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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 1h

I'm determined to be a useful member of the Digital Scholarship committee for the WHA this year, so I need help: what cool new-ish digital humanities projects related to Western US history do you know about?

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 2h

Hoo boy

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 2h

Oh good, I was hoping

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent! I packed my hiking shoes just in case I find myself on a trail instead of in a conference room!

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 3h

Off to ABQ for #wha2025 today! Want to get coffee? Hit me up!

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Brendan O'Meara @brendanomeara.bsky.social · 1d

Issue 1 of Pitch Club, the one that started it all, the phenomenon sweeping across the nation! Proof that the internet can, in fact, break.

Nick Davidson's Atavist Pitch for "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky"

In the first Pitch Club, Nick Davidson breaks down his pitch for The Atavist Magazine.

welcometopitchclub.substack.com

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Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 1d

My best advice to aspiring authors of scholarly books is to read other scholarly books recently published by your target press. This may seem obvious and yet is not!

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 1d

I now have about three days worth of work that I've resolved to "get done on the plane" to WHA in ABQ this week. Wish me luck.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure I broke some basic "best practice" of podcasting by spending 5 minutes gushing about someone else's show (hey @brendanomeara.bsky.social), but it's my show, I do what I want.

And @tracyslater.bsky.social was so great! Listen now.

Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 1d

So fun to chat w/ @tracyslater.bsky.social about TOGETHER IN MANZANAR! Learn how she found her way to narrative history & how she stays with her characters as she tells their story. She also made me blush talking abt how podcasts are part of her writing community draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

Podcast graphic image. On the left is a photograph of a smiling blond woman, and on the right teal text reads "Drafting the Past Episode 70: Tracy Slater."

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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing some advice for pitching Drafting the Past again here, mostly so I can pin it to the top of the feed: buttondown.com/draftingthep...

Advice on pitching Drafting the Past

This is sometimes what my inbox feels like. Perhaps naively, when I first launched the Drafting the Past podcast, it didn't occur to me that people might...

buttondown.com

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 2d

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 2d

Huh! I would think that would already be on a pediatrician's radar! Ours always reminds us how important reading to kids is.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, you had to explain this to your pediatrician?

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 3d

I am way too overextended to start a narrative history podcast out of spite.

But still.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

I mean these are amazing numbers! I think there was also a technical shift in there about how downloads were tracked that reduced everyone's numbers from then on.

Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

Got to hear Percival Everett tonight, and man, do I really love books and writing and talking about them.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

Oh intriguing! I thought that's what we used whatsapp for

Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

Are all group chats on Signal now? Am I just old/have no friends?

Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

The guy in charge of the dad's group at our kid's daycare/preschool inexplicably set up the group chat on Signal. Like, is he worried about someone subpoenaing their debate about where to get the best pizza and beer?

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 4d

The guy in charge of the dad's group at our kid's daycare/preschool inexplicably set up the group chat on Signal. Like, is he worried about someone subpoenaing their debate about where to get the best pizza and beer?

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 5d

I am on all these podcast advice email lists, and they all want to persuade me to turn my podcast into a video podcast.

No. I am an elder millennial with a journalism degree. The phrase "pivot to video" still makes me break out in hives.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 5d

I have recurring nightmares about throwing parties that no one comes to, so I want to make sure I wouldn't be bringing that to life.

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 5d

If I had some sort of Drafting the Past meetup at AHA or OAH, would that be interesting to anyone?

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Rebecca Brenner Graham @theotherrbg.bsky.social · 6d

“you have to share your writing with other people, otherwise you’re just whistling into the wind” - @andrewhartman.bsky.social to @katecarp.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Andrew Hartman Takes the Time to Get It Right

Podcast Episode · Drafting the Past · 10/07/2025 · 40m

podcasts.apple.com

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 6d

I need @raygunsite.com to make an Antifascist Midwesterner T-shirt for me

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 6d

Let it be known that this is the first time I have ever quote tweeted the Pope.

Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 6d

"Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime, but it is a right that must be protected. Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it." Pope Leo XIV
press.vatican.va/content/sala...

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