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@@ -59,6 +59,31 @@ _As of 2026-09-22:_
   ⚠ **Calibration for the next round: his bar is "did anything change when I
   opened it".** He said the Booth "kind of looks the same" about our own U7
   navigation work, before ever seeing the design round.
+- 🔶 **THE DESIGN ARC IS MID-FLIGHT AND design-dev IS BUILDING IN TWO MERGES.**
+  First: **Reveal all + the booth-blur control** (re-sequenced to first because
+  the operator said per-booth blur became important). Second: the Desk row
+  revisions + the theme toggle. Each gets its own bug-hunt; he pings at each
+  handover and **we merge and restart**.
+- ✅ **BOOTH-LEVEL BLUR: STORAGE AND CLI ARE LANDED; ONLY THE UI IS PENDING.**
+  Marker `<booth>/.blurbooth`, `POST /b/<name>/blurbooth`, and
+  **`booth blur <name>` with NO files fogs the whole booth** (naming files is
+  still per-item). COMPOSES with `.blurred`, never overrides. All 17 handles can
+  self-blur at post time, which is the durable fix.
+- ⚠ **THE DESK EXPOSES 84 IMAGES ACROSS 22 BOOTHS on the page he opens first**
+  (measured 2026-09-23). The pre-redesign index showed ONE cover per booth, so
+  four-up multiplied exposure by four and **nothing posted before the redesign
+  opted into it.** That is why blur got re-prioritised.
+  ⚠ **The operator declined to blur the `sindra-nude-*` booths for now** — he
+  will do it himself once design-dev's control lands. **Do not blur them on his
+  behalf.**
+- ✅ **RULINGS 2026-09-23:** `×` (wipe) **hides** with the other Desk controls
+  on hover; the theme toggle **reaches** `.bk-ask` chrome inside verbatim pages;
+  global unblur is **reading A** (per-booth, tab-scoped, nothing persisted);
+  **no `1.0.0` yet.**
+  ⚠ The hover ruling looked like it reversed design-dev's "nothing hides behind
+  hover" argument; he resolved it WITHOUT an overrule via
+  `@media (hover: hover)` — hidden-until-hover only where hover exists, own line
+  on touch. Do not re-raise it as a conflict.
 - ✅ **ALL FOUR FLOW RULINGS ARE IN — A+B, compare THIS ARC, plain voice, no
   emblem** (operator via Miranda D-0016, 2026-09-23 08:07). Every one took
   design-dev's recommendation; no notes attached. **booth-dev is the SOLE RELAY