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Re: Better Discourse through Self Evidence; Mentorship
by coderman 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

On 1/31/16, Steve Kinney <admin(a)pilobilus.net> wrote: > ... > It always pays to outclass the opposition, in word /and/ deed. > Trolls, Buffoons and Lunaticks have their uses and some get paid; > but they have no staying power and eventually land on the rubbish > heap. It is said that a wise person may choose to act like a > fool, but that a fool can not choose to act like a wise person. > Let the great sorting begin... or, heh heh, stop it if you can. ignorance in a mind eager to learn more, is merely indicative of inquisitiveness. but willful ignorance in an obstinate fool needs no action other than absolute avoidance! there are many out there looking to learn with sincerity, yet so few teachers and mentors able to sate with knowledge instead of misguided misinformation or intentional obfuscation... be the font of educational insight and inspiration you wish to see in the world :)

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Methods of Exercising Control over the Direction of Discourse
by Ryan Carboni 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

The Gentleman's Guide To Forum Spies is no doubt disinformation. It is seemingly complete, as if to extinguish further analysis on the subject. But it seems to exclude methods which cannot be noticed, and seems to play to the fears of the paranoid. No doubt the psychologist who prepared the document is a threat to humanity itself and ought to be subject to summary execution. Afterall, a lack of interest in a topic should not be confused with forum sliding. Naturally if one is to bring up forum sliding in a forum, one would be dismissed as a troll and banned, perhaps rightly so. Through methods pioneered by Freud, I believe I have uncovered the methods in which the elites manipulate and stifle discussion to benefit their own interests. It is important to troll undesirable activists. It creates a low-grade trauma (which may increase social withdrawal and increased sensitivity to threats), makes them distrust certain common aspects of the trolls (through mental association), and wastes their time. It is also important to shift the internal Overton window of a group. While greater society has an Overton window over certain subjects, it's subcultures too have Overton windows. You don't see libertarians talk too much about nationalization now, do you? For conspiracy theorists, it is important to make it very difficult for new people to accept any conspiracy theory. Afterall, there's no clear line as to how the idea that the elites are conspiring is all that different then all the elites are lizard people (well, maybe have lizard brains, but that's different). Thus one must shift the direction of discussion to that of which is absurd so that additional individuals are unlikely to do anything more than outright dismiss the theories. Upon watching a propaganda video by North Korea targeted toward the conspiracy theorist members of the English-speaking population ( https://youtu.be/WEGMJE6I_Q4?t=28s ), it is evident that the video is targeting individuals with heightened responses to threats. It talks more about dangers without focusing on the logic of those dangers or alternative explanations. It's possible the video did not come from North Korea, but to make consumerist culture seem to exist by design, when it is quite likely it will exist anyway but could be promoted to serve the ends of the elites. These are self-serving individuals who are very good at what they do.

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The Crisis and Opportunity of Information Warfare
by Michael Best 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

https://archive.org/details/TheCrisisAndOpportunityOfInformationWarfare The latest document I found while digging up old publications relating to PROMIS and the Inslaw affair. The Inslaw PROMIS softare itself had that purpose... and more important, > had the full capability of doing it. It is the Cadillac of software systems > ... tying directly into the ... Federal Emergency Management Agency's plan > to arrest, jail and hold in detention camps political dissidents --Mike That1Archive.neocities.org

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Re: request for comment re &quot;contributor-covenant.org&quot;
by shakeitoff＠ghostmail.com 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:36 PM, juan <juan.g71(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Why doesn't the gleeful roasting extend to the bigotry and chauvinism >> on this list? Why are these silently accepted?   > Whatever bigotry and chauvinism there is, you don't seem to > have spoken against it too much (if at all). So, you are asking > that question to yourself?  You are right. I've done nothing but watch in silence when it happens. The responsibility is mine, but it is also yours, and it is everyone's in this community. Speaking out against injustice is not censorship. Although perhaps this could be considered a fine line. Sent from secure GhostMail. Easy and free encrypted email, chat and cloud storage, free sign up here: https://www.ghostmail.com

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Fwd: [liberationtech] Geoblocking and Global Video Culture
by Rayzer 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Online read. Download available with login via specific social mediaz or (apparently free) account creation -- RR "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them" Geoblocking and Global Video Culture Edited by Ramon Lobato and James Meese Theory on Demand #18 Published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, 2016 http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-18-geoblocking-and-global-vi… How do global audiences use streaming platforms like YouTube, Netflix and iPlayer? How does the experience of digital video change according to location? What strategies do people use to access out-of-region content? What are the commercial and governmental motivations behind geoblocking? Geoblocking and Global Video Culture explores the cultural implications of access control and circumvention in an age of VPNs. Featuring seventeen chapters from diverse critical positions and locations – including China, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, USA, Sweden and Australia. Contributors: Ramon Lobato, James Meese, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Cameran Ashraf, Marketa Trimble, Adam Rugg, Florian Hoof, Roland Burke, Jinying Li, Çiğdem Bozdağ, Chris Baumann, Aneta Podkalicka, Chris Baumann, Sandra Hanchard, Vanessa Mendes Moreira de Sa, Hadi Sohrabi, Fidel Alejandro Rodriguez, Evan Elkins. Copy-editing: Leonieke van Dipten. Editorial support: Miriam Rasch. Cover Design: Katja van Stiphout. DTP: Leonieke van Dipten. EPUB development: Leonieke van Dipten. Infographics: Sandra Hanchard. Printer: Print on Demand. ISBN: 978-94-92302-03-8. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys(a)stanford.edu.

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To understand what is in the elitist cookbook of the globalist psychopaths
by Александр 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

not a bad analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s97Af1SrgjQ

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FBI wants $1, 000 to release 31, 250 pages on one of CIA's dirtiest officers.
by Michael Best 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/thomas-clines-fede… He was central to Iran-Contra, the Cuban operations, Pinochet's coup and rise to power, the secret war in Laos, and EATSCO along with Ed Wilson - though he made a deal to escape prosecution.

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Opening up Dugway Proving Grounds, the military's secretive biological weapon testing unit
by Michael Best 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2016/jan/27/look-inside-archives-dug… 2,321 pages of report listings GREAT FOIA fodder

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Silk Ulbricht... Lawfare Over The Fourth
by grarpamp 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

https://cryptome.org/2016/01/ulbricht-appeal-045.pdf For background, application to various, including surveillance... General Warrants, Writs Of Assistance, Particularity, ...

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Re: request for comment re "contributor-covenant.org"
by Jason McVetta 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Honestly, I just don't want to contribute to any project that feels it necessary to impose a fucking "code of conduct" on participants. Really I have better ways to spend my time. On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Cari Machet <carimachet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > One persons code of conduct is another persons dicktator >

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