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Tuesday13October 2026
Sources133of 208 · to 18:44 UTC

The number is what arrived in the 72 hours. Each trace is the domain’s 7-day window per 100 reporting sources, 12 Sep to 13 Oct, all eight on one scale; the lead is the open secret with the most sources a day over the week.

Reddit’s rooms are among the sources counted here. Figures made from them are shown while counsel reads Reddit’s terms, and the corpus licence does not cover them. Why

A line by sheet date with a gap where there is no sheet, ending at 10.6 per 100.10.612 Sep13 Oct
Body, sources a day per 100 reporting · 12 Sep to 13 Oct

Radar only, for the second day running, and still the most valuable kind of signal because it has not confirmed.

what
today
looks like

Body extends its lead for a second day with nothing to confirm it. Tech's softest reading again carries threads invisible on its own boards: AI research documenting self-replication risk, a background-daemon controversy and a mainstream backlash against AI coding's productivity math. A cyberattack that defrosted French supermarket fridges gives food its one headline of the week. And the Cornell case gets its first real movement in days as a student board cancels its homecoming concert in protest.

The read · techTech's softest reading again carries threads invisible on its own boardsResearch on AI self-replication, a background-daemon controversy and a mainstream backlash against AI coding's productivity all land the same week, while radar's own chatgpt board stays on ordinary model-comparison chatter.
The readThe Cornell case gets its first real movement since the story broke, and the sweep carries it aloneAfter days of 'no new development,' the student concert board's protest cancellation is new evidence in the case, but radar's own relationship boards carry no mention of it yet.
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Body's lead over relationships still has nothing in the sweep to confirm it, even after two dedicated backfill passes across skincare, GLP-1s and gym culture.

The two layers

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

  1. sweep onlyTwin pieces in the Atlantic and Ars Technica argue AI coding agents generate more code without generating more software, landing the same week Epic Games delays a project and tells its own developers to lean harder on AI tools, with nothing on radar's own chatgpt board about either story.
  2. both layersHackers force automatic defrosting across French supermarket chains' internet-connected fridges, disrupting prices and deliveries alongside the cooling failure, landing on radar's own Hacker News board the same day BBC and France24 report it independently.
  3. sweep only
    The Cornell case gets its first real movement in days

    The student-run concert board cancels its October 17 homecoming show, framing the move as pressure on the university over its handling of the 2024 alleged fraternity rape case.

The layers agreed on 56 of the 120 moves in 30 sheets and disagreed on 10
Four squares a day; hollow squares are disagreement.··12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct
Four squares a day; hollow squares are disagreement.··12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct
both layers 56radar only 21sweep only 33the layers disagree 10

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

In each domain

146 arrived in the 72 hours to 18:46 UTC, 13 Oct, newest first.

language8 arrived
  1. LingDuels?languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
  2. abscondmerriam-webster.com
  3. “Musk” reminds you of how much you already know about Eloneconomist.com
  4. nexusmerriam-webster.com

64 more on the listening layer

work, relationships and body

Nothing arrived in the 72 hours.

What the open web turned up

The sweep’s 5 stories, each with its source and the stage it has reached.

emerging 2settling 2fading 1
emergingGrocery chains find their refrigerators are part of the attack surfaceBBCsettlingThe productivity math behind AI coding stops adding up in publicThe AtlanticsettlingA vaccine-preventable outbreak crosses from political argument into a body countThe Washington Post via Google NewsfadingThe dating-app decade's valuations catch up with the loneliness economy it actually builtThe Wall Street Journal via Google NewsemergingAI research starts quantifying the loss-of-control scenario it used to treat as hypotheticalAnthropic via Hacker News

What arrived

146 stories arrived in the 72 hours to 18:46 UTC on 13 Oct, 92 of them in music
146 stories: music 92, tech 38, language 8, fashion 4, food 4, work 0, relationships 0, body 0. The music tower is cut at 13 floors of 23.92music38tech8language4fashion4food0work0relationships0body
146 stories: music 92, tech 38, language 8, fashion 4, food 4, work 0, relationships 0, body 0. The music tower is cut at 13 floors of 23.92music38tech8language4fashion4food0work0relationships0body

arrivals.domains · counts · measured. One window is one story, four to a floor. Music’s count follows how many music feeds are registered as much as the day; its tower is cut at 13 floors of 23.

As counted, the last sheeted week runs 3% higher than the first; per 100 sources reporting, 3% higher
Sources a day carrying each domain, darker is more.As counted: sources a daytechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 OctThe same counts per 100 sources that reported that day.Per 100 sources reportingtechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct
Sources a day carrying each domain, darker is more.As counted: sources a daytechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 OctThe same counts per 100 sources that reported that day.Per 100 sources reportingtechfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct

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

What the charts carried

On 13 October, 107 entries on Apple’s and YouTube’s six lists were not there on 11 October. The largest climb was This American Life, 32 places to 11 among Apple’s podcasts.

Apple appsUS · 12 Oct

6 new of 50

  1. Microsoft AuthenticatorMicrosoft Corporation
  2. Edits: Video EditorInstagram, Inc.
  3. GoWish - Your Digital WishlistOnskeskyen ApS

largest climb: Shop: Track, Pay, Discover, 47 to 25

Apple booksUS · 12 Oct

10 new of 50

  1. Headstrong CowboyNicole Flockton
  2. Magic in MistletoeJanet Koops
  3. Sunset CoveAmelia Addler

largest climb: Sense and Sensibility, 43 to 37

Apple songsUS · 12 Oct

5 new of 50

  1. Great ExpectationSIENNA SPIRO
  2. Thinkin’ Bout MeMorgan Wallen
  3. Wasted On YouMorgan Wallen

largest climb: Just In Case, 44 to 34

Apple podcastsUS · 12 Oct

8 new of 50

  1. The Dylan Gemelli PodcastDylan Gemelli
  2. Tomorrow, TodayShekhar Natarajan
  3. Coffeez with Joe ShalabyJoseph Shalaby

largest climb: This American Life, 43 to 11

YouTube trendingUS · 12 Oct

37 new of 50

  1. MEOVV(미야오) - ‘GO HARD’ M/V5,639,628 views
  2. We tried NEW Backrooms games...2,019,036 views
  3. Desde Que Te Tengo117,233 views

largest climb: Yu Les – Jarahn ft. SHLD, Nene Morus &…, 49 to 31

YouTube trendingUK · 12 Oct

41 new of 49

  1. REAL BADMAN (Official Video) Karan Aujla994,609 views
  2. River | Official Trailer708,692 views
  3. CHOOSE The RIGHT HOLE in Minecraft!306,910 views

no entry rose since 11 October

Google TrendsUS

10 searches, all new since 12 October

  1. mevis1,000+ searches
  2. peyton manning1,000+ searches
  3. gina hinojosa500+ searches

ordered by search volume, as Google bands it

Google TrendsUK

3 searches, all new since 12 October

  1. mcdonald's1,000+ searches
  2. six flags500+ searches
  3. tether200+ searches

ordered by search volume, as Google bands it

radar_charts_recent · each list read once a day, 13 Oct against 11 Oct · 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 October, 287 articles reached English Wikipedia’s thousand most-read that were not there on 11 October; 102 had not been there on any day since 5 July.

The highest first-timersrank · views
  1. RJ Mitte1,406,448
  2. Tyler Huntley79,927
  3. Walter White Jr.55,820
  4. Karen Greenlee48,919
  5. Erin Scavino48,064
  6. October 2026 attacks on Saudi Arabia airports45,703
  7. Robert Hall (economist)44,460
  8. Onfim43,732
  9. Russell Brand43,689
  10. Michael Dean Woodford40,868
First-timers a day, 6 Oct to 12 Oct
6 Oct 151; 7 Oct 112; 8 Oct 164; 9 Oct 149; 10 Oct 120; 11 Oct 104; 12 Oct 1021516 Oct1127 Oct1648 Oct1499 Oct12010 Oct10411 Oct10212 Oct
Articles by days held, of 100
1 day: 7291; 2 days: 2828; 3–6: 3106; 7–13: 1395; 14–27: 840; 28–55: 412; 56–99: 243; all 100: 971 day7,2912 days2,8283–63,1067–131,39514–2784028–5541256–99243all 10097
First-timers a day, 6 Oct to 12 Oct
6 Oct 151; 7 Oct 112; 8 Oct 164; 9 Oct 149; 10 Oct 120; 11 Oct 104; 12 Oct 1021516 Oct1127 Oct1648 Oct1499 Oct12010 Oct10411 Oct10212 Oct
Articles by days held, of 100
1 day: 7291; 2 days: 2828; 3–6: 3106; 7–13: 1395; 14–27: 840; 28–55: 412; 56–99: 243; all 100: 971 day7,2912 days2,8283–63,1067–131,39514–2784028–5541256–99243all 10097

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 · 16,212 articles reached it in 100 days, 7,291 of them for one day

The open secrets

Slop led 51 of 112 domain-days and taste 45; values, lonely and gender led the other 16
Eight domains by 32 days, each cell coloured by the secret the brief named as leading it.techfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct
Eight domains by 32 days, each cell coloured by the secret the brief named as leading it.techfashionmusicfoodlanguageworkrelationshipsbody12 Sep25 Sep13 Oct
slop 51taste 45values 6lonely 5gender 5

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

The rest of today’s reading

upstream and vernacular
Steam's boards ran an ordinary review mix across Helldivers 2

Reddit's niche hobby boards, fountain pens, knitting, warhammer40k and espresso, ran a heavy ordinary weekend mix with nothing that breaks pattern. The market layer's freshest contracts price the standing Elon-Musk-tweet-count and MrBeast-video-view markets alongside a Gemini 4.0 release-date contract and a 'best LLM by the end of the decade' market; no contract touches this week's AI-coding or fridge-hack stories directly. Google Trends ran sports-heavy on both sides of the Atlantic, NFL and NBA preseason chatter on the US side, Premier League standings and a royal-adjacent mix on the UK side. Radar's own item count ran toward the middle of the week's range in 36 hours; the 7-day trend lines, the brief's real anchor, held their course regardless.

Steam's boards ran an ordinary review mix across Helldivers 2

Reddit's niche hobby boards, fountain pens, knitting, warhammer40k and espresso, ran a heavy ordinary weekend mix with nothing that breaks pattern. The market layer's freshest contracts price the standing Elon-Musk-tweet-count and MrBeast-video-view markets alongside a Gemini 4.0 release-date contract and a 'best LLM by the end of the decade' market; no contract touches this week's AI-coding or fridge-hack stories directly. Google Trends ran sports-heavy on both sides of the Atlantic, NFL and NBA preseason chatter on the US side, Premier League standings and a royal-adjacent mix on the UK side. Radar's own item count ran toward the middle of the week's range in 36 hours; the 7-day trend lines, the brief's real anchor, held their course regardless.

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