Episode 57 - The Misinformation Superhighway

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:The Ministry to Truth is dead? The director wanted to be able to edit tweets to add contextAfter 2 months of fighting, port city of Mariupol has fallen to RussiaNYT editorial urges Ukraine to consider surrenderSweden and Finland applied for NATO membershipTurkey objects, claims they house Kurdish SeparatistsRussia retaliated by cutting off gas to FinlandFDA shut down baby formula plant after voluntary recall in February.Baby formula shortage results.European formula is banned just because.FactCheck.org says it’s “misinformation” to claim that the FDA isn’t awesome, and says the shortage isn’t anyone’s fault.To solve this problem, congress passes a bill to give the FDA another $28M and allows food stamps (WIC) to cover more brands of formula. Also the military airlifted in 70,000 tons of formula from Germany. That’s enough for 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week, and is not for retail, it’s going only to hospitals and clinics.Elizabeth Warren Introduces Price-Gouging BillQuick analysis hereTwitter thread saying surge pricing ("gouging") should be mandatoryInsane racist kills 10 in supermarket shooting in BuffaloCites Great ReplacementThat being said, leftists have been open about how replacing deplorables is a good thing.Biden whoopsie on defending Taiwan vs ChinaElon Musk accused of exposing himself to employee by “a friend” of employee, who pinky-swears that this totally happened.Elon says he’ll vote Republican because Dems “have become the party of division & hate”Tech stocks plummet, Musk tries to get better deal on Twitter purchaseOpening Argument on why It’s probably a pretextTexas social media law allowed to go into effectText of the lawPopeHat thinks it’s badAfghan women will be forced to wear BurqasThree schoolboys (age 13) are being taken to court in the US state of Wisconsin for sexual harrasement after one of them allegedly declined to use the they/them pronouns for a fellow studentStableCoins are dead, at least for nowMercedes Lackey CancelledHappy News!80,000 Hours releases climate change review endorsing “this is not an existential risk to the species”New York Rolling Out Noise Law“Something Weird” happening re Universe Expanding. 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/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: 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