fucking hell Villeneuve really understood the assignment. I got some minor gripes with the adaptation thus far but you can't deny that visually he's a master of the craft. This *looks* incredible, nailed the aesthetic and how Dune Messiah should feel.
Saw way too many on the left defend this guy over the past several months, repeating the line from his campaign that all these scandals were manufactured by establishment opps trying to bring him down. I hope the people who thought a fucking Blackwater mercenary with a laundry list of scandals, lies, and sketchy behavior is in any way acceptable representation for the left will reconsider their standards.
Stoked to be finally sharing episode 1 of Blood in the Machine, the new podcast I'm producing with tech journalist, Brian Merchant. This thing has been well over a month in the making, and we will be releasing new episodes every week. My role will be mostly behind the scenes, but you'll see me make a cameo towards the end of this one.
There are already approximately one billion podcasts that host tech executives, AI advocates, and startup founders, and that highlight tech stories from a business and culture perspective. This show is for everyone else—the people in their crosshairs.
Check out episode 1 featuring Molly White, a researcher and journalist documenting the staggering sums of political spending by the crypto and AI lobbies, and read more about the project here: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-industry-is-pou…
www.wired.com/story/massive-effigy-of-elon-musk-ra… “This IPO is a liability shift,” the advocacy group says. “Elon is responsible for all of this. It's all the decisions that he's made. All of those litigation expenses, regulatory fines, investigations, all of that is basically being shifted to the shareholders.”
1) I'll be producing the "Blood in The Machine" (BITM) podcast with friend of the channel, tech journalist Brian Merchant. You may remember him as the Luddite expert from my video "Should We Destroy the Machines?" The BITM show will cover stories from the frontlines of opposition to big tech, pulling back the curtain on the opaque and sleazy world of Silicon Valley. If you like this channel you're gonna love it. Go subscribe to his YouTube channel (@BloodInTheMachine) as that is where the podcast will be going up, likely in the next couple weeks. I'll mostly be behind the scenes but occasionally will pop on air to add context or ask questions.
2) I am officially going FULL TIME with creative projects such as this YouTube channel, the BITM podcast, and freelance video editing. I haven't talked much about it, but I've been essentially doing part time delivery driving for the past year to pay the bills, but I *think* I now have enough money coming in that I can make things work. And the upside is I now have WAY more time to spend on videos, so I hope to be releasing more frequently
This is a bit of a risk (actually quite a big risk) but I figure it's now or never and we're gonna roll with the punches. If anyone has been on the fence about Patreon and can afford it, it would help a lot. www.patreon.com/c/TheStoriesWeTell303
3) The smart glasses video should be FINALLY going up in the next few days. I had some unexpected delays from sponsors, yada yada you don't care. But I'm really psyched about this one and I think people will enjoy it.
4) Seeing as my role for the BITM involves reading a LOT about tech news, many of the videos I will be working on involve critical analysis of big tech stories, putting them into context of labor, power, and politics. May even dabble in some more journalistic work. In the works are videos on AI Sweatshops & the so called "Ethical" AI Company. However, I still want to cover non-tech topics, including one I've been working on called "The American Dream is a Dead Lawn." If there are any topics you want to see me cover, drop a comment.
5) I have been experimenting with live-streaming a bit and posting edited clips to a second channel @ShortStoriesWeTell. Idk how much of this will be worth my time at the size my channel is, but please do subscribe over there and let me know if you like seeing this kind of content. I will undoubtedly continue posting there in some fashion.
Finally, I am actively looking for more sponsors for my upcoming videos. If you happen to be interested please email me at thestorieswetell303@proton.me (AI slop and crypto scams need not apply)
Ok, that's all for now. I look forward to whatever the hell this channel looks like in one more year.
In 2012, Google introduced a product that would live on in infamy: Google Glass. The weird, clunky, and creepy computers for your face were roundly rejected by society, its users were mocked as “glassholes,” and the product disappeared into the annals of Silicon Valley’s most notorious failures. Thanks to its high pricetag, ugly design, and limited functionality, Google Glass was doomed from the start.
Now, however, after 10+ years of technological advances, smart glasses are back with force. These new wearable computers, cleverly made in partnership with Ray Ban & Oakley, are much more stylish and nearly indistinguishable from typical glasses. They allow you to converse with AI chatbots, listen to music, take calls, snap photos & POV videos, and live-translate or caption speech in the world, all without so much as reaching for your phone.
This is one of the sales pitches; that these glasses can liberate you from your screen by tackling nearly all the tasks you’d use your phone for. It’s a post-screen world, where as a 2013 WIRED article foretold, “you’re going to be wearing the future all over yourself, and soon.”
So, in this video, let’s talk about what exactly is going on with smart glasses. How is Big Tech is profiting off our increasingly intimate relationship with technology, in which surveillance is not a tradeoff to access tech, but is the product itself? Who benefits from the atmosphere of distrust and anxiety brought on by the knowledge that the random stranger who approached you could be recording you without consent, and how does this differ from the use of smartphone cameras? How does the use of covert recording signify the regressive misogynistic shift of young men? Most importantly, how can we resist the privacy nihilism that many people respond to such concerns with? How do we protect the few privacy laws we actually have, and lobby for strong privacy legislation suitable for the digital age?
I spoke with Chris Gilliard, a privacy and surveillance expert who studies digital technology at the intersection of race and class, about his concept of "luxury surveillance" and Meta's AI glasses. We had a great convo and I hope you enjoy!
PS Smart glasses video essay coming in the next week (next day on Patreon).
“The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I. … On Monday night, Mr. Rosenbaum acknowledged in a statement that the book had “a handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes” and said that he had started his own investigation. … In his statement, Mr. Rosenbaum said that if the episode “serves as a warning about the risks of A.I.-assisted research and verification, that is why I wrote the book.””
What's up gang? Hope everyone is enjoying springtime. I came down with a cold this week, so I thought I'd throw out some more podcast & music recs. I had a family engagement party that I spent some time on a playlist for; I figure since people are always asking about the music in my vids you might want to hear it. It will essentially be my summertime playlist, good for outdoors, camping, bonfires, the beach, etc etc. Family friendly too.
"[Smart glasses] are also basically the best device for AI because it’s the only device where you can basically let an AI see what you see, hear what you hear, talk to you throughout the day." - Mark Zuckerberg
The Stories We Tell w/ Ryan Hodes
fucking hell Villeneuve really understood the assignment. I got some minor gripes with the adaptation thus far but you can't deny that visually he's a master of the craft. This *looks* incredible, nailed the aesthetic and how Dune Messiah should feel.
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Saw way too many on the left defend this guy over the past several months, repeating the line from his campaign that all these scandals were manufactured by establishment opps trying to bring him down. I hope the people who thought a fucking Blackwater mercenary with a laundry list of scandals, lies, and sketchy behavior is in any way acceptable representation for the left will reconsider their standards.
Here is the link. It is pretty disturbing stuff so be warned www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-se…
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Stoked to be finally sharing episode 1 of Blood in the Machine, the new podcast I'm producing with tech journalist, Brian Merchant. This thing has been well over a month in the making, and we will be releasing new episodes every week. My role will be mostly behind the scenes, but you'll see me make a cameo towards the end of this one.
There are already approximately one billion podcasts that host tech executives, AI advocates, and startup founders, and that highlight tech stories from a business and culture perspective. This show is for everyone else—the people in their crosshairs.
Check out episode 1 featuring Molly White, a researcher and journalist documenting the staggering sums of political spending by the crypto and AI lobbies, and read more about the project here: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-industry-is-pou…
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Incredible stuff, New York.
www.wired.com/story/massive-effigy-of-elon-musk-ra…
“This IPO is a liability shift,” the advocacy group says. “Elon is responsible for all of this. It's all the decisions that he's made. All of those litigation expenses, regulatory fines, investigations, all of that is basically being shifted to the shareholders.”
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Some BIG personal news & channel updates:
1) I'll be producing the "Blood in The Machine" (BITM) podcast with friend of the channel, tech journalist Brian Merchant. You may remember him as the Luddite expert from my video "Should We Destroy the Machines?" The BITM show will cover stories from the frontlines of opposition to big tech, pulling back the curtain on the opaque and sleazy world of Silicon Valley. If you like this channel you're gonna love it. Go subscribe to his YouTube channel (@BloodInTheMachine) as that is where the podcast will be going up, likely in the next couple weeks. I'll mostly be behind the scenes but occasionally will pop on air to add context or ask questions.
2) I am officially going FULL TIME with creative projects such as this YouTube channel, the BITM podcast, and freelance video editing. I haven't talked much about it, but I've been essentially doing part time delivery driving for the past year to pay the bills, but I *think* I now have enough money coming in that I can make things work. And the upside is I now have WAY more time to spend on videos, so I hope to be releasing more frequently
This is a bit of a risk (actually quite a big risk) but I figure it's now or never and we're gonna roll with the punches. If anyone has been on the fence about Patreon and can afford it, it would help a lot. www.patreon.com/c/TheStoriesWeTell303
3) The smart glasses video should be FINALLY going up in the next few days. I had some unexpected delays from sponsors, yada yada you don't care. But I'm really psyched about this one and I think people will enjoy it.
4) Seeing as my role for the BITM involves reading a LOT about tech news, many of the videos I will be working on involve critical analysis of big tech stories, putting them into context of labor, power, and politics. May even dabble in some more journalistic work. In the works are videos on AI Sweatshops & the so called "Ethical" AI Company. However, I still want to cover non-tech topics, including one I've been working on called "The American Dream is a Dead Lawn." If there are any topics you want to see me cover, drop a comment.
5) I have been experimenting with live-streaming a bit and posting edited clips to a second channel @ShortStoriesWeTell. Idk how much of this will be worth my time at the size my channel is, but please do subscribe over there and let me know if you like seeing this kind of content. I will undoubtedly continue posting there in some fashion.
Finally, I am actively looking for more sponsors for my upcoming videos. If you happen to be interested please email me at thestorieswetell303@proton.me (AI slop and crypto scams need not apply)
Ok, that's all for now. I look forward to whatever the hell this channel looks like in one more year.
Peace and love,
Ryan
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In 2012, Google introduced a product that would live on in infamy: Google Glass. The weird, clunky, and creepy computers for your face were roundly rejected by society, its users were mocked as “glassholes,” and the product disappeared into the annals of Silicon Valley’s most notorious failures. Thanks to its high pricetag, ugly design, and limited functionality, Google Glass was doomed from the start.
Now, however, after 10+ years of technological advances, smart glasses are back with force. These new wearable computers, cleverly made in partnership with Ray Ban & Oakley, are much more stylish and nearly indistinguishable from typical glasses. They allow you to converse with AI chatbots, listen to music, take calls, snap photos & POV videos, and live-translate or caption speech in the world, all without so much as reaching for your phone.
This is one of the sales pitches; that these glasses can liberate you from your screen by tackling nearly all the tasks you’d use your phone for. It’s a post-screen world, where as a 2013 WIRED article foretold, “you’re going to be wearing the future all over yourself, and soon.”
So, in this video, let’s talk about what exactly is going on with smart glasses. How is Big Tech is profiting off our increasingly intimate relationship with technology, in which surveillance is not a tradeoff to access tech, but is the product itself? Who benefits from the atmosphere of distrust and anxiety brought on by the knowledge that the random stranger who approached you could be recording you without consent, and how does this differ from the use of smartphone cameras? How does the use of covert recording signify the regressive misogynistic shift of young men? Most importantly, how can we resist the privacy nihilism that many people respond to such concerns with? How do we protect the few privacy laws we actually have, and lobby for strong privacy legislation suitable for the digital age?
AVAILABLE NOW, AD FREE ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/posts/rise-of-perv-159188283?utm_m…
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I spoke with Chris Gilliard, a privacy and surveillance expert who studies digital technology at the intersection of race and class, about his concept of "luxury surveillance" and Meta's AI glasses. We had a great convo and I hope you enjoy!
PS Smart glasses video essay coming in the next week (next day on Patreon).
www.patreon.com/posts/smart-glasses-w-159117693?ut…
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The most 2026 headline goes to…
Pretty hilarious story. Some excerpts:
“The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I.
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On Monday night, Mr. Rosenbaum acknowledged in a statement that the book had “a handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes” and said that he had started his own investigation.
…
In his statement, Mr. Rosenbaum said that if the episode “serves as a warning about the risks of A.I.-assisted research and verification, that is why I wrote the book.””
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What's up gang? Hope everyone is enjoying springtime. I came down with a cold this week, so I thought I'd throw out some more podcast & music recs. I had a family engagement party that I spent some time on a playlist for; I figure since people are always asking about the music in my vids you might want to hear it. It will essentially be my summertime playlist, good for outdoors, camping, bonfires, the beach, etc etc. Family friendly too.
Link to playlists here (available for everyone, not just paid): www.patreon.com/posts/some-saturday-158421368?utm_…
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"[Smart glasses] are also basically the best device for AI because it’s the only device where you can basically let an AI see what you see, hear what you hear, talk to you throughout the day." - Mark Zuckerberg
What could possibly go wrong?
Read part three of four (video coming soon!) windblowncuriosities.substack.com/p/get-ready-for-…
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