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Nikki Dean

@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
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museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker

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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Weird little frog dude with a lit match and text block that just says “arson” with a period at the end. 

I might put this in my dissertation as an expository footnote with an image.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WYD? Oh, just Saturday afternoon stuff…
The worst most expensive free rescue dog is wearing an Elizabethan collar while sitting in the back her least favorite spot: the back of a car I specifically bought to comfortably haul her around on adventures. A McDonald’s plain cheeseburger is in her future, but she doesn’t care. She’s wearing a cone of shame because she won’t leave her inflamed toe beans alone. So I took her to the emergency vet on a Saturday because I’m cruel. I’m so cruel that she had a cheeseburger AND four-piece nuggies.   

But, yeah, single women with dogs are this country’s biggest problem or whatevs…
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yup. All of it.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Playing the Heist Game is a great way to engage non-museum goers with museums.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you live near Pensacola, the panhandle, or the general Ala-Flo area, please go get some alteration work, patches, repair, whatever at The Sewing Box. Doubly so, if you’re a pilot, ANY type of pilot!! www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Sew long, farewell: 43-year creator of Blue Angels flight suits supplanted by new contract
The Blue Angels ended a 43-year partnership with Florida tailor Sewing Box, awarding a $1.69M uniform contract to Aquila, raising design-rights questions.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Everything just got better. Or at least that’s what @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social always tells me.
Garrison Bros bourbon. Neat. Medicinal, as it comes. 

At Driskill Bar.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It’s really wild not to be able to access DTIC as a civilian… … super wild when my super cool civilian job is supposed to be helping military education and professional development at a war museum.
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Mad Angry
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
*doctrine has entered the chat*
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Funny Raccoon Dumpster Entrance
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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just finished prepping my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social annual conference on September 5th. Looking forward to introducing the audience to some animal history frameworks, Gallipoli makes a fascinating case study on the value of animal studies to military historians.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The last day in archives. The last pull of the day. The last box of the pull. Found what I was looking for. Everything did, in fact, just get better.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What’s my sign, you ask? I’m just sneak right by ya and… *ope*… leave this right here.
Sign on a walking bridge at Command and General Staff College that says “No Salt Bridge”
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
There is a sign that says “Welcome to America’s Metro” in every station, and I have questions. Also… this statue still goes hard in the paint, baby!
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Baroness Marie didn’t say that.
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Frustrated Annoyed Woman
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It true tho.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
**warning: nondoctrinal VA question** Does this mean women veterans will also get taken seriously in their concerns over service-related reproductive health issues? Just asking questions.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My amazing peer in education at @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social has been working with a friend from the American Battle Monuments Commission on a very special project and my heart is in my throat. “In a Shady Meadow Green: American Memorials to WWI” is a feat! uswwimemorials.theworldwar.org
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National WWI Museum and Memorial
The National WWI Museum and Memorial is America's leading institution dedicated to remembering, interpreting and understanding the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
*warning: non doctrinal Midwestern soccer content* As the host city for the Algerian soccer team, it should be Lawrence’s supreme goal to get the whole team and their staff mildly addicted to ranch dressing.
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University Press of Kentucky @kentuckypress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, global attention is once again turning to the world's most popular sport. But soccer's influence extends far beyond the pitch—SOCCER DIPLOMACY, edited by @hdichter, offers a timely look at the power of soccer in world affairs: bit.ly/4uSXpKI
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
*warning: nondoctrinal hobby option content* Have you considered counted cross stitch? Safe from generative AI and you can make stuff for your desk that has flowers and inappropriate language!
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
**warning: doctrinal subtweet content** You don’t need sloppy Dad Books about military history for functionally illiterate dudes who festishize wars. You need doctrine. *boop* www.army.mil/article/292564
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The “Breaking Doctrine” podcast hits 100 episodes: Behind the scenes with the team that kickstarted access to Army doctrine
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. —It started in 2020 with a persistent, frustrating question inside the U.S. Army Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate: What makes o...
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
That moment when you organize your books and a friend’s gift gives you the “courage” to keep going…
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Went on “a ‘VIP snorkel’ around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military.” The final resting place for more than 900 service members following its sinking during the attack. Let that float around in your thoughts for a moment… apnews.com/article/fbi-...
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Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial
Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I mean… Except with flatulence.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Everyone that is responding to this is going to get slapped with an FM 3-0. All of you.
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Stitch Hits Cobra with Book
ALT: Stitch Hits Cobra with Book
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Thousands of lives taken, millions of dollars wasted, global security endangered, and the financial stability of countless people placed at further risk… Pardon me if I don’t see the humor in this moment.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Good money” for peets, you say? Retirement planning is complete.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Post my warning sign, you ask? *boop*
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… slap several people upside the head with this field manual right here. You can read it when I’m done.
The cover of FM 3-99, Airborne and Air Assault Operations, dated March 2015.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I’m thinking about lessons learned from military operations during global pandemics, and Ian Kikuchi is out here, just posting beautiful artworks like a boss. I want to sit in this exhibition with a notebook and a cup of tea and simply exist.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this here for everyone stationed in Kansas. Consider your choices, historically. www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-...
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The Influenza Epidemic
Occurring against the backdrop of World War I, one of history’s most deadly pandemics added to the horrors and devastation brought on by the conflict.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Reading about ethnic nationalism. Girl dinner.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
**warning: nondoctrinal Buffalo content** Buffalo’s boilermaker is a shot of wing sauce dropped into a pint of Genny cream ale with a drizzle of blue cheese dressing and a sponge candy garnish. You’re welcome.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
You know what you should do? You should take those old dress uniform boots from that one unit you were in, and you should replace the laces with little pink velvet ribbons, and you should wear them!! Do it.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna sneak right by everyone sharing pictures of red-X helicopters on airfields and… *ope*… set this right here. Yes, I’m judging the way you casually toss around words. Also, some of y’all need SERE and it shows.
The cover of Army Techniques Publications 3-04.14, Helicopter and Small Aircraft Battle Damage Assessment, Repair, and Recovery, published in November of 2021.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I get it. Maintaining an encyclopedic museum is not an inexpensive proposition, and ticketing is a way to off-set operating costs when funding to the arts are cut and the cost of preserving a collection in perpetuity continues to rise. But, umm… this was “A Choice.”
Meme text asks “How does the British Museum have so many incredible artifacts compared to other museums?”

Guy with a suspicious haircut answers “The  secret ingredient is crime.”

And that’s not wrong, folks. Honestly, like… what is the point of museums doing the work to decolonize collections, create engagement spaces to reflect on structural power, and focus on accessibility if they’re just going to charge admission from the very communities the artifacts were stolen from originally?
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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a panda bear is standing in front of a man sitting at a desk .
ALT: a panda bear is standing in front of a man sitting at a desk .
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
*warning: nondoctrinal Buffalo post* My city gave the world a little bit of joy, AND THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD DID WITH IT? None of you deserve Josh Allen.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
** warning: Bonus Army-level rage content ** www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
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VA plans to scan a million veterans claims for signs of fraud
The tool can quickly review submitted questionnaires that document medical evidence to determine a disability rating and monthly compensation.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
** thinks about the fairly broad American silence around the women’s marches in Iran after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for "improper hijab” ** This was never about “human rights” in Iran. That would require international advocacy, ethics, and morality from the administration.
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I have, in fact, gotten lost once in my own museum.
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a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a rock wall .
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Oh, you know… just lurking in my usual spot- the catbird seat of the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social’s lecture hall- on the coolest lecture from @jamescrossland.bsky.social! We’re live on YouTube right now. Head over and check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGx1...
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
et al.: is there an event tonight at the museum? Yes! If you’re here, a cozy lecture hall seat is waiting for you! If you’re outside of KCMO and still curious? Dial in and join us! my.theworldwar.org/19201/19202
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
You know what’s awesome about museum work? This is the rehearsal of our Memory Hall set up at the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, the first stop of the Freedom Plane national tour from NARA. Pretty cool to see volunteers and staff sharing a historic experience in a historic space, together.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 01/03/2026
I am reminded that a startling number of people believe that if you’re a member of the military and you don’t like something your government did, you can just throw up your hands and quit the next day like any other job. It Does Not Work That Way
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What no one warns you about when your MAGA parent dies, and you’re the executor of their estate as a liberal democratic child: You will spend so much emotional energy and time trying to get their address (and eventually your own address) removed from vitriolic political mailers. So much.
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a cartoon of a woman wearing a pink hat with the words " the crash out trying 2 come out " below her
ALT: a cartoon of a woman wearing a pink hat with the words " the crash out trying 2 come out " below her
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Someone sent me rage bait. Here. Now you can have it too. www.war.gov/News/News-St...
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Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Subskeet? www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
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