Episode 81 - MindKiller Ultra

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!We had a number of digressions this week that were edited out. Become an MK Ultra to get access to over 4 minutes of additional content!News discussed:Hypnosis, LSD, and the UnabomberHarvard and the Making of the UnabomberSCOTUS granted stay in mifepristone caseAlito and Thomas dissentedClarence Thomas’s billionaire friend also bought his property at an above-market price and let Thomas’ mother live there for freeFox settled the Dominion lawsuit for $787 millionAnd Tucker Carlson is out!Florida enacts six-week abortion banFlorida allows death penalty by 8-4 jury voteGerman Green party decides that giving the lignite coal industry a massive boost by shutting down their nuclear power plantsCongress failed to extend a key tax provision last year allowing companies to fully expense research & development costs in the year incurred. See SSBalliance.orgNorth Dakota banned approval votingUpdate: veto override failed!!Russia widely published intentions to move nukes to Belarus, but doesn’t seem to have actually done it. Lot of discussion of Mackaroon being soft on China, but Tyler Cowen-endorsed Twitter thread says this is a misinterpretation.CounterpointSome protests in Sundan turned violent. President Bashir declared state of emergency in Feb 2019, dissolved the govtThey did not hand over power. “lil mohammad” HemedtiBuhan and Hemedit both think the old govt sucks, they should rule the new govt, and they’re gonna fight about itCountries are pulling out all their diplomats/peepsNIH blows $1B trying to make Long COVID a thingHappy News!Ghana has approved a malaria vaccine for deploymentReforms signed three years ago in Michigan took effect last week, with nearly 850,000 residents seeing at least one conviction automatically set asideScientists have discovered that intersecting gravity waves shortly after the big bang generated the universe’s first photonsHubble saw a supermassive black hole three times the diameter of our whole galaxy, speeding through the universe. 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