James Holland Jones
@juemos.bsky.social
Anthropologist in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability studying human adaptation, infectious disease dynamics, and climate fiction.
https://heeh.stanford.edu
https://heeh.stanford.edu
This is an amazing (and infuriating) story, complete with Github repos of their analysis!
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is an amazing (and infuriating) story, complete with Github repos of their analysis!
New College is paying more for worse educational outcomes. Hard to not see this as a potentially existential threat in the current higher-education environment.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Florida DOGE Finds Disproportionate Spending at New College
The college has faced mounting criticism over its spending and other changes in the wake of a conservative overhaul. Florida Board of Governors didn’t publicly share those concerns.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New College is paying more for worse educational outcomes. Hard to not see this as a potentially existential threat in the current higher-education environment.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
When did the norm become the Speaker of the House only addresses the press surrounded by a posse of awkward-looking white people in ill-fitting suits? Do you think R congress people have to draw straws to stand behind him as he professes to not know anything or dismiss clear red flags?
we're on day 2 of Mike Johnson urging everyone to ignore the drubbing his party took on Tuesday
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When did the norm become the Speaker of the House only addresses the press surrounded by a posse of awkward-looking white people in ill-fitting suits? Do you think R congress people have to draw straws to stand behind him as he professes to not know anything or dismiss clear red flags?
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Nobody likes Andrew Cuomo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Socrates is a man.
Nobody likes Andrew Cuomo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nobody likes a sore loser – but Cuomo declines to bow out gracefully
Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the beaten candidate found it hard to praise the victor
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Nobody likes Andrew Cuomo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Socrates is a man.
Nobody likes Andrew Cuomo.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The ICE boys must be soft af if a barefoot woman being dragged out of her car can injure two of them decked out in full tactical.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The ICE boys must be soft af if a barefoot woman being dragged out of her car can injure two of them decked out in full tactical.
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
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Devastating. Teen Vogue has been doing excellent work in political journalism the last few years, better than some major newspapers.
So, all the stories about politics are going to be replaced with pieces about... career development?
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Devastating. Teen Vogue has been doing excellent work in political journalism the last few years, better than some major newspapers.
Is he paraphrasing Jesus here?
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Is he paraphrasing Jesus here?
My wife teaches at a CSU and got her first papers this week for her Native American history class. Paper based on a widely-available online source. About half the papers had the exact same argument. Prose was different, but argument was the exact same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My wife teaches at a CSU and got her first papers this week for her Native American history class. Paper based on a widely-available online source. About half the papers had the exact same argument. Prose was different, but argument was the exact same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t...
I'm old enough to remember when performance reviews were about performance
It seems like the only way tech companies are able to compel AI usage is by coercion in performance review processes?
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
(via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm old enough to remember when performance reviews were about performance
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I am begging people to have at least the basic moral judgment of The Joker when it comes to Nazism
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I am begging people to have at least the basic moral judgment of The Joker when it comes to Nazism
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A follow-up to yesterday's email to Director Bhattacharya...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A follow-up to yesterday's email to Director Bhattacharya...
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Truly ICE is creating Meal Team Six.
More than a third of recent recruits failed to successful perform 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
This is not a high standard.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
More than a third of recent recruits failed to successful perform 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
This is not a high standard.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Truly ICE is creating Meal Team Six.
More than a third of recent recruits failed to successful perform 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
This is not a high standard.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
More than a third of recent recruits failed to successful perform 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
This is not a high standard.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
I think Speaker Johnson misspoke. What he meant to say is "we're fighting healthcare". These slip-ups do happen.
Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."
(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)
(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think Speaker Johnson misspoke. What he meant to say is "we're fighting healthcare". These slip-ups do happen.
Very presidential.
October 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Very presidential.
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
With Stanford front-and-center!
15 years ago the NYT and every other provost insisted MOOCs were the hotness.
Today it’s the machine that cannot accurately tell me basic historical facts or reliably tabulate a spreadsheet.
Today it’s the machine that cannot accurately tell me basic historical facts or reliably tabulate a spreadsheet.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
With Stanford front-and-center!
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Everyone wants to streamline bureaucracy, but maybe we'd get better results by making it *harder* for university admins to chase fads. Imagine the money we'd save with a mandatory cooling-off period before launching a "Center for Blockchain Studies" or dumping millions into the latest edtech toy.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Everyone wants to streamline bureaucracy, but maybe we'd get better results by making it *harder* for university admins to chase fads. Imagine the money we'd save with a mandatory cooling-off period before launching a "Center for Blockchain Studies" or dumping millions into the latest edtech toy.
USC IS OUT!
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
USC declines Trump administration compact - Daily Trojan
The University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University have also declined the compact which was sent to nine colleges Oct. 1.
dailytrojan.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I’ve joked before that Rationalism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood.
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ve joked before that Rationalism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood.
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
And that’s… not a joke, actually.
The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.
Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.
This book is his Battlefield Earth
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A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
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We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
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Our new theory of COUNTERADAPTATION
with @juemos.bsky.social
Preprint available here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
with @juemos.bsky.social
Preprint available here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our new theory of COUNTERADAPTATION
with @juemos.bsky.social
Preprint available here:
osf.io/preprints/so...
with @juemos.bsky.social
Preprint available here:
osf.io/preprints/so...