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Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey

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May 29, 2021

Un-unmasking

The Fight Over Outdoor Masking Is Now About Power and a Nostalgia for Hierarchy

Un-unmasking

Colin Dickey

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May 22, 2021

Technical Literacy, Technically Literate, and SM-102

The Cranks Are Back and They’re Not Wearing Masks

Technical Literacy, Technically Literate, and SM-102

Colin Dickey

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May 17, 2021

The Unexplained Phenomena Is Real!

Just Because It’s Unidentified Doesn’t Mean It’s an Alien Spacecraft

The Unexplained Phenomena Is Real!

Colin Dickey

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May 7, 2021

On Confirmation Bias

When You Get the Answer You’re Looking for, Hang Up

On Confirmation Bias

Colin Dickey

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Apr 30, 2021

The Anonymous Voice of the Age

Italo Calvino Reflects on the Sea of Stories

The Anonymous Voice of the Age

Colin Dickey

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Apr 28, 2021

Technical Estrangement and the Ersatz Uncanny

How Infrastructure, Brought to Light, Becomes Nefarious

Technical Estrangement and the Ersatz Uncanny

Colin Dickey

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Apr 16, 2021

Getting to “After”

There is something noble in the love of the dead.

The Sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massaschusetts

Colin Dickey

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Apr 10, 2021

On Hearing News of Prince Philip’s Death During the Derek Chauvin Trial

Public Displays of Grief and the Politics of Mourning

On Hearing News of Prince Philip’s Death During the Derek Chauvin Trial

Colin Dickey

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Mar 30, 2021

On Restarting: Time on the clock, Time of the Mind and Micro-Rituals

So this is how the world is beginning again: not with a bang, but with a series of whimpers.

On Restarting: Time on the clock, Time of the Mind and Micro-Rituals

Colin Dickey

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Mar 24, 2021

The Terrifying Allure of Nonhuman Cinema

When the Drama of Human Life Is Secondary to the Plot

The Terrifying Allure of Nonhuman Cinema

Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey

Failed histories, histories of failure. Author of four books: The Unidentified, Ghostland, Afterlives of the Saints, and Cranioklepty.

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