{
  "id": "2026-10-18-merger-confirmed-team-note",
  "recordedAt": "2026-10-18T15:08:42Z",
  "providedBy": "The merged team, in its own team Discord channel",
  "capacity": "Team members including Son Pham, Keith Tyser and Mark Barney (the Digest's head human editor)",
  "status": "confirmed by the participants on 2026-10-18",
  "statement": "Son Pham's ARC-3 Kaggle team (Son Pham, Mark Barney, Ronen) has merged with Keith Tyser's team, the ARC Slayers (Keith Tyser, NT / Kaggle mitubant, dzj / GitHub Chris-440, kawaimahiro). Son sent the formal Kaggle team invite and the ARC Slayers accepted. Keith voted for the name Team Turducken; no final name is settled. Son is coordinating the team's submissions.",
  "verification": "Recorded from the team's own messages on 18 October 2026, between roughly 10:50 and 11:00 EDT. This record does not cite a public Kaggle roster observation; the public board will show the merged roster once it refreshes.",
  "artwork": "The illustration is an editorial cartoon built from the stored, individually verified avatars of Mark Barney, Son Pham and Keith Tyser. Ronen, NT, dzj and kawaimahiro have no stored reference and are not depicted."
}