AI Use Note: Main body text entirely human written. Claude (Opus 4.8) helped develop models of animal life histories in the appendix.
Cross-posted from Good Structures.
Executive Summary
* Animal advocates sometimes make claims like “there are X of this animal...
“How long have you been v*g*n?”
This is one of the most common icebreakers at animal protection events. It’s a baseline assumption, and it mostly holds true: if you’re out advocating for animals not to be tortured or abused, realistically these days you are v**n, or close. And it makes for good conversation. It seems fairly safe to assume when you meet strangers.
But this assumption is hurting the movement in a way which we don’t always notice: someone new comes into the sp...
Summary
Back in November 2023 I posted here to launch Spiro and raise our first $198k. Two and a half years later this is an update and a fundraiser for the next step.
The short version: we've now reached over-5,900 people with TB preventive medicine, including over 3,000 children under five years old. Our early results have held up well an...
Opportunity for creatives in EA:
Arts for the Future Festival (September 13-29) is an artist-led, global hybrid festival, online and in-person in New York, leading up to and beyond the UN Summit of the Future. It's a great chance to show your work and connect with other artists.
How you can participate:
I'm a big fan of long-term art projects and it would be exciting to see artworks reflecting on long-term thinking, care for future generations, etc. The festival is hosted by Lisa Russell, an Emmy-award-winning filmmaker with a passion for promoting artist representation in global policymaking spaces.