Episode 123 - The Pardoner's Tale

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community

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News discussed:

Wes was right! Biden pardoned Hunter

Education secretary getting Tombstoned

FBI investigating numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees

Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Trump is already laying the groundwork to say “mission accomplished”

Sinaloa Cartel announces it will kill anyone who makes - or uses as an adulterant - fentanyl for sale in the US.

The Government is coming for the money apps

Biden DoJ trying to force Google to sell Chrome browser

Hezbollah only ceased fire long enough to eat lunch and reload. Who could possibly have seen this coming.

Ceasefire precipitated a reignition of the Syrian Civil War

And Assad fled to Russia.

Russia struck Ukraine with multiple ICBM’s… or maybe MRBM’s with MIRV’s… which did nothing.

US gives permission for Ukraine to strike in Russia with long range missles

US gives "non-persistent" anti-personnel mines to Ukraine

Netanyahu indicted by International Criminal Court

Ninety-seven trucks lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after crossing into Gaza

UN has now paused aid

Georgia is now on day 4 of riots and govt resignations

Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s

Head of Adani Group - Indian multinational conglomerate - and 7 others indicted in US court for bribes of Indian officials of over $250M

South Korea opens a rooftop Starbucks with a bunch of those quarter-operated binoculars so people can gawk at North Korea.

Happy News!

orcas have been seen wearing salmon as hats!

Australian man holding on to impenetrable rock for a decade finds out it’s a metorite

Walmart rolls back DEI, will no longer discriminate based on race and sex!

First new treatment in 50 years for asthma!

New carbon capture method just dropped

Canadian woman saves boy from drowning in ice water

A hiker has been found after being missing for 50 days in a park in British Colombia

Troop Deployments

David - The Dragon’s Banker

Eneasz - Lightcone, the folks running LessWrong.com and Lighthaven, are in fundraiser mode.

Wes - Everything is non-binary

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Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra