Rodney Taveira
@rodneytaveira
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The day seemed long and empty, we passed it in the most violent games. --Leonardo Sciascia. Senior Lecturer in American Studies, US Studies Centre, USYD
United States Studies Centre
Joined July 2015
Megalopolis, in the best way, is almost as if Ron Burgundy made a movie.
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RT @lili_zach: My latest (open access) article on State Oppression, Fear, and Helplessness in Hungarian Political Jokes (1963-1989) is now…
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RT @SusNebraska: In which Vice President Joe Biden directly quotes Thomas Pynchon during a rally in Des Moines Iowa on September 17th, 2014…
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It used to be only Trump spoke the unadorned motivation (e.g. Khashoggi vs arms transfers). His style has caught on.
Incredible historical document here: Blinken says Israel’s PR is failing because social media allows people a direct look at what’s happening, shorn of the ability to mediate it, and it lands with emotional resonance. Romney then says yes, that’s why we moved to ban TikTok
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Also, let us know if you'd like to pet a dog.
My friend received this email from NYU after they called the police and arrested her lol. You rlly cannot make this up.
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RT @me_im_chloe: My friend received this email from NYU after they called the police and arrested her lol. You rlly cannot make this up. ht…
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@JakeTropila Me, when the bin goes through the window: "Now THIS is a moment of romance." And who knew a bleeding nose could govern the rhythm of an incredible climax?
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I was on an aircraft carrier last week and I walked in on two ensigns doing poems in the aft head. Disgraceful!
Tuberville responds to the Navy Secretary by saying the Secretary has to get wokeness out of the Navy because “we’ve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers”
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@tobihaslett I asked permission to use drafts of the lyrics in an article. Permission was not granted.
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My Mazda3 lives in Sport mode after watching this
A Michael Mann film starring Adam Driver Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley. Exclusively in theaters Christmas. #FerrariMovie
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RT @USSC: "Every older generation complains about new generation. Comedy is no exception." - Kliph Nesteroff @AHSN_Humour conference. @Clas…
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RT @USSC: #EVENT | @USSC lecturer @rodneytaveira in conversation with Kliph Nesteroff @ClassicShowbiz, where they will discuss Lenny Bruce’…
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After some truly terrible travel travails (his, not mine), I'm happy to be recording a @USSC interview today with the "premier popular historian of comedy" (@nytimes) Kliph Nesteroff @ClassicShowbiz, who will also give the keynote address at the AHSN conference tomorrow #ahsn2023
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