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Heather M. Haley

@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
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historian of Cold War social movements and the U.S. military | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone

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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚓️It’s publication day!📕 Feeling deeply humbled that my research appears in Ed Marolda’s edited volume with John Hattendorf, Richard Mobley, and Norman Friedman—scholars whose work shaped my understanding of Navy history and strategy. Grateful for the chance to contribute to a field built by giants.
Book cover for COLD WAR STORM: the u.S. NAVY AT TGE FALL OF VIETNAM AND THE LOOMING SOVIET THREAT. The background features a dramatic, dark toned scene with USS Kirk (DE 1087) under heavy clouds. The overall design uses red tones to convey urgency and the geopolitical stakes.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning. ☕️ 👻 🎧 🪴 🪏
Heather drinking coffee out of a Bernie Sanders 2016 mug, wearing a Buc-cee’s Halloween-themed shirt that doesn’t not glow in the dark, even though it was marketed as such.
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 02/05/2026
Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨
A three panel comic done in mostly a blue-purple ink. Frame 1: The artist, a tired person with their hair in a bun and a bag on their shoulder standing in the awning of a bus shelter. There's an ad on it that says "STOP HIRING HUMANS", above a woman whose face has been replace with the word "AI".
Frame 2: The bus comes, it's wrapped in an ad that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS." The artist has a blank look. 
Frame 3: A plane has now arrived above the bus and the human. It's carrying an ad banner that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS".
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Humbled to receive the Joint Civilian Service Achievement Medal, and grateful for the guidance, mentorship, and professional development that shaped my work with the Joint History and Research Office over the last year.
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Lady DEADtera 💀🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All Spirit Halloweens are haunted by the ghosts of the shops whose empty carcasses they now inhabit.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
NIH sets the science and DoD runs the contracting, blurring the line between public‑health research and military threat‑response by reshaping governance, transparency, procurement power, and the future of U.S. biodefense strategy.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have not run in over two weeks because of a work project that kept me late everyday. But I did the Annapolis 10-Miler and *didnt die* despite event planners throwing in the Severn River bridge within the last two miles of the race. 😮‍💨 🏃🏻‍♀️💨🏅
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My non-supervisory colleagues at the Pentagon (literally) made me a Funko POP! My detail ends in fifteen business days, and having this on my desk will absolutely make my remaining time more joyous. 🧸💟🫂
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My article on the use and disuse of early radar technology by U.S. surface forces at the Battle of Cape Esperance in October 1942 is live! 🗺️⚓ I extend my gratitude to Nate Patch at NARA, scholar Trent Hone, and CAPT Benjamin Armstrong for their expertise and review efforts. Many thanks my friends.
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Adaptation in Ambiguity: The Battle of Cape Esperance, 11-12 October 1942 - Military Strategy Magazine
This article argues that during the Battle of Cape Esperance, U.S. naval strategy was heavily influenced by unfounded concerns and ambiguity surrounding newly deployed, poorly understood radar technol...
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Digitize everything!" They say. A lot of England's political history literally looks like this:
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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Corporate power today is scary, but not new. In WHEN COMPANIES RULE, I recount its 400-year history from the East India Company to Amazon, what motivates the oligarchs who would be kings, and what we can do about them. Out in November, pre-order now: cup.columbia.edu/book/when-co...
Book cover: When Companies Rule
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Behold! My rubber plant. Her name is “Unruly.”
An over 6-foot-tall ficus plant with a small flag that reads, “You grow, girl!”
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Promise?
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm sharing @jfassler.bsky.social's excellent @nytimes.com obituary of our friend, @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social, so you can read it without a subscription.
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Denise Oliver-Velez, a Powerful Voice of the Left, Dies at 78 (Gift Article)
She became the highest-ranking female member of the Young Lords in New York, where she pressed for women’s rights, and later joined the Black Panthers.
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
✨ Book Deal Announcement ✨ It's official! @learothawms.bsky.social and I have signed with Vanderbilt University Press to publish Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City!
Under Contract: Fightin' to Get Free: Fort Negley and the Struggle to (re)Define a City, edited by Angela Sutton and Learotha Williams, Jr. with support from the Friends of Fort Negley, Vanderbilt University Press
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Welp. I did it. I wrote a book. Checkout review edits for QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE are with @bethanywasik.bsky.social. I am amassing images and permissions, hoping this 📸 from the Henri Leleu Papers at the GLBT Historical Society will be the cover.
A man posing with a sign that reads "I served honorably” outside the federal building in San Francisco, ca. 1966.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/06/2026
Student borrowers, already grappling with steep college costs, are about to pay even more for any new loans. Here's why, and what to know. nyti.ms/4xDsYd7
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Rates on New Student Loans Will Rise on July 1
Higher interest rates take effect on July 1 for the next school year. Borrowers are already dealing with rising college costs and inflation elsewhere.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The first full draft of QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE is with @bethanywasik.bsky.social at @cornellupress.bsky.social. It covers not only the experiences of active duty personnel, but those of reservists, veterans, and retirees, too.
A group of picketers outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco. Signs read "Homosexuals were accepted in World War II, why not now?" and "Homosexuals serve honorably by perjuring themselves."
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It is with great relief (and exhaustion) to report my submission of the final chapter of QUEER IN THE COLD WAR: THE CIVIL-MILITARY BATTLE OVER THE LAVENDER SCARE to @bethanywasik.bsky.social at @cornellupress.bsky.social. Photo Credit: Joan E. Biren (June 1987)
In this black-and-white image, Leonard Matlovich, an American Vietnam War veteran, being arrested during a protest in front of the Reagan White House. He is wearing his Air Force uniform and has his hands crossed behind his back. Two police officers stand on either side of him wearing kitchen gloves. The officer on the left homds a small American flag.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I went to Yale and all I could afford was a sweatshirt. 👀💸
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Easing back into my natural brunette.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If I attended Texas Tech right now for my Ph.D., the university would bar me from writing my dissertation about sexuality in the Cold War U.S. Navy. If TTU receives federal dollars, is this not illegal under the First Amendment?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A bee.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Too late for SMH, but I finally splurged on business cards. ⚓️ I frickin’ love them. 😍
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I picked up a hitchhiker on my walk home. 🌬️🐝
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I *updated my signed academic book collection to include several newly autographed books from #SMH2026. Thank you for your contributions! 🖊️ 📖 * Not pictured: signed books at the office, which include ~every~ book from BJ Armstrong and Trent Hone.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Quote with your Sunday plans. 🛌 💤
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a woman is sleeping in a bed with the words self care written above her
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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen
nine inch nails pretty freight machine
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I achieved BOTH of my goals today: (1) finish the marathon ✅ and (2) complete it in under 6 hours ✅. I’m going to go collapse in the shower now. #YuenglingMarathon
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Made it to Virginia Beach! 🏖️ After surviving tunnel traffic—IYKYK—stopped at the Convention Center to pick up my race packet. ☘️🏃‍♀️💨 I run my *first* marathon on Sunday. 👇🏼 This is what 40 looks like! 👌🏼
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The Majestic Griot✨️ @newagegriot26.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🤎✨️🤎♀️🤎🇦🇴🤎🇬🇳🤎
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📚 Seeking book recommendations that help the reader to map out their 5- and/or 10-year plan(s). 📖 It occurred to me, in conversations with my therapist, that I’m still thinking like a nomadic grad student. Can you blame me? It was 10+ years of my life. I think it’s time I shake that off.
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twilight sparkle from my little pony laying on a shelf looking at a book
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
By happenstance, or the universe, I was able to witness the Buddhist monks walk their final stretch down Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA toward their destination, Washington, D.C. They began in Fort Worth with “a simple message about blocking out the noise of a messy world and finding tranquility.”
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Avēdē kedēvē.” 🪄 I had a glove in my mouth (so I could record it).
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just shoveled snow for the first time ever. Holy hell. That was painful. 🛀 May I be an honorary midwesterner?
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚨 I had to get a new phone today (thanks planned obsolescence). ‼️ If you have me in your contact list, would you send me a text with your details? Some of my contacts were deleted in the transfer. 😮‍💨
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/01/2026
#OtD 10 Jan 1934 disabled anti-fascist construction worker, Marinus van der Lubbe, was executed by the Nazis for setting fire to the Reichstag. He'd hoped to inspire resistance to fascism; instead, the Nazis used it as a pretext to repress dissent stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8195...
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I love how these shelves turned out. 🤩 * Before anyone comes at me: Yes. I know Kikuchi’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ series isn’t manga. They’re the height of manga, so that’s where they’ll go.
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 06/01/2026
David Graham, a day later: “Remember what yesterday’s attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol was like. Very soon, someone might try to convince you that it was different. Maybe someone already has.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Don’t Let Them Pretend This Didn’t Happen
The violence at the Capitol was incited, encouraged, and condoned by the president of the United States. Don’t forget it.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I’m really happy with that time. I haven’t been training like I should, ut I’m almost positive this is my first sub-10 minute-mile 10K in YEARS. 11.5 hours to 40! 🎂 🎁 🎉
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Last race of my thirties! 🏃🏼‍♀️💨🥶
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Enjoying the last four days of my thirties. 📸 💁🏼‍♀️🍰🗓️
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Spite and the example of others who found courage in terrible times
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Clean Christmas continues with a thorough cleaning of the living room and the reorganization of the bookshelves to accommodate our new selections. 📚🍂☕️🧣🎄
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
It took me ALL DAY. My dining room is tidy and my plants attended to. L Sometimes a nice reset does wonders for the mind. 🍂 l☕️🧣
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is not what I meant when I said I wanted to be in a crime drama.
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
💙💛 GO NAVY! 💙💛 #GoNavy
A white woman sitting in the driver’s seat of her car smiling and pointing to the word NAVY emblazoned on her sweater.
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Suzanna Shkreli @suzanna-shkreli.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
My name is Suzanna Shkreli and today I’m announcing my Democratic campaign for Secretary of State in Michigan. My parents came to this country to flee authoritarianism. Now as those same threats take root here at home, I’m ready to defend our democracy and safeguard Michiganders’ right to vote.
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