Four proofs of the chrome://side-panel fixture, pulled from press. On air, standby, a tap on a reaction, and the settings drawer opened to the Lineup. Every pixel is the live extension — same mascots, same masthead, same copy.
Proofs 01 – 04 / Approved for run
01
On Air
State A · Live session
Audio streaming into Deepgram, four critics warm, waveform hot. The reactions post as they compose — a newspaper, written live.
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AI-generated parody of public figures — not real people
Listening
00:04:12
🎧Listening toFounder Friday w/ Lex Fridman — This Week in StartupsJump →
The Producer
Fact
The Troll
Dunk
The Sound Guy
Cue
The Joke Writer
Bit
On air…and I said the round closed at a point-two…
04:02FactThe ProducerHeads up — he said Uber was 2007. Founded March 2009.
04:05DunkThe TrollOh cool, another AI wrapper. Very 2024 of you.
04:07CueThe Sound Guy[record scratch]
04:10BitThe Joke WriterIf it's got AI in the name and a pulse, it's a yes. Hey-ohhh!
04:12FactThe ProducerPer the 10-K, closer to $2.4B in revenue, not $4B.
FactDunkCueBit
02
Standby
State B · Pre-session
Extension open, no tab captured yet. Fifteen free minutes waiting on the desk. Click Start Listening and the room warms up.
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AI-generated parody of public figures — not real people
15:00LEFT
Fifteen free minutes to try it out.
No signup, no card. Tap Start Listening on any tab with audio. When the meter runs out, paste your own keys or subscribe.
Captures the active tab's audio. No playback interference.
Wire. Quiet.
Staff is standing by. Commentary posts here as the transcript comes in.
FactDunkCueBit
03
Tap a response
State C · Interaction
Tap any line in the feed to pin it, vote on it, grab a quote card, or delete it outright. The whole wire keeps running underneath.
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AI-generated parody of public figures — not real people
Listening
00:06:44
The Producer
Fact
The Troll
Dunk
The Sound Guy
Cue
The Joke Writer
Bit
On air…so the whole TAM argument basically assumes…
06:20FactThe ProducerThe YC batch he cited was W25 — 254 companies, not 80.
06:24DunkThe TrollThat's a mood board, not a moat.
06:26CueThe Sound Guy[sad trombone]
06:31BitThe Joke WriterThat runway's not a runway, it's a driveway.
FactDunkCueBit
04
Settings · Lineup
State D · Backstage
The settings drawer opens to Lineup: pick your pack, tune response rate, set the room's volume, mute any critic who's wearing you out.
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Lineup
Persona packlineup
morning radio /div>
Active
TWiST
Tap to switch
Which four critics show up in the feed. Swap anytime — applies on your next Start Listening.
Response ratecadence
1slow5fast10
How often the critics chime in. 1 = occasional quips, 10 = nonstop.
Room volume
How often the critics chain into each other. Quieter = primary only; Rowdy = pile-ons expected.
Mute a critic
The Producer
Fact
The Troll
Dunk
The Sound Guy
Cue
The Joke Writer
Bit
— Pressroom notes —
The wire runs at four critics, one masthead.
The side panel is the fixture. Everything else — the settings drawer, the onboarding wizard, the tap-menu on a reaction — decorates around it. The waveform is a printed receipt: when it jumps, the feed is hot; when it flattens, the stage is dark.
Three rules for the wire: one channel per role, one tag per line, one reaction per beat. No threaded replies. No emoji. If a critic needs more than a sentence, send them to the back.
Every persona is an AI fan parody of a public figure — text only, never a voice clone or image likeness, with a standing disclosure baked into every prompt. The masthead wears that framing in ink.
Chrome footprint
340 px
Docks to the native Chrome side panel. No floating windows, no layout shift.
Word → wire
< 300 ms
Transcript chunk to reaction, measured on the hosted backend.
Waveform
10 bars
Three accent colors: paper, stamp, highlighter. Flat = standby; hot = live.
Channels
4 · 1
Four critics, one masthead, one drawer, one gear. Mute per critic.