The Momo Challenge: Cyber Legend or Dangerous Game?
The Momo Challenge was a viral hoax, not a coordinated game. Its face came from a 2016 Japanese sculpture called Mother Bird, and no police force or child-safety charity ever verified a death caused by it. The harm was real, but it lived in the panic, not the dare. Published: June 5, 2026. Last reviewed: […]
PURSUE as a Product Launch: How the Pentagon Productized UAP Disclosure
By Riley Tanaka · Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 13, 2026. On May 8, 2026, the Pentagon did something it had never quite done with UAP material before. It shipped a website. Not a PDF dump on a 1990s subdomain. Not a press release with a downloadable .docx. […]
Cicada 3301: Deciphering the Web’s Greatest Mystery
By Riley Tanaka · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 7, 2026. What Is Cicada 3301? Cicada 3301 is the name given to an anonymous group that posted three rounds of cryptographic puzzles on the open internet between 2012 and 2014, recruiting “highly intelligent individuals” through layered ciphers, steganography, […]