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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans
- facial recognition through the glasses' camera.
You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good
because civil society groups are busy with politics
and won't cause problems.

Lukasz Olejnik (@lukaszolejnik.bsky.social)
First they'll give it to blind people, because who's going to attack technology for the blind, or people with hearing problems (like me)? I admit that! Privacy risk review procedures have been loosened. 15, 10, 5 years ago this would have been a major controversy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html

i need to shop for a new suitcase — this one is only a couple years old and it's already full! (of stickers, i mean)
also, it's too big. i am going to travel light on this trip I SWEAR I AM 😤

»Die treuhänderische Übertragung ändert nichts daran, dass Herr Weimer wirtschaftlicher Eigentümer bleibt«, sagt Mohamad El-Ghazi, Professor für Strafrecht und Direktor des Trierer Geldwäscheinstituts. »Letztlich profitiert er immer noch von möglichen Erfolgen des Unternehmens.«

Wolfram Weimer und die Tegernsee-Affäre: »Letztlich profitiert er immer noch«
Im April bringt die Weimer Media Group wieder Politiker und Unternehmer beim Ludwig-Erhard-Gipfel zusammen. Ein Dokument legt nahe, dass der Kulturstaatsminister die Mediengruppe noch immer kontrolliert.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
While I have often talked about eutrophication (high nutrients leading to excess algae production), systems worldwide have also undergone oligotrophication: productivity reduction from nutrient decline or ecosystem changes. While lakes becoming clearer is often viewed positively, this results in food web alterations and loss of culturally and commercially importa…