Wes and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective WITHOUT Eneasz for once Support us on Substack! News discussed: California court declared that anything good violates CEQA George Santos (R-NY) is a big fat phony Spencer Greenberg podcast featuring Elizabeth Edwards-Appell NY “Right to Repair” law passed but made useless a bunch of standard cell lines are THE WRONG CELLS (h/t Sarah Constantin) Happy News! Colorado decriminalization DMT, psilocybin, mescaline, and ibogane Researchers deactivated the BRD8 protein that’s key to this cancer using a pioneering gene editing technique. stopped the tumor growth in its tracks 27-year-old Jay Withey saved the lives of two dozen people during the deadly storm by rescuing strangers from cars trapped in the snow and bringing them into a school for shelter. 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/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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Episode 73 - The One Without Eneasz

Your hosts Wesley Fenza, Eneasz Brodski, and David Spearman discuss the week's news. 

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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 storage. the US has completed construction of their pier on Gaza for bringing in aid. Awww, the other two dropped out Government to Ban All US Election Betting Iranian President died in helicopter crash OpenAI exodus Also the most draconian non-disparagement b******t ever seen outside of TikTok Google Cloud deleted Unisuper’s entire account and all data Alabama Mercedez-Benz workers voted down union Happy News! Jury found expulsion of students for “blackface” was baseless and malicious and has fined the school $1M. :) Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches NASA engineers publish a paper with the design for a warp drive Blue Origin is flying again after 2 years! Troop Deployments Get You A Woman That Likes Men Date Wes! or read his erotica Maryzoso on Ex-Twitter Sex Coaching from Maryzoso 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/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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Episode 109 - RFK Gets Mind-Killed!

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 Columbia University student filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the school Monday Yassine says it looks good at UCLA a Jewish girl was beaten until hospitalized by protestors. Persian Jews then attacked the protest encampment in retaliation House anti-anti-semitism bill Russian Defence Minister arrested on corruption charges Poland announces local name for the F-35 program.  Trump might get some form of immunity?? Is it legal to ban homeless? Florida outlaws the manufacture and distribution of lab-grown meat FCC restores net neutrality rules, and votes 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a public utility.  Happy News! Biden descheduling weed! Voyager 1 fixed!  SpaceX announces commercial flights starting later this year! NASA invents an ion engine which can reach escape velocity??? Trump flip-flopped on mail-in voting! He’s for it now! New FTC rule: noncompetes are banned Surprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MIT group of motorists driving by a car on fire save a man from burning alive inside it Troop Deployment Eneasz - Stop trying to put price-ceilings on things! It never works! Instead, GO SEE LOCAL BANDS. 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/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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Episode 108 - Why Didn't He Take the Sword?

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 Israel but didn’t kill anyone  House passed a bunch of bills FISA cleared Senate filibuster by one vote, signed into law Zvi is not happy about it Special treatment for members of Congress?? Tiktok sale Biden rolls back Title IX reforms USAF tests AI-piloted F-16, reports sufficiently skillful flying to shoot down manned fighters. Cass report on child transgender healthcare in Britain released FHI shut down at Oxford. Uri Berliner, senior editor at NPR, says stuff that anyone listening to NPR has known for years Happy News! Colorado lets group houses and poly families legally buy housing! Bone marrow transplants are way easier these days Boy Finds Rare Gold Roman Bracelet in a Field Where it Was Lying for 2,000 Years Lots of good boys adopted when one school decides to find a way to make kids want to run  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/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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Episode 107 - Congress is Doing Things for Once

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 sustain permanent damage? Student loan forgiveness is back on the menu, boys! European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland “had failed to comply with its duties” to combat climate change and meet emissions targets, which violates women's rights? Meta, Google, and Intel are all unveiling custom new AI chips udio is legit amazeballs The Fooming Shoggoths have a couple bangers Brazilian Supreme Court judge has opened an inquiry into Elon Musk Harvard removes book bound in human skin Happy News! synchron is a neurolink rival Lumina Probiotic is available for preorder! first AI tool that can diagnose sepsis robot dog averts bloodshed Sesame Street Robot Dog song Troop Deployment Eneasz -  Death Is Bad on Lies 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/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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Episode 106 - Total Eclipse of TMK

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 $5 billion Trump gets special treatment again Trump predicted a “bloodbath” (for the auto industry?) if he’s not elected EPAs new fleet standards will “require” at least 56% of new vehicles to be electric by 2032 Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill and now the nutball caucus is trying to remove the speaker again Lyft and Uber pull out of Minneapolis after legislature mandates higher pay National Association of Realtors lawsuit settlement will end 6% commission system? Supreme Court to rule on abortion drug mifepristone this summer Musk Compensation.  Judge ruled that this is too much profit, and also Musk would have done the work anyway, and also the board was too close to Musk so the contract was a collaborative process rather than a true negotiation, and that stockholders don’t know what’s best for them Fed officials penciled in three quarter-percentage point cuts by the end of 2024 Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts Happy News! Gene-editted pig kidney transplanted into human Federal judiciary finally banned judge shopping New York Disbars Infamous Copyright Troll High Schooler Achyuta Rajaram wins Regeneron science and math competition  A pill that kills ticks! women taking Ozempic getting pregnant despite using birth control and/or experiencing fertility issues Austin build so much housing that housing ACTUALLY GOT CHEAPER! Troop Deployment Eneasz -  Housespouse is the greatest and best job in the world 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/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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Episode 73 - The One Without Eneasz

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