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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. "So kind and millennial-funny." (she/her) https://www.courtneyherber.com/
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Getting around to watching my Witch from Mercury blurays (I'd preordered them the day they announced, but have had a backlog of other releases on the to-watch list). Realizing on this rewatch that WfM might just beat Wing for me as favorite #Gundam series. (Aerial, hands down, is fave Gundam)

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TOTRIS! I want this now, please.

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Academics & others need to understand a few things. A 🧵 I) First, fascism is not inevitable. Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them. Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends. That why visible resistance matters. 1/

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Did you know #batw2025: Did you know that BATW is partnering with The Robert Menzies Institute for their upcoming November conference. Check out their call for papers below & submit your proposals by 9 May (Aussie time)! www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/news/call-fo...

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Happy #caturday from my favorite kitty, Petrarch!

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This looks UTTERLY AMAZING. Do we know any journals that want a review on this? 😁 Happily volunteering!

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One of the reasons why I pay for @wired.com now.

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Truth. Don’t settle for the status quo in search. For quality, speed, relevance and privacy, Kagi is the way.

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I really wish this week long headache would go away now. That'd be great.

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Breaking: Musk, in his traditional role of consort, intercedes with the king for the benefit of the people.

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We’re delaying opening pre-orders for Framework Laptop 12 in the US. We’re still opening orders for the other countries we ship to tomorrow (April 9th), now at 10am PT. (cont)

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Excited that last night I finally figured out the reframing for the dissertation manuscript into the book! I'll be getting to turn it into what I wanted to do in the first place when I started my grad school journey. <3 Really helps with the motivation now that I've got my direction. #amwriting

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Just like all Gundam series, Wing is a treatise on what attaining peace looks like, what is given up for it, and how is it maintained. Everything done by the main cast is with the goal of creating a lasting world peace - but they all come from vastly different viewpoints and understandings of peace.

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I don't think people really grasp that sewing is a skill and that textiles are a legitimate subject of study. The whole point of Elle Woods studying fashion merchandising is that it was supposed to be frivolous but it's actually hard and those skills were transferable to Harvard Law.

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Not now, plague of atomic rats.

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@aoc.bsky.social is on target yet again 🎯

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Thousands of Minnesotans showed up today to say: Enough is enough. Hands off our Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security. We stand for democracy & a strong economy. No to billionaires like Elon Musk running our country.

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If you want to feel a little better today, understand that when your cat comes and crawls in your lap it's for comfort. It's the cat's way of saying everything else sucks but the best place in the world it knows to be is with you.

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You don't have to love every book. You don't have to defend every book. You don't have to read every book. BUT You DO have to object to THE GOVERNMENT telling you what your community can access.

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Fuck yes, St Paul!

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Minnesotans are here to show Elon Musk and President Trump that we’ve had enough! #handsOff

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Trump is implementing reciprocal tariffs, but does he know what "reciprocal" means?

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I love this messaging, Senator @amyklobuchar.com - thank you for making sure to let people know who is doing this and what you and other people who are working for the American people are doing.

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Trump can’t figure out how to score a point on Russia or China, so he’s punishing our allies and kicking our own economy in the teeth.

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I’m heading north in four weeks for the We Can Reason conference in Alberta.

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"What do you mean they accidentally just recognised Taiwanese sovereignty?"

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It is amazing to me just how quickly the correct meds can work. Migraine sucks - giving myself injections does too, but when it helps and I can feel like a fully alive human being again? I'll take it.

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Today has been a love letter to John Lewis, and I am so glad for it.

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Lots of people like to pretend our money doesn’t count, but look at it out there, counting

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We can't find a non-terrifying AI monstrosity of an image to do justice to Booker's quote? Really??

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