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COINTELPRO was the physical intimidation and enforcement operation when Operation Mockingbird's total information control of corporate media failed to convince people that democracy was real. Even when both got exposed, the corporate media basically ignored Mockingbird because they were complicit.

Fast forward to today, and the only difference is they now own all the Social Media and A.I. If you want truth in journalism, support small local journalists, and ignore corporate news.

Re:Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:17AM (#50245232)
As the author suspects: "That makes unionizing or anything like that just kind of impossible. "

It's preemptive union busting.

I organized a peaceful protest in Sun Valley Idaho in 2021 on Reddit, and within 10 days my account was suspended, all my 15 years of posts and comments deleted. This was done in parallel with an operation conducted by an army of psyop bots that would try to scare people about it, claiming I was a terrorist, crazy, etc.

I was surveilled and harassed by the FBI during this time as well.

I've put some of this online on substack

https://webdoodle.substack.com

Most military facilities become so polluted they can't be used for anything else safely after.
Is this strictly humor, or is there practical knowledge here? Honestly can't tell.
Re:Borland Turbo Basic on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:21PM (#49966888)
They used Turbo Basic in Dbase 3 & 4 as well. It was so useful that Foxpro built a migration tool to port your dbase databases and code to Foxpro. Some of the first floppies I carried with me everywhere were my Dbase databases and basic programs.
Re:Spymarks, Not Watermarks on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @01:14PM (#49804705)
I ditched my smartphone nearly 7 years ago now. I quit online gaming before that. I described it like this to the head of AI for the state of Montana: "I'm airgapping myself against how this technology will be abused."
Re:Teleoperated Humans on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @01:08PM (#49804599)
The wiki describing the US in this story reminds me of the opening scenes to Soylet Green.
Stop Operation Mockingbird
Yep, this doesn't feel organic at all. Meta must be pretty desperate if they are going to go against the blue to sell spyglasses.
Citizen's United was the nail in the coffin for honest journalism, because it sold out to those with the largest wallets. If you truly want truth in journalism support independent journalists financially, and with your attention. Ignore corporate media.
Ironically most of the people reading this are doing so on an always connected phone with a fused battery, that they can't trust, because they don't control it. It also has significantly more capabilities that a flock camera, and they likely pay for it too.
Don't listen to these hecklers, you have every right to your privacy, and should demand it. Anonymity is paramount if people want to be able to talk without repercussions. Gaslighting, heckling and other forms of harassment are to convince you to self censor. Don't take the bait. Ignore them.
This is most likely the explanation. Apex predators will often try to kill the seed of an enemy by tearing off their junk. It's much less dangerous than trying to kill the enemy, and it serves the same purpose of ending their genetic line.
Speculation: Most forms of breast cancer occur because of bad protein production from a specific gene. My guess is this flight attendants breast cancer isn't from any known breast cancer gene.
Is it really cheating if the system is vulnerable? What about things like a filibuster or slow walking an order?
This list is incomplete without Eric Hoffer's True Believer, which is probably a reference/source for all of these other books. It's basically how to build a fanatic, a cult and a mass movement. It's also required reading for Terrorism studies classes, and CIA personnel, the latter, using it to conduct regime change in banarepublics and oil bearing nations.

Of course now it's used on everyone who uses smartphones and social media.

It's a Brave New World, and you're carrying the main tool to mind control you in your pocket. Bonus, you probably pay for it too!

Re:What Is a Harness? on Sunday August 23, 2026 @11:28AM (#49409594)
I thought this was the next evolution of the smartphone. One so smart that it does all the thinking for you. You don't even have to be conscious, you just do whatever it tells you too. Oh wait, that's what they do already.
Re:The Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA on Thursday August 20, 2026 @12:39PM (#49376977)
> many tech leaders cite patriotism and national renewal in their quest for military contracts, but mutual self-interest is what drove cooperation in the past

How can they be patriots when they do so at the expense of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 10th amendments to the U.S. Constitution? That's not patriotism, it's terrorism.

Re:A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @02:25PM (#49365260)
2 is 1, one is none. I hope they do regular backups too.
Re:A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @02:23PM (#49365237)
FlightAware (ADSB) and MarineTraffic (AIS) systems hide data upon request too. Which is why it's important that citizen scientists run there own receivers.
Re:AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot on Friday August 07, 2026 @11:54AM (#49212361)
AI the ultimate yes man, who can't be held accountable, can't be prosecuted, and can't be shutdown.
Did they ever discover who was piggy backing off there systems?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-and-why-the-fbi-mysterio...

This is the continuation of Operation Mockingbird. After it was exposed in the 70's by the Pike and Church Committee's, they reorganized privately using Allen & Co's Billaionaire's SummerCamp to consolidate the media (and now Social Media) industries for maximum control of the narrative. Each year they meet to further consolidate the media industry.

https://webdoodle.substack.com

I've been protesting there for 7 years now, and this was the first year the Democratic Socialists of America showed up. It was a major improvement. Next year the rest of you need to show up.

Yep. For instance it could be from higher cosmic ray penetration into the earth during the last geomagnetic excursion.
Re:Goes-19 weather satellite enters Safe Hold mode on Thursday July 16, 2026 @12:16PM (#48936568)
Invasion of Cuba incoming?
Whether the pixels are not representative of actual size, seems like putting lipstick on a pig. When I look up at night, I can't see the night sky without several satellites interrupting my view. Even a brief 10 second glance, will produce at least 1.

Their is no communication need that is greater than our need to understand space and space weather. If the satellite operators can't stop destroying the night sky, their launch permission should be removed, so as their old satellites fall, new ones won't be allowed to launch.

Further, if the federal government won't intervene (looking at the U.S. because Starlink). Then states should make those satellite receivers illegal.

Re:Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:54AM (#48748894)
A friend of mine owned the first Ipod, and diligently ripped all his cd's and cut and pasted them too his device. I asked if he had backups, and he said he had the cd's. I told him too make a copy, just in case the Apple mafia came too delete his stuff. He didn't, and then after a move he lost or scratched many of his CD's. His only backup WAS the ripped MP3's. A few years later Apple deleted all of his music claiming he hadn't purchased them. He didn't even know how to download music. Every single MP3 he had he ripped himself...
Re:Dopamine Fracking on Monday June 08, 2026 @01:27PM (#48448294)
Interesting take. Do you think they are intentionally killing curiosity? If so, why?
Re:Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses on Friday June 05, 2026 @11:55AM (#48414291)
Of course they would. They already know who you hate from constant doomscrolling and rage bait. They'll call it asshole avoidance, and charge a premium.

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