The Mind Killer

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

Wes and Eneasz discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective. David overslept, so it’s just the two of us this week!Support us on Substack!News discussed:Farmers planted extra wheat last fall due to expectation of conflictMichigan Governor Kidnap Plot - 2 not guilty, 2 mistrial, due to FBI entrapmentEurope not paying for gas in rublesRussia has withdrawn from Kyiv, focusing on Eastern UkraineMass murder of civilians in Bucha and several other citiesBiden called Putin a war criminalEU banning all bank transactions and coal importsRussian state media is calling for full genocidePoland is going full gigachad and has accepted 2.3 million refugeesRussian parliament introduced bill declaring any Russian speaker a citizenTrump still asking Putin for dirt on Biden7 hours of Trump’s call logs missing on 1/6. Unrest is beginning in China, possible riots?Pets of COVID-positive citizens are killedZvi’s latest updateFar-Right French President Candidate has a good shot at winningGinni Thomas is a crazy conspiracy theoristAmazon challenging union vote due to organizers handing out weedMIT is bringing back the SATDALL-E 2 makes amazing art on demandGoogles Pathways Language Model explains jokes, and it can distinguish cause and effect and understand counterfactualsAlphaCode can solve natural-language coding problems at the level of a new programmer. Socratic Modeling systemMusk not joining the Twitter boardState Court Finds California’s Diversity Mandate for Corporate Boards Is UnconstitutionalBLM is a huge scamUS passports now include Gender X Happy News!Old skins cells reprogrammed to be young again!“The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy estimates it would cost just over $24 billion to have prototype vaccines ready for each of the 26 known viral families that cause human disease.”SCOTUS held that you can sue for malicious prosecution if your criminal charges are droppedThe Bayesian Conspiracy on whether you should punch NazisGot 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:CDC alcohol guidelinesWill Smith Assaults or Batters Chris Rock?Ukraine News:Russia seems to be switching focus to DonbasRussia said on Friday that the first phase of its military operation was mostly complete Putin complained that he was getting canceled like JK RowlingBiden wants to remove Russia from the G20Did Hunter Biden personally finance Ukraine weapons labs?!?!?!?Putin demanded natural gas be paid in RublesTaxes are canceled for the duration of martial law and at least a year after its end“If you can, pay, if you can’t, there are no questions,” Zelensky saidA developer has been caught adding malicious code to a popular open-source package that wiped files on computers located in Russia and Belarus. Biden Says to Expect ‘Real’ Food Shortages Due to Ukraine WarCounterpoint Zelensky is open to Ukrainian neutralityNo deal yet on Crimea and DonbasOther News:Manchin says he’ll vote to confirm Judge JacksonHunter Biden laptop (sort of) confirmed to be realNYT seems to have reported about it accurately in Oct. 2020Kevin Drum says media did nothing wrongNew study data showed little difference in excess deaths in European countries during covidstudy of microlending shows many of the “small-businesses” opened are actually MLM scamsFTC demanded that Weight Watchers destroy the algorithms or AI models it built using illegally harvested data. Permanent daylight savings?USPS is only buying 20% electric vehiclesAntarctica more than 70 degrees warmer than average, Arctic more than 50 degreesBiden statement honoring the victims of Atlanta ShootingsHappy News!Maryland Governor Announces Elimination of Four-Year Degree Requirement For Thousands of State JobsScientists at University of Texas at Austin have redesigned a key component of a widely used CRISPR-based gene-editing tool, called Cas9, to be thousands of times less likely to target the wrong stretch of DNAGot 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:Texas appeals court sided with the parents of a transgender teenager, rejecting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to allow a child abuse investigation to proceedAppeals Court held that it did not have jurisdictionPreliminary injunction issued on FridayJussie Smollett sentenced, and assures us that he’s not suicidalEneasz was wrong, it’s pronounced Kee-vEA group’s rough attempt to profile charities which support Ukrainian war reliefFukuyama is predicting that Russia will loseRandom Russains getting canceled for no good reasonTchaikovsky. Cats. Mustard. wtfFacebook is allowing calls for violence against RussiaEU sanctioning Russia Today and SputnikZvi on the Ukraine situationRussia warned the United States that convoys with weapons sent to Ukraine would be “legitimate targets” for the Russian military.Orthodox theologians declare the "Ruskyy mir - Russian world" a false teaching. They have openly called "Russian world" doctrine a heresyBiden gave a speech. No further comment. Federal COVID response money is almost gone, they asked for $30B moreThe White House hasn’t publicly detailed exactly how it’s spent the more than $4 trillion Congress authorized for Covid-19 relief SCOTUS held that government doesn’t have to turn over information on secret torture sitesNew law bans forced arbitration of sexual harassment suitsA Republican proposed an actual policy agenda, with predictable resultsMitch McConnell slapped him down immediatelyAndrew Torrez thinks Trump is going to jailIdaho house passed a law that would make it a felony to give trans kids surgeryIdaho house also passed a law removing an exemption that protects libraries, schools, museums, colleges and universities for “disseminating material that is harmful to minors.” Mary Elizabeth Coleman of the Missouri House of Representatives has introduced a provision that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps a Missouri resident obtain an abortion out of state.Happy News!Happy Victory over Covid-19 day“Test to treat” plan for covid - Test positive at a pharmacy, they give you free PaxlovidNot paid for - Republicans (who else?!) holding up fundingCDC predictably foot-dragging on public transit rules, giving us all a chance to practice ignoring the CDCGot 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:SNL Covid SketchPutin’s “unhinged” speech the looting of Russia in the 90sWith English subtitlesPutin’s spy chief visibly scared of Putin during grillingSanctions happeningSWIFT ban imminent, Germany has mostly dropped oppositionLeaving exemptions for energy & agricultureRussia’s biggest bond is down 50%Russia considering seizing citizens’ assetsFrum thinks sanctions are the real deal, worries that they’ll be too effectiveSnake Island bad-ass chads are still aliveEU in talks to give jet fighters to UkraineSlovak government has launched a website with info for Ukrainians coming to SlovakiaFirst Day of Negotiations are over, talks are expected to continueVoters in Belarus have approved constitutional reforms that will allow the country to host nuclear weaponsConvoy disbandedTrudeau froze protesters’ bank accountsWithout the right to transact, you effectively have no constitutional rights.Zvi - “The only way that is in the government’s interest is if it wants this fight in order to further suspend freedom and democracy and destroy the rule of law that much faster.”Biden Nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUSEndorsed by Fraternal Order of PoliceAfghanistan is fucked. US froze $7B in assets, giving half to 9/11 survivors.Multiple Sclerosis Is Likely Caused by a VirusSarah Palin trying to overturn NYT v. Sullivan “actual malice” standard Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun manufacturer Remington3 San Francisco school board members were recalledFL Dont Say Gay billthe ban would be on "classroom instruction" for those from kindergarten through the third gradeTX gov Says Some Sex Change Procedures Are Child Abuse Under Texas Law. Many R lawmakers admitted it was subject matter they weren't familiar with.Happy News!NIH issues a seismic mandate: share data publiclyB/Yamagata influenza lineage may have become extinctCDC getting ready for covid independence dayGot 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