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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow)

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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. ⭐️ https://maiaknolan.com Rep: Paula Weiman, ASH Literary

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · Sep 10

Some professional news: Very happy to share that I have signed with @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social at @ashliterary.bsky.social! I’m super excited about their vision for my book and can’t wait to get to work.

ashliterary.com#maianolan

Screen grab of Maia K. Nolan’s author listing on the ASH Literary website

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 19h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 1d

I’d say it’s ironic that the government celebrating the inaugural (and truly criminal) immigrant of the old days is the same one funding ICE raids against the innocent immigrants of today.

If it wasn’t just white supremacy at play, that is.

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 1d

This proclamation is batshit insane and i just want everyone to try to fathom, for one second, what is like being a Native person on their homeland with invaders and occupiers continuously spouting lies and threatening violence against those who defy it.

Also, this means we’re winning 💅🏽

The WHITE HOUSE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.

Just over 2 months later, on October 12, 1492, Columbus made landfall in the modern-day Bahamas. Upon his arrival, he planted a majestic cross in a mighty act of devotion, dedicating the land to God and setting in motion America's proud birthright of faith. Though he initially believed he had arrived in Asia, his discovery opened the vast frontier and untold splendors of the New World to Europe. He later ventured onward to Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean - exploring their coasts and engaging with their people.
Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus's journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.

The WHITE HOUSE
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.

The WHITE HOUSE
This Columbus Day, more than 500 years since Columbus arrived in the New World, we follow his example, we echo his resolve, and we offer our gratitude for his life of valor and grit. Above all, we commit to restoring a Nation that once again dares to tame the unknown, honors our rich cultural inheritance, and offers rightful praise to our Creator above.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as
"Columbus Day."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone knows that the classic scientific method is saying something that is wildly stupid and then trying to find proof for it.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 1d

Now let's hear from the White House that is famously committed to fighting antisemitism

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 1d

Holy cow did they arrest Mary Magdalene

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This is quite good.

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 2d

The little salmon in there!

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 2d

Valdez

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 2d

If you can't run your business without stealing, your business is a criminal enterprise. Hope that helps.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

If ICE thinks it's okay to assault a pastor in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing in the dark.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 2d

Being middle-aged & from Alaska is wild because for example the newly-elected mayor of the city where I was born is a woman who once dated my now-husband but the mayor of the borough where that city is located is the younger brother of my childhood best friend and also all our friends are judges now

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 3d

This guy needs to buy a lottery ticket on the way home

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3d

Fan wearing a "Dump Here" jersey with 61 caught Cal's HR 🔥

Immediately changes into an identical 62 jersey

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 3d

I kept panicking while querying that I was including comps that weren't fresh off the presses. I ended up signing with an agent who told me specifically they loved that I comped "Dumplin'," which came out a decade ago.

Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 3d

Texting with my bestie in PDX, where we went to college. She's stressed out living in a war zone.

To be clear, the "war zone" is entirely the making of the federal government. She was not stressed out a week ago, before there were military helicopters circling above her house.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 4d

Alaskans, get your dialing fingers ready!

Ptarmageddon @ptarmageddon.bsky.social · 4d

Murkowski may be on Talk of Alaska this Tuesday at 10am. You can call 1-800-478-8255 to ask a question live, or email [email protected]. #AkLeg #Alaska #AlaskaSky

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4d

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 4d

So Hulk Hogan, why are you a great candidate for the Administrative Assistant position?

Hulk Hogan:

An app icon of a printer/scanner combo and the app name "brother iPrint&Scan"

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 4d

again this person once got so mad that the kids on his dorm floor were circulating a birthday card for a janitor that he wrote an entire column about how college kids should not be forced to "touch the animals" who live in the towns where schools are located. he is utterly triggered at all times.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

CNN: Isn't that hyperbolic to call them terrorists?

STEPHEN MILLER: No. If anything I'm understating the severity of the situation

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite thing about human beings is that we discover incredible things like life-changing medical breakthroughs.

My least favorite thing about human beings is that instead of making them available to all who need them, we insist on selling them to one another.

WBAY-TV @wbay.com · 4d

A 12-year-old girl is selling lemonade so she can possibly walk again.

12-year-old girl sells lemonade to afford stem cell treatments that could help her walk

A 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy hopes stem cell transfusions will help her walk, but the treatment isn’t cheap.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

fellas, it is "woke" to point out when the administration is violating most of the Bill of Rights

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · 5d

Anchorage folks, go see my mom in “Outside Mullingar” at Cyrano’s! She’s acting alongside Charlie Cardwell, who was in the cast of the 2009 play I co-wrote for Perseverance Theatre because that’s the Alaska theatre community in a nutshell

www.americantheatre.org/2025/10/02/k...

Know a Theatre: Cyrano’s Theatre Company of Anchorage, Alaska

A small, nimble theatre in the Last Frontier's largest city has been programming classics and new works there for 33 years.

www.americantheatre.org

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