The Mind Killer Episode 112 - Welcome to Clown World
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Eneasz Was Wrong! #1 Market Cap is MicroSoft
Has WWIII started? Maybe, tbh.
Gaza pier being dismantled, maybe not being resinstalled?
News
Time Magazine released a cover that just says Panic
Even NYT editorial board admits Biden must go
Nate Silver had Trump as 2:1 to win the election BEFORE the shitshow
SCOTUS News
The President is Above The Law
“Obstruction of Official Proceeding” requires interference with evidence?
SEC can’t impose penalties without right to jury trial
Grants Pass can kick out homeless
Suit about government pressure on social media dismissed due to standing 😢
Allowed emergency abortions in Idaho
SCOTUS wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors.
Seems like Thomas benefits from this decision
Non-SCOTUS News
Oklahoma's top education official has ordered schools in the state to begin incorporating the Bible into lessons.
Louisiana law requires classrooms (incl state colleges) to display Ten Commandments
Israeli Supreme Court says Ultra Orthodox men no longer exempt from military service
a Chinese SpaceX ripoff experienced rapid unscheduled upgrade from static test to launch
General Juan José Zúñiga stormed presidential palace of Bolivia with soldiers in an attempted coup
German police come to arrest people at a party for singing along to a song
AI follow-up: a popular similar song is France was created via GenAI
No AI for EU (this month they’ve gone after Apple, Meta, and Microsoft via Antitrust or DMA)
Far right party (National Rally, Le Pen) gets most votes in 1st round of France’s snap elections
1st world nations bringing their own AC units to French Olympics.
Parisian poop protest postponed as politicians parry poo plans
Museum relabels one of its unisex bathrooms to a Women’s bathroom and moves paintings there.
Paramount Global unplugged MTV News
CMT and Comedy Central also scrubbed
Happy News!
Biden pardons veterans convicted under military's ban on gay sex
No food inflation in Argentina this week!
First energy net-positive fusion reactor, Honghuang 70, has “achieved first plasma.”
US has plans to complete one next year
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd
Waymo is opening up its robotaxi service to anyone who wants to ride in San Francisco
Two fishermen rescue 38 dogs treading water with no shore in sight
Troop Deployment
Eneasz -
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