One unfinished study · two independent coders needed
Fund the independent validation study
Palimpsest has published a frozen 145-row sample, its codebook and the script that will calculate agreement. The remaining work cannot be automated: two people must code the sample independently before the project can publish an inter-rater reliability result.
Current campaign · $1,800 planned target
Turn a published method into a completed result
Your sponsorship funds independent coder time. When both coding passes are complete, Palimpsest will publish the coded sheets, agreement result and stated limitations—also if the result rejects the labelling scheme.
The planned campaign target is $1,800 for two independent Mandarin-speaking coders. This is a forward budget, not an invoice or a claim about funds received or spent. See the public funding ledger for the current reporting state or the funder evidence page for full diligence.
After the study, what ongoing support funds
- Vantage points. Differential observation needs eyes in more than one place. Network egress and residential vantage infrastructure is the single largest running cost.
- Archival storage. Deletion as data only works if the original was archived first. Evidence snapshots grow every day and are never thrown away.
- Model probes. The Generative Firewall Index pays per query to probe state-aligned models in two languages against control models.
- Research-grade rigor. Human validation studies, uncertainty bands, and replication packaging so the data holds up in peer review, not just on a dashboard.
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Other ways to help
- Cite the data. Palimpsest exists to be used. Cite it in research and journalism — method and raw evidence are on the data page.
- Contribute code or validation. The project is MIT-licensed and developed in the open on GitHub. Human coders for the classifier validation study are especially welcome.
- Spread the readings. Every share of a live reading makes the measurement harder to ignore and the commons harder to close.
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