Pearls & Irritations — System Status

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Content statusfor editors — newsletter, readership, today’s articles

Newsletter delivery (receipt monitor: ~/status/newsletter_receipt_check.log)

Receipts for 2026-08-07 (Sydney)
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Yesterday’s views (analytics pipeline: ~/analytics/output/daily_views_*.csv.gz)

2026-08-06 · data refreshed 4.9h ago · 55,502 unique visitors · 163,270 total post views · most-read author (top article): Ross Gittins
#ViewsArticleAuthor(s)
1972Australia’s federation has survived 125 years of economic shocksRoss Gittins
2822Israel accused of erasing evidence in GazaBrett Wilkins
3761Trump’s vanity battleship exposes AUKUS reactor problemJohn Queripel
4720Terrorism and the deliberate corruption of language and meaningJohn Menadue
5466Victorian Labor's collapse isn't about debt. It's about 2020Kos Samaras

Published today (WordPress → GitHub → live front page — all three should sync up)

7 article(s) published 2026-08-07 (Sydney)
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SYNCEDThe program that quietly evaluated me
published 00:07
SYNCEDCan juries stay impartial in the opinion age?
published 00:15
SYNCEDClimate action starts with clearer language
published 00:22
SYNCEDVoters are not abandoning democracy – they are waiting for it to work
published 00:30
SYNCEDPlug-in solar could bring renters into the renewables boom
published 00:37
SYNCEDAbdul El-Sayed’s Michigan win is a blow to AIPAC
published 00:45
SYNCEDVictorian Labor’s collapse isn’t about debt. It’s about 2020
published 00:52

“Most read” freshness (home-page card: analytics → data-bridge → CF build)

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OKsourcegenerated 2026-08-07T00:14 · source file 4.5h old
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Current week — top read articles
#ViewsArticleAuthor(s)
19,968The half-empty hall: why Gen X broke Australian politicsKos Samaras
25,497Gen Z is not ageing into the old AustraliaKos Samaras
3466Victorian Labor's collapse isn't about debt. It's about 2020Kos Samaras
41,126How the Royal Commission should define antisemitismGareth Evans
53,268What is the point of power without purpose?John Menadue
System statusfor system administrators — pipeline, credentials, box health

Server & content pipeline (left → right: WordPress → box → GitHub → Cloudflare)

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Pipeline checks (prlsi/system monitor.yml)

run #532 at 2026-08-06T18:18:24Z → conclusion=failure · view on GitHub
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Tokens & credentials (box: token_liveness_check.py)

Last run 34m ago
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OKr2listed
OKaws_glaciervalid
OKmailchimpEverything's Chimpy!
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Box-resident component freshness (log file mtimes)

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OKData-bridge (mostread→site)4.5h / 26h[2026-08-07T00:15:08+10:00] data-bridge done
OKAnalytics pipeline4.5h / 9h[INFO] • https:///statistics/
OKContent git-bridge (WP→GH)0.0h / 1h[2026-08-07T04:45:01+10:00] git-bridge start (full=0)

Machine health (box 45.76.119.197: disk / inodes / memory / load)

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OKInodes / used6%
OKMemory used26% · 0.7 GB avail of 1.0 GB
OKLoad 1/5/15m0.89 0.57 0.38 · 1 cpu
OKUptime10d 1h