Online Safety Act), accepting bribery from oligarchs (which has likely been the cause of said laws), causing conflicts in the Middle East, denying any kind of allegations that they've been facing as of late, being (partially) responsible for the rise of the far right and more things that would take up the entirety of this post, if I typed them all.

These exact things could push people to the point, where they think they're better off without a government, anyways.

(plus, there's a high chance of a civil war in England, according to a certain website)

How could it work?

It's obviously through a rebellion or a revolution, but that would have to take a lot of bravery to actually go out there, riot on the streets and hurt corrupt politicians, because the captured ruling parties in charge of governments will mostly be prepared for such event.

Or on the other hand, they could try the anarcho-pacifism route and do some peaceful protests, which are way better for children than just some anarchists rioting on the streets, because that would leave a permanent scar on their mental health.

Anyways, once citizens were finished with overthrowing a government and putting the rich to rest, alongside abolishing it entirely, they're left with no choice but to work together in order to sustain their self-governing society, otherwise, it would collapse entirely, like some Reddit posts say.

Although, we'll leave that for the political community to debate the sustainability of an anarchist society on that hellhole or the lesser evil, lemmy.world.

When will it happen?

I think it's sometime in 2026 or in the late 2020s, because that's likely the time where it truly starts kicking off.

I may not be correct on the spot, but I'm not wrong, either.

P.S. It's actually seeing a resurgence from what I have researched on DuckDuckGo, so this post is partially pointless, now.

That's right, I've joined a web revival that I was looking forward to since 2024 that aims to replicate the old, yet simple Twitter layout where you can customise your profile (not as customisable as Pikidiary in terms of BBCode, *cough*) and hang out with friends.

Plus, it is now maintained by the development team behind KamTape!

Crazy, isn't it?

Anyways, you can follow me by clicking the link at my profile on Newgrounds as it has become the pseudo Linktree at this point.

See you on the flipside, guys!

(this picture was taken yesterday, by the way.)

If you're wondering what the hell happened to zombo.com that caused it to look like this, let me explain why.

Because, according to what I've researched on the internet (partly, Reddit), a hacker had stolen the original domain, put it up for a sale, someone had purchased the domain and then overhauled the entire website from the visuals to replacing the original audio with an text-to-speech AI voice, in which the anti-AI crowd will lose their minds over this.

Speaking of losing, I can't say the same to hope as the original creator is trying their hardest to buy back the domain and the original contents that were once prominent for the website from 1999.

I hope that the old owner wins this uphill battle into taking back what's originally theirs in the first place, not the tech bro's.

P.S. I first found out about this through a blog from 1000Logos, in which I was confused on why that happened in the first place.

Heads up, archivists of the World Wide Web!

Today, we've got special news in front of your very eyes...

(credits: Smithsonian Magazine)

That's right, The Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired the license from Google, themselves to host YouTube's first ever video, there.

This decision by the museum's board was so triumphant for the internet to the point where Neal Mohan, the subsidiary's CEO and former DoubleClick employee, spoke up about it, saying that:

By reconstructing the original 2005 watchpage, we aren't just showing a video; we are inviting the public to step back in time to the beginning of a global, cultural phenomenon.

The detail that Mr. Mohan got wrong about is the webpage being displayed is actually the earliest known snapshot from 8th December 2006, 25 days after the parent company, Google, had finalised their acquisition of the video sharing platform.

Now, despite Google/Alphabet going through crapification as a public company, these days, I'm very glad that they're allowing archivist organisations like the museum to display parts of their history for everybody to see.

If it weren't for them winning the lawsuit against Viacom back in 2012, every major part of YouTube's history would've been lost to time.

I haven't posted a blog in a while, but I just wanted to share with you that Google are being strange once again with privatising (not deleted, as some YouTubers have said to get the sweet views) the YouTube Rewind series that began since Chad Hurley became advisor and has ran for nearly a decade, with many releases being beloved, before 2017/18, where the quality had gone down (I think).

Which resulted in them rightfully discontinuing the series, after backlash.

....

But, fast forward to December 2025, where they've unlisted them out of nowhere (although, they were still available to watch) and days later, the conglomerate sparked further confusion by completely sealing them away without any announcement, whatsoever.

Therefore, some users began linking the mass privatisation to the massive failure that is the 2018 Rewind, others have linked it to a dispute with Ryan Higa, where Google themselves (under the guise of YouTube) had attempted to pressure him into dancing on stage and one suggested that it may have been due to copyright issues.

Now if I remember it correctly, an article stated that the re-uploads of Rewinds on YouTube may be taken down by Google/Alphabet, likely because they do not want themselves or anybody else to acknowledge these events, further (but of course, that leads to the Streisand effect).

Thanks for tuning in and good afternoon.