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?
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.
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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.
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KEEP CALLING
Mark Kelly a NO, notable as he was allegedly one of the cavers
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
KEEP CALLING
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
This one's gonna be good; you should subscribe so you can be the first among your friends to get Colin's esoteric bullshit.
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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
This one's gonna be good; you should subscribe so you can be the first among your friends to get Colin's esoteric bullshit.
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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
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Bookplate illustration for @cadaverformosus.bsky.social with a special thanks to @colindickey.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Bookplate illustration for @cadaverformosus.bsky.social with a special thanks to @colindickey.com.
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Parliament - Osmium (1970) Full Album
YouTube video by Matheus Cunha
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I watched Juror #2 on the plane yesterday and it was a perfectly enjoyable courtroom drama but also could’ve been much better if it had been about a sandwich
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I watched Juror #2 on the plane yesterday and it was a perfectly enjoyable courtroom drama but also could’ve been much better if it had been about a sandwich
New weird AI slop that Spotify tried to dump on me this morning: a *new* single by long-dead P-Funk guitarist Eddie Hazel called “I Ain’t No Brokeback Cowboy,” which, despite its title, is about being a gay cowboy.
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New weird AI slop that Spotify tried to dump on me this morning: a *new* single by long-dead P-Funk guitarist Eddie Hazel called “I Ain’t No Brokeback Cowboy,” which, despite its title, is about being a gay cowboy.
Not the hero we deserve. But the hero we need.
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not the hero we deserve. But the hero we need.
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"The sandwich did not impede Officer Lairmore’s duties that night,” Sandwich Guy's lawyer argues. "A footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"The sandwich did not impede Officer Lairmore’s duties that night,” Sandwich Guy's lawyer argues. "A footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm.”
I am fucking dying
A ballistic vest meant to stop a bullet “is definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich thrown at you," Sean Dunn's defense attorney argued.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I am fucking dying
Holy fucking shit when I was involved with the Dutchess County Dems they were the most inept and dysfunctional group imaginable, either they got their shit together (a giant fucking miracle) or this wave is so mammoth that it’s swamping even places where the Dems can barely get out of bed
—NY Dems flip Onondaga County & Dutchess County legislature, first in decades
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Holy fucking shit when I was involved with the Dutchess County Dems they were the most inept and dysfunctional group imaginable, either they got their shit together (a giant fucking miracle) or this wave is so mammoth that it’s swamping even places where the Dems can barely get out of bed
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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Zoomer men really gotta log off the Hitler site if they ever want to have sex again
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Zoomer men really gotta log off the Hitler site if they ever want to have sex again