Paul Anthony Shortt
@pashortt.bsky.social
Author, gamer.
Anti-fascist, pro-queer, pro-choice, left-wing. No room for bigots.
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Anti-fascist, pro-queer, pro-choice, left-wing. No room for bigots.
www.patreon.com/wordmaker
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BREAKING: Trump’s ICE bans Christians and all people from praying “in front of or inside” the Broadview ICE facility.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
BREAKING: Trump’s ICE bans Christians and all people from praying “in front of or inside” the Broadview ICE facility.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
So not for nothing, but the Five Nights at Freddy's movie has no right to be as good as it is. They gave MatPat a cameo, FFS! This was meant to be a nice little goofy horror movie, not an emotional gut-punch!
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So not for nothing, but the Five Nights at Freddy's movie has no right to be as good as it is. They gave MatPat a cameo, FFS! This was meant to be a nice little goofy horror movie, not an emotional gut-punch!
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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I want this shit to die🎵 so badly🎶
No time is soon enough, but I’ll settle for ASAP. 🤞🤞🤞
No time is soon enough, but I’ll settle for ASAP. 🤞🤞🤞
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I want this shit to die🎵 so badly🎶
No time is soon enough, but I’ll settle for ASAP. 🤞🤞🤞
No time is soon enough, but I’ll settle for ASAP. 🤞🤞🤞
After months of delays and stress, I'm finally back, to finish my dive into the Dark Knight Trilogy
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How The Dark Knight Rises Takes The Easy Way Out
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November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
After months of delays and stress, I'm finally back, to finish my dive into the Dark Knight Trilogy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_Y...
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Outgoing President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have welcomed President-elect Catherine Connolly and her family to Áras an Uachtaráin. Connolly will be inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th president next week.
#VMNews
#VMNews
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Outgoing President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have welcomed President-elect Catherine Connolly and her family to Áras an Uachtaráin. Connolly will be inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th president next week.
#VMNews
#VMNews
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Well I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Well I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! 🙄
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Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
If, and I do mean IF (because Trump has a long history of failed projects), old Donald's ball room gets built, I think the best thing for Democrats to do once he's out of office would be let it sit completely unused. Show what a waste it was, how unnecessary and ego-driven. Ignore it. Let it rot.
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
If, and I do mean IF (because Trump has a long history of failed projects), old Donald's ball room gets built, I think the best thing for Democrats to do once he's out of office would be let it sit completely unused. Show what a waste it was, how unnecessary and ego-driven. Ignore it. Let it rot.
I haven't been disappointed with the results of an Irish presidential election in as long as I can remember being aware of them.
And I'm glad to see I can still say that, today.
And I'm glad to see I can still say that, today.
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I haven't been disappointed with the results of an Irish presidential election in as long as I can remember being aware of them.
And I'm glad to see I can still say that, today.
And I'm glad to see I can still say that, today.
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Even the Healy Rae machine (they canvassed for Humphreys) is vulnerable to left unity. Final tally in Kerry has Catherine Connolly on 62% #aras25 #speirgorm #ConnollywillbePresident
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Even the Healy Rae machine (they canvassed for Humphreys) is vulnerable to left unity. Final tally in Kerry has Catherine Connolly on 62% #aras25 #speirgorm #ConnollywillbePresident
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Fine Gael's post election analysis
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Fine Gael's post election analysis
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Pearse Doherty TD “has never seen an election where a candidate is polling just over 80% of the vote".
Catherine Connolly has "captured the minds and hearts" of people in Donegal.
"It's a phenomenal result here in Donegal.”
(Did I mention that I am a Donegal-Cork blend?) #Áras25
Catherine Connolly has "captured the minds and hearts" of people in Donegal.
"It's a phenomenal result here in Donegal.”
(Did I mention that I am a Donegal-Cork blend?) #Áras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Pearse Doherty TD “has never seen an election where a candidate is polling just over 80% of the vote".
Catherine Connolly has "captured the minds and hearts" of people in Donegal.
"It's a phenomenal result here in Donegal.”
(Did I mention that I am a Donegal-Cork blend?) #Áras25
Catherine Connolly has "captured the minds and hearts" of people in Donegal.
"It's a phenomenal result here in Donegal.”
(Did I mention that I am a Donegal-Cork blend?) #Áras25
@bufferingcast.bsky.social , having just listened to the Once More With Spoilers episode on "Lie to Me," I'm calling it: In the new Buffy revival series, Giles will be dead. There will be a very emotional scene at his grave, in which Buffy will wish Dad was still there to tell her what to do.
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@bufferingcast.bsky.social , having just listened to the Once More With Spoilers episode on "Lie to Me," I'm calling it: In the new Buffy revival series, Giles will be dead. There will be a very emotional scene at his grave, in which Buffy will wish Dad was still there to tell her what to do.
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September 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Someone has managed to drop a Palestinian flag at the very top of the Spire. Fair fucks. Gonna be comical watching Dublin City council trying to figure out how to get that down :)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
September 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Someone has managed to drop a Palestinian flag at the very top of the Spire. Fair fucks. Gonna be comical watching Dublin City council trying to figure out how to get that down :)
#Speirgorm
#Speirgorm
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Let that sink in
"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."
"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Let that sink in
"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."
"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."
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Because we have more TDs now, it takes 20 out of 234, or 8.5% and this in the context of a more splintered political system. TL;DR it is easier to get a nomination now than at any other time.
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Because we have more TDs now, it takes 20 out of 234, or 8.5% and this in the context of a more splintered political system. TL;DR it is easier to get a nomination now than at any other time.
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I haven’t seen this mentioned but it’s important. The Bunreacht, drafted in thr context of the rise of fascism in Europe, made it deliberately difficult to get a nomination to run for president. Then the Oireachtas nomination route took 20 out of 198 members, or 10%…
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I haven’t seen this mentioned but it’s important. The Bunreacht, drafted in thr context of the rise of fascism in Europe, made it deliberately difficult to get a nomination to run for president. Then the Oireachtas nomination route took 20 out of 198 members, or 10%…
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Doin' Discourse With Ezra and Charlie
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