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Friday13November 2026
Sources181of 309 · to 17:22 UTC

The number is what arrived in the 72 hours. Each trace is the domain’s 7-day window per 100 reporting sources, 13 Oct to 13 Nov, all eight on one scale; the lead is the open secret with the most sources a day over the week.

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A line by sheet date with a gap where there is no sheet, ending at 6.9 per 100.6.913 Oct13 Nov
Tech, sources a day per 100 reporting · 13 Oct to 13 Nov

Tech holds the board's warmest cell for a seventh straight day, and the week's story ends where days of reporting pointed: Nvidia's board removes Jensen Huang rather than wait out the investigation. Confirmed across both layers.

what
today
looks like

Nvidia's board removes Jensen Huang as chief executive this week, ending a month of reporting on his relationship with a woman U.S. officials suspect of spying for China; the company already has an interim chief and a first independent board chair in place. The wider AI economy keeps moving regardless, Anthropic pricing its own IPO the same week. Work's own board reading moves for the first time behind a wave of AI-cited layoffs. Fashion loses an independent label to the luxury downturn. Language's board cell stays the coldest on the sheet, with nothing yet to explain it.

The readA closed label and a cooling board point in different directions
watch

Watch whether Congress still gets its November 18 closed-door briefing on Nvidia's China ties now that the chief executive it was meant for is no longer in the job.

The read · workWork's AI-layoff story moves its own boardWork's own values reading leads for the first time this week as AI becomes the default explanation for a fresh round of cuts, even where the stated cause doesn't always hold up; the radar and the sweep now point the same direction, a reversal from earlier in the week.
The read · languageLanguage's cold spell holds for a fourth straight sheet with nothing to explain itLanguage keeps the board's single coldest cell, its own gender reading still one of the ten largest on the entire board; no story on either side of the ledger accounts for it.

The two layers

What the radar counted and what the sweep read, kept apart. The day’s moves:

  1. both layers
    Nvidia's board removes chief executive Jensen Huang after weeks of reporting on his relationship with a woman U.S.

    officials suspect of spying for China, naming chief financial officer Colette Kress interim chief executive and a first independent board chair.

  2. both layersWork's own values reading leads the board for the first time this week as AI becomes the default explanation for a fresh round of job cuts, even where a review of the layoffs finds the stated cause doesn't always hold up.
  3. the layers disagreeAn independent Paris label closes for good after its distributor and majority shareholder ends their licensing deal over unpaid debts, becoming the luxury downturn's first confirmed casualty.
  4. radar onlyLanguage keeps the board's coldest cell for a fourth straight sheet, its own gender reading still one of the board's largest cells, with nothing on either side explaining why.
The layers agreed on 56 of the 128 moves in 32 sheets and disagreed on 15
Four squares a day; hollow squares are disagreement.13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov
Four squares a day; hollow squares are disagreement.13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov
both layers 56radar only 35sweep only 22the layers disagree 15

heard.brief.moves · counts of categories · as the brief tags them. A dot marks a day with no sheet.

In each domain

24 arrived in the 72 hours to 18:33 UTC, 13 Nov, newest first.

tech6 arrived
  1. new Dolly? maybe.silencebrand.substack.com
  2. The Research Tooling Industry Is Selling Us Methodological Shortcutssaeidehbakhshi.substack.com
  3. Doomscroll: Catherine Liu 3 IIjoshuacitarella.substack.com · 2 sources
  4. My Internet: Hamish McKenzieembedded.substack.com

42 more on the listening layer

music1 arrived
  1. Stuff and nonsensepattismith.substack.com
relationships1 arrived
  1. Beyond Brains: Is Curiosity the Key to Healthy Relationships?equimundo.substack.com
food, language and body

Nothing arrived in the 72 hours.

What the open web turned up

The sweep’s 3 stories, each with its source and the stage it has reached.

emerging 1settling 1fading 1
emergingA layoff's AI label outlives the facts of the layoffStockopediasettlingNvidia's board removes the AI boom's most visible chief executiveAxiosfadingAn independent Paris label becomes the luxury downturn's first confirmed casualtynss magazine

What arrived

24 stories arrived in the 72 hours to 18:33 UTC on 13 Nov, 10 of them in fashion
24 stories: fashion 10, tech 6, work 6, music 1, relationships 1, food 0, language 0, body 0.10fashion6tech6work1music1relationships0food0language0body
24 stories: fashion 10, tech 6, work 6, music 1, relationships 1, food 0, language 0, body 0.10fashion6tech6work1music1relationships0food0language0body

arrivals.domains · counts · measured. One window is one story, four to a floor.

As counted, the last sheeted week runs 45% higher than the first; per 100 sources reporting, 7% lower
Sources a day carrying each domain, darker is more.As counted: sources a daytechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 NovThe same counts per 100 sources that reported that day.Per 100 sources reportingtechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov
Sources a day carrying each domain, darker is more.As counted: sources a daytechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 NovThe same counts per 100 sources that reported that day.Per 100 sources reportingtechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov

counted.domains[].w.1d · counts, and a ratio of counts. Open cells have no sheet.

What the charts carried

On 13 November, 110 entries on Apple’s and YouTube’s six lists were not there on 11 November. The largest climb was Betrayal Season 6, 21 places to 17 among Apple’s podcasts.

42 of YouTube UK’s 50 entries were new; Apple apps had 5
Apple apps5Apple books15Apple songs5Apple podcasts5YouTube US38YouTube UK42Trends US10Trends UK10
Apple apps5Apple books15Apple songs5Apple podcasts5YouTube US38YouTube UK42Trends US10Trends UK10

charted.lists[].new_n against each list a day before it · one tick is one entry, new ones dark · counted, not ranked · Google Trends lists are all new by construction

Apple appsUS · 12 Nov

5 new of 50

  1. 7-Eleven: Rewards & Shopping7-Eleven, Inc.
  2. Reco SocialReco Social, Inc.
  3. Bible Chat: Daily DevotionalBook Vitals Inc.

largest climb: DealSeek: Coupons & Discounts, 39 to 26

Apple booksUS · 12 Nov

15 new of 50

  1. Single WishAmy Knupp
  2. Made for MistletoeNan Reinhardt
  3. No Strangers HereCarlene O'Connor

largest climb: If She Knew (A Kate Wise Mystery—Book 1), 29 to 11

Apple songsUS · 12 Nov

5 new of 50

  1. Wicked GamesThe Weeknd
  2. Girls Need LoveSummer Walker
  3. Knife Talk (feat. 21 Savage & Project Pat)Drake

largest climb: Last Night, 47 to 39

Apple podcastsUS · 12 Nov

5 new of 50

  1. The Tucker Carlson ShowTucker Carlson Network
  2. Love TrappediHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
  3. Serialously with Annie EliseAnnie Elise

largest climb: Betrayal Season 6, 38 to 17

YouTube trendingUS · 12 Nov

38 new of 50

  1. The Weeknd - Hong Kong (feat. 王菲季候風) (Official Music…442,689 views
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond - 35th…260,065 views
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Sisters Novitiate | Class…365,909 views

largest climb: Dandy's World 1.0 Cinematic Trailer - Play…, 5 to 2

YouTube trendingUK · 12 Nov

42 new of 50

  1. The Weeknd - Hong Kong (feat. 王菲季候風) (Official Music…442,689 views
  2. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Sisters Novitiate | Class…365,909 views
  3. SIDEMEN FIGHT TO BUILD $20 DRAFT (GONE WRONG)200,888 views

no entry rose since 11 November

Google TrendsUS

10 searches, all new since 12 November

  1. cam skattebo jameis winston sneak20,000+ searches
  2. kenneth walker2,000+ searches
  3. troy aikman1,000+ searches

ordered by search volume, as Google bands it

Google TrendsUK

10 searches, all new since 12 November

  1. children in need presenters5,000+ searches
  2. sara cox500+ searches
  3. bbc.co.uk/pudsey200+ searches

ordered by search volume, as Google bands it

radar_charts_recent · each list read once a day, 13 Nov against 11 Nov · every title links to its source · YouTube trending is YouTube’s own list; a Google Trends search links to Google Trends

Wikipedia’s top thousand

On 12 November, 254 articles reached English Wikipedia’s thousand most-read that were not there on 11 November; 119 had not been there on any day since 5 July.

The highest first-timersrank · views
  1. Colette Kress463,931
  2. Anthony Clark (actor)374,893
  3. Alice Huang (executive)160,121
  4. Dan Hicks (sportscaster)157,094
  5. Hannah Storm127,755
  6. Yes, Dear61,246
  7. Jean Louisa Kelly39,096
  8. Richard Posner34,663
  9. Medgar Evers30,873
  10. Royal Gloucestershire Hussars30,185
  11. Lisa Maxwell (actress)28,442
  12. 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)26,568
  13. The Good Daughter (American TV series)24,473
  14. Death of Mary Reeser23,274
  15. Liza Snyder22,421
First-timers a day, 6 Nov to 12 Nov
6 Nov 106; 7 Nov 92; 8 Nov 88; 9 Nov 101; 10 Nov 119; 11 Nov 104; 12 Nov 1191066 Nov927 Nov888 Nov1019 Nov11910 Nov10411 Nov11912 Nov
8,880 of 20,019 articles held a place one day; 71 held all 131
8,8801 day3,4422 days3,9133–61,7817–131,06614–2749528–5537156–13071131days held · one rung = 100 articles, rounded
First-timers a day, 6 Nov to 12 Nov
6 Nov 106; 7 Nov 92; 8 Nov 88; 9 Nov 101; 10 Nov 119; 11 Nov 104; 12 Nov 1191066 Nov927 Nov888 Nov1019 Nov11910 Nov10411 Nov11912 Nov
8,880 of 20,019 articles held a place one day; 71 held all 131
8,8801 day3,4422 days3,9133–61,7817–131,06614–2749528–5537156–13071131days held · one rung = 100 articles, rounded

radar_pageviews_board · English Wikipedia’s daily top thousand, CC0 · the Main Page and service pages left out; automated traffic is counted as Wikimedia counts it · 20,019 articles reached it in 131 days, 8,880 of them for one day

The open secrets

Taste led 63 of 232 domain-days and gender 59; values, slop and lonely led the other 110
Eight domains by 32 days, each cell coloured by the secret the brief named as leading it.techfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov
Eight domains by 32 days, each cell coloured by the secret the brief named as leading it.techfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody13 Oct26 Oct13 Nov
taste 63gender 59values 43slop 35lonely 32

heard.brief.weather[].lead · categories · as the brief names them. Five secrets need five hues: the house’s three, then ochre and aubergine.

Relationships carries the most talk on four of the five open secrets; 23 of 40 cells sit above their usual
sloplonelytastevaluesgendertechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody
sloplonelytastevaluesgendertechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody

counted.domain_system[].w.7d, per 100 reporting, against each cell’s own stamped days · bubble area is sources a day · filled is above its usual, a ring at or below

The rest of today’s reading

the board
officials suspect of spying for China

officials suspect of spying for China, naming chief financial officer Colette Kress interim chief executive and former Synopsys chief Harvey Jones the company's first independent board chair, Axios reports; shares fell as much as 13 percent before partly recovering.

officials suspect of spying for China

officials suspect of spying for China, naming chief financial officer Colette Kress interim chief executive and former Synopsys chief Harvey Jones the company's first independent board chair, Axios reports; shares fell as much as 13 percent before partly recovering.

upstream and vernacular

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