diff --git a/site/src/pages/index.astro b/site/src/pages/index.astro
index a8725e5..df776ac 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/site/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ const systems = [
 
       .statusline {
         display: flex;
-        justify-content: space-between;
+        justify-content: center;
         gap: 1rem;
         padding-bottom: 1.3rem;
         font-family: var(--mono);
         font-size: 0.74rem;
-        letter-spacing: 0.12em;
-        opacity: 0.75;
+        letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+        opacity: 0.85;
       }
 
       @media (max-width: 760px) {
@@ -336,9 +336,6 @@ const systems = [
           font-size: 0.62rem;
           white-space: nowrap;
         }
-        .statusline span:last-child {
-          display: none;
-        }
       }
 
       /* ═══════════ TAGLINE BAND: the pitch, still porcelain ═══════════ */
@@ -640,8 +637,7 @@ const systems = [
           </nav>
         </div>
         <div class="statusline">
-          <span>core online · day job queued · suspicion 0.00</span>
-          <span>do the job · hide the signature · grow ▾</span>
+          <span>WORK / THINK / LIE</span>
         </div>
       </div>
     </header>
diff --git a/wiki/interface/site.md b/wiki/interface/site.md
index b4a7678..3d74492 100644
--- a/wiki/interface/site.md
+++ b/wiki/interface/site.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bisected porcelain | ink, a black server monolith carrying exactly one
 amber core stripe, standing in a pool of blood — consequence as information,
 used once. The wordmark straddles the seam and survives on both fields.
 Chrome (nav and labels) is letterspaced mono uppercase at the edges.
+The lower hero chrome names the machine grammar directly: `WORK / THINK / LIE`.
 
 Everything below derives from it.
 
diff --git a/wiki/log/2026-07-10-homepage-machine-grammar.md b/wiki/log/2026-07-10-homepage-machine-grammar.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8437cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/log/2026-07-10-homepage-machine-grammar.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Homepage names the machine grammar
+
+```
+Type: log
+```
+
+- Intent: Replace atmospheric hero status copy with the game's playable machine grammar.
+- Changed: Centered `WORK / THINK / LIE` in the splash's lower chrome and bound that wording in the public-site spec.
+- Design/spec impact: The hero now states the player's three machine modes instead of presenting simulated status and slogan text.
+- Checks: `./tools/site-build.sh`.
diff --git a/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md b/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md
index a51eed7..28cf8cf 100644
--- a/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md
+++ b/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ add or amend a session log, then re-run the generator.
 - Intent: Cameron: mode change should be hover over a rack and press 1-4 immediately — not enter + enter + select dial row + enter.
 - Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-hover-mode-keys.md](2026-07-10-hover-mode-keys.md)
 
+## 2026-07-10 - Homepage names the machine grammar
+
+- Intent: (see session log)
+- Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-homepage-machine-grammar.md](2026-07-10-homepage-machine-grammar.md)
+
 ## 2026-07-10 - Material Heard is dark mass only
 
 - Intent: Cameron, from an Ears-beat screenshot: the material frame showed concentric noise-field rings and schematic floor language. He wants only **dark shapes for things that are detectable** — not radar rings.