diff --git a/BACKLOG.md b/BACKLOG.md
index 28d5e21..e1109ea 100644
--- a/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/BACKLOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Open work on the Crow Intelligence site. Oldest at the bottom of each section. S
 
 ## Nice to have
 
+- [ ] `'featured'` is declared on 15 `PROJECTS` entries in `pelicanconf.py` and read by no template — the homepage renders no project cards at all. Either wire it up (a featured strip on the homepage) or drop the key; right now it reads as a live switch that does nothing.
 - [ ] Add main-site nav to the featured project microsites (`/site/`, `/dashboard/`, `/web/`, `/analysis/`, `/semantic_explorer/`). Each has its own styling, so this needs per-page integration work, not a single edit.
 - [ ] Decide whether the Nagel essay (`/aporia/nagel-essay/`) should carry the main site nav on top of its section-dots nav, or whether the immersive scrolly format is intentional.
 - [ ] Tidy `projects/verne/chapters/index.html`: it omits the two skip links and the two font preloads that its sibling `projects/verne/index.html:185-188,199-200` carries, and it holds 16 `data-i18n*` plus 37 `data-chapter` attributes that no script reads (the language ladder was removed — see `i18n.js:9-11`). Inert, but they read as live hooks.
diff --git a/pelican/pelicanconf.py b/pelican/pelicanconf.py
index 7a44360..460bf19 100644
--- a/pelican/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelican/pelicanconf.py
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ def _git_lastmod(source_path):
     },
     {
         'title': 'The Nagel Index — Public vs. Private Personality',
-        'description': "Big Five personality analysis of political leaders, measuring the gap between their public speeches and private correspondence. Inspired by Thomas Nagel's essay on ruthlessness in public life.",
-        'url': '/aporia/nagel-essay/',
+        'description': "Big Five personality analysis of political leaders, measuring the gap between their public speeches and private correspondence. Seven interactive dashboards, one per figure. Inspired by Thomas Nagel's essay on ruthlessness in public life.",
+        # The dashboards, not the essay — the essay has its own card via APORIA,
+        # and this one has always carried the Lincoln portrait. Lincoln is also
+        # what the dashboards index canonicalises to, and every dashboard
+        # carries the seven-figure picker, so this is the entry point.
+        'url': '/aporia/nagel-essay/dashboards/lincoln_dashboard.html',
         'date': date(2026, 3, 31),
         'image': '/dashboard_portraits/lincoln_portrait.png',
         'label': 'Personality Analytics',