Michael Sainato • The Guardian
Surveillance capitalism strikes again
Author: mechaneyes
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Leaders of China, Russia and India are among heads of state meeting to counter US influence
Yuras Karmanau · AP
Strange how the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is almost not covered at all.
It now includes 10 nations: Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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Along with Russia, China has presented the SCO as an alternative to Western-aligned organizations like the G7, and in recent years has wanted to expand the scope and influence of the organization.
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Adam Curtis on the dangers of self-expression
Adam Curtis · The Creative Independent
Capitalism is about self-expression; art is about self-expression. Art is far from being a radical outside movement. It’s at the heart of the modern conformity. That’s why nothing ever changes, because the radicals have gone to a form of expression at the very center of the power structure they disapprove of. So they’re neutered.
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Metasshole 2026.08.23
This is an early iteration of my Metasshole project.
The device is an Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2 with a the FeatherWing OLED attached. The module below runs the buzzer to the right of it.
The goal is for when the device detects Meta AI glasses it sounds the alarm by triggering the buzzer. That buzzer is haptic only, so inaudible. I plan on making a vocal version.
And the name, “Metasshole” … I know everyone is simply calling them “Pervert Glasses,” but I’m building on the “Glasshole” lable we used the last time around with the Google Glass.
Current code:
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Coronet Cadence
I scanned a mid-century modern light in front of a house in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood in Sacramento, documenting its design so I can build another or have a friend more comfortable working with wood build it for me.
After the scan I had the model to build from. I was able to use the same captured data to make this video.
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Zoom CISO: AI as a Security Enabler, Not Role-Replacer
Kristina Beek · Heard It From a CISO · Dark Reading
She started as a dev … dat’s me. Nice
- cybersecurity welcomes a diverse array of individuals
- aspiring professionals should start where their interests lie
- build exposure across multiple security domains rather than staying siloed in one specialty
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US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
Daniel Boguslaw · WIRED
Spencer Reynolds [senior counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund] says that, despite the real if limited threat posed … a category like “anti-tech extremism” could be drawn so broad as to ensnare peaceful data center protesters, AI skeptics, and anyone with a bone to pick with technology that permeates modern life.
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“Suspicious activity reports are incredibly unreliable, often about vague or innocent behavior, issued under permissive standards. These reports, often received in large volumes, allow officers to inject their own biases and see what they want to see in the facts.”
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Among the vaguely defined activities flagged by the Northern Virginia intelligence center as suspicious are “expressed/implied threat,” “observation/surveillance,” “photography,” “testing/probing of security,” and “attempted intrusion.”
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Old Stockholm telephone tower
Wikipedia
The Old Stockholm telephone tower was a metallic structure built to connect approximately 5,500 telephone lines in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Constructed in 1887, the tower was used until 1913.
