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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1h

Texas' attorney general is over the edge:

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 12h

For tonight's video we return to the Outer Limits.
Who controls the vertical?

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, information operations on certain battlefields.

Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

The tv presidency:

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Three very different estimates of international enrollment:
1) Up 0.8%
2) Down 19%
3) Down >19%

www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

International Student Arrivals Drop 19%

Some experts note that the entry data contradicts enrollment increases shown in SEVIS data—while others say the declines are even more extreme than the arrivals data indicates.

www.insidehighered.com

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

So very helpful.
And not just supervising.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built.”
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Host is Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

In a webinar now, the host repeatedly says this:

"Please do not discuss election campaigns, candidates, political party platforms, or specific legislation in the chat."

The topic? The future with an emphasis on indigenous people.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) statement on Trump's proposed "Compact" for higher ed:

www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

www.acls.org

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Checking on recent policy and political developments about AI:
my latest horizon scan.
aiandacademia.substack.com/p/a-scan-of-...

A scan of AI and politics

A report on late summer/early fall 2025

aiandacademia.substack.com

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Good story. I like how the weirdness ratcheted up.

Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my morning bike ride and gym workout, listening to audiobooks.

I have to check the news now, don't I.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Your morning image:

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

What a terrible idea.

Futurism @futurism.com · 2d

"It's like taking the Washington Monument, sawing it into pieces, and moving it somewhere."

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.

trib.al

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

“The president’s determination was simply untethered to the facts”

I really admire U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut's writing there.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

PS: long-time fan here, starting back in your Byzantium days.
Now my son is also a fan, especially of the WorldWar series.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed. But perhaps something to lay the groundwork for now.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good example of what I've been tentatively calling "demodernist" thinking.

Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

What do you think of a US version of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Andreas Reckwitz views North America and Europe in decline, and urges us to recognize that fact, then use political justice to ameliorate the situation:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | The West Is Lost

www.nytimes.com

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 3d

China successful tests an enormous, airborne wind power generator:

interestingengineering.com/energy/world...
(via @billmckibben.bsky.social )

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 3d

Hunter invites me to carry him to his dinner.

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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 3d

In a town hall meeting with our Representative, Suhas Subramanyam.
The topic: federal shutdown.

Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 4d

The latest in Trump's campaign against higher education:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQx...

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