Courtney Herber
@doc-herber.bsky.social
Mild mannered IT sysadmin by day, even more mild mannered historian by night. History: PhD in early modern Europe focusing on power, performance, and pop culture. #BATW webguru
"So kind and millennial-funny." (she/her)
https://www.courtneyherber.com/
"So kind and millennial-funny." (she/her)
https://www.courtneyherber.com/
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Courtney Herber
@doc-herber.bsky.social
· Feb 16
Libation: Liberate your Library
getlibation.com
I just moved my audible library away from amazon! I whole heartedly recommend libation: getlibation.com It gets the job of downloading and de-drming done easily. I tend to use my phone (android) for audiobooks, and I installed voice to listen to them play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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Overwhelming support for my #historicalnovel "Wilton House," coming Apr. 13, 2027! Thank you to all! If you want to join: www.gofundme.com/f/help-launc...
August 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Overwhelming support for my #historicalnovel "Wilton House," coming Apr. 13, 2027! Thank you to all! If you want to join: www.gofundme.com/f/help-launc...
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Today's in Japan it's Mountain Day (山の日, Yama no Hi) so I thought I'd put together a small collection of my favourite prints featuring Mount Fuji, Japan's most iconic sacred mountain.
🎨'Yoshiwara' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
1/3
🎨'Yoshiwara' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
1/3
August 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today's in Japan it's Mountain Day (山の日, Yama no Hi) so I thought I'd put together a small collection of my favourite prints featuring Mount Fuji, Japan's most iconic sacred mountain.
🎨'Yoshiwara' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
1/3
🎨'Yoshiwara' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
1/3
I'm going to go out on a likely unpopular limb and say that genai has no place in my classroom. Or really, any classroom, really. There can be a case for LLM/pattern recognition in research, but it has to be highly intentional and well thought out. Will not join or renew with AHA.
The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
www.historians.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm going to go out on a likely unpopular limb and say that genai has no place in my classroom. Or really, any classroom, really. There can be a case for LLM/pattern recognition in research, but it has to be highly intentional and well thought out. Will not join or renew with AHA.
History of Modern Japan - my first degree's major was Elementary Education (it was only as a nontrad student that I went back for my history degrees).
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
History of Modern Japan - my first degree's major was Elementary Education (it was only as a nontrad student that I went back for my history degrees).
hard same. i love robots of all kinds but hate ai slop with the passion of fifty burning suns.
I simultaneously adore fictional robots and despise real-world hoaxsters trying to convince us that LLM slop engines are even remotely the same thing.
July 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
hard same. i love robots of all kinds but hate ai slop with the passion of fifty burning suns.
Yep.
The Gundam Wing writers' room immediately after introducing Wu Fei
July 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yep.
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ilhan omar offered so much support and resources to the minneapolis caucuses and conventions by spending thousands of dollars for translators to make them more accessible and representative of our population. she cares about the process and CD5 residents even in her election off years
"Latonya Reeves, a labor leader and DFL Party activist from Minneapolis, confirmed to Axios that she's "exploring" a bid for the 5th Congressional District next year."
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
DNC member weighs challenge to Rep. Ilhan Omar
Local labor leader Latonya Reeves says the community wants a change.
www.axios.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ilhan omar offered so much support and resources to the minneapolis caucuses and conventions by spending thousands of dollars for translators to make them more accessible and representative of our population. she cares about the process and CD5 residents even in her election off years
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Easily the most thorough thing you’ll ever read on the Summit Avenue reconstruction debate streets.mn/2025/07/24/s...
Summit Avenue Regional Trail Battle Continues
The historic Summit Avenue has century-old infrastructure that needs to be replaced — making now the ideal time for a new bike trail.
streets.mn
July 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Easily the most thorough thing you’ll ever read on the Summit Avenue reconstruction debate streets.mn/2025/07/24/s...
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I feel like I should post a grand statement about Itch and trying to help authors figure out other ways to sell their books. Maybe I will soon
But for now: Fuck Itch, fuck MasterCard and Visa, fuck Collective Shout
We support NSFW writers, LGBTQ+ writers, and all marginalized writers
But for now: Fuck Itch, fuck MasterCard and Visa, fuck Collective Shout
We support NSFW writers, LGBTQ+ writers, and all marginalized writers
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I feel like I should post a grand statement about Itch and trying to help authors figure out other ways to sell their books. Maybe I will soon
But for now: Fuck Itch, fuck MasterCard and Visa, fuck Collective Shout
We support NSFW writers, LGBTQ+ writers, and all marginalized writers
But for now: Fuck Itch, fuck MasterCard and Visa, fuck Collective Shout
We support NSFW writers, LGBTQ+ writers, and all marginalized writers
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This is huge.
apnews.com/article/musc...
apnews.com/article/musc...
Muscogee Nation court rules descendants of enslaved people are entitled to citizenship
The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two descendants of former slaves held by the tribe.
apnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is huge.
apnews.com/article/musc...
apnews.com/article/musc...
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Yes! I'm a historian who studies my country's history of genocidal violence in the late 19th century (especially how we remember it) and I can promise you that it's far too late if you "leave it to history." Understanding how it happened is good. Stopping it when it's happening is better.
The problem with saying “history will remember” is that we are deciding right now whether there will be people in the future
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
We are also deciding right now whether to train people to be historians
Also, once it’s history, it’s too late
July 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yes! I'm a historian who studies my country's history of genocidal violence in the late 19th century (especially how we remember it) and I can promise you that it's far too late if you "leave it to history." Understanding how it happened is good. Stopping it when it's happening is better.
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
What's cool about living near downtown Saint Paul is getting listen to the Yacht Club Festival acts for free from the comfort of my living room 😂
July 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
What's cool about living near downtown Saint Paul is getting listen to the Yacht Club Festival acts for free from the comfort of my living room 😂
Buckingham Nicks re-release with vault tracks please??
(Also, Frozen Love is goated)
(Also, Frozen Love is goated)
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Buckingham Nicks re-release with vault tracks please??
(Also, Frozen Love is goated)
(Also, Frozen Love is goated)
Retreating into fictional worlds. Some mine, some not. Sure, there's war and strife and sadness, but at least... It's not mine.
July 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Retreating into fictional worlds. Some mine, some not. Sure, there's war and strife and sadness, but at least... It's not mine.
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Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
July 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Release the Epstein files.
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There are no Epstein Files in Ba Sing Se
July 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There are no Epstein Files in Ba Sing Se
All luck to OP! Though I learned from my half-marathon that I hate long distance running and am very happy to stick to my 5 and 10ks, lol.
July 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
All luck to OP! Though I learned from my half-marathon that I hate long distance running and am very happy to stick to my 5 and 10ks, lol.
The way this made me cackle
July 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The way this made me cackle
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BREAKING: US Resident Infected With Severe Form of Bubonic Plague Dies
The same bubonic plague that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
The same bubonic plague that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
July 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
BREAKING: US Resident Infected With Severe Form of Bubonic Plague Dies
The same bubonic plague that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
The same bubonic plague that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Saguaro cactus, walleye, lava flow, and more! You can find them here: www.nps.gov/media/articl...
July 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Saguaro cactus, walleye, lava flow, and more! You can find them here: www.nps.gov/media/articl...
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WHYYYYY WON'T YOU DEBAAAAATE MEEEEEEEE
July 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WHYYYYY WON'T YOU DEBAAAAATE MEEEEEEEE
Wanting to go into the middle school section of the library - I was in elementary and had read all the mythology and biographies several times and wanted new ones. I also wanted to check out Calvin and Hobbes, but noooooo librarian didn't want to allow fourth grade me into the middle school section.
What is, in your opinion, the dumbest thing you were scolded by an adult for doing when you were a kid?
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wanting to go into the middle school section of the library - I was in elementary and had read all the mythology and biographies several times and wanted new ones. I also wanted to check out Calvin and Hobbes, but noooooo librarian didn't want to allow fourth grade me into the middle school section.
She's a former co-worker of mine and an absolute lovely person -- if anyone has any information, please share it. 💔
July 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
She's a former co-worker of mine and an absolute lovely person -- if anyone has any information, please share it. 💔
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Do you know where Larohnda Danielle Latimer is?
Police search for missing Minneapolis woman
Do you know where Larohnda Danielle Latimer is?
www.kare11.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Do you know where Larohnda Danielle Latimer is?