The Mind Killer 132 - They Tariffed the Happy News
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
At least one person deported had no criminal record or tattoos, and was here on a legal asylum claim
Other people taken for random tattoos
Tariffs on everyone except Russia & North Korea
They didn’t even use the formula right
Kelsy Piper demonstrates how adults would approach tariffs
Stocks jumped massively on fake news of tarriff delay, Trump says lolno, stocks back down
China responds with 34% tariff
Vietnam offers to remove all tarriffs
Netanyahu vowed to eliminate Israel’s trade deficit
EO: proof of citizenship required to vote in federal elections
Trump fired a federal prosecutor who was prosecuting one of his wealthy donors
Peter Marks forced out of FDA(by RFK?)
Seems like it was because RFK hates vaccines
Trump fired the head of the NSA because Laura Loomer told him to
Says he won’t rule out running for a 3rd term
Hundreds of palestinians protest against Hamas in Gaza.
Hamas forcibly disperses them, only tortured to death a few.
Le Pen used $4.5M of EU funds to pay her party’s political staff
Protestors rally in support in Paris
Israel just announced “expanding operations” to seize “extensive territory”
Putin is drafting 160,000 new soldiers
“Black babies do better with black doctors” was a lie
Quote: “I’d rather not focus on this. If we’re telling the story from the perspective of saving black infants this undermines the narrative.”
Cory Booker sets a record for talking a lot in the Senate
State Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin and Florida retain status quo of D/R split
AI-2027 is the latest in the AI Essay Meta
Happy News!
Chinese autonomous passenger drones (driverless flying taxis)
AquaDream, the world’s first fully underwater theme park. roller coasters beneath the waves, drift past glowing jellyfish, dodge sharks, and even race dolphins. No word on if they’ve discovered a magic-power-granting insanity-drug. From the video game “Don’t Create BioShock”
A woman with complete paralysis and zero vocal function just regained the ability to speak at ~conversational speed. Fancy Nature Article here, twitter thread breakdown here
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