Donna Minkowitz
@donnaminkowitz.bsky.social
Writer. Author of Ferocious Romance, Growing Up Golem, and DONNAVILLE. Former writer for Village Voice, work in The Nation et al.
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The data are not ... solid.
Publishing and making a living as a writer have gotten infinitely harder in the past 30 years (for everyone).
I never EVER thought my being white had anything to do with it.
Publishing and making a living as a writer have gotten infinitely harder in the past 30 years (for everyone).
I never EVER thought my being white had anything to do with it.
About halfway through THAT article and it’s… good? The data seems on first glance to be quite solid. (And even if Savage doesn’t get into the outright contraction of journalism and academia the hiring shifts in what‘s left seems pretty incontrovertible?)
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The data are not ... solid.
Publishing and making a living as a writer have gotten infinitely harder in the past 30 years (for everyone).
I never EVER thought my being white had anything to do with it.
Publishing and making a living as a writer have gotten infinitely harder in the past 30 years (for everyone).
I never EVER thought my being white had anything to do with it.
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CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
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I am curious about if Elizabeth Bernstein approached any of the estranged children for interviews — She doesn’t mention any declined to or did not respond to requests for comment.
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am curious about if Elizabeth Bernstein approached any of the estranged children for interviews — She doesn’t mention any declined to or did not respond to requests for comment.
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The problem! Is that! There are no jobs! For anybody!!!! So then the jobs that do exist hire people who can teach things they *don’t already have someone to teach* which often means things like race, which have been long-term blind spots in these departments! Use your brain!
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The problem! Is that! There are no jobs! For anybody!!!! So then the jobs that do exist hire people who can teach things they *don’t already have someone to teach* which often means things like race, which have been long-term blind spots in these departments! Use your brain!
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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I just want to live long enough to hear democrats stop praising Reagan
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I just want to live long enough to hear democrats stop praising Reagan
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New @propublica.org:
@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...
@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New @propublica.org:
@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...
@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...
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hmm. im just gonna say it: your kids are estranged from you for a reason and making tiktoks about how you're the victim is probably emblematic of it. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
www.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
hmm. im just gonna say it: your kids are estranged from you for a reason and making tiktoks about how you're the victim is probably emblematic of it. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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“Some 20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany attended an annual event hosted by the New York Young Republican Club.”
12/15/25 … 1/ www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
12/15/25 … 1/ www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
Germany's AfD courts MAGA at NY gala – DW – 12/15/2025
Some 20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany attended an annual event hosted by the New York Young Republican Club. Will the AfD succeed in building a network in ...
www.dw.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Some 20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany attended an annual event hosted by the New York Young Republican Club.”
12/15/25 … 1/ www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
12/15/25 … 1/ www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
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Just say women. This is taking forever.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just say women. This is taking forever.
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fuck right off with this too please.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
fuck right off with this too please.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
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this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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PBS showed the sex toys.
New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more
The undated photographs are from Epstein’s email account and computer, according to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who published the photographs on Friday.
www.pbs.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
PBS showed the sex toys.
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Excellent stuff from @sifill.bsky.social. "The assault on the 14th Amendment has not generated the kind of moral panic that politicians, journalists, and tech bros successfully created over their claims of First Amendment abuses several years ago..."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excellent stuff from @sifill.bsky.social. "The assault on the 14th Amendment has not generated the kind of moral panic that politicians, journalists, and tech bros successfully created over their claims of First Amendment abuses several years ago..."
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
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Good thing Chuck and his gang of chuckleheads got a vote in exchange for reopening the government just as Trump and the GOP were starting to get desperate
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Good thing Chuck and his gang of chuckleheads got a vote in exchange for reopening the government just as Trump and the GOP were starting to get desperate
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It appears that someone accidentally sent out to Trump’s email fundraising list a text he meant to send to Olivia Nuzzi.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It appears that someone accidentally sent out to Trump’s email fundraising list a text he meant to send to Olivia Nuzzi.
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It's interesting how the guy who had a Great Gatsby party with dancers in gigantic champagne glasses thinks you're buying your kids too many presents for Christmas
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It's interesting how the guy who had a Great Gatsby party with dancers in gigantic champagne glasses thinks you're buying your kids too many presents for Christmas