Signal Decoder
@signaldecoder.bsky.social
Decoding the signals, patterns, and internal forces behind behavior and language.
Lutnick: "Donald Trump's economy grew 4.3%. That means that Americans overall, all of us, are going to earn 4.3% more money. We're making a raise, it's a simple way to do it."
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The VP’s statement validates grievance without naming cause or responsibility.
Effect: absolution for the primary audience; offense and outrage from the collateral audience as blame is implied.
Subsequent outrage reinforces the signal rather than rebutting it.
Effect: absolution for the primary audience; offense and outrage from the collateral audience as blame is implied.
Subsequent outrage reinforces the signal rather than rebutting it.
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The VP’s statement validates grievance without naming cause or responsibility.
Effect: absolution for the primary audience; offense and outrage from the collateral audience as blame is implied.
Subsequent outrage reinforces the signal rather than rebutting it.
Effect: absolution for the primary audience; offense and outrage from the collateral audience as blame is implied.
Subsequent outrage reinforces the signal rather than rebutting it.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Mirroring works because many people feel unheard, talked at, or misunderstood. It removes the burden of miscues.
That’s why “affordability” resonates: it mirrors lived experience — not impersonal economics.
That’s why “affordability” resonates: it mirrors lived experience — not impersonal economics.
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Mirroring works because many people feel unheard, talked at, or misunderstood. It removes the burden of miscues.
That’s why “affordability” resonates: it mirrors lived experience — not impersonal economics.
That’s why “affordability” resonates: it mirrors lived experience — not impersonal economics.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Why It Matters
Ignorance is treated as a sufficient shield, and harm is excused as misunderstanding.
The core issue goes unaddressed — and accountability disappears.
Ignorance is treated as a sufficient shield, and harm is excused as misunderstanding.
The core issue goes unaddressed — and accountability disappears.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Why It Matters
Ignorance is treated as a sufficient shield, and harm is excused as misunderstanding.
The core issue goes unaddressed — and accountability disappears.
Ignorance is treated as a sufficient shield, and harm is excused as misunderstanding.
The core issue goes unaddressed — and accountability disappears.
Institutional Script, Not Resolution
“We condemn all forms of discrimination” asserts values without addressing the case itself.
These are procedural morality signals:
project seriousness, avoid consequences, and close discussion rather than deepen it.
Seriousness is espoused, not demonstrated.
“We condemn all forms of discrimination” asserts values without addressing the case itself.
These are procedural morality signals:
project seriousness, avoid consequences, and close discussion rather than deepen it.
Seriousness is espoused, not demonstrated.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Institutional Script, Not Resolution
“We condemn all forms of discrimination” asserts values without addressing the case itself.
These are procedural morality signals:
project seriousness, avoid consequences, and close discussion rather than deepen it.
Seriousness is espoused, not demonstrated.
“We condemn all forms of discrimination” asserts values without addressing the case itself.
These are procedural morality signals:
project seriousness, avoid consequences, and close discussion rather than deepen it.
Seriousness is espoused, not demonstrated.
Plausible Deniability via Internet Proximity
Appearing with a controversial streamer isn’t neutral.
Controversial contexts that blur seriousness allow harmful behavior to be reframed as jokes, irony, or “just online.”
That’s deniability — accountability rejected through a permissive environment.
Appearing with a controversial streamer isn’t neutral.
Controversial contexts that blur seriousness allow harmful behavior to be reframed as jokes, irony, or “just online.”
That’s deniability — accountability rejected through a permissive environment.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Plausible Deniability via Internet Proximity
Appearing with a controversial streamer isn’t neutral.
Controversial contexts that blur seriousness allow harmful behavior to be reframed as jokes, irony, or “just online.”
That’s deniability — accountability rejected through a permissive environment.
Appearing with a controversial streamer isn’t neutral.
Controversial contexts that blur seriousness allow harmful behavior to be reframed as jokes, irony, or “just online.”
That’s deniability — accountability rejected through a permissive environment.
The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver appeared on a livestream where he imitated a gesture mocking Jewish people. Nacua said he didn’t know the meaning of the act. on.wsj.com/48KNvSF
NFL Star Puka Nacua Apologizes After Antisemitic Dance
The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver appeared on a livestream where he imitated a gesture mocking Jewish people. Nacua said he didn’t know the meaning of the act.
on.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Frogs in a Pot
After months of bonding, victims aren’t just invested — they’re committed to the story.
Leaving feels cruel.
Questioning feels disloyal.
Walking away feels like abandonment.
The pressure rises slowly.
By the time it’s obvious, leaving feels impossible.
After months of bonding, victims aren’t just invested — they’re committed to the story.
Leaving feels cruel.
Questioning feels disloyal.
Walking away feels like abandonment.
The pressure rises slowly.
By the time it’s obvious, leaving feels impossible.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Frogs in a Pot
After months of bonding, victims aren’t just invested — they’re committed to the story.
Leaving feels cruel.
Questioning feels disloyal.
Walking away feels like abandonment.
The pressure rises slowly.
By the time it’s obvious, leaving feels impossible.
After months of bonding, victims aren’t just invested — they’re committed to the story.
Leaving feels cruel.
Questioning feels disloyal.
Walking away feels like abandonment.
The pressure rises slowly.
By the time it’s obvious, leaving feels impossible.
Emotional Responsibility is the Hook
The hook is subtle:
“You’re the only one who understands me.”
“I couldn’t do this without you.”
“I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”
Once you become the emotional anchor,
compliance feels like care — not risk.
That shift is when control begins.
The hook is subtle:
“You’re the only one who understands me.”
“I couldn’t do this without you.”
“I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”
Once you become the emotional anchor,
compliance feels like care — not risk.
That shift is when control begins.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Emotional Responsibility is the Hook
The hook is subtle:
“You’re the only one who understands me.”
“I couldn’t do this without you.”
“I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”
Once you become the emotional anchor,
compliance feels like care — not risk.
That shift is when control begins.
The hook is subtle:
“You’re the only one who understands me.”
“I couldn’t do this without you.”
“I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”
Once you become the emotional anchor,
compliance feels like care — not risk.
That shift is when control begins.
Context: President Trump’s address to the nation 12/17/25
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Context: President Trump’s address to the nation 12/17/25