Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective

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News discussed:

Maybe we already have missile defense tech?

Youtube video claiming we can handle intermediate range missiles, but not ICBMs with reliability

US intercepted an ICBM in 2020

Zvi post on game theory

Crisis Watch China-focused OSINT Substack

World food prices are up 13%

Major fires in Russian chemical plant, industrial center, and defense research buildings

Sweden and Finland will apply to join NATO

What is Germany doing?

Greg Abbott caused a huge traffic backup on the Mexico border for no reason

Florida stripped Disney’s independent status because of opposition to “Don’t Say Gay” bill

It’s definitely unconstitutional

Cases in China still increasing despite lockdowns

A nuclear-armed state accidentally launched a missile at another nuclear-armed state

CNN+ collapsed in less than a month

Macron won in a landslide

Federal courts keeps telling Biden to stop being racist

Agricultural bailout targeted only non-white applicants

Google’s AI-Powered ‘Inclusive Warnings’ Feature Is Very Broken

Trump held in contempt for failing to provide documents

Happy News!

UK building 8 more nuclear plants

Bailout for nuclear plants!

Mask mandate declared unconstitutional 

Now you can wear good masks if you want to

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