Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Democrats saved Mike Johnson Now they’re all indignant that he’s defending Trump Joe Biden is saving us from the scourge of low prices He mocked Trump for doing the same thing NYT poll : Biden is losing in 5-of-6 swing states Two debates! Ukraine has started bombarding airfields in occupied Crimea Also, Russian oil refineries and fuel s...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Biden campaign will continue to use TikTok World Central Kitchen resumed aid in Gaza Hamas attacks humanitarian pier off Gaza coast during construction Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israel (destroyed by Hamas on Oct 7) was reopened by Israel to allow aid trucks through. Hamas immediately hijacked it Israel shuts down Al-Jazeera Jewish ...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Note: Eneasz recorded himself on the wrong mic this episode, so his audio quality is terrible. Everyone yell at him! Support us on Substack! News discussed: Assassinated Iranian general at the embassy involved in 'planning and execution' of October 7 massacre The armorer for the film “Rust” was sentenced to 18 months News Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israe...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: IDF hits 3 world central kitchen cars, kills 7 paxlovid doesn't make a difference if you're fully vaxxed :( Florida abortion ban upheld, but ballot measure also approved abortion banned in Arizona for any reason other than to save the mother’s life Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far Yassine is no longer white Did your eyes s...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination Israel plans 1km wide (.6mile) buffer zone around entirety of gaza (pic) Chuck Schumer called for elections in Israel CAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma (a brain cancer) a big success in clinical trials Truth Social went public, somehow valued at...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Alabama passed a law protecting IVF providers from liability Anti-abortion groups are not happy about it Putin threatens nukes if western troops used, again SCOTUS voted 9-0 to allow Trump on the Ballot Biden gave a big speech and didn’t sound too old! Congress swamped with calls to not ban TikTok after TikTok mobilized users with easy ...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: The Hugo Committee itself was responsible for the censorship, doing it voluntarily and preemptively ! Intuitive Machines is now the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Phil Metzger describes: Imagine you built an experimental payload and it is going on a test ride to the Moon. Then the spacecraft engineers ask if th...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Natural Gas Ban doesn’t apply to countries that we have Free Trade Agreements with They’ve now read several pages of the Pompeii scrolls Gwern saw this coming. DC Circuit says Trump isn’t immune from prosecution Hamas data center found under UNRWA headquarter s Republicans failed to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas FAA practiced racial di...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: SCOTUS voted 5-4 to say Texas needs to let in the feds Texas is… not complying? Canadian highest court held that invoking of Emergency Act during trucker protest was unlawful Apple to have 3rd-party app stores! Hong Kong court orders liquidation of Evergrande (only HK parts tho) Iran-backed drone strike in Jordan injures 40 US soldiers,...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Claudine Gay resigned The IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Texas seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, prevent Border Patrol agents from entering the area Milei repeals housing regulation “Rental Law.” 1 month later Buenos Aires apartments double, rents down 20% US and UK launched strikes agains...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Claudine Gay resigned Trump kicked off the Maine ballot NYT sued OpenAI Congress only passed 27 bills last year Israel uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City They are also withdrawing troops Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group’s military wing, killed in a drone strike in ...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Guyana & Venezuela both pledged not to use force The likely first longevity drug is based on sketchy science. Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump’s name from the ballot More trouble in the Suez Ivy league presidents are terrible at PR Beff Jezos doxxed by Forbes Epic Games v. Google found that Google turned its Google Play app store...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min
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Dec 11, 2023•30 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! Sam Altman is back at OpenAI! Not fake news - future news! George Santos actually expelled this time Scientists got a whole-ass Earth-plant to grow in lunar regolith Gaza pause didn’t last long , but the original 4 days were extended to 6 3 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 drones New war just dropped!? Re...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 19 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, David, and Eneasz invite Yassine Meskhout onto the podcast to discuss his recent Substack post about the Israel-Palestine situation
Nov 22, 2023•23 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: George Santos wasn’t actually expelled, they just tried And they’re trying again SpaceX gets FAA approval for second Starship test launch SAG Strike is over! The AI provisions of the deal Sama kicked …...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News Links: SBF guilty on all charges We have a speaker of the house! He doesn’t have a bank account?!? First bill passed : $14 billion in aid for Israel plus $14 billion in cuts for IRS Biden Executive Order on AI Zvi agrees that it is mostly a prelude to actions to be taken in a few years Prominent AI Scientists from China and the West Propose Joint ...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying $1.1B Caroline Ellison of FTX admits on the stand that Sam bribed Chinese officials with $100M to unfreeze their assets, purposely tried to scam Saudi investors in the final days of FTX, & intentionally tried to sic regulators on Binance to destroy his competition. The NYT i...
Oct 25, 2023•52 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Azerbaijan won The Free Press says this is Israel’s 9/11 They randomly massacred a music festival , taken many hostages “Declare a humanitarian interest in liberating Gaza from Hamas' theocratic military dictatorship” Madmen march in support of murder-rape US shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of troops Turkey ...
Oct 11, 2023•56 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: FAA is “optimistic [about issuing a license] sometime next month" for Starship’s second launch Government shutdown impending this weekend New war just dropped between Armenia and Azerbaijan Biden impeachment inquiry announced Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey being indicted on bribery charges Ken Paxton acquitted Writers strike...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Intuitive Machines, the company behind the private moon lander, released a video of a test-fire of its landing engines Fifth Circuit injunction preventing government from censoring social media Fifth Circuit also reversed lower court and upheld Texas law forbidding viewpoint discrimination by social media companies SpaceX is ready for a...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Wes and David are joined by Jamiel to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Prighozin, Utkin, and more or less all Wagner head honchos dead after a Wagner-owned private plane was shot down Chinese real-estate company Evergrande files for bankruptcy… in US court . Fourth (and final?) Trump indictment! Abortion is illegal in South Carolina again DoJ files charges against Elon Musk for illegal discr...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Coroner’s report (Cu2S (known impurity in LK-99) has a first-order phase transition around 378 K accompanied by a large resistivity drop) Index of replication attempts Israeli Knesset banned “reasonableness” standard, but nothing further yet Clarence Thomas is even more corrupt Reason on common misconceptions about Trump indictment Jack...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Ukraine Update: Kerch Strait Bridge 2: Electric Boogaloo Fed still raising interest rates despite inflation being over Monthly PCE inflation is at 2% Even the Fed’s janky numbers have inflation at 3% Judge killed Biden asylum rules Biden tries student debt forgiveness again wtf China . Secret chinese biolab in CA , similar to the secret...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Inflation is over Crazy Trump judge issued an injunction against government talking to social media companies ONE WEIRD TRICK! - Wisconsin gov used line-item veto to rewrite law to guarantee education funding for 400 years Apparently they do this all the time UK Online Safety Bill requires backdoor in all encryption Apple, Signal, Wikip...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Perun (sp?) video Weird aborted coup in Russia If a cop has a gun in your face and you try to escape anyway, presumably what the cop would find is worse for you than taking a bullet France Riots: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/02/france-protests-nahel-m-shooting/ https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/france-violence-rioter...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Trump indicted again Statement on AI risks The draft of the AI Bill of Rights is currently garbage Google’s DeepMind: AlphaDev uncovered new and improved sorting algorithms Language Models Don't Always Say What They Think SCOTUS: Alabama redistricting was unconstitutional Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a woman after her cou...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes and Eneasz report live from Vibecamp! Featuring Twitter personalities @vraiqx , @catascopic , @embryosophy , @AgotaDubi , and @LexerLux...
Jun 19, 2023•29 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community. Support us on Substack! News discussed: Oathkeeper leader Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy “He was the one giving the orders,” Judge Mehta said Major loss of access to transgender healthcare in Florida Also, Oklahoma passed a super anti-trans bill in February Elon comes out as pro-criminalization of sex changes for minors :( Meta says it’ll stop linking ...
Jun 07, 2023•59 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: California, Arizona and Nevada agrees to cut at least 3 million acre-feet of water China has banned US chip maker Micron from selling to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects Trump found liable for sexual assault Feds approved Manhattan congestion pricing plan Was Qualified Immunity snuck in by an a*****e? Meta has be...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 15 min
