Tariffs, Trump, AI, nature, and science. Are the tariffs insane, or brilliant? Will Trump actually bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? How are the ?reciprocal tariffs? calculated, what game is everyone playing, and how long will it take to know who wins? Then: AI marches us further into the Cartesian Crisis; can we restore our humanity? Scientific American claims that too much nature is bad for you (it?s not), and finally, some words from County Highway, and why we should consider being quiet and listening to Aslan.

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Tucker Carlson & Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: https://x.com/tuckercarlson/status/1908204378613248067

Jeffrey Sachs ? Trump is uniting the world against the U.S.: https://x.com/AskBabaDog/status/1908232709417402724

Ross Perot in 1992, and the ?giant sucking sound:? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRr60nmDyu4&t=1s

Balaji on ?nuking supply chains,? quote-tweeting Flexport?s graph of the formula used to generate ?reciprocal tariffs?: https://x.com/balajis/status/1907645443221463105

AI alignment on tariffs: https://x.com/krishnanrohit/status/1907587352157106292

AI turns images into full-body animations: https://x.com/minchoi/status/1907799412094427205

Scientific American warns against spending too much time in nature: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-spent-in-nature-is-good-for-your-brain-but-an-excess-can-negate-these/

Zagnoli et al 2022. Is Greenness Associated with Dementia? A Systematic Review and Dose?Response Meta-analysis. Curr Envir Health Rpt 9: 574?590: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40572-022-00365-5

County Highway: https://www.countyhighway.com

Ralston College?s Sophia Lectures: https://www.ralston.ac/events/the-sophia-lectures-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-Heying

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In this week?s episode, we discuss ridiculous op-eds and letters to the editor in Nature this week, and the concept of fairness. First: gender equity for female scientists in war zones, and for women in mining. Are these laudable goals? Also: is division of labor between the sexes inherently objectionable? How does the concept of homeostasis relate to a body being given pharmaceutical interventions, a society being given equity interventions, or a government being given bureaucratic interventions? Then: level playing fields are the sine qua non of the West ? they work in science, markets, politics, everything. Internet algorithms in their current state are, in comparison, anti-Western. Using the analogy of a card game, we discuss luck.

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Track gender ratios in research to keep countries, institutions and publishers accountable: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00891-w

Give grants to female scientists in war zones: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00926-2

How to get more women into mining: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00925-3

Murdock & Provost 1973. Factors in the division of labor by sex: A cross-cultural analysis. Ethnology 12(2): 203-225: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3773347

Ralston College?s Sophia Lectures: https://www.ralston.ac/events/the-sophia-lectures-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Charles Eisenstein on the subject of blackmail in American politics. They explore the complexities surrounding Zionism, the implications of antisemitism in political discourse, and the psychological mechanisms of coercion and blackmail that influence public figures.

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RFK Jr tweet: https://x.com/seckennedy/status/1904259440544743427 

Bret?s Segment on RFK Jr. on Episode #269 https://youtu.be/Ms1p_WDJunA

Bret?s piece in Salon on terrorism: https://www.salon.com/2015/11/15/lets_not_get_it_wrong_this_time_the_terrorists_won_after_911_because_we_chose_to_invade_iraq_shred_our_constitution 

?Rabbi tells Senate hearing on anti-Semitism that it's ?not enough? to be ?not anti-Semitic.?" Tweet: https://x.com/infolibnews/status/1906536666635850188

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In this week?s episode, we discuss 23andMe ? what does its impending bankruptcy mean for data security, and why did people think their genetic data were secure before the company went into bankruptcy? As we protect existing rights laid out in the Constitution, we also need to innovate new protections in a world with new threats and possibilities. Going back to what was will not be sufficient. Then: Bobby Kennedy Jr. and anti-Semitism; and Columbia University?s response to the Trump administration as it tries to hang on to $400 million dollars in annual federal funding. Finally: it?s five years since our first Evolutionary Lens livestream?what did we say in that first episode? Were we right, or were we wrong?

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23andMe initiates bankruptcy: https://investors.23andme.com/news-releases/news-release-details/23andme-initiates-voluntary-chapter-11-process-maximize

A midwestern Doctor considers 23andMe: https://x.com/midwesterndoc/status/1904446639537902014

RFK Jr tweet: https://x.com/seckennedy/status/1904259440544743427

Columbia University?s unsigned 4 page letter: https://president.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/03.21.2025%20Columbia%20-%20FINAL.pdf

DarkHorse Evolutionary Lens, episode 1, March 24, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym-WGOq96G0

Ralston College?s Sophia Lectures: https://www.ralston.ac/events/the-sophia-lectures-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying

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In this week?s episode, we discuss the JFK assassination, deportations, DOGE, Tesla, anarchists, flu, measles, vaccines, and crunchy Moms. What do we make of the 80,000 pages of JFK files that were released yesterday? Are immigrants who are in the U.S. legally protected by the Constitution? What are they allowed to say, or think? Does anger at Elon Musk and DOGE explain the left going after Teslas? Or maybe it?s not the left at all, but anarchists. What?s up with flu this year, and should you get a flu shot? How about a measles vaccine? Did the measles vaccine contribute to the drop in measles deaths in the U.S.? And why are mothers who are concerned for the health and well-being of their children rejecting the advice of experts?

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?From the river to the sea? is both hateful and protected: https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/1901691755378118969

Netanyahu's funding for Hamas via Qatar enabled October 7 invasion, Shin Bet reveals: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-844701
Why This Year?s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-this-years-flu-season-is-the-worst-in-more-than-a-decade/

Died of, or died with? https://www.nmhealth.org/news/alert/2025/3/?view=2188

Rate of measles deaths in the U.S. from 1919 to 2021: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560955/measles-death-rate-in-the-us-since-1919/

Crunchy moms aren?t scared of measles: https://unherd.com/2025/03/crunchy-moms-arent-scared-of-measles/

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Laura Delano, the author of ?Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance? on the subject of today?s mental health treatment and psychotropic medications.

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- The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-of-going-off-psychiatric-drugs

- A Hunter-Gatherer?s Guide to the 21st Century https://amzn.to/3AGANGg (commission earned)

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In this week?s episode, we discuss wheat and gluten; MAGA, Trump, Elon, and Massie; and elephants. First: the end to the first round of Bret?s European wheat experiment: what does it mean that he can eat European wheat, but not American wheat? Then: does Trump misunderstand the coalition that brought him to the presidency a second time? Will going after Thomas Massie be a strong move, or a bad move? Does Elon have too much power, and is he misusing it? How does masculinity manifest in this administration? Finally: elephants and their love of showers.

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Bret stands with Thomas Massie: https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/1899320001955541268

County Highway on this moment in time: https://countyhighway.com/archive/volume-2/issue-5/the-front-porch

The three tribes of MAGA men: https://unherd.com/2025/03/the-three-tribes-of-maga-men/

Urban et al 2025. Water-hose tool use and showering behavior by Asian elephants. Current Biology 34(23): 5602 - 5606.e1: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01371-X

Turtle pronouns from a mental health advisor in Oregon: https://x.com/DaniFlyingFree/status/1899464252764610889

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Professor Robert George on the subject of pardons, the shifting dynamics within the Democratic Party and the rise of Trump, AI, free speech, and reproductive rights.

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In this week?s episode, we discuss travel, Spain, ham, and MAHA. How do we travel, how has it changed over time, and what is the point? From the Alhambra to street altercations, what can we learn from the places that we go, and how we interact with them? Then: one cannot bring iberico ham into the United States from Spain, the USDA says, ?because there are special restrictions.? We suspect the ham lobby. Also: past interactions with border control, over vanilla, and dart-poison frogs. And: MAHA should rally around RFK Jr., rather than splintering over headlines and tweets. He needs our support now as much as ever.

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Travel and its Discontents: Exploration in the Age of Self-Obsession: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/travel-and-its-discontents

USDA?s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/traveling-with-ag-products/meats-poultry-seafood

RFK Jr on measles, on Fox: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-call-action-all-us

RFK Jr tweet: https://x.com/seckennedy/status/1896722453189034130

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In this week?s episode, we discuss antibiotics, Kennedy, mirrors and education?all from Seville, Spain. First up: fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics that includes cipro, and are now understood to cause a whole host of serious health problems, from tendon rupture to heart damage to death. Over-reliance on pharmaceutical solutions to human problems is making us sicker. Then: scientists are worried about Kennedy, because he ?rejects established science,? like how effective the mRNA shots are against Covid. Also: what is going on with mirrors, and why are people so quick to decide that it?s obvious? Finally: education should include mirrors and magnets and big messy physical games that require coordination of both individual bodies and people.

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The Achilles Heel of antibiotics: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-achilles-heel-of-antibiotics

Nature goes after Kennedy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00439-y

Mirror tweet: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1891878417580101926

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In this week?s episode, we discuss changes in global health from Barcelona, as indicated by how much public coughing is taking place now. This segues into a discussion of cancer, mRNA, trade-offs, and complex systems. Then: what DOGE needs to understand about science, which is not inherently efficient. What are indirect costs on federal grants, why are they necessary, and why do they vary? And: how does having indirect costs create perverse incentives by university administrators to privilege scientists over non-scientists, and Big Science over (regular) science. Specifically, science in the West is failing because fast, expensive empirical science is nearly always favored over slow, cheap, and/or theoretical science. Universities get richer, and Big Scientists get promoted, but grad students don?t learn how to be scientists, and we all lose out on having basic scientific questions answered, which will ultimately be our downfall. Also: the Ship of Theseus.

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Evolutionary Lens #84, June 2021 (Hey YouTube: Divide by Zero): https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f/EvoLens84:b

Research University Classifications for 2025: https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/carnegie-classification/research-designations-faqs/

NSF?s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey: https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/higher-education-research-development/2023

Metamorphosis: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/metamorphosis

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Jo Ellis, the transgender pilot with the Virginia National Guard who was wrongfully targeted by social media users as the captain of the Black Hawk helicopter that tragically crashed.

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In this week?s episode, we discuss the relationship between infectious and chronic disease, and between germ theory and terrain theory of disease. Pathogens are real, and exogenous treatments like antibiotics can kill them. The health of the body is affected by diet, exercise, stress, and the microbiome, all of which can affect how susceptible a person is to getting sick from pathogens. We discuss gastric ulcers, Covid-19, pneumococcal disease, and comorbidities. Also: how do traditional vs modern diets affect the health, dental and otherwise, of people? Why do pre-industrial people not get cavities, or need orthodontia? Why do squirrels fed by humans develop similarly malformed skulls as babies fed modern diets? Finally: do we have a responsibility to point out the carnage that will result as the Trump administration goes after decades of entrenched interests?

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RFK Jr on chronic and infectious disease: https://x.com/ChildrensHD/status/1885018213701800387

RFK Jr on The Real Anthony Fauci: https://amzn.to/40INnxF (commission earned)

Marshall et al 1985. Attempt to fulfil Koch's postulates for pyloric Campylobacter. Med J Aust. 142:436?9:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113443.x

Evolutionary Lens Livestream #88 ? w discussion of Covid x comorbidities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWu6DUFFt4&t=337s

Hanada et al 2021. Multiple comorbidities increase the risk of death from invasive pneumococcal disease under the age of 65 years. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 27(9): 1311-1318: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1341321X21001252

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Weston Price (1939): https://amzn.to/4jXciXl (commission earned)

Chandler et al 2025. Morphological change in an isolated population of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Britain. Royal Society Open Science, 12(1): 240555.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240555

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Walter Kirn shares his perspective after sitting front row in the confirmation hearing of RFK Jr.

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In this week?s episode, we discuss the Senate Confirmation Hearings of Bobby Kennedy Jr., in which the Democrats reveal a preference for anecdote over science, and work hard to maintain the status quo. As RFK seeks to Make America Healthy Again, he answers questions about infectious and chronic disease, SSRIs, Covid, farmers, autism, conspiracy theories, Medicaid and Medicare, and says with no equivocation: ?I am not afraid of vested interests.? Also: Trump signs an Executive Order that will prevent the chemical and surgical mutilation of children; the new Press Secretary seems positively human; and the CIA admits the likelihood of a laboratory origin of Covid. Finally: check out Mike Nayna?s newest film, about Unity and Rescue the Republic.

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RFK Jr Senate Confirmation Hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeeC7nGm6cI

Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/

CIA acknowledges likelihood of lab leak: https://apnews.com/article/covid-cia-trump-china-pandemic-lab-leak-9ab7e84c626fed68ca13c8d2e453dde1

A coalition of the Wyrd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-lsW5AalCc

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Bret Weinstein speaks with John McPherson on the subject of forensic accounting and whistleblowing. McPherson highlighting his concerns about the current financial landscape and the potential for another financial crisis.

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Monthly Patreon Discussion: https://www.patreon.com/bretweinstein
The Big Short: https://amzn.to/3WzusnX (commission earned)
The Life Partners Case: https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-partners-trustee-files-recovery-lawsuits-1458316739
Whistle Blower Award Process: https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/whistleblower-program
Borrower Defense: https://studentaid.gov/borrower-defense 
Enron fake trading floor: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/feb/21/corporatefraud.enron1
Fair Rate Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/186/text

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In this week?s episode, we discuss how it was to be in DC during Trump?s second Inauguration, and the MAHA ball. Then: a summary of Executive Orders: positive (e.g. freedom of speech, reality of biological sex, affirmative action, putting America first, securing our borders, establishing DOGE, J6 pardons, promoting beautiful architecture, and withdrawing from the WHO), negative (Gulf of America, the death penalty), and environmental (off-shore wind and natural gas, ANWR, fish and fires). Then: three reasons that Trump could become the best president we have had.

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Executive Orders by Trump: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

Seed oil lobbyist becomes chief of staff at the USDA: https://x.com/repthomasmassie/status/1882459041089351735

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Dr. Toby Rogers on the subject of the economics of autism.

Find Toby Rogers on X at https://x.com/uTobian and on Substack at https://tobyrogers.substack.com.

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- Please see Toby Roger?s doctoral thesis, The Political Economy of Autism for links to studies mentioned https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/20198/Rogers_T_thesis.pdf 
- For example, the first autism prevalence study is linked in his References https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/490240 
- Hunter Gatherer's Guide https://amzn.to/40fPWqP (commission earned)
- The Moth in the Iron Lung https://amzn.to/3PHrHNb (commission earned)
- Bandom Health Project https://www.bandim.org
- Christine Stable Ben's Ted Talk https://youtu.be/_d8PNlXHJ48?si=5REOXsVpE7PrkTeI

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In this week?s episode, we continue our discussion of the Los Angeles Fires, sharing stories, analysis, and an apology from the owner of the LA Times, a publication which endorsed Karen Bass, LA?s current mayor. Even if diversity and inclusion have value, we need skill and experience more. Then: a new molecular technique reveals the extent to which mRNA shots move around the body and trigger the immune system to destroy transfected cells; this provides strong support for Bret?s years-old hypothesis that myocarditis and pericarditis are the result of T cell mediated destruction of cardiomyocytes. Finally: dung beetles, in life and in art. Who makes dung balls, who rolls dung balls, and why is it such a popular activity?

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Cal Fire: https://www.fire.ca.gov

Remembering the Palisades: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/remembering-the-palisades

The Morning Meeting w Patrick Soon-Shiong: https://www.youtube.com/live/QpolCpYGvw0?t=1092s

Luo et al 2025. Nanocarrier imaging at single-cell resolution across entire mouse bodies with deep learning. Nat Biotechnol. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02528-1.pdf

Sean Goddard Insects: https://seangoddardinsects.com

Reynolds & Byrne 2013. Alternate reproductive tactics in an African dung beetle, Circellium bacchus(Scarabeidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 26: 440-452. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-012-9365-1

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In this week?s episode, we discuss the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, which has destroyed the neighborhood where Heather grew up. Why does California burn, how are fires different now than they used to be, what happens now? We discuss the Getty Villa and Palisades Village, and why we should care what happens to a wealthy neighborhood in West LA. Also: did the LA Fire Chief drinking the DEI Kool-Aid contribute to the devastation? And when are natural disasters not entirely natural? Then: Zuckerberg announces changes to fact-checking, filters, and trust and safety teams at Meta. It?s not an apology. Are the changes politically motivated, or market-driven, or philosophical, and will they stick? At the same time, Musk announces plans for algorithmic deboosting on X. Zero is a special number.

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Scope of the LA fires from The Lookout: https://www.youtube.com/live/OjE9xVU4eUA

Heather?s childhood LA fire experience: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/antipode-chapter-1

Jacob Soboroff on the Palisades Fire: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEkTEKdJxe9/

Fox News in Palisades Village: https://x.com/BigFish3000/status/1877008354008035683

Getty History: https://www.getty.edu/press/pdfs/Getty_History_and_Timeline.pdf

DEI LA Fire Chief: https://x.com/amuse/status/1876873508006842709

Zuckerberg announces changes: https://x.com/andrewcurran_/status/1876624442643878065

Musk does too: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1875355425601999255

Fact checkers aren?t scientists: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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In this week?s episode, we review the past year on DarkHorse, recalling stories about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (the former president of Harvard, Boeing, Kamala Harris, Secret Service, tortillas); food (seed oils, tallow, and types of fat; the food compass; microbeef sushi; the perfect potato); pharma (vaccines and the CDC, Ozempic, Bovear, sunscreen); the Earth?s magnetic field and pole shifts; the WHO; the need for natural history museums; gender ideology (WPATH, pup handlers, the Olympics, Imane Khelif); immigration and the southern border; Julian Assange?s release; the First Amendment and the Supreme Court; the election, Rescue the Republic, and Unity; and some cool biology (octopi have old sex chromosomes; fish with ?legs? that can taste; an orangutan who heals wounds with leaves; and frogs in saunas). Then: predictable fissures are arising in the MAGA ? MAHA ? Unity coalition. How should we think about them, and how can we protect MAHA from a battle between food and pharma? Proposal: Informed Consent and Liability.

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New fabulous studio art by Teresa Smith: www.teresasmith.com

DarkHorse 2024 livestreams: Harvard (206), Boeing (208), Kamala Harris (247 & 251), Secret Service (235), folic acid (246), polyunsaturated fats (207), seed oils (251), tallow (254), diet (211), food compass (241), microbeef sushi (212), biotech potatoes (226), CDC (215), Francis Collins (244), Ozempic (225, 238, 254, 256), dry fasting (252), Bovear (253), sunscreen (233), Earth?s magnetic field (225), The WHO?s Pandemic Treaty (227, 257), museums (213, 234), WPATH (216), pup handlers (235), Olympics (236), Imane Khelif (237), immigration (210), Assange (231), First Amendment (217), Rescue the Republic (238, 244, 245), octopus (219), legs that taste (248), orang heal thyself (224), frog saunas (233).

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Senator Ron Johnson on the subject of corruption present in COVID policies and American politics in general. They question who the ?puppet masters? are and review what RFK Jr.?s stance on vaccines could bring to the upcoming administration. Finally, Bret and Senator Johnson, notorious COVID dissidents, end their discussion by considering the possibility of Fauci receiving a pardon. 

Find Senator Ron Johnson on X: http://x.com/RonJohnsonWI

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- Oxford study claiming COVID to be a bad flu season https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates

- May 2020 Senator held a hearing https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/covid-19-how-new-information-should-drive-policy/

- ?The Real Anthony Fauci? by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://amzn.to/3Du4J9H (commission earned)

- ?The Wuhan Cover-Up? by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://amzn.to/49RARA2 (commission earned)

- ?What the Nurses Saw? by Ken McCarthy https://amzn.to/3VQVYga (commission earned)

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In this week?s episode, we discuss the World Health Organization, Greenland, Panama, and how Trump plans to interact with all of the above. Is it moral to ask for, buy, or take, other people?s land? We need to remember the Monroe Doctrine. Also: the Southern Poverty Law Center puts out an annual hate map, in which they showcase hate groups like ?anti-government groups? that promote ?conspiratorial and dubious views of government?as evidenced by the movement?s popular rhetoric on such issues as COVID-19 regulation.? Also on the SPLC?s hate list: people who don?t think that drag queen story hours promote literacy. While claiming to challenge ?binary gender roles,? trans ideology actually does the opposite. Finally: eight insights for Hannukah.

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Reuters on the WHO: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-transition-team-plans-immediate-who-withdrawal-expert-says-2024-12-23/

New York Times on Greenland and Panama: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/trump-greenland-panama-canal.html

SPLC hate map: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

Fighting illiteracy with the SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/year-hate-extremism-2023/power-drag-story-hour

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In this 256th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss resistance to Make America Healthy Again, and how beliefs that were once unspeakable become speakable. It used to be impossible to speak about the risks of fluoride in the water; now it?s not. It used to be impossible to question the safety of Mercury in vaccines; now it?s not. How safe is Aluminum as an adjuvant in vaccines? Goliath assures us it?s safe; we look at the research that has been done, and find otherwise. We are betting our lives, and our children?s lives, on four rabbits and a dude. 

We also discuss the polio vaccine, and GLP-1 RAs, more familiarly known as Ozempic and its chemical kin. Similar to the mRNA shots for Covid (wherein Uracil was replaced with Pseudouridine), GLP-1RAs are similar but not identical to a naturally occurring human hormone, but have been altered to be more ?stable? and last longer in the body.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Secret campaign to disrupt MAHA: https://x.com/holden_culotta/status/1869206497013698823

Karstens 2024. History of Salk Inactivated Polio vaccine: https://www.malone.news/p/inconvenient-history-of-salk-inactivated

Why we should welcome the lab leak theory: https://unherd.com/2021/06/why-we-should-welcome-the-lab-leak-theory/

Rogers 2019. The Political Economy of Autism: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/20198/Rogers_T_thesis.pdf

Pharma darlings: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/pharma-darlings

Giant Herbs & Tea: http://www.giant-herbs.com

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In this 255th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss how to avoid confusion between moral and analytical differences, especially when it comes to politics and the state of America. Probably you have people in your life whom you love, with whom you disagree adamantly about politics. If you believe those people to share your values, then you probably just disagree about what you have seen, and what it means?rather than believing that they are fundamentally bad people. Also: is it unethical to spend time and resources investigating scientific questions that have already been answered? And: excess deaths in the time of Covid, the pull-forward effect, and an analogy with treefalls during early Winter storms: strong winds cull the weak, such that in subsequent storms, there should be fewer trees that fall. Also: check out Obvious State?they make amazing art prints.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Is it unethical to replicate research? https://x.com/DrNeilStone/status/1866201925970018354

Reasonable Dowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trjv7-eUqt4

Excess Deaths: https://phinancetechnologies.com/HumanityProjects/yearly%20Excess%20Death%20Rate%20Analysis%20-%20US.htm

More excess death analysis: https://x.com/ethicalskeptic/status/1864371228309340602

U.S. Disability Data: https://x.com/dowdedward/status/1865078933915332624

Obvious State: https://obviousstate.com

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In this 254th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss science, scientists, and the mainstream media. How can the New York Times and The Atlantic simultaneously be so opposed to Kennedy, and so in favor of the industrial sludge being promoted by Big Pharma and Big Food? A new research result finds that women who move for a few seconds every day are less likely to have heart attacks than women who move for no seconds at all. Our standards have sunk very, very low. Science Magazine tells us that American science needs a new vision, but doesn?t tell us what that vision should be. And we discuss why not knowing an answer, and using observation and inference to try to deduce it, is a better route to knowledge and autonomy than is looking up the answer right away.

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Mentioned in this episode:

America Stopped Cooking With Tallow for a Reason: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/12/beef-tallow-kennedy-cooking-fat-seed-oil/680848/

Advisory, AHA Presidential 2017. "Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease." Circulation 135.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28620111/

Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/magazine/ozempic-junk-food.html

Stamatakis et al 2024. Device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) and major adverse cardiovascular events: evidence of sex differences. British Journal of Sports Medicine: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2024/10/25/bjsports-2024-108484.full.pdf

American science needs a new vision: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu7982

Objects In the Night Sky: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/objects-in-the-night-sky

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Bret Speaks with Nathan Jones, founder of the leading manufacturer of xylitol-based products in North America, XLEAR on the subject of hidden side of human health, the nasal microbiome and other related issues. 

Find Nathan Jones at https://xlear.com 

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In this 253rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we follow the science to fewer cow farts. Bovear, an FDA approved product that is fed to cattle to reduce their production of methane, is the result of yet more reductionist, metric-heavy research that conflates complex systems with complicated ones. Bill Gates approves, though, so what could go wrong? We discuss ruminant biology, the actual Carbon impact of grazing cattle, and some other great new products from the makers of Bovear, including ?the world?s first-ever flavor created by artificial intelligence.? Then: why is the BBC?s disinformation wing concerned about what Bret said on Diary of a CEO? What happened to journalism? Finally: it?s Thanksgiving tomorrow. Liberals are supposed to be high in openness?consider being open to the differing views of your friends and family, and have a wonderful time together.

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Arla Foods introduces Bovear: https://x.com/ArlaFoodsUK/status/1861403156137030083

Bovear product info: https://www.dsm.com/anh/news/downloads/infographics-checklists-and-guides/bovaer-brochure-how-cows-can-help-us-fight-climate-change.html

Mississippi State on Ruminant Biology: http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P2503_web.pdf

McAllister, T.A. and Newbold, C.J., 2008. Redirecting rumen fermentation to reduce methanogenesis. Australian journal of experimental agriculture, 48(2): 7-13: https://www.publish.csiro.au/an/EA07218

Pershouse 2016. The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities. Mycelium Books: https://www.didipershouse.com/the-ecology-of-care.html

DSM?s science and research: https://our-company.dsm-firmenich.com/en/our-company/science-research.html

MIT Technology Review on methane reduction in cows: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/01/1104391/2024-climate-tech-companies-rumin8-bovine-supplements/

Diary of a CEO episode w Bret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=BN5eVlIijaUOkyVH&v=_cFu-b5lTMU&feature=youtu.be

BBC and far-right videos: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2n8pzk7gzo.amp

Oregon Health Authority and the election: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORHA/bulletins/3c0a48e

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In this 252nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we start with corrections from last livestream, and a bit more about seed oils. Then: dry fasting. What are the cultural and biological precedents for abstaining from all food and drink for hours or days at a time? What religious traditions include dry fasting? Are their health benefits? What are autophagy, and metabolic water, and what do kangaroo rats and camels have to teach us? We tell our personal story of just having done a seven day dry fast, and remind Americans that, as a country, we just voted to Make America Healthy Again. Your health is in your hands, not those of the ?experts.?

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Mentioned in this episode:

What?s wrong with seed oils: https://x.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1859255825119973386

The Phoenix Protocol: Dry Fasting for Rapid Healing and Radical Life Extension, by August Dunning: https://amzn.to/3Zfwb3e (commission earned)

Dry Fasting Club: https://www.dryfastingclub.com

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Bret Speaks with Dr. Jessica Rose on the subject of the rift within the COVID dissident community regarding the existence of a novel pathogen.

Find Dr. Jessica Rose on X at https://x.com/JesslovesMJK and on her Substacks at https://jessicar.substack.com and https://jessica5b3.substack.com. 

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In this 251st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss how the Harris campaign spent their billion dollar war chest?including on celebrities who appeared to be endorsing her because they believed in her, but were actually getting paid. Also: $26 million was spent for ?text message outreach,? any many people donated $10 or $20. It?s reverse Robin Hood: stealing from the poor, to give to the rich. Related: how can we stay optimistic about unity, when we are seeing such different things? Finally: the New York Times finds a whole bunch of well-credential ?experts? in nutrition to assure us that seed oils are excellent for your health. (They?re not.) You have a choice: follow the science, or think scientifically for yourself, and actually be healthy.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Harris campaign disbursements from the FEC: https://github.com/gaiaus/2024-us-presidential-general-election/blob/main/harris%2Fspending%2Ftop_500_recipients.MD

News Nation with Lindy Li: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv3XbWtHyMg

Rescue the Republic: https://jointheresistance.org

Smith professors saw a perfect campaign: https://www.smith.edu/news-events/news/hope-and-action

Reason for Optimism: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/reason-for-optimism

Are Seed Oils Actually Bad for You? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/well/eat/seed-oil-effects.html

Professor Gardner?s site: https://www.med.stanford.edu/profiles/christopher-gardner

Thumbnail Courtesy: Kent Nishimura / Stringer / Getty Images News via Getty Images.

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In this 250th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the election results. The outcome?Trump in office, and both legislative bodies having a Republican majority?has the strong potential to be positive for everyone, and yet so many people are scared or angry. We discuss why, and provide some reasons that letting go of your fear and anger is the right thing to do. Also: what do exit polls reveal about who voted blue vs red? Who are the women who voted for Trump? How can you level up yourself and your understanding of the world? Then: why is the New York Times producing graphics that omit some of its own data, making it appear that the West coast had no shift in voting between 2020 and 2024 (spoiler: a significant majority of counties across the countries moved red this election). Finally: which party had more people who hoped for authoritarian crackdowns just two years ago? And what did the CDC have planned for the dirty and unvaccinated?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Election results: https://www.270towin.com/2024-election-results-live/president/

Why I Am Voting for Trump: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/why-i-am-voting-for-trump

Exit polls: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

Alexandros Marinos, self-help guru: https://x.com/alexandrosM/status/1854283641175801973

NYT election map: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-president.html

Authoritarianism by party in 2022: https://x.com/JoshRainerGold/status/1854438586856415573

Jeffrey Tucker: The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-cdc-planned-quarantine-camps-nationwide/

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New York's Prop. 1 pretends to protect against discrimination while, in a paragraph not visible to voters, it sets the stage for a massive new wave of discrimination!

Equal protection under the law is in jeopardy. If this Trojan Horse works, it will soon spread to other states.

Please listen to Attorney Bobbie Anne Cox and vote down Prop. 1!

Find Bobbie Anne Cox on X at https://x.com/Attorney_Cox and more on Prop. 1 at http://votenoonprop1.org

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Bret Speaks with Kevin McKernan on the subject of accountability and the dangers of centralized control in public and science. They discuss the complexities surrounding COVID vaccines, molecular biology, and the implications of PCR testing. 

The conversation touches on regulatory oversight, potential fraud in vaccine production, and the controversial presence of SV40 in vaccines, raising critical questions about public health and safety. 

Find Kevin McKernan at: http://anandamide.substack.com, and https://x.com/Kevin_McKernan.

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Mentioned in this Episode:

- Kary Mullis cautioned PCR is an inappropriate test  for infectiousness https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1993/mullis/facts/ and https://youtu.be/ZmZft4fXhQQ?si=Qj38G81_A81jOUbw 
- Luc Montagnier https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2008/montagnier/facts/  https://youtu.be/4fIS6h3QCu4?si=wCmiTRBpdnVhdoEt 
- Phil Buckhaults Found DNA in COVID-19 Vaccine Residuals https://youtu.be/C7Qs166xR28?si=vsEvbOwGsNe17ReX 
- Dr. Harvey Risch's presentation https://rumble.com/vp0t0k-dr.-harvey-rischs-presentation-at-the-c19-minisymposium-session-november-7-.html 
- Ron Johnson presentation https://rumble.com/v4fwif3-senator-ron-johnson-roundtable-federal-health-agencies-and-the-covid-cartel.html 
- The Brook Jackson Case with Warner Mendenhall https://www.iambrookjackson.com/ 

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Bret Speaks with Brandon Straka, founder of The Walkaway Campaign on the need for open dialogue and the pursuit of truth in political discourse. Straka shares his journey from being a lifelong Democrat to becoming a vocal supporter of independent thought.

The discussion also delves into the Second Amendment, government power, and the extremism within the Democratic Party, highlighting the complexities of political identity and the motivations behind political actions.

Find Brandon on X at https://x.com/BrandonStraka and https://www.brandonstraka.com. Visit The #Walkaway Campaign at https://www.walkawaycampaign.com.

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In this 249th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the upcoming election, and how important it is to vote. The Democratic Party has created a two-tiered system in the Courts and in federal agencies; they have inverted basic values, including equal protection under the law, the role of families, informed consent, individual sovereignty, and our Constitution; and they have replaced truth-seeking with activism. From wars to the economy to the southern border, there is ample evidence of what the two teams actually stand for. Also: the first case report of trans-myocarditis. Then: ?The Science? is still not science: federally funded research on the effects of puberty blockers on children isn?t published, because the researchers don?t like the results they got.

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Seymour Hersh on Biden, Harris, and the 25th Amendment: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/leaving-las-vegas

Bad Storms, Bad Science: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/bad-storms-bad-science

New York Times on unpublished research on puberty blockers: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html

Chen et al 2021. Psychosocial characteristics of transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical treatment: Baseline findings from the Trans Youth Care Study. Journal of Adolescent Health 68(6): 1104-1111.

 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7897328/pdf/nihms-1616464.pdf

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Bret Speaks with Ed Dowd on the subject of COVID-19 vaccines, focusing on the quantification of excess deaths,  disabilities, and injuries.

Find Ed Dowd on X at https://x.com/dowdedward, references to his research projects at https://www.humanityprojects.info and his book "Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 (Children?s Health Defense) https://a.co/d/gCFCCkE 

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In this 248th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we begin and end by geeking out on biology: why there tend to be so many molecules in organisms that humans find useful (see: turmeric and ginger), why you can?t be both the fastest and the most agile anything, and new research that finds that some Atlantic fish with leg-like appendages can taste the ground with those ?legs.? In between all that: an analysis of American political parties?where they?ve been, where they are now, and what might happen next. Also: self-indulgent whining from the Southern hemisphere.

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The Atlantic on Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-authoritarian-rhetoric-hitler-mussolini/680296/

Season?s mis-greetings: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03245-0

Fish ?legs? that taste the ground: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03117-7

Original research (Allard et al 2024): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01126-6

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In this 247th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the ?Opportunity Agenda for Black Men? being proposed by Kamala Harris?from legalizing marijuana to enacting price controls on food and rent to regulating crypto. Then: why the ascendant Right needs the traditional liberal left, and a discussion of positive feedback, and why it has become easier to say that you support Trump than it used to be. Finally: azo food dye turns mice transparent, in the name of science. Food dyes and other additives are in more things than we know; how can we keep ourselves healthy in this environment?

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Barack Obama says that Harris will lift up black men: https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1845944869992517645

Kamala?s Plan: https://kamalaharris.com/agenda/

Polling data: https://x.com/thecjpearson/status/1846308798148829480

Yellow #5 and transparent mice: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/things-that-caught-my-eye-7

USDA on color additives: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/additives-meat-and-poultry

Slowdown Farmstead: https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com

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In this 246 in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss how Kamala Harris is presenting herself, and being presented, in the mainstream media, and whether there is any misinformation therein. Then: How the reductionist, scientistic approach to human health is making us less healthy, rather than more. Examples: California requires folic acid be added to tortillas and other masa products (?it?s an equity issue?), and fluoride in municipal water supplies is recognized as a correlate of lower childhood IQs. Also: Doctor Strangelove. Finally: a discussion of technocrats and their science skin suits.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Harris, pre and post editing on 60 Minutes: https://x.com/derrickevans4wv/status/1843693772150059371

Folic acid in tortillas in California: https://calmatters.org/health/2024/09/folic-acid-tortilla-law/

NTP Monograph on the State of the Science Concerning Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Cognition: A Systematic Review: https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/publications/monographs/mgraph08

Technocrats in science skin suits: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/technocrats-in-science-skin-suits

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In this 245th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the Rescue the Republic rally, after the fact: who was there, what it meant, and how it manifested in the world. Also discussed: the VP debate between Vance and Walz, and a new X (twitter) valuation.

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Full livestream of Rescue the Republic, with timestamps: https://www.youtube.com/live/cLhpZjBwDJI

The Wall Street Journal is afraid of weirdos: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/coalition-of-the-weird-mobilizes-for-trump-5145e4a4

John Robb?s Global Guerillas: https://johnrobb.substack.com

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Bret speaks with Matt Taibbi on the subject of the censorship industrial complex. They discuss their views on the recent lack of reaction by traditional liberals to violations of America?s First Amendment. Join Matt Taibbi and Bret in Washington DC for Rescue the Republic on September 29th https://jointheresistance.org. 

Find Matt Taibbi on Substack at http://racket.news and on X at http://x.com/mtaibbi.

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(00:21:03) Facebook study https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2014/06/facebook-can-manipulate-your-mood-it-can-affect-whether-you-vote-when-do-we-start
(00:22:47) Murthy v. Missouri https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411_3dq3.pdf
(00:23:25) Franz Kafka?s ?Before the Law?
(01:04:41) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1540/text
(01:15:10) General Michael Hayden?s post: https://x.com/GenMhayden/status/1834958138644029764

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Time Stamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:44) Matt Taibbi's history of covering deplatformed and deamplified individuals and organizations
(00:07:47) Evaporation of the will to fight
(00:09:15) Sponsors
(00:13:18) Three things causing the "evaporation of the will to fight"
(00:21:21) How the information environment is shaped
(00:28:43) Traps and "Bomb Holding"
(00:34:01) Is it against the law?
(00:41:56) Biden's Incompetence: Missing front-page news
(00:54:01) Why Matt Taibbi is coming back off the bench
(01:00:31) Eliminating Words and Unhooking the Constitution
(01:08:01) Why we must gather and vote now
(01:20:01) Closing

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Bret Speaks with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on the subject of his decision to join the Rescue the Republic rally in Washington, D.C. on September 29th (https://jointheresistance.org). They discuss accepting the call to adventure, making the choice to use your words truthfully, the pursuit of happiness, and the dynamism of play. 

Find Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on X at https://x.com/jordanbpeterson and at Peterson Academy http://petersonacademy.com

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Jordan Peterson at McMaster University (FULL EVENT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dSjbBmHOOE&t=0s

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In this 244th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss excess deaths from 2021 on, and what the insurance industry is recommending that we do (more of the same treatments that got us into this mess!). Related: Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health during Covid, asks why ?facing a common enemy? didn?t bring us together, while celebrating the Covid ?vaccines,? drugs, and tests. Scientific American endorses Harris, saying she?s the right choice for your health. Kundera makes no distinction between legal and illegal vandalism. Bret puts forward further arguments for why it is the time to Rescue the Republic, and why fear is not the way forward. Heather reads about serpent badassery at the equinox.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Excess deaths: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/life-insurance/excess-mortality-may-stay-high-for-a-decade-swiss-re-warns-505653.aspx

The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/covid-political-polarization-public-trust-vaccine/679806/

Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote-for-kamala-harris-to-support-science-health-and-the-environment/

Milan Kundera on vandals (1967 essay): https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-West-Tragedy-Central-Europe/dp/0063272954/ref=sr_1_1

Faces of protest: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/facesofprotest

The equinox: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-equinox

County Highway: https://www.countyhighway.com

Rescue the Republic: https://jointheresistance.org

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In this 243rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the evidence for the traps being laid by Goliath, continuing last episode?s discussion of the presidential debate. Then: sex, gender, meaning, and identity. What kind of science is being done that concludes that sex and gender are not just distinct, but unrelated? And why are 10 year olds being asked if they?re transgender, or how much they feel like a boy, or a girl? While ?scientists? use models to produce results that make no sense, adolescents stop pursuing meaning, which is dynamic and expands one?s horizons, and instead focus on identity, which is all too-often a static dead-end.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Traps abound: https://x.com/thedarkhorsepod/status/1834608617330512197

Dhamala et al 2024. Functional brain networks are associated with both sex and gender in children. Science Advances, 10(28), p.eadn4202: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn4202 

Potter et al 2022. Measurement of gender and sexuality in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 53, p.101057: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000019

Potter et al 2020. Early adolescent gender diversity and mental health in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(2):171-179:

https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.13248

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In this 242nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss the presidential debate: what happened, and how much of it constituted traps, set for us to fall in to? How was the magic trick done? Also: when people tell you who they are, believe them. Finally: bats bats bats bats bats. As insectivorous bats succumb to a fungal disease (White Nose Syndrome), farmers respond by using more insecticides, and in those areas where higher insecticide use has been documented, infant deaths are on the rise.

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Mentioned in this episode:

John Stossel on whether good guys with guns successfully reduce gun violence: https://x.com/JohnStossel/status/1833513261045563472

Rob Schneider on going back: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_xvASzvnry/

Frank 2024. The economic impacts of ecosystem disruptions: Costs from substituting biological pest control. Science, 385(6713): eadg0344: https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.adg0344

?My jaw dropped? - https://www.science.org/content/article/my-jaw-dropped-bat-loss-linked-death-human-infants

The Moth in the Iron Lung: https://www.amazon.com/Moth-Iron-Lung-Biography-Polio/dp/1717583679

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In this 241st in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss food, science, and myth. Research out of Tufts University three years ago created the Food Compass?a new guide to what is healthy that rivals the Food Pyramid for sheer lunacy. Advising us that Froot Loops and Pringles are healthier choices than meat and eggs, the authors of that research are now promoting ESG + Nutrition, in which their Food Compass informs governments and private enterprise on how to get the population of the world to follow along. Then: What is history, what is myth, and when is it appropriate to stop talking and be quiet already? Real figures from history?Jesus, King David, Churchill?are also mythic; to what degree do the myths verge from the reality, and what are the conditions under which we are obliged to care? Also mentioned: the Censorship Industrial Complex, Pathological Noble Liars, and Dumbledore?s Army. Finally: a few words on the death of Paul Harrell, who advocated for the responsible use of firearms.

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Mozaffarian et al 2021. Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods. Nature Food. 2(10):809?818: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00381-y

It?s An Upside-Down World, and You?re Living In It: Big Food, Hollywood, and the Democrats:https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/its-an-upside-down-world-and-youre

O?Hearn et al 2022. The time is ripe for ESG+ nutrition: evidence-based nutrition metrics for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. European journal of clinical nutrition, 76(8):1047-1052: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-022-01075-9.pdf

Rescue the Republic ? September 29 on the National Mall: https://jointheresistance.org

Paul Harrell?s final video: https://youtu.be/M-gZuFcEu0E

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Bret speaks with Dr. Joomi Kim on the discovery that some of the processes biologists use are not what they believe they are and the implications this could potentially have on science. Dr. Joomi Kim is a molecular biologist and author of the Substack, Let?s Be Clear where she challenges the mainstream narratives about COVID-19. 

Please note, Dr. Kim offers the following correction: ?While describing the steps of western blots it may have sounded like antibodies get added before the blotting step (when proteins are transferred from gel to membrane). Antibodies are added after the blotting step."

Find Dr. Joomi Kim on Let?s Be Clear: https://joomi.substack.com and on X at https://x.com/joomikim1.  

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We're living in an epidemic of bad research https://joomi.substack.com/p/were-living-in-an-epidemic-of-bad 

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In this 240th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss joy and the Democratic Party. Who is sending all the texts asking for money to support the democrats, and what are they actually trying to accomplish? Discussion of push polls and push texts, bread and circuses, ponies and balloons. Also: the party of science doesn?t understand science. And: why did RFK Jr. talk to the Harris campaign? Finally: actual joy, mixed with sadness, as our children leave home. Why parenting is the most amazing job you can have, and how any population that forgets that is at risk of losing the plot, if it hasn?t already.

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Tiny specks in the Universe ? on motherhood: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/tiny-specks-in-the-universe

Rescue the Republic ? September 29 on the National Mall: https://jointheresistance.org

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In this 239th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we talk about the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

In this week?s episode, we discuss AI, specifically how Grok responded to the prompt ?image of Cartesian crisis,? whether AI is conscious, and whether it makes art. What is art, and are humans required to make it, or do search and memory suffice? Not art: the rendering of the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention. Speaking of which: what demographic is most strongly democratic? Answer: Childless, never married women ages 20 ? 45. We discuss how this affects policy and society. And: the quasi-announcement that Kennedy may leave the presidential race. Finally?Zack is going off on new adventures.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The national anthem by the women?s caucus at DNC: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1825937644951650319

Maternal Love and the Mama Bear: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/maternal-love-and-the-mama-bear

Brides of the State, by David Samuels in UnHerd: https://unherd.com/2024/08/the-march-of-kamalas-brides/

Rescue the Republic ? September 29 on the National Mall: https://jointheresistance.org

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