Subjects covered:

1) first and flood

2) 'dietrologia' (Italian for search for forces behind events--also further reflects on 'saudade' from last week)

3) 'glasnost'

4) trust building

5) visa programs (for subtle amplification and growing of followers of fellow-traveler influencers)

6) trust warfare (science and medicine)

7) astroturfing

8) entryism (in reference to a so-called supposed Trotskyism tactic)

9) induce reckless success (stretch the enemy thin through false narratives that they are 'doing' better than they actually are)

10) weaponized translation (to better reach audiences in authoritarian states, sometimes)