The Mind Killer

Eneasz is too cool to be on the podcast this week, so Yassine Meskhout joined Wes and David to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Gaza pier is already broken EV sales have plateaued at around 7% of all auto salesBiden executive order on immigrationJustice Alito has been flying insurrectionist flagsSouth Korea used balloons to drop propaganda leaflets over North Korea. North Korea retaliates by dropping animal and human s**t, and other garbage on South KoreaHouthis claim to have Touched The Boat. The Ike’s captain says that’s garbage and that he’s getting lunchRussia has been striking Ukrainian cities with artillery based inside Russia. NATO responds by allowing Ukraine to strike targets in Russia with NATO-provided weaponsThis resulted in the loss of 1270 Russian troops in 24 hours according to the British MoD, the deadliest 24 hours of the war so far. The PLAN has encircled Taiwan in the name of “military exercises” and also as “punishment” for Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan in her official capacityThe unlawful government of the West Taiwan Breakaway Region has also rolled back erosion mitigation measures implemented under Jiang Zemin to try to reach food self-sufficencyUS aid to Gaza is piling up in Egypt, since the pier is gone. Egypt declines to let trucks across the Gaza border.ICC prosecutor is requesting an arrest warrant for NetanyahuOpenAI stole ScarJo's voice?Greenpeace successfully sued to stop golden rice being grown in the Philippines SCOTUS: racial gerrymanders are cool nowHappy News!Cure for deafness?A woman (Georgia Laurie) saved her twin sister by punching a crocodileCome to Vibecamp!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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Democrats saved Mike JohnsonNow they’re all indignant that he’s defending TrumpJoe Biden is saving us from the scourge of low pricesHe mocked Trump for doing the same thing NYT poll: Biden is losing in 5-of-6 swing statesTwo debates!Ukraine has started bombarding airfields in occupied CrimeaAlso, Russian oil refineries and fuel storage.the US has completed construction of their pier on Gaza for bringing in aid.Awww, the other two dropped outGovernment to Ban All US Election BettingIranian President died in helicopter crashOpenAI exodusAlso the most draconian non-disparagement b******t ever seen outside of TikTokGoogle Cloud deleted Unisuper’s entire account and all dataAlabama Mercedez-Benz workers voted down unionHappy News!Jury found expulsion of students for “blackface” was baseless and malicious and has fined the school $1M. :)Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwichesNASA engineers publish a paper with the design for a warp driveBlue Origin is flying again after 2 years!Troop DeploymentsGet You A Woman That Likes MenDate Wes! or read his eroticaMaryzoso on Ex-TwitterSex Coaching from MaryzosoGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Biden campaign will continue to use TikTokWorld Central Kitchen resumed aid in GazaHamas attacks humanitarian pier off Gaza coast during constructionErez Crossing between Gaza and Israel (destroyed by Hamas on Oct 7) was reopened by Israel to allow aid trucks through. Hamas immediately hijacked itIsrael shuts down Al-JazeeraJewish Columbia University student filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the school MondayYassine says it looks goodat UCLA a Jewish girl was beaten until hospitalized by protestors. Persian Jews then attacked the protest encampment in retaliationHouse anti-anti-semitism billRussian Defence Minister arrested on corruption chargesPoland announces local name for the F-35 program. Trump might get some form of immunity??Is it legal to ban homeless?Florida outlaws the manufacture and distribution of lab-grown meatFCC restores net neutrality rules, and votes 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a public utility. Happy News!Biden descheduling weed!Voyager 1 fixed! SpaceX announces commercial flights starting later this year!NASA invents an ion engine which can reach escape velocity???Trump flip-flopped on mail-in voting! He’s for it now!New FTC rule: noncompetes are bannedSurprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MITgroup of motorists driving by a car on fire save a man from burning alive inside itTroop DeploymentEneasz - Stop trying to put price-ceilings on things! It never works! Instead, GO SEE LOCAL BANDS.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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communityNote: Eneasz recorded himself on the wrong mic this episode, so his audio quality is terrible. Everyone yell at him!Support us on Substack!News discussed:Assassinated Iranian general at the embassy involved in 'planning and execution' of October 7 massacreThe armorer for the film “Rust” was sentenced to 18 monthsNewsIran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel but didn’t kill anyone House passed a bunch of billsFISA cleared Senate filibuster by one vote, signed into lawZvi is not happy about itSpecial treatment for members of Congress??Tiktok saleBiden rolls back Title IX reformsUSAF tests AI-piloted F-16, reports sufficiently skillful flying to shoot down manned fighters.Cass report on child transgender healthcare in Britain releasedFHI shut down at Oxford.Uri Berliner, senior editor at NPR, says stuff that anyone listening to NPR has known for yearsHappy News!Colorado lets group houses and poly families legally buy housing!Bone marrow transplants are way easier these daysBoy Finds Rare Gold Roman Bracelet in a Field Where it Was Lying for 2,000 YearsLots of good boys adopted when one school decides to find a way to make kids want to run 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:IDF hits 3 world central kitchen cars, kills 7paxlovid doesn't make a difference if you're fully vaxxed :(Florida abortion ban upheld, but ballot measure also approvedabortion banned in Arizona for any reason other than to save the mother’s lifeTrump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too farYassine is no longer whiteDid your eyes sustain permanent damage?Student loan forgiveness is back on the menu, boys!European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland “had failed to comply with its duties” to combat climate change and meet emissions targets, which violates women's rights?Meta, Google, and Intel are all unveiling custom new AI chipsudio is legit amazeballsThe Fooming Shoggoths have a couple bangersBrazilian Supreme Court judge has opened an inquiry into Elon MuskHarvard removes book bound in human skinHappy News!synchron is a neurolink rivalLumina Probiotic is available for preorder!first AI tool that can diagnose sepsisrobot dog averts bloodshedSesame Street Robot Dog songTroop DeploymentEneasz -  Death Is Bad on LiesGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for DiscriminationIsrael plans 1km wide (.6mile) buffer zone around entirety of gaza (pic)Chuck Schumer called for elections in IsraelCAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma (a brain cancer) a big success in clinical trialsTruth Social went public, somehow valued at $5 billionTrump gets special treatment againTrump predicted a “bloodbath” (for the auto industry?) if he’s not electedEPAs new fleet standards will “require” at least 56% of new vehicles to be electric by 2032Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill and now the nutball caucus is trying to remove the speaker againLyft and Uber pull out of Minneapolis after legislature mandates higher payNational Association of Realtors lawsuit settlement will end 6% commission system?Supreme Court to rule on abortion drug mifepristone this summerMusk Compensation. Judge ruled that this is too much profit, and also Musk would have done the work anyway, and also the board was too close to Musk so the contract was a collaborative process rather than a true negotiation, and that stockholders don’t know what’s best for themFed officials penciled in three quarter-percentage point cuts by the end of 2024Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal PartsHappy News!Gene-editted pig kidney transplanted into humanFederal judiciary finally banned judge shoppingNew York Disbars Infamous Copyright TrollHigh Schooler Achyuta Rajaram wins Regeneron science and math competition A pill that kills ticks!women taking Ozempic getting pregnant despite using birth control and/or experiencing fertility issuesAustin build so much housing that housing ACTUALLY GOT CHEAPER!Troop DeploymentEneasz -  Housespouse is the greatest and best job in the worldGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Alabama passed a law protecting IVF providers from liabilityAnti-abortion groups are not happy about itPutin threatens nukes if western troops used, againSCOTUS voted 9-0 to allow Trump on the BallotBiden gave a big speech and didn’t sound too old!Congress swamped with calls to not ban TikTok after TikTok mobilized users with easy “call now” button. Trump flipped flopped and is pro-TikTok now after meeting with a big TikTok investorWendy’s introduces dynamic pricingElon Musk is suing OpenAI for not being open enough and being too much AIElon TweetsUS evacuates Haitian embassy staff amid gang violenceOregon re-criminalized drugs after downtown turned into a nightmareGaza Ministry of Health blatantly fakes casualty numbersSpanish soldiers change genderClaude 3 gets ~60% accuracy on GPQAneedle-in-the-haystack evalHumanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6B as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia invest $675MHappy News!Sacramento eliminated exclusionary zoningFrance makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitutionDetroit is considering Georgist land value taxes!CDC’s new COVID guidance now matches public health advice for flu and other respiratory illnessesFDA approves a drug for frostbiteGarbage collectors came across a fire. 49yo Steve Whitehouse climbed up to a 2nd-floor balcony three times to rescue a man, a woman, and their dog, before firefighters arrived.Zvi: “We Can’t Help But Notice” AI postAnthropic postGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:The Hugo Committee itself was responsible for the censorship, doing it voluntarily and preemptively!Intuitive Machines is now the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon.Phil Metzger describes: Imagine you built an experimental payload and it is going on a test ride to the Moon. Then the spacecraft engineers ask if they can use your *payload* to *navigate* for *lunar landing*, something never planned for, and they write a software patch in lunar orbit, and it WORKS Sweden’s bid to join NATO has been officially ratified. The Baltic is officially Lake NATONavalny killed in prisonAlso  Russia is going to nuke us from spaaaaaace!2 yr anniversary of invasionTrump business fraud verdict: $355 million!Trump: “it’s a form of Navalny”Netanyahu’s proposed Gaza plan allows Israeli military freedom of action in Gaza, and establishes a buffer zone.Egypt is building a border wall w Gaza. no word on if they’ll make the Gazans pay for itIsrael launched strikes in Lebanon in response to rocket attacks by Hezbollah Alabama made IVF illegal in its borders.(e)Clinics are closingAir Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbotNikki Haley got 40% of the vote in South CarolinaGoogle’s new AI “Gemini” had its image-generation turned off due to unexpected results. Yishan argues this is AI misalignment, but Days argues this is intentional and the only “unexpected” part was the backlashHappy News!Greece legalises same-sex marriageGuatemala did a reverse Jan 6th!World's largest supply of lithium found beneath California's Salton Sea. Could meet America's demand for decades to come (at current rates?).  AND discovery of 2.34 billion metric tons of rare-earth elements near Wheatland, Wyo., is estimated to be the richest in the worldUPSIDE Foods, the first lab to get FDA approval for commercial production of lab-grown meat, has announced construction of their first laboratory, starting with a focus on chicken production.Chris Anderson describes it as “DELICIOUS. Succulent, moist, the right texture. Chicken as it should be.”program launching this month allocated 250,000 Swiss francs, or roughly $285,000 US, to pay reviewers to find mistakes in influential scientific papers Scott Alexander gives Bet On Love team permission to do Unsong MusicalEneasz -  Luck is Other People's WorkGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Natural Gas Ban doesn’t apply to countries that we have Free Trade Agreements with They’ve now read several pages of the Pompeii scrollsGwern saw this coming.DC Circuit says Trump isn’t immune from prosecutionHamas data center found under UNRWA headquartersRepublicans failed to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas FAA practiced racial discrimination in hiring for ~10 yearsNIkki Haley lost to “None of the Above” in Nevada primaryBiden absolutely crushed it in South Carolina. Poor Dean Phillips 😢Poor AmericaSpecial counsel declined to prosecute Joe Biden for mishandling classified documentsFinance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’Sam Altman wants to overhaul semiconductor supply chainRemember that all journalists lieHappy News!ACX grants announced!Hereditary angioedema is a single-mutation genetic disease that has been cured in human subjects using CRISPRBiden admin offering $1.5bil loan to keep Michigan nuclear plant openJames Webb Space Telescope finds what may be bright galaxies waaaaaay too early in timeFirst Neuralink implanted in a human!14 yr old into insects discovers a new one, helps write a paper on it and name it.Aella finds true love at lastCoast Guard doing routine inspection rescue dog trapped in a shipping container for 8 daysTroop DeploymentsEneasz - Any Community That Tolerates Trauma Junkies Is Unsafe For Everyone ElseWes - Prenups Should be MandatoryGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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 keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:SCOTUS voted 5-4 to say Texas needs to let in the fedsTexas is… not complying?Canadian highest court held that invoking of Emergency Act during trucker protest was unlawfulApple to have 3rd-party app stores!Hong Kong court orders liquidation of Evergrande (only HK parts tho)Iran-backed drone strike in Jordan injures 40 US soldiers, kills 3International Criminal Court ruled mostly in favor of Israel?Funding pulled for UNRWA after allegations that 12 of their employees participated in 10/7 attacksUS plus 8 other countriesLeaked Israeli dossier accuses 190 employees being operatives of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic JihadTrump ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean CarrollMitch McConnell outright said they don’t want to solve any border issues before the electionBiden says he would shut down the border ’“right now”Biden “pauses” LNG exports.Fani Willis is sleeping with her special prosecutor?Georgia is trying to empower its oversight boardArticles of impeachment introducedDana-Farber Cancer Institute - a top cancer research institute, affiliate of Harvard Medical School, retracts 6 studies and investigating 31 more for copy-pasted graphs fraud.Ohio law requires mental health providers to get permission from at least one parent before diagnosing a minor with gender-issues, and disallows blockers, hormones, and surgery even with parental consentHugo Awards for SF lit, held in China this year, censored by CCCP to no one’s surprise (they started the fuckery in 2018)Happy News!NASA’s Mars helicopter flew 14x further than planned, lasted 3 yearsJapan is on the moon!Astrobotic lunar lander didn’t quite make it, but they learned a lot. Intuitive Machines is trying next monthExperimental gene therapy gave a deaf 11 yr old hearing for the first timeThe nation’s largest solar energy and storage project came online in California last week, offering 875 megawatt-hours of solar capacity, and 3 gigawatt-hours of storage.CAR T cells - genetically engineered T cells - have been used to fight blood cancers for a while. In mice they are slowing aging when altered to eliminate senescent cellsHusky digs up gas leak, potentially saves the blocktwo teen girls in canada rescue british couple pulled out by riptideGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket 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