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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 5d

Helping Venezuelans > Blowing Up Venezuelan boats

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 5d

Just, ya know, pointing out that US involvement in both places helped prop up military regimes and authoritarian Latin American dictators.

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 5d

Performance scholars get on this! It's so ripe. #AcademicSky
Amazing reporting from @thedialmag.bsky.social.

www.thedial.world/articles/new...

What’s Going On at Beijing’s “Fake Offices”? — The Dial

Lavender Au reports on the rise of “pretend to work” offices.

www.thedial.world

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 7d

The meeting with military leaders and inane, offensive sombrero memes are part and parcel of the same thing: a politics of attention. #SubstackSky #AcademicSky

performingforthedon.substack.com/p/performing...

Performing the Presidency

Grimacing Generals and Cringey Memes

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 8d

Carrot channeling @ringerfantasy.bsky.social

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 21d

Sending out a call for verifiable images related to Charlie Kirk's funeral. I'm interested in reading the event and most of the sources that I'm coming across are prioritizing the speakers as opposed to what was going on in the crowd. I'd love to see what's happening in there. #AcademicSky

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 27d

An important read from @thedialmag.bsky.social: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Fleeing Bukele — The Dial

Journalists in El Salvador are under heightened scrutiny. Many have been forced to leave.

www.thedial.world

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

Just gonna leave this hear and highlight the subtitle "Paxton spox. does not specifically dispute allegations"

www.christianpost.com/news/texas-a...

Texas AG Ken Paxton dismisses report alleging 'sex scandal' with aspiring Christian influencer

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dismissed a Daily Mail report Monday alleging he had an affair with an aspiring Christian influencer

www.christianpost.com

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

I was watching The Front Page (Billy Wilder, 1974) and reminded that people used to do on-call engravings for newspapers. Talk about work that's dried up!

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

Vance doing Trump lines is like everyone who tries to say a Mitch Hedberg joke that isn't Mitch Hedberg.

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

"You should see this signature I did on Epstein's birthday card. It looks like your hat."

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

Haha, you can raise that bar. It's at worse than ground level at this point.

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · 28d

Was Charlie Kirk a one of one or what's yet to come? #substacksky

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On Charlie Kirk and Political Influence

Was Kirk a One of One or What's yet to Come?

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Sep 10

Performative masculinity seems to be having more than one moment at the same time. #AcademicSky #SubstackSky

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Performative Boys II Men

What Do Totes and D(oW)bags Have in Common?

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oh good, we can't fund university research, but Peter Thiel can do academic cosplay. #AcademicSky

www.christianpost.com/news/palanti...

Palantir CEO Peter Thiel to lead 4-part series on the Antichrist

A California nonprofit is set to host an off-the-record lecture series featuring billionaire investor Peter Thiel on the biblical figure of the Antichrist

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 27

Part 2 of an ongoing series regarding J6 and its aftermath from the perspective of performance, narrative, and justice #AcademicSky #SubstackSky

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Performance and January 6, 2021

Part 2 of Ongoing Research into J6 and its Aftermath

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thinking we need to galaxy brain a new slogan for Blue Book. "Education's last resort"?

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 26

As an English teacher, I suggest bookmarking "Know Your Meme."

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 22

I bet he directs the original, eugenics version of Enemy of the People. Real theater nerds know where I’m at.

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Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · Aug 22

“The owner of this property directs Ibsen.”

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fun fact about James Dobson: he’s the one who wrote 2 Corinthians when Trump mispronounced it. So he was advising the president all the way back in 2015. #themoreyouknow #jamesdobson

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 21

Love his cameo in What We Do in the Shadows

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 21

Joke’s on us. He only drinks Diet Coke!

Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 20

We Need to Talk about How Shitty it Feels Under Trump #Substacksky

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We Need to Talk about How Shitty it Feels Under Trump

Pro Gripe, Anti Compartmentalization

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Hank Willenbrink @hwillenbrink.bsky.social · Aug 19

Does this mean Bongino doesn't have to come in on Fridays anymore or is this a move to clear out his calendar for podcasting?

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