Bryan Alexander
Futurist, academic, writer.
- New York state now offers free community college tuition for students studying "high-demand fields, including nursing, teaching, technology and engineering." www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
- What political forces are policing higher ed, and how can academics best respond? This Thursday we're hosting University of California, Irvine distinguished professor Eve Darian-Smith to explore her work: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #FTTE
- A moving statement by Ksenia Petrova, the Russian scientist working at Harvard, until ICE detained her. She describes her research very well, sketches her conditions, and shares concerns foreign scientists feel in the US now. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
- "Kseniia Petrova is a Russian scientist who works in a lab at Harvard Medical School. She told her story through a Times Opinion editor, Alex Ellerbeck, over multiple calls from an ICE detention center."
- Koan seen on a DC street.
- Trump is ending Energy Star? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
- Yeah. "Look, I've stopped hitting myself and all of you. Ain't I awesome?"
- "we’re sliding ever farther away from free-market capitalism, and toward a sort of boneheaded Maoism where economic central planning is done by a few very foolish old men whose ideas about economics all came from watching CNN in 1992." -Noah Smith
- "In three of the ‘Big Four’ English destinations – the United States, Canada and Australia – the percentage of enrolment by international postgraduate students fell by double digits in the January to March 2025 intake" -new Global Enrollment Benchmark Survey
- The Newark airport crisis has now reached the point that they will cut down the number of flights going through #EWR . (quote from Bloomberg News)
- “'The airport clearly is unable to handle the current level of scheduled operations,' the FAA said in a notice on Friday."
- I'm working my way through Andor's second season and am very impressed.
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- It surprises me to see it from Disney, but I know they historically sometimes range beyond cute family fare.
- "Pirro on Thursday became one of more than a dozen former Fox employees or contributors who have spoken glowingly about the president on the network’s air and been rewarded with top jobs in his government." I keep saying that tv is *key* to Trump. thehill.com/media/529284...
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- The first season was like _The Battle for Algiers_. Now we're in something like the French resistance.
- Brava!
- BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
- @frogprof.bsky.social And she's out, for now.
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- I always did.
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- I've been saying "pope Bob" and it's great.
- When do we resist ICE? Is this a first sign of popular action against deportations, or will we just accept it?
- Vermont federal judge orders Rümeysa Öztürk to be released from custody: vtdigger.org/2025/05/09/v...
- University of Michigan's president Ono on why he's moving to the University of Florida: he's on board with De Santis' politics. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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- That's my thought, that hardcore Florida Republicans thought he wasn't sufficiently on board, so he had to Make A Statement.
- What does it mean for a professor to be present for students? Here's our full conversation with Dr. Liz Norell: youtu.be/Xv6Y7tyHxH0 @liznorell.bsky.social
- So perhaps some continuity with Francis on climate change?
- "Columbia University has agreed to a $750 million settlement with 576 patients of a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school." www.propublica.org/article/colu...
- I know he took the name Leo, but his given name is Robert? I'm not a believer, but I'm going to think of him as Pope Bob.
- Working on this month's FTTE report. Writing up the latest polycrisis developments in the intro.
- Now you can play a game where you are a cardinal aiming to become pope: labx31.github.io/whitesmoke/
- University of Michigan's president Ono, leaving for the University of Florida, asks AAC&U to take his name off of their anti-Trump presidential statement:
- Columbia terminates more than 170 people: president.columbia.edu/news/preserv...
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- More of such losses, yes. We've seen a quiet current of colleges and universities laying off people or closing programs, or shutting down themselves. If Trump's campaign against the academy continues, expect more human damage.
- Taking a close look at one vision of higher education in the age of AI: aiandacademia.substack.com/p/one-vision...
- How might professors become more authentic to their students? This week the Future Trends Forum hosts the University of Mississippi's Liz Norell, author of the new book _The Present Professor_. Join us tomorrow from 2-3 pm ET: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- My latest on Trump vs higher education: federal cuts, university cuts, one bold lecturer, international responses, more: youtu.be/o4OUlf2zq9A?...
- Wikipedia already has an article up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_In...
- Agreed. This is a bad development (hot war between nuclear nations!) and the Trump administration's shambles makes it worse.
- Against college for all: the AFT president. bryanalexander.org/k-12/against...
- More evidence for "college sports as marketing boon":
- The Trump administration attacks Harvard again:
- Europe ramps up its effort to attract US scientists, slamming Trump's war on universities:
- Re: Trump's stupid tariffs on foreign films - I wonder how much is his resentment at _Parasite_ getting Oscars.
- Mohsen Mahdawi just published a reflection on his detention: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
- The cats do like to supervise me at work.
- May 3rd and Dracula arises once more! I can't believe I launched the Draculablog 20 years ago today. bryanalexander.org/digitalstory...
- Ah, it's good to be back on my bike. I was off for flu - no exercise at all - so today it was great to pedal around town, doing errands. Simple, no-carbon pleasures.
- The opening paragraph of Moby Dick is so strange. (as is the entire novel)
- There's the satisfaction of turning in a 60,000-word manuscript.
- So this is a thing: "Lo-fi MAGA Video to Relax/Study To 🇺🇸" www.youtube.com/live/OLhwIQU...
- My latest on Trump vs higher ed: cuts, more cuts, accreditation, deportation, Harvard etc. youtu.be/z5zYXmMHaDM?...
