psychological warfare Archives - Boing Boing Staging

psychological warfare US consulate worker in China injured by mysterious sonic attack Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance Governments see social media as "a new front in warfare" Andrea James
science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
politics Disinformation 2020: FBI warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare' Xeni Jardin
Business Bavarian intelligence agency says Scientologists secretly took over one of the world's top art galleries Cory Doctorow
trump Why Trump brings clapping, laughing sycophants to his press events and appearances Rob Beschizza
History Iron age sling bullets seem designed to make terrifying whistling noise Rob Beschizza
sports Where Muhammad Ali's public persona came from Kembrew McLeod
science fiction The FBI kept files on author Ray Bradbury: "Definitely slanted against the United States" Cory Doctorow
offworld War without tears Maxwell Neely-Cohen
offworld The divine witches of cyberspace Leigh Alexander
Comic Books Bomb Run – 1950s-era war comics filled with intense ironic twists and surprise endings Gareth Branwyn
Culture Prototype dissidents: Timothy Leary and Václav Havel at the dawn of the internet age Lisa Rein and Michael Horowitz
News US military launches Operation Sock Puppet, pays contractor $2.76m for social media ops (UPDATED) Xeni Jardin
Weird Superstitions as weapons, 1950 David Pescovitz
Book Mark Pilkington's Mirage Men, a book about paranoia, technology, psy-ops, and "UFOs" David Pescovitz
Book 2010 Gift Guide: BOOKS! Rob Beschizza
International North Korea severs all ties with South Korea, both sides amp up propaganda Xeni Jardin
Culture The Year Before The Flood: "Getting to town" Ned Sublette
politics Afghan girl killed by Royal Air Force leaflet drop Xeni Jardin