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Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: S**t is going down in Israel Big protests over Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms New proposals would give political appointees a majority Elite fighter squadron is boycotting training Silicon Valley Bank is insolvent Jacob Falkovich blames the government Bank run stopped by new Fed policy  the Bank Term Funding Program Anthropic Shadow?  “this is what it would look like if you wanted to stifle innovative sectors” In Nebraska a mom & daughter will stand trial for abortion The American Association of Pediatric released new guidelines for childhood obesity Eating disorder experts are not happy FTC is going after Musk FTC is unhappy about “twitter files” exposing this, demands list of journalists from twitter, issues fines FTC commissioner resigns, cites FTC Chairman’s “disregard for the rule of law and due process,” and “abuses of government power,”  Partisan rift forming around FTC? Republicans investigating the investigation! AlphaFold2 continues to do lots of stuff GPT-4 coming in the next week or so You can’t stop AI progress Happy News! Toddler vaccinations are up! The asteroid diversion was a success! Growing Nuclear Acceptance!  Start-up Sakuu uses 3D printers to print solid-state batteries Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Youtube video on East Palestine DeSantis repealed the revocation of Disney’s special tax district Bing chatbot went psychotic, then was lobotomized China is thinking about sending weapons to Russia South Africa loses power SCOTU…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about things going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Bounded distrust The SCOTUS leak investigation fizzled out Classified documents also found at Mike Pence’s house! Eight in 10 people in China caught Covid since early December, say officials Israel strikes Iranian drone plant with their own drone strike NATO countries sending Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, US sending Abrams 1  Russia pushing into Donetsk, striking before tanks arrive Huge increase in homicides is persisting Tyr Nicoles beat to death by police earlier this month Gas stoves became the main character of the internet for some reason F**k that noise (Zvi) Trump indictment decisions are “imminent” in Georgia election interference case Conversely, New York chickenshit prosecutors failed to charge in Stormy Daniels case “class action” copyright lawsuit filed against Stability AI, DeviantArt, and Midjourney related to Stable Diffusion. Apparently it’s b******t Real estate agents using ChatGPT commercially After CA votes to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in operation, NRC says “nah” Some auto insurers are refusing to cover certain Hyundai and Kia models Happy News! (fake happy news) China considers banning export of solar panel components Climeworks pulled CO2 from the air stored it underground Research on pain-insensitivity gene continues. Endangered Species Act has saved hundreds from extinction Artificial Pancreas looks to be twice as good as normal insulin injection Troop Deployment Links Jon Stokes’ and Construction Physics substacks are quite good.  David recommends this piece on the Stability lawsuit And this piece on why automatic bricklayers don’t exist. Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective, with special guests appearances by Charlie and Gray! Support us on Substack! News discussed: The Electoral Count Reform Act was passed Finally got enough on the 15th ballot Mexico captures El Chapo’s son (again) and has a literal military battle with cartels.  Brazil’s Jan 6th happened on Jan 8th. By one estimate, the US has sent close to 1/5th of our artillery shell stockpile to Ukraine, which will take 2yrs to replenish at current rates Language Models can make completely de novo proteins that are viable in the wetlab. William Eden has the best take. LLMs can discern cause & effect When Google tuned a AI chatbot to answer common medical questions, doctors judged 92.6% of its answers right It also passed the Official medical exam Braced pistols now regulated under same rules as SBRs Sexy News Update - more than 75% of casual sex isn’t ONS, it’s an extended sexual relationship with a friend/acquaintance.  Ecuadorian man changes gender to route around sexist laws Happy News! South Carolina court found right to abortion in Constitution up to 20 weeks FDA lifted rule banning mifepristone (abortion pill) from being sold in pharmacies Tom Lehrer put all of his music in the public domain The End Poem of Minecraft is too! FTC is (probably) banning non-compete clauses!! Counterpoint from Tyler Cowen Japan is NukeMaxxing! DUKE NUCLEAR! In big New Atheist win, Congressman Was Sworn Into Office With Rare Superman Comic Eneasz crossed a bridge Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective WITHOUT Eneasz for once Support us on Substack! News discussed: California court declared that anything good violates CEQA George Santos (R-NY) is a big fat phony Spencer Greenberg podcast featuring Elizabeth Edwards-Appell NY “Right to Repair” law passed but made useless a bunch of standard cell lines are THE WRONG CELLS (h/t Sarah Constantin) Happy News! Colorado decriminalization DMT, psilocybin, mescaline, and ibogane Researchers deactivated the BRD8 protein that’s key to this cancer using a pioneering gene editing technique. stopped the tumor growth in its tracks 27-year-old Jay Withey saved the lives of two dozen people during the deadly storm by rescuing strangers from cars trapped in the snow and bringing them into a school for shelter. Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Show notes: Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Kirsten Synema left the Democratic Party. MAVERICK! Jan. 6th committee referred Trump for charges Trump Org found guilty of tax fraud Prospera sues Honduras for approximately 30% of its GDP SBF arrested and indicted  bad news for school emancipation  the Islamic Republic of Iran was just expelled from the U.N. Women's Rights Commission. China reverses covid policy Happy News! Net-gain in fusion power breakthrough, kinda-sorta Edit T-cell genomes (not gnomes) for great cancer-busting justice! Organ-on-chips allow for direct drug testing on human tissue Eneasz on his first rationalist solstice Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: A top Iranian official has said that the nation’s mandatory hijab law is being reviewed Special counsel appointed to investigate Trump Another round of China protests over Covid lockdowns Sparked by fire in a locked-down apt, possibly extra harsh due to being Uyghur neighborhood/building  Definitely unrelated to anything else going on, Jiang Zemin died NATO allies capping Russian Oil at $60/barrel? “In essence, such a decree would ban the export of oil and petroleum products to countries and companies that apply it.” (Doesn’t apply to pipelines, yet) covers more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports coming into the EU. India, China and Turkey not affected.  US Strategic Petroleum Reserve at record lows, down 1/3rd from a year ago Cicero in top 10% of Diplomacy players. (more) ChatGPT can do anything, including modeling itself in an imaginary internet, or describe how to take over the world. Does slightly worse than average human on SAT, and it’s retarded. Advent of Code competition is being won by GPT CarperAI released OpenELM, an open-source large language model  AI superpowers - can tell race via chest Xray. Can tell sex via retina scan (87%) Twitter Files confirm what we knew - Hunter Biden laptop is real, DNC has direct access to Twitter’s censors, asked for it to be censored, request granted. Seems if this is a big deal or not depends on how you feel about govt suppression of this story. Core inflation down to 2.7% Wikipedia influences the law Former anti-abortion leader claims Justice Alito leaked Hobby Lobby decision A 32 year old woman is trying to sue the doctors that did the surgery she requested Happy News! A woman who has a concealed carry license took on four armed men who tried to carjack her We developed a new multivalent mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes. After each game, Japanese WorldCup fans pick up litter.  900 megawatt “water battery” with a storage capacity of 20 million kilowatt hours debuts in Switzerland next week CAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Lupus into Remission New farm robot can specifically target individual weeds and crops Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: European LNG prices went temporarily negative! Iran protesters shooting at police  Ligma/Johnson team rehired! Thehill.com reporters covered the story Dobbs helped the Democrats keep the Senate FTX News: $8b in “poorly labeled fiat account” was probably the money forgotten at Alameda SBF had a back door in their bookkeeping software that let him alter records at will Hundreds of millions funneled out in a “hack”, was actually govt asset seizure.  US bankruptcy courts unhappy. tons of laundering happened via NFTs Turns out it was b******t tho EA Future Fund team all resigned SBF DM conversation with Kelsey Piper NYT gives him a b*****b …probably because he is the driving tech force behind the crypto regulation bill DCCPA Matt Yglesias says that a few years ago, NYT reporters were all told to cover tech negatively Kelsey Piper confirms the DHS has been pressuring social media companies to censor naughty opinions.  The Disinfo Board never closed, it just went dark  YouTube censors factual information Dummies were spreading a conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi Ukrainian defense missile hits Poland, making for a dicey few hours Scientists have recreated the 1918 flu virus and infected macaques.  Reporter jailed in Texas for reporting what the police told her.  In 2017, cops jailed Priscilla Villarreal in Laredo, Texas. Hot women get better grades Happy News! Ross Chastain used a video game hack in real NASCAR Colorado decriminalized psilocybin mushroom possession for adults Sickle-Cell Anemia may very well be curable right now, FDA might approve stuff by the end of the decade! By splitting a single laser beam into different wavelengths of light, frequencies can carry data by modulating their amplitude, phase, and polarization. carbon capture and storage grew 44 percent over the past 12 months.  US needs to remove 2 billion tons annually to be neutral, world needs 10B annually  New Battery allows for 10-minute fast charging on just about any EV battery  Respect for Marriage Act moves forward Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David are joined this week by Aella to discuss THE SEXY NEWS Support us on Substack! Sexy Tech News: No sex in the Metaverse “Anti-Cancer Drug Gives Boars Super-Sperm” Design for sex-ready moon colony! Female Orgasms Come in Three Distinct Types—But Women Tend To Get Just One  Sexy Social News: The Kids Today aren’t having as much sex as previous generations Twenty-somethings in China prefer pets and online gaming to sex, study finds  Canadian Court found that “stealthing” can be sexual assault Everyone Has Autogynephilia (except transmen)  The Bayesian Conspiracy on Autogynephilia  Wild card: Monkeys use stones as sex toys Pope issued warning to nuns and priest to quit watching so much porn Hans Niemann accused of using wifi anal beads to cheat at chess Happy News! End of Singapore's gay sex-ban  Tokyo begins issuing same-sex couples partnership certificates  Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes and David from The Mind Killer show up for a special cross-over episode. We discuss How Stewart Made Tucker Listen to The Bayesian Conspiracy :) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: The Iranian woman killed was a Kurd, this happened in the Kurdish section of Iran, and this is significant. Biden killed the Chinese semiconductor industry Satellite data implies China's GDP is about $7 trillion smaller than what the CCP says China’s official economic data due this week delayed, no reason given It’s been released Xi cements power  Chinese stock market crashes More lethal strain of COVID created in Boston University lab Also Monkeypox! CDC's advisory committee unanimous recommends adding COVID vaccine to the “recommended” immunization schedule for children It’s now been added. Youngkin says VA won’t add it Rishi Sunak will be next British PM He’s kind of a techbro Ukraine air space is increasingly the first Drone War Drone Joust! Europe has too much LNG? Prices falling, but still 3x average one big lesson from COVID is that some people really *want* to make visible, token sacrifices for the common good. Happy News! After careful consideration, the German government decided not to let German people freeze to death. Or, at least, not this winter anyway. Also, Sweden taking the nukepill Cost of shipping a container from China to US down to under $2,300!  This 2,000 year-old gold bracelet from the ruins of Pompeii reads “From a master to his slave girl.” Firefighter catches suicidal man mid-air Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, Eneasz, and David invite Weer’d from Assorted Calibers on to talk all things guns! Support us on Substack! Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: …

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Ohio court blocks six-week abortion ban indefinitely  Paypal will seize your assets to punish speech they don’t like. Anything that in their opinion promotes intolerance or is discriminatory.   US Treasury Dept. bans math Crimean Bridge blowed up Kyiv bombed with long-range missiles in apparent retaliation  And Belarus’ MoD talking about joining in the invasion  Taiwanese MoD clarifies that they consider airspace incursions to be violations on Taiwanese sovereignty, to which they will respond with force  Hurricanes are actually decreasing in number and intensity.  EIA figures out some of what’s going wrong with ERCOT. It’s renewables.  US getting into a slap fight with OPEC, Saudi Arabia in particular. The Onion filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court. Quotes Happy News! A federal court issued an injunction against most of NY’s post-Bruen gun laws A couple were mistakenly sent several crates of select-fire M16’s. Biden pardoning everyone for weed possession  Ontario extends the life of the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant  House Republicans introd uce a bill to delay payment of startups’ NRC bills until after the conclusion of the NRC’s review process Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

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Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! Railroad strike averted? Or delayed? Fifth Circuit decided that 1A doesn’t protect website’s right to moderate Nord Stream blowed up Italians vote in right wing populists, Good speeching?  German Economy Minister to German people: “just stop producing for 6 months and then the energy crisis will have passed” Iran is finally getting fucked FL state government threatens to ban credit card companies from doing business with the FL state government Free Speech Union account reinstated! NASA crashes DART spacecraft into asteroid in world's 1st planetary defense test Words you can mute on Twitter The Case Against The Case Against the Sexual Revolution Happy News! New malaria vaccine is world-changing No more parking minimums in California near public transit Cuba votes to legalise same-sex marriage  Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Note: next episode will be 24-48 hours late due to Eneasz’s travel schedule Support us on Substack! News discussed: Probable cause claimed for evidence of obstruction in Trump affidavit Sarah Palin lost her bid for Alaska’s house seat  Palin only got 50% of second-choice votes from the other Republican running! California passed a fast food workers bill Washington State teachers “illegally” striking US Rail strike is days away Kiwi Farms is dropped by CloudFlare, effectively removing them from the internet. Some republicans quietly backing away from further abortion restrictions A NV politician has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of an investigative journalist Texas has bused more than 7,600 migrants to D.C. and more than 1,900 to New York City The sanctuary cities leadership is unhappy. Government Negligence Endangers 80,000 Happy News! Utah banned minimum building dimension and most design requirements Great Barrier Reef is once again as coral-covered as it was 36 years ago when measurements began!  Diablo Canyon saved! Plasma dilution has age-reversing effects??? White House Office of Science and Technology Policy updated U.S. policy guidance to make the results of taxpayer-supported research available to the American public at no cost, no later than December 31, 2025. CA preparing pilot project to cover irrigation canals with solar panals A nurse saved a 3-month-old baby who had stopped breathing during a flight Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: IRA’s corporate minimum tax is written to apply to 150 companies. If a corporation pays the AMT, a credit against future corporate regular tax is carried forward. Jakeup asserts “rich Americans subsidizing drug development for the rest of the world was maybe the most effective unintended altruism the US was doing” Salman Rushdie recovering from stabbing on stage by 24-year-old fanatic  Liz Cheney loses R Primary in Wyoming. "will be launching an organization to educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president." - PAC is “The Great Task” Fourth Circuit held that gender dysphoria is a disability under ADA Biden about to transfer student loan debt to tax payers? (Update - Yup.) FL’s Stop WOKE law suspended by appeals court.  The judge says it’s a clear violation of 1A, and also says that it’s modeled on the Civil Rights Act Europe's largest nuclear power station came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine Car bombing in Moscow oblast, likely targeting Alexander Dugin, kills his daughter instead.  Russian feds claim to have arrested the responsible party, a Ukrainian and a member of the Azov Battalion but the official story is… very sus.  US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine Western states face deadline to cut water use from Colorado River CA agriculture, despite using 80 percent of the state’s water, produces only about 2 percent of the state’s GDP. Senior rights (first settlers) take priority. Called the "Prior Appropriation System.” This drought goes back to at least 2014, is the worst in over 1200 years, and has probably reached the point of being self-sustaining EDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warm Low Rhine water level to hit output at two German coal plants China sees temps over 110 degrees Lots of wildfires Water levels are so low that power has been cut to factories for 6 days so far Ex-Twitter exec Mudge Zatko leaks report revealing that Twitter has critical organizational vulnerabilities which mean a fairly simple attack which took all their data centers offline at once could unrecoverably destroy the entire platform.  New EA cause area? $300 million dollars for a stockpile of 30 HV transformers is far too expensive to prevent 90% of the public dying and the rest reduced to cannibalism Happy News! AZ now has universal education vouchers! It’s no longer illegal to buy hearing aids!  EA gets favorable cover story in Time magazine. Mice treated with altered stem cells were able to form new neurons, treating alzheimers and dementia. £30 million grant from the British Heart Foundation to develop a treatment to reprogram the genetics which cause muscular heart disease Bioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight 6 High School Football Players Combine Their BRUTE STRENGTH to Rescue Injured Woman Trapped in a Wrecked Car Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Democrats agreed on environmental/inflation bill Airfield in Crimea spontaneously combusts Also, a conscript barracks in Moscow caught fire. No casualties reported. Also, a Belarusian air force base also spontaneously combusted Secret Service deleted all their texts from around 1/6 Outgoing Pentagon officials also had phones wiped Mar-A-Lago raided Equifax glitch misreported credit scores for millions by up to 130 points. Class action lawsuit now.  Pelosi went to Taiwan PredictIt being shut down by Feds Trump endorsed “Eric” in Missouri Republican primary United Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an Alabama coal company  Nebraska teen and mother facing charges for DIY abortion at 28 weeks, cops using Facebook messages as evidence America’s most reliable newscaster ordered to pay $49.3 ($45.2 punative, $4.1 compensatory) million in damages to Sandy Hook families Texas statute probably limits punitive damages to $750K Happy News! Kansas abortion amendment got crushed * The ads ZOMBIE PIG INVASION! The thrice-damned NRC approved NuScale Power’s small, modular reactor designs The NRC also approved the Vogtle power plant in Georgia to begin loading fuel and testing whether it can run commercially. This is the first new US power plant to receive such approval since the NRC was formed in 1974 7yr old saves 3yr old from drowning TBC Episode on Labor Unions Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Bill passed Senate to subsidize chip manufacturing Manchin made a deal on a deficit reduction/climate change bill Bill protecting same-sex (and interracial) marriage passed House w/47 votes from R’s House passes stupid dumb assault weapons ban. Probably (hopefully?) doomed in the Senate. PACT Act failed to pass Kevin Drum thinks the Republicans have a point A 2016 law requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish a board to provide information on the effects of regulations related to federal research requirements and make recommendations on aligning and streamlining requirements My IRB Nightmare - Slate Star Codex 16 years of Alzheimer’s research was based on fraud Zvi: “If this is fraud, we need to update a bunch on the probability that a bunch of other stuff is also fraud.” Evergrande defaulted on their debt Four rural banks in China's central Henan province froze millions of dollars worth of deposits Led to a banking scandal investigation War  with  China? NHS in Britain to close Tavistock child gender identity clinic over safety fears had no standards of care Whistleblowers report harassment and threats when they brought up these issues FDA added “brain swelling” and vision loss to warning label of puberty blockers Your Book Review: The Castrato Zelenskyy calls for mass evacuations as fighting rages in Ukraine's east Apparently the Russian economy is in the toilet Record heat wave in Europe Fires everywhere It’s time to riot Happy News! Hero saves family from burning house  Troop Deployments Eneasz -  Well Actually Accuracy Is Important Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Idaho GOP overwhelmingly rejects adding abortion exception to save the life of the mother to their platform  Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them 10-year-old girl who had been raped was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana to get an abortion An Abortion Is Not An Abortion If A 10-Year-Old Gets One, Says Anti-Abortion LeaderGermany: reject modernity, RETVRN TO COAL Sri Lanka suffers critical existence failure  Compare: protests in The Netherlands. US and Russia getting into dick-measuring contest over Lithuania.  Surprise Jan. 6th hearing! Biden bought back “guilty until proven innocent” campus sexual assault rules Omicron booster! Paxlovid at the pharmacy! SCOTUS granted cert in a worrisome election law case Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas all wrote in favor of this theory before FDA killing smokers for lulz  California passed a gun bill authorizing civil enforcement by individuals Armed Bystander (carrying legally) stopped a mass shooting in a mall in Indiana  MonkeyPox News: Doesn’t require sexual contact. It is an overall rash that is easily mistaken for chicken pox. It is primarily an affliction of MSM though. Seems to mostly be spread thru sexual networks Cases in US up to 1800 as of a few days ago  Receiving a vaccine up to four days after exposure can prevent disease onset altogether, but even getting it up to two weeks after exposure can reduce symptoms  US has over 1M vaccines, but FDA bureaucracy has strangled distribution to ~1/10th of that  2.5 M more Monkeypox vaccines ordered  Happy News! First batch of pictures released from the James Webb space telescope.  the deep field image which shows clear lensing a picture of Andromeda where individual stars are clearly visible a patient in New Zealand has undergone gene-editing to lower their cholesterol  Samsung has started initial production of its 3-nanometer semiconductor chips Tata Chemicals opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant today, captures 40,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year In England, a dog escaped only to return later that day with a ribbon won at a local dog show  David’s LinkedIn Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe