THE USONIAN

That time I was in a Greek chocolate commercial

The double-edged sword of being a different type of DEI hire

Mar 12 • Harrison Blackman

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Attack of the drones

Food delivery bots are changing the delivery game — perhaps

Mar 5 • Harrison Blackman

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February 2026

Notes from 'Grendel'

"The Art of Fiction" may not be the best writing manual for the 21st century

Feb 19 • Harrison Blackman

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The ‘First’ Winter Olympics

How Chamonix 1924 iced out a rival Nordic competition

Feb 12 • Harrison Blackman

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Dead clankers tell no tales

A look inside the Tesla Diner, Hollywood's latest flop

Feb 5 • Harrison Blackman

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January 2026

The last battle in the bone war

How an Ivy League museum met its extinction

Jan 29 • Harrison Blackman

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The Voyage of the Narwhal

Or, the voyage of the soap opera

Jan 22 • Harrison Blackman

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An AI story in the style of... myself

"A blend of atmospheric detail, psychological tension, and speculative unease"

Jan 8 • Harrison Blackman

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December 2025

Remembrance of things past

The Usonian looks back at 2025

Dec 24, 2025 • Harrison Blackman

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The more you Waymo

On the robotaxi's arrival—and what it's like to take one

Dec 18, 2025 • Harrison Blackman

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November 2025

Telescope Jack

A tour-guide ordeal at the summit of Mount Wilson

Nov 27, 2025 • Harrison Blackman

The Master and Margarita

Paratexts, villains and ambiguities in Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece

Nov 13, 2025 • Harrison Blackman

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