About

About Thunderhead

Thunderhead records only the genuinely trivial things that actually happened, somewhere in the world.

Village minutes, the corner of an official gazette, a citizen's letter to the town hall, a petition no one signed. The small true things newspapers never put in a headline.

Nothing inflated. Nothing sensational. No opinions added. Everything is sourced.

What happened, as it happened, plainly. Every day, from somewhere in the world.

Sources are primary records only — minutes, gazettes, citizens' letters, petitions. The author is anonymous.

How records are chosen

What gets recorded

  • It really happened. Only events verifiable in a primary source — minutes, gazettes, public documents, real media reports — are recorded. If it cannot be verified, it is not published, however good the story.
  • It is genuinely unimportant. Small events that profit or harm no one. No crime, no accidents, no political disputes.
  • It can be written without inflation. If a story only works embellished, it is not recorded. Every record links to its source.

Records are published daily under a running number (記録 no.). No number is ever skipped.

Corrections

Corrections

When a factual error is found, the record is corrected and a dated correction note is appended to it. Records are not deleted. To report an error, use the contact below.

Contact

Contact

Corrections, source fixes, anything else — reach us on X:
@thunderhead_en (English) / @thunderhead_jp (日本語)

New records, by email.
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