136 - Live from LessOnline!

Wes and Eneasz are joined by Steven, with a short appearance from Sammy to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Rightwing populist wins Polish presidential electionTariffs (finally) struck down by federal courtTrump taking steel tariff from 25% to 50%, but approving Nippon Steel dealTrump EO: pause on student visasAlso wants to “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visasMeanwhile, a Federal Court blocked Trump’s order to deny Harvard student visasSCOTUS: deadlocked 4-4 over whether you can exclude religious schools from public fundingSCOTUS curtails NEPA a bit more in an oil-shipping caseTwo Israeli embassy staff (a young couple) shot dead outside Jewish museum in Washington DCA man throwing molotov cocktails and using make-shift flamethrower injures 8 at a gathering in Boulder in support of Israeli hostagesEmil Bove nominated to Third CircuitElon is leaving DOGEHe’s not happy with the “big beautiful” budget bill“Take It Down Act” passeshttps://rachelshu.com/Happy News!Penny is finally dead!!Badass doctor gives established medical science a middle finger/shrug of indifference to invent a novel way to remove a chordoma from a 19 year old’s brain stem.(second source)Every agency has 365 days to list out all the regulations that have a criminal penalty and then that report has to be made public and must be updated annually.First Personalized CRISPR Therapy for 9 month old treats a rare genetic disorder!Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 percent accuracy (Nature article link)Sesame Street will continue to air on Netflix (and on PBS/PBS Kids)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/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 would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com