True North Eager Beaver Interview Project -- "Old-School" Journalist Robert Lee
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Abstract
[Recording date: December 1, 2022]The Eager Beaver Pod asks its guests if they're willing to provide an extended interview, so that we may better get to know them/what makes them tick.When they agree, we package it together and present it to you as part of this series.This week's guest, is a self-described old-school journalist who has developed quite the reputation not only for accurate reporting, but a deft abiliity at the art of connecting the dots over time.As Ontario seems to delve deeper and deeper into bunker governance for the 30% in which no questions are allowed and no accountability should be expected, Robert Lee has dedicated himself to keeping tabs on the \\"ClusterFord\\" and parade of incompetence that is Premier Ford Edsel. We touch on the recent Auditor General of Ontario's report, Ford's handling of both the Convoy and COVID, and also talk about the current state of journalism and how it is not serving the public.PS: This episode is also available on our new True North Eager Beaver Media YouTube channel at [https://youtu.be/KIxmYrXfxBo].PPS: if you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts and/or buy us a cup of coffee. Just go to [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] to find your way to our tip jar.PPPS: And if you prefer to get something for your tips, we also have new merchandise to show off: Eager Beaver season Hallowe'en and Blue Jacket Guy Civics Ts are now on sale (and wearing them automatically makes you 38.2% sexier; it's proven). Being informed has never been soooo fashion! Get yours here: [https://deanblundell.square.site/shop/true-north-eager-beaver/10].This is episode 27 of the TNEB Interview Project._____Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something.Because democracy is something you do...As December 1st is World AIDS Day, would be welecome anything you can do to support your local AIDS service organization and / or equip your young ones with the knowledge they need to avoid this virus which still infects 6 Canadians each day. ________________Of course, retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, tips, requests, bribes to be on the show, and positive reviews (if you think we deserve some stars, please rate us) are always welcome.You can do that via our show's Facebook blog page, via Twitter @TrueEager, or by e-mail at TrueNorthEagerBeaver@gmail.com.And if you really enjoy our podcast, why not subscribe via our Podpage [https://www.podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], and tell a friend?Until next time, be kind to, and gentle with, yourselves,Your Eager Beaver__________________Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:* The Peppermaster* The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing* Canadian Tarot Dot ComArtwork credit: Peter JarvisLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.009 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.009 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.006 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.113 | 0.041 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".