Introduction to BuffaloTechFascism, a space to track and discuss state surveillance, power and money, human testing, and environmental anomalies in Buffalo, NY
Hi. I made this sideblog out of necessity. I am a 26 year old queer person from Buffalo, NY. I've lived here my whole life. Politically, I am extremely left wing. For many years I called myself a communist/Marxist, and while I still am at my core, I have incorporated many anarchist ideas and methodologies into my practices recently.
Let me get to the point: For the past 6-12 months, and possibly more, I have been under increased state surveillance. A lot of it has to do with a close friend of mine, Kimalah, an anarchist who has been under extremely severe surveillance for 10-15 years now. Due to my proximity to her, and the fact that I am assisting her in spreading information about Buffalo being entirely run by a cabal of feds and tech fascists, I have now been experiencing many of the horrors that she does. I will get into the specifics of why she and I are under such surveillance on a later post. But it is mainly due to our wish to uncover corruption happening with politicians, police and corporations in the area, as well as our desire to help people.
Here are some of the ways that I have experienced surveillance:
Drone surveillance: The city has heavily invested in drones for surveillance and intimidation purposes. I have seen several different models both flying around town and directly following me. I have been unable to find the specific models for most of the drones I've seen on the websites of major weapons manufacturers during my research. However, all of the websites have the disclaimer that many of their products are being developed in secret, meaning the ones I've seen are most likely still in development and are going through test runs. Every night once it gets dark, the sky outside of my apartment is filled with drones, some hanging low and others up much higher. I know they are drones and not airplanes because the majority of them are completely silent. They all have distinct light flashing patterns that airplanes do not have, and most of them are shaped differently from one another. This is mostly an intimidation tactic so that I don't speak about what's happening to my friend, but they are also using AI to collect data about me and of course the rest of the regular people living here.
Helicopters: Like the drones, these are intimidation tactics. But given that they are helicopters, there are real people (most likely Homeland Security officers or some other type of feds) inside them. They send out helicopters when I've done something or told someone something that makes them especially nervous or mad. Last month, a helicopter waited outside my workplace for me to leave each day for a week. When I'd leave work, it would be hovering only ~30 feet above my car, and it would follow me home. Any time I took a new route, or stopped at the post office or pharmacy, it would swerve to follow me and then wait for me to finish my errand so it could continue to follow me home. Then once I entered my home, the helicopter (and often times there would be more than one) would circle my house for hours. They're extremely loud, distracting and unnerving. The helicopters have mostly ceased in the last few weeks, because many people in Buffalo began complaining about so many of them flying around town each day. They obviously realized they were being a bit too obvious, and they now mostly send out drones, save for a few helicopters here and there.
Phone hacking: My partner and I have both had our phones hacked and had messages deleted. We knew it was a hack because it was simultaneous and our batteries depleted extremely quickly. Also, we were able to send and view new messages to each other, but they did not show up as "Delivered". Those messages were then wiped completely. The screen and keyboard also glitched quite a bit, and my phone got very hot. This happened two days after Kimalah reached out to a journalist about everything that's been happening, and offered to have me speak with him as well. My upstairs neighbor is also under surveillance, probably because he is very outspoken against ICE. One day as he sat in his living room, his phone lit up without any notifications there, and a voice said "Wait, it's on?" and then got cut off.
Surveillance from neighbors, landlords, and random people: I am not entirely sure the degree to which this happens to me, although I know it occurs at least somewhat. This type of surveillance is extremely intense for Kimalah. Her entire street has been hired by police to surveil, terrorize and collect data about her. When we go out together, people follow us from place to place just to stare at us, and they're very obvious about it. I do not care whether or not you believe me about this part. I am fully secure in my knowledge and experiences and people calling me crazy cannot phase me.
Cameras: Police have set up AI police cams at every major intersection the city. Flock Surveillance has also made its way to Buffalo. Police are able to track our habits and routes through these cameras and send out drones/helicopters accordingly if we get too close to an area they don't want us to be in. Additionally, my neighbors set up AI cameras pointing into our backyard. These neighbors are tech fascists with DARPA connections. I have read some of their published studies, and they are interested in the field of developing ways of influencing human behavior through brain signals. Essentially, mind control. When Kimalah contacted the journalist, she specifically mentioned my neighbor, and even linked his LinkedIn account. Three days later, the camera directly pointing at my window (they have several around the property but only one is in direct contact of me) was taken down entirely. This is most likely because they found out a journalist may be looking into Kimalah's story, and by extension, them.
I'm currently too exhausted at the moment to share any more. I had another post planned today about how to track landlords in Buffalo to find out if they are affiliated with the police that will have to wait. I also plan to eventually post more about the drones, the situation regarding my friend's surveillance, the odd environmental things that occur here due to the extraction of resources for weapons manufacturing, and much more. This is only 2% of what I plan to share. For now, this will do. Thank you to anyone who has read this far. I post this not for sympathy, as I am somewhat numbed to the severity of it all at this point, but because more people need to know this is happening. And because I know it is already happening to many more people, possibly without them knowing about it.
