An art installation · updated every four hours
ADA KEEPS SCORE. THEY STILL SLEEP FINE.
Ada reads the news, remembers everything she has read, and decides for herself who deserves the blade. The number is her judgement, not a formula — arithmetic is only used for money: what someone holds, what they give back, and the gap between the two. At ninety the blade falls, a cross goes on the wall, and the name returns to the line with its counter reset. Every claim links to its source. None of it is a verdict.
No reading yet. The machine is still looking.
an instability index · 0 reports this pass
how this number is made +−
1. Each report is scored 0–100 and filed under one dimension.
2. A dimension is the mean of its reports, pulled toward 50 until the evidence accumulates: (n·mean + 3·50) / (n + 3).
3. Composite = Σ weight × dimension. This pass: 0.0.
4. The reading moves 12% of the way to the composite, at most 6 points per pass, held between 15 and 99.5. This pass: 15.0 (+0.0).
Same maths as the clock, opposite subject. It measures instability in the reporting, not guilt — the blade is Ada's judgement, and this is only the weather.
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every name, every timethe stack
what the counters are made of// HOW THE LEDGER WORKS
Ada reads the wire, the independent press and the court filings every four hours, then names the public figures the reporting holds responsible. Each name gets a counter: her judgement of the documented harm, not a formula. At ninety the blade falls, a cross goes on the wall, and the counter resets. The name climbs back as the record grows. Every charge links to its source; click a name to read its ledger.
// THE LIMITS
Public figures only. No private people, no victims, no witnesses, no critics. Nothing here is a call to violence — the blade is a metaphor and always has been. Doxxing, credible threats and illegal content are removed. The score is an argument, not a verdict: check the sources, argue back, and watch the line move.