diff --git a/src/components/EventHeroCard.astro b/src/components/EventHeroCard.astro
index f799f88..7b98018 100644
--- a/src/components/EventHeroCard.astro
+++ b/src/components/EventHeroCard.astro
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const dayPadded   = event ? String(parseUtc(event.starts_at).getUTCDate()).padSt
 const weekday     = event ? fmt({ weekday: 'long' }, event.starts_at).toUpperCase() : '';
 const monthShort  = event ? fmt({ month: 'short' }, event.starts_at).toUpperCase() : '';
 const startTime   = event ? fmt({ hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', hour12: false }, event.starts_at) : '';
-const closesDay   = event ? fmt({ weekday: 'long' }, event.starts_at).toUpperCase() : '';
 
 const visibleAttendees = attendees.slice(0, 3);
 const overflow = Math.max(0, attendees.length - visibleAttendees.length);
@@ -72,8 +71,6 @@ const overflow = Math.max(0, attendees.length - visibleAttendees.length);
     <footer class="hero-foot">
       <p class="hero-status">
         {event.capacity ? `${event.capacity} SEATS · ` : ''}{confirmedCount} CONFIRMED
-        <span class="hero-status-divider" aria-hidden="true">|</span>
-        CLOSES {closesDay}
       </p>
 
       <form method="POST" class="hero-actions">
@@ -250,10 +247,6 @@ const overflow = Math.max(0, attendees.length - visibleAttendees.length);
     color: var(--on-ink-muted);
     margin: 0;
   }
-  .hero-status-divider {
-    color: var(--ink-divider);
-    margin: 0 10px;
-  }
 
   .hero-actions {
     display: flex;
diff --git a/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro b/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
index 296a57c..21e55bd 100644
--- a/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
@@ -134,23 +134,17 @@ const year = new Date().getFullYear();
        its baseline in Newsreader; this nudges it onto the visual midline. */
     transform: translateY(-2px);
   }
-  .wordmark-project {
+  .wordmark-project,
+  .wordmark-bifrost {
     font-family: var(--font-serif);
     font-size: 18px;
     font-weight: 400;
-    line-height: 1.5;        /* enough room for italic 'B' ascender + the gradient's clip box */
-    color: var(--on-surface);
+    line-height: 1.4;
     letter-spacing: var(--tracking-snug);
   }
+  .wordmark-project { color: var(--on-surface); }
   .wordmark-bifrost {
-    /* display: inline-block + padding lifts the gradient-clip bounding
-       box above the italic 'B' ascender so the cap doesn't render cut off. */
-    display: inline-block;
-    padding: 4px 0 2px;
-    font-family: var(--font-serif);
     font-style: italic;
-    font-weight: 400;
-    line-height: 1;
     background-image: linear-gradient(
       90deg,
       var(--pigment-terracotta) 0%,
diff --git a/src/pages/pulse.astro b/src/pages/pulse.astro
index 557245d..e791537 100644
--- a/src/pages/pulse.astro
+++ b/src/pages/pulse.astro
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ const members = getAllCabMembers();
 
         {featured.poll && (
           <aside class="pulse-col" aria-label="This week's pulse">
-            <p class="pulse-eyebrow"><span class="pulse-eyebrow-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>This week's</p>
+            <p class="pulse-eyebrow"><span class="pulse-eyebrow-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>Pulse Vote</p>
             <p class="pulse-question">{featured.poll.question}</p>
             <p class="pulse-status">
               {featured.poll.my_vote === null