Episode 126 - FIRE Water Burn
The Mind Killer
Humor, Stories, and Sports
The hosts blend humor and critiques of bureaucracy while discussing personal experiences with taxes and publishing a collection of short stories. They also explore the harmless nature of sports fandom as a means to channel competitive instincts compared to the toxicities of political affiliations.
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Early signs look like congestion pricing is reducing traffic in Manhattan
Trump sentenced to “unconditional discharge”
Dockworkers union has a tentative deal
FIRE to defend pollster in Trump lawsuit over outlier election poll
Some accounts criticized H1B visas and Elon retaliated by removing their verification
At least 24 people killed in LA fires
Over 12,000 homes and businesses burned
Newsome executive order waives CEQA and Coastal Act requirements for rebuilding
There will be no post-blitz boom
Mayor of LA ensures very little rebuilding will happen
The state of California got 6 month's advance warning from the best risk-assessment professionals
Every time an insurance company wants to raise rates for automobiles or homes, they have to have a public hearing and an elected insurance commissioner has to approve.
1600 policies cancelled in the Palisades over the summer (major devastation area).
FAIR testified it only had about $385 million, LA fires could have up to $24B of exposure
Newsome bans insurance companies from not renewing policies
Biden blocked sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel
Blinken, Yellen, and many other advisors against the block
Nippon Steel and US Steel filing suit to challenge
Federal judge found that requiring teachers to use preferred pronouns violates 1A
Also struck down the Biden administration’s unconstitutional Title IX rules
CFPB banned medical debt from lowering credit scores
Meta going based for Trump years
Fired chief diversity officer, ended diversity goals, stopped prioritizing minority-owned businesses
Removed tampons from mens bathrooms
The Sadam Statues are falling - Hanania
Pretty good Nate Silver piece on this
Tik Tok is probably going to shut down on January 19th
News You Can Ignore
“Grooming Gangs”?. (counter: Free Press?)
Elon Musk bought his Path of Exile account and his ranking in Diablo 4 is out of under 1000 players (Trace called it)
Happy News!
Amazon moving forward with WarHammer 40K series starring and lead by Henry Cavil.
US govt funding bird flu vaccine research and stocking up on vaccines
The Bukele Administration has turned the country from the most murderous in Latin America to the safest
Weather nerds found out where the water went during California’s drought!
Minnesota Summer Camp for HIV-Positive Kids Closes Down–Because There Aren’t Any More
Scientists drilled a 1.2M year old ice core out of Antarctica
Troop Deployment
Eneasz - I have just released a short story collection titled Dear Grom
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