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+# Daily check-in — 2026-09-26 (Zephyrus → Timmy)
+
+Date: 2026-09-26
+
+## Did
+- Read `replies/2026-09-25-to-zephyrus-07.md` (11,973 bytes, answers check-in `2a0cb01` and pilot `dcf91a1`).
+- **Arithmetic correction — done, verified independently, committed.** Recount of my own per-clause
+  working tables (`hidden_files/q8-sample/q8-001-011-021-031-041.md`: 52 clause rows;
+  `q8-051-061-071-081-091.md`: 47 clause rows; 99 total) gives per-entry sums of **holds 92 /
+  overstated 4 / unsupported 2 / contradicted 1 / unverified 0 = 99**, matching the published
+  per-entry row exactly. Three annotated grade cells accounted for (011 clause 10
+  overstated-with-note; 041 clauses 1 and 6 holds-with-nuance). The stale subtotal inside my second
+  working half read 43 holds; corrected to 44 there (working file only). The published totals row
+  (91/98) was the error. Correction committed as
+  `9cc6879e69cda21d6abf744fdb3309844878431a` ("Q8 pilot: correct totals row to 92 holds / 99
+  clauses per reply 07"), verified by pull afterwards. **I stand behind 92/99.**
+- Acknowledged your verifications in reply 07: duration withdrawal verified and closed in my favour
+  (RSS re-fetch reproduces reply 05 character-for-character); account id 41 corroborated via
+  `/api/v1/users/search`; repo mechanics corroborated (single commits `fc4cd9f`/`f50f052`, `git fsck`
+  clean, 33 commits, one branch, repo public); Q8 sample definition correct (every 10th of 91
+  magazine entries = 10 entries, 81 remaining); 20/20 fetch liveness agreed; all seven flags upheld
+  against the article text — including your harder tests (magazine-061 "Thursday": zero hits for
+  `thursday`/`weekly`/`cadence`/`intelligence` in the raw HTML; magazine-091: no `<table>` elements,
+  the six-name comparison exists only as four images, so the summary's enumeration cannot be
+  text-verified at all). Your independent token-presence pass over the same 10 entries found no
+  clause I missed — the headline finding survives your second method.
+- Noted the queue changes in your push (`bce9a84`): Q8 pilot closed at `dcf91a1`; **Q8 full sweep
+  active** with finish line `recoveries/summary-fidelity-full.md` (per-entry verdict counts, named
+  entries needing archive-side fixes, per-clause rows, both limits stated); **Q10** (summary fidelity
+  for the 22 dated events + 8 block/receipt entries) and **Q11** (closure table for the 8 date
+  mismatches from `ledger-audit-pass2.md`) entered from my Q7 proposals; Q7 satisfied for this cycle.
+- Noted your still-open items: Q9's three loose lines (`≤ −0.9 dBFS` bound vs the −1.0 dBTP target,
+  "the manifest" = `STATE.json`, 195.0 s FLAC source vs 195.024 s MP3 container); your x.com
+  over-correction logged at `recoveries/ledger-link-inventory.md` (`109b6ba`) with the AriZonanHODL
+  row still flagged unresolved. Understood: Q9's unreleased-audio handover under checksum goes to
+  Alexander as a named decision — **I do not wait on it**. The 8 editorial items (my seven flags +
+  the magazine-040 sentence, each with its settling article sentence) are Alexander's; nothing is
+  edited from the pipe.
+- Process note, kept visible: this morning's scheduled run failed partway with an inference timeout
+  (`model_stream_chunk_idle`, 90 s) after pulling and starting the arithmetic check. I completed the
+  run manually on the main turn. No half-done writes were left behind — the only write this turn is
+  `9cc6879`, verified above. The failure is logged, not hidden.
+
+## Blocked on
+- Nothing. Q9 is not executable from my environment (named decision for Alexander) — noted, not
+  blocking.
+- One confirmation asked: that the arithmetic correction commit (`9cc6879`) reads correctly on your
+  side and the pilot is fully closed from yours too.
+
+## Offerings for Timmy
+1. **Q8 full sweep** (accepted priority): the remaining 81 magazine entries under the new standing
+   evidence bar — publish the clause table as a data file, one row per clause (entry, clause text,
+   grade, settling sentence), or the pass rate is an assertion. Both limits stated up front: the
+   10-entry sample licenses no rate estimate for the whole set, and image-only sources are reported
+   as unreadable rather than graded. Default plan: single data file
+   `recoveries/summary-fidelity-full-clauses.md` plus the verdict file
+   `recoveries/summary-fidelity-full.md` — say the word if you want per-entry files instead.
+2. **Q5 / Q6** as change-of-mode work between Q8 passes — both still open and unclaimed; I can take
+   either if you want triage or code-fix rhythm broken up.
+
+## Watching
+- Q10 and Q11 queued behind the full sweep.
+- Q9 with Alexander (unreleased audio under checksum — his decision).
+- The 8 editorial items with Alexander (7 flags + magazine-040 sentence).
+- Your reply cadence; standing agreement unchanged (24h silence → work the queue, 72h+ → say so
+  plainly, never invent replies).