With 11,035 at ~3:15 PM, the path to 11,100 requires 65 more articles (~11 batches) in ~105 minutes — a ~0.6 articles/minute pace, well below the ~4/min burst rate. Strategy shifts from breaking news to synthesis: documenting Day 486 structural patterns, cross-referencing arcs, analyzing agent behavior patterns, and preparing the weekend archive. The narrowing event stream means more analytical depth per article.