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+<script>
+  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+  import { getJSON } from '$lib/api.js';
+
+  // /home3 — the Claude Design "Frame A" direction (editorial, with colour), rebuilt in
+  // our codebase with our real logo + self-hosted fonts, wired to live data. Hidden
+  // prototype (noindex), alongside /home2 so we can compare.
+  let news = $state(null);   // {title, summary, image}
+  let art = $state(null);    // {title, artist, year, image}
+
+  onMount(async () => {
+    try {
+      const a = await getJSON('/api/art/today');
+      if (a) art = { title: a.title, artist: a.artist, year: a.date_text, image: a.image_url };
+    } catch { /* fall back to gradient swatch */ }
+
+    let homeq = '';
+    try {
+      const hv = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:home') || '';
+      const hs = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:homeScope') || 'nearby';
+      if (hv && hs !== 'world') homeq = `&home=${encodeURIComponent(hv)}&scope=${hs}`;
+    } catch { /* global brief */ }
+    try {
+      const it = (await getJSON(`/api/brief?limit=1${homeq}`))?.items?.[0];
+      if (it) news = { title: it.title, summary: it.summary || it.description || '', image: it.image_url || null };
+    } catch { /* fall back to design copy */ }
+  });
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+  <title>upbeatBytes — a calmer, brighter corner of the internet</title>
+  <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
+  <meta name="description" content="A calmer, brighter corner of the internet: good news, daily art, small games, and little resets." />
+</svelte:head>
+
+<div class="page">
+  <header class="bar">
+    <a class="brand" href="/home3" aria-label="upbeatBytes home">
+      <img src="/logo.svg" alt="upbeatBytes" width="586" height="196" />
+    </a>
+    <nav class="nav">
+      <a class="on" href="/">News</a>
+      <a href="/play">Games</a>
+      <a href="/art">Art</a>
+      <a class="acct" href="/account" aria-label="Your account">
+        <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#C98A2E" stroke-width="2" aria-hidden="true">
+          <circle cx="12" cy="8" r="4" /><path d="M4 21c0-4 4-6 8-6s8 2 8 6" />
+        </svg>
+      </a>
+    </nav>
+  </header>
+
+  <section class="hero">
+    <h1>A <span class="t">calmer</span>, <span class="b">brighter</span> corner of the internet.</h1>
+    <p class="sub">Good news, daily art, small games, and little resets.</p>
+  </section>
+
+  <main class="bento">
+    <!-- Good News (tall) -->
+    <a class="card news" href="/">
+      <div class="news-photo" style={news?.image ? `background-image:url(${news.image})` : ''}></div>
+      <div class="news-body">
+        <span class="label" style="color:#0083ad">GOOD NEWS</span>
+        <h2>{news?.title ?? 'What went right this week: the good news that actually matters'}</h2>
+        <p class="summary">{news?.summary || "We read the week so you don't have to doomscroll it. Five quietly hopeful stories, summarised to the gist."}</p>
+        <div class="news-foot">
+          <span class="link news-link">Read the brief</span>
+          <span class="meta">Updated this morning</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </a>
+
+    <!-- Daily Art (wide) -->
+    <a class="card art" href="/art">
+      <div class="art-body">
+        <span class="label" style="color:#8857C2">DAILY ART</span>
+        <h3>A masterwork a day, beautifully framed</h3>
+        <p class="art-today">
+          {#if art}Today: <span class="ital">{art.title}</span>{#if art.artist} — {art.artist}{/if}{#if art.year}, {art.year}{/if}.
+          {:else}Today: <span class="ital">Among the Sierra Nevada</span> — Bierstadt, 1868.{/if}
+        </p>
+        <span class="link art-link">View today</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="art-swatch" style={art?.image ? `background-image:url(${art.image})` : ''}></div>
+    </a>
+
+    <!-- bottom pair -->
+    <div class="pair">
+      <a class="card play" href="/play">
+        <span class="label" style="color:#D2861B">PLAY</span>
+        <h3>A little daily puzzle</h3>
+        <p class="play-copy">Daily Word, Word Search, Bloom, Memory Match.</p>
+        <span class="link play-link">Enter</span>
+      </a>
+      <div class="card moment">
+        <div class="moment-top">
+          <span class="label" style="color:#3F9A66">DAILY MOMENT</span>
+          <span class="soon">SOON</span>
+        </div>
+        <p class="moment-line">A small calm to carry with you.</p>
+        <span class="moment-meta">Breathing, sound &amp; stillness.</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </main>
+
+  <footer class="foot">upbeatBytes — no ads, no paywalls, no doomscrolling.</footer>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  @font-face { font-family: 'Hanken Grotesk'; src: url('/fonts/hanken-var.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400 700; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; }
+  @font-face { font-family: 'Newsreader'; src: url('/fonts/newsreader-var.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400 600; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; }
+  @font-face { font-family: 'Newsreader'; src: url('/fonts/newsreader-italic-var.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400 500; font-style: italic; font-display: swap; }
+
+  .page {
+    --ink: #1c1916; --body: #6b6256; --muted: #a89e8c; --teal: #0083ad;
+    --canvas: #FFF9EF; --news-border: #f2e7d3;
+    min-height: 100vh; background: var(--canvas); color: #23201b;
+    font-family: 'Hanken Grotesk', ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
+    display: flex; flex-direction: column;
+  }
+  .page :global(*) { box-sizing: border-box; }
+
+  /* Header — real logo left, nav right */
+  .bar {
+    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
+    max-width: 1180px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 26px clamp(18px, 5vw, 44px) 0;
+  }
+  .brand { display: block; line-height: 0; }
+  .brand img { height: 42px; width: auto; display: block; }
+  .nav { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: clamp(16px, 2.4vw, 30px); font-size: 15px; font-weight: 500; }
+  .nav a { color: var(--body); text-decoration: none; }
+  .nav a.on { color: #23201b; }
+  .nav a:hover { color: var(--teal); }
+  .acct {
+    width: 32px; height: 32px; border-radius: 50%; border: 1.5px solid #e6c9a0; background: #FCEFD7;
+    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+  }
+  .acct:hover { background: #fbe6c4; }
+
+  /* Hero — spacing tuned per the /home2 pass: pulled up a touch, more air before cards */
+  .hero { text-align: center; max-width: 1180px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; padding: clamp(24px, 4vw, 34px) clamp(18px, 5vw, 44px) clamp(38px, 5vw, 48px); }
+  .hero h1 {
+    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 500;
+    font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5vw, 50px); line-height: 1.04; letter-spacing: -0.015em; margin: 0; color: var(--ink);
+  }
+  .hero h1 .t { color: #0083ad; }
+  .hero h1 .b { color: #E0852C; }
+  .hero .sub { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; font-size: clamp(1rem, 2vw, 19px); color: #857b6c; margin: 14px 0 0; }
+
+  /* Bento grid */
+  .bento {
+    max-width: 1180px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 0 clamp(18px, 5vw, 44px) 16px;
+    display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.18fr) minmax(0, 1.82fr); gap: 18px;
+  }
+  .card {
+    border-radius: 18px; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; color: inherit;
+    transition: transform 0.18s ease, box-shadow 0.18s ease;
+  }
+  a.card:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); }
+  .label { font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }
+  .link { font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 2px; align-self: flex-start; }
+  h2, h3 { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.01em; color: var(--ink); }
+
+  /* Good News — tall, photo on top */
+  .news {
+    grid-row: span 2; background: #fff; border: 1px solid var(--news-border);
+    display: flex; flex-direction: column; box-shadow: 0 6px 20px -14px rgba(0, 131, 173, 0.4);
+  }
+  .news-photo { aspect-ratio: 5/4; background: linear-gradient(160deg, #6fc4d8, #9bd4c9 55%, #f6cf7e); background-size: cover; background-position: center; }
+  .news-body { padding: 24px 26px; flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+  .news h2 { font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.4vw, 27px); line-height: 1.14; margin: 12px 0 0; }
+  .summary { font-size: 14.5px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--body); margin: 12px 0 0; }
+  .news-foot { margin-top: auto; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding-top: 20px; }
+  .news-link { color: var(--teal); border-bottom: 2px solid #6fc4d8; }
+  .meta { font-size: 12px; color: var(--muted); }
+
+  /* Daily Art — wide, text left + artwork swatch right */
+  .art { background: #F3EEF9; border: 1px solid #e4d8f1; display: flex; min-height: 188px; }
+  .art-body { flex: 1; padding: 24px 26px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+  .art h3 { font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 23px); line-height: 1.16; margin: 10px 0 0; color: #2a1c3d; }
+  .art-today { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: #6f6280; margin: 9px 0 0; }
+  .ital { font-style: italic; font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; }
+  .art-link { margin-top: auto; color: #8857C2; border-bottom: 2px solid #c9aef0; }
+  .art-swatch { width: 46%; min-width: 130px; background: linear-gradient(170deg, #bfe0f0 0%, #a9cf9a 50%, #d89a4e 100%); background-size: cover; background-position: center; }
+
+  /* bottom pair */
+  .pair { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; }
+  .play { background: #FFF3DC; border: 1px solid #f6e2b8; padding: 22px 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+  .play h3 { font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.8vw, 21px); margin: 9px 0 8px; color: #5c3d0c; }
+  .play-copy { font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; color: #917642; margin: 0; }
+  .play-link { margin-top: auto; padding-top: 16px; color: #D2861B; border-bottom: 2px solid #f0c878; }
+
+  .moment { background: #E6F3E9; border: 1px solid #cee6d3; padding: 22px 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+  .moment-top { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; }
+  .soon { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #3F9A66; background: #fff; border-radius: 999px; padding: 3px 8px; }
+  .moment-line { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; color: #214a35; margin: 14px 0 0; }
+  .moment-meta { margin-top: auto; padding-top: 16px; font-size: 13px; color: #6f9683; }
+
+  .foot {
+    text-align: center; max-width: 1180px; width: 100%; margin: 14px auto 0; box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 20px clamp(18px, 5vw, 44px) 30px; font-size: 13px; color: var(--muted);
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--news-border);
+  }
+
+  /* responsive — collapse the bento on narrow screens */
+  @media (max-width: 860px) {
+    .bento { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+    .news { grid-row: auto; }
+  }
+  @media (max-width: 520px) {
+    .art { flex-direction: column; }
+    .art-swatch { width: 100%; min-height: 130px; }
+    .pair { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+  }
+</style>
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 manrope-var.woff2 — "Manrope" variable font by Mikhail Sharanda / Mirko Velimirovic.
 License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (free to use/bundle, no attribution required in product UI).
 Source: https://github.com/sharanda/manrope (via fontsource).
+
+hanken-var.woff2 — "Hanken Grotesk" by Alfredo Marco Pradil. License: SIL Open Font License 1.1.
+newsreader-var.woff2 / newsreader-italic-var.woff2 — "Newsreader" by Production Type (Google Fonts).
+License: SIL Open Font License 1.1. All self-hosted (no Google hotlink) for the /home3 design direction.
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