Nikki Dean

I was scrolling through 4Runner Reddit a few months back and saw someone boasting about their 400K odometer reading.

Challenge accepted.

And I, for one, shall be at the hotel bar until last call.

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But the joy seeing the first reply come from Jim Greer putting him back in his place…

Your presentation at the annual @smh-historians.bsky.social symposium was lit. It’s not even my period of study, and I was ready to jump ship and become an American Revolutionary period scholar.

I totally fangirl for women who get fully torqued about their historical periods!

What 5 Bluesky users would I take a special interest class from, you ask? In no particular order:
@curatorian.bsky.social
@milhistcurator.bsky.social
@kelsapellettiere.com
@pptsapper.bsky.social
@lhistorienne.bsky.social

If one is unavailable this semester? Also @taubhistory.bsky.social.

The zombie citation plague reaches us all someday.

Zombie shitation plague?

It’s tough for good people to imagine hunting in their own ranks for potential victims to hurt. It’s a really f’ed up thought game that most genuinely good leaders don’t ever want to indulge in.

It’s because we spend more time seeking predators than we do thinking about the victims.

It’s almost like the most bro-dude-COIN-Operator military of the last two decades learned absolutely nothing from their patrol experiences: the quiet population is often the best intel source about the enemy.

Social media is curated. It’s a parasocial relationship that can boldly lie. That’s how the sex pests could advocate for victims while simultaneously stalking the digital ranks for them.

Maybe flip the script? Stop publicly declaring that your unit “has no problem” because you haven’t seen a report… yet.

Instead try admitting that a silent victim is in the ranks with you and that SA is part of our environment. Your goal is acknowledging and supporting the victim, not to deny them.

We’d be talking with friends about “how successful the SA programs were in my unit,” and the heartbreaking way their faces would fall when I’d tell them that they had rape victims in their units, but they didn’t know because those victims didn’t feel the command was safe enough to tell.

The internet and miltwit creeps were known-unknowns. The unknown-unknown was the hard part, particularly for many of my guy friends in their commands.

Sexual harassment, assault, and predatory behavior are just part of environment. I have no idea why guys can’t wrap their heads around that.

Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone in my AO and… *ope*… set this right here. Just in case…

*boop*

Address Unknown is a short novel created using letters and telegrams between two friends during the late 1930s and the rise of Third Reich in Germany. Originally published by the Reader’s Digest without credit to the author, reprints can be found that properly credit the work to Katherine Kressmann Taylor today. It demonstrates how “primary sources” can be used to illuminate complex historical events that have significant context today.

This is going back on all of my syllabi:

Confronting the evidence of state violence is crucial to holding officials accountable for their actions, but it can be jarring when unexpected. For that very reason:

Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs

Here is “pet”
On my couch again
Illegal

Dear business,
If someone is calling as a next-of-kin and executor to cancel an account for a deceased account hold, no… the executor cannot put the account holder on the line to confirm the account. That person is, in fact, not available to do that. They’re dead.

Sincerely,
The executor

*sigh*

The value of history in PME is unquestioned, but there is always tension with social and political science. “Only so many course hours in the day…” and such.

For war museums reaching military professionals in their PME, education staff with a background in history, theory, AND doctrine is clutch.

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I am seen.

I mean, I made these choices.

Still seen.

My default retort to such nonsense is to ask if the offending Luddite would be willing to use a Kiowa Warrior pilot to observe and adjust fire.

When they say “yes,” this is what they basically said yes to:

Literally writing an undergraduate lesson plan today on the enduring legacy of this Boston Committee of Public Safety poster from 1915.

*screams into the void alongside every other American history right now*

Needs of Male Sexual Assault Victims in the U.S. Armed Forces This article reviews research on sexual assault against men and describes interviews with military service providers and civilian experts. It concludes with recommendations for improving support to male sexual assault victims in the U.S. military. ...

Liberal feminism has not gone far enough because I have heterosexual cis-gender male colleagues who were sexually assaulted during their military service and only came forward because female victims heard them, believed them, and advocated for them.

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National WWI Museum and Memorial Writing Award - Call for Submissions The National WWI Museum and Memorial Writing Award recognizes a nonfiction book or article on the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community. Submissions are due June 1, 2026.

I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case someone is curious.

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Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.

**warning: spicy doctrine opinion**

You’ll never convince me that this isn’t the spiritual retribution that comes from hiding ALL of the joint doctrine behind CAC-enabled firewalls.

And that, ladies and gents, is my new niche conspiracy theory.

*boop*

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Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone gets curious.

Or we can go ask that dumb DoD AI chatbot to give us some hot, steamy trash, I guess?

Update on this cat that I wanted you to look at:

She heads to her new home after the New Year.

She still sheds.

She loves the world. The whole world.

She has a temporary lap that she has been shedding on.

She wishes you safe travels for your holiday leave.

Look at this cat.

She takes her coffee black and hot, like her soul.

She will sleep on your lap.

She will consume your motivation.

She wants to watch Masterpiece theatre with you.

She might shed.

She will shed.

She will also snore a little.

Look at her.

She supports your ever-growing TBR pile on your bedside table.

She will gently remind you about your cholesterol and sodium.

She finds the films of Yorgos Lanthimos derivative and fascinating.

She poops in a box. Every time.

She will bat the decorations on the tree. Again.