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Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:A top Iranian official has said that the nation’s mandatory hijab law is being reviewedSpecial counsel appointed to investigate TrumpAnother round of China protests over Covid lockdownsSparked by fire in a locked-down apt, possibly extra harsh due to being Uyghur neighborhood/building Definitely unrelated to anything else going on, Jiang Zemin diedNATO allies capping Russian Oil at $60/barrel? “In essence, such a decree would ban the export of oil and petroleum products to countries and companies that apply it.” (Doesn’t apply to pipelines, yet) covers more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports coming into the EU. India, China and Turkey not affected. US Strategic Petroleum Reserve at record lows, down 1/3rd from a year agoCicero in top 10% of Diplomacy players. (more)ChatGPT can do anything, including modeling itself in an imaginary internet, or describe how to take over the world. Does slightly worse than average human on SAT, and it’s retarded.Advent of Code competition is being won by GPTCarperAI released OpenELM, an open-source large language model AI superpowers - can tell race via chest Xray. Can tell sex via retina scan (87%)Twitter Files confirm what we knew - Hunter Biden laptop is real, DNC has direct access to Twitter’s censors, asked for it to be censored, request granted. Seems if this is a big deal or not depends on how you feel about govt suppression of this story.Core inflation down to 2.7%Wikipedia influences the lawFormer anti-abortion leader claims Justice Alito leaked Hobby Lobby decisionA 32 year old woman is trying to sue the doctors that did the surgery she requestedHappy News!A woman who has a concealed carry license took on four armed men who tried to carjack herWe developed a new multivalent mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes.After each game, Japanese WorldCup fans pick up litter. 900 megawatt “water battery” with a storage capacity of 20 million kilowatt hours debuts in Switzerland next weekCAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Lupus into RemissionNew farm robot can specifically target individual weeds and cropsGot 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 discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:European LNG prices went temporarily negative!Iran protesters shooting at police Ligma/Johnson team rehired!Thehill.com reporters covered the storyDobbs helped the Democrats keep the SenateFTX News:$8b in “poorly labeled fiat account” was probably the money forgotten at AlamedaSBF had a back door in their bookkeeping software that let him alter records at willHundreds of millions funneled out in a “hack”, was actually govt asset seizure. US bankruptcy courts unhappy.tons of laundering happened via NFTsTurns out it was b******t thoEA Future Fund team all resignedSBF DM conversation with Kelsey PiperNYT gives him a b*****b…probably because he is the driving tech force behind the crypto regulation bill DCCPAMatt Yglesias says that a few years ago, NYT reporters were all told to cover tech negativelyKelsey Piper confirmsthe DHS has been pressuring social media companies to censor naughty opinions. The Disinfo Board never closed, it just went dark YouTube censors factual informationDummies were spreading a conspiracy theory about Paul PelosiUkrainian defense missile hits Poland, making for a dicey few hoursScientists have recreated the 1918 flu virus and infected macaques. Reporter jailed in Texas for reporting what the police told her. In 2017, cops jailed Priscilla Villarreal in Laredo, Texas.Hot women get better gradesHappy News!Ross Chastain used a video game hack in real NASCARColorado decriminalized psilocybin mushroom possession for adultsSickle-Cell Anemia may very well be curable right now, FDA might approve stuff by the end of the decade!By splitting a single laser beam into different wavelengths of light, frequencies can carry data by modulating their amplitude, phase, and polarization.carbon capture and storage grew 44 percent over the past 12 months. US needs to remove 2 billion tons annually to be neutral, world needs 10B annually New Battery allows for 10-minute fast charging on just about any EV battery Respect for Marriage Act moves forwardGot 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 are joined this week by Aella to discuss THE SEXY NEWSSupport us on Substack!Sexy Tech News:No sex in the Metaverse“Anti-Cancer Drug Gives Boars Super-Sperm”Design for sex-ready moon colony!Female Orgasms Come in Three Distinct Types—But Women Tend To Get Just One Sexy Social News:The Kids Today aren’t having as much sex as previous generationsTwenty-somethings in China prefer pets and online gaming to sex, study finds Canadian Court found that “stealthing” can be sexual assaultEveryone Has Autogynephilia (except transmen) The Bayesian Conspiracy on Autogynephilia Wild card:Monkeys use stones as sex toysPope issued warning to nuns and priest to quit watching so much pornHans Niemann accused of using wifi anal beads to cheat at chessHappy News!End of Singapore's gay sex-ban Tokyo begins issuing same-sex couples partnership certificates 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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029Intro/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 and David from The Mind Killer show up for a special cross-over episode.We discuss How Stewart Made TuckerListen to The Bayesian Conspiracy :) 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 discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:The Iranian woman killed was a Kurd, this happened in the Kurdish section of Iran, and this is significant.Biden killed the Chinese semiconductor industrySatellite data implies China's GDP is about $7 trillion smaller than what the CCP saysChina’s official economic data due this week delayed, no reason givenIt’s been releasedXi cements power Chinese stock market crashesMore lethal strain of COVID created in Boston University labAlso Monkeypox!CDC's advisory committee unanimous recommends adding COVID vaccine to the “recommended” immunization schedule for childrenIt’s now been added. Youngkin says VA won’t add itRishi Sunak will be next British PMHe’s kind of a techbroUkraine air space is increasingly the first Drone WarDrone Joust!Europe has too much LNG?Prices falling, but still 3x averageone big lesson from COVID is that some people really *want* to make visible, token sacrifices for the common good.Happy News!After careful consideration, the German government decided not to let German people freeze to death. Or, at least, not this winter anyway.Also, Sweden taking the nukepillCost of shipping a container from China to US down to under $2,300! This 2,000 year-old gold bracelet from the ruins of Pompeii reads “From a master to his slave girl.”Firefighter catches suicidal man mid-airGot 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comWes, Eneasz, and David invite Weer’d from Assorted Calibers on to talk all things guns!Support us on Substack!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: …

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Ohio court blocks six-week abortion ban indefinitely Paypal will seize your assets to punish speech they don’t like. Anything that in their opinion promotes intolerance or is discriminatory.  US Treasury Dept. bans mathCrimean Bridge blowed upKyiv bombed with long-range missiles in apparent retaliation And Belarus’ MoD talking about joining in the invasion Taiwanese MoD clarifies that they consider airspace incursions to be violations on Taiwanese sovereignty, to which they will respond with force Hurricanes are actually decreasing in number and intensity. EIA figures out some of what’s going wrong with ERCOT. It’s renewables. US getting into a slap fight with OPEC, Saudi Arabia in particular.The Onion filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court. QuotesHappy News!A federal court issued an injunction against most of NY’s post-Bruen gun lawsA couple were mistakenly sent several crates of select-fire M16’s.Biden pardoning everyone for weed possession Ontario extends the life of the Pickering Nuclear Power Plant House Republicans introd uce a bill to delay payment of startups’ NRC bills until after the conclusion of the NRC’s review processGot 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comSubscribers didn’t get the episode early this week, so here is some bonus content!Eneasz wants to know if being a stay-at-home dad is a bonerkiller

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!Railroad strike averted? Or delayed?Fifth Circuit decided that 1A doesn’t protect website’s right to moderateNord Stream blowed upItalians vote in right wing populists, Good speeching? German Economy Minister to German people: “just stop producing for 6 months and then the energy crisis will have passed”Iran is finally getting fuckedFL state government threatens to ban credit card companies from doing business with the FL state governmentFree Speech Union account reinstated!NASA crashes DART spacecraft into asteroid in world's 1st planetary defense testWords you can mute on TwitterThe Case Against The Case Against the Sexual RevolutionHappy News!New malaria vaccine is world-changingNo more parking minimums in California near public transitCuba votes to legalise same-sex marriage 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 discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveNote: next episode will be 24-48 hours late due to Eneasz’s travel scheduleSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Probable cause claimed for evidence of obstruction in Trump affidavitSarah Palin lost her bid for Alaska’s house seat Palin only got 50% of second-choice votes from the other Republican running!California passed a fast food workers billWashington State teachers “illegally” strikingUS Rail strike is days awayKiwi Farms is dropped by CloudFlare, effectively removing them from the internet.Some republicans quietly backing away from further abortion restrictionsA NV politician has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of an investigative journalistTexas has bused more than 7,600 migrants to D.C. and more than 1,900 to New York CityThe sanctuary cities leadership is unhappy.Government Negligence Endangers 80,000Happy News!Utah banned minimum building dimension and most design requirementsGreat Barrier Reef is once again as coral-covered as it was 36 years ago when measurements began! Diablo Canyon saved!Plasma dilution has age-reversing effects???White House Office of Science and Technology Policy updated U.S. policy guidance to make the results of taxpayer-supported research available to the American public at no cost, no later than December 31, 2025.CA preparing pilot project to cover irrigation canals with solar panalsA nurse saved a 3-month-old baby who had stopped breathing during a flightGot 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