ACTA DIURNA

Live data boards, built from official sources.

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United StatesLIVE 24/7

The National Debt Board

The U.S. national debt, the interest accruing on it, and the economy around it, live, 24 hours a day.

  • Total public debt, straight from the Treasury's Debt to the Penny
  • Interest accruing every second, and each citizen's share
  • Sixty years of debt, coloured by which party held the White House
  • Mortgage rates, inflation, unemployment, gas and diesel, each with a ten-year trend
Sources: U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve (FRED), BEA, EIA, World Bank, IMF
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Iran warLIVE 24/7

The War Cost Board

What the Iran war costs, what is happening to shipping, energy and prices, and who it has hurt, from official sources only.

  • The estimated U.S. cost, clearly labelled as an estimate, with every American's share
  • Reports of ships attacked around the Strait of Hormuz, by month and type
  • The last official count for each place, each row with its own date
  • Oil, gas, shipping traffic, insurance costs and travel advice
Sources: Pentagon, CBO, UKMTO, IMO, UN OCHA, IMF, FAO, IEA, UK Foreign Office
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The planetCOMING SOON

The Earthboard

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, storms, space weather, wildfires, smoke and air quality, worldwide, with one score for how much is going on.

  • The past day's earthquakes on a day-and-night world map, and a full-screen alert when something big happens
  • Hurricanes and typhoons with official tracks, storm-surge areas and landfall estimates
  • Satellite maps of fires and carbon monoxide, and air quality for the whole globe
  • The Sun, the aurora, volcanoes and severe weather, each page dated and sourced
Sources: USGS, NOAA, NASA, National Hurricane Center, GDACS, EPA AirNow
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What the name means

Acta Diurna is Latin for “daily acts” or “daily records.” It was the official gazette of ancient Rome: public notices of government business and events, written up and posted every day where anyone could read them.

We borrow the idea. Our boards show what official bodies have published, with the figure, its source and its date, and keep it on screen around the clock.

How the boards work

Official sources onlyEvery number is fetched from a named official source. None is typed in by hand, and tracker sites and rumours are not used.
Every figure is datedEach figure carries its own date. If an agency has not published a newer number, the board keeps its last official count and says when it was.
Estimates say soWhere no agency publishes a live total, the board labels the figure an estimate and shows how it is worked out.
Gaps are shown as gapsIf a source is unavailable the board says so. A missing feed is never shown as “nothing happening”.

These boards are information displays, not safety services or advice. For warnings and emergencies, rely on your local authorities and official agencies. Preliminary figures, such as new earthquake magnitudes, can be revised. Acta Diurna is not affiliated with any government agency or news organisation.