Here's the number of stories per day, for the last 30 days or so. These counts don't filter out dead, deleted, or anything else.

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  :: stories per day
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  [('2022-12-22', 774),
   ('2022-12-21', 1261),
   ('2022-12-20', 1306),
   ('2022-12-19', 1175),
   ('2022-12-18', 811),
   ('2022-12-17', 820),
   ('2022-12-16', 1285),
   ('2022-12-15', 1340),
   ('2022-12-14', 1221),
   ('2022-12-13', 1262),
   ('2022-12-12', 1133),
   ('2022-12-11', 851),
   ('2022-12-10', 795),
   ('2022-12-9', 1125),
   ('2022-12-8', 1250),
   ('2022-12-7', 1284),
   ('2022-12-6', 1306),
   ('2022-12-5', 1337),
   ('2022-12-4', 852),
   ('2022-12-3', 830),
   ('2022-12-2', 1245),
   ('2022-12-1', 1323),
   ('2022-11-30', 1481),
   ('2022-11-29', 1324),
   ('2022-11-28', 1348),
   ('2022-11-27', 866),
   ('2022-11-26', 764),
   ('2022-11-25', 922),
   ('2022-11-24', 1022),
   ('2022-11-23', 1177),
   ('2022-11-22', 448)]