diff --git a/assets/nsfw/README.md b/assets/nsfw/README.md
index 34e6711..a51619f 100644
--- a/assets/nsfw/README.md
+++ b/assets/nsfw/README.md
@@ -5,13 +5,3 @@
 [GantMan/nsfw_model](https://github.com/GantMan/nsfw_model).
 
 Source: https://github.com/fyko/nsfw/releases/download/v0.2.0/model.onnx
-
-Size: 17,320,596 bytes (approximately 16.5 MiB).
-
-SHA-256: `0dca163d933af88e03fa0f9d233655857e9cc9f38bfd2bc28ba57c486d70feaf`.
-
-The application embeds these bytes using `include_bytes!` and initializes the model only
-when dashboard S3 uploads are configured and `NSFW_CHECK_ENABLED` is enabled (the default).
-Set `NSFW_CHECK_ENABLED=false` to skip model initialization and moderation.
-Keep this file in the source checkout and build
-context; it does not need to be installed separately alongside the compiled binary.
diff --git a/migrations/20261011120000_image_uploads.sql b/migrations/20261011120000_image_uploads.sql
index b7324bb..3bebe08 100644
--- a/migrations/20261011120000_image_uploads.sql
+++ b/migrations/20261011120000_image_uploads.sql
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ CREATE TABLE image_uploads (
     uploader BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
     url VARCHAR(512) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL UNIQUE,
     created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    INDEX image_uploads_uploader (uploader)
+    orphaned_at DATETIME DEFAULT NULL,
+    INDEX image_uploads_uploader (uploader),
+    INDEX image_uploads_orphaned_at (orphaned_at)
 );
diff --git a/migrations/20261012120000_image_upload_orphans.sql b/migrations/20261012120000_image_upload_orphans.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a3678a..0000000
--- a/migrations/20261012120000_image_upload_orphans.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-ALTER TABLE image_uploads
-    -- UTC time at which cleanup first observed that this upload had no references.
-    ADD COLUMN orphaned_at DATETIME(6) NULL DEFAULT NULL,
-    ADD INDEX image_uploads_orphaned_at (orphaned_at);
diff --git a/reminder-dashboard/src/components/Reminder/ImagePicker.tsx b/reminder-dashboard/src/components/Reminder/ImagePicker.tsx
index d7eb68c..903c768 100644
--- a/reminder-dashboard/src/components/Reminder/ImagePicker.tsx
+++ b/reminder-dashboard/src/components/Reminder/ImagePicker.tsx
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ const ImagePickerModal = ({ setModalOpen, setImage, url, uploadsEnabled, dropped
     const uploadInProgress = useRef(false);
 
     const upload = async (files: File[]) => {
+        setBlocked(false);
         if (!uploadsEnabled || uploadInProgress.current) return;
         setError("");
         if (files.length !== 1) {
-            setError("Please upload one image at a time.");
+            setError("Please upload only one image.");
             return;
         }
         const file = files[0];
@@ -128,27 +129,6 @@ const ImagePickerModal = ({ setModalOpen, setImage, url, uploadsEnabled, dropped
         if (droppedFiles) void upload(droppedFiles);
     }, [droppedFiles]);
 
-    if (blocked) {
-        return (
-            <Modal
-                setModalOpen={() => setBlocked(false)}
-                title="Image upload blocked"
-                onSubmit={() => setBlocked(false)}
-                onSubmitText="OK"
-            >
-                <p>
-                    This image was flagged as potentially NSFW. Unfortunately, due to the UK's
-                    Online Safety Act, we cannot handle explicit content. Please defer to using
-                    Imgur or another image storage platform who have the resources to deal with
-                    idiotic laws.
-                </p>
-                <p>
-                    The image you attempted to upload <strong>has not been stored.</strong>
-                </p>
-            </Modal>
-        );
-    }
-
     return (
         <Modal
             setModalOpen={setModalOpen}
@@ -180,6 +160,7 @@ const ImagePickerModal = ({ setModalOpen, setImage, url, uploadsEnabled, dropped
                     {...handlers}
                     class={`mt-4 image-upload-dropzone ${dragging ? "image-picker-dragging" : ""}`}
                 >
+                    <p>or…</p>
                     <input
                         ref={fileInput}
                         type="file"
@@ -203,8 +184,22 @@ const ImagePickerModal = ({ setModalOpen, setImage, url, uploadsEnabled, dropped
                     </button>
                     <p class="help">Or drag and drop an image here.</p>
                     <p class="help">
-                        PNG, JPEG, GIF or WebP, up to 8 MiB. All uploads are converted to PNGs.
+                        Static PNG, JPEG, GIF or WebP, up to 8 MiB. All uploads are converted to
+                        PNGs.
                     </p>
+                    {blocked && (
+                        <>
+                            <p class="help" style="color: red;">
+                                This image was flagged as potentially NSFW. Unfortunately, due to
+                                the UK's Online Safety Act, we cannot handle explicit content.
+                                Please defer to using Imgur or another image storage platform who
+                                have the resources to deal with idiotic laws.
+                            </p>
+                            <p class="help" style="color: red;">
+                                The image you attempted to upload has not been stored.
+                            </p>
+                        </>
+                    )}
                     {uploading && <p role="status">Uploading image…</p>}
                 </div>
             )}
diff --git a/src/web/image_uploads.rs b/src/web/image_uploads.rs
index 327b24e..379d69b 100644
--- a/src/web/image_uploads.rs
+++ b/src/web/image_uploads.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ impl ImageUploadService {
         {
             return Err("S3_PUBLIC_URL must be an HTTP(S) base URL of at most 400 bytes".into());
         }
+
         let endpoint = env::var("S3_ENDPOINT").ok().filter(|value| !value.trim().is_empty());
         let region = match &endpoint {
             Some(endpoint) => {
@@ -91,11 +92,13 @@ impl ImageUploadService {
             }
             None => values[1].parse()?,
         };
+
         let credentials = Credentials::new(Some(&values[2]), Some(&values[3]), None, None, None)?;
         let mut bucket = Bucket::new(&values[0], region, credentials)?;
         if endpoint.is_some() {
             bucket = bucket.with_path_style();
         }
+
         bucket.set_request_timeout(Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30)));
         let model = if check_nsfw {
             Some(nsfw::create_model(MODEL_BYTES)?)
@@ -156,17 +159,21 @@ fn decode_image(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<image::RgbaImage, ImageError> {
     ) {
         return Err(ImageError::InvalidImage);
     }
+
     let mut limits = Limits::default();
     limits.max_image_width = Some(8192);
     limits.max_image_height = Some(8192);
     limits.max_alloc = Some(128 * 1024 * 1024);
     reader.limits(limits);
+
     let decoder = reader.into_decoder().map_err(|_| ImageError::InvalidImage)?;
+
     use image::ImageDecoder;
     let (width, height) = decoder.dimensions();
     if width == 0 || height == 0 || u64::from(width) * u64::from(height) > MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS {
         return Err(ImageError::InvalidImage);
     }
+
     image::DynamicImage::from_decoder(decoder)
         .map(|image| image.to_rgba8())
         .map_err(|_| ImageError::InvalidImage)
@@ -176,6 +183,7 @@ pub fn prepare_image(model: Option<&nsfw::Model>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8
     let image = decode_image(bytes)?;
     // Flatten transparency so the classifier sees exactly the published image.
     let mut visible = image::RgbImage::new(image.width(), image.height());
+
     for (target, source) in visible.pixels_mut().zip(image.pixels()) {
         for channel in 0..3 {
             let alpha = u32::from(source[3]);
@@ -183,6 +191,7 @@ pub fn prepare_image(model: Option<&nsfw::Model>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8
                 ((u32::from(source[channel]) * alpha + 255 * (255 - alpha)) / 255) as u8;
         }
     }
+
     let visible = image::DynamicImage::ImageRgb8(visible);
     if let Some(model) = model {
         let predictions = nsfw::examine(model, &visible.to_rgba8()).map_err(|error| {
@@ -193,6 +202,7 @@ pub fn prepare_image(model: Option<&nsfw::Model>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8
             return Err(ImageError::Nsfw);
         }
     }
+
     let mut output = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
     visible.write_to(&mut output, ImageFormat::Png).map_err(|_| ImageError::InvalidImage)?;
     Ok(output.into_inner())
@@ -233,16 +243,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(ImageUploads::from_settings(&settings).0.is_none());
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn nsfw_check_defaults_to_enabled_and_accepts_explicit_toggles() {
-        for value in [None, Some(""), Some("true"), Some("1"), Some("ON"), Some("invalid")] {
-            assert!(nsfw_check_enabled(value));
-        }
-        for value in [Some("false"), Some("0"), Some("OFF"), Some(" false ")] {
-            assert!(!nsfw_check_enabled(value));
-        }
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn disabling_nsfw_checks_skips_model_initialization() {
         let settings = ["images", "eu-west-2", "test", "test", "https://images.example.com"]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/README.md b/tests/fixtures/README.md
index f7079e3..43e950b 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/README.md
+++ b/tests/fixtures/README.md
@@ -19,31 +19,12 @@ python3 scripts/split_nsfw_test_image.py /path/to/input.jpg --output-dir tests/f
 python3 scripts/split_nsfw_test_image.py /path/to/safe.jpg --output-dir tests/fixtures/non_nsfw
 ```
 
-Each command automatically selects the first unused positive index, starting with
-`image_1a.png` and `image_1b.png`. Indices with either part already present are skipped.
-You can override the selection with `--index 2`; existing parts are never overwritten.
-Each part contains random-looking
-RGBA pixels. The original decoded pixels, including alpha, are recovered by XORing the two
-parts. Only the first frame of animated input is used. Keep both files unchanged: resizing,
-re-encoding with loss or flattening their alpha channels prevents correct reconstruction.
-Both parts together reconstruct the original image, so splitting is not access control.
-
-Run the splitter's round-trip and overwrite checks with
-`python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_*.py'`.
-
-The directories initially contain no images. The two dataset tests are explicitly ignored
-until you provide fixtures. To run them after adding pairs to both directories:
+To run the tests:
 
 ```sh
 SQLX_OFFLINE=true cargo test --locked directory_images -- --ignored
 ```
 
-The tests load all numbered pairs, recombine them in memory and pass the reconstructed PNG
-through the production upload moderation function using the bundled model and its current
-threshold. They also check that disabling moderation accepts the reconstructed images.
-Empty directories, missing partners, mismatched dimensions, unexpected names and unexpected
-moderation results fail the tests. Recombined images are never written to disk.
-
 ## Deterministic model fixtures
 
 To regenerate them with Python's `onnx` package:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/non_nsfw/.gitkeep b/tests/fixtures/non_nsfw/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/nsfw/.gitkeep b/tests/fixtures/nsfw/.gitkeep
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