Donald Earl Collins 🇵🇸
@donaldearlcollins.bsky.social
Contributor, @aljazeera.com; Other Stuff: https://donaldearlcollins.substack.com; author, Spinnng Sage's Gold; used to be a hist prof;(looking for work/speaking opps/more income); donaldearlcollins@gmail.com
The Nobel 'Piece' (as in taking ppls' land; or POS, cuz this pick sure ain't abt actual peace) Prize goes to #MariaMachado, an anti-Black Zionist & Trump apologist. Yay, yes?
#NobelPeacePrize
#NobelPeacePrize
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Nobel 'Piece' (as in taking ppls' land; or POS, cuz this pick sure ain't abt actual peace) Prize goes to #MariaMachado, an anti-Black Zionist & Trump apologist. Yay, yes?
#NobelPeacePrize
#NobelPeacePrize
I'm on WPFW-FM 89.3 FM Pacifica Washington, DC today (October 1) at 11 am EST, talking about #SpinningSage'sGold (in the context of Freedom vs. Narcissism) with David Whettstone. If are able, please take a listen. Thank you kindly!...
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm on WPFW-FM 89.3 FM Pacifica Washington, DC today (October 1) at 11 am EST, talking about #SpinningSage'sGold (in the context of Freedom vs. Narcissism) with David Whettstone. If are able, please take a listen. Thank you kindly!...
I'm on WPFW-FM 89.3 FM Pacifica Washington, DC today (October 1) at 11 am, talking about Spinning Sage's Gold (in the context of Freedom vs. Narcissism) with David Whettstone. If are able, please take a listen. Thank you kindly!...
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm on WPFW-FM 89.3 FM Pacifica Washington, DC today (October 1) at 11 am, talking about Spinning Sage's Gold (in the context of Freedom vs. Narcissism) with David Whettstone. If are able, please take a listen. Thank you kindly!...
In the category of "a broken clock is correct twice a day," EdSec Linda McMahon on leadership in #highered. Even autocratic bullies can see that most US unis are led by technocratic business types whose sole purpose is "capital campaigns" - raising money - not education. A shame and a pitiful.
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In the category of "a broken clock is correct twice a day," EdSec Linda McMahon on leadership in #highered. Even autocratic bullies can see that most US unis are led by technocratic business types whose sole purpose is "capital campaigns" - raising money - not education. A shame and a pitiful.
I try my best to not complain about rejections for jobs. But today's rejection from a Washington Post Senior Editor, Newsroom Recruiting (you can find their name pretty easily, given the job title, btw) is one of the most smug and elitist bs responses I have ever seen.
August 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I try my best to not complain about rejections for jobs. But today's rejection from a Washington Post Senior Editor, Newsroom Recruiting (you can find their name pretty easily, given the job title, btw) is one of the most smug and elitist bs responses I have ever seen.
Why are schools like #BostonUniversity trying to get away with underpaying people? Below is part of an ad for a five-day, writing-in-residence program with their Communications school. This is $5K (at a minimum) work for a week. (They've gotta be kiddin'!)
July 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why are schools like #BostonUniversity trying to get away with underpaying people? Below is part of an ad for a five-day, writing-in-residence program with their Communications school. This is $5K (at a minimum) work for a week. (They've gotta be kiddin'!)
See this Instagram photo by @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social: instagram.com/p/DJN…aje.io/alyij#higherede#collapsese
May 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
See this Instagram photo by @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social: instagram.com/p/DJN…aje.io/alyij#higherede#collapsese
Lest anyone thought I was attempting to rally folks toward #CoryBooker's side, I wasn't. Was just pointing out his stamina for seeming sincere for 25hrs. But doing > saying. Spineless hypocrite (again). I hope he bloviates until he turns blue and purple next time.
(From Axios, April 2, 2025)
(From Axios, April 2, 2025)
April 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Lest anyone thought I was attempting to rally folks toward #CoryBooker's side, I wasn't. Was just pointing out his stamina for seeming sincere for 25hrs. But doing > saying. Spineless hypocrite (again). I hope he bloviates until he turns blue and purple next time.
(From Axios, April 2, 2025)
(From Axios, April 2, 2025)
In my AU email acct this morning in response to my nerds will not save the world piece in Al Jazeera English. Have to give them credit - they did EVERYTHING they could to not use the n-word!
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
March 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In my AU email acct this morning in response to my nerds will not save the world piece in Al Jazeera English. Have to give them credit - they did EVERYTHING they could to not use the n-word!
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Today's my sister's 42nd birthday. Can't believe it's been almost 15yrs since you died, 28 since you put on mom's cap and gown while prancing around a mirror. Sorry this world did not do right by you. I hope the afterlife has been a better, greater journey for you. Love you always, Sarai...
February 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today's my sister's 42nd birthday. Can't believe it's been almost 15yrs since you died, 28 since you put on mom's cap and gown while prancing around a mirror. Sorry this world did not do right by you. I hope the afterlife has been a better, greater journey for you. Love you always, Sarai...
This week is that not-so-old documentary #Earth2100 coming forth in real time. Except it's SoCal and L.A. serving as a major flashpoint. We're a quarter of the way thru the 21st, & between the elite indifference on the 1 hand & #climatechange apocalypse on the other, we need to fight, fight, fight.
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This week is that not-so-old documentary #Earth2100 coming forth in real time. Except it's SoCal and L.A. serving as a major flashpoint. We're a quarter of the way thru the 21st, & between the elite indifference on the 1 hand & #climatechange apocalypse on the other, we need to fight, fight, fight.
Took this yesterday after shoveling out the front of the house. Had Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Couldn't Stand The Weather" on repeat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO23...
January 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Took this yesterday after shoveling out the front of the house. Had Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Couldn't Stand The Weather" on repeat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO23...
Happy New Year 2025! A new year, with 2024 in the past, saying with it's last breaths
January 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy New Year 2025! A new year, with 2024 in the past, saying with it's last breaths
This "narcissistic [m-f]" (that's what I yelled this morning, anyway) took up 4 spaces for their CUV at the Silver Spring Trader Joe's/Starbucks strip mall (latter's on strike). As Bob Seger might sing, "workin' on the dick moves..."
December 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM
This "narcissistic [m-f]" (that's what I yelled this morning, anyway) took up 4 spaces for their CUV at the Silver Spring Trader Joe's/Starbucks strip mall (latter's on strike). As Bob Seger might sing, "workin' on the dick moves..."
If there's 1 and only snack bar that I could bring back, it would be Twix Peanut Butter. That was the stuff!
December 20, 2024 at 2:33 AM
If there's 1 and only snack bar that I could bring back, it would be Twix Peanut Butter. That was the stuff!
For Gen-Xers like me, #DwightGooden was once the epitome of athletic excellence in a sport like baseball, where athleticism isn't all. He's 60 yrs old today, which means even the youngest of us are pushing 45. Glad you lived long enough to see it. Happy Birthday, Dr. K!
November 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM
For Gen-Xers like me, #DwightGooden was once the epitome of athletic excellence in a sport like baseball, where athleticism isn't all. He's 60 yrs old today, which means even the youngest of us are pushing 45. Glad you lived long enough to see it. Happy Birthday, Dr. K!
If y'all ever want me to subscribe again, The Atlantic, you need to stop sending me emails from writers like the vapid "Bobos in Silo-dise" David Brooks. My God, y'all still have Nick Lemann's number (he used to work for you you know) - he only wrote all about this in The Big Test years ago? Oy vey!
November 15, 2024 at 3:17 PM
If y'all ever want me to subscribe again, The Atlantic, you need to stop sending me emails from writers like the vapid "Bobos in Silo-dise" David Brooks. My God, y'all still have Nick Lemann's number (he used to work for you you know) - he only wrote all about this in The Big Test years ago? Oy vey!
The state of news media: a "please subscribe" email from @theatlantic.bsky.social written like "Schoolhouse Rock" history. "the American colonists making a new way of life...?" Nuts! You obviously thing your reading audience is ignorant white folk. Maybe publish more of my articles?
November 5, 2024 at 2:00 AM
The state of news media: a "please subscribe" email from @theatlantic.bsky.social written like "Schoolhouse Rock" history. "the American colonists making a new way of life...?" Nuts! You obviously thing your reading audience is ignorant white folk. Maybe publish more of my articles?
(My essay: "The Paths to Not-Tenure are Littered with Landmines and Burned-Out Cars") Picked my 2019 job interview at Seton Hall (some of you know parts of this story already) as the story; it represents my title's analogy to "The Avenue" in Mt Vernon, NY. #BeingBlackintheivory
March 8, 2024 at 9:52 PM
(My essay: "The Paths to Not-Tenure are Littered with Landmines and Burned-Out Cars") Picked my 2019 job interview at Seton Hall (some of you know parts of this story already) as the story; it represents my title's analogy to "The Avenue" in Mt Vernon, NY. #BeingBlackintheivory
Well, I have my copy of #beingblackintheivory as of today! Yay, me! Thanks again to #DrShardéMDavis and UNC Press for including me in this valuable collection, one of struggle and success, one of triumph and trauma! #BeingBlackintheIvory
March 8, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Well, I have my copy of #beingblackintheivory as of today! Yay, me! Thanks again to #DrShardéMDavis and UNC Press for including me in this valuable collection, one of struggle and success, one of triumph and trauma! #BeingBlackintheIvory