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My Fallout with Troy Barile-Simleness.

Academic Fraud and Weaponized Trust — How an “investigative journalist” used fabricated authority to threaten lives and silence truth. With timeline and evidence appendix.

By L. V. Maestri · ~50 min read · posted 04 May 2026

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25 Apr 2026

The Horrors Were Always Real.

How bad actors have led the world astray about the story of Sascha Barros (THEY/THEM)

By L. V. Maestri · ~90 min
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11 Apr 2026

The Conclusion Came First.

How Brandy Zadrozny uses her investigative and writing skills to write opinion pieces instead — at the cost of victims.

By L. V. Maestri · ~30 min

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Psychological Warfare

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Case files — cognitive warfare

Cognitive warfare, case by case.

A clinical series that starts from a real event and dissects the tactic behind it: what it is, how it was found, its history as a weapon, and what we can do about it. First out is PARANOID, on manufactured uncertainty — nearly here.

Status: in progress · five case files · see the series →

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The limits of human adaptability

Sirhan Sirhan · brainwashing vs conditioning

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The Trojan Word

the 1946 mistranslation · semantic capture

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The new colosseum

spectacle & institutional accountability

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The nature of the shadows

the trade that never ended

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A practical operational-security section for survivors, sources, and the reporters working with them is being built. Nothing is published here yet.

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Academic & Cited

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1990 Kunda, Z. The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108(3), 480–498.
1998 Nickerson, R. S. Confirmation bias: a ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises. Review of General Psychology, 2(2), 175–220.
1999 Heuer, R. J. Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence.
1991 Habermas, J. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. MIT Press (trans. Burger & Lawrence).
1849 Thoreau, H. D. Resistance to Civil Government. Æsthetic Papers (Boston).

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