The Mind Killer Episode 118 - An Iron Dome for your Dick
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Honesty researcher Francesca Gino fabricated data, took the bloggers who revealed it to court. Judge dismissed the suit
33 bomb threats in Springfield since the debate
Harris is now 53% in Nate Silver’s model
Another chucklefuck tried to take a shot at Trump, this time at a golf course
Left a letter offering a $150k bounty on whoever finished the job
Florida will be doing its own independent criminal investigation, apparently.
Trump: cap credit card interest rates at 10%!
Teamsters decided not to endorse
Hezbollah and Israel are exchanging fire. Almost no one wants to call it war though
Hezbollah pagers got blow'd up
Commentary: this was impressive
Then walkie-talkies and kornets anti-tank munitions!
UN urges deescalation because of course they did.
Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar possibly killed, possibly by Israel
Ukraine hit a major ammo dump in Russia.
Russia pulled elite troops off the line in the East to try to block the Kursk incursion
Russia apparently tried to test-fire a nuclear-capable ICBM. It exploded in the silo.
Four top ISIS leaders killed in Iraq in a joint strike
UK judge held business must give equal pay for “equal” work
China’s VC sector has collapsed
Xi stated years ago that US-style consumer-facing tech companies are net harmful
Meta to ban RT, other Russian state-run media outlets globally
NLRB forced Starbucks to reopen 2 stores and give everyone back pay
Boeing union wants 40% pay raise, pensions, and demands Boeing makes next plane in Washington state rather than South Carolina
Boeing has offered 30% and $6k “incentive”.
GPT-o1 did some hacking
Significant human evolution in the last 10000 years
Stereotype threat is the latest psych phenomenon to fail to replicate
Internal SCOTUS communications leaked
Happy News!
Neuralink Blindsight device given “breakthrough” designation by FDA
You can get passports online now!
Three Mile Island nuke plant reopening to power Microsoft AI!
FDA allows Apple to turn on software that makes AirPods into hearing aids
China almost lands reusable rocket.
SpaceX completes first all-civilian space walk!
New startup to build giant gun to send stuff to space comes out of stealth
Food coloring Yellow Dye #5 makes skin transparent!
New Jersey rocker Bon Jovi talks a woman off a bridge
From Hanania: “The Electoral College Is Anti-Democracy in a Bad Way
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