Swarmpicker
@swarmpicker.bsky.social
I'm a social psychologist, swarm intelligence pioneer, guitar player, retired. Mostly spend my time on music these days, a few gigs, some recording. Live in Maryland, grew up in Arizona.
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There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
I can’t believe that “DC Is Huddling In Terror” after one isolated shooting, relative to other US cities that are under explicit attack by masked, unidentified, violent federal terrorists who attack at random in broad daylight.
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I can’t believe that “DC Is Huddling In Terror” after one isolated shooting, relative to other US cities that are under explicit attack by masked, unidentified, violent federal terrorists who attack at random in broad daylight.
The guy still had CIA identification.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The guy still had CIA identification.
I'm old fashioned, but I'd like to see a trial first. File some charges, hear some evidence, make a judgment beyond a reasonable doubt. It he's founds guilty and the law says execution is appropriate, execute him.
'Put this terrorist down!' Nancy Mace demands DC shooter's execution
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'Put this terrorist down!' Nancy Mace demands DC shooter's execution
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November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm old fashioned, but I'd like to see a trial first. File some charges, hear some evidence, make a judgment beyond a reasonable doubt. It he's founds guilty and the law says execution is appropriate, execute him.
Shouldn't have been in DC at all, murdered by a CIA operative.
Trump says Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members who was shot, has died
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Trump says Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members who was shot, has died
President Donald Trump has asked for 500 more National Guard troops to be deployed to Washington, DC, following the shooting of two guardsmen. The suspect is in custody and the investigation continues...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Shouldn't have been in DC at all, murdered by a CIA operative.
So the CIA shot some National Guardsmen in DC - what is their objective?
MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
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The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
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Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed
Good afternoon, everyone.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So the CIA shot some National Guardsmen in DC - what is their objective?
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
I am on record saying that this Trump nightmare ends with a Catholic crusade. Remember, these immigrants he is being so cruel to are mostly Catholics.
No country has the balls to stop him but the Church could.
No country has the balls to stop him but the Church could.
Peter Thiel is calling Pope Leo the Antichrist. Honestly, that sounds like something the Antichrist would say.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am on record saying that this Trump nightmare ends with a Catholic crusade. Remember, these immigrants he is being so cruel to are mostly Catholics.
No country has the balls to stop him but the Church could.
No country has the balls to stop him but the Church could.
This is the most predictable irrational thing Trump could do.
Trump Admin Freezes ‘All Immigration Requests’ from Afghans After DC Shooting Mediaite
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Trump Admin Freezes ‘All Immigration Requests’ from Afghans After DC Shooting
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November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is the most predictable irrational thing Trump could do.
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Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
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Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
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Why does the face have skin and where is the butthole?
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Why does the face have skin and where is the butthole?
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The thing is this isn't about believing LLMs have become humans, but rather the belief that humans are essentially LLMs. The viewpoint driving this is that a human brain is just moving around probability distributions on strings, arguing about LLM consciousness is a distraction
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The thing is this isn't about believing LLMs have become humans, but rather the belief that humans are essentially LLMs. The viewpoint driving this is that a human brain is just moving around probability distributions on strings, arguing about LLM consciousness is a distraction
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The current US government's ongoing commitment to destroying the US tourism industry is of course not its worst feature morally, but it might be the weirdest.
The Interior Department has announced it will charge $100 per head for non-US residents to visit the most popular 11 national parks.
Stupid and self-defeating. Millions have visited those parks and left with with affection for America. No more, except those who can afford $400 per family per park.
Stupid and self-defeating. Millions have visited those parks and left with with affection for America. No more, except those who can afford $400 per family per park.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The current US government's ongoing commitment to destroying the US tourism industry is of course not its worst feature morally, but it might be the weirdest.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Yeah well, he's right.
Is this why Democrats did so well in the elections earlier this month, James Carville?
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yeah well, he's right.
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
AFA Twitter foreign accounts, I don't know how widespread this is but when I've used Tor I appeared to be in another country.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
AFA Twitter foreign accounts, I don't know how widespread this is but when I've used Tor I appeared to be in another country.
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Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.
And sometimes it's just plain old Excel or statistics or grade-school level math.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And sometimes it's just plain old Excel or statistics or grade-school level math.
But 380,000,000 billionaires would be cool as shit.
3,000 billionaires is a sign of a society not working properly, imho.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
But 380,000,000 billionaires would be cool as shit.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.