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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
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  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Affirmative Consent And Boys

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 19 Apr 2026 · first seen 28 Apr 2026

A discussion featuring Bettina Arndt on the challenges facing young men in a society increasingly seen as 'anti-male', covering issues like gendered policy, suicide rates, education, and media representation.

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Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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Sample framings

Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.

helen-clark-fdn Centre-left

law must align with social standards of active agreement

\\ \\ 18 December 2025\\ \\ Blog\\ \\ **It’s time the law caught up with society on consent** \\ \\ Most of us agree on the basics: communicate, don’t assume. When legal standards diverge from social standards, confusion follows.\\ \\ D\\ \\ Dr. Anna High
28 Apr
family-first Right

overly restrictive consent models harm male youth

Family Matters – Bettina Arndt on feminism and real men
22 Apr
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