Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective
News discussed:
European LNG prices went temporarily negative!
Iran protesters shooting at police
Thehill.com reporters covered the story
Dobbs helped the Democrats keep the Senate
FTX News:
$8b in “poorly labeled fiat account” was probably the money forgotten at Alameda
SBF had a back door in their bookkeeping software that let him alter records at will
Hundreds of millions funneled out in a “hack”, was actually govt asset seizure.
tons of laundering happened via NFTs
Turns out it was bullshit tho
EA Future Fund team all resigned
SBF DM conversation with Kelsey Piper
…probably because he is the driving tech force behind the crypto regulation bill DCCPA
Matt Yglesias says that a few years ago, NYT reporters were all told to cover tech negatively
the DHS has been pressuring social media companies to censor naughty opinions.
The Disinfo Board never closed, it just went dark
YouTube censors factual information
Dummies were spreading a conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi
Ukrainian defense missile hits Poland, making for a dicey few hours
Scientists have recreated the 1918 flu virus and infected macaques.
Reporter jailed in Texas for reporting what the police told her.
In 2017, cops jailed Priscilla Villarreal in Laredo, Texas.
Happy News!
Ross Chastain used a video game hack in real NASCAR
Colorado decriminalized psilocybin mushroom possession for adults
Sickle-Cell Anemia may very well be curable right now, FDA might approve stuff by the end of the decade!
By splitting a single laser beam into different wavelengths of light, frequencies can carry data by modulating their amplitude, phase, and polarization.
carbon capture and storage grew 44 percent over the past 12 months.
US needs to remove 2 billion tons annually to be neutral, world needs 10B annually
New Battery allows for 10-minute fast charging on just about any EV battery
Respect for Marriage Act moves forward
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Episode 70 - WTFTX