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Tim Pool gets swatted AGAIN during Timcast IRL livestream

Angelo Isidorou
The Post Millennial
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:31 UTC

Podcaster Tim Pool has been swatted for the second time this month. This news comes after a series of concerning events around Pool's studio.

Pool disclosed that the incident was "worse" than the previous time. Pool did not give many full details because of an ongoing security risk. He said that he intends to update security to "an extreme degree."

"People are going to get nuts in 2022 ... What the f*ck were we talking about that warranted trying to get us killed on more than one occasion?" Pool asked.

Earlier this month, Pool was swatted during a live broadcast of Tim Pool's Timcast IRL.

"Someone called the police and said they shot and killed two people and were going to kill more," Tim Pool said on Twitter, regarding the first incident.

Comment: See: Podcast host Tim Pool 'swatted' during live show

"Police were told not to enter without a warrant but said they didn't need one due to exigent circumstances. This is a large house used as a production studio with many employees on site," Pool added. Since the first incident, the police have no made any arrests.

Earlier on Tuesday, Pool revealed another concerning incident at his studio. According to Pool, an unknown man entered his studio.

"Last night, a man trespassed on our property, bypassing a large warning sign, and then entered our house," Pool said. "He entered just after our guests came in confusing our staff. Anyone entering this way risks serious bodily harm from our dogs and security. He was promptly removed."

"We will prosecute to the fullest extent considering the warning signs. Do not come here without permission," he continued. "In order to get anywhere near our property you have to drive about an acre. He's seen on camera entering the house after without permission."

Comment: While the first incident could have been played off as a poorly thought out prank (although a highly dangerous one), it appears now that Pool is the victim of targeted harassment. Some people out there clearly don't like what Tim and his crew have to say.

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Reader Comments

Artex · 2022-01-19T16:32:20Z

Okay, this happens once and the police have to investigate. Once they know he's being targeted, the police have to use discretion or they're going to be complicit in actual harm. Even the first time, the police suspected a swatting and went in guns blazing. For it happen a second time makes me suspicious of these particular police.

Rowan Cocoan ·

Artex Exactly! RC

· 2022-01-19T16:35:16Z

clantzy · 2022-01-19T19:57:44Z

I strongly suspect that Tim Pool being "swatted" is fake, i.e. it is not genuine persecution, but a decoy. His background, his manner and his "message" are suspect, one might even say they resemble those of an agent provocateur . Someone [Link] has beaten me to this observation, and while it is surprising more people haven't raised such questions about him, this kind of faux persecution seems like a ham-fisted ploy to bolster his otherwise faulty cred.

Tim Pool seems a hired gardener of astro-turf.

Artex · 2022-01-19T20:28:37Z

clantzy Astro-turfing for who ? One of the biggest criticisms from people who actually watch him is that he's a fence-sitter. Yes, he used to work for both Vice and Fusion, but has criticized their woke-ness and divisiveness in their reporting on numerous occasions.

clantzy · 2022-01-19T22:18:38Z

Artex Astro-turf refers to putative clicks, online following, popularity, source of cred, etc., which is how and why someone as uninteresting as Pool can appear on Rogan and so forth.

But if I am permitted to rephrase your question "for who?" I would re-ask "Who benefits from such a disruptor?" The Corbett comment I linked to notes this well. Let me quote in full:

Pool’s behaviour is classic disruptor, and he even mentioned that he’s been out there canvassing — and getting payments out of strangers — for some cause or other.

Not sure if he is an actual plant, but his hammering and “shut-up” style, as well as his manic arrogance are consistent with the ideals sought after in the recruiting and training of infiltrators by acronymical agencies. Either way, plant or not, the effect is the same: drive the conversation into a ditch, split people over childish and personalistic considerations, and thus poison the well.

And the hat… would you be able recognize this guy if he wasn’t wearing it?

So long as he never takes the idiotic hat off (and never stops talking and hammering) while in this persona, he has an invisibility button: Stop yapping, remove the hat, put on a button-down shirt, khakis, loafers, and Poof! Here’s our CI.

I never really noticed the annoyance that is Tim Pool until I saw that [Link] Corbett Report episode. Now he seems to appear everywhere.

In any case, it seems clear and consistent that Pool sabotages meaningful debate, which is the MO of a disruptor. Oxygen which might nourish meaningful discussion, or present dissenting points of view is used up to feed personal acrimony, faux controversy, pointless "shut up and look at me" nonsense, etc. In that light, this "swatting" business looks like clear BS.

The end results -- muddying the waters, exhausting audiences, burying topics in confusion -- are the goal of the disruptor. He is not trying to convincing anyone of any particular point of view.

So as you note, Pool's apparent fence-sitting make him somewhat hard to map. But assuming that his job is all about incoherence should make this shallow Pool a little more transparent.

Just my opinion of course.