The Mind Killer 150 - Artisanally Crafted Phonemes
Wes and Eneasz are joined by Will Eden to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News links:
For on Venezuelan boat, we did a second strike to kill them
Trump: “Well, we keep it, I guess”
Vaccine advisory committee eliminated recommendation that newborns get Hep B vaccine
Big measles outbreak in South Carolina
Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández
Zvi says this is a terrible idea
Trump EO is attempting to preempt state AI laws
AI has designed proteins that survive 150 °C and nanonewton forces
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’
Huge welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota
Matt Van Epps (R) won special election in Tennessee
Australia banned social media for children under 16
Gen Z Protests organized through Discord
Trump commuted the sentence of a private equity CEO convicted of fraud
Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) of federal bribery charges
Trump is upset that he’s going to run for reelection as a democrat
Oliver Sacks made up many of the details in his famous case studies
Happy News!
There’s an annual Wildlife Comedy Photography award! See this year’s finalists.
Min-readers learned to interpret the patterns as meaningful signals, which they could recognize and use. CNBC has signed a multi-year deal with prediction-market Kalshi, bringing real-time probability data into the network’s TV broadcasts and digital platforms starting next year,
Troop Deployments
Eneasz - The Hobos yearn for the Forest
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