diff --git a/lib/puppy/clippy.toml b/lib/puppy/clippy.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 73e04b9..0000000
--- a/lib/puppy/clippy.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-disallowed-methods = [
-  { path = "puppy::context", reason = "for external use only (interferes with `test_context`)" }
-]
-disallowed-types = [
-  { path = "store::Result", reason = "generates confusing docs; parameterize puppy::Result by puppy::StoreError instead." }
-]
diff --git a/lib/puppy/src/lib.rs b/lib/puppy/src/lib.rs
index 01a7c80..4e885a5 100644
--- a/lib/puppy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/puppy/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,19 +2,11 @@
 //! you should take a look at [`fetch`].
 
 // Working with result types is such a bitch without these.
-#![feature(iterator_try_collect, try_blocks, once_cell_try)]
-// Cause an error if someone tries to call [`context`] from within this crate. If we need one,
-// it must be passed in as a parameter. Getting a hold of a context is not our job. We need to
-// forbid internal code from calling the function because it is stateful, and that can cause
-// spooky action at a distance within tests.
-//
-// Ideally this would be enforced by the compiler, and we *can* enforce it at the type level,
-// but that would make every type signature ever 100x more complicated, so we're not doing it.
-#![deny(clippy::disallowed_methods, clippy::disallowed_types)]
+#![feature(iterator_try_collect, try_blocks, once_cell_try, box_into_inner)]
 
 use std::hint::unreachable_unchecked;
 
-use actor::{get_signing_key, Actor};
+use actor::get_signing_key;
 pub use context::Context;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub use context::test_context;
@@ -33,7 +25,7 @@ pub mod post;
 mod interact;
 
 use derive_more::{From, Display};
-use tracing::{error, instrument, warn};
+use tracing::{instrument, warn};
 
 /// Retrieve an ActivityPub object from the database.
 ///
@@ -152,29 +144,27 @@ pub mod actor {
     }
 
     /// Register an actor from another server.
-    pub fn create_remote(cx: &Context, object: object::Actor) -> Result<Actor> {
+    pub fn create_remote(tx: &Transaction<'_>, object: object::Actor) -> Result<Actor> {
         let key = Key::gen();
-        cx.run(|tx| {
-            tx.add_alias(key, Id(object.id.clone()))?;
-            tx.add_mixin(key, Channel { inbox: object.inbox })?;
-            tx.add_mixin(key, Object {
-                kind: ObjectKind::Actor,
-                id: Id(object.id),
-                local: false,
-            })?;
-            tx.add_mixin(key, Profile {
-                post_count: 0,
-                account_name: Username(object.account_name),
-                display_name: object.display_name,
-                about_string: None,
-                about_fields: Vec::new(),
-            })?;
-            tx.add_mixin(key, PublicKey {
-                key_id: object.public_key.id,
-                key_pem: object.public_key.inner,
-            })?;
-            Ok(Actor { key })
-        })
+        tx.add_alias(key, Id(object.id.clone()))?;
+        tx.add_mixin(key, Channel { inbox: object.inbox })?;
+        tx.add_mixin(key, Object {
+            kind: ObjectKind::Actor,
+            id: Id(object.id),
+            local: false,
+        })?;
+        tx.add_mixin(key, Profile {
+            post_count: 0,
+            account_name: Username(object.account_name),
+            display_name: object.display_name,
+            about_string: None,
+            about_fields: Vec::new(),
+        })?;
+        tx.add_mixin(key, PublicKey {
+            key_id: object.public_key.id,
+            key_pem: object.public_key.inner,
+        })?;
+        Ok(Actor { key })
     }
 
     /// Add properties related to local ActivityPub actors to a vertex.
@@ -345,7 +335,7 @@ pub async fn ingest(cx: &Context, auth: Key, activity: &Activity) -> Result<()>
         let object = Object::from_json(json).unwrap();
         match object {
             Object::Activity(a) => interpret(&cx, a)?,
-            Object::Actor(a) => actor::create_remote(cx, a).map(void)?,
+            Object::Actor(a) => cx.run(|tx| actor::create_remote(tx, a).map(void))?,
             Object::Note(a) => post::create_post_from_note(cx, a).map(void)?,
             _ => todo!(),
         }
@@ -355,7 +345,3 @@ pub async fn ingest(cx: &Context, auth: Key, activity: &Activity) -> Result<()>
 
 /// Discard the argument.
 fn void<T>(_: T) -> () {}
-
-pub mod remote {
-    //! Bridging the gap between other servers and us.
-}
diff --git a/lib/store/src/lib.rs b/lib/store/src/lib.rs
index 786c57f..67e9808 100644
--- a/lib/store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/store/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! There are three interfaces to the store: the read-only [`Store`], the write-only [`Batch`] and the [`Transaction`],
 //! which allows both reads and writes.
 
-use std::{cell::RefCell, path::Path, sync::Arc};
+use std::{cell::RefCell, future::Future, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use derive_more::{From, Display};
 use rocksdb::{Options, TransactionDBOptions, WriteBatchWithTransaction};