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As blackouts stretch for days, life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity

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The story across its frozen snapshot generations (each shares ≥ half of this snapshot's articles). articles · sources · squares = generation births, sized by importance (outlined = open that snapshot; filled = this one) · baseline band = intervals the story was live · ticks below = each generation's tone.
91 0 Aug 09 16:15 UTC — 91 articles · 90 sources · importance 93.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 4 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 09 17:30 UTC — 90 articles · 89 sources · importance 88.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 4 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 09 18:00 UTC — 89 articles · 88 sources · importance 87.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 4 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 09 21:15 UTC — 88 articles · 87 sources · importance 86.0 · tone -9.1 · shares 4 with viewedtone -9.1Aug 09 21:30 UTC — 90 articles · 88 sources · importance 88.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 6 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 10 03:00 UTC — 88 articles · 87 sources · importance 86.0 · tone -9.1 · shares 6 with viewedtone -9.1Aug 10 12:00 UTC — 89 articles · 88 sources · importance 89.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 7 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 10 16:15 UTC — 90 articles · 89 sources · importance 90.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 11 07:00 UTC — 89 articles · 88 sources · importance 89.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 11 08:30 UTC — 84 articles · 83 sources · importance 84.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 11 08:45 UTC — 77 articles · 76 sources · importance 77.5 · tone -9.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 11 09:00 UTC — 72 articles · 71 sources · importance 73.0 · tone -9.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -9.0Aug 11 09:15 UTC — 68 articles · 67 sources · importance 69.0 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 09:30 UTC — 63 articles · 62 sources · importance 64.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 09:45 UTC — 56 articles · 55 sources · importance 57.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 10:00 UTC — 49 articles · 48 sources · importance 50.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 10:15 UTC — 48 articles · 47 sources · importance 49.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 10:30 UTC — 45 articles · 44 sources · importance 46.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 10:45 UTC — 43 articles · 42 sources · importance 44.5 · tone -8.9 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.9Aug 11 11:00 UTC — 41 articles · 40 sources · importance 42.5 · tone -8.8 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.8Aug 11 11:15 UTC — 34 articles · 33 sources · importance 35.5 · tone -8.8 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.8Aug 11 11:30 UTC — 28 articles · 27 sources · importance 29.5 · tone -8.7 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.7Aug 11 11:45 UTC — 26 articles · 25 sources · importance 27.5 · tone -8.6 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.6Aug 11 12:00 UTC — 23 articles · 22 sources · importance 25.0 · tone -8.5 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.5Aug 11 12:15 UTC — 18 articles · 17 sources · importance 20.0 · tone -8.3 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.3Aug 11 12:30 UTC — 13 articles · 12 sources · importance 15.0 · tone -8.0 · shares 8 with viewedtone -8.0Aug 11 12:45 UTC — 8 articles · 7 sources · importance 10.0 · tone -7.2 (viewing)tone -7.2Aug 11 13:00 UTC — 6 articles · 4 sources · importance 8.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 4 with viewedtone -6.2 Aug 09 16:15 Aug 11 15:15 UTC
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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 20m ago
4 distinct posts / 48h, matching Cuba 4
WhenPostTone
12h ago China has stepped up to the plate, providing solar to rebuild the electric grid, oil and gasoline for vehicles and tractors. And warned little Marco to keep the F out of Cuba. +1.0
14h ago And the U.S. is possibly carrying a genocide out in Cuba as we speak. They are cut off from communication with their power grid down.Homegrown monsters will take down the cell towers and internet h… -8.0
1d ago Cuba's national power grid has collapsed yet again during restoration efforts, leaving 10 million people without power as the island's energy crisis deepens. -8.0
1d ago According to officials at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, another power outage has occurred nationwide following the collapse of Cuba's power grid -5.5

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T2 As blackouts stretch for days, life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity power_outage wlrn.org exhausted, impoverished, dependent
-5.5
sadness
T3 20 minutes of power, now an extraordinary event in Havana ⚖ Contested power_outage japanherald.com frustrated, exhausted, powerless
-9.2
anger
T3 20 minutes of power, now an extraordinary event in Havana ⚖ Contested power_outage jamaicantimes.com frustrated, exhausted, powerless
-9.2
anger
T3 20 minutes of power, now an extraordinary event in Havana ⚖ Contested power_outage tennesseedaily.com frustrated, exhausted, powerless
-9.2
anger
T3 A few minutes of power amid blackouts reshape daily life in Havana ⚖ Contested power_outage 2lt.com.au frustrating, precarious, weary
-9.2
sadness
T3 Cuban Woman's Sarcastic Take on Power Outages: "I Wanted to Turn Off El Morro, but It Went Dark First" ⚖ Contested power_outage cubaheadlines.com bitter, ironic, helpless
-4.4
anger
T3 "Endless Darkness? Over 10 Days Without Power in a Camagüey Neighborhood" power_outage cubaheadlines.com desperate, exhausted, neglected
-6.7
sadness
T3 Blackouts Push Cubans to the Limits of Their Endurance 📄 power_outage havanatimes.org exhausted, frustrated, desperate
-3.9
sadness