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Bryan Alexander
@bryanalexandee@mastodon.education
Higher education futurist. Author of _Universities on Fire_ and _Academia Next_.
Blog and links to everything: https://bryanalexander.org/
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Joined May 07, 2023
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This participation trophy for Trump in his Iran war is really well done.
I wish I could go see it, but am traveling and it'll probably be gone by when I return:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/participation-trophy-trump-iran-war-satire-statue_n_6a55352ee4b0107f0db7a6e2
Black pepper sauce on crispy tofu, shiitake mushrooms, greens, and a bunch of garlic.
Seen at Dulles airport:
The Earth setting over the moon, by the Artemis II crew.
Yesterday's vanishing point corridor:
I really enjoyed this conversation. Lance is a generous and thoughtful host:
Good morning:
RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/116670332834712914
I love this account:
Very happy to reread one of my favorite Phil Dick novels for our local book club next month.
From the pope's AI encyclical:
"This concept can also be illustrated by the image of a multifaceted polyhedron, in which the one truth of the Gospel is reflected from different angles."
It's unlikely. but I'm charmed by the idea of the pope mentioning a gaming die.
Admonition sign at farmers market this morning:
Weird. I asked AI to create an image of me as a medical doctor and it didn't turn me into Christ:
Big accessibility news: looks like the federal government just gave colleges, universities, and others a 1-2 year extension for meeting next week's big ADA deadline.
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07663.pdf
Thanks to EDUCAUSE for the tip.
Iran is doing well with the making fun of enemies bit:
Artemis II just got as close to the moon's surface as it will, and carried its humans farther away from Earth than anyone has ever been.
Our apple trees have started blossoming.
My latest video on the Trump administration's campaign against higher education and how academics have responded, covering May 2026:
https://youtu.be/tNC_2X8IpV4
How are college graduates using their degrees at work?
Here's our full conversation with Georgetown's Center for Education and the Workforce director Jeff Strohl, exploring their new report on underemployment:
@carpetbomberz@mastodon.online Very close: Cincinnati.
Earth Day 2026: I share notes about the world, higher ed, and my own work.
"If [most Americans] think [Trump]’s got tariffs wrong, and the war wrong, and immigration wrong, and pretty much everything else wrong, why would they think he had the science of climate right?"
-the essential Bill Mckibben
One Hampshire College professor depicts scenes from its demise:
I tackled a weirdly bad editorial against educational gaming:
https://bsky.app/profile/edufuturist.bsky.social/post/3mjuew6xkw22y
Tonight's movie:
This is a good one. Starts as a joke about Vikings today, then becomes a dark view of modern life.
Educators, don't miss the punchline.
"For the first time in records dating back to 1949, China is now home to more people aged 65 and above than children"
How can we teach online - with joy?
Here's our full conversation with Flower Darby , touching on connecting with students, AI, asynchronous vs synchronous learning, multimedia, psychology, and more:
For lunch I did a version of drunken noodles:
mushrooms, bell pepper, shallots, spinach, garlic; broad noodles.
Sauce: Sriracha, hoisin, soy, lime, brown sugar, more garlic.
This morning's update from America's maximum leader feels like it's channeling, what, Patton?
Gaa prices over $4 here. We have lagged the rest of the country.
@cogdog@cosocial.ca hay now.
The latest from Trump's Truth Social now is just, er, ah:
Gah:
Campus cuts, closures, mergers, and layoffs for spring 2026:
my latest roundup of events.
How is the Iran war impacting AI?
I sketch out some first order effects and possible consequences here:
I'm very excited to talk today with Paul J. LeBlanc about where higher ed might be headed.
Thanks to Alchemy for hosting us.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1617744526598/WN_UB43ZSurRdmlHQveMrguhA
@triplingual@code4lib.social @mackensen@higheredweb.social Any sense of the source?
Your word of the day for a warming world: "no-pack."
That's when a state receives no snow over the winter and thereby faces drought. Utah's governor just declared a state of emergency:
Looking into AI and culture, my latest post:
https://aiandacademia.substack.com/p/ai-and-culture-in-spring-2026
Is anyone else on Bluesky getting this kind of error?
So yesterday Trump, always a creature of tv, set his latest war deadline for 8 pm. Prime time TV, that is, of course.
And an hour ago, this. Who knows?
I summarize what the Trump administration has been doing to higher ed over the past two months, along with how some academics have responded.
"[W]e could hit [Iranian oil infrastructure] and it would be gone. And there’s not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force."
-Trump, two days ago
Ash wishes you all a comfortable morning.
Phrase of the day: "The TACO Equilibrium"
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/05/oil-prices-iran-trump/687344/
Holy cats, this is a terrible article on the great danger posed to higher ed by... teaching and learning centers?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-pedagogy-experts-are-wrong
I'm delighted the New American Colleges & Universities podcast ran this interview with me about climate change for Earth Day: