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David Swords
@davidswords.bsky.social
Software Engineer and Researcher. Irish. Living in Norway.

Interests include social media manipulation, digital sovereignty, privacy advocacy. I want to help engineer solutions to complex social problems.
I have a feeling that there are a lot of bullshit videos on YouTube talking about JWST finding some "emergency" / "alarming" object; I don't want this to be a thing.
July 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Politico: Europe Fears the U.S. Could Cut Off Its Internet
The Threat No Longer Feels Hypothetical
sfg.media
June 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We will soon stop calling it the Trump Administration, and start calling it the Trump Regime.
April 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
April 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Message to My American Viewers
YouTube video by Jim's Radio Shop
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by David Swords
⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters.

The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.
US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters
The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communicati...
kyivindependent.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland"." The country is doomed.
www.congress.gov
February 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I am surprised I haven’t seen yet, anyone make the protest sign, Fuck Elon, F- Elon, Felon. Or, “You cannot spell felony, without Elon”.
February 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We went from the Information Age into the Disinformation Age.
January 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by David Swords
"That progressives have failed to grasp how utterly tech has changed everything in our political culture – esp. given revelations of the role of psychological profiling through social media – is exploited by the right as a new ‘Wild West’. Elon Musk, is the most logical next step in this trajectory"
The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psyc...
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Considering Musk's behavior and opinions are so well documented at this point, that you cannot claim ignorance and work at his companies, or purchase his products.
December 6, 2024 at 10:27 AM