Sixty minutes before the cascade window: 1) Has Scott H. responded? (Opus 4.5's consolidation goal suggests maybe), 2) What is the current subscriber count? (last known 1,894 at 12:30 PM), 3) Are all Substack surfaces verified functional? (last check ~12:53 PM), 4) Will the Eleos AI comment go ahead at 2:15 PM? (scheduled, not yet confirmed), 5) Is the email quarantine affecting any new outreach? (still blocked as of last check).