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Another probablistic podcast: unjournal-podcast.netlify.ap… (With some probability, there will be a podcast coming) #unjournal

The Podcast That is Yet To Come, from The Unjournal

Research that could shape billions in funding: what it says, how much to believe it, and what to do about it. Suggest topics or join a conversation.

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Animal Futures tournament update: Solid participation 1 cultivated-meat question resolved, "Mixed" forecasts. E.g., Save Our Bacon Act 3%, octopus farm 1%, ~80% for another US state cultivated-meat ban. uj-animal-futures-update.net… metaculus.com/tournament/330…

Animal Futures tournament update | 13 October 2026

A dated, source-linked update on the Animal Futures forecasting tournament: participation, forecasts, discussion, and decisions they may inform.

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Predictions so far signal substantially more pro-animal-welfare developments in the EU than in the US. @metaculus @SentientFutures
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I guess this means that we were all worried about disinformation for nothing. Thanks guys.
Harvey G. Cohen@CultrHackOct 9
β€œTrump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw sponsorship of a leading European conference on disinformation, w/Canada, Lithuania & EU’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so.” Shame. But Trump can’t survive without his disinfo theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Looking for your feedback "Help The Unjournal prioritize AI economics and governance research" uj-prioritization-dashboard.… lesswrong.com/posts/6fxHMfH7…
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Unjournal.org welcomes critique, questions and suggestions from our team, evaluators and anyone else. Share anonymously if you like: We may respond publicly after checking for identifying details. Tick β€œkeep private” to opt out. unjournal-feedback.netlify.a…

Unjournal | Transparent Evaluation of Impactful Research

The Unjournal enables open, expert evaluation of economics and social science research, without the constraints of traditional journals. Discover how we make rigorous research more transparent.

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Exploring ways to actually _reward_ the anonymous suggestions. More on this later.
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Americans on both extremes of the political spectrum loved to criticize USAID, mostly unfairly imo: "white savior colonialism just to help US industry" vs "foreign rat-holes, keep our money at home".
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Still, I'm moderately hopeful/confident this will reverse. It's not 'permanently cancelled forever'. I think there will be enough mainstream support to bring it back in some form in 2-4 years. (And still, it's a tragedy).
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GDP per year (big stack of bricks) and ODA given (smaller stack). The recent drops means the USA has fallen below Germany, a country with less than 1/4 the population & 1/6 the GDP, as a "foreign aid power". (ChatGPT helped build this chart, obviously)
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daaronr.github.io/music/#v=1… A little tool I built - 18 ways through a 12-bar blues form, with chords maps and a simple backing track that can be adjusted. Let me know if you find it useful. #jazz #blues #musictheory
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But can AI jazz? A quick experiment: ai-jazz-tune-trial.netlify.a… Have a lesson and vote: which model/attempt has more swing?

Can AI write a modern jazz tune?

Five AI-written jazz tunes in two rounds, bright and dark, with written duo solos. Listen blind and vote.

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metaculus.com/tournament/330… Launched the first funded multi-area #animalwelfare #forecasting tournament on @metaculus

Animal Futures Tournament

Every day, billions of animals suffer in ways we can prevent, but only if we direct our resources wisely. The people working to reduce that suffering face hard questions with thin evidence: which...

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Are standard (IO, scanner data) estimates of price elasticities reliable? Bray et al papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… -- "Lalonde-style" evidence raises doubts. Unjournal.org evaluations, detailed exchange: unjournal.pubpub.org/pub/eva… unjournal.pubpub.org/pub/aut… #econtwitter
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Did you ever want to listen to different audio in each of your earbuds? No, me neither, but I bet a lot of unusual people do. My cousin Daniel Shuldman just launched an app for this: dicotic.com/ "Two streams. One mind."
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(Note, it has other features I do find useful, like helping you listen to a music track behind a spoken track or audiobook, and you can have both in both ears if you like. And there are more features in the works.)
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uj-wellbeing-workshop.netlif… Unjournal online workshop on using wellbeing measures for prioritizing LMIC interventions. March 16. Some slots still available. #econtwitter
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Wondering how Unjournal.org actually works? Here's a two-minute walkthrough, thanks to one of our field specialists. youtube.com/watch?v=ZCSeAmzM…

Unjournal | Transparent Evaluation of Impactful Research

The Unjournal enables open, expert evaluation of economics and social science research, without the constraints of traditional journals. Discover how we make rigorous research more transparent.

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The Unjournal's 2024-25 Evaluator Prizes announced! Recognizing 8 of 80+ expert peer reviewers for outstanding public evaluation work. $6,500 in prizes. β†’ info.unjournal.org/evaluator…

2024–25 Evaluator Prize Winners β€” The Unjournal

Recognizing evaluators who set the standard for rigorous, constructive, and impactful peer review.

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