Episode 101 - It's Election Season!

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, kills 3 International Criminal Court ruled mostly in favor of Israel? Funding pulled for UNRWA after allegations that 12 of their employees participated in 10/7 attacks US plus 8 other countries Leaked Israeli dossier accuses 190 employees being operatives of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad Trump ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll Mitch McConnell outright said they don’t want to solve any border issues before the election Biden says he would shut down the border ’“right now” Biden “pauses” LNG exports. Fani Willis is sleeping with her special prosecutor? Georgia is trying to empower its oversight board Articles of impeachment introduced Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - a top cancer research institute, affiliate of Harvard Medical School, retracts 6 studies and investigating 31 more for copy-pasted graphs fraud. Ohio law requires mental health providers to get permission from at least one parent before diagnosing a minor with gender-issues, and disallows blockers, hormones, and surgery even with parental consent Hugo Awards for SF lit, held in China this year, censored by CCCP to no one’s surprise  (they started the fuckery in 2018) Happy News! NASA’s Mars helicopter flew 14x further than planned, lasted 3 years Japan is on the moon! Astrobotic lunar lander didn’t quite make it, but they learned a lot. Intuitive Machines is trying next month Experimental gene therapy gave a deaf 11 yr old hearing for the first time The nation’s largest solar energy and storage project came online in California last week, offering 875 megawatt-hours of solar capacity, and 3 gigawatt-hours of storage. CAR T cells - genetically engineered T cells - have been used to fight blood cancers for a while. In mice they are slowing aging when altered to eliminate senescent cells Husky digs up gas leak, potentially saves the block two teen girls in canada rescue british couple pulled out by riptide Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at [email protected]. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show! Follow us! RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkiller Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekm Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer  Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra

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