Elizabeth Monaghan
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Elizabeth Monaghan
@elizmon.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I remember a flash of premonition as I sat at my desk as a photo editor in 2007.
The Gen X Career Meltdown
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
DOGE cancels $600,000 grant to Southern University to develop sustainable feminine hygiene products using regenerative fibers. It also would have funded a processing center for locally grown fibers in Louisiana, creating jobs.
DOGE mischaracterizes a study as transgender, and USDA cancels it
"CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study 'menstrual cycles in transgender men,'" Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on X last week. That's not what it was.
www.cbsnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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1972. The “I love you” at the end gets me every time…
February 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
For my food allergy community. The Trump administration has suspended external FDA sharing of food allergy recalls.
January 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I wrote for The Contrarian about my decision to leave the New York Times contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...
Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
contrarian.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Got an email from @unitedhealthcareus.bsky.social and clicked the link to sign up for the $300 reward for healthy habits. Link not found. Thanks, United Healthcare! Will be on the phone with you shortly to argue that you should cover my breast cancer screening that you recently denied.
December 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM