diff --git a/.github/labels.yml b/.github/labels.yml
index 175940aa7..db09599db 100644
--- a/.github/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/labels.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # greens:   92ef92 6bbf3b 1cef5c 75b72d 9fea8f c6e84e c1f45a b8d613 fcf0b5 
 # reds:     dd362a
 # blues:    5b91c6 2a7d93 0bb1ed
-# pinks:    bf0f73
+# pinks:    bf0f73 c619b5
 # oranges:  ba500e ce8048
 # teals:    40c491
 #
@@ -13,230 +13,254 @@
 ###
 ### Special magic GitHub labels
 ###
-- name: "good first issue"
+- description: "Good for newcomers"
+  name: "good first issue"
   color: 7057ff
-  description: "Good for newcomers"
-- name: "help wanted"
+- description: "Extra attention is needed"
+  name: "help wanted"
   color: 008672
-  description: "Extra attention is needed"
 
 ###
-### Areas
+### Topics
 ###
-- name: area/*
-  color: 0bb1ed
-  description: "Area: Generic (will unfold later)"
+- description: "Topic: Slashing"
+  name: topic/slashing
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Sector proving"
+  name: topic/sector-proving
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Sync / fork selection"
+  name: topic/sync-forks
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Present-time mining / tipset assembly"
+  name: topic/mining-present
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Catch-up / rush mining"
+  name: topic/mining-rush
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Payment channels"
+  name: topic/paych
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Drand faults"
+  name: topic/drand
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Mempool message selection"
+  name: topic/mempool
+  color: c619b5
+- description: "Topic: Presealing"
+  name: topic/presealing
+  color: c619b5
 
 ###
 ### Kinds
 ###
-- name: kind/bug
+- description: "Kind: Bug"
+  name: kind/bug
   color: c92712
-  description: "Kind: Bug"
-- name: kind/problem
+- description: "Kind: Problem"
+  name: kind/problem
   color: c92712
-  description: "Kind: Problem"
-- name: kind/investigation
+- description: "Kind: Investigation"
+  name: kind/investigation
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Investigation"
-- name: kind/chore
+- description: "Kind: Chore"
+  name: kind/chore
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Chore"
-- name: kind/feature
+- description: "Kind: Feature"
+  name: kind/feature
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Feature"
-- name: kind/improvement
+- description: "Kind: Improvement"
+  name: kind/improvement
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Improvement"
-- name: kind/test-scenario
+- description: "Kind: Test Scenario"
+  name: kind/test-scenario
   color: feb95e
-  description: "Kind: Test Scenario"
-- name: kind/tracking-issue
+- description: "Kind: Tracking Issue"
+  name: kind/tracking-issue
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Tracking Issue"
-- name: kind/question
+- description: "Kind: Question"
+  name: kind/question
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Question"
-- name: kind/enhancement
+- description: "Kind: Enhancement"
+  name: kind/enhancement
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Enhancement"
-- name: kind/discussion
+- description: "Kind: Discussion"
+  name: kind/discussion
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Discussion"
-- name: kind/spike
+- description: "Kind: Spike"
+  name: kind/spike
   color: fcf0b5
-  description: "Kind: Spike"
-- name: kind/system-process
+- description: "Kind: System Process"
+  name: kind/system-process
   color: ff4782
-  description: "Kind: System Process"
 
 ###
 ### Difficulties
 ###
-- name: dif/trivial
+- description: "Difficulty: Trivial"
+  name: dif/trivial
   color: b2b7ff
-  description: "Difficulty: Trivial"
-- name: dif/easy
+- description: "Difficulty: Easy"
+  name: dif/easy
   color: 7886d7
-  description: "Difficulty: Easy"
-- name: dif/medium
+- description: "Difficulty: Medium"
+  name: dif/medium
   color: 6574cd
-  description: "Difficulty: Medium"
-- name: dif/hard
+- description: "Difficulty: Hard"
+  name: dif/hard
   color: 5661b3
-  description: "Difficulty: Hard"
-- name: dif/expert
+- description: "Difficulty: Expert"
+  name: dif/expert
   color: 2f365f
-  description: "Difficulty: Expert"
 
 ###
 ### Efforts
 ###
-- name: effort/minutes
+- description: "Effort: Minutes"
+  name: effort/minutes
   color: e8fffe
-  description: "Effort: Minutes"
-- name: effort/hours
+- description: "Effort: One or Multiple Hours."
+  name: effort/hours
   color: a0f0ed
-  description: "Effort: One or Multiple Hours."
-- name: effort/day
+- description: "Effort: One Day."
+  name: effort/day
   color: 64d5ca
-  description: "Effort: One Day."
-- name: effort/days
+- description: "Effort: Multiple Days."
+  name: effort/days
   color: 4dc0b5
-  description: "Effort: Multiple Days."
-- name: effort/week
+- description: "Effort: One Week."
+  name: effort/week
   color: 38a89d
-  description: "Effort: One Week."
-- name: effort/weeks
+- description: "Effort: Multiple Weeks."
+  name: effort/weeks
   color: 20504f
-  description: "Effort: Multiple Weeks."  
 
 ###
 ### Discomfort Factor
 ###
-- name: discomfort-factor/10
+- description: "Discomfort factor: I wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares, sweats, and chills."
+  name: discomfort-factor/10
   color: c53030
-  description: "Discomfort factor: I wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares, sweats, and chills."
-- name: discomfort-factor/9
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Wakes me up in the middle of the night, but if I breathe deep, I can sleep again."
+  name: discomfort-factor/9
   color: e53e3e
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Wakes me up in the middle of the night, but if I breathe deep, I can sleep again."
-- name: discomfort-factor/8
+- description: "Discomfort factor: I touched my eyes after picking up a Jalapeño (10,000 SHU)."
+  name: discomfort-factor/8
   color: f56565
-  description: "Discomfort factor: I touched my eyes after picking up a Jalapeño (10,000 SHU)."
-- name: discomfort-factor/7
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Sitting next to a sweaty gentleman in a transatlantic flight."
+  name: discomfort-factor/7
   color: dd6b20
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Sitting next to a sweaty gentleman in a transatlantic flight."
-- name: discomfort-factor/6
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Agonizing smalltalk."
+  name: discomfort-factor/6
   color: ed8936
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Agonizing smalltalk."
-- name: discomfort-factor/5
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Watching tourists wear white socks with flip-flops."
+  name: discomfort-factor/5
   color: f6ad55
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Watching tourists wear white socks with flip-flops."
-- name: discomfort-factor/4
+- description: "Discomfort factor: An itchy jumper label the entire night."
+  name: discomfort-factor/4
   color: ecc94b
-  description: "Discomfort factor: An itchy jumper label the entire night."
-- name: discomfort-factor/3
+- description: "Discomfort factor: A pebble in my shoe."
+  name: discomfort-factor/3
   color: f6e05e
-  description: "Discomfort factor: A pebble in my shoe."
-- name: discomfort-factor/2
+- description: "Discomfort factor: A sneeze that just won't come out."
+  name: discomfort-factor/2
   color: faf089
-  description: "Discomfort factor: A sneeze that just won't come out."
-- name: discomfort-factor/1
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Opening a can with a supposedly 'easy open lid' whose ring has snapped."
+  name: discomfort-factor/1
   color: c6f6d5
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Opening a can with a supposedly 'easy open lid' whose ring has snapped."
-- name: discomfort-factor/0
+- description: "Discomfort factor: Don't worry, chill, we're cool!"
+  name: discomfort-factor/0
   color: f0fff4
-  description: "Discomfort factor: Don't worry, chill, we're cool!"
   
 ###
 ### Priorities
 ###
-- name: P0
+- description: "P0: Critical. This is a blocker. Drop everything else."
+  name: P0
   color: dd362a
-  description: "P0: Critical. This is a blocker. Drop everything else."
-- name: P1
+- description: "P1: Must be fixed."
+  name: P1
   color: ce8048
-  description: "P1: Must be fixed."
-- name: P2
+- description: "P2: Should be fixed."
+  name: P2
   color: dbd81a
-  description: "P2: Should be fixed."
-- name: P3
+- description: "P3: Might get fixed."
+  name: P3
   color: 9fea8f
-  description: "P3: Might get fixed."
 
 ###
 ### Hints
 ###
-- name: hint/good-first-issue
+- description: "Hint: Good First Issue"
+  name: hint/good-first-issue
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Good First Issue"
-- name: hint/needs-contributor
+- description: "Hint: Needs Contributor"
+  name: hint/needs-contributor
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Contributor"
-- name: hint/needs-participation
+- description: "Hint: Needs Participation"
+  name: hint/needs-participation
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Participation"
-- name: hint/needs-decision
+- description: "Hint: Needs Decision"
+  name: hint/needs-decision
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Decision"
-- name: hint/needs-triage
+- description: "Hint: Needs Triage"
+  name: hint/needs-triage
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Triage"
-- name: hint/needs-analysis
+- description: "Hint: Needs Analysis"
+  name: hint/needs-analysis
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Analysis"
-- name: hint/needs-author-input
+- description: "Hint: Needs Author Input"
+  name: hint/needs-author-input
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Author Input"
-- name: hint/needs-team-input
+- description: "Hint: Needs Team Input"
+  name: hint/needs-team-input
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Team Input"
-- name: hint/needs-community-input
+- description: "Hint: Needs Community Input"
+  name: hint/needs-community-input
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Community Input"
-- name: hint/needs-review
+- description: "Hint: Needs Review"
+  name: hint/needs-review
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Review"
-- name: hint/needs-help
+- description: "Hint: Needs Help"
+  name: hint/needs-help
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Needs Help"  
-- name: hint/desc-outdated
+- description: "Hint: Description outdated"
+  name: hint/desc-outdated
   color: 0623cc
-  description: "Hint: Description outdated"  
 
 ###
 ### Statuses
 ###
-- name: status/done
+- description: "Status: Done"
+  name: status/done
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Done"
-- name: status/approved-waiting
+- description: "Status: Approved and Awaiting Merge"
+  name: status/approved-waiting
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Approved and Awaiting Merge"
-- name: status/changes-requested
+- description: "Status: Changes Requested in Review"
+  name: status/changes-requested
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Changes Requested in Review"
-- name: status/awaiting-review
+- description: "Status: Waiting for Review"
+  name: status/awaiting-review
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Waiting for Review"
-- name: status/deferred
+- description: "Status: Deferred"
+  name: status/deferred
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Deferred"
-- name: status/in-progress
+- description: "Status: In Progress"
+  name: status/in-progress
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: In Progress"
-- name: status/blocked
+- description: "Status: Blocked"
+  name: status/blocked
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Blocked"
-- name: status/inactive
+- description: "Status: Inactive"
+  name: status/inactive
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Inactive"
-- name: status/waiting
+- description: "Status: Waiting"
+  name: status/waiting
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Waiting"
-- name: status/rotten
+- description: "Status: Rotten"
+  name: status/rotten
   color: edb3a6
-  description: "Status: Rotten"  
-- name: status/discarded
-  color: a0aec0
-  description: "Status: Discarded / Won't fix"  
+- description: "Status: Discarded / Won't fix"
+    name: status/discarded
+    color: a0aec0