The Mind Killer Episode 119 - JD Vance has Dreamy Eyes
Wes, Eneasz, and (eventually) David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
A year after treatment with stem cells, a 25yr old woman that had type 1 diabetes is producing her own insulin
Giant Sheep Cloner gets $24k fine and 6 months
Harris: nuke the filibuster to protect abortion
Mark Robinson, the NC Republican Senate Candidate, is real weird
Lots of NYC corruption, follows fire chiefs, police commissioner
AI News:
OpenAI is going for-profit, more top talent leaves including last of the original board
Raised 6.6B in latest round, investors can pull that money back if they don’t transition to for-profit within 2 years
David’s war corner:
Israel took out leader of Hezbollah, and three of his successors, none of which lasted more than 36 hours
Israel launched ground offensive into Lebanon
Also hit a shipment of Russian weapons very close to a Russian base
Iran launched 180 missiles at Israel
Head of Iranian counter-mossad unit was a mossad agent
US strikes Houthi strongholds in Yemen to protect shipping in Red Sea after Houthis resume attacking USN vessels in Red Sea (15 targets)
China: nuclear sub sank during construction, tested ICBM
China hacks US federal wiretapping network, in some vague way. Feds ain’t talking, but broadband providers breached in a way that targeted wire-tapping requests. Reminder that building backdoors into encryption or tech means creating that door for anyone dedicated enough to unlock it.
Longshoremen are striking because f**k you
“In today's world I'll cripple you. I will cripple you and you have no idea what that means."
Maryland Police paid out $2.75 million in back pay for having standards
The test was pathetically easy and focused on police work
Happy News!
Thailand first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex marriage
First new schizophrenia drug in 70 years!
Russian F16 buzzes US fighter jet
Hemophilia B cured (70% improvement) with a single-course gene therapy, approved by FDA!
Twitter is right, you can land a plane if you gotta, as anon lady proves
“Poopa Scoopa Luca” 6yr old boy runs his own business to adopt a kitty
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