Joe Drury

This is, I think, the main reason why people go into administration. Still demoralizing, but there are sometimes opportunities for career advancement

UK far right before Trump's visit is like Renfield in the asylum when Dracula visits Carfax: "The bride-maidens rejoice the eyes that wait the coming of the bride!"

Few charts show our current American weakness like this one.

The minute Trump came into office, Putin knew he had the green light to do whatever he wanted and kill as many innocent civilians as he wanted.

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....

13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

Anyone who works on a faculty senate should be aware of this
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’ An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connection

Addison's Hum-Drum Club lives!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Opinion | All Hail Our Rococo President!

The whims of the would-be despot
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor securing majority in 'win for the ages' Peter Dutton loses own seat of Dickson in Brisbane as Coalition suffers stunning collapse in support

Reasons to be optimistic. This is the second conservative parliamentary leader to lose his seat in a national election this week
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia Student Detained by Trump Administration, is Freed Mohsen Mahdawi had been an organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at the university. The Trump administration had tried and failed to deport him for it.

Such great news
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

I can't believe that book survived the library purge

Israel’s far-right security minister to visit Yale day after Mar-a-Lago dinner Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has past convictions for supporting terrorism, attended fundraiser at Trump’s resort

The Trump administration detains and deports green card holders who protest Israel's war in Gaza, accuses them without evidence of supporting terrorism, while hosting a far-right politician who has a long, documented history of actually supporting terrorism
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

He Wanted Peace in the Middle East. ICE Wants to Deport Him. Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.

Hard to imagine a person less likely to undermine the foreign policy of a government that was actually, seriously committed to peace in the Middle East
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/n...

University of Houston confirms math assistant professor had visa revoked A University of Houston assistant professor is among the foreign scholars whose visas were revoked in recent weeks, officials at the institution confirmed.

"I will no longer be able to continue teaching."

Hyeongseon Jeon, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, said he had his foreign visa unexpectedly terminated and now must return to Korea immediately.

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Very important

Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.

The least surprising thing ever
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

Some vertebrae being rediscovered
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

The move comes after professors sued and alleged the investigation violated their constitutional free speech rights…

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live The White Potus - SNL

Was just thinking that the problem with the White Lotus is that it has an essentially Obama-era understanding of rich people. This is more like it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_1G...

Trump administration to exempt smartphones and computers from tariffs Announcement said tariffs – including those imposed on China – would also not apply to other electronic devices

The $1m Tim Cook spent on Trump's inauguration was a bargain. You have to wonder what else he gave him: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I’m super worried’: fewer UK tourists visiting US amid Trump’s policies and rhetoric Number of Brits crossing Atlantic down 14.3% from 2024 – and the travel industry fears decline could continue

Don't blame them. Stay away, unless you enjoy being treated like pond life by border agents
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon organised protest with car bound for scrapheap ‘to create debate about wealth inequality’

"Therapy is expensive, but this is free."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Trump Brags About How Tariff Pause Made His Friends Even Richer Donald Trump’s decision to pause his tariffs sent the stock market soaring.

They're not even pretending
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-b...

You lot better shut it or Trump will suspend your security clearances too

Rinse and repeat

yeah, dismal

"Average salaries for full-time faculty members increased 3.9 percent among public institutions, 3.6 percent among private independent institutions, and 3.0 percent among religiously affiliated institutions." Sigh
www.aaup.org/preliminary-...

These cuts won't heal themselves

The latest in the War on Truth

These cuts won't heal themselves

Deported over a speeding ticket? Dozens of US students’ visas abruptly revoked Nearly 40 students report canceled visas over minor infractions as Trump intensifies crackdown on universities

I don't think I would have come to the US as an international student if the government had been behaving like this in 2002
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...