Ken McBride
@theupshift.bsky.social
Science and technology writer. Analyst and concerned citizen. Liberal. Canuck. Damn fool idealistic crusader. Opting for a nice change of scenery here, after many long months in Elon's nightmare propaganda machine (https://x.com/TheUpshift7).
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Who would have thought that Carney and Powell, two central bankers, would become the models for how to stand up to authoritarianism?
Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Global Political Star
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NY Times:
"Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Global Political Star."
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
"Mark Carney Takes On Donald Trump and Emerges as a Global Political Star."
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
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My view while reading.
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My view while reading.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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It's biscuit time.
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
It's biscuit time.
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A dark corner of Grizedale Forest in the Lake District.
#LakeDistrict #Cumbria #trees #forest #woods #woodland #GrizedaleForest #Grizedale #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
#LakeDistrict #Cumbria #trees #forest #woods #woodland #GrizedaleForest #Grizedale #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A dark corner of Grizedale Forest in the Lake District.
#LakeDistrict #Cumbria #trees #forest #woods #woodland #GrizedaleForest #Grizedale #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
#LakeDistrict #Cumbria #trees #forest #woods #woodland #GrizedaleForest #Grizedale #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
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This new file released appears to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussing visiting Epstein's island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This new file released appears to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussing visiting Epstein's island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
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This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.
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Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
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“What now? You’re disturbing my bird watching!”😼
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“What now? You’re disturbing my bird watching!”😼
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A stunning display of the aurora at the A.M. Foster Covered Bridge in Cabot, Vermont ✨
📸: @aliceyphotos
📸: @aliceyphotos
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM
A stunning display of the aurora at the A.M. Foster Covered Bridge in Cabot, Vermont ✨
📸: @aliceyphotos
📸: @aliceyphotos
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Every time my cat curls up next to me, it's like she's saying, "I got you human!"
😽: Lucy
😽: Lucy
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Every time my cat curls up next to me, it's like she's saying, "I got you human!"
😽: Lucy
😽: Lucy
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Absolutely disgusting.
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Absolutely disgusting.
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this is america
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
this is america
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Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists.
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists.
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle.”
But what if poweful AI changes that?
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-autocr...
But what if poweful AI changes that?
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-autocr...
The autocratic adolescent never grows up
How powerful AI could make authoritarianism permanent
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle.”
But what if poweful AI changes that?
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-autocr...
But what if poweful AI changes that?
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-autocr...
"This is a song about the values we are testing."
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
On Springsteen's new song, "Streets of Minneapolis," here's @markhertling.bsky.social:
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
What the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"This is a song about the values we are testing."
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
#FelonPresident #FirstFelon #Trump #RogueStatesOfAmerica #Musk #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #ProudBlue #HoldtheLine #GiveTrumpHell #Resist #BlueCrew #TheResistance #NeverForgetJan6 #StrongerTogether #DemsUnited
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Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
On Springsteen's new song, "Streets of Minneapolis," here's @markhertling.bsky.social:
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
What the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us.
www.thebulwark.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
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Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.
Don Lemon has been taken into custody after anti-ICE confrontation in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4roAO6t
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.
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CNN: “Trump called you a loser.”
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis: “I’m thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary AND senior advisor to the president.” 🔥 👀
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis: “I’m thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary AND senior advisor to the president.” 🔥 👀
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
CNN: “Trump called you a loser.”
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis: “I’m thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary AND senior advisor to the president.” 🔥 👀
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis: “I’m thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary AND senior advisor to the president.” 🔥 👀
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There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis
Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.