The Mind Killer

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

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:IRA’s corporate minimum tax is written to apply to 150 companies. If a corporation pays the AMT, a credit against future corporate regular tax is carried forward.Jakeup asserts “rich Americans subsidizing drug development for the rest of the world was maybe the most effective unintended altruism the US was doing”Salman Rushdie recovering from stabbing on stage by 24-year-old fanatic Liz Cheney loses R Primary in Wyoming. "will be launching an organization to educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president." - PAC is “The Great Task”Fourth Circuit held that gender dysphoria is a disability under ADABiden about to transfer student loan debt to tax payers? (Update - Yup.)FL’s Stop WOKE law suspended by appeals court. The judge says it’s a clear violation of 1A, and also says that it’s modeled on the Civil Rights ActEurope's largest nuclear power station came under shelling at the front lines in UkraineCar bombing in Moscow oblast, likely targeting Alexander Dugin, kills his daughter instead. Russian feds claim to have arrested the responsible party, a Ukrainian and a member of the Azov Battalion but the official story is… very sus. US to send $3 billion in aid to UkraineWestern states face deadline to cut water use from Colorado RiverCA agriculture, despite using 80 percent of the state’s water, produces only about 2 percent of the state’s GDP.Senior rights (first settlers) take priority. Called the "Prior Appropriation System.”This drought goes back to at least 2014, is the worst in over 1200 years, and has probably reached the point of being self-sustainingEDF cuts output at nuclear power plants as French rivers get too warmLow Rhine water level to hit output at two German coal plantsChina sees temps over 110 degreesLots of wildfiresWater levels are so low that power has been cut to factories for 6 days so farEx-Twitter exec Mudge Zatko leaks report revealing that Twitter has critical organizational vulnerabilities which mean a fairly simple attack which took all their data centers offline at once could unrecoverably destroy the entire platform.  New EA cause area?$300 million dollars for a stockpile of 30 HV transformers is far too expensive to prevent 90% of the public dying and the rest reduced to cannibalismHappy News!AZ now has universal education vouchers!It’s no longer illegal to buy hearing aids! EA gets favorable cover story in Time magazine.Mice treated with altered stem cells were able to form new neurons, treating alzheimers and dementia.£30 million grant from the British Heart Foundation to develop a treatment to reprogram the genetics which cause muscular heart diseaseBioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight6 High School Football Players Combine Their BRUTE STRENGTH to Rescue Injured Woman Trapped in a Wrecked CarGot 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:Democrats agreed on environmental/inflation billAirfield in Crimea spontaneously combustsAlso, a conscript barracks in Moscow caught fire. No casualties reported.Also, a Belarusian air force base also spontaneously combustedSecret Service deleted all their texts from around 1/6Outgoing Pentagon officials also had phones wipedMar-A-Lago raidedEquifax glitch misreported credit scores for millions by up to 130 points. Class action lawsuit now. Pelosi went to TaiwanPredictIt being shut down by FedsTrump endorsed “Eric” in Missouri Republican primaryUnited Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an Alabama coal company Nebraska teen and mother facing charges for DIY abortion at 28 weeks, cops using Facebook messages as evidenceAmerica’s most reliable newscaster ordered to pay $49.3 ($45.2 punative, $4.1 compensatory) million in damages to Sandy Hook familiesTexas statute probably limits punitive damages to $750KHappy News!Kansas abortion amendment got crushed* The adsZOMBIE PIG INVASION!The thrice-damned NRC approved NuScale Power’s small, modular reactor designsThe NRC also approved the Vogtle power plant in Georgia to begin loading fuel and testing whether it can run commercially. This is the first new US power plant to receive such approval since the NRC was formed in 19747yr old saves 3yr old from drowningTBC Episode on Labor UnionsGot 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:Bill passed Senate to subsidize chip manufacturingManchin made a deal on a deficit reduction/climate change billBill protecting same-sex (and interracial) marriage passed House w/47 votes from R’sHouse passes stupid dumb assault weapons ban. Probably (hopefully?) doomed in the Senate.PACT Act failed to passKevin Drum thinks the Republicans have a pointA 2016 law requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish a board to provide information on the effects of regulations related to federal research requirements and make recommendations on aligning and streamlining requirementsMy IRB Nightmare - Slate Star Codex16 years of Alzheimer’s research was based on fraudZvi: “If this is fraud, we need to update a bunch on the probability that a bunch of other stuff is also fraud.”Evergrande defaulted on their debtFour rural banks in China's central Henan province froze millions of dollars worth of depositsLed to a banking scandal investigationWar with China?NHS in Britain to close Tavistock child gender identity clinic over safety fearshad no standards of careWhistleblowers report harassment and threats when they brought up these issuesFDA added “brain swelling” and vision loss to warning label of puberty blockersYour Book Review: The CastratoZelenskyy calls for mass evacuations as fighting rages in Ukraine's eastApparently the Russian economy is in the toiletRecord heat wave in EuropeFires everywhereIt’s time to riotHappy News!Hero saves family from burning house Troop DeploymentsEneasz -  Well Actually Accuracy Is ImportantGot 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:Idaho GOP overwhelmingly rejects adding abortion exception to save the life of the mother to their platform Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them 10-year-old girl who had been raped was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana to get an abortionAn Abortion Is Not An Abortion If A 10-Year-Old Gets One, Says Anti-Abortion LeaderGermany: reject modernity, RETVRN TO COALSri Lanka suffers critical existence failure Compare: protests in The Netherlands.US and Russia getting into dick-measuring contest over Lithuania. Surprise Jan. 6th hearing!Biden bought back “guilty until proven innocent” campus sexual assault rulesOmicron booster!Paxlovid at the pharmacy!SCOTUS granted cert in a worrisome election law caseAlito, Gorsuch, and Thomas all wrote in favor of this theory beforeFDA killing smokers for lulz California passed a gun bill authorizing civil enforcement by individualsArmed Bystander (carrying legally) stopped a mass shooting in a mall in Indiana MonkeyPox News:Doesn’t require sexual contact. It is an overall rash that is easily mistaken for chicken pox.It is primarily an affliction of MSM though. Seems to mostly be spread thru sexual networksCases in US up to 1800 as of a few days ago Receiving a vaccine up to four days after exposure can prevent disease onset altogether, but even getting it up to two weeks after exposure can reduce symptoms US has over 1M vaccines, but FDA bureaucracy has strangled distribution to ~1/10th of that 2.5 M more Monkeypox vaccines ordered Happy News!First batch of pictures released from the James Webb space telescope. the deep field image which shows clear lensinga picture of Andromeda where individual stars are clearly visiblea patient in New Zealand has undergone gene-editing to lower their cholesterol Samsung has started initial production of its 3-nanometer semiconductor chipsTata Chemicals opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant today, captures 40,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each yearIn England, a dog escaped only to return later that day with a ribbon won at a local dog show David’s LinkedInGot 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