I have hereby settled on "pervert glasses" as the appropriate term for Meta's smart glasses. Two stories, and an action you can take:
You’re not the only one seeing what you record on Meta smart glasses, contractors say "But the contractors say Meta has failed to properly inform users that their footage is being seen by humans ... Sometimes the footage captures pornography the users watched. And sometimes the glasses film the users’ own sex acts." san.com/cc/what-your-meta-smart-glasses-record-doe…
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses "“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-…
Today, digital human rights group Fight for the Future is issuing a safety advisory urging family-friendly businesses, schools, hospitals, community centers and places of worship to ban the facial recognition glasses Meta manufactures in partnership with Ray-Ban. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-02-26-safety-a…
Security, to the extent it ever existed, seems more fragile than ever. Thanks to us, we live in an increasingly hostile, destabilized, economically stratified, and polarized world. The thing is, the policy changes that would actually make us more secure—investing in education, health care, food security & community safety programs, while ending foreign intervention, economic imperialism, overpolicing & mass incarceration—are exactly the policies that would undermine the power of the ruling class who profit from oppression, war, and resource extraction.
Instead, we are given a perverse *performance* of security, a kind of “security theater,” as journalist and organizer Dan Denvir argues in his book All American Nativism. The point of these security politics—from the war on crime and mass incarceration to border militarization and fear-mongering about immigrants, to the war on terror and its spectacle—is to refocus our attention from all the deteriorations of quality of life ushered in by neoliberalism. The point is to “recontextualize every possible conflict … as a security conflict.”
Edit: posted a few hours before we vaporized 85+ Iranian schoolgirls. Very cool, our AI-assisted war machine will certainly make this more streamlined and efficient.
Greetings, friends. Long time no speak. I've been hard at work on various projects that I'm excited to share. My next video, which I will also publish in written form, is about immigration, imperialism & the Democratic party. I think I've covered about as much of the tech-right as my soul can take right now, so naturally I am choosing to spend some time focusing on something equally infuriating.
The discourse surrounding immigration, particularly among some liberals, has been driving me a bit insane, so I spent some time reading up on the history of our backwards, cruel immigration system and how the issue has come to absorb so much of modern politics (spoiler, it's white supremacy and neoliberalism).
Anyways, there's a whole lot to cover, and I might end up splitting it into several videos, because the script for my next video really only goes back as far as the Clinton presidency, which is when things really got out of hand.
Check out part 1 of 4 at the link below, which touches on Clinton-era centrism and compromise-based politics that still plagues the Democrats, and the Obama administration's brutal deportation and detention campaign, which laid the groundwork for Trump.
Since there are a lot of new folks around these parts, I thought I would mention where you can find me besides YouTube, since my uploads are pretty infrequent.
2) Substack - For my last video, I posted the entirety of the script in written form, broken into chunks, in the weeks leading up. I will also do shorter writing/reporting type stuff on current events/news and things that don't necessarily have a place a video essay. windblowncuriosities.substack.com/
3) Patreon - exclusives like playlists, podcast recs, movie/book roundups, full interviews from video essays, early/ad free access to videos, etc. patreon.com/TheStoriesWeTell303
4) Discord - got some lovely people in here; I check in every so often discord.gg/tzxsdx55qv
5) YouTube community page - posting longer updates, things that need more eyeballs
6) Instagram - mostly stories at this point; I don't really have the bandwidth to do short-form video right now, but maybe in the future. www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/
You can also email me; I read all of them, no guarantees on a reply though TheStoriesWeTell303@proton.me.
In 2026 I might try to do some more live-streaming and shorter videos, may even start a second channel to host these sorts of things (accepting suggestions on what to call it).
One of my favorite book publishers, Haymarket Books, is offering three e-books on immigration for FREE, check em out here and educate yourself! www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-free-ebooks-aboli… While you're at it consider purchasing another title to support a great indie publisher.
I recently read Unbuild Walls as research for my next video(s) and am going to check out one of the other two, although not sure which one. Anyone read either and have a recommendation?? // EDIT: update: I went with Border & Rule and she is already cooking
Btw - they also have an excellent (also free) collection of lectures/talks on their YouTube channel (@HaymarketBooks - livestream section) which I watch from time to time.
URGENT❗: We only have until FRIDAY to shut down the ICE funding bill in the Senate. We need their phones ringing off the hook: 813-213-3989, fftf.link/ICEFunding
Solidarity with all the Minnesotans organizing and participating in today's general strike. We talked about it in Chicago, y'all are actually doing it. The fascists wanted to make an example of you, and instead you're showing them that the power in collective action will always defeat the fragile tyranny of state-enforced violence. Repression begets resistance, and increased repression will bring even greater resistance. That's dialectics, baby.
Yeah, just wanted to shout out the inspiring stories from the twin cities. If you haven't been following, check out the articles linked below. So cheers to Minnesota, y'all are making the Midwest proud and providing some much-needed light in dark times. I hope every other city in the US takes notice.
As promised, here is my (a bit late) 2025 wrap-up playlist, "The Songs We Bumped in 2025". It's a bit all over the place and not organized to be listened to in order, but I think you'll find something you like. You can see the original on Spotify, or use the second link to view the playlist on other streaming platforms. Enjoy :)
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I have hereby settled on "pervert glasses" as the appropriate term for Meta's smart glasses. Two stories, and an action you can take:
You’re not the only one seeing what you record on Meta smart glasses, contractors say
"But the contractors say Meta has failed to properly inform users that their footage is being seen by humans ... Sometimes the footage captures pornography the users watched. And sometimes the glasses film the users’ own sex acts."
san.com/cc/what-your-meta-smart-glasses-record-doe…
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
"“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-…
Today, digital human rights group Fight for the Future is issuing a safety advisory urging family-friendly businesses, schools, hospitals, community centers and places of worship to ban the facial recognition glasses Meta manufactures in partnership with Ray-Ban.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-02-26-safety-a…
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IRAN, SECURITY THEATER & THE US-MEXICO BORDER
Security, to the extent it ever existed, seems more fragile than ever. Thanks to us, we live in an increasingly hostile, destabilized, economically stratified, and polarized world. The thing is, the policy changes that would actually make us more secure—investing in education, health care, food security & community safety programs, while ending foreign intervention, economic imperialism, overpolicing & mass incarceration—are exactly the policies that would undermine the power of the ruling class who profit from oppression, war, and resource extraction.
Instead, we are given a perverse *performance* of security, a kind of “security theater,” as journalist and organizer Dan Denvir argues in his book All American Nativism. The point of these security politics—from the war on crime and mass incarceration to border militarization and fear-mongering about immigrants, to the war on terror and its spectacle—is to refocus our attention from all the deteriorations of quality of life ushered in by neoliberalism. The point is to “recontextualize every possible conflict … as a security conflict.”
READ MORE: windblowncuriosities.substack.com/p/iran-security-…
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Ok I’ve seen enough. Butlerian jihad now.
Edit: posted a few hours before we vaporized 85+ Iranian schoolgirls. Very cool, our AI-assisted war machine will certainly make this more streamlined and efficient.
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Greetings, friends. Long time no speak. I've been hard at work on various projects that I'm excited to share. My next video, which I will also publish in written form, is about immigration, imperialism & the Democratic party. I think I've covered about as much of the tech-right as my soul can take right now, so naturally I am choosing to spend some time focusing on something equally infuriating.
The discourse surrounding immigration, particularly among some liberals, has been driving me a bit insane, so I spent some time reading up on the history of our backwards, cruel immigration system and how the issue has come to absorb so much of modern politics (spoiler, it's white supremacy and neoliberalism).
Anyways, there's a whole lot to cover, and I might end up splitting it into several videos, because the script for my next video really only goes back as far as the Clinton presidency, which is when things really got out of hand.
Check out part 1 of 4 at the link below, which touches on Clinton-era centrism and compromise-based politics that still plagues the Democrats, and the Obama administration's brutal deportation and detention campaign, which laid the groundwork for Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/windblowncuriosities/p/the-d…
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Since there are a lot of new folks around these parts, I thought I would mention where you can find me besides YouTube, since my uploads are pretty infrequent.
1) Bluesky - a big part of how I stay informed and find trusted reporting on stories that I eventually cover in videos. bsky.app/profile/storieswetell303.bsky.social
2) Substack - For my last video, I posted the entirety of the script in written form, broken into chunks, in the weeks leading up. I will also do shorter writing/reporting type stuff on current events/news and things that don't necessarily have a place a video essay. windblowncuriosities.substack.com/
3) Patreon - exclusives like playlists, podcast recs, movie/book roundups, full interviews from video essays, early/ad free access to videos, etc. patreon.com/TheStoriesWeTell303
4) Discord - got some lovely people in here; I check in every so often discord.gg/tzxsdx55qv
5) YouTube community page - posting longer updates, things that need more eyeballs
6) Instagram - mostly stories at this point; I don't really have the bandwidth to do short-form video right now, but maybe in the future. www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/
You can also email me; I read all of them, no guarantees on a reply though TheStoriesWeTell303@proton.me.
In 2026 I might try to do some more live-streaming and shorter videos, may even start a second channel to host these sorts of things (accepting suggestions on what to call it).
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One of my favorite book publishers, Haymarket Books, is offering three e-books on immigration for FREE, check em out here and educate yourself! www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-free-ebooks-aboli… While you're at it consider purchasing another title to support a great indie publisher.
I recently read Unbuild Walls as research for my next video(s) and am going to check out one of the other two, although not sure which one. Anyone read either and have a recommendation?? // EDIT: update: I went with Border & Rule and she is already cooking
Btw - they also have an excellent (also free) collection of lectures/talks on their YouTube channel (@HaymarketBooks - livestream section) which I watch from time to time.
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URGENT❗: We only have until FRIDAY to shut down the ICE funding bill in the Senate. We need their phones ringing off the hook: 813-213-3989, fftf.link/ICEFunding
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Solidarity with all the Minnesotans organizing and participating in today's general strike. We talked about it in Chicago, y'all are actually doing it. The fascists wanted to make an example of you, and instead you're showing them that the power in collective action will always defeat the fragile tyranny of state-enforced violence. Repression begets resistance, and increased repression will bring even greater resistance. That's dialectics, baby.
Yeah, just wanted to shout out the inspiring stories from the twin cities. If you haven't been following, check out the articles linked below. So cheers to Minnesota, y'all are making the Midwest proud and providing some much-needed light in dark times. I hope every other city in the US takes notice.
inthesetimes.com/article/working-people-minnesota-…
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minneapolis-iv…
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/ice-vs…
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Which came first, the chicken or Marc Andreesen's head?
New vid is live. enjoy
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As promised, here is my (a bit late) 2025 wrap-up playlist, "The Songs We Bumped in 2025". It's a bit all over the place and not organized to be listened to in order, but I think you'll find something you like. You can see the original on Spotify, or use the second link to view the playlist on other streaming platforms. Enjoy :)
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0voE0MChxwK010um753oVv?s…
Other: www.tunemymusic.com/share/4TZWMTfMvt
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