Sign in

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)

@maiaknp.bsky.social
616 followers 433 following 1.8K posts

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

PostsRepliesMedia
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 20h
Them: "What was that thing Wilson Phillips was in?" Me: "The episode of Dance Moms when ALDC LA had its grand opening party and Melissa was like 'You know Wilson Phillips? They're here. They're right over there.'" Them: "...no..." Normal person: "Bridesmaids?" Them: "Yes! Bridesmaids." Me:
static.klipy.com
Superstore Jonah Simms
Alt: Animated gif of Jonah from Superstore holding papers, sitting next to Garrett and saying "Yes, that's what I said."
000
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Farmed salmon continues to be an abomination
011
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ah, see, you're probably looking at women like they're actual people. Rookie mistake.
140
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is AI gonna clean the mold out of the cooler case at my local Pick N Save? Because I haven't set foot inside since those photos popped up on the local subreddit.
010
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
50169135544
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
4073529510621
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Polymer clay! I rolled it out to about 1/4", cut it to size using a template, and pressed the wells for the paints using the end of a marker. Then I just baked the clay inside the tins.
120
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just finished making some for my contribution to the parent craft sale at my kids' school fair! Finally used up all those Altoids tins I've been saving. The mini ones are my favorites.
Photograph of miniature watercolor paint sets made with polymer clay inside reused Altoids mints tins.
110
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
708262688659
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
10796383031
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
Zach Skellington @zachpennington.com · 05/10/2026
Ballots are going out in California. Plan when/where you're going to drop it off, if you're not going to vote in person.
112
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
(Annie also has a whole song about how the New Deal was the greatest Christmas gift ever, btw. I'm surprised it hasn't been more whipped up into the culture wars considering how often it's performed by small town community theatres.)
000
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Hoover comparison hits hard if you grew up listening to the Annie soundtrack (Broadway, not film). There's a banger on there called "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" sung by a bunch of homeless Hooverville residents. At one point they suggest stuffing him like a turkey.
100
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Literally the only time I saw the sun during the winters of seventh and eighth grade was for an hour a day during cross country ski practice. Alaskans do not have a framework for this angle of the Daylight Saving Time debate.
040
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is such a nice idea if you live in a world where people are having polite disagreements about things like how to spend money. Unfortunately, we live in a world where some people want to violently rip away other people's right to exist.
040
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who was in charge of this kerning don’t worry I just want to talk
A New York City bus with unaligned vertical text reading “touch here to open door”
1224
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Like they literally just made a whole movie about it
010
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"You're being used as a mouthpiece" wait til he finds out for whom
120
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Immediately saved to photos
000
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.
050
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
331486338
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The ideological clowns are indeed out — in full force, it would appear
010
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
(That's Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy there towering over the president doing the glazing)
100
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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
10854441372
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
110
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.
070
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...
upbeacon.com
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...
041
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.
0172
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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
10135043788
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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
22526011066
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
8372151
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
3153
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/m...
techcrunch.com
Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash | TechCrunch
"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedb...
020
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Has anyone posted any actual receipts supporting this claim? The screen grabs from the original thread are from Pinterest, and I haven't seen any quotes from the Meta T&C. They did roll out creepy AI tools over the summer, but they backpedaled after people (rightfully) flipped out.
210
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
111
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
2292400251
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If not Trump then why Trump shaped
000
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
514125
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”
040
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.
020
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
bloomberg.com
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.
70752370
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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
026259
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.
052
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
371059196
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can confirm the only time I have seen Hollinger in the Upper Midwest was during baseball season
110
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
010
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
9503111
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's time to start asking what Dem strategists would be doing differently if they were secretly working for the GOP
000
Reposted by Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)
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.
2304
Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Literally the MOST OPTIMISTIC TIMELINE 😅😭
100