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  • 155 - Liberation Day is Canceled

    155 - Liberation Day is Canceled
    Feb 25 2026
    Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:Grand jury rejected charges against Congresspeople who made the “you can disobey unlawful orders” videoJim O’Neill fired from HHSBut he’s going to lead the National Science Foundation?feds leaving Minnesota for realFormer SK President sentenced to life in prisonNewsLiberation Day is canceled!Trump is definitely going to reinstate the tariffs claiming fake authority under some other statuteOriginally IEEPA had a legislative veto, but SCOTUS killed it in the 80’sNo Republican Senate candidate in NMThe FDA is ruining biotechUpdate: Trump intervened and now the review is back on!EPA overturned finding allowing them to regulate greenhouse emissionsTrump is trying to cancel bridge project between US & CanadaThe Snow Mexicans double-touched the stone!They also lost to the US in the closest thing they have to a source of national prideAlso, the Poutine Beaners announced a plan to reach 2% of their GDP being spent on defense, but only buying exclusively from Canadian defense companies. The problem is that Canada doesn’t have any of those.Your AI is not a lawyerSeeDance is making full-ass multi-minute films.Anthropic says they’ll pay for 100% of the grid upgrades needed to interconnect our data centersCENTCOM continues to collect American military hardware like its pokemonTrump announced a 10-day deadline for Iran to agree to a nuclear deal or “bad things happen”Big military buildup near IranIn retaliation for a Mexican operation that killed the leader of the CJNG leader “El Mencho”, the cartel erected roadblocks of burning cars, engaged in street violence, and issued threats against American tourists.Netherlands taxing unrealized capital gainsThey’ve actually been doing this for almost a decade, in an even stupider wayHappy News!FDA Commissioner: “everything should be over the counter” unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoringSingapore is successfully eliminating mosquitosSan Francisco is working on eliminating zombies!Chinese researchers have created injectable “bone glue”In ten years, Israel almost got rid of cystic fibrosis among newbornsAella has released her Bink Kink Dataset and a tool to play with it!Tesla FSD has saved many lives. Here’s another one.Insurance exists that will give you 50% off your premium when you drive with Self-Driving mode onTroop DeploymentDavid - The Mind Killer Podcast’s long overdue Land AcknowledgementEneasz - Is your life better or worse due to your use of social media?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!Feedburner RSSPocket CastsApple PodcastsIntro/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
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    1 Std. und 19 Min.
  • 154 - Hooray for Markets!

    154 - Hooray for Markets!
    Feb 11 2026
    Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:Homan removing 700 officers (2,000 still left)All DHS officers are getting body camerasTrump: we’ll use a “softer touch”US attorneys still not happyDOJ having trouble hiring new onesCongress made a deal to fund most of the governmentThom Tillis says he’ll block the nomination unless the Powell investigation is droppedCommunists won Portugal’s electionright-wing populists won bigly JapanMore Epstein files!The FBI seized all the ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton County, GeorgiaTrump shutting down the Kennedy CenterUndersecretary of State accuses China of performing nuclear tests on X.$2 million in damages to detransitioner Fox VarianBlocked and Reported’s coverage (paywalled)Happy News!AI-driven automated trash sorters increased third-quarter profits by 18% due to recycling gains at nation’s largest trash firm.Despite a 5-year drought, Canadian farmers are pulling in record harvests. Up 77% from 30 years ago13-yr old swims against the current to get back to land and get help.Troop DeploymentsEneasz - I went to the pro-billionaire marchGot 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!Feedburner RSSPocket CastsApple PodcastsIntro/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
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    1 Std. und 1 Min.
  • 153 - ICE Storm

    153 - ICE Storm
    Jan 28 2026
    Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:American Association of Pediatrics made recommendations that kids get 18 vaccinationsA second person - Alex Pretti - was shotVideo shows that gun was secured before shots firedTrump sent 3,000 feds to MinneapolisLocal police chief reports that his non-white off-duty officers keep getting illegally detainedKristi Noem statement on Rene Good shootingDeputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller statementMinnesota US Attorney resigned in protest because of pressure to investigate Good’s widowTrump threatening to invoke Insurrection ActInternal memo says ICE can enter homes with “administrative warrant”Last year DHS said it’s illegal to record ICEFeds issued subpoenas to governor, two mayors, and two other officialsSome changes being madeICE at Winter OlympicsRelated?: Trump ended temporary protected status for SomalisState Dept. is “pausing” visas from 75 countriesTrump threatening tariffs on all Nordic countries, France, Germany, & the UKWrote an insane letter to the Norwegian prime minsterCanada made a major trade deal with ChinaTrump is being super normal about itMore pardons for fraud guys!Trump has made at least $1.4 billion since taking officeHappy News!Dream communication is happening!TikTok recently showed a privacy-policy pop-up to users in the U.S. as part of a corporate restructuringA twice-yearly shot could help end AIDSGot 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!Feedburner RSSPocket CastsApple PodcastsIntro/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
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    1 Std. und 11 Min.
  • 152 - Nuts in the Air

    152 - Nuts in the Air
    Jan 14 2026
    Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:Tim Walz dropped reelection bid due to welfare fraud scandalCorporation for Public Broadcasting shutting downAfter a week-long pursuit we caught and boarded the Bella 1 oil tanker, with no resistance.CIA agents in Venezula since August reporting on movementsBad jobs numbers last yearTreasury Department bans international wire transfers for people on public assistance.Lego releases “smart-bricks”The ICE officer had been dragged 300’ by a car last yearVictim was a member of an “ICE Watch” groupTrump wants to 1.5x military budgetIn an “AI Manhattan Project” China has completed a prototype lithography machineAnthropic pulls access to Claude Code from xAI’s AI teamRFK removed six vaccines from the recommended list for kidsHegseth trying to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over the video about disobeying illegal ordersJerome Powell: Trump is threatening indictments to try to intimidate FedTrump probably vetoes a bill for funding a water pipeline in Colorado for vindictive reasonsHappy News!Small exposure to peanuts works for adults too, to a lesser degree!Trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness – has fallen from 1.5 billion in 2002 to 97.1 million todaySanitation, diagnosis, and antibiotics have reduced it by 94%An injection that blocks the activity of a protein involved in aging reverses naturally occurring cartilage loss in the knee joints of old miceTroop DeploymentWes - Listen to Fashionably Late by the Fine Vintages!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/vvcmifu6Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killerApple: 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
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    1 Std. und 24 Min.
  • 151 - B******t Trump News

    151 - B******t Trump News
    Dec 31 2025
    Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:New Epstein files releasedOver 500 pages fully redactedAsfura declared winner of Honduras electionSCOTUS says Trump can’t deploy national guard to Chicago6-3, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch in minorityNo deal on ACA subsidiesTikTok is finally divestingTrump put up b****y plaques on portraits of former presidentsOne of the board members is suing60 Minutes pulled coverage of Salvadoran prison Trump EO: Weed reclassified to Schedule IIITrump EO: nukes on the moon!Fentanyl is now a “weapon of mass destruction” (??)We’re blockading oil tankers from VenezuelaBella 1 oil tanker refused to stop for boardingIran declares total war on US, Europe, and IsraelChina having its largest ever military exercises in the Taiwan strait right nowJapan scrambling fightersRussia and Ukraine having peace talks in Florida, results TBDTrump boats!10% of all Meta revenue comes from ads for scams & banned goodsRob Reiner and wife stabbed to death by their sonHappy News!2025 had the lowest murder rate ever recordedOverdoses are also falling!India passed the SHANTI act, which allows private companies to create and run nuclear power plantsHuge stock of rare earth minerals found in Utah by an existing mining siteA non-profit drone search and rescue team existsYou Can Just Buy Far-UVCTroop DeploymentEneasz - Lightcone Fundraising! LessWrong Census!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/vvcmifu6Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killerApple: 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
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    1 Std. und 8 Min.
  • 150 - Artisanally Crafted Phonemes

    150 - Artisanally Crafted Phonemes
    Dec 17 2025
    Wes and Eneasz are joined by Will Eden to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:For on Venezuelan boat, we did a second strike to kill themAlso we stole an oil tankerTrump: “Well, we keep it, I guess”Vaccine advisory committee eliminated recommendation that newborns get Hep B vaccineBig measles outbreak in South CarolinaHonduras election is in chaosTrump pardoned Juan Orlando HernándezTrump decided NZvi says this is a terrible ideaTrump EO is attempting to preempt state AI lawsAI has designed proteins that survive 150 °C and nanonewton forcesMerriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’We’re bailing out the farmersHuge welfare fraud scheme in MinnesotaMatt Van Epps (R) won special election in TennesseeAustralia banned social media for children under 16Gen Z Protests organized through DiscordTrump commuted the sentence of a private equity CEO convicted of fraudTrump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) of federal bribery chargesTrump is upset that he’s going to run for reelection as a democratOliver Sacks made up many of the details in his famous case studiesHappy News!There’s an annual Wildlife Comedy Photography award! See this year’s finalists.Min-readers learned to interpret the patterns as meaningful signals, which they could recognize and use. CNBC has signed a multi-year deal with prediction-market Kalshi, bringing real-time probability data into the network’s TV broadcasts and digital platforms starting next year,3 ‘rebel’ nuns left an elderly care home and broke into the historic abbey where they had lived their entire adult livesTroop DeploymentsEneasz - The Hobos yearn for the ForestGot 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/vvcmifu6Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killerApple: 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
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    1 Std. und 10 Min.
  • 149 - Steven & Ross Return!

    149 - Steven & Ross Return!
    Dec 1 2025
    Wes is once again joined by Ross and Steven keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:UN security council adopted Gaza deal“Epstein Files Transparency Act” passedFederal 3-judge panel issued injunction against Texas redistrictingJudge Jerry Smith wrote an insane dissentTrump “pausing” Afgan immigration after Afgani shot two national guard soldiersJames Comey and Letitia James indictments fell apartNavy deciding whether to recall Mark Kelly to active service so they can court-martial himMIT Technology Review on Gemini 3Humai on GPT-5.1Anthropic on Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic disclosed what it calls “the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human interventionGrok 4.1 showed increased sycophancy scores and “slightly higher deception rates”The White House’s response to AI concerns can be summarized as “f**k it, yolo, pedal to the metal!”The Trump administration is reclassifying which degrees count as “professional” under a new student loan program.Happy News!15yo Belgian just earned a PhD in quantum physicsType one diabetes cured in miceAI+EEG can diagnosis dementia vs. Alzheimer’s vs. healthyColombia has declared its entire Amazon biome as a reserveCRISPR achieves 50% cholesterol reduction in first human trialIt’s Solstice season!Berkeley solstice is next weekendNYC solstice is December - tickets at https://rationalistmegameetup.com/Steven has a new podcast!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/vvcmifu6Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killerApple: 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
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    1 Std. und 8 Min.
  • 148 - News You Can Fight About

    148 - News You Can Fight About
    Nov 19 2025
    Eneasz and David are both being whiny babies, so Wes is joined by Ross and Steven to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News links:UK stopped sharing intelligence on suspected drug trafficking in the CaribbeanFAA reducing flights at 40 major airportsHead Start programs shutting downCongressional hemp restrictions threaten $28 billion industryTrump cutting some tariffs to lower food pricesUtah judge threw out map for being too partisanIndiana decided against redistrictingGenocide in Sudan (again)Feds are investigating DC Mayor Muriel Bowser for accepting a foreign trip paid by QatarTrump pardoned fake electors and Rudy GiulianiOn November 14, Russia launched at least 430 drones and 18 missiles in an overnight attack on KyivUkraine simultaneously (basically) struck a major Russian oil depot in NovorossiyskHappy News!Atomically accurate de novo design of antibodies with RFdiffusionChina Achieves First-Ever Thorium-to-Uranium Nuclear Fuel ConversionNuclear Startup Backed by Luckey, Lockheed Director Raises $130 MillionPolio cases down 99.9% since 1988Norwegian island saved by whiskyTroop DeploymentSteven - Wheel of FortuneGot 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/vvcmifu6Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killerApple: 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
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    1 Std. und 11 Min.