Episode 41 - Social Studies

Support us on Substack!News discussed:Strong Towns on the infrastructure billNew South Wales’ government has started using Coof restrictions as an excuse to monitor and limit peoples’ alcohol intakethe Aussie cops are using check in app data for investigative purposesthe Aussie government is deliberately creating a shortage of at-home tests as an explicitly putative measure to try to increase vaccine uptake.Huawei CFO release was interesting and complicated. See link.District Judge granted injunction to Justice Dept.Injunction struck down 2 days later, abortions are out again. Facebook “whistleblower” revealed… a bunch of stuff we already knewInstagram was net positive on everything except body image for womenon an actually, seriously unrelated note, Facebook and Facebook-owned apps suffer worldwide outageThe “Pandora Papers” leakedLots of trusts in South Dakota Lots of lawyers helping out! Including Baker McKenzie, the US’s largest law firmGroup of Congressmen proposing ENABLERS Act to require more reporting by financial middlemenMissouri state murders a man, which is bad. But the Perfidious Roman asked them to show leniencyA large Colorado hospital system says people on its organ waitlist won't be offered a transplant if they refuse to get the COVID vaccinethis is the same news outlet that warned covid vaccines maybe don't work for organ transplant patients They were mostly wrongVirgin Media is secretly operating its own block on access to VPN sites & VPN review sitesOECD agreed to A global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15%OECD originated to help administer the Marshall PlanNobel Prize goes  to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido ImbensHappy News!WHO approved malaria vaccineMerck seeks FDA emergency use authorization for antiviral Covid-19 treatmentEviction moratorium ends, eviction filings fail to spike, confusing experts.Indigenous Canadians plan huge development project outside of Vancouver11 towers, 6,000 units in the least affordable housing market in North AmericaUK government released plan to develop, deploy and expert nuclear fusion powerJapan restarted nuclear plants that were closed after Fukishima in 2011David Shor and his advice for the Democratic Party.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/themindkillerApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mind-killer/id1507508029Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer 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