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The Mind Killer

Your hosts Wesley Fenza, Eneasz Brodski, and David Spearman discuss the week"s news. mindkiller.substack.com

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56:26

Episode 93 - Hamas Sucks

The Mind Killer ·

2023/10/11

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Azerbaijan wonThe Free Press says this is Israel’s 9/11They randomly massacred a music festival, taken many hostages“Declare a humanitarian interest in liberating Gaza from Hamas' theocratic military dictatorship”Madmen march in support of murder-rapeUS shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of troops Turkey has been

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76:41

Episode 92 - Shut it Down!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/09/27

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

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69:29

Episode 91 - Life-Sized Legos!!!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/09/13

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Intuitive Machines, the company behind the private moon lander, released a video of a test-fire of its landing enginesFifth Circuit injunction preventing government from censoring social mediaFifth Circuit also reversed lower court and upheld Texas law forbidding viewpoint discrimination by social media companiesSpaceX is ready for another

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61:20

Episode 90 - Featuring Jamiel!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/08/30

Wes and David are joined by Jamiel to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Prighozin, Utkin, and more or less all Wagner head honchos dead after a Wagner-owned private plane was shot downChinese real-estate company Evergrande files for bankruptcy… in US court.Fourth (and final?) Trump indictment!Abortion is illegal in South Carolina againDoJ files charges against Elon Musk for illegal discrimination

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63:21

Episode 89 - The Big Avocado

The Mind Killer ·

2023/08/13

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Coroner’s report (Cu2S (known impurity in LK-99) has a first-order phase transition around 378 K accompanied by a large resistivity drop)Index of replication attemptsIsraeli Knesset banned “reasonableness” standard, but nothing further yetClarence Thomas is even more corruptReason on common misconceptions about Trump indictmentJack Smith has

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75:22

Episode 88 - The Fake News?

The Mind Killer ·

2023/08/02

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Ukraine Update: Kerch Strait Bridge 2: Electric Boogaloo Fed still raising interest rates despite inflation being overMonthly PCE inflation is at 2%Even the Fed’s janky numbers have inflation at 3%Judge killed Biden asylum rulesBiden tries student debt forgiveness againwtf China. Secret chinese biolab in CA, similar to the secret chinese

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62:57

Episode 87 - They're Gonna Steal Our B******s!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/07/19

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Inflation is overCrazy Trump judge issued an injunction against government talking to social media companiesONE WEIRD TRICK! - Wisconsin gov used line-item veto to rewrite law to guarantee education funding for 400 years Apparently they do this all the timeUK Online Safety Bill requires backdoor in all encryptionApple, Signal, Wikipedia all

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95:31

Episode 86 - Drunk SCOTUS News or The Dick is Vietnam

The Mind Killer ·

2023/07/05

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Perun (sp?) videoWeird aborted coup in RussiaIf a cop has a gun in your face and you try to escape anyway, presumably what the cop would find is worse for you than taking a bulletFrance

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68:58

Episode 85 - The Post-Post-Rationalist Episode

The Mind Killer ·

2023/06/21

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Trump indicted againStatement on AI risksThe draft of the AI Bill of Rights is currently garbage Google’s DeepMind: AlphaDev uncovered new and improved sorting algorithmsLanguage Models Don't Always Say What They ThinkSCOTUS: Alabama redistricting was unconstitutionalSupreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a woman after her county kept the

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29:15

BONUS EPISODE - The Vibe Killer

The Mind Killer ·

2023/06/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comWes and Eneasz report live from Vibecamp!Featuring Twitter personalities @vraiqx, @catascopic, @embryosophy, @AgotaDubi, and @LexerLux

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58:45

Episode 84 - The Happiest Episode Ever!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/06/07

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community. Support us on Substack!News discussed:Oathkeeper leader Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy“He was the one giving the orders,” Judge Mehta saidMajor loss of access to transgender healthcare in FloridaAlso, Oklahoma passed a super anti-trans bill in FebruaryElon comes out as pro-criminalization of sex changes for minors :( Meta says it’ll stop linking news sites

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74:33

Episode 83 - Sweet David Content

The Mind Killer ·

2023/05/24

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:California, Arizona and Nevada agrees to cut at least 3 million acre-feet of waterChina has banned US chip maker Micron from selling to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projectsTrump found liable for sexual assaultFeds approved Manhattan congestion pricing planWas Qualified Immunity snuck in by an a*****e?Meta has been fined a

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71:40

Episode 82 - Everyone Was Wrong!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/05/10

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!Extra stuff for subscribers this episode:* Is Disney actually popular?* What is the Kremlin?* Tradwife feminism* Roxie wants to be a cowboy!News discussed:Eneasz was wrong: Supermassive black hole was not 3x the size of our galaxyDavid was right: New York banned gas stoves in new constructionWes and David were wrong: Alec Baldwin charges dropped because gun

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74:52

Episode 81 - MindKiller Ultra

The Mind Killer ·

2023/04/26

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

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20:56

BONUS Episode - Jorge from Próspera

The Mind Killer ·

2023/04/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comBonus episode featuring an interview with Jorge, the so-called “mayor of Próspera.”

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83:57

Episode 80 - Not Just the Trump Indictment!

The Mind Killer ·

2023/04/12

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:DEA ruins telemedicineTrump is already selling mug shotsThe liberals won the Wisconsin Supreme Court seatSenate voted to repeal 2002 AUMFMcCarthy says House will probably pass it, but it has to go through committeeNationwide injunction on abortion pills, but also the opposite of thatBiggest intelligence leak since SnowdenFirst appeared on a

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69:15

Episode 79 - RESTRICT Scrutiny

The Mind Killer ·

2023/03/29

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:Credit Suisse collapsed and bought by UBSRESTRICT Act seems like a big Executive power grabUtah is building a registry of all residents that use social media. RIP DavidAlso requires parental consent for anyone under 18 to be on, and gives parents full access to children’s accounts Biden vetoed anti woke capital resolutionNew executive order on gunsNRA says it’s

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84:57

Episode 78 - Who Judges the Judges?

The Mind Killer ·

2023/03/15

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:S**t is going down in IsraelBig protests over Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reformsNew proposals would give political appointees a majorityElite fighter squadron is boycotting trainingSilicon Valley Bank is insolventJacob Falkovich blames the governmentBank run stopped by new Fed policy the Bank Term Funding ProgramAnthropic Shadow? “this is what it would look like if

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81:12

Episode 76 - Can You Believe This Clown Show?

The Mind Killer ·

2023/02/15

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:A pretty good open-source LLM with a webapp interface has been releasedIran Followup - young couple give (combined) 10year jail sentence for dancing in public (and filming it)Iran’s Revolutionary Guard increasingly deployed in protest crack-downs.East Palestine, Ohio local police department declares unrestricted chemical warfare on OhioSummaryOn-the-ground

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85:02

Episode 75 - Classified Documents for Everyone

The Mind Killer ·

2023/02/06

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about things going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Bounded distrustThe SCOTUS leak investigation fizzled outClassified documents also found at Mike Pence’s house!Eight in 10 people in China caught Covid since early December, say officialsIsrael strikes Iranian drone plant with their own drone strikeNATO countries sending Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, US sending Abrams 1 Russia

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