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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After going to the same Cap Hill cafe unawares, River and Kasu both go to Takekoma Inari Shrine of Seattle to pray-- then they bump into each other.
This chapter of a tale of trans dykes who Just Talk to Her because of divine intervention is called "Streams Rejoined."
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This chapter of a tale of trans dykes who Just Talk to Her because of divine intervention is called "Streams Rejoined."
buff.ly/TDVwG2N
is there a new Your Bangers feed? I used to use that thing to track the posts that got the most traffic, and I'm missing it as a reference point
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
is there a new Your Bangers feed? I used to use that thing to track the posts that got the most traffic, and I'm missing it as a reference point
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Morning in Shichigahama. The hina-type dolls working the cafe by the docks manage the rush after the first ferry of the day. A human looks on in concern as one of the dolls pulls out a baking sheet of croissants barehanded.
"Superior heat tolerance!" the doll chirps in reassurance #DollsOfMiyagi
"Superior heat tolerance!" the doll chirps in reassurance #DollsOfMiyagi
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Morning in Shichigahama. The hina-type dolls working the cafe by the docks manage the rush after the first ferry of the day. A human looks on in concern as one of the dolls pulls out a baking sheet of croissants barehanded.
"Superior heat tolerance!" the doll chirps in reassurance #DollsOfMiyagi
"Superior heat tolerance!" the doll chirps in reassurance #DollsOfMiyagi
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Evening in Ishinomaki. From her sofa perch, a tachi doll looks up from maintenance reports on her tablet to dismiss a HUD ping. Her daughter thunders past, hefting a hamper of clean, rumpled clothes.
"Remember to fold your things," the doll calls out.
The girl huffs. "Yes Mom!" #DollsOfMiyagi
"Remember to fold your things," the doll calls out.
The girl huffs. "Yes Mom!" #DollsOfMiyagi
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Evening in Ishinomaki. From her sofa perch, a tachi doll looks up from maintenance reports on her tablet to dismiss a HUD ping. Her daughter thunders past, hefting a hamper of clean, rumpled clothes.
"Remember to fold your things," the doll calls out.
The girl huffs. "Yes Mom!" #DollsOfMiyagi
"Remember to fold your things," the doll calls out.
The girl huffs. "Yes Mom!" #DollsOfMiyagi
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Morning in Iwakiri. An Oyama-type doll who builds prosthetics, and her human wife, a surgeon, enjoy a slow morning amidst a rare shared day off from both their jobs. The rice cooker chimed an hour ago, but they're still lingering in bed.
It's important to savor a moment of peace. #DollsOfMiyagi
It's important to savor a moment of peace. #DollsOfMiyagi
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Morning in Iwakiri. An Oyama-type doll who builds prosthetics, and her human wife, a surgeon, enjoy a slow morning amidst a rare shared day off from both their jobs. The rice cooker chimed an hour ago, but they're still lingering in bed.
It's important to savor a moment of peace. #DollsOfMiyagi
It's important to savor a moment of peace. #DollsOfMiyagi
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Afternoon in Higashimatsushima. A girl and her mother, a tachi class doll, emerge from a curry restaurant in time to see a flight of F-2Bs tear skyward. The doll's passive-scan systems monitor them as they hurtle into the distance. Her daughter's excitement is what her attention. #DollsOfMiyagi
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Afternoon in Higashimatsushima. A girl and her mother, a tachi class doll, emerge from a curry restaurant in time to see a flight of F-2Bs tear skyward. The doll's passive-scan systems monitor them as they hurtle into the distance. Her daughter's excitement is what her attention. #DollsOfMiyagi
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January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Last night on the stream, we did a read of Romulus Hillsborough's "Shinsengumi" and dissected some of its many problems.
It is hilarious that he claims Shinsengumi is the most feared police force in Japanese history in light of, yknow, the fucking *Kenpeitai*.
It is hilarious that he claims Shinsengumi is the most feared police force in Japanese history in light of, yknow, the fucking *Kenpeitai*.
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Last night on the stream, we did a read of Romulus Hillsborough's "Shinsengumi" and dissected some of its many problems.
It is hilarious that he claims Shinsengumi is the most feared police force in Japanese history in light of, yknow, the fucking *Kenpeitai*.
It is hilarious that he claims Shinsengumi is the most feared police force in Japanese history in light of, yknow, the fucking *Kenpeitai*.
Morning on the Ōjōjihara range. Buttoned up in her mech, interface joining its sensors to her own neural net, a doll delights in pounding up the muddy hillside. For now, she is 15 feet tall, steel, ceramic, fiberoptics and high explosive, and the view into the plain is magnificent. #DollsOfMiyagi
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Morning on the Ōjōjihara range. Buttoned up in her mech, interface joining its sensors to her own neural net, a doll delights in pounding up the muddy hillside. For now, she is 15 feet tall, steel, ceramic, fiberoptics and high explosive, and the view into the plain is magnificent. #DollsOfMiyagi
I need to get back to #DollsOfMiyagi microfic on here
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I need to get back to #DollsOfMiyagi microfic on here
One Heart Together is River and Kasu's origin story. But it's possible because it opens with Lana Moretti (at right) dragging River away from a burning Stryker.
I figured let me give Moretti her own happily ever after as a side plot of this story.
I figured let me give Moretti her own happily ever after as a side plot of this story.
Backstory and some process notes on the pencil sketch that starts my next painting, "To Be Your Wife, Cara Mia." www.patreon.com/posts/one-he...
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
One Heart Together is River and Kasu's origin story. But it's possible because it opens with Lana Moretti (at right) dragging River away from a burning Stryker.
I figured let me give Moretti her own happily ever after as a side plot of this story.
I figured let me give Moretti her own happily ever after as a side plot of this story.
162 days 🏔🏔
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
162 days 🏔🏔
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There is nothing in this world that can negate how I..no, how we feel. The dysphoria is unlike the others, yet familiar. Not as readily able to to achieve the end result, but coming close feels like a euphoric journey that I hope we can see the end of.
bsky.app/profile/rive...
bsky.app/profile/rive...
#TheCombatDollDiaries 3: "Among the Furries." On embodiment, dysphoria, the absence of community, and the quest for expedient means that help one altersex person-- a cyborg in an era before her ideal body can exist-- be seen. buff.ly/UaeHKTT
The Combat Doll Diaries #3: “Among the Furries”
One: Expedient Means I know in my bones the clanking rattle of an M48A5 Patton, the deep thrum of the rotors on a UH-1B, the sound an AK-74 makes when it’s racked, and how car bombs echo agai…
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January 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
There is nothing in this world that can negate how I..no, how we feel. The dysphoria is unlike the others, yet familiar. Not as readily able to to achieve the end result, but coming close feels like a euphoric journey that I hope we can see the end of.
bsky.app/profile/rive...
bsky.app/profile/rive...
Alright. NOW LIVE with the first stream of the year! We're catching up about life, what we're reading, and how we've been doing, while I forward Kiryu's story in #YakuzaZero -- see you there! Follows appreciated, subscriptions even more appreciated!
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January 6, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Alright. NOW LIVE with the first stream of the year! We're catching up about life, what we're reading, and how we've been doing, while I forward Kiryu's story in #YakuzaZero -- see you there! Follows appreciated, subscriptions even more appreciated!
twitch.tv/riversidewings
twitch.tv/riversidewings
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Majima's wedding gift for Haruka, thank you Darren for the idea/inspiration 💕🔫
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Majima's wedding gift for Haruka, thank you Darren for the idea/inspiration 💕🔫
Mom said to pick Dad up from work. Brother and I said "okay," and went to get him. Brother got him by the legs, I got him by the arms, and we carried him out, so that we were literally picking him up from work.
Then my back went "crunch!" and I couldn't breathe.
Then my back went "crunch!" and I couldn't breathe.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Mom said to pick Dad up from work. Brother and I said "okay," and went to get him. Brother got him by the legs, I got him by the arms, and we carried him out, so that we were literally picking him up from work.
Then my back went "crunch!" and I couldn't breathe.
Then my back went "crunch!" and I couldn't breathe.
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As expected, I've caught some bigoted comments on this, which I've of course swiftly removed, and all I have to say in response is my goodness, little boy, didn't your mother teach you any manners? Think before you deign to speak.
#TheCombatDollDiaries 3: "Among the Furries." On embodiment, dysphoria, the absence of community, and the quest for expedient means that help one altersex person-- a cyborg in an era before her ideal body can exist-- be seen. buff.ly/UaeHKTT
The Combat Doll Diaries #3: “Among the Furries”
One: Expedient Means I know in my bones the clanking rattle of an M48A5 Patton, the deep thrum of the rotors on a UH-1B, the sound an AK-74 makes when it’s racked, and how car bombs echo agai…
riverside-wings.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
As expected, I've caught some bigoted comments on this, which I've of course swiftly removed, and all I have to say in response is my goodness, little boy, didn't your mother teach you any manners? Think before you deign to speak.
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Wolfie dunwanna (and neither do I)
gouache on paper
#kidlitart #storybookart #childrensbookillustration
gouache on paper
#kidlitart #storybookart #childrensbookillustration
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Wolfie dunwanna (and neither do I)
gouache on paper
#kidlitart #storybookart #childrensbookillustration
gouache on paper
#kidlitart #storybookart #childrensbookillustration
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You lose one light, you find another 🐇🌿
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You lose one light, you find another 🐇🌿
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I am altersex. And... it's more complicated than that.
This week on Stained Glass Woman, we talk about the Panel Lines I don't have, being born in the wrong century, and what it's like to live without the words to describe who you even are.
It's a lot.
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/panel-lines
This week on Stained Glass Woman, we talk about the Panel Lines I don't have, being born in the wrong century, and what it's like to live without the words to describe who you even are.
It's a lot.
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/panel-lines
Panel Lines
On being altersex, some assembly required
stainedglasswoman.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I am altersex. And... it's more complicated than that.
This week on Stained Glass Woman, we talk about the Panel Lines I don't have, being born in the wrong century, and what it's like to live without the words to describe who you even are.
It's a lot.
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/panel-lines
This week on Stained Glass Woman, we talk about the Panel Lines I don't have, being born in the wrong century, and what it's like to live without the words to describe who you even are.
It's a lot.
stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/panel-lines
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#TheCombatDollDiaries 3: "Among the Furries." On embodiment, dysphoria, the absence of community, and the quest for expedient means that help one altersex person-- a cyborg in an era before her ideal body can exist-- be seen. buff.ly/UaeHKTT
The Combat Doll Diaries #3: “Among the Furries”
One: Expedient Means I know in my bones the clanking rattle of an M48A5 Patton, the deep thrum of the rotors on a UH-1B, the sound an AK-74 makes when it’s racked, and how car bombs echo agai…
riverside-wings.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
#TheCombatDollDiaries 3: "Among the Furries." On embodiment, dysphoria, the absence of community, and the quest for expedient means that help one altersex person-- a cyborg in an era before her ideal body can exist-- be seen. buff.ly/UaeHKTT
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I say let them have a crack at it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I say let them have a crack at it.
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heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
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"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]"
"...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
"...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]"
"...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
"...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
New layout, new intro-- a refresh of my page is now up on Patreon:
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January 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
New layout, new intro-- a refresh of my page is now up on Patreon: