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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: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

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective. This week, it’s all Supreme Court!Support us on Substack!News discussed:Followup: Turkey is supporting Sweden and Finland’s NATO applicationsSCOTUS NewsRoe is deadEgbert v. Boule - border patrol agents can’t be sued for excessive forceAhmed v. Weyker - 8th Circuit - (deputized) federal officer invented a fake drug trafficking ring and fabricated a bunch of evidenceByrd v. Lamb - 5th Circuit - DHS agent tried to kill a guy for personal reasonsNYSRPA v. Bruen - “may issue” gun permits are unconstitutionalRelated - gun control bill passed SenateVega v. Tekoh - victim can’t sue for lack of Miranda warningsWest Virginia v. EPA - EPA can’t regulate carbon emissionsOklahoma v. Castro-Huerta - State criminal laws apply to non-Indians on Indian landBiden v. Texas - Biden can end the “remain in Mexico” asylum policyDenezpi v. US - double jeopardy clause is dead?Carson v. Macon - essentially reiterates Espinoza saying school choice programs can’t exclude religiousRelated - Shurtleff v. Boston - if State allows citizens to fly flags at city hall, they can’t prohibit “Christian flag”KENNEDY v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT - Coach leading prayer on field after game is OKClarence Thomas is at the peak of his powerThomas: "substantive due process" is an oxymoron that "lack[s] any basis in the Constitution." Happy News!FIRE goes globalPG&E Commissions Its Moss Landing Elkhorn Battery 158 Tesla Mega-Batteries Will Boost Hawaii Green Energy By 10%, And Shut Down Coal-Fired Power PlantQilin Battery can achieve 1,000 km vehicle rangeImplant that relieves pain on demand and without the use of drugsA stray dog in the country of Georgia has appointed himself as the local crossing guard for young children crossing a busy intersection. He’s a very serious boy.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 perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News DiscussedGoogle seems to say that carbon footprint of solar breaks even pretty early and is at least better than gas and coal.Here's the master study that articles tend to citeHere is nasa giving irradiance data for new yorkFamily care centers in at least two states discarded thousands of cans of unopened, unexpired baby formulaModerna has an omicron-specific booster that works really well!Vaccine approved for humans under 5yrs oldGermany will use more coal! France’s nuclear energy output drops due to lack of maintenance of their nuclear fleet due to a pivot towards renewablesChandler v California Department of Corrections targets California S.B. 132 Collin Wright kicked off Paypal and Etsy soon afterWNYC and NYT both openly saying some kids may be being pushed into sex change too aggressively. FINA says to compete in swimming, transition must be before age 12“Progressive prosecutor” Chesa Boudin crushed in San FranciscoThe Asian ThingA crazy dude almost tried to kill Brett Kavenaugh Inflation is high! But core CPI is fallingEmployment is way up!US to seize all imports from Xinjiang unless proven not made by slaves  Supreme Court allows states to use gerrymandered congressional maps in the 2022 midterm electionsSpaceX will be required to take more than 75 actions to mitigate environmental impacts before the company can receive a launch license for the site from the FAATuring test passed with flying colorsG7 discussing a price cap on Russian energy exportsHappy News!Joe Biden proposes plan to save the Diablo Canyon nuclear plantDriverless rideshare service approved in San Francisco!Santa Claus is running for Alaska’s open house seat!Vasectomy Switch! Popular/Beloved old lady had her house gifted to her by neighbors :) Diversity is supposed to be good because it promotes ... exposure to a wide range of ideasGot 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: 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 receipt for the tactical vest worn by the Aurora shooter Kiel school had to open a Title IX investigation? The school closed the investigationAbbott restarts production of specialty formulas at Michigan plantCDC concluded its investigation with no findings of a link between Abbott formulas and infant illnesses.Kyiv was hit by Russian missiles targeting a train yard used for food distribution.SCOTUS blocked Texas social media law from going into effectAlso SCOTUS: ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel can’t justify an evidentiary hearing in federal courtIran seized a Greek oil tanker in the Persian gulf. Biden allowing solar panel imports from Asia for 2 years, and  invoking the Defense Production Act to help expand American solar panel manufacturingDoctor Oz won the PA Republican primaryBoris Johnson Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Lockdown PartiesPodcast on nuclear regulationChurch Committee report Happy News!A mom dodged cops and stormed the Uvala school to get her kid out. F*****g Chad As Hell.THEY’RE BUILDING A HOTEL IN SPACE BEGINNING IN 2025Got 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:The Ministry to Truth is dead? The director wanted to be able to edit tweets to add contextAfter 2 months of fighting, port city of Mariupol has fallen to RussiaNYT editorial urges Ukraine to consider surrenderSweden and Finland applied for NATO membershipTurkey objects, claims they house Kurdish SeparatistsRussia retaliated by cutting off gas to FinlandFDA shut down baby formula plant after voluntary recall in February.Baby formula shortage results.European formula is banned just because.FactCheck.org says it’s “misinformation” to claim that the FDA isn’t awesome, and says the shortage isn’t anyone’s fault.To solve this problem, congress passes a bill to give the FDA another $28M and allows food stamps (WIC) to cover more brands of formula. Also the military airlifted in 70,000 tons of formula from Germany. That’s enough for 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week, and is not for retail, it’s going only to hospitals and clinics.Elizabeth Warren Introduces Price-Gouging BillQuick analysis hereTwitter thread saying surge pricing ("gouging") should be mandatoryInsane racist kills 10 in supermarket shooting in BuffaloCites Great ReplacementThat being said, leftists have been open about how replacing deplorables is a good thing.Biden whoopsie on defending Taiwan vs ChinaElon Musk accused of exposing himself to employee by “a friend” of employee, who pinky-swears that this totally happened.Elon says he’ll vote Republican because Dems “have become the party of division & hate”Tech stocks plummet, Musk tries to get better deal on Twitter purchaseOpening Argument on why It’s probably a pretextTexas social media law allowed to go into effectText of the lawPopeHat thinks it’s badAfghan women will be forced to wear BurqasThree schoolboys (age 13) are being taken to court in the US state of Wisconsin for sexual harrasement after one of them allegedly declined to use the they/them pronouns for a fellow studentStableCoins are dead, at least for nowMercedes Lackey CancelledHappy News!80,000 Hours releases climate change review endorsing “this is not an existential risk to the species”New York Rolling Out Noise Law“Something Weird” happening re Universe Expanding. 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 perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Russian blockade stops export of Ukranian wheat - 4.5M tons. Trains trying to take up slack, 600k tons/month.Louisiana introduced a bill to classify any abortion after conception as homicideBiden created a “Disinformation Governance Board” that’s totally not a Ministry of TruthNina Jankowicz has a book all about how hard it is to be a womanPayPal canceled accounts of two prominent independent news outlets The news sites are critical of the war in Ukraine and call it American ImperialismCriticism of the NYT Elon Musk hit piece NYT drops in stealth-editsNYT requested an interview from a friend of Musk. His reply was f*****g epic.Dave Chappelle tackled on stage by some dipshitACLU Wrote Amber Heard's Op-Ed for $3.5M. Smithsonian will be returning stolen artifactsHappy News!People aren’t as crazy as you think!And they hate you less than you think!Prometheus Fuels converts renewable electricity from solar and wind power into zero net carbon gasoline It’s likely that over half of Russia’s nukes are dudsTroop DeploymentsDavid - Servant of the People is very goodHeumer on AbortionEneasz -  Secure abortion rights in your stateWes - How to do a self-managed abortionDon’t get misoprostal from veterinary sources!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 perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Maybe we already have missile defense tech?Youtube video claiming we can handle intermediate range missiles, but not ICBMs with reliabilityUS intercepted an ICBM in 2020Zvi post on game theoryCrisis Watch China-focused OSINT SubstackWorld food prices are up 13%Major fires in Russian chemical plant, industrial center, and defense research buildingsSweden and Finland will apply to join NATOWhat is Germany doing?Greg Abbott caused a huge traffic backup on the Mexico border for no reasonFlorida stripped Disney’s independent status because of opposition to “Don’t Say Gay” billIt’s definitely unconstitutionalCases in China still increasing despite lockdownsA nuclear-armed state accidentally launched a missile at another nuclear-armed stateCNN+ collapsed in less than a monthMacron won in a landslideFederal courts keeps telling Biden to stop being racistAgricultural bailout targeted only non-white applicantsGoogle’s AI-Powered ‘Inclusive Warnings’ Feature Is Very BrokenTrump held in contempt for failing to provide documentsHappy News!UK building 8 more nuclear plantsBailout for nuclear plants!Mask mandate declared unconstitutional Now you can wear good masks if you want toGot 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