Omarchy, DHH's ready-made Arch desktop, put the default user in the docker group, which Docker treats as root, while the docs said you could run Docker as a normal user and not as root. Version 4.0.1 takes the user out and hides the old default behind a warning. Alex and Jordan look at kernel.org spending fourteen of ninety cores rendering commit pages for scrapers who could clone the history for free; Qubes security bulletin 118, where copying a file from the admin desktop lets a bad VM sneak a command into a shell; and Google Maps showing Lake America to US users after a government names change, while Canada still sees Lake Ontario. The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Hosts: Alex & Jordan

Show: Chief Skeptic Officer. Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York. Episode date: 2026-08-31.

In this episode

• The brochure is not the config. Omarchy's default install put everyday users in the docker group, which is the same as root. The docs said not as root. 4.0.1 moves that into a warning menu.
• Fourteen cores for the robots. kernel.org spends about a fifth of its CPU drawing commit pages for scrapers. The same history is a free download.
• A filename with a command in it. Qubes bulletin 118. Copy from the admin desktop into a compromised box and that box can sneak a command into a shell. Patch still in testing.
• The label moved. A US executive order renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America. Google Maps in the US followed. Canada still sees Lake Ontario.

Links

• 0xcc Omarchy root
• Omarchy v4.0.1
• Creepy crawlies
• Qubes QSB-118
• CNN Lake America
• Google Maps name change

AI disclosure

This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.