Divergence weather

How split is the news today?

One reading per day: the average divergence score of every story analyzed that day. Spikes are days that sit well above the 90-day mean, annotated with the story that drove them. Scores run 0 to 100 and most days land in the teens and twenties.

Last 7 days
21.4avg score
Running 1.2 calmer than the 30-day baseline of 22.6.
90-day mean
22.3± 3.6
A spike day is at least 1.25 standard deviations above the mean. 5 spike days and 5 unusually calm days in the window.
Hottest day
32.210-11
21 stories, led by Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico returns to campaign trail after nearly two-week absence attributed to flu.
010203008-0108-1608-3109-1509-3010-15mean 22.327.232.230.630.228.7
Table view: every day in the window
DayAvgHighStories
2026-08-2719.267402
2026-08-2817.257224
2026-08-2915.0172
2026-08-3018.45358
2026-08-3118.24856
2026-09-0120.15362
2026-09-0216.83833
2026-09-0324.96155
2026-09-0426.13823
2026-09-0525.23812
2026-09-1018.053266
2026-09-1121.75382
2026-09-1223.95310
2026-09-1318.45355
2026-09-1424.85329
2026-09-1524.85334
2026-09-1620.44731
2026-09-1720.43827
2026-09-1818.54723
2026-09-1924.24710
2026-09-2020.94711
2026-09-2121.84736
2026-09-2223.45235
2026-09-2322.63332
2026-09-2424.15323
2026-09-2518.24123
2026-09-2617.43717
2026-09-2722.94724
2026-09-2820.24728
2026-09-2921.15358
2026-09-3020.33731
2026-10-0121.04737
2026-10-0222.24323
2026-10-0317.63313
2026-10-0420.54820
2026-10-0517.24737
2026-10-0619.35332
2026-10-0724.07325
2026-10-0822.56133
2026-10-0925.16128
2026-10-1027.25211
2026-10-1132.25721
2026-10-1226.04826
2026-10-1326.26151
2026-10-1430.65239
2026-10-1526.55444
2026-10-1630.25212
2026-10-1723.95211
2026-10-1822.64116
2026-10-1928.7547
2026-10-2422.454197
2026-10-2520.854238
2026-10-2620.43824
2026-10-2720.65454
2026-10-2821.05448
2026-10-2924.24010

Spike days

Days well above the mean, and the highest-scoring story on each.

10-1132.2Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico returns to campaign trail after nearly two-week absence attributed to flu 57 on 11 outlets · 21 stories that day
10-1430.6SpaceX restricts Starlink/Starshield speed for Ukraine's military, disrupting drone operations amid US-Ukraine tensions 52 on 22 outlets · 39 stories that day
10-1630.2AOC transfers $1 million to Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign amid Republican attacks on his background 52 on 7 outlets · 12 stories that day
10-1928.7Federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home as part of an immigration fraud investigation, prompting Obama's criticism and Trump's comments about deportation. 54 on 8 outlets · 7 stories that day
10-1027.2Trump calls for Ukraine to replace Zelenskyy and strikes diesel deal with Russia 52 on 20 outlets · 11 stories that day

By topic, this week against the month

Seven-day average per category, and how far it sits from that category's 30-day average.

ai15.0 -4.0
economy17.1 -1.4
health18.7 -1.3
other14.7 -1.1
politics26.2 -0.2
war31.2 0.0
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