James Packard Love
@jamielove.bsky.social
I work at https://keionline.org/jamie. Best known for work on intellectual property rights, and find most interesting ways to reform incentives and also build out global norms and mechanisms to increase the supply of public goods. Economics background.
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15 years later, & they're still doing the same nonsense about health economics and health insurance.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
15 years later, & they're still doing the same nonsense about health economics and health insurance.
The lack of effort and efficacy of collective efforts to support the production of public goods is one of several defining failures of society.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The lack of effort and efficacy of collective efforts to support the production of public goods is one of several defining failures of society.
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UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy
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U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in report
House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
"About half a million Americans develop dementia each year, a number projected to roughly double by 2060, according to research published in Nature Medicine."
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Why a dementia village in the Netherlands is fueling hope in D.C.
In D.C., which has one of the nation’s highest dementia rates, health advocates are pushing for earlier detection and alternative care
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"About half a million Americans develop dementia each year, a number projected to roughly double by 2060, according to research published in Nature Medicine."
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Not something I had predicted, but also, more evidence that Trump is going more nuts by the day.
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Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not something I had predicted, but also, more evidence that Trump is going more nuts by the day.
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ONE OF THE CRAZIEST PLAYS YOU’LL EVER SEE… THE ULTIMATE BIG MAN TOUCHDOWN 😱😱😱
(via X/Jack_Hillgrove)
(via X/Jack_Hillgrove)
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ONE OF THE CRAZIEST PLAYS YOU’LL EVER SEE… THE ULTIMATE BIG MAN TOUCHDOWN 😱😱😱
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This took me by surprise. But, I guess when he called himself the king of debt, it was a hint.
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This took me by surprise. But, I guess when he called himself the king of debt, it was a hint.
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Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
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I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure.
That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.
Yes, you read that right.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.
Yes, you read that right.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure.
That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.
Yes, you read that right.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
🧪 (1/5)
That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.
Yes, you read that right.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
🧪 (1/5)
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“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟
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Apparently @economist.com has an AI tool called SCOTUSbot that it used to analyze the IEEPA tariff cases, and while I like the predicted result, I'm not convinced this adds any value.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Apparently @economist.com has an AI tool called SCOTUSbot that it used to analyze the IEEPA tariff cases, and while I like the predicted result, I'm not convinced this adds any value.
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Thank you Andrea Foster (arfoster49 on Threads) for fixing the headline.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thank you Andrea Foster (arfoster49 on Threads) for fixing the headline.
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“Each fired judge can leave behind thousands of cases… Immigrants whose cases were already in progress, or set to be reviewed soon, now have new dates as far out as 2029.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Each fired judge can leave behind thousands of cases… Immigrants whose cases were already in progress, or set to be reviewed soon, now have new dates as far out as 2029.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
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The CDC runs the National HIV Surveillance System, which is a foundational resource for tracking HIV trends and improving prevention and care. They are seeking public feedback to keep this important effort going. Comments open until Dec 1, 2025. 🛟🧪
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other ...
www.federalregister.gov
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The CDC runs the National HIV Surveillance System, which is a foundational resource for tracking HIV trends and improving prevention and care. They are seeking public feedback to keep this important effort going. Comments open until Dec 1, 2025. 🛟🧪
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
The boldness of the attacks on criticism and dissent are incredible.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The boldness of the attacks on criticism and dissent are incredible.
Patents on inventions are an incentive, and governments have agreements to collectively scale the incentive. A variety of other potentially significant incentives lack the same type of scale, and that's a policy failure.
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Patents on inventions are an incentive, and governments have agreements to collectively scale the incentive. A variety of other potentially significant incentives lack the same type of scale, and that's a policy failure.
Benny Johnson seems so stupid you have to wonder if it is a performance.
Benny Johnson: If you don't believe in God, then “you're not an American, actually”
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Benny Johnson seems so stupid you have to wonder if it is a performance.
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They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
“ICE is quietly building up its ability to spy on Americans' phones
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
I really don't have much engagement in Bluesky, and nothing compared to Twitter before Musk. But I do find it useful. I look at a variety of feeds I have, and that's informative.
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I really don't have much engagement in Bluesky, and nothing compared to Twitter before Musk. But I do find it useful. I look at a variety of feeds I have, and that's informative.
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The International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the President to act in a panoply of listed ways. But no previous President has used it to impose tariffs.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-far-can-donald-trump-take-emergency-power
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-far-can-donald-trump-take-emergency-power
How Far Can Donald Trump Take Emergency Power?
In the Supreme Court’s tariffs case, the conservative Justices will weigh two conflicting impulses regarding Presidential authority.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the President to act in a panoply of listed ways. But no previous President has used it to impose tariffs.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-far-can-donald-trump-take-emergency-power
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-far-can-donald-trump-take-emergency-power
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Thanks to Cormac (who won this case), and to Karla & Steph who came to Public Citizen Litigation Group as refugees from the Trump Admin. Plus Adam & Nandan, refugee from Trump I, and Mike, refugee from George W. All in the forefront against Trump's depredations
I am honored to be their colleague.
I am honored to be their colleague.
LAWSUIT WIN: A federal court ruled that the Trump admin violated the 1st Amendment by putting partisan messaging in employees’ out-of-office replies during the govt shutdown.
It's simple: civil servants work for the people, not the president's political agenda.
It's simple: civil servants work for the people, not the president's political agenda.
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thanks to Cormac (who won this case), and to Karla & Steph who came to Public Citizen Litigation Group as refugees from the Trump Admin. Plus Adam & Nandan, refugee from Trump I, and Mike, refugee from George W. All in the forefront against Trump's depredations
I am honored to be their colleague.
I am honored to be their colleague.
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After a trial on the merits, Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against federalizing the Oregon national guard and deploying the national guards of other states on Oregon
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Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law – #146 in State of Oregon v. Trump (D. Or., 3:25-cv-01756) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: For the reasons provided, this Court GRANTS declaratory relief and permanent injunctive relief, as stated herein, and in the accompanying Judgment. See attache...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
After a trial on the merits, Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against federalizing the Oregon national guard and deploying the national guards of other states on Oregon
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@wipo.int #SCP37 Future work @jamielove.bsky.social @innovarte-ong.bsky.social @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM