Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective
News discussed:
GoFundMe canceled $10 million fundraiser for Freedom Convoy
Zvi can’t figure out if the protests are calling for racist violence or not
Actual violent occupations were not impacted.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he had reached a tentative agreement with a key protest organizer to remove trucks from residential areas, and to limit vehicles to a perimeter near Parliament downtown in exchange for a meeting.
Supporters jam the “fuel ban”
France and Brussels get their own Convoys
The bridge shut down is over now, but the Ottowa protest continues
Spotify took down 111 past Joe Rogan episodes where he used racial slurs
SSC splinter subreddit TheMotte “now considering misuse of the block feature to be a bannable offense.”
Insurance Companies Withdraw Coverage From Airlines Flying Through Ukraine Airspace
Ukrainian oligarchs, business people leave country en masse
Right wingers upset about new head of the energy dept??
Congress is passing a wave of bipartisan bills as Biden’s big plans stall
Happy News!
Fewer people are using Facebook!
Blue States are ending covid restrictions
Also Denmark, Sweden, Norway. Mostly Italy, Spain. Loosening in France, Germany, Czech, UK
Implant allows man with fully severed spinal cord to walk
European scientists in ‘landmark’ nuclear fusion breakthrough
France announces a wave of new-generation atomic reactors
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