Nikki Dean
@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
Noods cannot be bothered unless you voted and did democracy today.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Noods cannot be bothered unless you voted and did democracy today.
Parisian daiquiri and Almond Joys.
Fight me.
Fight me.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Parisian daiquiri and Almond Joys.
Fight me.
Fight me.
Sometimes I think about what an enigmatic person Smedley Butler was, and how much I would love to have a cup of coffee with him.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sometimes I think about what an enigmatic person Smedley Butler was, and how much I would love to have a cup of coffee with him.
I love my dog.
I would spend myself into insolvency to keep her from yeeting herself over the rainbow bridge…
… mostly because she desperately wants to eat garbage, rather than her fancy expensive dog food.
I would spend myself into insolvency to keep her from yeeting herself over the rainbow bridge…
… mostly because she desperately wants to eat garbage, rather than her fancy expensive dog food.
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I love my dog.
I would spend myself into insolvency to keep her from yeeting herself over the rainbow bridge…
… mostly because she desperately wants to eat garbage, rather than her fancy expensive dog food.
I would spend myself into insolvency to keep her from yeeting herself over the rainbow bridge…
… mostly because she desperately wants to eat garbage, rather than her fancy expensive dog food.
**warning: nondoctrinal dog content**
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
**warning: nondoctrinal dog content**
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.
I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone needs it.
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone needs it.
**warning: nondoctrinal content**
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
**warning: nondoctrinal content**
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.
If things keep heading down the rocky path their on, and retirees don’t get paid…
Ooof, baby.
Ooof, baby.
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If things keep heading down the rocky path their on, and retirees don’t get paid…
Ooof, baby.
Ooof, baby.
Never think for a single second that every soldier doesn’t have the potential to go from a wheeled vehicle mechanic to a spot on a stage, in front of an international audience, to discuss the enduring lessons of warfare.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never think for a single second that every soldier doesn’t have the potential to go from a wheeled vehicle mechanic to a spot on a stage, in front of an international audience, to discuss the enduring lessons of warfare.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone might need it later.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone might need it later.
Back in the cat-bird seat for this year’s annual symposium with the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, “Beyond the Trenches,” watching the opening presentation from @markstout.bsky.social about American intelligence community during WWI!
Wish you were here.
Wish you were here.
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Back in the cat-bird seat for this year’s annual symposium with the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, “Beyond the Trenches,” watching the opening presentation from @markstout.bsky.social about American intelligence community during WWI!
Wish you were here.
Wish you were here.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here for later.
October 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here for later.
And just let me sneak right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here.
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And just let me sneak right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here.
And another *boop*
October 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And another *boop*
le moi: *hears “defense” being explained in a speech*
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
le moi: *hears “defense” being explained in a speech*
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by here and… *ope*… set these right here in case someone might want to read them later.
Thinking about how Pres. Johnson attempted to get CBS journalist, Morley Safer, fired after he reported about the burning of Cam Ne in 1965 by a Marine patrol.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thinking about how Pres. Johnson attempted to get CBS journalist, Morley Safer, fired after he reported about the burning of Cam Ne in 1965 by a Marine patrol.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
And how the president of CBS defended Safer, even when Johnson inferred Safer was working for the communists.
Just thinking… that’s it.
Just a little light reading for my Saturday night.
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Just a little light reading for my Saturday night.
Those last 52 years were a good run.
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Those last 52 years were a good run.
When you gotta bring that educational and promotional jazz for your museum to a conference, but you still gotta get that academic bread between the speakers.
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When you gotta bring that educational and promotional jazz for your museum to a conference, but you still gotta get that academic bread between the speakers.
Really?
Is this an Interwar Period?
Because I am deeply curious what war is coming up next.
Also, we have tickets for symposium available. Be there or be square.
www.theworldwar.org/symposia
Is this an Interwar Period?
Because I am deeply curious what war is coming up next.
Also, we have tickets for symposium available. Be there or be square.
www.theworldwar.org/symposia
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Really?
Is this an Interwar Period?
Because I am deeply curious what war is coming up next.
Also, we have tickets for symposium available. Be there or be square.
www.theworldwar.org/symposia
Is this an Interwar Period?
Because I am deeply curious what war is coming up next.
Also, we have tickets for symposium available. Be there or be square.
www.theworldwar.org/symposia
Today. Tomorrow. The next day. Everyday.
September 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Today. Tomorrow. The next day. Everyday.
Some days the world and the news seems overwhelming.
And then I remember that this painting survived two world wars and a massive state-directed art (and artist) purge at the hands of a violent autocratic dictatorship.
And it lives a couple miles from my doorstep, freely accessible to the public.
And then I remember that this painting survived two world wars and a massive state-directed art (and artist) purge at the hands of a violent autocratic dictatorship.
And it lives a couple miles from my doorstep, freely accessible to the public.
September 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Some days the world and the news seems overwhelming.
And then I remember that this painting survived two world wars and a massive state-directed art (and artist) purge at the hands of a violent autocratic dictatorship.
And it lives a couple miles from my doorstep, freely accessible to the public.
And then I remember that this painting survived two world wars and a massive state-directed art (and artist) purge at the hands of a violent autocratic dictatorship.
And it lives a couple miles from my doorstep, freely accessible to the public.
Words have meaning.
Last week, I was lucky to host the US Army IO Qual Course at the museum, where we discussed information advantage in national war museum spaces. A prominent factor was this concept of silences- gaps- in history, influencing HOW we create national narratives about war.
Last week, I was lucky to host the US Army IO Qual Course at the museum, where we discussed information advantage in national war museum spaces. A prominent factor was this concept of silences- gaps- in history, influencing HOW we create national narratives about war.
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Words have meaning.
Last week, I was lucky to host the US Army IO Qual Course at the museum, where we discussed information advantage in national war museum spaces. A prominent factor was this concept of silences- gaps- in history, influencing HOW we create national narratives about war.
Last week, I was lucky to host the US Army IO Qual Course at the museum, where we discussed information advantage in national war museum spaces. A prominent factor was this concept of silences- gaps- in history, influencing HOW we create national narratives about war.