The Cover Got It Wrong

In August 1927, a single issue of Amazing Stories contained eight stories. H.G. Wells’ Martian invasion. Julian Huxley’s mind-control network. A youth elixir that unmakes the self. A world retreating to Mars. Every story in that issue was about the same thing. Nobody noticed. We did.

The Document That Started Everything

In April 1926, biologist Julian Huxley published the first description of metal foil as cognitive shielding — not as conspiracy, but as science fiction rooted in biology. One hundred years later, nobody has answered the question his story asked. This is the document that started everything.

Relay Attacks: How Thieves Clone Your Key Fob

Dispatch #013 · Threat Briefing · Classification: Open Relay Attacks: How Thieves Clone Your Key Fob Your car key fob is broadcasting right now — from inside your house, your pocket, your bag. Thieves with $100 in equipment can capture that signal, relay it to your car, and drive away in under 60 seconds. No broken … Read more

The Man Who Drew the Future

Frank R. Paul painted the future for thirty years and nobody outside science fiction remembered his name. He painted the August 1927 cover everyone has seen. He also illustrated the story inside that nobody has read. That detail has been sitting in plain sight for ninety-eight years.

The Tinfoil Man

Stanley Paul Bender was born in 1914, served in the Army Air Corps in two wars, earned four Bronze Stars, and settled in Olympia, Washington, where he wore a tinfoil-lined hat every day for the rest of his life. The town called him the Tinfoil Man. He was a self-proclaimed inventor. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Everyone who knew him described him as gentle, brilliant, and kind. He left behind a diary, a notebook of inventions, and a community that loved him. He died on Christmas Day, 2005, at 91.

Operational Security for Normal People

You don’t need to be a spy to benefit from operational security. Here’s a practical OPSEC guide — threat modeling, data hygiene, signal management, and the honest truth about what products can and can’t do for people who just want to stop leaking information everywhere they go.

The Havana Syndrome Timeline: What We Know

Since 2016, U.S. government personnel have reported sudden neurological symptoms in embassies and government facilities worldwide. The cause remains officially unresolved. Here’s the complete timeline — and why the microwave theory keeps resurfacing.

Prebunked

In 1961, a psychologist proposed vaccinating minds against persuasion. In 2022, Google deployed it as YouTube ads targeting millions. In 2025, a PNAS study found it barely works. The documented history of prebunking.

Bluetooth Tracking: How BLE Beacons Follow You

Your phone’s Bluetooth is broadcasting right now. Retail stores use that signal to track your path through aisles, measure dwell time at displays, and build shopping behavior profiles — all without your knowledge or consent. Here’s exactly how BLE beacon tracking works.