Episode 92 - Shut it Down!

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:FAA is “optimistic [about issuing a license] sometime next month" for Starship’s second launchGovernment shutdown impending this weekendNew war just dropped between Armenia and AzerbaijanBiden impeachment inquiry announcedDemocratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey being indicted on bribery chargesKen Paxton acquitted Writers strike is over!Various old people who don’t know how AI works are suing OpenAI for writing fanfic when prompted to write fanficThe Marines, uh, kinda lost an F35Amazon invests up to $4 billion in AnthropicHappy News!JWST finds evidence of a molecule only produced in nature by phytoplankton on an exoplanetUS Copyright office continues to hold that AI Art is not copyrightableGavin Newsome vetoed a bill to require drivers in autonomous trucksCavities have been cured!!!They Got the Lead Out of Turmeric! (in Bangladesh)Palisades Nuclear Plant to (probably) reopenChatGPT diagnosed a 7yr olds tethered cord syndrome after 17 doctors failed toTurns out there’s an assload of lithium in Nevada, which is a good step 1 to getting Chinese slave labor out of the green tech market* E - Possibly largest lithium deposit in the world discovered on Nevada/Oregon border. Mining to begin in 2026. But Holy?* E - NASA’s first asteroid samples from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday* David: Probably the West Desert, where I go shooting!* E - Dude jumps in river to save drowning child, doesn’t remove shoes!* Troop Deployment* David - CHARGE $85 FOR VIDEO GAMES YOU A******S* Eneasz - Controlled Misery can make you strongerGot 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