A quick roundup of recent announcements from friends and partners (in lieu of the full links digest, which is on hiatus for now):

Programs

• The Cosmos Institute has launched an essay contest on human autonomy in the age of AI, and a grant program to fund “creative projects of all kinds…. We’re especially interested in AI’s philosophical, political, and social implications” (@mbrendan1)
• Spec Tech opens applications for the second cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator (@Spec__Tech)

Events

• The San Francisco Freedom Club launches and is having its first party next Friday, Sep 27 (@eoghan)

Jobs

• Works in Progress is looking for someone part-time to do Twitter threads & tweets. I also know another media company looking for the same thing who hasn’t posted publicly yet, email or DM me for details [UPDATE: it’s Freethink, and it’s posted now (@freethinkmedia)]
• Loyal is hiring a General Manager to launch “what we hope will be the first drug FDA approved for extending the healthy lifespan of dogs” (@celinehalioua)
• Dwarkesh Patel is looking for a COO for his media empire (@dwarkesh_sp)

Other launches

• Progress Ireland, a new Irish progress think tank (@Keyes)