DISINFORMATION PART 2 – Visual References
Map showing St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg The Romanov Family Tree Family connections of Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra (Alix of Hesse), and George V George V and Nicholas II, 1890 The Romanov sisters (from left) Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia (circled), and Olga, with Alexei (seated) Rasputin, c. 1905 – roughly ten years prior to his murder Rasputin’s…
S2E7 Correction!
At the end of episode 7, I point out that the bodies of Anastasia and Alexei were buried at a different site from the rest of the family. https://apnews.com/article/ca1c01d799f90b0bd45340dbf1edb38e The consensus now is that the two bodies were those of Alexie and Maria. It is not clear why this would be Maria and not Anastasia,…
Rasputin! Anastasia! Nonsense lies! New Episode today (and some old ones, too!)
Part two of our Disinformation series came out today, and it has me, @jayarekay_ and @the_mikestir discussing how all the bullshit surrounding Rasputin and Anastasia Romanov helped lay the groundwork for Soviet disinformation strategies. Be sure to also check out my recent interviews with Chris Kluwe Sebastian Major and Nina MacLachlan
The Haunting of Cage Club
John loves both Hill House and Bly Manor. So does Nico, but he loves Hill House more than Bly Manor, and John maybe loves Bly Manor a little more. Joey likes both, but definitely prefers Hill House. All of which is incidental to our unpacking of these two amazing series. Check out our special weekend…
S2E3 – DISINFORMATION – The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
In the third episode of season 2, I’m joined by The third episode of S2 is now available. Michael Manzi and Jess Collins join in the first installment of DISINFORMATION – a series of episodes that will appear throughout the season tracking the history of Russian disinformation campaigns. In part one we discuss the Protocols…
Now it’s March 4th, I guess
I was accidentally on purpose trolling some disillusioned MAGA accounts today and noticed some of the pillier among the comments referencing March 4th as the “last hope”. Turns out, there’s a reason The Storm didn’t happen on inauguration day after all! Now it’s going to happen on March 4th, the original inauguration day (before it…
On New York Magazine’s obscene and irresponsible endorsement of dangerous junk science, and Lucien Greaves’ forceful response
If you’re roughly of my generation, there’s a good chance that you, like me, went through a phase in the 1990s in which you were somewhere between intrigued by and obsessed with the paranormal trash shows masquerading as news magazine shows – Sightings namely and, to a lesser extent, Unsolved Mysteries and the like. Those…
The Second Great Disappointment – What happens now for the Q Cult?
Over the last couple days, a few friends have picked my brain about what would happen to QAnon after today. This was of course under the assumption that The Storm would not be carried out, that Trump would leave for Florida in shame, and that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be sworn in as…
All of Season One Now Available
Check out all our first season here: https://hardtobelieve.me/season-1/
Season 1 Finale – The Christmas Chronicler
It’s our final episode of season one. We began the season looking at the lasting legacy of the X-Files and how the landscape of conspiracy theories in the 1990s contrasted with those of today. So closing the season right before Christmas, it only seemed right that to examine history’s most successful actual conspiracy – that…
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