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Fires, Facebook & Free Speech: The 259th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

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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Mentioned in this episode:

Scope of the LA fires from The Lookout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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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Cleaning “spas,” massive brains, and mirror experiments.

"Do these truths about manta rays make them less beautiful to you? Have I stolen wonder from you by telling you some of what we know? Or rather, have I provided you even more basis on which to find more wonder, seek more beauty in the world? I hope that the latter is true."

Dr. Heather Heying reading the beginning of the chapter on beauty from her upcoming book

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Why Bret Weinstein Still Calls Himself a Liberal

On a recent Inside Rail episode, Bret Weinstein explains why he still calls himself a liberal to guest Brandi Kruse.

Watch the full episode here: https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/7654402/the-views-of-brandi-kruse-on-darkhorse-podcast

“We can’t blueprint our way out of this puzzle. We certainly can’t conserve our way out of this puzzle. That’s the reason I’m not a conservative.”

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Is Bret allergic to European wheat? Part II

Will European wheat have an effect on Bret Weinstein? This is Part II of his European experiment, the results.

Watch Part I: https://rumble.com/v6pns8o-is-bret-allergic-to-european-wheat.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Dr. Bret Weinstein is running an experiment on himself. After a decade of avoiding wheat he has tried eating it while in Spain. In this update video he explains how he has been feeling and answers common questions around glyphosate and dry fasting.

Watch more on the topic of glyphosate and dry fasting from Bret and Heather:

It’s not Complicated: The 230th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v52it2i-the-230th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Think Fast: The 252nd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying https://rumble.com/v5rcks8-the-252nd-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

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Bret on Tucker Carlson March 11, 2026 | Tucker on the Propaganda Pawns, Bibi’s Threat to Trump, and the Great American Betrayal

"No two countries have the same priorities. That’s why it should be illegal to yoke our military to a foreign power in war. Bret Weinstein on how it happened. "

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Bret,

As I write this in my DarkHorse hoodie, I have heard you say multiple times that Trump would be impeached, if things in the election go poorly. I completely disgree for 2 reasons:

First, to get a conviction in the Senate you need 2/3rd majority (67 votes). If the Democrats were to win every single Senate seat open (35 of 35, including 13 deep red seats) they would have a 69/31 majority. Unless Trump actually committed a high crime, they might not even get 100% commitment from their party, e.g. Fetterman (although, I am sure it would be near 100%.)

Second, it would be a tactical mistake. If they have a majority in the House (fairly likely) and/or a majority in the Senate (important in controlling the agenda and committees) then they have the power they need to slow down the MAGA agenda. Trump will be a lame duck after the election whichever way it goes, and if he is impeached then the country gets a JD Vance taster, making him an incumbent President they have to run against if he is ...

What I really think happened to Jordan Peterson

Around 2012, I was a very confused man. I was switching careers, I was single, and mostly alone in the town I live in. I just got my first software job at the local university, my current job still, after using my GI bill to get an associates in Software development. That is around the time I ran into Jordan Peterson on Youtube. I remember hating him at first and thinking he is an asshole. But then, he said things like “I’m not on the side of the part of you that’s aiming at your defeat. I’m on the side of the part of you that’s struggling toward the light. I’m that part’s friend.” And over time, what he had to say started making sense to me. I use to be a messy person and he taught that your bedroom is the externalization of your mind. So I started to really clean and take care of my home. Then, I started to do the same at work and everywhere I went. 

I think what got him in really in trouble is when he started to teach the ...

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