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
Man, I sure coulda used this as a lad. I mean, I still have deficits in traditional manly knowledge…
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Man, I sure coulda used this as a lad. I mean, I still have deficits in traditional manly knowledge…
Just keeps getting better and better...
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just keeps getting better and better...
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"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"
Cass Sunstein’s book adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Nightmare.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Nightmare.
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My post today is a reminder that we need to spend a ton of money on adaptation for our new climate, based on a report issued in March on U.S. infrastructure needs. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/u-s-...
U.S. dams, levees, stormwater, and wastewater systems get D to D+ grades, need almost $1 trillion in upgrades » Yale Climate Connections
Climate change is increasingly stressing dams, levees, wastewater, and stormwater systems through heavier precipitation events.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My post today is a reminder that we need to spend a ton of money on adaptation for our new climate, based on a report issued in March on U.S. infrastructure needs. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/u-s-...
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Latest comic: Climate Silence
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Latest comic: Climate Silence
Ideological engineering is expensive! It costs a lot to change an ideology and produce worse educational outcomes.
Apparently, it costs about $70M to drop 60 spots in the college rankings.
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Apparently, it costs about $70M to drop 60 spots in the college rankings.
wapo.st/49mrPgl
DeSantis’s makeover of ‘left-wing’ Florida college has been costly
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s makeover of the public honors college has been thorough — and costly, a new report shows.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Ideological engineering is expensive! It costs a lot to change an ideology and produce worse educational outcomes.
Apparently, it costs about $70M to drop 60 spots in the college rankings.
wapo.st/49mrPgl
Apparently, it costs about $70M to drop 60 spots in the college rankings.
wapo.st/49mrPgl
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
Important essay by @stanfordaaup.bsky.social colleague Jessica Riskin. The three lessons that universities must learn:
1. Solidarity
2. Integrity, not Neutrality
3. Student Speech
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/16/a...
1. Solidarity
2. Integrity, not Neutrality
3. Student Speech
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/16/a...
AAUP | Academic Freedom on the Line
In a new column from Stanford's chapter of the American Association of University Professors, history professor Jessica Riskin offers three lessons for universities facing pressure from the federal go...
stanforddaily.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Important essay by @stanfordaaup.bsky.social colleague Jessica Riskin. The three lessons that universities must learn:
1. Solidarity
2. Integrity, not Neutrality
3. Student Speech
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/16/a...
1. Solidarity
2. Integrity, not Neutrality
3. Student Speech
stanforddaily.com/2025/11/16/a...
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Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Again, this is an existential crisis for the entire financial & academic model of 🇺🇸 public universities, but the public doesn’t understand this, in part because our leaders have been on this issue. It’s maddening:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
AMOC collapse >50%. This is really not something we want. But will we actually do anything about it?
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
AMOC collapse >50%. This is really not something we want. But will we actually do anything about it?
Another good 🧵 on the crazy talk coming from NIH leadership re COVID response.
NIH directors have pointed to below estimates as evidence that Sweden was 'best in the world at protecting human life' for COVID (www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...). But plot doesn't show what they apparently think it shows - and there is a big red flag that immediately jumps out... 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another good 🧵 on the crazy talk coming from NIH leadership re COVID response.
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A lot of progress is being made at COP. Too bad the US isn’t part of it.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A lot of progress is being made at COP. Too bad the US isn’t part of it.
Important 🧵. Truly astounding how much misinformation is coming from the masthead of NIH.
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Important 🧵. Truly astounding how much misinformation is coming from the masthead of NIH.
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Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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The coldest air on the planet - relative to normal - is over FL now! The cold pool is being forced south by overwhelming Arctic warmth.
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The coldest air on the planet - relative to normal - is over FL now! The cold pool is being forced south by overwhelming Arctic warmth.
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
While FL won’t bear the brunt for much longer, the Arctic will become even more off-kilter over the coming weeks. That means weather shenanigans will abound!
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Trump: “It’s not a big deal….”
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Trump: “It’s not a big deal….”
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?