It's been a heck of a year in higher education. Yet no school is feeling the pressure as much as Harvard.

In season two of "The Harvard Plan," our podcast miniseries made with @wnyc.org's @onthemedia.bsky.social, we examine why.

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Awful news. Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin, Ukrainian journalists working for TV channel Freedom, were killed in a Russian Lancet drone attack in Kramatorsk, according to the city’s mayor and local media reports.

This makes three deaths of journalists in eastern Ukraine just this month.

Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...

Wrote a thing on the hot summer of uni AI adoption for @defector.com

A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social

Extremely funny that INFOWARS has agreed not to publish anything without the explicit consent of the US government

It’s true! We’re back with season 2 of The Harvard Plan hosted by OTM regular @ilyamarritz.bsky.social. Don’t miss next week’s OTM: it’s going to be a riveting listen 📻

This is gonna be really good!

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

A good one! Featuring:

@gregsargent.bsky.social
@pemalevy.bsky.social
@jakelahut.writes.news

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. | On the Media | WNYC Studios Jamelle Bouie doesn’t mince words; lessons from Casablanca.

Show's up! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

On @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @joshuakeating.bsky.social about the US bombing boats in the Caribbean and why combining the war on drugs with the war on terror is a very bad development: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

📻👂On this week’s show: scientist @tuthill.bsky.social on what is being lost at the NIH, @joshuakeating.bsky.social on Trump’s ever expanding use of the word “terrorist.” And the always essential @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk. 👂📻 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

NEW: Days before a decades-long contract between CPB and NPR is due to expire (and would normally be renewed), CPB announced Friday that it is giving nearly $60 million over five years to a newly formed coalition entity. cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

As always, support your local station. They need it more than you know. And, if you can swing it, adopt a station in another state: adoptastation.org

Educators fired after Charlie Kirk posts allege free speech violations in federal lawsuits Several teachers filed federal lawsuits after allegedly being fired over private social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

“It came after she was allegedly fired over a post in which she shared Kirk's own words at a Turning Point USA event…”

New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The

"New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026." #DOGECuts newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

Dallas Morning News shareholders vote to deny the hedge fund Alden Global Capital Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.

New by me yesterday —>

How about some good news? Could you use some good news today?

www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dall...

Some news.

Show is up and NGL it’s deep…. @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @micahloewinger.bsky.social take on this week’s assaults on the 1A.
With @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social and the super human librarian, @librarianjones.com — Listen! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

This week's @onthemedia.bsky.social is exactly what I was waiting for, & what they do well: A deep dive, asking the right people the right questions.

Here's @micahloewinger.bsky.social talking to @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social about the gaming & Internet-poisoning contexts around Charlie Kirk's death.

"So, it turns out the MAGA movement is really into cancel culture, and credit where credit is due, they're really good at it" was a highlight of this episode

At the risk of staying the obvious ... If you sign this, you are in no way a journalist.

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data

Great episode!

This is one of the wildest @onthemedia.bsky.social episodes ever — the analysis of the relationship of all these right wing groups and memes and violence is just kinda of unreal …

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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

NGL I wasn't sure if I'd have the capacity for this (everything everywhere being awful and all that) but I went on my run, popped it on, and it actually had me feel more grounded. @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social should testify to the house & senate because that whole segment was an EDUCATION.

For @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social (whose Garbage Day newsletter is absolutely essential these days) about radicalization and what mainstream outlets get wrong about internet culture and memes. Really enjoyed this one: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Great episode this week @onthemedia.bsky.social although mostly chilling. Especially the MAGA elite talking about Florida having their own version of the Hitler Youth!

#WorldGoneMad

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