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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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From the Community | What โ€˜free expressionโ€™ discussion doesnโ€™t account for Professor David Palumbo-Liu responds to Hoover Fellow Larry Diamond's piece about free expression, arguing for non-institutional spaces that uphold values of diversity.

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09.10.2025 03:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Are We Really Energetic Beings?!
YouTube video by Dr. David Shorter Are We Really Energetic Beings?!

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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04.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

29.09.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 Iโ€™ve come to realize that many students have slowly been changing due to the changes decades ago in the... TikTok video by David Shorter

As a professor I see a fresh new crop of 17-18 year olds every year. Iโ€™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 donโ€™t prioritize obeyance.

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09.09.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

04.09.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Asynchronous Webinar: A Conversation with Congresswoman Grace Meng
YouTube video by Biochemistry Channel Asynchronous Webinar: A Conversation with Congresswoman Grace Meng

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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28.08.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Healing the Whole: There No (One) Thing Wrong With Us.
YouTube video by Dr. David Shorter Healing the Whole: There No (One) Thing Wrong With Us.

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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27.08.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 .

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.

24.08.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

24.08.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 824    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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How does this end? The key ways that concentration camps get shut down.

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.

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How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump
Robert Reich How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump

People are constantly asking me โ€” what can I do?

Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.

19.08.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 873    ๐Ÿ” 377    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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Nothing to see here.

18.08.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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... TikTok video by David Shorter

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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18.08.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

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

09.08.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2597    ๐Ÿ” 916    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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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... TikTok video by David Shorter

In this last episode, David tells the story of a UFO crash site that includes extraterrestrials and the signs of a military cover-up.

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30.07.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Johns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI models Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.

โ€œAuthors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.โ€

26.07.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 557    ๐Ÿ” 556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158
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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... TikTok video by David Shorter

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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22.07.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You will always have โ€œitโ€ going on, mister.

18.07.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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. Dr. Shorter interviewed... TikTok video by David Shorter

Dr. Shorter interviewed his dad and learned all about our long-term knowledge that contact began a long time ago, and the truth is not only "out there," but already here. Heโ€™s ready to tell all.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT62Lagmw/

18.07.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters โ€” the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. โ€” 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.

15.07.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39061    ๐Ÿ” 10362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1016    ๐Ÿ“Œ 445
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I Prefer Weeds to Ivy Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.

None have put to words so perfectly why Iโ€™m not sure I can work the years needed (five) for my better than average pension.
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15.07.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Whistleblower's Son - Part 3
YouTube video by Dr. David Delgado Shorter A Whistleblower's Son - Part 3

Dr. Shorter visits Conspiracies, Inc. to talk about aliens, UFO's, UAP's. and how we might need to reorient our expectations for ET contact. Shorterโ€™s father was afraid of being a whistleblower while alive, but left his son hours of recorded information.

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15.07.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a message attributed to Marc Andreessen appears in a chat format with a gray background and white text bubbles. The first bubble states that he was born in 1971 in Iowa, raised in Wisconsin, and that his generation was told to endure discrimination as repayment for past American bigotry, even though the discrimination was now directed at them. The second bubble claims the last eight years, especially the summer of 2020, ended that complacency. The third bubble says โ€œmy peopleโ€ are now furious and unwilling to tolerate it. The fourth bubble accuses universities of being central to a โ€œcounterattack,โ€ alleging they both discriminate against โ€œusโ€ and spread the opposing worldview. The final bubble claims: โ€œThey declared war on 70% of the country and now theyโ€™re going to pay the price.โ€

A screenshot of a message attributed to Marc Andreessen appears in a chat format with a gray background and white text bubbles. The first bubble states that he was born in 1971 in Iowa, raised in Wisconsin, and that his generation was told to endure discrimination as repayment for past American bigotry, even though the discrimination was now directed at them. The second bubble claims the last eight years, especially the summer of 2020, ended that complacency. The third bubble says โ€œmy peopleโ€ are now furious and unwilling to tolerate it. The fourth bubble accuses universities of being central to a โ€œcounterattack,โ€ alleging they both discriminate against โ€œusโ€ and spread the opposing worldview. The final bubble claims: โ€œThey declared war on 70% of the country and now theyโ€™re going to pay the price.โ€

Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

13.07.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3151    ๐Ÿ” 581    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 248    ๐Ÿ“Œ 240
A Whistleblower's Son: Part 2
YouTube video by Dr. David Delgado Shorter A Whistleblower's Son: Part 2

Dr. Shorter visits Conspiracies, Inc. and explains how his father was afraid of being a whistleblower while alive, but left his son hours of recorded information about the search for alien technology in the deserts of New Mexico. #uap #UFO
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11.07.2025 00:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Whistleblower's Son Part 1
YouTube video by Dr. David Delgado Shorter A Whistleblower's Son Part 1

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. Dr. Shorter visits Conspiracies, Inc. to talk about aliens, UFO's, UAP's. and more.

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08.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I can't believe what this country is doing to poor people and immigrants."

Really? Wait till you learn about Native American history.

This country has been violent and cruel since before they founded it in writing.

03.07.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ancestral Memory Explains So Much
YouTube video by Dr. David Delgado Shorter Ancestral Memory Explains So Much

Dr. David Delgado Shorter explains that time is not real, or at least as we think of it. Time is not linear. Time is not moving in a direction. Other worlds are possible as we continually learn from Indigenous communities. And memory can go in both direction?
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03.07.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Indiana University Bloomington to Eliminate or Suspend Over 100 Academic Programs in Sweeping Restructuring - The Bloomingtonian BLOOMINGTON, Ind. โ€” Indiana University Bloomington is suspending or eliminating more than 100 academic programs across a wide range of disciplines ahead of the 2026-27 academic year. The programs are ...

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02.07.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(PDF) On Ethnographic Surrealism PDF | Andrรฉ Breton often insisted that surrealism was not a body of doctrines, or a definable idea, but an activity. The present essay is an exploration... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

Perhaps of interest: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

01.07.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How Do We โ€œIndigenizeโ€ Academic Publishing?
YouTube video by AICR Journal How Do We โ€œIndigenizeโ€ Academic Publishing?

During this presentation, the AICRJ Editor-in-Chief describes the impetus for their transition to open access. Dr. Shorter covers how a leading journal in the field has attempted to "indigenize" its organization from the solicitation to final publication process.

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30.06.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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