Dan Shortridge
@danshortridge.bsky.social
Writer of books (mostly history), articles & resumes. Philadelphia, formerly Delaware.
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“The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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The President reacts to the election results
AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The President reacts to the election results
Confused by PA’s judicial elections and the whole weird, bizarre “retention” thing? Here’s a handy guide from the Philly Bar Association on who to vote for today!
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Confused by PA’s judicial elections and the whole weird, bizarre “retention” thing? Here’s a handy guide from the Philly Bar Association on who to vote for today!
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Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.
This is a great interview!
Nick Offerman’s life is a circus. It’s also a rousing manifesto against AI
We talked!
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We talked!
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Nick Offerman’s life is a circus. It’s also a rousing manifesto against AI.
His busy schedule includes a new book that is “guide to tools and tomfoolery,” plus a Netflix miniseries about a presidential assassination
www.chicagotribune.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is a great interview!
Good survey construction
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good survey construction
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As a parent, as a human, this family deserves a settlement against ChatGPT that should put them out of business.
![Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jkj7qm4o4kwjbk6geoatopu3/bafkreicpqmrgkbhd2a3lqfyvutjutevlborsiodcomvcachphtv25f3fbe@jpeg)
August 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As a parent, as a human, this family deserves a settlement against ChatGPT that should put them out of business.
Picked up @timqueeney.bsky.social’s new book ROPE from @maveybooks.bsky.social. So looking forward to cracking this one open! Looks really good.
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Picked up @timqueeney.bsky.social’s new book ROPE from @maveybooks.bsky.social. So looking forward to cracking this one open! Looks really good.
Worth reading to understand the flood of spam fundraising garbage.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Worth reading to understand the flood of spam fundraising garbage.
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All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
July 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
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I do think some people really are weirdly ignoring the whole “LLMs can’t go out into the world and collect information that a human hasn’t already recorded and put on the internet” thing
July 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I do think some people really are weirdly ignoring the whole “LLMs can’t go out into the world and collect information that a human hasn’t already recorded and put on the internet” thing
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And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
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"I hate that the thanks I get for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them."
"It’s reached the point where I spend more time engaging with undesirable, messy, uncreative, and soul-draining texts from Democratic strangers running for office than I do texts from friends and colleagues whom I actually know and like."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats I Don't Know Keep Texting Me
Please stop.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"I hate that the thanks I get for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them."
While DE school districts are smack in the middle of hiring and recruitment season, the state’s jobs portal - joindelawareschools.org - has apparently expired.
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May 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
While DE school districts are smack in the middle of hiring and recruitment season, the state’s jobs portal - joindelawareschools.org - has apparently expired.
Whoops …
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Pleased to share my next book project:
PHILADELPHIA’S FIGHTING FLEET:
WAR STORIES OF 25 SHIPS FROM AMERICA’S FIRST NAVY YARD
It’ll have stories from WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War about the ships built in Philly and their crews.
(Photo: USS New Jersey)
PHILADELPHIA’S FIGHTING FLEET:
WAR STORIES OF 25 SHIPS FROM AMERICA’S FIRST NAVY YARD
It’ll have stories from WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War about the ships built in Philly and their crews.
(Photo: USS New Jersey)
April 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pleased to share my next book project:
PHILADELPHIA’S FIGHTING FLEET:
WAR STORIES OF 25 SHIPS FROM AMERICA’S FIRST NAVY YARD
It’ll have stories from WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War about the ships built in Philly and their crews.
(Photo: USS New Jersey)
PHILADELPHIA’S FIGHTING FLEET:
WAR STORIES OF 25 SHIPS FROM AMERICA’S FIRST NAVY YARD
It’ll have stories from WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War about the ships built in Philly and their crews.
(Photo: USS New Jersey)
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The Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting several workshops in the coming weeks for federal workers. These events will provide various services to federal employees impacted by DOGE cuts, or who are experiencing job instability. billypenn.com/2025/04/02/f...
Free Library offers workshops to laid off federal employees
Workshops hosted at various library locations will provide resources such as networking and resume help for laid off federal employees along with those facing potential job loss.
billypenn.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting several workshops in the coming weeks for federal workers. These events will provide various services to federal employees impacted by DOGE cuts, or who are experiencing job instability. billypenn.com/2025/04/02/f...
When hiring, the State of Delaware posts a full pay range. Behind the scenes, it caps a new hire's pay at much less than that. That bait-and-switch needs to change.
Read more: delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/viewpoi...
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VIEWPOINT: State must reform its hiring process, starting with salary transparency
Dan Shortridge, a former Delaware state government manager and school district employee, asserts that Delaware must strengthen its workforce to avoid losing top candidates to other careers.
delawarebusinesstimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
When hiring, the State of Delaware posts a full pay range. Behind the scenes, it caps a new hire's pay at much less than that. That bait-and-switch needs to change.
Read more: delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/viewpoi...
Read more: delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/viewpoi...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Proud to live in a city that actually stands up for its residents, especially those in harm's way
Philly schools will continue to allow transgender athletes to participate in sports that match their gender identity
The move breaks with PIAA, which passed a policy that sides with an executive order from President Trump.
www.inquirer.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Proud to live in a city that actually stands up for its residents, especially those in harm's way
Sometimes I think the weather apps are just fucking with us.
February 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sometimes I think the weather apps are just fucking with us.
Which is it, snow or rain?
February 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Which is it, snow or rain?
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Before the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
January 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Before the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights
It’s book cover time! JOE BIDEN’S DELAWARE is out October 14.
Folks, preorders matter a lot. They can make the difference between a book that is forgotten or gets a second printing. Place your order wherever you buy books. Independent bookstores are the best, but do what works for you - and thanks.
Folks, preorders matter a lot. They can make the difference between a book that is forgotten or gets a second printing. Place your order wherever you buy books. Independent bookstores are the best, but do what works for you - and thanks.
August 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
It’s book cover time! JOE BIDEN’S DELAWARE is out October 14.
Folks, preorders matter a lot. They can make the difference between a book that is forgotten or gets a second printing. Place your order wherever you buy books. Independent bookstores are the best, but do what works for you - and thanks.
Folks, preorders matter a lot. They can make the difference between a book that is forgotten or gets a second printing. Place your order wherever you buy books. Independent bookstores are the best, but do what works for you - and thanks.