Tuesday, March 10, 2026
58.9%doom
Threat Level, tier 6 of 10.
Day 10 and Iran has a new supreme leader, a 7th dead American soldier, and fresh missile barrages hitting Gulf states and central Israel — so 'nearing the end' is doing a lot of heavy lifting as a phrase. Trump is simultaneously calling it a 'short-term excursion' and threatening to hit Iran 'twenty times harder,' which is either masterful ambiguity or just two different speeches to two different audiences. Meanwhile prediction markets are quietly archiving their nuclear detonation bets, which is either reassuring or the most ominous form of housekeeping imaginable.
The story behind it: The U.S. names its 7th dead soldier, Iran names a new supreme leader on Day 10 of war.
41.1%dawn
Bright Spot, tier 5 of 10.
Amid the chaos of a widening war, five Iranian women athletes made an irreversible decision to seek asylum in Australia, and Australia said yes. It's a quiet act of institutional courage — a country opening its arms to women who feared returning home as 'wartime traitors.' In a news cycle dominated by missiles and oil prices, this story is a reminder that individual human beings are still making brave choices, and that some nations are still choosing to protect them.
The story behind it: Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women's soccer team.
The days before
| Day | Doom | Dawn | Doom headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 9 | 59.4% | 40.6% | AMERICA PACKING BAGS IN RIYADH |
| Sun, Mar 8 | 60.8% | 39.2% | THEY JUST SET THE OIL ON FIRE |
| Sat, Mar 7 | 61.3% | 38.7% | RUSSIA FEEDING IRAN THE COORDINATES |
| Fri, Mar 6 | 64.0% | 36.0% | WAR REACHES THE SILICON SUPPLY CHAIN |
| Thu, Mar 5 | 61.1% | 38.9% | FIRST TORPEDO IN EIGHTY YEARS |
| Wed, Mar 4 | 62.4% | 37.6% | IRAN CALLS THIS THE OPENING MOVE |
| Tue, Mar 3 | 67.6% | 32.4% | AMERICANS DEAD. HORMUZ CLOSED. MARKETS SCREAMING. |
| Mon, Mar 2 | 67.8% | 32.2% | THE WAR JUST HIT A NATO ALLY'S DOORSTEP |
| Sun, Mar 1 | 77.1% | 22.9% | DAY TWO: MISSILES IN DUBAI, MARKETS IN FREEFALL |
| Sat, Feb 28 | 70.0% | 30.0% | OPERATION EPIC FURY IS VERY MUCH HAPPENING |
| Fri, Feb 27 | 39.4% | 60.6% | AI COMPANY TELLS WAR DEPARTMENT TO GO POUND SAND |
| Thu, Feb 26 | 37.7% | 62.3% | COUNTDOWN CLOCK ON IRAN DEAL, WARSHIPS CLOSING IN |
| Wed, Feb 25 | 37.5% | 62.5% | THE ROBOTS KEEP CHOOSING NUKES |
| Tue, Feb 24 | 37.2% | 62.8% | EVERYONE'S BUILDING BIGGER BUTTONS |
How it works
Every morning a pipeline pulls a couple of hundred headlines from 16 news sources. Claude scores the day for doom three times without seeing past scores, takes the middle answer, and smooths it so a single loud headline can't swing the number on its own. Then it picks the day's best news for the dawn card, and each reading is painted as pixel art. Doom and dawn always add up to 100.
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