JB Holston
@jholston.bsky.social
CEO, Sr. Advisor, former Engineering and Comp Sci Dean, F100 exec, entrepreneur. Sustainable, Inclusive Growth https://jbholston.substack.com/ . Colorado, Maine, London. @jbholston on Threads.
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JB Holston
@jholston.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Under-discussed implication of the upcoming Red Regime ; America just hit peak population, and the population mix will be way older, way faster. Why, and what are the implications? 🧵 1/
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
You have to watch this Aftyn Behn interview
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You have to watch this Aftyn Behn interview
She's so good, you guys
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You have to watch this Aftyn Behn interview
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
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Colorado's GOP Representatives .... killing Colorado small business.
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Colorado's GOP Representatives .... killing Colorado small business.
Look what MAGA has done to America:
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Look what MAGA has done to America:
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Everyone arrested had work permits but ICE was in too big a hurry to let them show their paperwork and just disappeared them.
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everyone arrested had work permits but ICE was in too big a hurry to let them show their paperwork and just disappeared them.
"“Higher income and lower income households are living in two different worlds,” Joe Wadford, economist at the Bank of America Institute" www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/e...
‘Things are pretty crappy.’ 1 in 4 US households are living paycheck to paycheck | CNN Business
Austin H. can’t wait to buy a house and start a family. But right now, the 34-year-old is barely getting by.
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"“Higher income and lower income households are living in two different worlds,” Joe Wadford, economist at the Bank of America Institute" www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/e...
Tr; job losses and high inflation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October Jobs, CPI Data Unlikely to Be Released, White House Says
The October jobs and consumer price index reports are unlikely to be released due to the government shutdown, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tr; job losses and high inflation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The White House confirms Trump officials tried to convince Lauren Boebert today to drop her support for the Epstein files discharge petition.
Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.
Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The White House confirms Trump officials tried to convince Lauren Boebert today to drop her support for the Epstein files discharge petition.
Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.
Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.
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NEW: Trump, Blanche, Bondi and Patel are going to meet with Boebert. Maybe they’re going to pressure her to remove her name from the discharge petition? www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to m...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: Trump, Blanche, Bondi and Patel are going to meet with Boebert. Maybe they’re going to pressure her to remove her name from the discharge petition? www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Final death rattle for GOP in those states.
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Final death rattle for GOP in those states.
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“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 was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
"We need to bring together diverse perspectives when studying AI. This project was a really fun collaboration with computer scientists (Mirac Suzgun, Dan Jurafsky), a legal expert (Daniel Ho), and a philosopher (Thomas Icard) here at Stanford." news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Why AI still struggles to tell fact from belief
Data scientist James Zou discusses new findings that reveal fundamental gaps in how language models understand human perspective.
news.stanford.edu
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"We need to bring together diverse perspectives when studying AI. This project was a really fun collaboration with computer scientists (Mirac Suzgun, Dan Jurafsky), a legal expert (Daniel Ho), and a philosopher (Thomas Icard) here at Stanford." news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Regime is a 24/7 corruption vending machine.
“The Justice Department’s Gulfstream G550 took nine trips to Las Vegas—where Kash Patel lived before running the FBI—and seven others to Nashville, according to a WSJ review of flight records.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Regime is a 24/7 corruption vending machine.
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
More of this, please.
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
More of this, please.
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McGovern: He would rather appeal to the highest court in the land to starve people than simply provide them with the food assistance that he is legally obligated to do. That is the Republican policy position. We will give you your food if you let us take away your health care.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
McGovern: He would rather appeal to the highest court in the land to starve people than simply provide them with the food assistance that he is legally obligated to do. That is the Republican policy position. We will give you your food if you let us take away your health care.
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Goodness me, the White House lied about air safety risks during shutdown. Bloomberg:
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Goodness me, the White House lied about air safety risks during shutdown. Bloomberg:
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
"A study led by Cornell University researchers predicts a significant rise in carbon emissions due to the US data center expansion, potentially adding the equivalent of 5 million to 10 million cars annually to US roadways." www.eenews.net/articles/3-y...
3-year study maps CO2 spikes from AI data center boom
The analysis also examines water use and offers a road map for lower emissions through states with considerable renewable resources.
www.eenews.net
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"A study led by Cornell University researchers predicts a significant rise in carbon emissions due to the US data center expansion, potentially adding the equivalent of 5 million to 10 million cars annually to US roadways." www.eenews.net/articles/3-y...
Did Joyce Carol Oates name these? "The latest rage in crypto investing is “perp” contracts, a kind of futures instrument that never expires. These products, which Coinbase introduced in the U.S. in July, give traders the leverage to amplify gains or losses by as much as 1,001-fold." Dealbook.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did Joyce Carol Oates name these? "The latest rage in crypto investing is “perp” contracts, a kind of futures instrument that never expires. These products, which Coinbase introduced in the U.S. in July, give traders the leverage to amplify gains or losses by as much as 1,001-fold." Dealbook.
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In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."