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Dan Shortridge
@danshortridge.bsky.social
Writer of books (mostly history), articles & resumes. Philadelphia, formerly Delaware.
She is going to be GREAT.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
And to start the washing machine and dryer when asked to put clothes in them!

(That was teenage me.)
October 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I was Dick Tracy that Halloween. I was 11. It was awesome.
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You have the something to remain something …
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Got it, thanks! I was initially thinking that you had much better recall than I did. 😄
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ve got to ask - how do you remember the precise dates of the original watch? Did you keep a diary or log?
August 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Prediction: He’ll lose by an even bigger margin than he lost the primary.
August 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
May be a sign that, I dunno, healthcare shouldn’t be a business but a universal government service.
July 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Intro to Drama, Intro to Poetry, & Intro to Short Story, all three taught by two profs who honed my writing down to a fine scalpel.
July 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My writing process is “research, research, research, make tons of notes … [months pass] … OK, now write!”

One source at a time? Nope. I’m assembling the story from a multiplicity of sources, and I have no idea what the combined narrative is going to say until I read all of them.
July 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Reposted by Dan Shortridge
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
They are the absolute worst.
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yes
June 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Are the internships paid, and what’s the rate and hourly expectation?
May 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM