daring-acts — featured-strip shortlist
DARE.CO.UK · FEATURED PICKER · 15 MAY 2026
Section: daring-acts · Candidates evaluated: 45 · Shortlist: top 12 by composite score.
TL;DR
- Score combines recency of edit, article length, GSC impressions (90d cache, when available), and an anti-recency boost for older substantive work.
- Editorial intent preserved: this list narrows 72 → 12; you pick the 4–6 that match the editorial moment.
- Save selected URLs to a picks file, one per line, then re-run with
--picks <file>.
Top candidates — ranked by composite score
| # | Title | Category | Edit | Words | Imp (90d) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20:50 at the Saatchi Gallery | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 32 | 57 | 56.3 |
| 2 | Base jumps from around the world | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 77 | 4 | 47.8 |
| 3 | Pascal Anson | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 73 | 3 | 46.7 |
| 4 | A remarkable best friend that Benjamin | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 735 | 0 | 46.4 |
| 5 | Rune Hallum Sørensen | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 25 | 5 | 45.9 |
| 6 | Patagonia rock and roll act | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 83 | 2 | 45.8 |
| 7 | Just do it, write! | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 76 | 2 | 45.6 |
| 8 | Aileron Executive Management | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 521 | 0 | 45.5 |
| 9 | Colonel Blimp | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 134 | 1 | 45.2 |
| 10 | Boom! Boom! Cards | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 122 | 1 | 45.0 |
| 11 | Blogotheque | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 107 | 1 | 44.6 |
| 12 | Hawaii Pipeline | Daring Acts | 2026-05-15 | 312 | 0 | 44.3 |
Excerpts (for editorial scan)
1. 20:50 at the Saatchi Gallery
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 56.3 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=8.7 · impressions=17.6 · anti-recency=0.0
Richard Wilson’s 20:50 at the Saatchi Gallery: an immersive oil installation that surrounds visitors in reflective spectacle.
2. Base jumps from around the world
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 47.8 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=10.8 · impressions=7.0 · anti-recency=0.0
BASE jumping explained: the four categories of objects and famous jumps including Christ the Redeemer and the New River Gorge Bridge.
3. Pascal Anson
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 46.7 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=10.7 · impressions=6.0 · anti-recency=0.0
A designer and inventor whose witty product prototypes and IKEA-inspired creations exemplify daring creative thinking and playful problem-solving.
4. A remarkable best friend that Benjamin
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 46.4 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=16.4 · impressions=0.0 · anti-recency=0.0
A photograph and essay exploring friendship, youth, and the fleeting moments of innocence before life’s complications set in.
5. Rune Hallum Sørensen
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.9 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=8.1 · impressions=7.8 · anti-recency=0.0
Danish free diver Rune Hallum Sørensen sets a 68-metre national record at AIDA world free diving championships in Kalamata, Greece.
6. Patagonia rock and roll act
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.8 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=11.0 · impressions=4.8 · anti-recency=0.0
A climber’s philosophy on purpose: how Patagonia’s rock climbing ambassador discovered that climbing chose him, not the other way around.
7. Just do it, write!
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.6 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=10.8 · impressions=4.8 · anti-recency=0.0
Self-consciousness plagues new writers, but with exposure and practice, great writing can be learned and poor writing prevented entirely.
8. Aileron Executive Management
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.5 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=15.5 · impressions=0.0 · anti-recency=0.0
Aileron provides education, consulting, and professional management resources to help private business owners and entrepreneurs achieve their goals and grow their enterprises.
9. Colonel Blimp
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.2 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=12.2 · impressions=3.0 · anti-recency=0.0
Colonel Blimp: a music video production company drawing inspiration from Powell and Pressburger’s classic 1944 film and the art of deliberate creative vision.
10. Boom! Boom! Cards
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 45.0 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=11.9 · impressions=3.0 · anti-recency=0.0
Boom! Boom! Cards: a kit for intentional acts of kindness and tracking your part in reshaping the world through simple actions.
11. Blogotheque
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 44.6 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=11.6 · impressions=3.0 · anti-recency=0.0
Discover Take-Away Shows: intimate cinema vérité musical performances with R.E.M., Tom Jones, Beirut, and more, filmed in streets and towns worldwide.
12. Hawaii Pipeline
Category: Daring Acts · Score: 44.3 · Signals: recency=30.0 · length=14.3 · impressions=0.0 · anti-recency=0.0
A tribute to Andy Irons, three-time World Champion surfer from Kauai, Hawaii, who passed away in 2010. A look at his legacy and impact on the surfing community.
How to pick
- Scan the table + excerpts above.
- Pick 4–6 URLs that you’d actually want to anchor the daring-acts archive’s editorial signal.
- Save them to a picks file:
# ~/Downloads/daring-picks.txt
/observations/call-the-ball/
/cinema/agent-provocateur-frankly-says-love-me-tender-or-else/
# add 2-4 more, one per line
- Re-run with
--picks <file>to write the cards intodaring-acts/archive/index.html.
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