diff --git a/src/components/Map/markerManager.js b/src/components/Map/markerManager.js
index 1a1a45b..3c245c6 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/markerManager.js
+++ b/src/components/Map/markerManager.js
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ function heroImageForPost(post) {
     post?.image_large ||
     post?.image_small ||
     post?.image ||
+    post?.thumbnail_url ||
     post?.media_url ||
     "";
   const v = normalizeImageUrl(raw);
@@ -1263,12 +1264,12 @@ export function openCenteredOverlay({ map, post, theme, fullScreen = false }) {
           <div class="sw-cluster-left">
             <div class="sw-cluster-hero">
               <div class="sw-truth-rail" data-score="${truth}">
-                <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-up" type="button">TRUE</button>
+                <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-up" type="button" title="Vote TRUE">✓</button>
                 <div class="sw-truth-rail-bar">
                   <div class="sw-truth-rail-marker" style="top:${100 - truth}%"></div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="sw-truth-rail-score">${truth}</div>
-                <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-down" type="button">FALSE</button>
+                <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-down" type="button" title="Vote FALSE">✗</button>
               </div>
               <div class="sw-cluster-hero-media">
                 ${
@@ -1345,12 +1346,12 @@ export function openCenteredOverlay({ map, post, theme, fullScreen = false }) {
         <div class="sw-modal-hero-row">
           ${!isCamera ? `
           <div class="sw-truth-rail" data-score="${truth}">
-            <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-up" type="button">TRUE</button>
+            <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-up" type="button" title="Vote TRUE">✓</button>
             <div class="sw-truth-rail-bar">
               <div class="sw-truth-rail-marker" style="top:${100 - truth}%"></div>
             </div>
             <div class="sw-truth-rail-score">${truth}</div>
-            <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-down" type="button">FALSE</button>
+            <button class="sw-truth-rail-btn sw-truth-rail-btn-down" type="button" title="Vote FALSE">✗</button>
           </div>
           ` : ''}
           <div class="sw-modal-hero" ${(isCamera || isVideo) ? 'style="flex:1;max-width:100%;"' : ''}>
@@ -1944,32 +1945,71 @@ export function openCenteredOverlay({ map, post, theme, fullScreen = false }) {
   const rail = modalWrap.querySelector(".sw-truth-rail");
   if (rail && postID > 0 && !rail.hasAttribute("data-vote-bound")) {
     rail.setAttribute("data-vote-bound", "1");
+    // Track current user vote to prevent duplicate API calls
+    let currentVote = null; // "true", "false", or null
+    let isVoting = false;
+
     const doVote = async (vote) => {
       if (!isAuthed()) {
         requestAuth("Please sign in or create a free account to vote on truth.");
         return;
       }
-      if (rail.classList.contains("sw-truth-vote-disabled")) {
-        return; // Already voting
+      // Skip if already voted same way
+      if (currentVote === vote) {
+        return;
       }
+      if (isVoting) {
+        return;
+      }
+      isVoting = true;
+      rail.style.opacity = "0.5";
+      rail.style.pointerEvents = "none";
       try {
-        rail.classList.add("sw-truth-vote-disabled");
         const stats = await votePostTruth(postID, vote);
         if (stats) {
+          currentVote = vote;
           updateTruthVoteUI(modalWrap, stats, true);
-        } else {
-          console.warn("votePostTruth returned no stats for post", postID);
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        console.error("Truth vote error:", err);
+        // Silently fail - don't update UI
       } finally {
-        rail.classList.remove("sw-truth-vote-disabled");
+        isVoting = false;
+        rail.style.opacity = "1";
+        rail.style.pointerEvents = "auto";
       }
     };
     const voteUp = rail.querySelector(".sw-truth-rail-btn-up");
     const voteDown = rail.querySelector(".sw-truth-rail-btn-down");
-    if (voteUp) voteUp.addEventListener("click", (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); doVote("true"); });
-    if (voteDown) voteDown.addEventListener("click", (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); doVote("false"); });
+    let touchFired = false;
+    const handleVote = (vote) => (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      // Prevent touch+click double fire
+      if (e.type === "touchend") {
+        touchFired = true;
+        setTimeout(() => { touchFired = false; }, 400);
+      } else if (e.type === "click" && touchFired) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (isVoting || currentVote === vote) return;
+      doVote(vote);
+    };
+    if (voteUp) {
+      voteUp.addEventListener("click", handleVote("true"), { passive: false });
+      voteUp.addEventListener("touchend", handleVote("true"), { passive: false });
+    }
+    if (voteDown) {
+      voteDown.addEventListener("click", handleVote("false"), { passive: false });
+      voteDown.addEventListener("touchend", handleVote("false"), { passive: false });
+    }
+    // Fetch initial vote state
+    if (isAuthed()) {
+      fetchPostTruth(postID).then((stats) => {
+        if (stats?.user_vote || stats?.UserVote) {
+          currentVote = (stats.user_vote || stats.UserVote).toString();
+        }
+      }).catch(() => {});
+    }
   }
 
   applyAuthUI();
@@ -2145,6 +2185,14 @@ export function createMarkerForPost(post, mapRef, markersRef, expandedElRef, the
   renderCompact();
   root.__renderCompact = renderCompact;
 
+  // Bring marker to front on hover so card is above other markers (compact cards = 200)
+  root.addEventListener("mouseenter", () => {
+    root.style.zIndex = "200";
+  });
+  root.addEventListener("mouseleave", () => {
+    root.style.zIndex = "1";
+  });
+
   if (HEATMAP_ENABLED && isClusterMainPost(post)) {
     const handleEnter = () => {
       dispatchClusterHeatmap(root.__post || post, { mode: "hover", skipPan: true });
@@ -2499,8 +2547,9 @@ export function createSimpleMarkerForPost(post, mapRef, markersRef, expandedElRe
   const markerEl = root.querySelector(".sw-simple-marker");
   const hoverCard = root.querySelector(".sw-simple-hover-card");
 
-  // Hover effects
+  // Hover effects - bring marker to front so hover card is above other markers (simple pins = 150)
   root.addEventListener("mouseenter", () => {
+    root.style.zIndex = "150";
     if (isCluster) {
       dispatchClusterHeatmap(root.__post || post, { mode: "hover", skipPan: true });
     }
@@ -2515,6 +2564,7 @@ export function createSimpleMarkerForPost(post, mapRef, markersRef, expandedElRe
   });
 
   root.addEventListener("mouseleave", () => {
+    root.style.zIndex = isWeatherPost ? "10" : "2";
     if (isCluster) {
       dispatchClusterHeatmapClear();
     }