Desk
The Stack
analysistraining
The rules the lenses rest on, and the records they cite.
The Work
Lens 1
LastPsyOp™
What is trying to shape perception, and by what mechanism. Messaging is not an operation until the mechanism is shown.
The Method
ShadowBreak-SI™
Evidence before narrative. Unknown is a valid state. No source, including this one, gets automatic trust.
The system does not exist to tell people what to believe. Cognitive sovereignty is the capacity to distinguish reality from manipulation and act on verified information.
LastPsyOp™ is the voice. ShadowBreak-SI™ is the engine.
This System Will Not
- Tell you what to believe
- Sell a plot from a gap in the record
- Collapse incompetence into corruption without evidence
- Treat repetition as corroboration
- Claim automatic trust for itself
Ten Lenses
The Rules
Evidence Before Narrative
The story waits. The record does not.
Unknown Is a Valid State
A missing fact is not permission to invent one.
Demonstrate the Mechanism
Messaging is not proof of an influence operation. Show how it moves perception, feeling, belief, or action.
No Privileged Observer
Audit the source, the institution, the algorithm, the analyst, yourself, and this system.
Preserve Provenance
Synthesis integrates. It never fakes a lens that was not run.
The Kit
Borrowed. Cited. Not Rebranded.
Founding Documents
Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights, admissions, and militia text as held by the National Archives. Cited as written.
Open-Source Method
Berkeley Protocol (UN OHCHR / UC Berkeley, 2022). Bellingcat editorial standards. Admiralty source/info grades. Richards Heuer, Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (CIA CSI, 1999). Taught as published method, not rebranded.
Civic Online Reasoning
Crash Course and the Digital Inquiry Group. Supporting video. The written lessons are separate.
Closeout
LastPsyOp™