Episode 117 - Whale Tales

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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:

UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus

Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for rightful president

He’s now fled to Spain

Russian court sentenced a US-Russian woman to 12 years in prison for “treason” tied to a $51 donation to a charity supporting Ukraine

6 days of anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel

US DOJ announced terrorism charges against six senior leaders of Hamas

Telegram ends end-to-end encryption option

Election News

Jack Smith filed a new indictment against Trump for election fraud

He also appealed the dismissal of the classified docs case

Trump’s sentencing delayed until after the election

Vance says Trump will veto a national abortion ban

Trump said he doesn’t support Florida’s 6-week ban, but won’t vote to overturn it

Trump says he'll ask Elon Musk to lead government efficiency commission if he wins election

Dick Cheney endorsed Harris

Grandpa BUFF releases campaign platform

Social Media News

Brazil going full censorship. Banned ex-Twitter after Elon refused to censor certain accounts for “misinformation”

Starlink isn’t complying with the order and is now being threatened

Third Circuit ruled Tik Tok is liable for algorithmic recommendations

Zuck says Facebook was pressured into doing censorship in 2020 and 2021

Russia was secretly funding some well-known right-wing influencers

Australian judge ruled that women’s groups must allow trans women

Grover told the court that she would not address Tickle as “Ms”

Blocked and Reported on Tickle v. Giggle

Germany accuses Poland of sabotaging investigation into Nord Stream Pipeline

Germany to close land borders due to “irregular migration, threats from Islamist terrorism, and cross-border crime”.

Sixteen Republican-led states sued the Biden administration over a new policy that seeks to enable spouses of US citizens (who do not have legal status) to apply for permanent residency without leaving the US

US Citizen (F, 26 yr old) killed in West Bank during IDF’s 9-day operation there.

Hundreds of thousands of AI songs listened to by thousands of bots = $10M profit

Investigation into TicketMaster because dynamic pricing is maybe illegal in UK?

Mpox is spreading. Go get your Monkey Pox vaccine

Happy News!

Argentina - Since Millei's repeal of rent control laws took effect on December 29, the supply of rental housing in Buenos Aires has jumped by nearly 200%, and rents lowered in some cases

Israel, Hamas agree to zoned three-day pauses for Gaza polio vaccinations of 640K children

Teslas in Sentry Mode help solve crimes

2x annual antibiotics in young children reduced mortality by 13% in sub-Saharan Africa

researchers found a protein – called DdrC (for DNA Damage Repair Protein C) - with an unprecedented ability to repair DNA damage

Bryan Hance runs Bike Index

Troop Deployment

David - Xiaomara Castro hasn’t only tried to f**k over Prospera

Our interview with Jorge, the Mayor of Prospera

Eneasz - Condolences to the People of Carbon County, Wyoming

Wes - On-demand entertainment is good for kids

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