An archaeological excavation of public thought — fragments scattered across the feed, examined for the structures of knowledge, confession, and silence they reveal
IThe Archivea quantitative inventory of utterances
11,462
utterances
152,709
words written
15,906
unique vocabulary
13.3
avg words / post
211
avg unique words / day
52.8%
quote ratio
473
active days
9.0%
posts with profanity
Feb 19, 26 — Jul 29, 24
The Accumulation of Statements
Monthly output — 5,409 original statements, 6,053 citations across 19 months
The Calendar of Presence
Daily utterance density — 473 days of activity across the full record
The Instruments of Form
Media format distribution — the material conditions of each utterance
IIThe Archaeologyepistemic strata and discursive formations
Discursive Strata
The shifting terrain of what is spoken about — topic proportions over time
The Eight Discourses
Individual evolution of each discourse — Race, Technology, Sex, Shitposting, Finance, AI, Philosophy, Language. Gap-aware rendering accounts for the 2-month absence.
I Contain Multitudes
Shannon entropy of topic distribution — higher means more even spread across discourses. After Whitman: "Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes."
The Drift Between Voices
Quote ratio by month — the oscillation between original speech (monologic) and citation (dialogic)
The Weight of Words
Average words per post by month — the expansion and contraction of the unit of discourse
Lexical Archaeology
New vocabulary introduced per quarter (words appearing 3+ times) — 15,906 total unique terms tracked
Cumulative Vocabulary Growth
Distinctive Vocabulary
Complex words sized by lexicographic rarity — the words that distinguish this voice from the noise
Daily Lexical Range
Unique words used per active day (weekly average) — avg 211 unique words / day
IIIThe Confessiontechnologies of the self and the examined life
The Confessional Index
First-person pronoun density vs. emotional vocabulary, z-score normalized — deviations from the personal mean reveal months of unusual self-disclosure or restraint
The Profane Register
Monthly profanity rate — 1026 of 11,462 posts (9.0%) contain profanity. The unfiltered mouth as a marker of register and audience.
The Sentimental Instrument
Positive vs negative sentiment by month — percentage of posts containing affirmative or critical vocabulary
The Linguistic Fingerprint
Six-axis writing style analysis by quarter — the mutation of voice across the archive
The Lexicon
Most frequent terms — 15,906 unique words in the complete corpus
IVThe Apparatusthe machinery of temporal habit
The Horologium
Radial 24-hour overlay — originals vs quotes, an astrolabe of discursive rhythm
Hourly Distribution
Posting frequency by hour — the temporal architecture of speech
The Weekly Rhythm
Day-of-week posting frequency — the weekly discipline of public thought
VThe Correlationsthe body, the silence, and the night
The Night Scholar
Sleep duration vs. posting output — 423 nights cross-referenced. Does rest fuel discourse, or does discourse steal from rest?
The Research Pipeline
Of 11,462 posts, 558 (4.9%) were preceded by research activity within 30 minutes. The clipboard as antechamber to discourse.
research → post: 558unprompted: 10904
The Charging Confession
Of 11,462 posts, 789 (6.9%) were preceded by plugging in within 30 minutes. The body's need for power as a precondition of speech.
charge → post: 789untethered: 10673
Cartography of Silence
2 periods of absence, 91 total days of silence. The longest withdrawal: 88 days. What the record does not say is itself a statement.