Marcel Swart
@marcelswart.bsky.social
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▪️S @spinstatepapers.bsky.social
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▪️M @acad-euro.bsky.social
▪️E @ica-papers.bsky.social
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▪️🇳🇱 Views my own
▪️Pronouns: he/him/his
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Imagine being a 42 year-old pleading with a known pedophilic sex criminal to fly you to his island so you can party with girls he assures you will be 25 or younger.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Imagine being a 42 year-old pleading with a known pedophilic sex criminal to fly you to his island so you can party with girls he assures you will be 25 or younger.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
Then imagine lying about it to hundreds of millions—and continuing to lie even after your lie's revealed.
You don't hate Elon enough.
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Please sign and share. I’m trying
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Shut X down in the UK and EU
www.change.org
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Please sign and share. I’m trying
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One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
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Your reminder in advance: All schools, post offices, government and financial institutions and the stock markets will be closed on Monday, February 16th for He's Not Our President's Day.
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Your reminder in advance: All schools, post offices, government and financial institutions and the stock markets will be closed on Monday, February 16th for He's Not Our President's Day.
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Nearly 600,000 children would still be alive right now if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
Renee Good would still be alive.
Alex Pretti would still be alive.
European countries wouldn’t be prepping their citizens for world war three.
All if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
Renee Good would still be alive.
Alex Pretti would still be alive.
European countries wouldn’t be prepping their citizens for world war three.
All if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Nearly 600,000 children would still be alive right now if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
Renee Good would still be alive.
Alex Pretti would still be alive.
European countries wouldn’t be prepping their citizens for world war three.
All if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
Renee Good would still be alive.
Alex Pretti would still be alive.
European countries wouldn’t be prepping their citizens for world war three.
All if it weren’t for SCOTUS.
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I want to remind the world that Trump was charged with nearly 100 felonies.
He would have been convicted of nearly all of them if it weren’t for US corruption of SCOTUS.
And were it not for SCOTUS, Trump would be in prison right now.
He would have been convicted of nearly all of them if it weren’t for US corruption of SCOTUS.
And were it not for SCOTUS, Trump would be in prison right now.
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I want to remind the world that Trump was charged with nearly 100 felonies.
He would have been convicted of nearly all of them if it weren’t for US corruption of SCOTUS.
And were it not for SCOTUS, Trump would be in prison right now.
He would have been convicted of nearly all of them if it weren’t for US corruption of SCOTUS.
And were it not for SCOTUS, Trump would be in prison right now.
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Good. Release everyone else while you’re at it.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Good. Release everyone else while you’re at it.
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March 7th, 2026 is about more than standing up for science...it's scientist standing up for DEMOCRACY!
Democracy cannot thrive when a paramilitary force being used against civilians, extremist ideology abounds, and science is censored and used against the public.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Democracy cannot thrive when a paramilitary force being used against civilians, extremist ideology abounds, and science is censored and used against the public.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
March 7th, 2026 is about more than standing up for science...it's scientist standing up for DEMOCRACY!
Democracy cannot thrive when a paramilitary force being used against civilians, extremist ideology abounds, and science is censored and used against the public.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Democracy cannot thrive when a paramilitary force being used against civilians, extremist ideology abounds, and science is censored and used against the public.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.
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So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 AM
So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
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thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
![From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:31 AM
To: Boris Nikolic
Subject: Re:
i liked mmot alot. i drove him home, he is very bright
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Boris Nikolic kc C91117' wrote:
Sure.
I will be there as well.
In 2 weeks or so.
Just left Bill — running for a lunch with Rubenstein.
How did you like moot?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tj2pxmoos64rzl2ofxkeke2d/bafkreidfyt4bab4roc3b3e2cyxjvpglanjz2acizlljc6nk5osi2bqbnsy@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
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If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons:
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons:
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
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Yeah, it’s pretty good.
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Yeah, it’s pretty good.
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We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...
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Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
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The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered.
My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/research-int...
@robertpalgrave.bsky.social
#ChemSky
My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/research-int...
@robertpalgrave.bsky.social
#ChemSky
‘Nature’ robot chemist paper corrected, but some questions remain unanswered
The original study claimed the robot had discovered 43 new materials in 17 days
cen.acs.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered.
My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/research-int...
@robertpalgrave.bsky.social
#ChemSky
My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:
cen.acs.org/research-int...
@robertpalgrave.bsky.social
#ChemSky
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For as long as ICE enjoys impunity, it will be a source of more violence. This is what Congress, the courts and Donald Trump should do next econ.st/4t6zF4Z
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
For as long as ICE enjoys impunity, it will be a source of more violence. This is what Congress, the courts and Donald Trump should do next econ.st/4t6zF4Z
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It’s not often Congress does something that genuinely surprises me.
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It’s not often Congress does something that genuinely surprises me.
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My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 AM
My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
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$75 billion a year is a lot of money. It’s like 75,000 NSF proposals.
Personally I think this is too much money to give to Donald trumps poorly trained but heavily armed Militia
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
$75 billion a year is a lot of money. It’s like 75,000 NSF proposals.
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
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Credit where due: Referring to Stephen Miller as Noem's "boss" is the kind of shiv that Schumer typically leaves in his desk drawer.
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Credit where due: Referring to Stephen Miller as Noem's "boss" is the kind of shiv that Schumer typically leaves in his desk drawer.