crs48 · Oct 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026 · Oct 9, 2026
diff --git a/docs/explorations/.fallow-baseline.json b/docs/explorations/.fallow-baseline.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "count": 41
+  "count": 50
 }
diff --git a/docs/explorations/STALE.md b/docs/explorations/STALE.md
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/a-great-pirate-age-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/a-great-pirate-age-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/a-great-pirate-age.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/a-great-pirate-age.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/atoms-for-the-ballot-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/atoms-for-the-ballot-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/atoms-for-the-ballot.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/atoms-for-the-ballot.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/clutch-power-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/clutch-power-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/clutch-power.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/clutch-power.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/data-should-work-like-soil-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/data-should-work-like-soil-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/data-should-work-like-soil.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/data-should-work-like-soil.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/hand-on-the-tiller-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/hand-on-the-tiller-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/hand-on-the-tiller.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/hand-on-the-tiller.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/palimpsest-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/palimpsest-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/palimpsest.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/palimpsest.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/people-in-disguise-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/people-in-disguise-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/people-in-disguise.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/people-in-disguise.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/rig-the-game-or-play-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/rig-the-game-or-play-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/rig-the-game-or-play.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/rig-the-game-or-play.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-desert-that-feeds-the-forest-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-desert-that-feeds-the-forest-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-desert-that-feeds-the-forest.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-desert-that-feeds-the-forest.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-door-inside-the-house-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-door-inside-the-house-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-door-inside-the-house.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-door-inside-the-house.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-forest-and-the-field-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-forest-and-the-field-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-forest-and-the-field.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-forest-and-the-field.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-gentlest-furnace-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-gentlest-furnace-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-gentlest-furnace.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-gentlest-furnace.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-harvest-you-can-count-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-harvest-you-can-count-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-harvest-you-can-count.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-harvest-you-can-count.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-hundred-year-machine-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-hundred-year-machine-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-hundred-year-machine.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-hundred-year-machine.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-loom-you-can-read-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-loom-you-can-read-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-loom-you-can-read.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-loom-you-can-read.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-matchmaker-and-the-meter-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-matchmaker-and-the-meter-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-matchmaker-and-the-meter.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-matchmaker-and-the-meter.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-right-to-say-no-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-right-to-say-no-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-right-to-say-no.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-right-to-say-no.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-table-and-the-wall-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-table-and-the-wall-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-table-and-the-wall.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-table-and-the-wall.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-tip-of-the-hook-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-tip-of-the-hook-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-tip-of-the-hook.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-tip-of-the-hook.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-vault-and-the-view-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-vault-and-the-view-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-vault-and-the-view.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-vault-and-the-view.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-workshop-and-the-walled-garden-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-workshop-and-the-walled-garden-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-workshop-and-the-walled-garden.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-workshop-and-the-walled-garden.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-worlds-greatest-record-store-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-worlds-greatest-record-store-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/the-worlds-greatest-record-store.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/the-worlds-greatest-record-store.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/timeout-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/timeout-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/timeout.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/timeout.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/tree-rings-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/tree-rings-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/tree-rings.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/tree-rings.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/weights-you-can-hold-800.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/weights-you-can-hold-800.webp
diff --git a/site/public/blog/covers/weights-you-can-hold.webp b/site/public/blog/covers/weights-you-can-hold.webp
diff --git a/site/src/components/blog/BallotArt.astro b/site/src/components/blog/BallotArt.astro
diff --git a/site/src/components/blog/BallotHero.astro b/site/src/components/blog/BallotHero.astro
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ---
-// Hero band for "Atoms for the Ballot" (exploration 0463). The decorative
-// art lives in BallotArt.astro so the same inline SVG backs both this hero
-// and the blog-index preview card.
-import BallotArt from './BallotArt.astro'
+import BlogArt from './BlogArt.astro'
 
 interface Props {
   title: string
@@ -15,15 +12,11 @@ const { title, deck, date, readingMinutes, tags } = Astro.props
 ---
 
 <section class="relative overflow-hidden border-b border-border bg-surface/20 dark:bg-[#131217]">
-  <BallotArt />
-  {/* Scrim: the lamplit ballot sits where the deck lands, so the copy gets its own
-      darkness to stand on. Kept here rather than in BallotArt so the index
-      card renders the illustration undimmed. */}
+  <BlogArt slug="atoms-for-the-ballot" eager />
   <div
-    class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-[#131217]/85 via-[#131217]/70 to-[#131217]/40"
+    class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-black/15 via-black/70 to-black/95"
     aria-hidden="true"
-  >
-  </div>
+  ></div>
 
   <div class="relative mx-auto max-w-3xl px-6 pb-14 pt-44 lg:pt-52">
     <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1 text-xs text-amber-200/80">

diff --git a/site/src/components/blog/BlogArt.astro b/site/src/components/blog/BlogArt.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+import { blogArt } from '../../data/blog-art'
+
+interface Props {
+  slug: string
+  class?: string
+  sizes?: string
+  eager?: boolean
+}
+
+const {
+  slug,
+  class: className = 'absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover',
+  sizes = '100vw',
+  eager = false
+} = Astro.props
+const art = blogArt(slug)
+---
+
+<img
+  src={art.src}
+  srcset={art.srcSet}
+  sizes={sizes}
+  width={art.width}
+  height={art.height}
+  alt={art.alt}
+  class={className}
+  loading={eager ? 'eager' : 'lazy'}
+  fetchpriority={eager ? 'high' : undefined}
+  decoding="async"
+/>
diff --git a/site/src/components/blog/BoardArt.astro b/site/src/components/blog/BoardArt.astro