BP or Not BP: Be Wary of Petroleum Based Companies Bearing Gifts
The art activism group BP or not BP is planning a “Trojan Horse” action for November 23 at the British Museum to protest arts organizations that take oil funding. The public is invited. Anti-Oil...
View ArticleNew York Subway Poster Promotes the Real Rudy Giuliani
How the mighty have fallen. h/t Nancy NYC subway riders greeted by ad hyping ‘crazy’ Rudy Giuliani’s law offices: ‘Will work when drunk!’ by Michael Elsen-Roonet and Chris Sommerfeldt New York Daily...
View ArticleTo Trump You’re a Moving Target
Want to be “micro-targeted” by the Trump campaign? Just make a donation and they’ll handle the rest. Trump campaign says it can track your phone by Matt Binder Mashable September 26, 2019 President...
View ArticleSacha Baron Cohen Brilliantly Calls Out Social Media For Spreading Hate
On November 21, 2019, in accepting the Anti Defamation League’s (ADL) International Leadership Award, Sacha Baron Cohen shamed social media networks that, under the guise of freedom of speech, allow...
View ArticleAlways Check Your Sources Before You Get Outraged
“Ghostwriter” global disinformation campaign takes aim at NATO Hackers post fake stories on real news sites ‘to discredit Nato’, BBC News, July 30, 2020 Hackers have broken into real news websites and...
View ArticleThe Writing’s on the Wall
Read a Trump lie on air at Radio Free Brooklyn and help promote voter registration. Wall of Lies A public art project displaying more than 20,000 Trump lies with voter registration drive October 3rd –...
View ArticleRe-framing Russian Farming
Russian technology has come a long way… RUSSIAN CYBERPUNK FARM “They say that Russia is a technically backward country, there are no roads, robotics do not develop, rockets do not fly, and mail goes...
View ArticleIt’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s a… What?
It’s not Casper the Friendly Ghost! ‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say, by Nathaniel Janowitz, Vice, August 14, 2023 Authorities announced...
View ArticleThe Battle of Burning Disinformation
A war with never ending ammunition. Ukraine’s fight against disinformation is creating a new startup sector, by Thomas Macaulay, thenextweb.com, September 6, 2023 Counter-disinformation is a growing...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Dissent in Russia
Droplifting–adding objects or messages to store shelves to make a political statement–is treated as a minor irritant in the United States. Placing 5 labels protesting Russia’s war against Ukraine on...
View ArticleSee Spot Run. Run Spot Run!
30 years ago, I perpetrated a media hoax called Dog Meat Soup in which, pretending to be a Korean entrepreneur, I solicited dog shelters for their unwanted dogs to be used as food for human...
View Article“Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPeep” October Film Festival Screenings
Are your genetically modified chicken nuggets strangely addictive? Guess what… In 1998, Dr. Joseph Howard (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs) blew the whistle on BioPEEP, a covert research initiative designed to...
View ArticleFlashback: Operation Fortitude
The heroism, courage and outrageous deception that helped the allies win WWII. D-Day deception Operation Fortitude: The World War Two army that didn’t exist, by Taylor Downing, BBC, June 1, 2024 “When...
View ArticleThe Great White Hoax, by Philip Kadish
Heads up! The Great White Hoax, Frauds, Forgeries, and 200 Years of Selling Racism in America, a new book by Philip Kadish, is available for pre-order and will be out in June here, here, and more....
View ArticleFebruary 2025 Film Festival Screenings for Joey Skaggs Oral History Films
Check out these upcoming film festival screenings in February 2025. More information is here Dam Short Film Festival “Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP” (20:20) Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10:00 am Boulder...
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