@Freedom_Right, yes! It turns out that I did snag one clear photo of the PureOS’s first boot after initial setup - sure enough the issues there happened immediately after “failed to load i915/kbl_dc_ver1_04” so this appears to be harmless, probably just a DMC firmware issue at boot. PureOS boot artifacts were creepier, the few red smileys shown below appeared at random locations quickly increasing until the system finished booting:
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