Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

Technology law and policy | Lecturer @INSEAD | @PurdueEngineers, @KelloggSchool, @UWSchoolofLaw timobrien.substack.com Bull Valley, IL Joined October 2011

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

2 weeks ago

In 2022, Techdirt's Mike Masnick created a 'Legal Misunderstanding March Madness' bracket for law twitter, and of course the First Amendment "won" as the most misunderstood legal doctrine in the U.S. Was funny at the time, but also not funny.

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

3 weeks ago

Super ... Fox & Friends trying to bring back Aktion T4

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3 weeks ago

Super ... Fox & Friends trying to bring back Aktion T4

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

3 weeks ago

'Comparative advantage' is among the most basic concepts in economics, yet this administration continues to pretend it doesn't exist.

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3 weeks ago

'Comparative advantage' is among the most basic concepts in economics, yet this administration continues to pretend it doesn't exist.

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

3 weeks ago

This is what happens when you use quotas to drive performance. ICE doesn't think or care about trade relations, trade policy, or impact on the US economy. The agency is simply tasked with making "number go up". USTR is the new worst job in the admin because of this eff-up.

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4 weeks ago

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 weeks ago

A few years ago I saw Garry Kasparov (Russian chess grandmaster) talking about the problem w/U.S. politics: base voters supporting their party the way rabid sports fans support their favorite team, even if the team is a terrible, ongoing source of heartbreak & pain.

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 weeks ago

Curious to see if Taylor Sheridan included this diabolically stupid tariff nonsense into a storyline for Landman season 2

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4 weeks ago

Curious to see if Taylor Sheridan included this diabolically stupid tariff nonsense into a storyline for Landman season 2

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 weeks ago

Lol The arg in the complaint is downright Brandeisian ... a passing nod to consumer welfare but mostly about how bigness is bad

Gizmodo @Gizmodo

4 weeks ago

Lol The arg in the complaint is downright Brandeisian ... a passing nod to consumer welfare but mostly about how bigness is bad

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

a month ago

The farm sector is in a long-term abusive relationship with this president - he hurts them over & over again, and when the election comes around, they say, "Well, he promised he won't do it again"

Mike Pence @Mike_Pence

a month ago

The farm sector is in a long-term abusive relationship with this president - he hurts them over & over again, and when the election comes around, they say, "Well, he promised he won't do it again"

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

a month ago

Need to double check ... did our guy take the oath of office on the Holy Bible or Das Kapital?

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

2 months ago

I look forward to the president's ham-handed Neville Chamberlain act, waving some worthless document around and claiming to have secured "peace in our time" by selling out an ally. He's getting played like a grand piano, again.

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2 months ago

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

2 months ago

I'd recommend reading Browning's "Ordinary Men" to better understand how seemingly normal people become transformed by their employment in these systems.

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2 months ago

I'd recommend reading Browning's "Ordinary Men" to better understand how seemingly normal people become transformed by their employment in these systems.

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Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus

3 months ago

The glorious Age of AI Agents that people like @sama and @DarioAmodei promised is … turning out be a bust. All of this was entirely predictable. Shame on anyone who believed them.

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 months ago

Citizens United ftw

austerity is theft @wideofthepost

4 months ago

Citizens United ftw

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 months ago

Alfalfa is a legume and a $7.5 billion ag business in the US. This research helps farmers increase yields and profitability, but the govt calls it "waste".

Office of Management and Budget @WHOMB

4 months ago

Alfalfa is a legume and a $7.5 billion ag business in the US. This research helps farmers increase yields and profitability, but the govt calls it "waste".

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Tim O'Brien @_TimOBrien

4 months ago

This is the central thesis of Arlie Russell Hochschild's 2016 book Strangers in Their Own Land, explaining why Tea Party Conservatives in Louisiana keep voting against their own interests. All rooted in anger, resentment, and bitterness. No one was talking about policy.