James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 17hWhat can go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...nytimes.comSuperpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the MoonThe United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great. 010
Reposted by James Packard Love𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 03/10/2026Okay, Dems. Let’s not get cocky. 33172681431
Reposted by James Packard LoveGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974 47343881258
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bari Weiss and Alex Karp. www.breakermedia.com/p/axel-to-gr... 000
Reposted by James Packard LoveAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think we all saw that coming 42061621911
Reposted by James Packard LoveZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30725241395
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When religion was something people took seriously, going to hell actually scared some wealth and powerful people to respect some boundaries and support worthy causes. The current crop of tech billionaires include people who are attracted to the modern equivalent of Social Darwinism. 010
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Corruption is an under-appreciated factor for the midterms. Linked to the obvious relationships between wealth, political influence, and rigged outcomes. Boosted by whole extended Trump family flaunting its grifts. 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For some agencies, FOIA is broken. I received this response today, for a FOIA we filed in 2016. 010
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Google testing a Search Console-based program that pays publishers when their content “significantly” contributes to AI-generated responses across Gemini, AI Overviews and AI mode. digiday.com/media/google...digiday.comGoogle rolls out pay-per-value AI licensing program to publishersGoogle has been quietly scaling a pay-per-value AI licensing scheme for publishers. Though some critics are skeptical of its 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program - www.reuters.com/world/anthro...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug programAt a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said. 010
Reposted by James Packard LoveJo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026game over, lads www.nber.org/system/files... 2123
Reposted by James Packard LoveChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 42775380
Reposted by James Packard LoveKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Attorney General Todd Blanche says "that is what is a national security problem, when you have complete misinformation coming out of the White House [press], that affects our relationship with our foreign partners. That affects our relationship with our foreign enemies." 228211
Reposted by James Packard Loveryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026“The playing field of the social media informational environment is uneven, and it systematically benefits autocracies.” www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...liberalcurrents.comSocial Media Has Not Brought LiberationSocial media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies. 10535125
Reposted by James Packard LoveSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/09/2026"Paid for by the US Government" just means paid for at the expense of American taxpayers. Trump is setting your tax dollars on fire for ILLEGAL political propaganda.washingtonpost.comTrump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda." 491007434
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm watching an NFL game, Commanders and Seahawks. And there is a commercial, with Trump speaking about how he is fighting socialism and people who hate America, and the screen says, paid for by the U.S. government. WTF is this? 6451477
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump apparently never watched the Princess Bride. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mTl...youtube.comNever Get Involved in a Land War in Asia - The Princess Bride.YouTube video by nortecnadno 020
Reposted by James Packard LoveBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 26/09/2026Bypassing media gatekeepers can give new voices a chance to be heard, but “Trump TV” shows how the equation changes when the powerful do it to control their message and avoid scrutiny.bloom.bg‘Trump TV’ Upends the Media Gatekeepers DebateDonald Trump didn’t like the news he was seeing, so he decided to create his own. In that endeavor, he joins plenty of others who have capitalized on an evolving media environment to bypass traditional gatekeepers and distribute unfiltered content. 211
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This NPR story misrepresents our proposal in the PABS negotiations, which would link the equity obligations to market access, enforced by treaty partners. This is the NPR story. www.npr.org/2026/09/25/g...npr.orgThere's a global pandemic treaty that's signed -- and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup?The treaty aims to help the countries of the world prepare for — and defeat — any future pandemic. Why hasn't it gone into effect? 110
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, says Germany should seek a deal with the Trump administration to resolve their trade dispute over drug pricing. . .. Just try to find it,” www.politico.eu/article/euro...politico.euEU Parliament president urges Germany to do deal in US drug pricing disputeA deal between Washington and Berlin is needed to avoid an “impossible” race on drugs, Roberta Metsola told POLITICO. 120
Reposted by James Packard LoveMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 201147663
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026US Commerce Secretary and former Cantor CEO Howard Lutnick is listed as the patent’s lead inventor. PTO Director John Squires recently compared Lutnick to Thomas Edison due to his boss’ inventing prowess. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/draft...news.bloomberglaw.comDraftKings Asks Patent Office to Void Cantor Fitzgerald PatentDraftKings Inc. urged an administrative tribunal at the US Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate a patent that a Cantor Fitzgerald unit accused it of copying. 001
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On the promise of 5-MeO-DMT youtu.be/9M-3vUxxxfA?...youtu.beThe Race to Commercialize the World’s Most Powerful Psychedelic | WSJYouTube video by The Wall Street Journal 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Patents whose first-named inventor lives in the US will make up about 39% of the utility patents the USPTO issues this year, the lowest share in history. patentlyo.com/patent/2026/...patentlyo.comFY2026 Utility Grants by Origin and ContinuityUSPTO utility grants held near 320k in FY2026, but continuing applications fell to 26% of grants and the US-origin share dropped to about 39%. 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Video from WHO/KEI side event at WIPO IGC: Intellectual Property and Traditional Medicine: Rethinking Access, Benefit Sharing and Data Governance wipo-int.zoom.us/rec/play/CoT... 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When Trump refers to Super Intelligence, I doubt he has read Nick Bostrom's book. www.amazon.com/Superintelli...amazon.comSuperintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies: Bostrom, Nick: 9780198739838: Amazon.com: BooksSuperintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies [Bostrom, Nick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies 100
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TfytEm/tiktok.comI love Mandy & always have! #gaza #lebanon🇱🇧 #jewish #israel TikTok video by make__it_make_sense 020
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This surprised me. newrepublic.com/post/215700/...newrepublic.comRepublican Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls for Probe Into Trump Jr.Senator John Curtis is demanding an investigation into Donald Trump Jr. after his wedding was paid for by a Russian oligarch. 020
Reposted by James Packard LoveMeredith Rose @mrose.ink · 21/09/2026Would be interesting to see a Discord-like slowmode feature implemented on BlueSky: if a post is getting a hot reaction rate, replying to it requires a 30-second cooldown period between hitting the "post" button and your reply going live 2154
Reposted by James Packard Lovesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America 752246478
Reposted by James Packard LoveTaegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 21/09/2026Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit politicalwire.com/2026/09/21/paramo… 001
Reposted by James Packard LoveWashington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The benefits of breaking these research silos could be transformative for doctors and cancer patients," Lizzi Lee and Jennifer Kwan write.wapo.stOpinion | Cancer patients shouldn’t have to cross oceans in search of a cureThe United States and China should collaborate on cancer research, even amid strategic mistrust. 262
Reposted by James Packard LoveDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Expressed with the clarity and mild sound of eyebrow raising we have come to expect from this source bsky.app/profile/oldt... 051
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 21/09/2026WIPO is considering two treaties, one for traditional medicine and one for Traditional cultural expressions. There is no consensus on how to define the beneficiaries. Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities do not have agreed upon definitions. 020
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sam Darnold, Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Kyler Murray, Tua Tagovailoa, all injured. Backup QB is an important job. 010
Reposted by James Packard LoveCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527281074
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some police state stuff here. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...washingtonpost.comShe cheered a teen protest against ICE. Police charged her with a crime.A local political feud over a high school protest became a brief national fixation when police charged a woman with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 19/09/2026How do journalists cover the mad king? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Has Trump Lost Touch With Reality?Three Opinions writers debate whether the president’s recent behavior is really that different from what we’ve seen from him over the years. 000
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Side event at WIPO. www.who.int/news-room/ev...who.intIntellectual Property and Traditional Medicine: Rethinking Access, Benefit Sharing and Data GovernanceRecent developments in the international intellectual property landscape—including the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, ongoing IGC negotia... 120
Reposted by James Packard LoveThiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026KEI: "We do not think a quid pro quo on access to data is appropriate in an emergency, and we do not think it is a dependable mechanism to obtain equity measures." #IGWG8 @who.int @jamielove.bsky.social apps.who.int/gb/igwg/pdf_... 121
James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The most recent version of the PABS Annex negotiating text is 18 pages long. 454 brackets! 010