Max Clee

PhD candidate at Boston University in American Studies | from Edinburgh, Scotland | Writing about garbage: disposal, collection, processing, etc.

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@henrymjtonks Great effort Tonks!

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@MeghanTownes Brutal stuff

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The presentation will cover the contentious battles with locals and environmentalists that led to the construction of the transfer station, and how it transformed the city’s waste disposal regime.

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Excited to present this weekend at the @ASEH_org conference in Denver! Look out for our panel “Wastescapes: Managing Excess in the Twentieth-Century United States” where I’ll be talking about San Francisco’s “palace of garbage” alongside some super other scholars! @BUAmnesp #aseh

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Here’s a picture of Len Stefanelli, “boss scavenger” of San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s, as he shows off his pride and joy — the “palace of garbage” transfer station built by the scavengers in 1970.

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@tomsojka Congrats Tom!

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Does anyone know if there's a name for the literary device where the writer refers to the real world in the present as if it was a fable/myth?
i.e. "once upon a time, there were a fabled people who... made things for the singular purpose of throwing them away"

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@kane_genna @HOLCRedlining Nice one! I love using this source with students!

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@henrymjtonks @CoveneyClarissa very good

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@stalecooper Any chance it was in this banger of a book?

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@derailleurkate Unbelievable empathy and perspective — the pain and effort of the mechanics, the grupetto, the breakaway compatriots he “betrayed.” Wonderful.

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@henrymjtonks @PublicBooks @RubyRay Haha just teasing - it's a great achievement!

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@henrymjtonks @BUAmnesp Ordering now! Thanks Tonks!

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Excited to teach my first class of my own design this fall @BUAmnesp! Registration open now!

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@tvbookstvbooks @BUAmnesp Omg I have so many insights from your TV and the home class!! So thankful for your guidance/help!

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@racheledini1 @pcaaca Congrats!

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@tomsojka The martini too or just the Negroni?

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@tomsojka They’re the best! And from Edinburgh! Where’d you get it in the states?

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@atvetenstrand @ProfRossBarrett @aarobichaud Congrats dr. Tvetenstrand