There were (tens of) thousands of people doing the analysis of the Q drops, but far fewer doing the synthesis to pass the message on in a format that others could hear. Neon Revolt, Dave Hayes (Praying Medic), and myself come to mind, and there will be many others of note too. I was one of the very few to do it all under my own name.
You would never, ever set out on such a path if motivated by glory 5+ years away and with absolute sh*te to endlessly wade through to get there... we just jumped in and naively got on with it. The boundary between narrative exposure and legal disclosure is roughly now (cf Project Veritas today). It feels like the nightmare of social and intellectual exile is ending.
I don't care about plaudits, but I am very curious what it was like from the military intelligence insider perspective watching us all figure it out, whether any work we did was unexpected, and how impact measured. The day will come... "global unifying shocks" to get through first.
I can guarantee (having had a relevant background)...the decoding and analysis by anons was exceptional. I am not surprised, because the best analysts are not in the intelligence community.
Either they were, but left because of how frustratingly bureaucratic or risk adverse it is...or simply for decent money, or — largest case — never got in, in the first place. The HR departments are full of idiots who don’t understand the field, and it takes too long for an application to be considered, or the twats can’t figure out the applicant’s brilliant background (resumix system certainly can’t; all keyword search).
This method got the brilliance and the word of mouth and passion they were looking for! Globally!!! 😀. You all blew their minds... The greatest generation(s) all working together as digital soldiers and open source intel (OSINT) savants.
Absolutely F’ing Historic.
Thanks for the head nod Cap!
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