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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · 14d

What can an early Americanist teach you about applied and contemporary history? If you're in Ohio, you can find out!

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Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social · Sep 16

And now the final panel…and it’s a big one!

The state of the early American field/profession with @agordonreed.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social @johannneem.bsky.social Darren Staloff chaired by Jon Lauck

#JMCatSOC

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to share my latest podcast appearance for the NWC Strategy and Policy Department! Check out the department's Strategy Matters Podcast, "A Fort Between Two Waters: Symbolism, Strength, and Strategy in a Hybrid War."
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/strategy-mat...

digital-commons.usnwc.edu

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Jul 2

One of my favorite speeches in support of my favorite @pbs.org

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...

May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

YouTube video by Road Less Marveled

www.youtube.com

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Apr 28

Just remembered the existence of Marvin Bush today.

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Mar 17

NGL sounds like a pretty cool altac opportunity!
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...

Writing Fellowship, Summer 2025 at The Onion

jobs.gusto.com

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Mar 17

If anyone needs someone to give them context for laws from the 1790s, I'm your gal. www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g...

U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order

It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.

www.npr.org

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Mar 7

Consulate diplomacy was fundamental to US state development and friendly relations in the Early Republic.
Here is just one of many projects attesting to that!
eafsmap.org/map.html

Early American Foreign Service Appointments Map

eafsmap.org

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Mar 6

Here to share a PBS documentary worth revisiting...
www.pbs.org/video/the-gi...

American Experience | The Gilded Age | Season 30 | Episode 3

The Gilded Age: Full Film

www.pbs.org

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Feb 7

pre covid there was a server in the campus cafeteria who would always tell us to have a "happy silly day." We thought it was kinda odd. But now I feel like having a happy silly day is an act of rebellion and we should definitely do it.

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Feb 3

Just realized that if you look at the names, you can probably track the course of his vessel through the IndoPac

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Jan 24

www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...

Oathbreakers

“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal “An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly The authors of The Bright Ages return with a “real-life Game of Thrones” (New York Time...

www.harpercollins.com

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Jan 24

@lollardfish.bsky.social giving a great talk about how historians tell a story from contradictory sources.

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Jan 21

I don't even have to go all the way up to Providence, you'll be in Barrington 😊

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Katrina Ponti @kmp5440.bsky.social · Jan 8

Fun fact, General Montgomery took a bullet in the neck in Quebec because Canada didn't want to join the Americans. They shot a few more bullets when we tried invading Canada again in 1812.