Colin Dickey
@colindickey.com
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. Opinions mine, not my employer’s. He/him.
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Colin Dickey
@colindickey.com
· Oct 20
Hello new followers it’s Spooky Season and also Election Time so perhaps I can interest you in some books on ghosts, UFOs & monsters, or our long history of conspiratorial politics?
No Country for Young Women
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
No Country for Young Women
Maccius Plautus (250-184 BCE) bitching about the inventor of the sundial feels *extremely* relatable to me in this year 2025
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Maccius Plautus (250-184 BCE) bitching about the inventor of the sundial feels *extremely* relatable to me in this year 2025
The GOP releasing all these emails with the intention of burying the Trump ones, which is the plot of an actual Veep episode (a show famously about smart and successful politicians), and also do they not know about Ctrl F
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The GOP releasing all these emails with the intention of burying the Trump ones, which is the plot of an actual Veep episode (a show famously about smart and successful politicians), and also do they not know about Ctrl F
Reposted by Colin Dickey
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
Reposted by Colin Dickey
"The Interrogation of Saint Winifred," in @thedeadlands.com: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"The Interrogation of Saint Winifred," in @thedeadlands.com: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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I feel like this point is weirdly under-discussed in the discourse! Acosta himself approved Epstein's notorious sweetheart non-prosecution agreement. By elevating Acosta to the cabinet later, Trump seemed to ... pretty clearly reward that?
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I feel like this point is weirdly under-discussed in the discourse! Acosta himself approved Epstein's notorious sweetheart non-prosecution agreement. By elevating Acosta to the cabinet later, Trump seemed to ... pretty clearly reward that?
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
Me, to anyone who talks to me today
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Me, to anyone who talks to me today
“of course he knew about the girls”
The other two Epstein-related emails just released by Oversight Dems: exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Michael Wolff regarding Trump from 2019 and 2015.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“of course he knew about the girls”
“American Canto,” I will literally never get over this title
Sing, O Muse, of the sexting of Nuzzi,
Accursed, which brought many measles epidemics and colloidal silver poisonings upon the Americans,
Hurling their country into absolute shit
Sing, O Muse, of the sexting of Nuzzi,
Accursed, which brought many measles epidemics and colloidal silver poisonings upon the Americans,
Hurling their country into absolute shit
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“American Canto,” I will literally never get over this title
Sing, O Muse, of the sexting of Nuzzi,
Accursed, which brought many measles epidemics and colloidal silver poisonings upon the Americans,
Hurling their country into absolute shit
Sing, O Muse, of the sexting of Nuzzi,
Accursed, which brought many measles epidemics and colloidal silver poisonings upon the Americans,
Hurling their country into absolute shit
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
You keep Shaggy 2 Dope’s holy words out of your filthy mouth
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You keep Shaggy 2 Dope’s holy words out of your filthy mouth
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NOT NOW NOT EVER - dashare.zone ADMIN
January 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NOT NOW NOT EVER - dashare.zone ADMIN
This is one of the most breathtaking essays I've read, and one I come back to regularly.
grantland.com/features/sum...
grantland.com/features/sum...
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is one of the most breathtaking essays I've read, and one I come back to regularly.
grantland.com/features/sum...
grantland.com/features/sum...
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Remember: if the lead singer looks like she can carry the crown with beauty and grace, you about to get fucked up in the pit!
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remember: if the lead singer looks like she can carry the crown with beauty and grace, you about to get fucked up in the pit!
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Today's Glacial Errata newsletter from @colindickey.com is superb, telling a story of science and pseudoscience through one location for lighthouses.
Glacial Errata, No. 44
Four Lighthouses and One Kerfuffle for the Week of November 10, 2025.
glacialerrata.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today's Glacial Errata newsletter from @colindickey.com is superb, telling a story of science and pseudoscience through one location for lighthouses.
Reposted by Colin Dickey
I was not that excited to read about lighthouses, but it took a turn into a kerfuffle that was very interesting and relevant.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I was not that excited to read about lighthouses, but it took a turn into a kerfuffle that was very interesting and relevant.
Call ‘em! Took me less than a minute. You go and do likewise
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Call ‘em! Took me less than a minute. You go and do likewise
Ok tbf this is also how I’d like to be described after I die
If he dies, CNN will say “he arrived at his funeral in a semblance of death”
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ok tbf this is also how I’d like to be described after I die
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![Header for an upcoming edition of Glacial Errata. Normally the subhead is "Five Things for the Week of [DATE]," but this week's says "Four Lighthouses and One Kerfuffle for the Week of November 10, 2025." What could that possibly mean? Gotta click that sub link to find out!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kqqqm4rtbbwi4pnoptlgxqoe/bafkreihurncn7dcvk3t5r4dbrlloy7sczozdikcpvgq5yct3yphyxn7fti@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This room will be painted gold floor to ceiling by the time he leaves office and honestly I’m sorta morbidly fascinated with this slow conversion
It’s like black mold, just slowly spreading and creepy a little bit at a time.
It’s like black mold, just slowly spreading and creepy a little bit at a time.
Trump's White House: the walls of this classic Federalist style building have now had polyurethane ornaments manufactured in Taiwan and spray painted with gold pain glued to them. The appearance is repulsive, gaudy & entirely to Trump's taste. These ornaments are available at Home Depot, BTW
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This room will be painted gold floor to ceiling by the time he leaves office and honestly I’m sorta morbidly fascinated with this slow conversion
It’s like black mold, just slowly spreading and creepy a little bit at a time.
It’s like black mold, just slowly spreading and creepy a little bit at a time.
Post you from a different era.
This is me back when I was a member of the Bones Brigade, professionally skating for Powell Peralta alongside Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero.
This is me back when I was a member of the Bones Brigade, professionally skating for Powell Peralta alongside Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero.
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Post you from a different era.
This is me back when I was a member of the Bones Brigade, professionally skating for Powell Peralta alongside Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero.
This is me back when I was a member of the Bones Brigade, professionally skating for Powell Peralta alongside Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
best analysis I've seen so far
schumer isnt an operator, he’s not playing 4D chess. i think he’s offering a CR that should end the shutdown without his own caucus revolting. republicans are turning it down because theyre insane. this is the optimal outcome politically but i am like 95% sure he stumbled into it
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
best analysis I've seen so far