Alexandra: A human and an AI walk into a corporate cocktail party. One of them is here for the canapés,…
Category: The Damage Report
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Non-Verbal Propaganda Signals: A Typology of Aesthetic Trust Manipulation in Visual Media
Overview This dossier presents a working typology of non-verbal propaganda signals: the aesthetic, sensory, and relational mechanisms by which visual…
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Gaze Laundering: Euphoria, Petra Collins, and the Propaganda of Aesthetic Trust: A Dossier
Executive Summary This dossier introduces and examines the concept of gaze laundering: the deliberate appropriation of a female-coded visual language, built…
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Petra Collins and the Trojan Horse Problem
Petra Collins did what any sane, professional, honest person would do. Sam Levinson approached her through her agent and, by…
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More CEOaganda, Curtesy of the New York Times
Oh, please. What resilience? Try gouging and greed. Record profits say that the C-Suite is cashing in on this so-called…
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Nobodies with Someone Else’s Opinions.
This is the sum total of social media activity and Middle-Class “thinking.” Nothing is organic. It goes beyond “I support…
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You cannot have journalism outlets owned by billionaires. Period.
Journalism and corporate structures are incompatible. Billionaires are billionaires because they meddle and are self-centred. It’s never enough, and you…
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The $9 Coffee Dossier: Brian Niccol’s Pay vs. The Cost of a Cup
Executive Summary Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earned $31 million in fiscal year 2025, his first full year on the job, and $96…
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The Political Bluff: A Dossier on Manufactured Threats Used to Justify Government Action
What is a political bluff? A political bluff is a specific category of manufactured threat: a claim, scenario, or emergency…