v0.27.21 · BETA
Observed convergence events from the full recorder history where available. Descriptive, not predictive.
Changes to the instrument — not to the observed world.
data/feed-history.json reachable from this origin.data/ folder that the recorder writes into. The recorder lives in /recorder and is run from cron.
Every dot is an observed story, post, article or trending term pulled from public feeds. The map is rebuilt around shared topics — items talking about the same thing cluster together, regardless of which platform they came from.
Read first — Yellow rises, black is present, grey fades. Rings mark memory/remnant; rule-marked labels mark cross-source convergence. The header separates rendered field nodes from the full recorder snapshot.
Thesis — This is not a trend ranking. It shows observed attention life-cycles: birth, burn, convergence, drift, memory and remnant. It is not prediction; it is descriptive, not predictive, and it does not claim causality.
What is happening — The compact brief now asks a visitor question first and opens the matching convergence when clicked. Field motion stays as secondary evidence in the brief and panel: code, reason, source count and observed source order. Live flow dots on convergence rosettes show active source pressure without turning the map into a blinking dashboard.
Encoding — Size is total reach. Yellow is surging, black is steady, grey is fading. Topic lines show similarity, darker links are real Wikipedia links, and rule-marked labels name cross-source convergence. Clicking a dot, signal card or convergence label zooms into that local reading and mutes the rest of the field. Drift is shown as a quieter directional state, anchored to its cluster label and panel reading.
Timeline builds — Timeline mode assembles the network from observed first-seen times. Lines ease in from endpoint birth, memory/remnant form becomes eligible only after the observed peak, and small direction markers indicate build direction; the historical structure appears gradually instead of arriving as a finished live hairball.
Detail panels — Click a dot for the source item. Click WHAT IS HAPPENING or a convergence label for the reading story: what this is, why it matters, where it appears, what carries it, and the evidence below. Trajectory means first observed source order; it is descriptive, not predictive.
REMNANT / MEMORY TRACE — Attention that remains visible after the observed peak; descriptive, not predictive.
Interaction — Legend explains mobile/desktop navigation, zoom controls, and Reset View. Click a dot or convergence label for details, click a source chip to mute that source. Legend and Archive open as focused popups; Filter remains the source/filter drawer.