The Mind Killer

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed:   Trump thinks he’s going to be President in August Or does he? Belarus forced down a plane to arrest a dissident journalist Lab leak hypothesis is having a moment  The Fauch lied about masks, admits he lied about masks (old news). The media ignored it for months, then bent over backwards to excuse and forgive the obvious malfeasance.  Texas Democrats blocked vote on voting restrictions by running away Bonkers Texas sex work law   Happy News!   Texas passes free range children law People are quitting rather than give up remote work Boom Supersonic to begin development of a new supersonic commercial aircraft  Third circuit vacated 21 year (!) conviction of a teenager who gave her friend heroin on which she overdosed.  Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed:   DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized  Pipeline shut down because the billing system was compromised Finland, Israel, and Cyprus robbed in Eurovision Song Contest Finland’s Eurovision entry “Influential” Republicans threaten to start their own party West Virginia Cop Fired After Not Shooting Suicidal Man Sues City Dystopian hellscape SC to try to restart executions SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade (probably) Latest TX abortion bill Metaculus question about abortion    Happy News! The CDC says the vaccinated can pretty much go back to normal GA court decides that it is lawful to resist unlawful arrests Death to mosquitos!   Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed:   US GDP is up over 6% (but still below pre-covid trend) U.S. businesses added just 266,000 new jobs in April  Vaccinations completely tanked after J&J “pause” Reported hesitancy remained stable Talk of waving vax patents  Italian court hands U.S. tourists life sentences for murdering policeman Gaetzgate 2 Biden’s “gHoSt gUn” guidance is predictably awful  US population below replacement    Happy News! CRISPR is being used to treat a certain type of blindness CRISPR can now also edit the epigenome.  Gecko tape is available for consumers!    Woke recruiting from the Alphabet Agencies Robby Soave on the new California math curriculum   Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed: US to Share AZ Vaccine with world FDA halted use of J&J vaccine out of “abundance of caution” New student speech case to be heard by SCOTUS Abobe’s giant cancellation fee 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry deletes his Twitter profile after SEC investigation Richard Dawkins is no longer AHA 1996’s man of the year.  Police shoot girl to death as she’s about to stab another girl  Police shoot man to death fleeing a drug warrant   Happy News! Guilty. We’re actually leaving Afganistan! New, better malaria vaccine developed People used their stimulus checks to buy weed. Gods bless America.    Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon! We apologize for any wackiness or bugs in this fortnight's episode, Wes is usually in charge of this stuff because he's smart and he makes it go. News discussed: Biden won’t let journalists into most immigrant detention centers Gaetzgate: or, Shut The F**k Up, Donny. A legal comedy in one Act Prince Phillip died at 99 Australian secession Anti-conspiracy memes China introduces eYuan New York tries to sue the Industrial Revolution Deceiving Your Sex Partner Would Be a Crime Under Bill Backed by New York Democrats Prof. at Lake Washington Institute of Technology commits act of LITERAL VIOLENCE at white fragility training Arkansas Governor Vetoes Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth  (but the legislature then overrode the veto :( ) Nike sues LilNasX/MSCHF for Satan Shoes Lil Nas X writes a really cool letter to his past self about coming out EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green investment label Biden too! New Mexico 3rd State to Abolish Qualified Immunity Proposed California Law Would Legalize Many Psychedelic Drugs This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed:   “Precrime” system implemented in Florida county Arabs are now Schroedingers white people! Sidney Powell basically admits the whole election theft claim was total b.s.  Georgia passes massive voter suppression law Donald and Melania Trump received Covid vaccine at the White House in January  Everyone is trying to cancel Jesse Singal (and failing) Everyone is mad at Substack “Secret paid elite” Freddie Deboer has the best take Lindsey Ellis got canceled for thinking a movie is like a TV series    Happy News! U.S. to share 4 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with Mexico, CanadaThe redistribution is working! Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights   Politics is too meta Georgia Secretary of State gets backlash from his own party  The evaporative cooling of group beliefs.   Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

The trio unites with the Bayesian Conspiracy to get mind killed on Libertarianism! Not mentioned in the episode, but worth putting here – SSC’s Anti-Libertarian FAQ Elinor Ostrom’s book –  Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action The Bayesian Conspiracy Podcast Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: Priming and Contamination Do We Believe Everything We’re Told? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed:   Biden Bucks! - relief bill passed Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests  But see Marginal Revolution  Germany, France, Italy and Spain suspended use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday over questionable reports of blood clots   Happy News!   Covid News is mostly good! Literal worst person Andrew Cuomo is probably headed for the trash heap of history Promising mini-UBI study (sorta)    Burning wood is bad for you Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   18 dead (so far) in Myanmar protests    Texas: approval for backup generation not approved until Feb 14 City of Houston told everyone in the city not to drip water Family of 11-year-old boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100 million suit against power companies World's first coronavirus Human Challenge study receives ethics approval in the UK Cuomo is in trouble for covering up nursing home deaths Hungary is automatically approving any vaccine used by >1million people FDA announced that it will not require lengthy trials for updated vaccines You can no longer share The Mind Killer on Facebook Australia! Motels being sued as sex traffickers. Thanks FOSTA/SESTA!   Happy News! RNA malaria vaccine shows promising results Perseverance Rover landed on Mars! Digital Art goes fancy pants!    Back to normal means ignoring the CDC.   Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed: Navalny jailed in Russia (also many protests) Successful Coup in Myanmar AZ vaccine less effective against South Africa variant Gina Carano got cancelled for being red tribe  Justice Department investigating SpaceX following complaint of hiring discrimination  The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)    Happy News! US is getting vaccines sooner than expected Covid-19 Vaccine Efforts Get a Boost From Black Communities’ Pastors Promising weight loss drug   Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!   Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029 Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer    Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe