Recently, PSYOP researcher Jon Nichols posted a YouTube video of his latest conference presentation, detailing the basics of how psychological operations work, what they are for, and discussing some examples from the House Intelligence Committee’s findings on ads purchased by Russia as part of the 2016 election interference. Nothing in…

Updated As a blogger who’s written about WikiLeaks off and on since 2011, I’ve tweeted with most of the “regulars” on the #Assange and #WikiLeaks hashtags. One of the most persistent defenders of Julian Assange is a fellow I’ll call Mr. …

Four years ago I wrote a blog post called “LARPing the Revolution: 100 Years On,” about Occupy and Anonymous embracing the idea that they could, and should, make a revolution happen by showing people that the state is weak and vulnerable, an old anarchist idea that killed a lot of…

[Note: “Racist Granny” in this story refers to a composite character that in no way resembles either my own saintly grandmothers or any other particular person living or dead, especially not anybody who has ever threatened to sue me on Twitter.] Racist Granny wasn’t always racist. She’s not aware of…