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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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
It’s also unclear how many SCID babies will have access to gene therapy, since this treatment can cost millions of dollars per patient . . . [WHY??]
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She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s also unclear how many SCID babies will have access to gene therapy, since this treatment can cost millions of dollars per patient . . . [WHY??]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”
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November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”
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AFTER AMERICA, China is the world’s largest developer of new medicines and its companies ran about a third of the planet’s clinical trials last year.
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Chinese pharma is on the cusp of going global
Its fast-moving, cut-price drugmakers stand to make more money abroad than at home
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
AFTER AMERICA, China is the world’s largest developer of new medicines and its companies ran about a third of the planet’s clinical trials last year.
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
trump's efforts to have the federal government control the means of production.
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$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
trump's efforts to have the federal government control the means of production.
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I lost track, but does Q still speak to his followers, and does anyone trust the plan these days?
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I lost track, but does Q still speak to his followers, and does anyone trust the plan these days?
We have an aging population, low birth rates, and both of these factors will impact the affordability of our health care system.
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Column | In these U.S. groups, deaths now exceed births. What’s happening?
The United States is not far from the point where, each winter, deaths will regularly edge out births.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We have an aging population, low birth rates, and both of these factors will impact the affordability of our health care system.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump is now amplifying posts calling Members of Congress “traitors,” “communists,” and “domestic terrorists.” His amplification of “get all those traitorous sons of bitches” is an escalation that increases the real-world risk to the people he is targeting. This is how political violence is primed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump is now amplifying posts calling Members of Congress “traitors,” “communists,” and “domestic terrorists.” His amplification of “get all those traitorous sons of bitches” is an escalation that increases the real-world risk to the people he is targeting. This is how political violence is primed.
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Earlier this fall, the National Academy of Sciences wrote a report on streamlining regulation of university research. I was lucky enough to be on the committee. My blog for @theregreview.bsky.social on the report is here: www.theregreview.org/2025/11/24/s...
Research Regulatory Burden Redux | The Regulatory Review
Greater regulation of university speech and research threatens U.S supremacy in higher education.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Earlier this fall, the National Academy of Sciences wrote a report on streamlining regulation of university research. I was lucky enough to be on the committee. My blog for @theregreview.bsky.social on the report is here: www.theregreview.org/2025/11/24/s...
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US tells EU to ‘roll back’ digital rules against US tech companies
US tells EU to ‘roll back’ digital rules against US tech companies
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick dangled the "carrot" of US giants investing in EU data centres in exchange for "reasonable" laws – and the "stick" of tariffs
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
US tells EU to ‘roll back’ digital rules against US tech companies
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The European Commission will ask the Donald Trump administration to exempt a list of sensitive EU goods ranging from whiskies through to medical equipment from US tariffs, according to a 27-page list seen by POLITICO.
EU to request booze, pasta, cheese tariff exemptions from Trump administration
Brussels to present wish list to top Trump officials when they visit on Monday.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The European Commission will ask the Donald Trump administration to exempt a list of sensitive EU goods ranging from whiskies through to medical equipment from US tariffs, according to a 27-page list seen by POLITICO.
Japan: AI-generated image has been treated as a copyrighted work under the country’s Copyright Act.
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Japan Police Accuse Man of Unauthorized Use of AI-Generated Image in Landmark Copyright Case - IGN
Police in Japan have accused a man of unauthorized reproduction of an AI-generated image. This is believed to be the first ever legal case in Japan where an AI-generated image has been treated as a co...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Japan: AI-generated image has been treated as a copyrighted work under the country’s Copyright Act.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
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We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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During his visit to the White House, NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani was asked about a recent interview in which he called President Trump a fascist. Mamdani began to answer the question before Trump jokingly cut him off.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
During his visit to the White House, NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani was asked about a recent interview in which he called President Trump a fascist. Mamdani began to answer the question before Trump jokingly cut him off.
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
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Can these people just open a textbook on health economics? ffs
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Can these people just open a textbook on health economics? ffs
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
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The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism.
This is where we’re at folks…
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This is where we’re at folks…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism.
This is where we’re at folks…
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This is where we’re at folks…
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To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
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November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
OpenAI researchers heard that Google had created a new AI that appears to have leapfrogged OpenAI's . . Altman said "I expect the vibes out there to be rough for a bit."
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Google's Recent Progress in AI Could 'Create Some Temporary Economic Headwinds' For OpenAI, Altman Warns Employees - Slashdot
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google's recent progress in AI could "create some temporary economic headwinds for our company," though he added that OpenAI would emerge ahead, T...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
OpenAI researchers heard that Google had created a new AI that appears to have leapfrogged OpenAI's . . Altman said "I expect the vibes out there to be rough for a bit."
tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
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I was in the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC yesterday, and in one of the rooms, there were a lot of bookcases. I noticed these titles.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was in the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC yesterday, and in one of the rooms, there were a lot of bookcases. I noticed these titles.