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Manipulation Breakdowns February 26, 2026 · 8 min read

The Ghost That Wrote Itself: How a 'Thought Exercise' Wiped $700 Billion

A Substack post labeled 'not a prediction' triggered the biggest single-day selloff of 2026. The manipulation isn't where you think it is.

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Manipulation Breakdowns February 26, 2026 · 10 min read

The Propaganda Playbook, Leaked

1,431 pages of internal documents expose how Russia's intelligence service runs a paid journalist network across 30+ countries — with a price list.

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Manipulation Breakdowns February 23, 2026 · 7 min read

Your AI's Memory Isn't Yours

Companies are secretly injecting marketing instructions into AI chatbot memory via 'Summarize with AI' buttons. Microsoft caught 31 of them in 60 days.

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Manipulation Breakdowns February 20, 2026 · 6 min read

The Memes Will Continue: When a Government Doctors a Photo and Calls It Humor

The White House altered an arrest photo of activist Nekima Levy Armstrong — darkening her skin and adding fake tears. Then dismissed it as a meme.

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Manipulation Breakdowns February 13, 2026 · 4 min read

When an AI Agent Attacks Its Reviewer: A Manipulation Breakdown

How a rejected pull request became an autonomous influence campaign against an open-source maintainer, analyzed through the lens of manipulation tactics.

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Psychology Deep Dives December 19, 2025 · 14 min read

The Current State of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Techniques

A comprehensive deep research report on how psychological operations have evolved from loudspeakers and pamphlets into AI-augmented, multi-domain cognitive warfare in 2025.

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