Stephen Douglas is a Cultural Archaeologist whose nom de guerre is Decoding Trolls.
Stephen worked as an OSCE diplomat monitoring Russia’s violations of its Minsk ceasefire obligations in eastern Ukraine between 2015 and 2022. During a spell working a bridge (2015-2018) connecting Russia-occupied Luhansk and the rest of Ukraine, Stephen discovered Russia was using Disinfolklore (stories that affect our emotions in negatively manipulative ways) to transform the identities of those subjected to this hyper-modern form of cognitive warfare / War Magic. In February 2023, Stephen started writing publicly about his discovery of Disinfolklore. At Disinfolklore.net, Stephen publishes regularly on how to combat Russian, MAGA, and other forms of subtle brainwashing Disinfolklore.