content(sim): rotating clip pools + progressive tracked labels & emotions

Content-pipeline Increment 2, part 1 (the experience). Implements design §11
(docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-content-pipeline-design.md):

- Rotating pool (§11.1): each ring scale references a POOL of vetted clips
  (docs/content-candidate-pool.md); the player picks a random member on landing.
  player.ring.Scale gains `pool` + pure `pick_clip_id(scale, r)` (injected
  randomness); the pick happens at the API boundary (random.random()), a delta=0
  advance is the initial/re-roll pick. clips.py parses/exposes the pool; the
  client lands on move.target_clip_id. Back-compat: a scale with only clip_id is
  a pool of one.
- Rename ring scale forest -> coast (new land<->sea scale, orbit..reef); ring
  order cosmos -> orbit -> coast -> reef -> abyss -> wrap. Cleanup: dropped the
  leftover local media (cosmos_traverse, orbit_westcoast, old forest/reef, the
  Increment-1 orbit/abyss single bases); new coast-edge transition placeholders.
- Time-windowed tracked labels (§11.2): annotations gain appear/disappear
  (loop-normalized, wraps across the seam); a label shows only while on screen
  and its box tracks the subject. abyss + reef pools authored as test material.
- Progressive LEFT detail tiers (§11.3): per-object `salience` (first shows at
  Left 5-salience) + tiered strings (general -> specific -> scientific -> +fact)
  escalating with the Left knob; replaces flat min_level gating. Strings may be a
  tier list or a static string (back-compat). No engine change (client reads
  overlay.level).
- Progressive RIGHT emotion tiers (§11.4): affect vocabulary escalates basic ->
  compound with the Right knob (dream.strength); appearance still gated by
  min(left,right). No engine change.

New simulator/build_pool_manifest.py holds the hand-authored content and emits
the 19-clip pool manifest (the reproducible baseline). setup_scales_media.py
marked superseded. 251 passed / 4 skipped (+ ring pool + API pool/window tests).
By-eye visual review deferred to the operator (no Chrome on this box).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Content candidate pool — operator-selected, vetted (2026-06-24)
> **WIRED (session 0016).** The rotating pool below is now the live manifest:
> `simulator/build_pool_manifest.py` regenerates `simulator/sample_media/manifest.json`
> from this pool; the ring scale `forest`→`coast` rename + the cleanup list (bottom)
> are done; the player picks a random pool member on landing
> (`player.ring.pick_clip_id`). See content-pipeline design §11.
The 5 scales each get a **rotating pool** of clips. When the viewer lands on a
scale by zooming the ring in/out, the player **randomly picks one clip from that
scale's pool**. (This supersedes the one-clip-per-scale model — see
@@ -93,11 +99,14 @@ All NOAA Ocean Exploration (PD, 17 U.S.C. §105). These have creatures drifting
> Crossota has only ~17s clean (too short for a 24s window), comb jelly has a
> species caption covering the whole clip.
## On disk but NOT in any pool (clean up next session)
## On disk but NOT in any pool — ✅ CLEANED UP (session 0016)
- `cosmos_traverse` — unselected (the #6/#3 mixup above).
- `orbit_westcoast` — rejected (ISS hardware in frame); leftover output dir.
- `forest` — the old Yosemite base, superseded by the `coast` pool.
- `reef` — the original placeholder/early reef base, superseded by the `reef_*` pool.
- The `review.html` gallery + all `cosmos/orbit/coast/reef/abyss` candidate dirs are
localonly (gitignored).
Removed from local media (all were gitignored, so repo-invisible):
- `cosmos_traverse` — unselected (the #6/#3 mixup above). **dropped.**
- `orbit_westcoast` — rejected (ISS hardware in frame). **dropped.**
- `forest` — the old Yosemite base, superseded by the `coast` pool. **dropped.**
- `reef` — the original placeholder/early reef base, superseded by `reef_*`. **dropped.**
- `orbit` / `abyss` — the Increment1 single real bases (NASA ISS Exp65 / ctenophore),
not in the new pools. **dropped** (the cosmos Orion base stays as the cosmos pool primary).
- `review.html` gallery — now `.gitignore`d (localonly, rebuildable).