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David Delgado Shorter
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Professor, UCLA. Editor-in-Chief, American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Curator, settler on Tongva land, Digital Publisher, Science of the Paranormal, colonialisms, including extra-terrestrialilty. Www.davidshorter.com
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In the first episode of Professor Paranormal, I explore the chilling true story of my real haunted house experience that defies logic.

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This Story is 100% Real and It Will Change Your Mind About Ghosts
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Because they're facist 😭 i think people keep thinking I'm exaggerating when I say that but I'm not. And it's not new. A newspaper that would knowingly employ a nazi sympathizer as Berlin bureau chief because he got them access to Hitler is not a paper that will help uphold democracy.
I looked at 38 papers. The NYT was one of only a few not to have it as the top story and photo

The handful of exceptions were pretty much all places with a big D1 football game

I genuinely don't understand why the NYT is so reticent to give coverage to one of the largest protests in history
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SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵
DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees
Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.
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- put down the damn AI.
In an interview, Dr. David Shorter (UCLA) describes what led him to understand that we are energetic beings and that our health practices should consider those implications.

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Are We Really Energetic Beings?!
YouTube video by Dr. David Shorter
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We Are Colonizing Space (an Excerpt)

Dr. David Shorter has been a regular commentator on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and space exploration. Both activities, he says, are currently duplicating the previous prejudices and egocentrism that caused widespread violence on earth.
As a professor I see a fresh new crop of 17-18 year olds every year. I’ve come to realize that students have slowly been changing due to the changes decades ago in the American education system. To parents and students of all ages, please don’t prioritize obeyance.

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As a professor I see a fresh new crop of 17-18 year olds every year. Every year for decades. And I’ve come to realize that many students have slowly been changing due to the changes decades ago in the...
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This looks amazing. Great job. As an editor of a book series on film studies, I could use this for my classes. Though, playing around, I note one thing: We need to have the film downloaded onto our machine? That rules out most films as we would not have those files. I didn't see an FAQ on the app.
I am honored to be featured in this asynchronous webinar featuring Congresswoman Grace Meng, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Subcommittee. I encourage you to take a few minutes to share this 14-minute video with your representatives.
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Asynchronous Webinar: A Conversation with Congresswoman Grace Meng
YouTube video by Biochemistry Channel
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Caring for the whole individual is not something U.S. healthcare provides due to pharma and insurers, as well as narrow training in medical schools. Medical schoola should require not just community engagement, but also the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
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Healing the Whole: There No (One) Thing Wrong With Us.
YouTube video by Dr. David Shorter
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For those not paying attention, the Univ of California has in the last month sent letters to faculty saying they cannot earn money outside their job; that social media posts will be reviewed and linked to promotions; and that faculty allegiance to UC will be reviewed by a non-local committee.
a black and white photo of a man wearing a suit and tie .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing a suit and tie .
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It's my experience (from 25 yrs of teaching) that "learning management" tools like Canvas do nothing to facilitate student learning & make my job MORE, not less, time consuming. That additional time I put in contributes zero to improving the student experience. But Canvas gets our money regardless.
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I wrote about the ways different concentration camp systems have ended and how to stop the massive expansion of detention happening in the U.S. right now.
How does this end?
The key ways that concentration camps get shut down.
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do?

Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump
Robert Reich
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One aspect of my research suggests that sexuality is a form of power more than a category or label. In fact, sexuality might be one of strongest powers to effect change in the world. Maybe that's why some authorities are so afraid of the expression of sexuality.

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One aspect of Dr. David Shorter's academic research suggests that sexuality is a form of power more than a category or label. In fact, sexuality might be one of strongest powers to effect change in th...
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The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.

To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
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Dr. David Shorter is not only a professor of the paranormal at UCLA, but he's also the son of a man who worked on top secret UFO-related research in the deserts of New Mexico. He reflects here on growing up in the borderlands of the US.
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Dr. David Shorter is not only a professor of the paranormal at UCLA, but he's also the son of a man who worked on top secret UFO-related research in the deserts of New Mexico. He reflects here on gro...
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You will always have “it” going on, mister.
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I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
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NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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None have put to words so perfectly why I’m not sure I can work the years needed (five) for my better than average pension.
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I Prefer Weeds to Ivy
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
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