Author: Jason
Micro Learning (30) The Artisan (5) The Healer (8) The Sage (13)
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False Flag, Explained in Plain English
A dramatic incident happens. Before investigators have even finished at the scene, someone online is calling it “an obvious false flag.” The term gets…
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Conspiracy Theories: Paranoia or Pattern Recognition
Somebody in your life has one. Not a passing suspicion. An actual theory, complete with sources, screenshots, and a specific reason the official explanation…
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The Streisand Effect, Explained in Plain English
A company sends a cease-and-desist over an unflattering post almost nobody had noticed. Within a day, the post is everywhere. The story isn’t the…
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Astroturfing, Explained in Plain English
A flood of near-identical comments shows up under a news story, each making the same point in slightly different words. Someone in the replies…
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Buy the Plan or Draw Your Own: The Case for Both Sides
There’s a specific search that almost every backyard project starts with: “10×12 shed plans” or “2-car garage blueprint free.” Within a few clicks you’re…
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Gerrymandering, Explained in Plain English
Every ten years, a new set of district maps comes out. Within days, someone online is calling one of them “a textbook gerrymander.” The…
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Dog Whistle, Explained in Plain English
You’ll see it get called out constantly online: “that’s a dog whistle.” Half the replies nod along. The other half ask what that’s even…
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Accountability or Mob Justice: The Case for Both Sides
There used to be a physical place for this. A stockade in the town square, a pillory, a public confession on the courthouse steps.…
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Proxy War, Explained in Plain English
You’ll see it in almost any headline about a conflict where the two biggest players never actually meet on a battlefield: “critics call it…
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Gut Feeling vs. the Data: The Case for Both Sides
Your phone tells you that you slept badly. Recovery score in the red, deep sleep down, a little red exclamation mark suggesting you take…