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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)

@maiaknp.bsky.social
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YA author and occasional rabblerouser. ⭐️ Alaska-grown Midwest transplant. ⭐️ Drummer in a Judy Blume tribute band. ⭐️ Please do not talk to me about basketball. ⭐️ maiaknolan.com Rep: Paula Weiman, ASH Literary

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Apart from the playground sexism, this blows the lid off the idea that any of these dudes are any kind of master businessman genius. Real capitalists know who makes the spending decisions and follow those dollars like a cartoon character floating along to a pie cooling on a windowsill.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The ideological clowns are indeed out — in full force, it would appear
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Once upon a time Alaska politicians of all stripes used to be known for a lack of obsequiousness and near-total absence of regard for How They Do It Outside This generation did not get the memo
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s actually pretty easy to understand: Just like the right, the left has an antisemitism problem.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is the Cornell case especially bad? Obviously. Am I especially shocked? Unfortunately, no. Like so many other women, it's what I've come to expect from institutions, including my own beloved undergraduate alma mater. This is why we choose the bear AND the woods. www.upbeacon.com/article/da75...
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Student decries conduct process in sexual assault case
A University of Portland freshman who reported being sexually assaulted by another student in her dorm room in September is now sharing her story publicly because she believes the University’s conduct...
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good thread. My son & I had a conversation about the other boy on his mixed 4-hand at dance who's a little rough. I told my kid it's fine if it doesn't bother *him*, but he needs to be a leader & check in with the 2 girls on their team who are younger & new & make sure they feel comfortable & safe.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”. I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All its other boring white man qualities aside, the fact that that NYT list doesn't include "Bluey" renders it comically and immediately irrelevant
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knickerbacker.bsky.social @knickerbacker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have probably interviewed more than 100 people in my career and can not tell you how little it would even register to me if they brought any non alcoholic drink in. What is wrong with you people.
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Patrickworld 🌎👋🏾🎸 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Born on this day: Scottie Pippen is an American former professional basketball player. He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and two Olympic gold medals. Considered one of the greatest small forwards ever, he is a Hall of Fame inductee.
James Doohan as Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on Star Trek (1966), wearing a red Starfleet engineering uniform with gold braid and insignia, holding a communicator in the Enterprise’s control room, surrounded by colorful indicator lights and futuristic panels. Try not to get too upset over this sports/sci-fi mashup, this is all in good fun.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If not Trump then why Trump shaped
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I cannot imagine in 2026, with the full breadth of the internet available to you, choosing to move your newsletter to substack. There are so many other platforms out there that don't directly put money in the pockets of fascists.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tbf with these two in particular none of their children speak to them so there’s no one to tell them “Dad, you look ridiculous”
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We got a Commodore VIC-20 in 1983. It hooked up to the TV. My dad was such a geek.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22/09/2026
The Milwaukee Bucks signed a jersey patch deal with ULine today. ULine owner Richard Uihlein is a GOP megadonor who funded statutory rapist Roy Moore after news of him having sex with multiple girls broke, the rally preceding 1/6, and candidates that support a national abortion ban, among others.
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NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks Sign Jersey Patch Ad Deal With Uline
The Milwaukee Bucks are shifting their jersey patch deal to Uline, a packaging materials company based in the NBA team’s home state, from electronics maker Motorola.
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What I think of trans people: they and I are paying $20/tank more for gas they and I are threatened by attacks on public health they and I have neighbors who are being attacked by ICE they and I face the end of U.S. scientific greatness they and I are having our federal government dismantled
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's past time for all of these news organizations to stop being stenographers and start doing reporting. Reassign those resources to investigations. Do journalism for a change.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it's antisemitic for a non Jewish person to deny Jewish identity to Jewish people he dislikes. It's racist for a white person to deny that Black people are Black if they don't vote for him.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
More reporters need to start asking why this administration is so obsessed with inspecting Americans’ genitals
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/09/2026
Imagine if, instead of regulating drones (which we did!), we instead decided to let drone companies self-regulate, and ALSO dedicated tons of money and time to "problems" like "what if, in 1000 years, hyper-intelligent dogs learn to fly drones into mailmen." This is what we are doing with AI.
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let’s definitely listen to a bunch of dudes with a worse record than Doc Rivers in elimination games.
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 16/09/2026
It’s really disheartening to see how easy it is for people to make a lucrative career out of saying people like me shouldn’t exist.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I mean... same
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Arun Film 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @arunfilm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can I just say that your government is getting weirder by the hour.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Should I change my LinkedIn bio to "literally just making shit up"
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not to be dramatic but if I found out these were the bulk seconds of the day at the Albanese factory I would jump in the car and drive to Indiana without a second thought My kids can take care of themselves for one day
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING! "Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights and jurisdiction to provide safe refuge for those seeking and providing gender-affirming care. Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories"
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Airplane games are questionable most of the time. Flying a passenger jet over a city, escorted by military planes, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF SEPT. 11, would have been psychotic and the multiple people who thought this was a good idea should have their car keys taken away.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Everything I was afraid to do in my 20s: Pierced my nose. Got tattoos. Finally finished that novel and got an agent. Started a band.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Well you see he thought he was looking in 16 mirrors
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Benjamin Chambers @dachshuahuadad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not once in history have the people banning books been the good guys
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We’re conditioned to be at each others throats and it is toxic. Pretend you’re at the bar talking to people face to face
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026
Actually whilst we’re on this whole topic, do you want to know the angriest I’ve ever been at anyone on this hellsite 2.0? because I have not told this story yet but I WILL NOW. It begins with my mother in law dying over breakfast at 8 am.
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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Leave him alone it's Christian Girl Autumn
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
FINALLY some good fucken news
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 04/09/2026
Happy "we stole all your work and are only being forced to pay because we literally all pirated it and bragged in emails, now let's find out how many different entities can try to screw you out of your nickles" day to all being forced to celebrate it.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shout out to the TSA agent on this JFK AirTrain who walked on the train right past multiple empty seats and sat directly on the luggage rack specifically labeled “Luggage Only/No Sitting”
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Welcome to the resistance… Squishmallows?
Threads post from the official verified Squishmallows account reading “if we had a squishmallows called lake ontario, we'd keep it that way” above a Threads “trending” topic link to posts about Trump’s Lake America order
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 27/08/2026
did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume
A young woman in a Garfield inspired outfit with a Garfield headdressThe young woman from the first photo is holding a lasagna that says “lasagna my love language”missinteenusa Tonight, Indiana is going Garfield!
My state costume celebrates one of Indiana's most iconic creations-Garfield, created by fellow Hoosier Jim Davis.
Born in Marion and raised in Fairmount, Davis turned an orange cat with a big personality into a character recognized and loved around the world.
But this costume represents more than a famous Hoosier.
The hand-painted comic panels on my skirt share messages inspired by my initiative, Captivating Confidence:
"Our differences are what make us beautiful."
"If we don't have love, we have nothing."
"Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates."
To me, true confidence is found in embracing what makes each of us different and recognizing that our greatest beauty comes from within. I am so excited to bring a little Hoosier humor, creativity and confidence to the Miss Teen USA stage tonight!
This one-of-a-kind costume was inspired by my vision and brought to life by Indianapolis-based costume designer, Jess West. @jesswestcostumes
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Good For Her You Go Girl
Alt: Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development saying "Good for her!"
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A Reagan appointee.
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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Awesome. variety.com/2026/sports/...
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Mandy Patinkin Named First Honorary Team Captain of USA Fencing
The 'Princess Bride' star has been tapped to serve as USA Fencing’s honorary team captain for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
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