diff --git a/src/bar/workspaces.rs b/src/bar/workspaces.rs
index 8a1023c..26e4cdc 100644
--- a/src/bar/workspaces.rs
+++ b/src/bar/workspaces.rs
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ impl WorkspaceTrail {
         self.inner.borrow_mut().tick = Some(id);
     }
 
+    // `from` is a noun here (the source button we animate away from), not a
+    // conversion — `&self` is correct.
+    #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
     fn from_geom(&self, from: Option<&gtk4::Button>, to: &gtk4::Button) -> Option<Geom> {
         let st = self.inner.borrow();
         let live = if self.pill.is_visible() && st.geom.w > 0.5 {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7a03b40..fe1ae21 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -217,10 +217,16 @@ pub struct App {
     // ── Stats bar ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     // Island chrome matches the Liquid Motion demo: volume / wifi / battery
     // / hamburger. CPU/RAM/power live in the control panel, not on the bar.
+    // Held to keep the control-panel sys-grid widgets alive for the App's
+    // lifetime; their parent boxes own them, so they're never read back.
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     system_stats_box: gtk4::Box,
     system_sep: gtk4::Separator,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     cpu_pair: gtk4::Box,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     mem_pair: gtk4::Box,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pwr_pair: gtk4::Box,
     gpu_pair: gtk4::Box,
     cpu_lbl: gtk4::Label,