Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian
@riversidewings.bsky.social
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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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!)
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I've got 3 different books (monograph, bio, novel) in the works. those words don't write themselves!)
to support that work:
#NoContextStreamQuotes "This was an era of analog gooning."
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#NoContextStreamQuotes "This was an era of analog gooning."
Okay! Time to return to Kamurocho and an exploration of the Bubble years in Japan, with #YakuzaZero-- come by, say hi, subscribe! twitch.tv/riversidewings #TokiKitareri #時来たれり
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Novelist, historian, raconteuse, podcaster, Santaku Dynamics tachi-class combat doll, Your Favorite Historydyke. She/彼女. PGH via BEY, PHL, & SDJ. Staff Writer at Unseen Japan.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Okay! Time to return to Kamurocho and an exploration of the Bubble years in Japan, with #YakuzaZero-- come by, say hi, subscribe! twitch.tv/riversidewings #TokiKitareri #時来たれり
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Yuri reddit finally (re)discovering the greatness that is My Dear Lass ive prayed for times like these
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yuri reddit finally (re)discovering the greatness that is My Dear Lass ive prayed for times like these
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Riley is a boy who steps through a portal into an endless crumbling city on a dying world at the end of time, and is recruited into a magical school that operates out of the massive Tower in the middle of the city.
www.scribblehub.com/series/19586...
www.scribblehub.com/series/19586...
The Tower and the Final City
Just beyond our reality: an ancient, dying world dominated by an endless crumbling City that stretches in every direction from the monolithic Tower at its heart. In that Tower, an Academy that teaches...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Riley is a boy who steps through a portal into an endless crumbling city on a dying world at the end of time, and is recruited into a magical school that operates out of the massive Tower in the middle of the city.
www.scribblehub.com/series/19586...
www.scribblehub.com/series/19586...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For those of you who prefer RSS feeds, here's the one for #DragonAscendant and the rest of #FridayNightHistory:
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
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Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Date Masamune makes a desperate, white-knuckle trip to reach Edo before death claims him. The nation mourns the dragon's passing. And just south of Mount Aoba on the Hirose riverbank, the making of a legend is completed. #DragonAscendant Ep. 32 is "Dragon Ascendant" buff.ly/HilAQA6 #JapaneseHistory
(Friday Night History) #132 (S4E32)- “Dragon Ascendant”
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Date Masamune makes a desperate, white-knuckle trip to reach Edo before death claims him. The nation mourns the dragon's passing. And just south of Mount Aoba on the Hirose riverbank, the making of a legend is completed. #DragonAscendant Ep. 32 is "Dragon Ascendant" buff.ly/HilAQA6 #JapaneseHistory
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#DragonAscendant, my biography of 17th century Japanese warlord and disaster bisexual Date Masamune, was brought to you by the support of my patrons at buff.ly/gQKcLOW Join them for early access to my upcoming work, access to my Discord server, and more!
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#DragonAscendant, my biography of 17th century Japanese warlord and disaster bisexual Date Masamune, was brought to you by the support of my patrons at buff.ly/gQKcLOW Join them for early access to my upcoming work, access to my Discord server, and more!
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john of patmos ate a bunch of mushrooms and wrote the book of revelation
you cant do that with ai
you cant do that with ai
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
john of patmos ate a bunch of mushrooms and wrote the book of revelation
you cant do that with ai
you cant do that with ai
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"Autumn comes to the Aoba Castle town
and Ichibancho district bathed in neon
Even the sound of shamisen makes me weep
Sendai, Sendai, how I long for you."
and Ichibancho district bathed in neon
Even the sound of shamisen makes me weep
Sendai, Sendai, how I long for you."
ミス仙台 島倉千代子
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Autumn comes to the Aoba Castle town
and Ichibancho district bathed in neon
Even the sound of shamisen makes me weep
Sendai, Sendai, how I long for you."
and Ichibancho district bathed in neon
Even the sound of shamisen makes me weep
Sendai, Sendai, how I long for you."
Poking around the map in a certain town in Miyagi, I find the following review for a local train station by a non-local (paraphrased) "come here at such and such hour after school if you want to feel like you're in an anime"
Ooooooooooooooooor.......be considerate and don't gawk at the local kids?
Ooooooooooooooooor.......be considerate and don't gawk at the local kids?
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Poking around the map in a certain town in Miyagi, I find the following review for a local train station by a non-local (paraphrased) "come here at such and such hour after school if you want to feel like you're in an anime"
Ooooooooooooooooor.......be considerate and don't gawk at the local kids?
Ooooooooooooooooor.......be considerate and don't gawk at the local kids?
"Harunobu, they're lesbians"
-Someone in Kai Province circa 1550, probably
-Someone in Kai Province circa 1550, probably
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Harunobu, they're lesbians"
-Someone in Kai Province circa 1550, probably
-Someone in Kai Province circa 1550, probably
Afternoon in Shiogama. An Oyama-type doll hauls sake casks to a truck on Honmachi-dori. The old graying human brewer, Mr. Hirano, joins in the task with the help of one of the younger humans. She's urged him to step back and supervise, but he'll hear none of it. There's work to do. #DollsOfMiyagi
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Afternoon in Shiogama. An Oyama-type doll hauls sake casks to a truck on Honmachi-dori. The old graying human brewer, Mr. Hirano, joins in the task with the help of one of the younger humans. She's urged him to step back and supervise, but he'll hear none of it. There's work to do. #DollsOfMiyagi
Ah, 80 percent dark chocolate, my old friend
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ah, 80 percent dark chocolate, my old friend
That feel when you make your characters cry so hard that you wind up crying too. #amwriting
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
That feel when you make your characters cry so hard that you wind up crying too. #amwriting
#DragonAscendant, my biography of 17th century Japanese warlord and disaster bisexual Date Masamune, was brought to you by the support of my patrons at buff.ly/gQKcLOW Join them for early access to my upcoming work, access to my Discord server, and more!
Get more from Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian on Patreon
Queer cyberpunk, history essays, podcasts, and more!
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#DragonAscendant, my biography of 17th century Japanese warlord and disaster bisexual Date Masamune, was brought to you by the support of my patrons at buff.ly/gQKcLOW Join them for early access to my upcoming work, access to my Discord server, and more!
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With your help, I was able to upgrade my PC and set up my first desk in years. Now, I'm looking to fund-raise an upgrade to my audio equipment for podcasting and streaming. You can help fund my new microphone, boom, and other equipment via the link below. Thanks for your support!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
With your help, I was able to upgrade my PC and set up my first desk in years. Now, I'm looking to fund-raise an upgrade to my audio equipment for podcasting and streaming. You can help fund my new microphone, boom, and other equipment via the link below. Thanks for your support!
If Strong Bad made anime, would his production house be Studio Jibblies?
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If Strong Bad made anime, would his production house be Studio Jibblies?