The Mind Killer 145 - Shutdoooooown! Or Did Trump Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News links:
Youtube is the latest company to give Trump a payoff
Hegseth sent 200 national guard troops to Portland
E.J. Antoni nomination to BLS withdrawn
HHS said it is referring Harvard for suspension and debarment proceedings.
Trump defunding the ethics watchdogs
paused $2.1B in federal funds for Chicago infrastructure projects
Trump made an Israel-Hamas peace plan?
TrumpRX is apparently going to be a thing
Federal Judge: Trump Administration violated 1A by deporting Palestinian sympathizers
Hegseth called in all the generals to tell them they’re too fat
Trump apparently all-in on support for Ukraine.
EA bought out by (among others) the Saudi Public Investment Corporation
Happy News!
San Fran Supervisor going YIMBY on business regulations
James Web Space Telescope is now examining the atmospheric make-up of exoplanets!
Denver’s Support Team Assistance Response (STAR) program is working!
city reports 45% decrease in street people
Recent study in Lancet shows people dying from chronic diseases globally fell in four out of five nations between 2010 and 2019
The 60th nation ratified the High Seas Treaty, meaning it’ll soon become legally binding
China has signed on to this one and a related treaty
20% increase in kids getting school lunches in last five years, worldwide
Huntington disease treated for the first time!
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