Notes from the desk

Short research notes, methods, and signals. Updated when something is worth saying — not on a content calendar.

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Reading a fork like a rumor

Contentious forks spread misreadings faster than facts. A field guide to catching the misreading before it sets.

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New notes land here first

Essays, methods, the occasional map — published here, fragments on X. Follow along where you already are.

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The half-life of a launch claim

When does a public claim stop being believed?

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Color as evidence

Every color is a claim: verified, contested, unverified.

METHOD
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The empty center

Why one missing answer corrupts a dozen others.

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Signal weather, week 24

This fortnight's sanitized public-signal risks.

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Scoring trust without a survey

How we rate risk from public signal alone.

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What LLMs say about you

Your docs are training data. Read them that way.

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Confusion is a map, not a mess

The idea the whole desk is built on.

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Signal weather, week 22

Source contamination was the theme.

SIGNAL

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