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April 9, 2025
<p>Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://mindkiller.substack.com/">Support us on Substack!</a></p><p>News discussed:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302671624.html">At least one person deported had no criminal record or tattoos</a>, and was here on a legal asylum claim</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/">Other people taken for random tattoos</a></p><p>Tariffs on <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/ArmandDoma/status/1907550822353018919">everyone except Russia & North Korea</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.aei.org/economics/president-trumps-tariff-formula-makes-no-economic-sense-its-also-based-on-an-error/">They didn’t even use the formula right</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/PhoenixWrightA1/status/1907661609717346468">“Critical Trade Theory</a>”</p><p>Kelsy Piper <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1907980342272852436">demonstrates how adults would approach tariffs</a></p><p>Stocks jumped massively on fake news of tarriff delay, <a target="_blank" href="https://news.sky.com/story/tariffs-latest-elon-musk-reveals-hopes-for-zero-tariff-zone-between-europe-and-us-13209921">Trump says lolno</a>, stocks back down</p><p>China responds with <a target="_blank" href="http://nwppr.co/045z">34% tariff</a></p><p>Vietnam offers to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-06/vietnam-offers-to-remove-all-tariffs-on-us-after-trump-action">remove all tarriffs</a></p><p>Netanyahu vowed to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/07/trump-netanyahu-meeting-no-tariffs-break/">eliminate Israel’s trade deficit</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1904676654380621835">EO: proof of citizenship required to vote in federal elections</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-29/los-angeles-federal-prosecutor-fired">Trump fired a federal prosecutor who was prosecuting one of his wealthy donors</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/03/peter-marks-forced-out-at-fda.html">Peter Marks forced out of FDA(by RFK?)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/">Seems like it was because RFK hates vaccines</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/loomer-urged-trump-remove-nsa-director-multiple-agencies/story?id=120484445">Trump fired the head of the NSA because Laura Loomer told him to</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-teases-running-third-term-not-joking">Says he won’t rule out running for a 3rd term</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g71lk09npo">Hundreds of palestinians protest against Hama</a>s in Gaza.</p><p>Hamas forcibly disperses them, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/middleeast/uday-rabie-palestinian-tortured-hamas-intl-latam/index.html">only tortured to death a few</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/europe/protesters-paris-support-marine-le-pen-intl/index.html">Le Pen used $4.5M of EU funds to pay her party’s political staff</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-2027-election-ban.html">Claims this is lawfare</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marine-le-pen-supporters-paris-rally/">Protestors rally in support</a> in Paris</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-says-offensive-aimed-at-seizing-extensive-territory-as-idf-pounds-south-gaza/?ref=readtangle.com">Israel just announced “expanding operations” to seize “extensive territory”</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36718p52eyo">Putin is drafting 160,000 new soldiers</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/missing-fixed-effects-dont-justify">“Black babies do better with black doctors” was a lie</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cremieux.xyz/i/140162623/march-postscript-the-original-authors-are-frauds">Quote: “I’d rather not focus on this.</a> If we’re telling the story from the perspective of saving black infants this undermines the narrative.”</p><p>Cory Booker<a target="_blank" href="http://nwppr.co/043u"> sets a record for talking a lot</a> in the Senate</p><p>State Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin and Florida <a target="_blank" href="http://nwppr.co/043z">retain status quo of D/R split</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://ai-2027.com/">AI-2027 is the latest in the AI Essay Meta</a></p><p>Happy News!</p><p>Chinese <a target="_blank" href="https://futuretransport-news.com/china-ehang-receives-full-certification-for-evtol-service/">autonomous passenger drones (driverless flying taxis)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.roi-nj.com/2025/04/02/industry/retail/american-dream-making-a-splash-aquadream-the-worlds-first-underwater-theme-park/">AquaDream, the world’s first fully underwater theme park</a>. roller coasters beneath the waves, drift past glowing jellyfish, dodge sharks, and even race dolphins. No word on if they’ve discovered a magic-power-granting insanity-drug. From the video game “Don’t Create BioShock”</p><p>A woman with complete paralysis and zero vocal function just regained the ability to speak at ~conversational speed. Fancy <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01905-6">Nature Article</a> here, <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1906995641202479231">twitter thread breakdown</a> here</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=science_animals&linkId=792476596">Direwolves are back!</a></p><p>Got something to say? Come chat with us on the <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/RAvzyep">Bayesian Conspiracy Discord</a> or email us at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. 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March 26, 2025
<p>Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://mindkiller.substack.com/">Support us on Substack!</a></p><p>News discussed:</p><p>Kelsey Piper and friends <a target="_blank" href="https://pepfarreport.org/#how-well-does-pepfar-work">dug deep into PEPFAR effectiveness</a></p><p>The astronauts stranded on the ISS are back safe. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5-E8jEzvmQ">And they were greeted back to Earth by a pod of dolphins!</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5337416/trump-f47-fighter-jet-boeing">Federal government awards contract for our angry triangle to Boeing</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af">ICE rounded up a bunch of Venezuelans and flew them to prison in Venezuela</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5200768-john-roberts-trump-judge-impeachment/">Roberts responds in a public statement</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/jd-vance-trump-executive-power-supreme-court-00203537">Vance is explicitly promoting defiance of the courts</a></p><p>Chief Justice Roberts's 2024 year-end report<a target="_blank" href="https://reason.com/volokh/2025/01/01/has-j-d-vance-raised-the-specter-of-open-disregard-for-federal-court-rulings/"> calls it out directly</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.newsweek.com/lewelyn-dixon-green-card-detained-ice-2049154">Green Card Holder Who Has Been in US for 50 Years Detained for weeks</a>.</p><p>Canadian <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney">held for two weeks in prison for document snafu</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/">EO Abolishing DoEd</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-department-of-education">What the DoEd actually does</a>:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.costar.com/article/339577696/fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-lowers-economic-growth-projection-for-2025">Bad news on the economy</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1903204470982393979">RFK is trying to remove cell phones from schools</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-netanyahu-ff48f081b069e484955a72bc68261364">Gaza war back on</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJmve--n9w8">Bombed the s**t out of the Houthis</a>, Iran disavows, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-piles-pressure-yemens-houthis-with-new-airstrikes-2025-03-17/">Trump doesn’t buy it</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/">SecDef was discussing the plan on Signal with a reporter</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-hold-call-with-putin-test-deal-making-strength-2025-03-18/?ref=readtangle.com">Russia & Ukraine agreed not to damage energy infrastructure</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-russian-strikes-target-ukraine-s-energy-infrastructure">Russia immediately attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure</a></p><p>Subscriber request: <a target="_blank" href="https://nyunews.com/news/2025/03/22/nyu-website-hacked-data-leak/">NYU was hacked</a></p><p>Education Department <a target="_blank" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5194731-education-department-colleges-universities-investigation-dei/">investigating more than 50 colleges</a> and universities over racial preferences</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/22/how-columbia-gave-in-to-trumps-demands-to-get-its-400m-funding-back">Columbia University has agreed to a list of demands</a> in return for negotiations to reinstate its $400m Columbia said it <a target="_blank" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/columbia-expelled-students-protest-disciplinary-action">expelled, suspended, or temporarily revoked degrees from some students who seized a building</a> during campus protests last spring</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/greenpeace-dakota-access-pipeline-lawsuit-verdict-5036944c1d2e7d3d7b704437e8110fbb">Greenpeace must pay more than $660 million in damages</a></p><p>Happy News!</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/08/vr-prison-california">Prisoners in solitary confinement given VR</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/alaska-lng-signs-deal-to-sell-gas-to-taiwanese-firm/">Taiwan signed a deal to invest $44 billion in Alaskan LNG infrastructure</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-turn-skin-cells-into-neurons-for-cell-therapy-0313#:~:text=Researchers%20at%20MIT%20have%20now,from%20a%20single%20skin%20cell.">MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mystery-giraffes-seen-roaming-northern-mexican-countryside/">Mexican government found a swarm of giraffes in the state bordering El Paso</a></p><p>BYD (china) unveiled a new battery and charging system that it says<a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/china-byd-tesla-buffet-ev-63280ec09317d2c0a8e70449fd0e4a95"> can provide 249 miles of range with a five-minute charge</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://manhattan.institute/article/zero-based-regulation-a-step-by-step-guide-for-states">Idaho cuts regulations by 25% in four years</a> by implementing Zero-Based Regulation</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/Clancy4Utah/status/1903111013479952619">Utah just passed a permitting reform law</a></p><p>Troop Deployment</p><p>David - If you liked The Dragon’s Banker, you should read <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Oathbreakers-Scott-Warren-ebook/dp/B0C166STN8">Oathbreakers Anonymous</a></p><p>Eneasz - <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/EneaszWrites/status/1903987794017505590">How To Believe False Things</a></p><p>Wes - <a target="_blank" href="https://livingwithinreason.com/p/men-and-women-are-not-that-different">Men and women are different, but not that different</a></p><p>Got something to say? 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March 12, 2025
<p>Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://mindkiller.substack.com/">Support us on Substack!</a></p><p>News discussed:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://makezine.com/projects/nuclear-fusor/">Making nuclear fusers is a DIY thing</a> for tech people, but you can kill yourself</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1895201042968780948">DoJ dismissed police/fire cases against Durham, Maryland, and South Bend</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://pepfar.impactcounter.com/">PEPFAR is not, in fact, back</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/inbox/post/156465069?r=3rgcb&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true">It’s effectiveness is probably overstated, but still substantial</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5173889-trump-administration-measles-response/">RFK says you should maybe, perhaps, consider getting the MMR vaccine</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-measles-cases-latest/story?id=119663844">Texas measles outbreak</a> now has 29 hospitalizations and 1 death</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nssf.org/articles/nssf-congratulates-new-atf-acting-director-kash-patel/">Kash Patel in as director of the ATF</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0">25% tariffs went into effect on Mexico & Canada</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-grants-automakers-one-month-exemption-from-tariffs.html">Exemptions for car makers</a>. Also <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y03qleevvo">all USMCA-compliant goods</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/ontario-confirms-25-surcharge-on-electricity-shipped-to-u-s-f21a849a?ref=readtangle.com">Ontario put 25% surcharge on electricity sales to U.S.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2y811g1dgo">They backed down 20 minutes ago</a></p><p>Trump: <a target="_blank" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114105388432604284">our tariffs will increase by however much you tariff us!</a></p><p>Some <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmjmymg0no">Canada and Mexico tariffs paused</a>, then more paused</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/694722710571581671/1349034410166714551/c2f3ddba-be76-4a09-8254-7db94f9f7615.png?ex=67d1a1b3&is=67d05033&hm=d35e28589b5fd05df0b37c66c6a0574b92637172c95db227ab8573fdef187223&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=536&height=519">Trump says we’re increasing Canadian steel tariff to 50% and will increase tariff on cars April 2nd.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1894519494057325001">Trump wants to sell green (“gold”) cards for $5 million</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8">ICE arrested a grad student Palestinian activist on a green card</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/03/may-aliens-be-deported-based-on-their-speech/">Volokh: it’s unclear if they can actually do this</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-israel-hnk/index.html">Being held in Louisiana</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-trump-administration-cancels">“Antisemitism Task Force” cut $400 million from Columbia university</a></p><p>Administration <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/us-orders-wind-down-of-chevrons-oil-exports-from-venezuela-in-30-days.html">revoked Chevron’s license to pump oil in Venezuela</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/">Trump EO: law firm that represented Hilary Clinton in 2016 </a>loses security clearances, contracts, and access to federal buildings (like courts!)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/business/crypto-mogul-trump-coins-civil-fraud-charges/index.html">Trump DoJ dropped civil fraud charges against Justin Sun after he invested $75mil in Trump’s shitcoin</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1897808362391085560">Bitcoin lost value immediately</a> after announcing Bitcoin Reserve</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-plans-study-into-vaccines-autism-sources-say-2025-03-07/?ref=readtangle.com">The CDC is doing a study on vaccines & autism. JFC</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1899219641605423110">Autism diagnoses have probably been rising because of incentives</a>, not because of vaccines</p><p>during state of union <a target="_blank" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5179848-al-green-censure-trump-speech/">Rep Al Green was so disruptive he was escorted out by the sergeant-at-arms</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/03/11/x-under-attack-dark-storm-says-it-was-behind-musk-platform-ddos/">Twitter is currently getting DDOS’d apparently</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/secret-service-shoots-armed-man-confrontation-white-house-rcna195517">Armed gunman arrested outside the White House</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25551544/24a831-order-2.pdf">SCOTUS: Trump must pay USAID contractors</a> who completed work before EO was issued</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf">SCOTUS: San Francisco can s**t all over the ocean and the EPA can’t stop them</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/opinion/risky-virus-research.html?rsrc=ss&unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.zLJe.u5BMyevq2KXi">Virologists found a coronavirus in bats that can spread to humans</a> and did experiments with it in a lab that doesn’t have good biosafety protocols. <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/zeynep/status/1896555531265040468">This year</a>.</p><p>Emergent Misalignment. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ifechgnJRtJdduFGC/emergent-misalignment-narrow-finetuning-can-produce-broadly">Training an AI to write intentional vulnerable code will make it broadly evil across many domains</a>!</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1894453376215388644">“It suggests that</a> all good things are successfully getting tangled up with each other as a central preference vector, including capabilities-laden concepts like secure code”.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://thezvi.substack.com/p/on-emergent-misalignment">See Zvi for a comprehensive post</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/poland-plans-military-training-for-every-adult-male-amid-growing-european-security-fears">Poland planning</a> to give military training to every adult male, wants an army of 500,000 (currently 200,000) and announces plans to develop a nuclear arsenal.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/04/europe/zelensky-trump-argument-comment-ukraine-intl/index.html">Zelenski s**t the bed and torpedoed Ukrainian relations with the Trump admin</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://shipandbunker.com/news/world/209399-norwegian-firm-halts-bunker-supply-to-us-navy-over-ukraine-policy">A Nordic company refused to sell fuel to an American navy submarine, which is a decision you sure could make.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-us-restart-intelligence-sharing-security-assistance-rcna195891">US cut off intelligence sharing (satellite surveillance) with Ukraine</a></p><p>Last year US fit Ukrainian F-16s with EW pods (radar jammers). They require regular updates to remain useful, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/07/france-to-the-rescue-french-made-mirage-2000-jets-could-become-ukraines-most-important-aerial-radar-jammers/">Trump is cancelling them</a> (French fighter jets to step in)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/f-35-kill-switch-f-16-fighter-jet-trump-b2712677.html">Europe is realizing</a> US can just stop supporting the weapons they buy</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1j2gxlw/ukrainian_soldiers_throwing_beehives_in_a_russian/">the Ukrainians threw a box of bees into a Russian bunker to clear it</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-fighter-jet-misfire-north-casualties-seoul-military-rcna195270">The South Korean fighters bombed Seoul</a> (by accident)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crknjgrd3geo">Syria erupts in conflict</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedlx0511w7o">Kurdish break-away section of Syria agrees to reintegrate into Syria</a></p><p>Happy News!</p><p>Sick video <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1898033592191582430">https://x.com/Firefly_Space/status/1898033592191582430</a></p><p>Colorado Gov Polis moving to <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/GovofCO/status/1897829560093200494">abolish 2-staircase requirement for midrise buildings</a>.</p><p>We have a new <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1898006643750883757">mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer</a></p><p>Children with autosomal recessive deafness 9 were<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03023-5"> given single shots of a new gene therapy</a> in each ear, and after just a month, they were able to hear. (ht <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1897459897391788536">Cremieux</a>)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-01010-y">Covid killed Influenza B</a>!</p><p>Sweep The Leg Johnny!! <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/like-a-ninja-karate-teacher-swoops-down-on-purse-snatcher-and-foils-robbery-with-a-kick/">Martial Arts instructor chases down purse-snatcher</a>, kicks him in the leg, recovers purse.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/42-year-old-woman-with-black-belt-sends-would-be-robber-packing-wearing-her-new-heels/">42-yr-old lady with black belt attacks a man robbing a gas station</a>, kicks him in the leg, he flees.</p><p>Troop Deployment</p><p>Eneasz - <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/EneaszWrites/status/1898866115780247795">Folks are sleeping on married people</a></p><p>Got something to say? 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