The Mind Killer

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for rightful presidentHe’s now fled to SpainRussian court sentenced a US-Russian woman to 12 years in prison for “treason” tied to a $51 donation to a charity supporting Ukraine6 days of anti-Netanyahu protests in IsraelUS DOJ announced terrorism charges against six senior leaders of HamasTelegram ends end-to-end encryption optionElection NewsJack Smith filed a new indictment against Trump for election fraudHe also appealed the dismissal of the classified docs caseTrump’s sentencing delayed until after the electionVance says Trump will veto a national abortion banTrump said he doesn’t support Florida’s 6-week ban, but won’t vote to overturn itTrump says he'll ask Elon Musk to lead government efficiency commission if he wins electionDick Cheney endorsed HarrisGrandpa BUFF releases campaign platformSocial Media NewsBrazil going full censorship. Banned ex-Twitter after Elon refused to censor certain accounts for “misinformation”Starlink isn’t complying with the order and is now being threatenedThird Circuit ruled Tik Tok is liable for algorithmic recommendations Zuck says Facebook was pressured into doing censorship in 2020 and 2021Russia was secretly funding some well-known right-wing influencersAustralian judge ruled that women’s groups must allow trans womenGrover told the court that she would not address Tickle as “Ms”Blocked and Reported on Tickle v. GiggleGermany accuses Poland of sabotaging investigation into Nord Stream PipelineGermany to close land borders due to “irregular migration, threats from Islamist terrorism, and cross-border crime”.Sixteen Republican-led states sued the Biden administration over a new policy that seeks to enable spouses of US citizens (who do not have legal status) to apply for permanent residency without leaving the USUS Citizen (F, 26 yr old) killed in West Bank during IDF’s 9-day operation there. Hundreds of thousands of AI songs listened to by thousands of bots = $10M profitInvestigation into TicketMaster because dynamic pricing is maybe illegal in UK? Mpox is spreading. Go get your Monkey Pox vaccineHappy News!Argentina - Since Millei's repeal of rent control laws took effect on December 29, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires has jumped by nearly 200%, and rents lowered in some casesIsrael, Hamas agree to zoned three-day pauses for Gaza polio vaccinations of 640K childrenTeslas in Sentry Mode help solve crimes2x annual antibiotics in young children reduced mortality by 13% in sub-Saharan Africa researchers found a protein – called DdrC (for DNA Damage Repair Protein C) - with an unprecedented ability to repair DNA damageBryan Hance runs Bike IndexTroop DeploymentDavid - Xiaomara Castro hasn’t only tried to f**k over ProsperaOur interview with Jorge, the Mayor of ProsperaEneasz -  Condolences to the People of Carbon County, WyomingWes - On-demand entertainment is good for kidsGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Eneasz is at Burning Man, so Wes and David are joined by Regan Arntz-Gray to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communityRegan’s SubstackMoral Mayhem podcastRegan on ex-TwitterSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Injunction issued against noncompete banRFK Jr. dropped out and endorsed TrumpTrump’s email hackedTrump and Harris both want to eliminate taxes on tipsHarris wants to ban “price gouging” by grocery storesProfit margins are around 2%Ukraine launches Three Day Special Military Operation to denazify Russia Israel launches preemptive strike on HezbollahFDA denied approval for MDMA to treat PTSDMacaroon refuses to cede power to the New Popular Front governmentTelegram CEO arrested by FranceBiden Admin negotiated lower prices for 10 common medications under MedicareUAW suing Trump and Musk for threatening union organizersFederal Judge held that ban on machineguns is unconstitutionalHappy News!USA won the olympics!NASA finally tapping in Elon to rescue astronauts trapped on ISS.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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:There was a Biden vs Lettuce! The Lettuce won.CrowdStrike Falcon is endpoint monitoring software. (doesn’t just protect from malicious code, also tracks assets). Reminder: Any time you have auto-update enabled for anything, you have installed a free backdoorThe UBI experiment actually showed a lot of major upsides! Increased entrepreneurship, people held out longer for better jobs (which contributed to the lower employment number!), young people got more edu and single parents did more child raising, people were able to leave abusive relationships. Looking at naive averages isn’t that useful. (also AskWhoCastsAI is one of my fav podcasts)The World Central Kitchen fuckup has been investigated. “An Australian review into the deaths said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) decided to launch missiles at the convoy after mistakenly believing it was being hijacked by Hamas”Leaked Zoom recording of white house staff & DNC discussing how to best censor reports of Biden’s mental decline. Most interesting part is how polite the threats are. Stuff like ‘you say you’re reducing disinformation, but it looks like this disinformation about Biden’s decline is still up on facebook. I’m not sure that’s what reduction looks like’. Feels like Reality Is Becoming Impossible To SatirizeUS recognizes challenger as winner as riots continue in Venezuela  Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed by detonating a bomb planted in advance in his bedroom at the Iranian government official residenceIran vows major counterstrikes on the 12thHamas names a top architect of the Oct 7 terror rampage as new leader Hezbollah top commander Fouad Shukur (behind recent rocket attack in Isreal) killed by airstrike in Lebanontop Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif killed in GazaDays of riots in Britain. Backlash against immigration and perceived rise in crime. Best way to fix that is always beating up innocent minorities and destroying local businesses.Walz!Google lost antitrust suitTwitter files antitrust lawsuit against GARM. Sounds like BS lawsuit, but GARM does legit threaten corps that advertise on media outlets that they want to destroy with standard “shame if your store burned down” mob tactics. Much like patent trolls what they do is legal but should get them jail/confiscation/blinding. Russian prisoner exchange. The tween & teen kids of a spy couple discover they’re Russian on the flight over to Russia.MegaQuake advisory in Japan In Bangladesh a government job quota system favoring the in-group sparked weeks of deadly riots (after over a decade of ratcheting authoritarianism and economic issues). Finally the prime minister fled the country after protestors stormed her residence, the president dissolved parliament, and the military is forming an interim govt.BAGUETTE NEWS! Frenchman’s Giant Baguette is his undoing at the pole vault. (is offered $250k porn deal??) Joins acapella group.More top people leave Open AI - cofounder John Schulman leaves to join Anthropic, president Greg Brockman takes extended leave of absence, a VP resigns.accused 9/11 mastermind and two others gitmo got a plea deal, next day it was rescindedHappy News!“bridge editing” papers published in Nature promise more precise gene editing than CRISPR with fewer errors and disruptions.Nanofiber molecules cause human cartilage to begin regeneration process, which humans can’t do in adulthood. Could lead to actual joint repair/regrowth. So far only on cell samples, not in humans.Texas Heart Institute implants the first Total Artificial Heart. Made of titanium and don’t require anti-rejection medications. Uses rotary blood pump with a single moving part that utilizes a magnetically levitated rotor to greatly reduce friction and wear. Increases blood flow with demand to up to 12L/minute, allowing patients to exercise! Was only a place-holder for this surgery, but meant for long-term eventually. 3500 people on heart transplant list ATM.Australia begins campaign to eradicate peanut allergyTroop DeploymentEneasz -  Kamala Harris is The Mask That SmilesWes - Don’t be a Baby About the ElectionGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Shelby County Board of Education has agreed to commit to fair and equal treatment for all organizations moving forward and pay over $15,000 in attorneys’ fees and costsMost of our initial reporting on Trump shooting was right!Kamala is Brat. CrowdStrike outageJD Vance did not f**k a couch stop saying that Maduro “won” Venezuela electionExit polls suggest shenanigansLots of protests He’s decided to declare war on… Elon MuskMenedez will resign next monthBiden, who is still president, proposed term limits for SCOTUSElon says he’s moving SpaceX HQ and Twitter HQ to TexasGavin Newsome issued executive order for cities to remove homeless encampmentsDark Oxygen?? UBI study publishedOlympic freak out about Opening Ceremonies try finding the video now!The Operatic Metal performance was SICK AS FUUUUUUCK!!!! :DHappy News!cave on the moon found suppressing an inflammation boosting gene increased mice lifespans by 25% Matt Dawson amputates finger to play at Olympics70 yr old man goes into diabetic coma while driving 70mph, 10yr old grandson pulls truck over Troop DeploymentEneasz -  Extending Childhood into Adulthood is bad actuallyGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Ilya Sutskever has started his own AI company the Mona art museum trollsAlec Baldwin case dismissed due to prosecutorial misconductTrump shootingTrump says his convention speech will be focused on “unity”Biden gave RFK Jr. secret service protectionJoe holds a 1 hour news conferenceBiden opponents “standing down” because of “fragile political moment”JD VanceRepublicans released a platformJudge Cannon dismissed classified documents caseCenter and Left coordinated to beat far-right in France if Macron had given them time to squabble they probably would have fallen apartThey got 37% of the vote but 25% of parliamentGot 10% more votes than NFP (far left) but 20% less seats15% more votes than Macron’s centrist, but slightly less seats. They seem to be having trouble picking a PMAstronauts that were supposed to be on ISS for a week are stuck there until August (Feb??) because Boeing can’t make things that work anymore. Russia and N Korea ally against “aggression”Ukraine war pushing the frontier of autonomous military weaponsYouTube video on LAWSHappy News!THEY RELEASED THE GENE DRIVE!US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird fluTroop DeploymentEneasz - The shot of a lifetime takes a lifetime 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Eneasz Was Wrong! #1 Market Cap is MicroSoftStarship 4 launched!Has WWIII started? Maybe, tbh.Gaza pier being dismantled, maybe not being resinstalled?NewsTime Magazine released a cover that just says Panic Even NYT editorial board admits Biden must goReceipts for people who liedNate Silver had Trump as 2:1 to win the election BEFORE the shitshowSCOTUS NewsThe President is Above The Law“Obstruction of Official Proceeding” requires interference with evidence?Chevron is deadSEC can’t impose penalties without right to jury trialWife-beaters can be disarmedGrants Pass can kick out homelessSuit about government pressure on social media dismissed due to standing 😢Allowed emergency abortions in IdahoSCOTUS wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors. Seems like Thomas benefits from this decisionNon-SCOTUS NewsOklahoma's top education official has ordered schools in the state to begin incorporating the Bible into lessons. Louisiana law requires classrooms (incl state colleges) to display Ten CommandmentsIsraeli Supreme Court says Ultra Orthodox men no longer exempt from military servicea Chinese SpaceX ripoff experienced rapid unscheduled upgrade from static test to launchGeneral Juan José Zúñiga stormed presidential palace of Bolivia with soldiers in an attempted coupGerman police come to arrest people at a party for singing along to a songAI follow-up: a popular similar song is France was created via GenAINo AI for EU (this month they’ve gone after Apple, Meta, and Microsoft via Antitrust or DMA)Far right party (National Rally, Le Pen) gets most votes in 1st round of France’s snap elections1st world nations bringing their own AC units to French Olympics.Parisian poop protest postponed as politicians parry poo plansMuseum relabels one of its unisex bathrooms to a Women’s bathroom and moves paintings there.Paramount Global unplugged MTV NewsCMT and Comedy Central also scrubbedHappy News!Biden pardons veterans convicted under military's ban on gay sexNo food inflation in Argentina this week!First energy net-positive fusion reactor, Honghuang 70, has “achieved first plasma.”US has plans to complete one next yearJulian Assange is free!AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowdWaymo is opening up its robotaxi service to anyone who wants to ride in San Francisco Two fishermen rescue 38 dogs treading water with no shore in sightTroop DeploymentEneasz -  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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Appeals court paused Georgia case to decide if Fani Willis needs to be disqualifiedJudge Cannon paused classified documents caseHunter Biden found guilty of being on drugsJoe won’t pardon or commuteRepublicans blocked bill giving federal right to contraceptionAlso IVFChina is up to something on the far side of the moonNY Governor “paused” NYC congestion pricing system before going into effectU.S. regulators to open antitrust probes into Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAIBump stocks are back!Mifepristone case tossed on standing groundsThe EU had European Parliament elections on June 9thMacron dissolved the National Assembly and called for new snap elections in France. Says he wants the people to be ruled by who they actually want to be ruled byIsraeli special forces conducted a raid into Gaza which rescued four hostagesThe hostages in question were held in the home of a Palestinian journalistRussia pins ruble to the Chinese yuanBenny Gantz resigns from Israeli war cabinet Netanyahu then disbands the war cabinet.FDA Announce Federal Multi-Agency Task Force to Curb the Distribution and Sale of Illegal E-CigarettesThe Guardian ran a laughably inaccurate article about ManifestGood dating site on Manifund! Italian court finds Amanda Knox guilty of slanderHappy News!Vibecamp was awesome!Tesla shareholders vote to reinstate Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay packageAmerica beat Pakistan at a game we don’t even playApple is integrating OpenAI’s LLMs with SiriUS Violent Crime down 15% in Q1 of 2024!Port of Baltimore reopened!Senate voted nearly unanimously Tuesday evening to pass major legislation designed to reverse the American nuclear industry’s decades-long decline and launch a reactor-building spreeOzempic fixes your kidneys too!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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Eneasz is too cool to be on the podcast this week, so Yassine Meskhout joined Wes and David to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Gaza pier is already broken EV sales have plateaued at around 7% of all auto salesBiden executive order on immigrationJustice Alito has been flying insurrectionist flagsSouth Korea used balloons to drop propaganda leaflets over North Korea. North Korea retaliates by dropping animal and human s**t, and other garbage on South KoreaHouthis claim to have Touched The Boat. The Ike’s captain says that’s garbage and that he’s getting lunchRussia has been striking Ukrainian cities with artillery based inside Russia. NATO responds by allowing Ukraine to strike targets in Russia with NATO-provided weaponsThis resulted in the loss of 1270 Russian troops in 24 hours according to the British MoD, the deadliest 24 hours of the war so far. The PLAN has encircled Taiwan in the name of “military exercises” and also as “punishment” for Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan in her official capacityThe unlawful government of the West Taiwan Breakaway Region has also rolled back erosion mitigation measures implemented under Jiang Zemin to try to reach food self-sufficencyUS aid to Gaza is piling up in Egypt, since the pier is gone. Egypt declines to let trucks across the Gaza border.ICC prosecutor is requesting an arrest warrant for NetanyahuOpenAI stole ScarJo's voice?Greenpeace successfully sued to stop golden rice being grown in the Philippines SCOTUS: racial gerrymanders are cool nowHappy News!Cure for deafness?A woman (Georgia Laurie) saved her twin sister by punching a crocodileCome to Vibecamp!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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Democrats saved Mike JohnsonNow they’re all indignant that he’s defending TrumpJoe Biden is saving us from the scourge of low pricesHe mocked Trump for doing the same thing NYT poll: Biden is losing in 5-of-6 swing statesTwo debates!Ukraine has started bombarding airfields in occupied CrimeaAlso, Russian oil refineries and fuel storage.the US has completed construction of their pier on Gaza for bringing in aid.Awww, the other two dropped outGovernment to Ban All US Election BettingIranian President died in helicopter crashOpenAI exodusAlso the most draconian non-disparagement b******t ever seen outside of TikTokGoogle Cloud deleted Unisuper’s entire account and all dataAlabama Mercedez-Benz workers voted down unionHappy News!Jury found expulsion of students for “blackface” was baseless and malicious and has fined the school $1M. :)Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwichesNASA engineers publish a paper with the design for a warp driveBlue Origin is flying again after 2 years!Troop DeploymentsGet You A Woman That Likes MenDate Wes! or read his eroticaMaryzoso on Ex-TwitterSex Coaching from MaryzosoGot 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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Biden campaign will continue to use TikTokWorld Central Kitchen resumed aid in GazaHamas attacks humanitarian pier off Gaza coast during constructionErez Crossing between Gaza and Israel (destroyed by Hamas on Oct 7) was reopened by Israel to allow aid trucks through. Hamas immediately hijacked itIsrael shuts down Al-JazeeraJewish Columbia University student filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the school MondayYassine says it looks goodat UCLA a Jewish girl was beaten until hospitalized by protestors. Persian Jews then attacked the protest encampment in retaliationHouse anti-anti-semitism billRussian Defence Minister arrested on corruption chargesPoland announces local name for the F-35 program. Trump might get some form of immunity??Is it legal to ban homeless?Florida outlaws the manufacture and distribution of lab-grown meatFCC restores net neutrality rules, and votes 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a public utility. Happy News!Biden descheduling weed!Voyager 1 fixed! SpaceX announces commercial flights starting later this year!NASA invents an ion engine which can reach escape velocity???Trump flip-flopped on mail-in voting! He’s for it now!New FTC rule: noncompetes are bannedSurprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MITgroup of motorists driving by a car on fire save a man from burning alive inside itTroop DeploymentEneasz - Stop trying to put price-ceilings on things! It never works! Instead, GO SEE LOCAL BANDS.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/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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