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Na Mee
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Poet, storyteller, teaching artist. Fellowships from PEN America, Kundiman, Aspen Institute. Randolph MFA candidate. Fat bear nerd 🤎 www.tsunamee.com
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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · 17h
This is wonderful 🌕
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

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Moon Boots
Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10h
Thank you for sharing 🌙🚙
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you!
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Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 2d
Gorgeous writing. Take a minute and read this.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/moo...
Moon Boots
Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...
www.thesunmagazine.org
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you so much!
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Sasha aka Sauchi @akchick.bsky.social · 2d
Must read!!!
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/moo...
Moon Boots
Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...
www.thesunmagazine.org
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you so much! 🥹🥹🥹🌙
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 2d
Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/moo...
Moon Boots
Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...
www.thesunmagazine.org
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 10d
Oct. 1 is a historic day. It marks the official end of federal funding for public radio and television.

But public media endures: independent, resilient and powered by you. Here at KTOO, we’ll keep telling the stories that matter to Juneau and Alaska.

We may be defunded, but we remain determined.
Building a Bridge to Transformation
A statement from KTOO President and General Manager, Justin Shoman Juneau, AK - September 18th: Two months ago today, at the President's behest, Congress
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 10d
Ultimately, 32 Chunk’s grit and determination tipped the scale. Fat Bear Superfan Na Mee celebrates the impressive, massive, emphatically fat champion and all his resilience.
Fat Bear Week crowns its 2025 winner: 32 Chunk the Champ
First-time winner 32 Chunk defeated enormous elder 856 in the finals on Tuesday, ousting two-time title holder 128 Grazer.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
May your story be as great as theirs

May you be loved and protected

May you eat well

and live large
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
Our communities are interconnected. If you feel endeared to the FBW bears, I hope you’ll also nurture the wildlife in your area, and the wild life within yourself. The champions do more than survive; they engage w/ their world in their own extraordinary ways, w/ their own unique strengths & stories
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
If you want to support Katmai Conservancy’s research, education, and outreach, I encourage you to donate to their Otis Fund (named for beloved bear 480 Otis). This is their biggest fundraiser of the year and Explore will match all funds donated before 10/4!

katmaiconservancy.org/the-otis-fund
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
This was Fat Bear Week’s biggest year ever. Online: over 1.5 million votes streamed in from around the world. Offline: some of the fattest fat bears to date, thanks to their top sponsor, salmon. Shout out to the ecosystem for being so dang epic, and big ups to all who preserve it.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
Ultimately, 32 Chunk’s grit and determination tipped the scale. We celebrate this impressive, massive, emphatically fat bear and all his resilience. Congratulations Chunk the Hunk!
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
Then, the bracket offered an unseen advantage: a final match against the only bear on the bracket with a rap sheet longer than his, 856.

Oooh, the plot thickened!
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
By the time Fat Beat Week rolled around, 32 Chunk had more than qualified in size, hustle, and gains. He took the week one match at a time, but his bad boy history threatened to weigh him down. Could he make a comeback from the darkness of his past?
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
32 Chunk started the season strong but had a major setback when he showed up w/ a broken jaw. Lucky for him, a historic salmon run spelled a rags to fishes story for this busted up behemoth, & he managed to side-mouth slow-chew his way through summer.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 10d
New Champion, who dis??? A historic night for three-time runner up, first time #FatBearWeek champion, 32 Chunk! He defeated enormous elder 856 in the finals on Tuesday, ousting two-time title holder 128 Grazer.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 11d
He’s leading in the polls!!
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 11d
It’s the Fat Bear Week Finals and two of the biggest boars of Brooks River are here to conceptually duke it out.

Around 150K voters have been weighing in daily, and as superfan @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social writes, this one’s a real claw-biter.
Fat Bear Week finalists bring their soft sides to the finish line
Amid a bracket of broad babes and lover boars it’s come down to the two bad boy antiheroes.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 11d
#FatBearWeek So how did two semi-villains make it to the finals?

Complexity! Depth! Conflict!

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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 12d
Little big widing queen and the three boars - here’s a link to today’s published #fatbearweek preview

www.ktoo.org/2025/09/29/f...
Fat Bear Week final four: a queen and the three boars
It's the semifinals of Fat Bear Week 2025, and everyone's eager to know who will be crowned the chubbiest.
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 12d
His delight may not be the key to the championship, but it’s the key to something bigger and we’re here for it.

Weigh your choices carefully!

May the fattest bear win. Voting is open 8am-5pm AKST at www.fatbearweek.org
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Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 12d
It was a vibe, & 602 Flotato was a top influencer. 602 has always loved the water (his first nickname was Snorkel Bear). But this year he lavished deeply; it was a regular occurrence to see him lounging in his own spa. Pls see this pic of him w/ a dead salmon laying on his face like an eye pillow
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