Julia O'Malley
@jomalley17.bsky.social
Alaskan. Writer. Editor. Mama. Cook. James Beard🏅🏅winner. Alaska food 📖: “The Whale and the Cupcake.” Find me at juliaomalley.com
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I’m starting an email newsletter with recipes and notes on Anchorage restaurants, sourcing groceries and living in Alaska. Plus I also want to spend less time on social media. Subscribe?
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If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️
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Apparently I wasn't the only one who found the appearance of Halibut Olympia on the menu for the dictators luncheon to be one of the more surreal points of the day. Thanks to @jomalley17.bsky.social for bringing this absurdity to national attention! 😆
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At the Alaska Summit, an Unlikely Local Dish Gets a Cameo
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August 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Apparently I wasn't the only one who found the appearance of Halibut Olympia on the menu for the dictators luncheon to be one of the more surreal points of the day. Thanks to @jomalley17.bsky.social for bringing this absurdity to national attention! 😆
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/d...
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This week’s newsletter with all eyes on Anchorage:
Anchorage is a circus. This lunch spot will regulate your cortisol.
Notes on: Secret Service guys, grilled zucchini pizza, astrological portals, killer food-cart tamales, the last of the Beach Boys and a hipster Alaska guidebook
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August 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week’s newsletter with all eyes on Anchorage:
Got to help out with this story — so curious how they’ll work out the logistics for this visit in the middle of tourist season.
Trump and Putin May Get a Cold Reception From Some Alaskans
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August 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Got to help out with this story — so curious how they’ll work out the logistics for this visit in the middle of tourist season.
Curious about my Alaska food newsletter? Here’s what subscribers are saying:
July 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Curious about my Alaska food newsletter? Here’s what subscribers are saying:
This week in the newsletter: Notes on SALMON, the women’s page in Alaska’s old newspapers, dry-brining for dinner, a new way to fillet, Thai Village, delicious tonics, gluten-free peach muffins, quick pickles, working women, local news and sourdough. juliaomalley.substack.com/p/i-found-an...
Anchorage's first newspaper recipe 🗞️ 🍽️
Notes on: SALMON, dry-brining for dinner, a new way to fillet, playground b-ball, Thai Village, gin and tonics, gluten-free peach muffins, quick pickles, working women, local news and sourdough
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July 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This week in the newsletter: Notes on SALMON, the women’s page in Alaska’s old newspapers, dry-brining for dinner, a new way to fillet, Thai Village, delicious tonics, gluten-free peach muffins, quick pickles, working women, local news and sourdough. juliaomalley.substack.com/p/i-found-an...
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On today's episode of "The Daily," a family physician in western North Carolina explains what she thinks will happen to her patients as a result of Republicans' domestic policy bill.
One Rural Doctor on the Real Cost of Medicaid Changes
A family physician in western North Carolina explains what she thinks will happen to her patients as a result of Republicans’ domestic policy bill.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
On today's episode of "The Daily," a family physician in western North Carolina explains what she thinks will happen to her patients as a result of Republicans' domestic policy bill.
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What form of sociopathy required them to need a court order to stop doing this?
July 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What form of sociopathy required them to need a court order to stop doing this?
If you are grilling salmon tonight, make a little extra for breakfast. 🍳❤️ www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Turn last night’s salmon leftovers into savory hash and eggs with fresh herbs and Tabasco cream
Leftover grilled fish makes an easy, beautiful high-protein breakfast.
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July 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you are grilling salmon tonight, make a little extra for breakfast. 🍳❤️ www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
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There was a visitor to the Mt. Shishaldin volcano webcam in the eastern Aleutians about a week ago. 🐻
July 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There was a visitor to the Mt. Shishaldin volcano webcam in the eastern Aleutians about a week ago. 🐻
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First actual paper book I have finished in over a year. Thanks, @jomalley17.bsky.social ! I know I’m late to read it but now I’m looking forward to trying out the recipes! Loved how the book captured a sense of what it is to live in Alaska through the lens of food.
July 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
First actual paper book I have finished in over a year. Thanks, @jomalley17.bsky.social ! I know I’m late to read it but now I’m looking forward to trying out the recipes! Loved how the book captured a sense of what it is to live in Alaska through the lens of food.
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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“The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism is defined and assessed — changes that I helped put into place,” writes the psychiatrist Allen Frances.
Opinion | Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.
The addition of Asperger’s disorder to the D.S.M. had enormous unintended consequences.
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism is defined and assessed — changes that I helped put into place,” writes the psychiatrist Allen Frances.
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The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
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An Alaska village of 160 people raked in $1 million a month from a payday-loan style business.
But here’s who was making the real money …
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But here’s who was making the real money …
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A 700% APR lending business tied to Dr. Phil’s son is dividing an Alaska tribe
Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of an Alaska village. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it’s made off desperate borrowers — much of which, lawsuits allege, has gon...
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May 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An Alaska village of 160 people raked in $1 million a month from a payday-loan style business.
But here’s who was making the real money …
www.adn.com/business-eco...
But here’s who was making the real money …
www.adn.com/business-eco...
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Filipino organizations in Alaska have worked to bring a documentary to Alaska called "Nurse Unseen." The film was shown at the Anchorage Museum Wednesday to spotlight a group of immigrants whose service and sacrifices are often overlooked.
Film about Filipino nurses resonates in Alaska
A documentary on how Filipino nurses were among the unsung heroes of the pandemic comes to Anchorage.
alaskapublic.org
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Filipino organizations in Alaska have worked to bring a documentary to Alaska called "Nurse Unseen." The film was shown at the Anchorage Museum Wednesday to spotlight a group of immigrants whose service and sacrifices are often overlooked.
In this week’s Alaska food newsletter: how to love Anchorage, Walmart's immaculate vibes, perfect avocados, the People's Carrs, the smoothest hummus, Tang ice cream, chicken cutlet, ordering Top Bop, "Feeding Ghosts,” peeping other people’s shopping carts.
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Join the fall-in-love-with-Anchorage challenge
Notes on: Walmart's immaculate vibes, perfect avocados, the People's Carrs, the smoothest hummus, Tang ice cream, ordering Top Bop, "Feeding Ghosts" and other people's shopping carts.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In this week’s Alaska food newsletter: how to love Anchorage, Walmart's immaculate vibes, perfect avocados, the People's Carrs, the smoothest hummus, Tang ice cream, chicken cutlet, ordering Top Bop, "Feeding Ghosts,” peeping other people’s shopping carts.
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This fellow is such a treasure — a smart, helpful, highly valuable resource.
Alaska could lose a beloved climate communicator if NOAA cuts happen
The draft cuts would eliminate several research institutes the agency funds in Alaska, including the one where Rick Thoman works.
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May 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This fellow is such a treasure — a smart, helpful, highly valuable resource.
This week, a word on meal trains — In Alaska, when our friends and neighbors grieve, we bring over loaves of bread and jars of soup and fillets of fish and backyard honey and, sometimes, we just set them on the porch. This is a custom here, in this dangerous place where everybody knows everybody.
In Alaska, when my neighbors grieve, this is what I bring to their doorstep
Notes on: meal train comfort food, the loss of a friend, an excellent breakfast burrito, Italian bread soup, homemade falafel, hummus tricks, Pati Jinich in Alaska
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May 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This week, a word on meal trains — In Alaska, when our friends and neighbors grieve, we bring over loaves of bread and jars of soup and fillets of fish and backyard honey and, sometimes, we just set them on the porch. This is a custom here, in this dangerous place where everybody knows everybody.
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NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
I had a lot of fun eating a messy halibut sandwich and talking about Alaska’s food culture with Pati Jinich last summer for her show “Pati Jinich Explores PanAmericana.” It airs tomorrow night on @alaskapublic at 8 p Alaska time or it can be streamed on the @pbs app. Here’s a clip!
Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana | What Makes Alaska… Alaska? With Author Julia O’Malley | Episode 1
Anchorage-based author Julia O’Malley and Pati Jinich discuss what makes Alaska unique.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I had a lot of fun eating a messy halibut sandwich and talking about Alaska’s food culture with Pati Jinich last summer for her show “Pati Jinich Explores PanAmericana.” It airs tomorrow night on @alaskapublic at 8 p Alaska time or it can be streamed on the @pbs app. Here’s a clip!
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From the board: Public media should have public investment
March 28, 2025 Alaskans, When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act into law in 1967, he said it would “enrich man’s spirit” as we pursued excellence in America. He e…
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April 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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“Some FAA personnel have been implicitly threatened with having their lives ruined by potential criminal charges from the Trump Justice Department if they blab about Project Lift, according to a person familiar with the situation…
New scoop tonight from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me for @rollingstone.com
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Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret
Elon Musk’s DOGE allies have been spearheading a secret new communications project at Donald Trump’s Federal Aviation Administration.
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April 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“Some FAA personnel have been implicitly threatened with having their lives ruined by potential criminal charges from the Trump Justice Department if they blab about Project Lift, according to a person familiar with the situation…
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