Bryan Alexander

Higher education futurist. Author of _Universities on Fire_ and _Academia Next_.
Blog and links to everything: https://bryanalexander.org/

futurist: future

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2026-03-05 04:13:49 UTC

Robarts Library rare books room.
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2026-02-19 23:49:48 UTC

An enraging story about South Carolina parents who refused to vaccinate one child, who then caught "measles encephalitis, a complication that causes swelling and inflammation in the brain.“
Said parents are heartbroken... and are still anti-vax.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/measles-encephalitis-south-carolina-anti-vaccine-b2918500.html

2025-08-09 14:44:25 UTC

As Michael Mann said: the US is becoming a petrostate, while China becomes an electrostate.
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2025-07-16 20:56:51 UTC

"I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better"
-found on Bluesky

2025-07-14 12:43:43 UTC

Ye gods, there's a lot going on in this Trump post about Epstein and... things.
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2025-04-14 13:01:44 UTC

"As of April 12, over 170 colleges and universities have identified 950-plus international students and recent graduates who have had their legal status changed by the State Department."
Inside Higher Ed

2025-04-03 15:17:54 UTC

"The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered."
-Kara Jane Adams‬

2024-11-24 17:22:28 UTC

Very useful data on gender and college degrees from Pew Research:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/18/us-women-are-outpacing-men-in-college-completion-including-in-every-major-racial-and-ethnic-group/
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2024-11-06 23:03:01 UTC

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Do you mean leave colleges and universities behind?

2024-11-06 21:04:23 UTC

Question for the hive mind:
How should we do climate change work in academia after the GOP triumph?

2024-10-29 20:36:44 UTC

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Repeat repeat the point for sales!

2024-10-29 16:11:40 UTC

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Groan - I've seen that far too many times, including people reading aloud what's in the conference book.

2024-10-29 15:25:35 UTC

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That does sound too crowded for a productive panel.
I should write a post on good panels.

2024-10-29 02:28:49 UTC

@npub1prs…eh8y Sounds like a fine panel.
Esp. the accessibility line.

2024-09-08 15:21:53 UTC

A fascinating, inspiring, and simply kind vision of how humanity might advance along the Kardashev scale with the help of solar energy, local power, and a bit of Sesame Street:
https://kardashevstreet.com/2024/09/04/kardashev-street-planetary-energy-system-changes-at-street-level-a-talk-at-the-conference-malmo-august-2024/

2024-08-07 01:35:03 UTC

I admit that #Walz being a GIS nerd really makes me happy.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/06/former-geography-teacher-tim-walz-is-really-into-maps/
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