Open Thread 371.5
(sorry, some of you may have gotten an earlier version of this with the wrong time - reposting to correct) Usually this would be the hidden thread, but I’m opening it up for two mid-week announcements: 1: Pro-PEPFAR protest in DC this Friday at 12 noon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has granted PEPFAR a waiver to continue operating, but Musk seems to be illegally refusing to honor it; the protest is urging Rubio to
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- Published: March 05, 2025
- Source: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-3715
- Document ID:
2025-03-05_open-thread-3715_full
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Concepts
- Ancient Chinese (2 mentions)
Events
- Pro-PEPFAR protest (1 mentions)
Organizations
People
- Elon Musk (87 mentions)
- Marco Rubio (2 mentions)
- Leah Sargent (1 mentions)
Places
- Washington, DC (14 mentions)
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(sorry, some of you may have gotten an earlier version of this with the wrong time - reposting to correct) Usually this would be the hidden thread, but I’m opening it up for two mid-week announcements: 1: Pro-PEPFAR protest in DC this Friday at 12 noon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has granted PEPFAR a waiver to continue operating, but Musk seems to be illegally refusing to honor it; the protest is urging Rubio to enforce his decision. Organizers include Catholicism blogger Leah Sargent (some of you probably know her by her maiden name Libresco) and various EAs; excited to see the religious and non-religious pro-charity folks working together. You can find more information here and the Facebook event here . 2: New round of bans. I usually try to link all bans so that people have a chance to critique / learn from them, but Substack seems to have messed this up somehow and made it impossible to link to the relevant comments, I don’t know what happened. Link stubs that should go to bans but don’t are 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 . You can see if you have any better luck accessing them than I did - otherwise, did you know that the ancient Chinese kept the laws secret , lest people search too hard for loopholes? You’ll learn what the rules are after you’re executed for breaking them.