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I am the One and Only: Moon and the Advent of Loneliness 

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Image of a beige robot. There is a screen that shows drawings of eight people like a virtual meeting. All of them are named Sam.

|Nicole Rojas-Oltmanns| In 2020 when COVID-19 shut down most of our social connections, I, like many caregivers, was the opposite of lonely. While so many were alone at home, I was inundated with constant human interaction. While I had purpose… Continue reading

My Rotten Little Part in the Rotten Machine: Outland

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|John Costello| I’m supposed to write about the problem with science fiction tropes—mainly space Westerns—but I keep thinking about Peter Boyle’s portrayal of Sheppard in Outland (1981). Sheppard spends much of his time playing golf in his office, looking like he can’t afford a haircut, a beard trim… Continue reading