For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #122
Respectfully, this again
Knee deep in case work and swimming in litres of caffeine, this week we reached back into the archives to keep our focus where it needed to be. We know ya’ll understand.
You may have missed his voice and unique wit, so this week, we ran it back to a classic MJ article, A Free OSINT Lesson: Why RUMINT is the Unsung Hero of Intelligence Gathering. This piece breaks down how “RUMINT”, rumour, innuendo, the stuff people whisper about, can become one of the most powerful tools in your OSINT toolkit. From rural fraud cases to bot networks in Vietnam, this is about working the edges of truth.
This week, out to everyone was The $91 million dollar word from Some Lawyer. After a workplace accident on a Massachusetts bridge, insurers built their defense around one convenient claim: the injured worker caused his own fall. A decade later, their refusal to revisit that assumption resulted in a $90 million judgment and a reminder that in investigations, facts can become dangerously sticky.
What Kennedy Recommends
While I hoped the documentary would go deeper, Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere is a wonderful introductory course into some of the content young men are being persuaded to participate in online.
“Louis Theroux immerses himself in the world of extreme online influencers and content creators who are redefining modern masculinity. He examines the appeal of these ideas and attitudes, and how these figures are influencing young men's values.”
If you’re in the mood to be a bit irritated, or a lot irritated by a social attitude that’s come as an extreme reaction to patriarchy, this one is a tidy Sunday watch.
Turn your phone off, put your feet up and enjoy some peace.
Take care,
Your Bullshit Hunting Crew