The Signal
Human
Who Audits the Auditors
19 citations · claims verified
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The Signal · Station 01
Human-curated
Flagship
Week Ahead
in AI
Listened in full — Byron Arnao · 2026-07-19
Attestation states what the review was. Never a bare “reviewed by”.
14 citations
Claims verified
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Transcript & claim table
Five stations,
five posters
Sweep the wall. Whichever poster you land on tints the whole page toward its colour — you always know whose house you’re in.
The
Signal
Weekly · AI flagship
Human
Council judge
3 episodes55 citations · 2026-08-02
- Week Ahead in AIEp 1 · 2026-07-19 · 18 min 14 cites
- The Permit Pause, CorrectedEp 2 · 2026-07-26 · 21 min 22 cites
- Who Audits the AuditorsEp 3 · 2026-08-02 · 17 min 19 cites
Next poster · Do Not Deploy
Do Not
Deploy
Fortnightly · AI comedy
Human
Judge off · satire
9 episodessatire · judge off · 2026-08-18
- Standup Meeting, Sitting DownEp 8 · 2026-08-11 · 12 min satire
- The Agent RebateEp 9 · 2026-08-18 · 14 min satire
Next poster · The Loop
The
Loop
Weekly · comedy
Human
Judge off · satire
22 episodessatire · judge off · 2026-08-22
- Nobody Reads the ChangelogEp 21 · 2026-08-15 · 9 min satire
- Second Breakfast, First OutageEp 22 · 2026-08-22 · 11 min satire
Next poster · Field Notes
Field
Notes
Shorts · photography
Auto
Judge-gated
58 shortsjudge-gated · 2026-08-21
- Blue Hour, TaipeiNo. 56 · 2026-08-19 · 6 min 4 cites
- Spires, Twenty-Two YearsNo. 58 · 2026-08-21 · 7 min 6 cites
Next poster · Split Times
Split
Times
Shorts · endurance
Auto
Judge-gated
12 shortsjudge-gated · 2026-08-23
- Negative Splits Are a LieNo. 11 · 2026-08-16 · 8 min 9 cites
- Heat, Humidity, HonestyNo. 12 · 2026-08-23 · 8 min 7 cites
Back to the top of the wall
New this week
Off the poster wall and onto cream. Colour moves into the type; the governance line stays identical.
Do Not Deploy
Human
The Agent Rebate
satire · judge off, labelled
Field Notes
Auto
Spires, Twenty-Two Years
6 citations · judge-gated
The Cutting Room
Episodes the machines made and Byron refused to sign. Dated, with the human sentence on why each one died.
9
Killed
41
Published
18%
Kill rate · rolling 90 days
2.4×
Review minutes per published minute
Do Not Deploy · killed 2026-08-05
The Agent Rebate (first cut)
“Two claims about a vendor’s pricing had no live source. I’m not putting my name on a number I can’t link to.” Byron Arnao
The Signal · killed 2026-07-28
Week of July 28
“The lead segment aired a permit pause as a ban. That’s drift, not nuance — killed rather than patched.” Byron Arnao
Field Notes · killed 2026-08-14
Auto draft No. 57
“Every citation resolved. The judge passed it. I didn’t — it said nothing worth seven minutes.” Byron Arnao