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Colin Dickey
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(In case you thought any of this was new)
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2642 followers 785 following 2099 posts
Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. He/him.
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Colin Dickey
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(In case you thought any of this was new)
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Colin Dickey
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For all his other faults, Cotton Mather was very outspoken advocate for pro-smallpox vaccinations; after a 1721 outbreak in Boston, an anti-vaxxer tried to kill him and another inocculator by throwing a grenade into the window of his home (it failed to explode)
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Colin Dickey
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Fair, fair, no harm no foul
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Colin Dickey
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I didn’t say these films were bad, necessarily
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Colin Dickey
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Yesterday this sign said “God bless our veterans and first responders,” happy Fourth
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Colin Dickey
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Anyway, this isn’t all bad—for me, quite the opposite. Some number of years ago I tried to lay out why I thought my childhood of being constantly exposed to terrifying things was actually a good thing…
bombmagazine.org/articles/201...
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Colin Dickey
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I think I was only 3 or 4 when my mom took me and my older brother to see The Fox and the Hound when it came out, so I was too young to remember much, but I clearly remember both my mom and my 7 year old brother just absolutely bawling their eyes out by the end of that movie. Insane!
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Colin Dickey
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I think it’s back on Disney+! Another absolute batshit experience, which I saw when I was, what, 7?
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Colin Dickey
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Once again, in case you’re wondering why Gen Xers are “like this,” watch any Disney movie between Walt’s death & The Little Mermaid, the shit we were raised on. Tried to rewatch The Rescuers last night and it is utterly Bananapants that a single soul thought this was acceptable kids’ fare
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Colin Dickey
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Lollllllllll
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Colin Dickey
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It's a piano mash up of "Blurred Lines" and "Rape Me" and trust me you do not want to be exposed to it
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Colin Dickey
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I'm in
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Colin Dickey
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Ok, I can report that if you search for "most obnoxious Amanda Palmer song" the Internet absolutely delivers.
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Psychopomp
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"From the history of haunted houses, to books bound in human skin, to how we talk—or avoid talking completely—about death."
TODAY
7 Haunting Works of Nonfiction by @rachaelconrad.bsky.social
featuring: thread/
psychopomp.com/7-haunting-w...
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Colin Dickey
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He did these movies back to back, how did he not fire his agent and then eat them
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Colin Dickey
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Happy pub day!
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Amelinda Bérubé
@metuiteme.bsky.social
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It's here, it's real, it's REALLY A BOOK THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY, my scary, wintry vampire book, creeps onto bookshelves everywhere today! Go sink your teeth into it
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Colin Dickey
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Prison abolition for everyone but Julie Taymor’s enablers
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Adam Serwer
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The “joe biden has the chance to do the funniest thing ever” jokes are now literally correct
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Colin Dickey
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Joe Biden has the potential to do the legalest thing now
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Colin Dickey
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If the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump’s claim that a sitting president has immunity from prosecution, the logical and legal thing for Biden to do would be to simply assassinate him before the election
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Colin Dickey
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This sounds awful for both of you, but more so for you tbh
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Colin Dickey
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Amazing
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Colin Dickey
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Did…did someone ask you for advice regarding this movie…?
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Colin Dickey
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We are watching Julie Taymor’s godforsaken monstrosity “Titus” and lol it was produced by Steve Bannon, yes that Steve Bannon
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Colin Dickey
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🫡
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Colin Dickey
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Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Seriously, no a soul in the entire world: Elizabeth:
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Colin Dickey
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Not sure! We’ll see…
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Colin Dickey
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I don’t know how I missed this comment earlier, but, man, this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me, and I’m really gratified you liked the piece. Thank you!
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Colin Dickey
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That would be nice! Seems like it could also be a brush fire, but that may just be the Californian in me
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Colin Dickey
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Some sort of massive fire at the edge of JFK, not a super cool feeling tbh
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Colin Dickey
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I was not watching the debates because I was having drinks with good friends like a normal healthy person and then I come here and my TL is all debate deep cut shitposting and I honestly have no idea how it’s actually going
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Joshua J. Friedman
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How did no one tell me that Ayo Edebiri got emotional over the Great Molasses Flood?? (via GBH)
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Colin Dickey
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❤️❤️
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s. e. smith
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Killer @colindickey.com read on @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories Are Weapons and the history of disinformation and psychological warfare. Two great minds in one piece!
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Colin Dickey
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Audrey this is epic, even by your usual epic standards
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Colin Dickey
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Agreed!
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Nap Gusto, Jedi/Scoundrel
@furiouslysleepy.bsky.social
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I'll track this down. Their nonfiction writing is some of the most captivating I've read.
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Colin Dickey
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My review of @annaleen.bsky.social’s newest book, Stories Are Weapons, is up at The New Republic—a really fascinating meditation on the world of disinfo that focuses on the dangers and possibilities of storytelling:
newrepublic.com/article/1819...
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Colin Dickey
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None of our guides had either! The captain of the Antigua was over the moon at the sighting! I got only the last little bit on my camera before it went down again (someone else has a really clear and intense photo but hasn’t gotten around to sharing it yet)
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Colin Dickey
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We got a few very close arctic foxes, several piles of walruses and a bowhead whale(!), but I was a bit sad to miss the belugas, that I remember so clearly from my last trip in 2013
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Colin Dickey
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Feeling equal parts ashamed and proud for having goaded @cadaverformosus.bsky.social into watching Hannibal last night (the movie, not the show), a movie so bad it warp speeds past “so bad it’s good” and into “so bad it’s avant-garde absurdist theatre”
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Colin Dickey
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All in all coming back to civilization seems like an error
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Colin Dickey
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It didn’t feel frightening at all! The ice was amazingly solid the entire time. Just beautiful.
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Colin Dickey
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I spent a lot of time walking on glaciers and apparently not dying, which is as surprising to me as it is to you
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Colin Dickey
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Hey Bluesky, here’s the ship I was sailing on over the past few weeks, above the 80th parallel, anchored to an ice floe we spent the day walking around on. Not pictured: the bowhead whale that breached on the other side of the ship less than 20 meters away.
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Colin Dickey
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Ok friends, I’m headed off on a ship to sail around Svalbard for the next two weeks, see you in a few
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Colin Dickey
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The only cemetery in Longyearbyen, mostly from a Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918
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Colin Dickey
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The only cemetery in Longyearbyen, mostly from a Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918
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Colin Dickey
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I’m in Svalbard. I took this photo at midnight.
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