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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

@riversidewings.bsky.social

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Santaku Dynamics tachi-class combat doll and Your Favorite Historydyke (PhD UPitt '17). Public historian. She/彼女. An Anatolian bimbo by Daoist praxis. PGH via BEY, PHL, SDJ. Byline at Unseen Japan. 八幡信者. Opinions mine. Website at http://riverside-wings.com

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Nov 13

Here's the deal. Trying to focus on being less terminally online and getting more work done. I'm not *leaving,* it's just this is why I don't post as much as I did before.

I've got 3 different books (monograph, bio, novel) in the works. those words don't write themselves!)

to support that work:

Queer cyberpunk, history essays, podcasts, and more!

patreon.com

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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ Shop update 10/18! 🎃 @aubryjoi.bsky.social · 12h

Crisp fall prints comin at ya ⭐️🧡

[ #cuteart #artshop #traditionalart ]

A photo of three art prints surrounded by fall leaves, candy corn, and paint pens. They’re of: three tomato kittens in various stages of ripeness; three pumpkin cats; three candy corn colored chickens.

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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 17h

#pokemon #pixelart

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 18h

Cozy and stylish ✨

#art #cuteart #gouache

Gouache illustration of a black cat wearing a scarf with various geometric patterns on it. The scarf is in warm shades with some green accents.

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Quicksands Divorcee @swiftcastglare.bsky.social · 1d

this lives rent free in my head

trans-angel-pussy Dec 24, 2024

evil demon blade that instead of hungering for blood or anything is obssessed with cute things so it just estrogenizes the wielder

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 22h

love goddess

fanart of Aphrodite from Hades 2, wearing a modern days outfit - purple micro jean shorts, pink crop top -, lots of jewelry (necklaces, rings, earrings, ankle bracelet), her hands joined on her knees, sitting, her luscious hair floating behind her, her eyes shining pink, smiling
also flower & heart tattoos on both her arms

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 13h

There are 6 more regular episodes of #DragonAscendant, for those keeping track, so....I'll be getting to Shinsengumi research sometime in December.

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 13h

I still intend to get back to my Shinsengumi miniseries on #FridayNightHistory, but let me get the rest of #DragonAscendant in the pipeline first, I think.

Been thinking of chaotic times and tenuously legal armed occupation of major cities lately, for no reason in particular. None at all.

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Kenza @kenzamaka.sheath.church · 26d

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · Nov 9

Tragedy: "This bell from 1317 is said to have been melted down and used as raw materials for gun casting in the Bakumatsu period." 🔔😭 #medievalbells #Japan

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Jun 14

The interesting thing about fans is that they make for a very. useful. implement.🖤

A middle aged woman in a pentagram halter dress and cartwheel hat tilting your chin up with her folding fan and looking down at you with a bemused smirk because *my* you've been good, you adorable thing you.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Jun 26

noted Bakumatsu figure Swagamoto Ryoma

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Jul 5

mods are asleep, post Airacobra

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Aug 31

#DragonAscendant, the first anglophone biography of Date Masamune since the 1890s, is made possible thanks to your support! Subscribe at buff.ly/ZFsQsMX for early access and bonus episodes-- I do what I do thanks to you. #podcasts #JapaneseHistory

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 14h

Born too late to shitpost on a kawaraban, born too early to holo-shitpost on the Federation Omninet, but I guess I'll make the most of coping via humor this goddamned era in the meanwhile, eh?

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 15h

Want to help improve my work by getting me something specific? Take a gander at my wishlist: buff.ly/4U3nGsn -- thanks for your help!

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian - My Wishlist | Throne

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 19h

pumpkin patch #art (wallpapers below!)

A drawing of black cats playing in a pile of pumpkins

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 16h

This week's #DragonAscendant is Episode 27 of 33. My rough wordcount for an episode is 3200 words.

27 times 3200 is 86,400 words.

This biography of Date Masamune is now the longest thing I have ever written, by a *longshot.* Even my two novels so far are about 60k.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 18h

What can we learn by a close reading of French officer Jules Brunet's painting of a Shogunate Army infantry trooper? Let me walk you through! buff.ly/qm6VJxa #JapaneseHistory #Bakumatsu

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Jun 4

A tachi-class doll was asked, derisively, "don't you worry about chipping a nail when you're on a field exercise?"

The doll answered, with a flip of her hair and a roll of her eyes, "that's why I'm a mech pilot and 105mm ammunition is how I 'reach out and touch someone', *duh*."

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

The COO of bluesky, Rose, is following the heritage foundation account on bluesky.

Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 1d

She is the COO en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_o... of bsky. This is worrying because after the 'we are turning waffles into an anti-trans thing' by the CEO the CEO started to follow a transphobe. Shows a pattern.

Wonder when we find out one of them follows the discovery institute.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 21h

What, the Sat-Cho forces *cough* I mean the "imperial army" shooting the Shogunate Army's line infantry south of Toba doesn't count because it had some peasant conscripts?

C'mon. Don't be a goof.

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 21h

Poking at related Wikipedia articles to get a sense of what people will be consulting after the next #DragonAscendant, and once again I see a flatly incorrect statement which cites Stephen Fucking Turnbull.

I'm a scholar of the Boshin War and I'm here to tell you this sentence has me laughing:

"Aside from minor skirmishes, the Battle of Tennōji was the last battle between two great samurai armies ever fought"

Buddy, you ever heard of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi?

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 21h

Okay, let's see about finishing this episode draft and bringing the Osaka Campaigns to a close.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 8d

New piece for start menu! I wrote about the history of Final Fantasy Tactics rom hacks, and where they now stand following the release of The Ivalice Chronicles.

startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 8d

With the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, @wendeego.bsky.social muses on the history of Final Fantasy Tactics, and how the game’s reputation has been shaped as much by fan contributions as official releases.

A Heretic's History of Final Fantasy Tactics — startmenu

With the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, Adam W muses on the history of Final Fantasy Tactics, and how the game’s reputation has been shaped as much by fan contributions as official releases.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 6d

You've seen a lot of art featuring River and Kasu in their prime, long after River becomes a doll. But what did they look like early on, before their marriage, when they were in Seattle and just starting to date?

I had a lot of fun with this!

Two women-- a tall Japanese woman in a blazer, bustier, and slacks, and a shorter Armenian woman with braided hair, cybernetic limbs, and wearing an A-line dress-- share a close moment before a kiss.

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