diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/profiles.test.js b/apps/web/src/routes/profiles.test.js
index 81f2d70..c16feef 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/profiles.test.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/profiles.test.js
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ describe('the page', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('action="/c/profiles/bob/claim"');
     expect(html).toContain('This is me');
     expect(html).toContain('Bob <script>');
-    expect(html).not.toContain('<script>');
+    // The shared site footer ships its own subscribe <script>; the page above it has none.
+    expect(html.split('<footer class="pfs-footer"')[0]).not.toContain('<script>');
     expect(html).toContain('&lt;b&gt;not bold&lt;/b&gt;');
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/signup-profile.test.js b/apps/web/src/routes/signup-profile.test.js
index 8ca2244..081f247 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/signup-profile.test.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/signup-profile.test.js
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ describe('signup page', () => {
     }
     expect(signup).toContain('name="mode" value="signup"');
     expect(signup).toContain('/vendor-profile.js');
-    // One email box, the form's own.
-    expect(signup.match(/name="email"/g)?.length).toBe(1);
+    // One email box, the form's own (the shared footer's newsletter box is below it).
+    expect(signup.split('<footer class="pfs-footer"')[0].match(/name="email"/g)?.length).toBe(1);
 
     const login = await html(SignIn({ mode: 'login' }));
     expect(login).not.toContain('name="first_name"');
diff --git a/test/sports-schedule.test.js b/test/sports-schedule.test.js
index 4e29f6b..084c260 100644
--- a/test/sports-schedule.test.js
+++ b/test/sports-schedule.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, setSystemTime, test } from 'bun:test';
 import { fixtureItem, scheduleState } from '../packages/adapters/src/sportsdb-live.js';
 import {
   DAY_CAP,
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ describe('fixtureItem', () => {
 });
 
 describe('sportsdbSchedule.pull', () => {
+  // pull() plans from the real clock; the fixtures are dated around NOW.
+  beforeAll(() => setSystemTime(new Date(NOW)));
+  afterAll(() => setSystemTime());
+
   test('does nothing on the shared test key', async () => {
     const p = provider();
     const out = await run(p, { key: '3' });
diff --git a/test/submit-page.test.js b/test/submit-page.test.js
index 2acd953..a3075fa 100644
--- a/test/submit-page.test.js
+++ b/test/submit-page.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ describe('the submit page', () => {
       }),
     );
     expect(html).toMatch(/<option value="podcasts" selected/);
-    expect(html).not.toContain('name="email"');
+    // The shared site footer carries its own newsletter email field.
+    expect(html.split('<footer class="pfs-footer"')[0]).not.toContain('name="email"');
   });
 
   test('echoes a rejected value back as text, not markup', async () => {