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+<script>
+  import { onMount, untrack } from 'svelte';
+  import { goto, afterNavigate } from '$app/navigation';
+  import { page } from '$app/stores';
+  import { getJSON, postJSON } from '$lib/api.js';
+  import * as P from '$lib/prefs.js';
+  import Header from '$lib/components/Header.svelte';
+  import BottomNav from '$lib/components/BottomNav.svelte';
+  import MoodNav from '$lib/components/MoodNav.svelte';
+  import LanePicker from '$lib/components/LanePicker.svelte';
+  import ArticleCard from '$lib/components/ArticleCard.svelte';
+  import SignIn from '$lib/components/SignIn.svelte';
+  import SavedFlyout from '$lib/components/SavedFlyout.svelte';
+  import { auth, refresh as refreshAuth, isFollowing, toggleFollow, followKeys } from '$lib/auth.svelte.js';
+  import { prefs, initPrefs, active as prefsActive, applyPrefAction, persistPrefs, syncPrefsOnLogin } from '$lib/prefs.svelte.js';
+  import { initHistory, deviceIds, record, loadServerHistory } from '$lib/history.svelte.js';
+  import { track } from '$lib/analytics.js';
+  import { pwa, installApp, dismissPwa } from '$lib/pwa.svelte.js';
+  import { ritualState, markBriefSeen } from '$lib/ritual.js';
+
+  let moods = $state([]);
+  let topics = $state([]);
+  let families = $state([]);
+  let lanePool = $state(null); // /api/lanes: { pinned, default, groups }
+  let showLanes = $state(false);
+  // The URL is the single source of truth for the current view, so the in-page
+  // Back button and the browser Back button share ONE history. The view is
+  // derived from query params: /?view=latest, /?tag=clean-energy, /?source=7,
+  // /?view=<mood|topic>, or bare / for Highlights.
+  function parseView(url) {
+    const p = url.searchParams;
+    if ((p.get('q') || '').trim()) return 'search';
+    if (p.get('source')) return 'source:' + p.get('source');
+    if (p.get('tag')) return 'tag:' + p.get('tag');
+    return p.get('view') || 'today';
+  }
+  // The feed renders at both `/` (interim) and `/news`. Generate links for whichever
+  // base we're on, so `/` behaves exactly as today and `/news` is self-coherent. At
+  // cutover, `/` becomes the hub and only `/news` renders the feed (base → always /news).
+  function feedBase() { return $page.url.pathname.startsWith('/news') ? '/news' : '/'; }
+  function urlForView(key) {
+    const b = feedBase();
+    if (key === 'today') return b;
+    if (key.startsWith('source:')) return b + '?source=' + encodeURIComponent(key.slice(7));
+    if (key.startsWith('tag:')) return b + '?tag=' + encodeURIComponent(key.slice(4));
+    return b + '?view=' + encodeURIComponent(key);
+  }
+  let selected = $derived(parseView($page.url));
+  let searchQuery = $derived(($page.url.searchParams.get('q') || '').trim());
+  let searchOpen = $state(false);
+  let searchText = $state('');
+  function toggleSearch() { searchOpen = !searchOpen; if (searchOpen) searchText = searchQuery; }
+  function runSearch() {
+    const q = searchText.trim();
+    goto(q ? feedBase() + '?q=' + encodeURIComponent(q) : feedBase());
+  }
+  let sourceNames = $state({}); // source id -> name, for an instant header label
+  let brief = $state(null);
+  let heroIdx = $state(0);
+  // Daily Ritual ("today's calm set") — derived from local game state + a
+  // brief-seen flag, keyed on the brief's SERVER date (never the browser's).
+  let ritual = $state({ items: [], count: 0, total: 0 });
+  let endcapEl = $state(null);
+  function refreshRitual() {
+    const d = brief?.brief_date;
+    if (d) ritual = ritualState(d, prefs.data.ritual);
+  }
+  let feed = $state([]);
+  let feedDone = $state(false);   // no more pages for the current feed view
+  let loadingMore = $state(false);
+  // Closer to Home: the reader's opt-in home ('US' or 'US-NY'), localStorage-only.
+  // Empty = the default non-personalized feed. feedNextOffset carries the API's
+  // world-tier paging cursor so the one-time near/country lead block never skews paging.
+  let homeValue = $state('');
+  let homePromptDismissed = $state(false);
+  let feedNextOffset = $state(null);
+  // Scope dial: the reader's "emotional radius" — nearby | region | country | world.
+  // Persisted; default nearby. 'world' = the global brief/feed (no geo lead).
+  let homeScope = $state('nearby');
+  const homeActive = () => selected === 'latest' && !!homeValue;
+  let showSignIn = $state(false);
+  let showSaved = $state(false); // Saved flyout
+  let loading = $state(true);
+  let error = $state('');
+  let notice = $state('');
+
+  // Device-local browsing memory (separate from history): seen = "displayed"
+  // (so Replace doesn't recycle), dismissed = swapped/avoided this session.
+  const SEEN_KEY = 'goodnews:seen';
+  const DISMISSED_KEY = 'goodnews:dismissed';
+  const BRIEF_VIEW_KEY = 'goodnews:brief_view';
+  let seenIds = new Set();
+  let dismissed = $state(new Set());
+
+  function persistSession() {
+    P.saveJSON(SEEN_KEY, [...seenIds]);
+    P.saveJSON(DISMISSED_KEY, [...dismissed]);
+  }
+  function markDisplayed(items) {
+    let changed = false;
+    for (const a of items || []) {
+      if (a && !seenIds.has(a.id)) { seenIds.add(a.id); changed = true; }
+    }
+    if (changed) P.saveJSON(SEEN_KEY, [...seenIds]);
+  }
+
+  function openAccount() {
+    if (auth.user) goto('/account');
+    else showSignIn = true;
+  }
+
+  // "Since you last visited" — a calm welcome-back cue on Highlights only. Read
+  // the previous visit time, ask how many new calm reads arrived, then stamp now.
+  const LAST_SEEN_KEY = 'goodnews:last_seen';
+  let sinceCount = $state(0);
+  let sinceItems = $state([]);
+  let sinceOpen = $state(false);
+  let sinceDismissed = $state(false);
+  async function checkSince() {
+    let prev = null;
+    try { prev = localStorage.getItem(LAST_SEEN_KEY); localStorage.setItem(LAST_SEEN_KEY, new Date().toISOString()); }
+    catch { return; }
+    if (!prev) return; // first visit on this device → no note
+    try {
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      const r = await getJSON(`/api/since?ts=${encodeURIComponent(prev)}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`);
+      if (r.count > 0) { sinceCount = r.count; sinceItems = r.items; }
+    } catch { /* quiet */ }
+  }
+
+  // React to sign-in only (untrack the body so browsing doesn't retrigger it).
+  $effect(() => {
+    const u = auth.user;
+    if (u && typeof window !== 'undefined') untrack(() => onLogin(u));
+  });
+
+  async function onLogin(u) {
+    const key = 'goodnews:imported:' + u.id;
+    if (!localStorage.getItem(key)) {
+      try {
+        await postJSON('/api/import', { seen: deviceIds(), saved: [] });
+        localStorage.setItem(key, '1');
+      } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    }
+    loadServerHistory();
+    await syncPrefsOnLogin(); // adopt account prefs or seed from device
+    loadView(selected, true); // reflect any adopted boundaries in the current view
+  }
+
+  const cap = (s) => (s ? s[0].toUpperCase() + s.slice(1) : s);
+  const humanize = (s) => (s || '').replace(/-/g, ' ');
+
+  // Show the brief's date in the VIEWER's local timezone (from its UTC freshness
+  // stamp), so everyone sees their own correct date — never "tomorrow."
+  function localDateLabel(b) {
+    const ts = b?.generated_at;
+    if (ts) {
+      const d = new Date(ts.replace(' ', 'T') + 'Z');
+      if (!isNaN(d)) return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: 'long', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });
+    }
+    return b?.brief_date ?? '';
+  }
+  let filtersOn = $derived(prefsActive());
+  let currentMood = $derived(moods.find((m) => m.key === selected));
+  let currentTopic = $derived(topics.find((t) => t.key === selected));
+  let currentTag = $derived(selected.startsWith('tag:') ? selected.slice(4) : null);
+  let tagFamily = $derived(
+    currentTag ? families.find((f) => f.tags.some((t) => t.key === currentTag)) : null
+  );
+  let viewLabel = $derived(
+    selected === 'today' ? 'Highlights from Today'
+      : selected === 'search' ? `Search: “${searchQuery}”`
+      : selected.startsWith('source:') ? (sourceNames[selected.slice(7)] ?? feed[0]?.source ?? 'Source')
+      : selected === 'latest' ? 'Latest'
+        : selected === 'following' ? 'Following'
+        : currentTag ? humanize(currentTag)
+          : (currentMood?.label ?? cap(currentTopic?.key) ?? '')
+  );
+  let viewSubtitle = $derived(
+    selected === 'today' ? localDateLabel(brief)
+      : selected === 'search' ? 'Results across Upbeat Bytes'
+      : selected.startsWith('source:') ? 'Latest from this source'
+      : selected === 'latest' ? 'Freshest calm reads — newest first'
+        : selected === 'following' ? 'From the sources & topics you follow'
+        : currentTag ? (tagFamily?.description ?? '')
+          : (currentMood?.description ?? currentTopic?.description ?? '')
+  );
+  let activeTab = $derived(
+    selected === 'today' ? 'today' : selected === 'latest' ? 'latest'
+      : selected === 'following' ? 'following' : 'browse'
+  );
+
+  // Customizable nav rail: the pinned lanes (Highlights + Latest) are always
+  // first, then the reader's chosen lanes (or the default set if they've never
+  // customized). Resolve each key to its {label, description} from the pool.
+  let laneMap = $derived(
+    new Map(
+      lanePool
+        ? [
+            ...lanePool.pinned.map((p) => [p.key, p]),
+            ...lanePool.groups.flatMap((g) => g.lanes.map((l) => [l.key, l])),
+          ]
+        : []
+    )
+  );
+  let pinnedLaneKeys = $derived(
+    prefs.data.lanes?.length ? prefs.data.lanes : (lanePool?.default ?? [])
+  );
+  let navLanes = $derived(
+    lanePool
+      ? [
+          ...lanePool.pinned,
+          ...(auth.user ? [{ key: 'following', label: 'Following' }] : []),
+          ...pinnedLaneKeys.map((k) => laneMap.get(k)).filter(Boolean),
+        ]
+      : []
+  );
+
+  function saveLanes(keys) {
+    prefs.data.lanes = keys;
+    persistPrefs();
+    // If the reader unpinned the lane they're viewing, fall back to Highlights.
+    // (The special pinned lanes — Highlights/Latest/Following — are never in
+    // `keys`, so don't bounce away from them.)
+    if (!['today', 'latest', 'following'].includes(selected) && !keys.includes(selected)) navigate('today');
+  }
+
+  // Hero is the only image slot; if its image won't load, promote the next one.
+  let heroArticle = $derived(brief?.items?.[heroIdx] ?? null);
+  let restArticles = $derived((brief?.items ?? []).filter((_, i) => i !== heroIdx));
+  function heroImageFailed() {
+    const items = brief?.items ?? [];
+    for (let i = heroIdx + 1; i < items.length; i++) {
+      if (items[i]?.image_url) { heroIdx = i; return; }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A source or tag view can be followed (durable interest).
+  let followTarget = $derived(
+    selected.startsWith('source:') ? { kind: 'source', value: selected.slice(7), noun: 'source' }
+      : selected.startsWith('tag:') ? { kind: 'tag', value: selected.slice(4), noun: 'topic' }
+        : null
+  );
+
+  function viewFilter(key = selected) {
+    if (key === 'today') return {};
+    const m = moods.find((x) => x.key === key);
+    if (m) return m.filter ?? {};
+    return { include_topics: [key] };
+  }
+  function mergedParam() {
+    return P.param(P.merge(prefs.data, viewFilter()));
+  }
+
+  // Signature of the filters that shaped a brief — boundaries/prefs + dismissals.
+  // Instant-paint and the merge only reuse a saved brief when this still matches,
+  // so a boundary change can never briefly resurface content it should now hide.
+  function briefSig() {
+    const h = homeValue && homeScope !== 'world' ? `${homeValue}:${homeScope}` : '';
+    return P.param(prefs.data) + '|' + Array.from(dismissed).sort().join(',') + '|h:' + h;
+  }
+
+  async function loadToday(fresh) {
+    const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+    const ex = Array.from(dismissed).join(',');
+    let fetched;
+    // Only personalize when a home is set and the dial isn't on 'world' (global).
+    const homeq = homeValue && homeScope !== 'world'
+      ? `&home=${encodeURIComponent(homeValue)}&scope=${homeScope}` : '';
+    try {
+      fetched = await getJSON(`/api/brief?limit=7${homeq}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${ex ? '&exclude=' + ex : ''}`);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (brief) return; // already showing a saved brief — a failed background refresh stays invisible
+      throw e; // true first load with nothing painted → let the caller surface the error
+    }
+    const sig = briefSig();
+    const view = P.loadJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, null);
+    // Reuse the saved arrangement only when BOTH the server brief and the reader's
+    // filter signature are unchanged — otherwise the merge's `?? it` fallback could
+    // re-add a story the current boundaries now hide.
+    const sameServerBrief =
+      view && view.generated_at && fetched.generated_at &&
+      view.generated_at === fetched.generated_at && view.sig === sig;
+    if (!fresh && sameServerBrief && Array.isArray(view.items) && view.items.length) {
+      const freshById = new Map(fetched.items.map((a) => [a.id, a]));
+      const items = view.items.map((it) => freshById.get(it.id) ?? it);
+      brief = { ...fetched, items };
+      P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: fetched.generated_at, items, sig });
+    } else {
+      brief = fetched;
+      P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: fetched.generated_at, items: fetched.items, sig });
+    }
+    heroIdx = 0;
+    markDisplayed(brief.items);
+  }
+
+  // Build a /api/feed URL for a lane view at a given page offset. 'latest' is
+  // the chronological firehose (sort=latest); 'tag:x' browses a grouping tag;
+  // anything else resolves through its mood/topic filter.
+  const PAGE = 24;
+  function feedUrl(key, offset) {
+    const ex = Array.from(dismissed).join(',');
+    const exq = ex ? `&exclude=${ex}` : '';
+    if (key === 'search') {
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      return `/api/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(searchQuery)}&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`;
+    }
+    if (key === 'latest') {
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      // Closer to Home lives on the all-news browse lane (Latest).
+      const homeq = homeValue ? `&home=${encodeURIComponent(homeValue)}` : '';
+      return `/api/feed?sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${homeq}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
+    }
+    if (key === 'following') {
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      return `/api/feed?following=true&sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
+    }
+    if (key.startsWith('tag:')) {
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      return `/api/feed?limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}&tag=${encodeURIComponent(key.slice(4))}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
+    }
+    if (key.startsWith('source:')) {
+      // A publication feed: this source's articles, newest first, still
+      // accepted/non-duplicate/boundary-filtered.
+      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
+      return `/api/feed?source_id=${encodeURIComponent(key.slice(7))}&sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
+    }
+    const q = P.param(P.merge(prefs.data, viewFilter(key)));
+    return `/api/feed?limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
+  }
+
+  // All navigation goes through the URL (goto), so browser Back/Forward and the
+  // in-page Back button traverse the same single history.
+  function navigate(key) {
+    goto(urlForView(key));
+  }
+  // Drilling into a tag/source from a card: cache the source name for an instant
+  // label, then navigate by URL (no private stack).
+  function drill(key, source = null) {
+    if (source) sourceNames = { ...sourceNames, [source.id]: source.name };
+    navigate(key);
+  }
+  // How many forward in-app navigations deep we are from the landing entry, so
+  // the in-page Back stays INSIDE the app even when someone deep-links in from
+  // email/social/an article (history.length can't tell us that).
+  let appNavDepth = 0;
+  function goBack() {
+    if (appNavDepth > 0 && typeof history !== 'undefined') history.back();
+    else goto(urlForView('today')); // landed here directly → app-safe Highlights
+  }
+
+  // Load the data for a view. Called by afterNavigate (URL-driven: in-app goto,
+  // browser back/forward, initial load) and directly on a boundary re-filter.
+  let loadSeq = 0;
+  async function loadView(key, fresh = false) {
+    const seq = ++loadSeq; // a newer navigation supersedes a slow in-flight one
+    error = '';
+    feedDone = false;
+    try {
+      if (key === 'today') {
+        await loadToday(fresh);
+        if (seq !== loadSeq) return; // a newer navigation superseded this one
+      } else {
+        const resp = await getJSON(feedUrl(key, 0));
+        if (seq !== loadSeq) return;
+        const items = resp.items;
+        feed = items;
+        feedNextOffset = resp.next_offset ?? null;
+        // Home lane pages by the API's world cursor; other lanes by simple length.
+        feedDone = (key === 'latest' && homeValue) ? feedNextOffset == null : items.length < PAGE;
+        markDisplayed(feed);
+        if (key.startsWith('source:') && items[0]) {
+          sourceNames = { ...sourceNames, [key.slice(7)]: items[0].source };
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (seq === loadSeq) error = 'Something went quiet — could not reach the feed.';
+    }
+    if (seq === loadSeq && typeof window !== 'undefined') window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
+  }
+
+  // Every URL change (in-app goto, browser back/forward, link) reloads the view.
+  // The initial 'enter' is handled by onMount, after its data deps are fetched.
+  afterNavigate((nav) => {
+    if (nav.type === 'enter') return;
+    // Forward in-app nav deepens the stack; popstate moves by its signed delta
+    // (Back = -1, Forward = +1, ±N for jumps), so a back-then-forward dance keeps
+    // an accurate count. Clamped at 0, so an out-of-app landing stays app-safe.
+    if (nav.type === 'goto' || nav.type === 'link') appNavDepth += 1;
+    else if (nav.type === 'popstate') appNavDepth = Math.max(0, appNavDepth + (nav.delta ?? -1));
+    if (selected === 'search') { searchText = searchQuery; searchOpen = true; }  // prefill on shared/back links
+    loadView(selected);
+  });
+
+  // The brief is "enjoyed" only when its end-cap actually scrolls into view (the
+  // finite read), not on mere page-open. When it does, mark it for today and
+  // refresh the calm-set — which also picks up any Word / Word Search played in
+  // this session. The block lives inside the end-cap, so by the time the reader
+  // sees it, the brief tick has already settled.
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!endcapEl || !brief?.brief_date) return;
+    const date = brief.brief_date;
+    const io = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+      if (entries.some((e) => e.isIntersecting)) { markBriefSeen(date); refreshRitual(); }
+    }, { threshold: 0.4 });
+    io.observe(endcapEl);
+    return () => io.disconnect();
+  });
+
+  // "Load more" for any feed view (Latest, topics, tags, moods): fetch the next
+  // page at the current length and append, de-duping against what's shown.
+  async function loadMore() {
+    if (loadingMore || feedDone || selected === 'today') return;
+    loadingMore = true;
+    try {
+      const off = homeActive() && feedNextOffset != null ? feedNextOffset : feed.length;
+      const resp = await getJSON(feedUrl(selected, off));
+      const items = resp.items;
+      const have = new Set(feed.map((a) => a.id));
+      const fresh = items.filter((a) => !have.has(a.id));
+      feed = [...feed, ...fresh];
+      feedNextOffset = resp.next_offset ?? null;
+      feedDone = homeActive() ? feedNextOffset == null : items.length < PAGE;
+      markDisplayed(fresh);
+    } catch {
+      flash('Could not load more just now.');
+    } finally {
+      loadingMore = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // The finite-ending's gentle nudge: one tap to get tomorrow's brief by email.
+  let digestBusy = $state(false);
+  let pendingDigestOptIn = $state(false);
+  async function subscribeDigest() {
+    if (!auth.user) { pendingDigestOptIn = true; showSignIn = true; return; } // sign in → auto-enable
+    if (auth.user.digest_enabled || digestBusy) return;
+    digestBusy = true;
+    try { await postJSON('/api/account/digest', { enabled: true }); await refreshAuth(); }
+    catch { /* leave as-is */ }
+    finally { digestBusy = false; }
+  }
+  // Keep the one-tap promise: if they tapped while signed out, enable right after sign-in.
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (pendingDigestOptIn && auth.user) {
+      pendingDigestOptIn = false;
+      if (!auth.user.digest_enabled) subscribeDigest();
+    }
+  });
+
+  const MIX_EVENT = { notToday: 'not_today', lessLikeThis: 'less_like_this', alwaysHide: 'hide_topic' };
+  function applyAction(kind, value) {
+    applyPrefAction(kind, value); // updates + persists + syncs to account
+    if (MIX_EVENT[kind]) track(MIX_EVENT[kind]); // emotional-mix signal (no value stored)
+    loadView(selected, true); // re-filter the current view in place (no nav)
+  }
+
+  function flash(msg) {
+    notice = msg;
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') setTimeout(() => (notice = ''), 4000);
+  }
+
+  async function replaceArticle(article) {
+    const list = selected === 'today' ? brief?.items : feed;
+    if (!list) return;
+    const isHero = selected === 'today' && heroArticle?.id === article.id;
+    const exclude = Array.from(seenIds).join(',');
+    const q = mergedParam();
+    const url = `/api/replacement?exclude=${exclude}&avoid_paywall=true${isHero ? '&gentle=true' : ''}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`;
+    let repl;
+    try {
+      repl = await getJSON(url);
+    } catch {
+      flash('Could not reach the feed just now.');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!repl) {
+      flash("That's everything fresh for now — nothing new to swap in.");
+      track('replace_none');
+      return;
+    }
+    track('replace_used', article.id);
+    if (article.paywalled) track('paywall_replace', article.id);
+    dismissed.add(article.id);
+    seenIds.add(article.id);
+    markDisplayed([repl]);
+    record(article); // keep the swapped-away story (recoverable)
+    persistSession();
+    if (selected === 'today') {
+      const i = brief.items.findIndex((a) => a.id === article.id);
+      if (i >= 0) {
+        brief.items[i] = repl;
+        brief = { ...brief, items: [...brief.items] };
+        // Sign the save (dismissed just changed) so the next load can still
+        // instant-paint this edited brief instead of falling back to "Gathering…".
+        P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: brief.generated_at, items: brief.items, sig: briefSig() });
+      }
+    } else {
+      const i = feed.findIndex((a) => a.id === article.id);
+      if (i >= 0) {
+        feed[i] = repl;
+        feed = [...feed];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function browse() {
+    if (selected !== 'today') await goto(urlForView('today'));
+    document.getElementById('explore')?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' });
+  }
+
+  // --- Closer to Home: opt-in, localStorage-only, easy to clear ---
+  function reloadHomeViews() {
+    if (selected === 'today') loadToday(true);
+    else if (selected === 'latest') loadView('latest', true);
+  }
+  function persistScope() { try { localStorage.setItem('goodnews:homeScope', homeScope); } catch { /* ignore */ } }
+  function setHome(v) {
+    homeValue = v || '';
+    // No US state -> nearby/region don't apply; collapse the dial to country.
+    if (!String(v).includes('-') && (homeScope === 'nearby' || homeScope === 'region')) homeScope = 'country';
+    try { v ? localStorage.setItem('goodnews:home', v) : localStorage.removeItem('goodnews:home'); } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    persistScope();
+    reloadHomeViews();
+  }
+  function setScope(s) { homeScope = s; persistScope(); reloadHomeViews(); }
+  function clearHome() { setHome(''); }
+  function dismissHomePrompt() {
+    homePromptDismissed = true;
+    try { localStorage.setItem('goodnews:homeDismissed', '1'); } catch { /* ignore */ }
+  }
+  let homeCountry = $derived(homeValue ? homeValue.split('-')[0] : '');
+  let homeState = $derived(homeValue.includes('-') ? homeValue.split('-')[1] : '');
+  // US census regions (mirror of the backend) — for concrete section labels.
+  const US_REGIONS = {
+    Northeast: ['CT','ME','MA','NH','RI','VT','NJ','NY','PA'],
+    Midwest: ['IL','IN','MI','OH','WI','IA','KS','MN','MO','NE','ND','SD'],
+    South: ['DE','FL','GA','MD','NC','SC','VA','DC','WV','AL','KY','MS','TN','AR','LA','OK','TX'],
+    West: ['AZ','CO','ID','MT','NV','NM','UT','WY','AK','CA','HI','OR','WA'],
+  };
+  let homeStateName = $derived(homeState ? (US_STATES.find(([c]) => c === homeState)?.[1] ?? homeState) : '');
+  let homeRegionName = $derived(homeState ? (Object.keys(US_REGIONS).find((r) => US_REGIONS[r].includes(homeState)) ?? '') : '');
+  let homeCountryLabel = $derived(homeCountry === 'US' ? 'the US' : homeCountry === 'GB' ? 'the UK'
+    : (HOME_COUNTRIES.find(([c]) => c === homeCountry)?.[1] ?? homeCountry));
+  // The dial's stops adapt to what's entered: full radius for a US state, else Country/World.
+  let scopeStops = $derived(homeState
+    ? [['nearby', 'Nearby'], ['region', 'Region'], ['country', 'Country'], ['world', 'World']]
+    : [['country', 'Country'], ['world', 'World']]);
+  // Concrete, soft section labels — honest place names so the reader sees the dial worked.
+  function sectionLabel(key) {
+    if (key === 'state') return homeStateName ? `Around ${homeStateName}` : 'Near you';
+    if (key === 'region') return homeRegionName ? `Across the ${homeRegionName}` : 'Your region';
+    if (key === 'country') return `Across ${homeCountryLabel}`;
+    if (key === 'world') return 'Around the world';
+    if (key === 'near') return homeStateName ? `Around ${homeStateName}` : 'Near you';   // legacy feed key
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  // Home picker. Countries are the well-covered ones (matches backend normalization);
+  // US gets state granularity. Kept short on purpose — calm, not a config wall.
+  const HOME_COUNTRIES = [
+    ['US', 'United States'], ['GB', 'United Kingdom'], ['CA', 'Canada'], ['AU', 'Australia'],
+    ['IE', 'Ireland'], ['NZ', 'New Zealand'], ['FR', 'France'], ['DE', 'Germany'],
+    ['NL', 'Netherlands'], ['BE', 'Belgium'], ['IT', 'Italy'], ['ES', 'Spain'], ['IN', 'India'],
+  ];
+  const US_STATES = [
+    ['AL','Alabama'],['AK','Alaska'],['AZ','Arizona'],['AR','Arkansas'],['CA','California'],
+    ['CO','Colorado'],['CT','Connecticut'],['DE','Delaware'],['DC','Washington DC'],['FL','Florida'],
+    ['GA','Georgia'],['HI','Hawaii'],['ID','Idaho'],['IL','Illinois'],['IN','Indiana'],['IA','Iowa'],
+    ['KS','Kansas'],['KY','Kentucky'],['LA','Louisiana'],['ME','Maine'],['MD','Maryland'],
+    ['MA','Massachusetts'],['MI','Michigan'],['MN','Minnesota'],['MS','Mississippi'],['MO','Missouri'],
+    ['MT','Montana'],['NE','Nebraska'],['NV','Nevada'],['NH','New Hampshire'],['NJ','New Jersey'],
+    ['NM','New Mexico'],['NY','New York'],['NC','North Carolina'],['ND','North Dakota'],['OH','Ohio'],
+    ['OK','Oklahoma'],['OR','Oregon'],['PA','Pennsylvania'],['RI','Rhode Island'],['SC','South Carolina'],
+    ['SD','South Dakota'],['TN','Tennessee'],['TX','Texas'],['UT','Utah'],['VT','Vermont'],
+    ['VA','Virginia'],['WA','Washington'],['WV','West Virginia'],['WI','Wisconsin'],['WY','Wyoming'],
+  ];
+  let homeEditing = $state(false);
+  let pickCountry = $state('');
+  let pickState = $state('');
+  function applyHomePick() {
+    if (!pickCountry) return;
+    setHome(pickCountry === 'US' && pickState ? `${pickCountry}-${pickState}` : pickCountry);
+    homeEditing = false;
+  }
+  function openHomeEditor() { pickCountry = homeCountry; pickState = homeState; homeEditing = true; }
+
+  onMount(async () => {
+    initPrefs();
+    initHistory();
+    seenIds = new Set(P.loadJSON(SEEN_KEY, []));
+    dismissed = new Set(P.loadJSON(DISMISSED_KEY, []));
+    try {
+      homeValue = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:home') || '';
+      homePromptDismissed = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:homeDismissed') === '1';
+      homeScope = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:homeScope') || 'nearby';
+      if (!homeValue.includes('-') && (homeScope === 'nearby' || homeScope === 'region')) homeScope = 'country';
+    } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    refreshAuth();
+    // trackVisit() now fires once in the global layout (covers every landing page).
+    if (selected === 'search') { searchText = searchQuery; searchOpen = true; }  // prefill on direct/shared link
+    // Instant paint: render the last saved Today brief immediately and refresh
+    // it behind the scenes, so the first view never blocks on a (personalized,
+    // origin-bound) /api/brief request. "Gathering the good news…" then only
+    // shows on a genuine first visit with nothing cached yet.
+    if (selected === 'today') {
+      const cached = P.loadJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, null);
+      // Only paint instantly if the saved brief was shaped by the SAME
+      // boundaries/prefs/dismissals — never flash content the current settings
+      // should hide. A mismatch falls through to "Gathering…" + a fresh fetch.
+      if (cached && Array.isArray(cached.items) && cached.items.length && cached.sig === briefSig()) {
+        brief = cached;
+        heroIdx = 0;
+        loading = false;
+      }
+    }
+    // Critical path: moods + categories (needed to resolve a mood/topic view)
+    // load in PARALLEL, then the requested view. Every getJSON times out, and
+    // loading ALWAYS clears in finally, so the page can never get stuck on
+    // "Gathering the good news…".
+    try {
+      const [m, c] = await Promise.all([
+        getJSON('/api/moods').catch(() => []),
+        getJSON('/api/categories').catch(() => ({ topics: [] })),
+      ]);
+      moods = m; topics = c.topics;
+      await loadView(selected);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!brief) error = 'Could not reach Upbeat Bytes.'; // keep painted content if a refresh failed
+    } finally {
+      loading = false;
+    }
+    checkSince(); // after the first paint; non-blocking
+    // Pure decoration (nav-rail customization + tag families): non-blocking — a
+    // slow or failed one fills in late instead of holding up the content.
+    Promise.allSettled([
+      getJSON('/api/lanes').then((r) => (lanePool = r)),
+      getJSON('/api/families').then((r) => (families = r)),
+    ]);
+  });
+</script>
+
+<Header onSaved={() => (showSaved = true)} onaccount={openAccount} user={auth.user} boundariesActive={filtersOn} />
+
+{#if showSignIn}<SignIn onclose={() => { showSignIn = false; if (!auth.user) pendingDigestOptIn = false; }} />{/if}
+{#if showSaved && auth.user}<SavedFlyout onclose={() => (showSaved = false)} />{/if}
+{#if showLanes && lanePool}
+  <LanePicker pool={lanePool} selected={pinnedLaneKeys} onsave={saveLanes} onclose={() => (showLanes = false)} />
+{/if}
+
+<main class="container">
+  {#if navLanes.length}
+    <MoodNav lanes={navLanes} {selected} onselect={navigate} oncustomize={() => (showLanes = true)} />
+  {/if}
+
+  {#if notice}<p class="notice rise">{notice}</p>{/if}
+
+  {#if loading}
+    <p class="muted center pad">Gathering the good news…</p>
+  {:else if error}
+    <p class="muted center pad">{error}</p>
+  {:else}
+    {#key selected}
+      <header class="view-head rise">
+        <div class="vh-text">
+          <h1>{viewLabel}</h1>
+          {#if viewSubtitle}<p class="sub">{viewSubtitle}</p>{/if}
+        </div>
+        <div class="vh-actions">
+          <button class="searchtoggle" class:on={searchOpen || selected === 'search'} onclick={toggleSearch} aria-label="Search articles" title="Search articles">
+            <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="11" cy="11" r="7" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"/><path d="M21 21l-4.4-4.4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg>
+          </button>
+          {#if auth.user && followTarget}
+            <button class="followbtn" class:on={isFollowing(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value)}
+                    onclick={() => toggleFollow(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value)}>
+              {isFollowing(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value) ? '✓ Following' : 'Follow ' + followTarget.noun}
+            </button>
+          {/if}
+          {#if selected !== 'today'}
+            <button class="viewback" onclick={goBack} aria-label="Go back">
+              <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M19 12H5M11 6l-6 6 6 6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.1" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
+              Back
+            </button>
+          {/if}
+        </div>
+      </header>
+
+      {#if searchOpen || selected === 'search'}
+        <div class="searchbar rise">
+          <input type="search" bind:value={searchText} placeholder="Search articles, topics, or a source…"
+                 autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false"
+                 onkeydown={(e) => (e.key === 'Enter' ? runSearch() : e.key === 'Escape' ? (searchOpen = false) : null)} />
+          <button class="searchgo" onclick={runSearch}>Search</button>
+          {#if selected === 'search'}<button class="searchclear" onclick={() => { searchOpen = false; goto(feedBase()); }}>Clear</button>{/if}
+        </div>
+      {/if}
+
+      {#if selected === 'today'}
+        {#if sinceCount > 0 && !sinceDismissed}
+          <div class="welcomeback rise">
+            <p class="wb-text">
+              Since you were last here, {sinceCount} new calm read{sinceCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} came in.
+              {#if !sinceOpen}<button class="wb-cta" onclick={() => (sinceOpen = true)}>See what’s new</button>{/if}
+            </p>
+            <button class="wb-x" onclick={() => (sinceDismissed = true)} aria-label="Dismiss">×</button>
+          </div>
+          {#if sinceOpen && sinceItems.length}
+            <section class="rise sincesec">
+              <h2 class="since-h">New since your last visit</h2>
+              <div class="grid">
+                {#each sinceItems as a (a.id)}
+                  <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
+                {/each}
+              </div>
+            </section>
+          {/if}
+        {/if}
+        {#if brief?.items?.length}
+          {#if homeEditing || (!homeValue && !homePromptDismissed)}
+            <div class="homecard rise">
+              {#if !homeValue}<p class="homecopy">Want your good news closer to home?</p>{/if}
+              <div class="homepick">
+                <select bind:value={pickCountry} aria-label="Country">
+                  <option value="">Pick a country…</option>
+                  {#each HOME_COUNTRIES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
+                </select>
+                {#if pickCountry === 'US'}
+                  <select bind:value={pickState} aria-label="State">
+                    <option value="">All of the US</option>
+                    {#each US_STATES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
+                  </select>
+                {/if}
+                <button class="hset" onclick={applyHomePick} disabled={!pickCountry}>Show local first</button>
+                {#if homeValue}<button class="linkish" onclick={() => (homeEditing = false)}>Cancel</button>
+                {:else}<button class="linkish" onclick={dismissHomePrompt}>Not now</button>{/if}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          {:else if homeValue}
+            <div class="scopedial rise">
+              <span class="sd-label">Good news closest first</span>
+              <div class="sd-stops">
+                {#each scopeStops as [s, label] (s)}
+                  <button class="sd-btn" class:on={homeScope === s} onclick={() => setScope(s)}>{label}</button>
+                {/each}
+              </div>
+              <span class="sd-actions">
+                <button class="linkish" onclick={openHomeEditor}>Change</button>
+                <button class="linkish" onclick={clearHome}>Clear</button>
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+          <section class="rise">
+            <ArticleCard article={heroArticle} hero onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} onimageerror={heroImageFailed} />
+            {#if restArticles.length}
+              <div class="grid rest">
+                {#each restArticles as a, i (a.id)}
+                  {#if a.section && a.section !== restArticles[i - 1]?.section && a.section !== heroArticle?.section}
+                    <h3 class="feed-section">{sectionLabel(a.section)}</h3>
+                  {/if}
+                  <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
+                {/each}
+              </div>
+            {/if}
+          </section>
+          <div class="endcap rise" bind:this={endcapEl}>
+            <p class="endmark">✦ that's the good news for today ✦</p>
+            <p class="endsub">You're caught up for now.</p>
+            {#if ritual.total}
+              <div class="calmset">
+                <p class="cs-head">Today's calm set</p>
+                <ul class="cs-items">
+                  {#each ritual.items as it (it.key)}
+                    <li class="cs-item" class:done={it.done}>
+                      <span class="cs-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span>{#if it.done || it.key === 'brief'}{it.label}{:else}<a href={it.href}>{it.label}</a>{/if}
+                    </li>
+                  {/each}
+                </ul>
+                <p class="cs-foot">
+                  {ritual.count === ritual.total ? `All ${ritual.total} enjoyed today` : `${ritual.count} of ${ritual.total} enjoyed today`} · fresh set tomorrow · <a class="cs-edit" href="/account?section=calmset">make it yours</a>
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            {/if}
+            {#if auth.user?.digest_enabled}
+              <p class="digestnote">Tomorrow's brief is headed to your inbox ☕</p>
+            {:else}
+              <button class="digestcta" onclick={subscribeDigest} disabled={digestBusy}>
+                {digestBusy ? '…' : 'Get tomorrow’s brief by email'}
+              </button>
+            {/if}
+          </div>
+        {:else}
+          <p class="muted center pad">No highlights yet today — try a calmer filter, or check back soon.</p>
+        {/if}
+      {:else if feed.length}
+        {#if selected === 'latest'}
+          {#if homeEditing || (!homeValue && !homePromptDismissed)}
+            <div class="homecard rise">
+              <p class="homecopy">Want good news closer to home?</p>
+              <div class="homepick">
+                <select bind:value={pickCountry} aria-label="Country">
+                  <option value="">Pick a country…</option>
+                  {#each HOME_COUNTRIES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
+                </select>
+                {#if pickCountry === 'US'}
+                  <select bind:value={pickState} aria-label="State">
+                    <option value="">All of the US</option>
+                    {#each US_STATES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
+                  </select>
+                {/if}
+                <button class="hset" onclick={applyHomePick} disabled={!pickCountry}>Show local first</button>
+                {#if homeValue}
+                  <button class="linkish" onclick={() => (homeEditing = false)}>Cancel</button>
+                {:else}
+                  <button class="linkish" onclick={dismissHomePrompt}>Not now</button>
+                {/if}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          {:else if homeValue}
+            <div class="homebar">📍 Showing local first · <button class="linkish" onclick={openHomeEditor}>Change</button> · <button class="linkish" onclick={clearHome}>Clear</button></div>
+          {/if}
+        {/if}
+        <div class="grid rise">
+          {#each feed as a, i (a.id)}
+            {#if a.section && a.section !== feed[i - 1]?.section}
+              <h3 class="feed-section">{sectionLabel(a.section)}</h3>
+            {/if}
+            <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
+          {/each}
+        </div>
+        {#if !feedDone}
+          <div class="loadmore">
+            <button onclick={loadMore} disabled={loadingMore}>
+              {loadingMore ? 'Loading…' : 'Load more'}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        {:else}
+          <p class="endcap rise">✦ you're all caught up ✦</p>
+        {/if}
+      {:else if selected === 'search'}
+        <p class="muted center pad">No articles found for “{searchQuery}”. Try a different word, or a source name like “Nature”.</p>
+      {:else if selected === 'following'}
+        <p class="muted center pad">
+          {#if auth.user}Nothing here yet — open a source or a grouping and tap <strong>Follow</strong> to fill this lane with what you care about.
+          {:else}Sign in and follow a few sources or topics, and this becomes your own calm lane.{/if}
+        </p>
+      {:else}
+        <p class="muted center pad">Nothing here right now — try another, or ease a boundary.</p>
+      {/if}
+    {/key}
+
+    {#if families.length}
+      <section id="explore" class="explore">
+        <h2>Explore Upbeat Bytes</h2>
+        <div class="families">
+          {#each families as f (f.name)}
+            {@const tags = f.tags.filter((t) => t.count > 0)}
+            {#if tags.length}
+              <div class="family">
+                <h3>{f.name}</h3>
+                <p class="fdesc">{f.description}</p>
+                <div class="chips">
+                  {#each tags as t (t.key)}
+                    <button class="chip" class:active={selected === 'tag:' + t.key} onclick={() => drill('tag:' + t.key)}>{humanize(t.key)}</button>
+                  {/each}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            {/if}
+          {/each}
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    {/if}
+
+    {#if !pwa.isStandalone && !pwa.dismissed && (pwa.canInstall || pwa.isIOS)}
+      <aside class="install rise">
+        <div class="install-text">
+          <strong>Keep Upbeat Bytes a tap away.</strong>
+          {#if pwa.canInstall}Add it to your home screen — it opens like an app, no store needed.
+          {:else}On iPhone: tap the <span class="ios-share">Share</span> button, then “Add to Home Screen.”{/if}
+        </div>
+        <div class="install-actions">
+          {#if pwa.canInstall}<button class="install-go" onclick={installApp}>Install</button>{/if}
+          <button class="install-x" onclick={dismissPwa}>Not now</button>
+        </div>
+      </aside>
+    {/if}
+  {/if}
+</main>
+
+<BottomNav active={activeTab} onToday={() => navigate('today')} onLatest={() => navigate('latest')} onPlay={() => goto('/play')} onYou={openAccount} user={auth.user} />
+
+<style>
+  main.container { padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 40px; min-height: 60vh; }
+
+  .view-head {
+    margin: 18px 0 18px; display: flex; align-items: flex-start;
+    justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px;
+  }
+  .view-head .vh-text { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+  .viewback {
+    flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 8px;
+    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px;
+    background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep);
+    border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 14px; font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: pointer;
+    transition: border-color 0.14s ease;
+  }
+  .viewback:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
+  .viewback svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; display: block; }
+  .vh-actions { flex-shrink: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-top: 8px; }
+  .searchtoggle { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; width: 34px; height: 34px;
+                  background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep); border-radius: 999px;
+                  cursor: pointer; transition: border-color 0.14s ease, background 0.14s ease; }
+  .searchtoggle:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
+  .searchtoggle.on { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
+  .searchtoggle svg { width: 17px; height: 17px; display: block; }
+  .searchbar { display: flex; gap: 8px; margin: 0 0 18px; }
+  .searchbar input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; font: inherit; font-size: 1rem; padding: 10px 14px;
+                     border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 10px; background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink); }
+  .searchbar input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
+  .searchgo { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 10px; padding: 0 18px;
+              font: inherit; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; }
+  .searchgo:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .searchclear { background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--muted); border-radius: 10px;
+                 padding: 0 14px; font: inherit; cursor: pointer; }
+  .followbtn {
+    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; white-space: nowrap;
+    background: none; border: 1px solid var(--accent); color: var(--accent-deep);
+    border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 15px; font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: pointer;
+    transition: background 0.14s ease, color 0.14s ease;
+  }
+  .followbtn:hover { background: var(--accent-soft); }
+  .followbtn.on { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
+  .view-head h1 { font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5.5vw, 2.8rem); line-height: 1.05; text-transform: capitalize; }
+  .view-head .sub { margin: 8px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1.02rem; }
+  .view-head .vh-text::after {
+    content: ''; display: block; width: 46px; height: 3px;
+    background: var(--accent); border-radius: 2px; margin-top: 14px; opacity: 0.8;
+  }
+
+  .explore { margin: 52px 0 8px; padding-top: 28px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
+  .explore h2 {
+    font-size: 0.74rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+    color: var(--muted); font-family: var(--label); font-weight: 400; margin: 0 0 22px;
+  }
+  .families { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(248px, 1fr)); gap: 26px 32px; }
+  .family h3 { font-size: 1.16rem; margin: 0 0 2px; }
+  .family .fdesc { margin: 0 0 11px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.86rem; line-height: 1.45; }
+  .explore .chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; }
+  .explore .chip {
+    border: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink);
+    border-radius: 999px; padding: 5px 13px; font-size: 0.82rem; cursor: pointer;
+    transition: all 0.14s ease; text-transform: capitalize;
+  }
+  .explore .chip:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .explore .chip.active { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
+
+  .notice {
+    text-align: center; color: var(--accent-deep); background: var(--accent-soft);
+    border-radius: 999px; padding: 8px 16px; margin: 10px auto 0; width: fit-content; font-size: 0.86rem;
+  }
+  .rest { margin-top: 18px; }
+  .center { text-align: center; }
+  .pad { padding: 48px 0; }
+  .endcap {
+    text-align: center; color: var(--muted); font-family: var(--serif);
+    font-style: italic; margin: 40px 0 10px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+  }
+  .endcap .endmark { margin: 0; }
+  .endcap .endsub { margin: 4px 0 0; font-size: 0.92rem; }
+  .endcap .digestnote { margin: 14px 0 0; font-style: normal; font-family: var(--label); font-size: 0.86rem; color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .endcap .digestcta {
+    margin-top: 16px; font-family: var(--label); font-style: normal; font-size: 0.9rem; cursor: pointer;
+    background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 999px; padding: 10px 22px;
+  }
+  .endcap .digestcta:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .endcap .digestcta:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; }
+
+  /* Daily Ritual — "today's calm set". Gentle, non-instrumental: a soft check
+     for what's been enjoyed, no streak, no pressure to finish the rest. */
+  .calmset {
+    margin: 20px auto 4px; max-width: 320px; padding-top: 16px;
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--line); font-style: normal; font-family: var(--label);
+  }
+  .cs-head {
+    margin: 0 0 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.13em;
+    font-size: 0.66rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--accent-deep);
+  }
+  .cs-items {
+    list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; gap: 16px;
+    justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+  .cs-item { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--muted); }
+  .cs-item a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
+  .cs-item a:hover { color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .cs-item.done { color: var(--ink); }
+  .cs-mark {
+    width: 16px; height: 16px; border-radius: 50%; border: 1.5px solid var(--line);
+    flex-shrink: 0; transition: background 0.16s ease, border-color 0.16s ease;
+  }
+  .cs-item.done .cs-mark {
+    background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent);
+    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24'%3E%3Cpath d='M5 12l5 5 9-10' fill='none' stroke='white' stroke-width='2.6' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+    background-size: 13px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center;
+  }
+  .cs-foot { margin: 12px 0 0; font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--muted); }
+  .cs-edit { color: var(--accent-deep); text-decoration: underline; white-space: nowrap; }
+
+  /* "Since you last visited" — a calm welcome-back cue on Highlights */
+  .welcomeback {
+    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; justify-content: space-between;
+    background: var(--accent-soft); border: 1px solid var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-deep);
+    border-radius: 14px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 4px 0 18px;
+  }
+  .welcomeback .wb-text { margin: 0; font-size: 0.95rem; }
+  .wb-cta { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font: inherit; font-weight: 600;
+            cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; margin-left: 6px; padding: 0; }
+  .wb-x { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font-size: 1.3rem; line-height: 1;
+          cursor: pointer; padding: 0 4px; opacity: 0.7; flex-shrink: 0; }
+  .wb-x:hover { opacity: 1; }
+  .sincesec { margin: 0 0 26px; }
+  .since-h { font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 0 0 12px; color: var(--ink); }
+
+  /* PWA install banner — gentle, dismissible, never nagging */
+  .install {
+    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap;
+    background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 16px;
+    padding: 16px 20px; margin: 28px 0 0;
+  }
+  .install-text { font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--ink); line-height: 1.5; }
+  .install-text strong { display: block; margin-bottom: 2px; }
+  .ios-share { color: var(--accent-deep); font-weight: 600; }
+  .install-actions { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-shrink: 0; }
+  .install-go { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 999px;
+                padding: 9px 20px; font: inherit; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; }
+  .install-go:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .install-x { background: none; border: none; color: var(--muted); font: inherit; font-size: 0.88rem; cursor: pointer; }
+  .install-x:hover { color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  /* Closer to Home: calm inline prompt + slim indicator + section headers */
+  .homecard { border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; background: var(--accent-soft);
+              padding: 14px 16px; margin: 0 0 18px; }
+  .homecopy { margin: 0 0 10px; font-family: var(--label); color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .homepick { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; align-items: center; }
+  .homepick select { font: inherit; font-size: 0.9rem; padding: 7px 10px; border: 1px solid var(--line);
+                     border-radius: 9px; background: var(--bg); color: var(--ink); }
+  .hset { font: inherit; font-weight: 600; padding: 7px 16px; border: none; border-radius: 999px;
+          background: var(--accent); color: #fff; cursor: pointer; }
+  .hset:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .hset:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
+  .linkish { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font: inherit; font-size: 0.86rem;
+             cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0; }
+  .homebar { font-size: 0.86rem; color: var(--muted); margin: 0 0 16px; }
+  .scopedial { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0 0 16px; }
+  .sd-label { font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--muted); }
+  .sd-stops { display: inline-flex; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 999px; overflow: hidden; }
+  .sd-btn { font: inherit; font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 600; padding: 6px 14px; border: none;
+            background: var(--bg); color: var(--ink); cursor: pointer; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
+  .sd-stops .sd-btn:last-child { border-right: none; }
+  .sd-btn.on { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-deep); }
+  .sd-actions { margin-left: auto; display: inline-flex; gap: 12px; }
+  .feed-section { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin: 8px 0 2px; font-family: var(--label); font-size: 0.78rem;
+                  text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); }
+  .grid > .feed-section:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
+  .loadmore { display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 30px 0 6px; }
+  .loadmore button {
+    background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep);
+    border-radius: 999px; padding: 10px 28px; font-size: 0.92rem; cursor: pointer;
+    transition: all 0.14s ease;
+  }
+  .loadmore button:hover { border-color: var(--accent); background: var(--accent-soft); }
+  .loadmore button:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; }
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
index ecfedb3..4a63172 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -1,1065 +1,8 @@
 <script>
-  import { onMount, untrack } from 'svelte';
-  import { goto, afterNavigate } from '$app/navigation';
-  import { page } from '$app/stores';
-  import { getJSON, postJSON } from '$lib/api.js';
-  import * as P from '$lib/prefs.js';
-  import Header from '$lib/components/Header.svelte';
-  import BottomNav from '$lib/components/BottomNav.svelte';
-  import MoodNav from '$lib/components/MoodNav.svelte';
-  import LanePicker from '$lib/components/LanePicker.svelte';
-  import ArticleCard from '$lib/components/ArticleCard.svelte';
-  import SignIn from '$lib/components/SignIn.svelte';
-  import SavedFlyout from '$lib/components/SavedFlyout.svelte';
-  import { auth, refresh as refreshAuth, isFollowing, toggleFollow, followKeys } from '$lib/auth.svelte.js';
-  import { prefs, initPrefs, active as prefsActive, applyPrefAction, persistPrefs, syncPrefsOnLogin } from '$lib/prefs.svelte.js';
-  import { initHistory, deviceIds, record, loadServerHistory } from '$lib/history.svelte.js';
-  import { track } from '$lib/analytics.js';
-  import { pwa, installApp, dismissPwa } from '$lib/pwa.svelte.js';
-  import { ritualState, markBriefSeen } from '$lib/ritual.js';
-
-  let moods = $state([]);
-  let topics = $state([]);
-  let families = $state([]);
-  let lanePool = $state(null); // /api/lanes: { pinned, default, groups }
-  let showLanes = $state(false);
-  // The URL is the single source of truth for the current view, so the in-page
-  // Back button and the browser Back button share ONE history. The view is
-  // derived from query params: /?view=latest, /?tag=clean-energy, /?source=7,
-  // /?view=<mood|topic>, or bare / for Highlights.
-  function parseView(url) {
-    const p = url.searchParams;
-    if ((p.get('q') || '').trim()) return 'search';
-    if (p.get('source')) return 'source:' + p.get('source');
-    if (p.get('tag')) return 'tag:' + p.get('tag');
-    return p.get('view') || 'today';
-  }
-  function urlForView(key) {
-    if (key === 'today') return '/';
-    if (key.startsWith('source:')) return '/?source=' + encodeURIComponent(key.slice(7));
-    if (key.startsWith('tag:')) return '/?tag=' + encodeURIComponent(key.slice(4));
-    return '/?view=' + encodeURIComponent(key);
-  }
-  let selected = $derived(parseView($page.url));
-  let searchQuery = $derived(($page.url.searchParams.get('q') || '').trim());
-  let searchOpen = $state(false);
-  let searchText = $state('');
-  function toggleSearch() { searchOpen = !searchOpen; if (searchOpen) searchText = searchQuery; }
-  function runSearch() {
-    const q = searchText.trim();
-    goto(q ? '/?q=' + encodeURIComponent(q) : '/');
-  }
-  let sourceNames = $state({}); // source id -> name, for an instant header label
-  let brief = $state(null);
-  let heroIdx = $state(0);
-  // Daily Ritual ("today's calm set") — derived from local game state + a
-  // brief-seen flag, keyed on the brief's SERVER date (never the browser's).
-  let ritual = $state({ items: [], count: 0, total: 0 });
-  let endcapEl = $state(null);
-  function refreshRitual() {
-    const d = brief?.brief_date;
-    if (d) ritual = ritualState(d, prefs.data.ritual);
-  }
-  let feed = $state([]);
-  let feedDone = $state(false);   // no more pages for the current feed view
-  let loadingMore = $state(false);
-  // Closer to Home: the reader's opt-in home ('US' or 'US-NY'), localStorage-only.
-  // Empty = the default non-personalized feed. feedNextOffset carries the API's
-  // world-tier paging cursor so the one-time near/country lead block never skews paging.
-  let homeValue = $state('');
-  let homePromptDismissed = $state(false);
-  let feedNextOffset = $state(null);
-  // Scope dial: the reader's "emotional radius" — nearby | region | country | world.
-  // Persisted; default nearby. 'world' = the global brief/feed (no geo lead).
-  let homeScope = $state('nearby');
-  const homeActive = () => selected === 'latest' && !!homeValue;
-  let showSignIn = $state(false);
-  let showSaved = $state(false); // Saved flyout
-  let loading = $state(true);
-  let error = $state('');
-  let notice = $state('');
-
-  // Device-local browsing memory (separate from history): seen = "displayed"
-  // (so Replace doesn't recycle), dismissed = swapped/avoided this session.
-  const SEEN_KEY = 'goodnews:seen';
-  const DISMISSED_KEY = 'goodnews:dismissed';
-  const BRIEF_VIEW_KEY = 'goodnews:brief_view';
-  let seenIds = new Set();
-  let dismissed = $state(new Set());
-
-  function persistSession() {
-    P.saveJSON(SEEN_KEY, [...seenIds]);
-    P.saveJSON(DISMISSED_KEY, [...dismissed]);
-  }
-  function markDisplayed(items) {
-    let changed = false;
-    for (const a of items || []) {
-      if (a && !seenIds.has(a.id)) { seenIds.add(a.id); changed = true; }
-    }
-    if (changed) P.saveJSON(SEEN_KEY, [...seenIds]);
-  }
-
-  function openAccount() {
-    if (auth.user) goto('/account');
-    else showSignIn = true;
-  }
-
-  // "Since you last visited" — a calm welcome-back cue on Highlights only. Read
-  // the previous visit time, ask how many new calm reads arrived, then stamp now.
-  const LAST_SEEN_KEY = 'goodnews:last_seen';
-  let sinceCount = $state(0);
-  let sinceItems = $state([]);
-  let sinceOpen = $state(false);
-  let sinceDismissed = $state(false);
-  async function checkSince() {
-    let prev = null;
-    try { prev = localStorage.getItem(LAST_SEEN_KEY); localStorage.setItem(LAST_SEEN_KEY, new Date().toISOString()); }
-    catch { return; }
-    if (!prev) return; // first visit on this device → no note
-    try {
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      const r = await getJSON(`/api/since?ts=${encodeURIComponent(prev)}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`);
-      if (r.count > 0) { sinceCount = r.count; sinceItems = r.items; }
-    } catch { /* quiet */ }
-  }
-
-  // React to sign-in only (untrack the body so browsing doesn't retrigger it).
-  $effect(() => {
-    const u = auth.user;
-    if (u && typeof window !== 'undefined') untrack(() => onLogin(u));
-  });
-
-  async function onLogin(u) {
-    const key = 'goodnews:imported:' + u.id;
-    if (!localStorage.getItem(key)) {
-      try {
-        await postJSON('/api/import', { seen: deviceIds(), saved: [] });
-        localStorage.setItem(key, '1');
-      } catch { /* best-effort */ }
-    }
-    loadServerHistory();
-    await syncPrefsOnLogin(); // adopt account prefs or seed from device
-    loadView(selected, true); // reflect any adopted boundaries in the current view
-  }
-
-  const cap = (s) => (s ? s[0].toUpperCase() + s.slice(1) : s);
-  const humanize = (s) => (s || '').replace(/-/g, ' ');
-
-  // Show the brief's date in the VIEWER's local timezone (from its UTC freshness
-  // stamp), so everyone sees their own correct date — never "tomorrow."
-  function localDateLabel(b) {
-    const ts = b?.generated_at;
-    if (ts) {
-      const d = new Date(ts.replace(' ', 'T') + 'Z');
-      if (!isNaN(d)) return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: 'long', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });
-    }
-    return b?.brief_date ?? '';
-  }
-  let filtersOn = $derived(prefsActive());
-  let currentMood = $derived(moods.find((m) => m.key === selected));
-  let currentTopic = $derived(topics.find((t) => t.key === selected));
-  let currentTag = $derived(selected.startsWith('tag:') ? selected.slice(4) : null);
-  let tagFamily = $derived(
-    currentTag ? families.find((f) => f.tags.some((t) => t.key === currentTag)) : null
-  );
-  let viewLabel = $derived(
-    selected === 'today' ? 'Highlights from Today'
-      : selected === 'search' ? `Search: “${searchQuery}”`
-      : selected.startsWith('source:') ? (sourceNames[selected.slice(7)] ?? feed[0]?.source ?? 'Source')
-      : selected === 'latest' ? 'Latest'
-        : selected === 'following' ? 'Following'
-        : currentTag ? humanize(currentTag)
-          : (currentMood?.label ?? cap(currentTopic?.key) ?? '')
-  );
-  let viewSubtitle = $derived(
-    selected === 'today' ? localDateLabel(brief)
-      : selected === 'search' ? 'Results across Upbeat Bytes'
-      : selected.startsWith('source:') ? 'Latest from this source'
-      : selected === 'latest' ? 'Freshest calm reads — newest first'
-        : selected === 'following' ? 'From the sources & topics you follow'
-        : currentTag ? (tagFamily?.description ?? '')
-          : (currentMood?.description ?? currentTopic?.description ?? '')
-  );
-  let activeTab = $derived(
-    selected === 'today' ? 'today' : selected === 'latest' ? 'latest'
-      : selected === 'following' ? 'following' : 'browse'
-  );
-
-  // Customizable nav rail: the pinned lanes (Highlights + Latest) are always
-  // first, then the reader's chosen lanes (or the default set if they've never
-  // customized). Resolve each key to its {label, description} from the pool.
-  let laneMap = $derived(
-    new Map(
-      lanePool
-        ? [
-            ...lanePool.pinned.map((p) => [p.key, p]),
-            ...lanePool.groups.flatMap((g) => g.lanes.map((l) => [l.key, l])),
-          ]
-        : []
-    )
-  );
-  let pinnedLaneKeys = $derived(
-    prefs.data.lanes?.length ? prefs.data.lanes : (lanePool?.default ?? [])
-  );
-  let navLanes = $derived(
-    lanePool
-      ? [
-          ...lanePool.pinned,
-          ...(auth.user ? [{ key: 'following', label: 'Following' }] : []),
-          ...pinnedLaneKeys.map((k) => laneMap.get(k)).filter(Boolean),
-        ]
-      : []
-  );
-
-  function saveLanes(keys) {
-    prefs.data.lanes = keys;
-    persistPrefs();
-    // If the reader unpinned the lane they're viewing, fall back to Highlights.
-    // (The special pinned lanes — Highlights/Latest/Following — are never in
-    // `keys`, so don't bounce away from them.)
-    if (!['today', 'latest', 'following'].includes(selected) && !keys.includes(selected)) navigate('today');
-  }
-
-  // Hero is the only image slot; if its image won't load, promote the next one.
-  let heroArticle = $derived(brief?.items?.[heroIdx] ?? null);
-  let restArticles = $derived((brief?.items ?? []).filter((_, i) => i !== heroIdx));
-  function heroImageFailed() {
-    const items = brief?.items ?? [];
-    for (let i = heroIdx + 1; i < items.length; i++) {
-      if (items[i]?.image_url) { heroIdx = i; return; }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // A source or tag view can be followed (durable interest).
-  let followTarget = $derived(
-    selected.startsWith('source:') ? { kind: 'source', value: selected.slice(7), noun: 'source' }
-      : selected.startsWith('tag:') ? { kind: 'tag', value: selected.slice(4), noun: 'topic' }
-        : null
-  );
-
-  function viewFilter(key = selected) {
-    if (key === 'today') return {};
-    const m = moods.find((x) => x.key === key);
-    if (m) return m.filter ?? {};
-    return { include_topics: [key] };
-  }
-  function mergedParam() {
-    return P.param(P.merge(prefs.data, viewFilter()));
-  }
-
-  // Signature of the filters that shaped a brief — boundaries/prefs + dismissals.
-  // Instant-paint and the merge only reuse a saved brief when this still matches,
-  // so a boundary change can never briefly resurface content it should now hide.
-  function briefSig() {
-    const h = homeValue && homeScope !== 'world' ? `${homeValue}:${homeScope}` : '';
-    return P.param(prefs.data) + '|' + Array.from(dismissed).sort().join(',') + '|h:' + h;
-  }
-
-  async function loadToday(fresh) {
-    const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-    const ex = Array.from(dismissed).join(',');
-    let fetched;
-    // Only personalize when a home is set and the dial isn't on 'world' (global).
-    const homeq = homeValue && homeScope !== 'world'
-      ? `&home=${encodeURIComponent(homeValue)}&scope=${homeScope}` : '';
-    try {
-      fetched = await getJSON(`/api/brief?limit=7${homeq}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${ex ? '&exclude=' + ex : ''}`);
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (brief) return; // already showing a saved brief — a failed background refresh stays invisible
-      throw e; // true first load with nothing painted → let the caller surface the error
-    }
-    const sig = briefSig();
-    const view = P.loadJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, null);
-    // Reuse the saved arrangement only when BOTH the server brief and the reader's
-    // filter signature are unchanged — otherwise the merge's `?? it` fallback could
-    // re-add a story the current boundaries now hide.
-    const sameServerBrief =
-      view && view.generated_at && fetched.generated_at &&
-      view.generated_at === fetched.generated_at && view.sig === sig;
-    if (!fresh && sameServerBrief && Array.isArray(view.items) && view.items.length) {
-      const freshById = new Map(fetched.items.map((a) => [a.id, a]));
-      const items = view.items.map((it) => freshById.get(it.id) ?? it);
-      brief = { ...fetched, items };
-      P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: fetched.generated_at, items, sig });
-    } else {
-      brief = fetched;
-      P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: fetched.generated_at, items: fetched.items, sig });
-    }
-    heroIdx = 0;
-    markDisplayed(brief.items);
-  }
-
-  // Build a /api/feed URL for a lane view at a given page offset. 'latest' is
-  // the chronological firehose (sort=latest); 'tag:x' browses a grouping tag;
-  // anything else resolves through its mood/topic filter.
-  const PAGE = 24;
-  function feedUrl(key, offset) {
-    const ex = Array.from(dismissed).join(',');
-    const exq = ex ? `&exclude=${ex}` : '';
-    if (key === 'search') {
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      return `/api/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(searchQuery)}&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`;
-    }
-    if (key === 'latest') {
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      // Closer to Home lives on the all-news browse lane (Latest).
-      const homeq = homeValue ? `&home=${encodeURIComponent(homeValue)}` : '';
-      return `/api/feed?sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${homeq}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
-    }
-    if (key === 'following') {
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      return `/api/feed?following=true&sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
-    }
-    if (key.startsWith('tag:')) {
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      return `/api/feed?limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}&tag=${encodeURIComponent(key.slice(4))}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
-    }
-    if (key.startsWith('source:')) {
-      // A publication feed: this source's articles, newest first, still
-      // accepted/non-duplicate/boundary-filtered.
-      const q = P.param(prefs.data);
-      return `/api/feed?source_id=${encodeURIComponent(key.slice(7))}&sort=latest&limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
-    }
-    const q = P.param(P.merge(prefs.data, viewFilter(key)));
-    return `/api/feed?limit=${PAGE}&offset=${offset}${q ? '&' + q : ''}${exq}`;
-  }
-
-  // All navigation goes through the URL (goto), so browser Back/Forward and the
-  // in-page Back button traverse the same single history.
-  function navigate(key) {
-    goto(urlForView(key));
-  }
-  // Drilling into a tag/source from a card: cache the source name for an instant
-  // label, then navigate by URL (no private stack).
-  function drill(key, source = null) {
-    if (source) sourceNames = { ...sourceNames, [source.id]: source.name };
-    navigate(key);
-  }
-  // How many forward in-app navigations deep we are from the landing entry, so
-  // the in-page Back stays INSIDE the app even when someone deep-links in from
-  // email/social/an article (history.length can't tell us that).
-  let appNavDepth = 0;
-  function goBack() {
-    if (appNavDepth > 0 && typeof history !== 'undefined') history.back();
-    else goto(urlForView('today')); // landed here directly → app-safe Highlights
-  }
-
-  // Load the data for a view. Called by afterNavigate (URL-driven: in-app goto,
-  // browser back/forward, initial load) and directly on a boundary re-filter.
-  let loadSeq = 0;
-  async function loadView(key, fresh = false) {
-    const seq = ++loadSeq; // a newer navigation supersedes a slow in-flight one
-    error = '';
-    feedDone = false;
-    try {
-      if (key === 'today') {
-        await loadToday(fresh);
-        if (seq !== loadSeq) return; // a newer navigation superseded this one
-      } else {
-        const resp = await getJSON(feedUrl(key, 0));
-        if (seq !== loadSeq) return;
-        const items = resp.items;
-        feed = items;
-        feedNextOffset = resp.next_offset ?? null;
-        // Home lane pages by the API's world cursor; other lanes by simple length.
-        feedDone = (key === 'latest' && homeValue) ? feedNextOffset == null : items.length < PAGE;
-        markDisplayed(feed);
-        if (key.startsWith('source:') && items[0]) {
-          sourceNames = { ...sourceNames, [key.slice(7)]: items[0].source };
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (seq === loadSeq) error = 'Something went quiet — could not reach the feed.';
-    }
-    if (seq === loadSeq && typeof window !== 'undefined') window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  }
-
-  // Every URL change (in-app goto, browser back/forward, link) reloads the view.
-  // The initial 'enter' is handled by onMount, after its data deps are fetched.
-  afterNavigate((nav) => {
-    if (nav.type === 'enter') return;
-    // Forward in-app nav deepens the stack; popstate moves by its signed delta
-    // (Back = -1, Forward = +1, ±N for jumps), so a back-then-forward dance keeps
-    // an accurate count. Clamped at 0, so an out-of-app landing stays app-safe.
-    if (nav.type === 'goto' || nav.type === 'link') appNavDepth += 1;
-    else if (nav.type === 'popstate') appNavDepth = Math.max(0, appNavDepth + (nav.delta ?? -1));
-    if (selected === 'search') { searchText = searchQuery; searchOpen = true; }  // prefill on shared/back links
-    loadView(selected);
-  });
-
-  // The brief is "enjoyed" only when its end-cap actually scrolls into view (the
-  // finite read), not on mere page-open. When it does, mark it for today and
-  // refresh the calm-set — which also picks up any Word / Word Search played in
-  // this session. The block lives inside the end-cap, so by the time the reader
-  // sees it, the brief tick has already settled.
-  $effect(() => {
-    if (!endcapEl || !brief?.brief_date) return;
-    const date = brief.brief_date;
-    const io = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-      if (entries.some((e) => e.isIntersecting)) { markBriefSeen(date); refreshRitual(); }
-    }, { threshold: 0.4 });
-    io.observe(endcapEl);
-    return () => io.disconnect();
-  });
-
-  // "Load more" for any feed view (Latest, topics, tags, moods): fetch the next
-  // page at the current length and append, de-duping against what's shown.
-  async function loadMore() {
-    if (loadingMore || feedDone || selected === 'today') return;
-    loadingMore = true;
-    try {
-      const off = homeActive() && feedNextOffset != null ? feedNextOffset : feed.length;
-      const resp = await getJSON(feedUrl(selected, off));
-      const items = resp.items;
-      const have = new Set(feed.map((a) => a.id));
-      const fresh = items.filter((a) => !have.has(a.id));
-      feed = [...feed, ...fresh];
-      feedNextOffset = resp.next_offset ?? null;
-      feedDone = homeActive() ? feedNextOffset == null : items.length < PAGE;
-      markDisplayed(fresh);
-    } catch {
-      flash('Could not load more just now.');
-    } finally {
-      loadingMore = false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // The finite-ending's gentle nudge: one tap to get tomorrow's brief by email.
-  let digestBusy = $state(false);
-  let pendingDigestOptIn = $state(false);
-  async function subscribeDigest() {
-    if (!auth.user) { pendingDigestOptIn = true; showSignIn = true; return; } // sign in → auto-enable
-    if (auth.user.digest_enabled || digestBusy) return;
-    digestBusy = true;
-    try { await postJSON('/api/account/digest', { enabled: true }); await refreshAuth(); }
-    catch { /* leave as-is */ }
-    finally { digestBusy = false; }
-  }
-  // Keep the one-tap promise: if they tapped while signed out, enable right after sign-in.
-  $effect(() => {
-    if (pendingDigestOptIn && auth.user) {
-      pendingDigestOptIn = false;
-      if (!auth.user.digest_enabled) subscribeDigest();
-    }
-  });
-
-  const MIX_EVENT = { notToday: 'not_today', lessLikeThis: 'less_like_this', alwaysHide: 'hide_topic' };
-  function applyAction(kind, value) {
-    applyPrefAction(kind, value); // updates + persists + syncs to account
-    if (MIX_EVENT[kind]) track(MIX_EVENT[kind]); // emotional-mix signal (no value stored)
-    loadView(selected, true); // re-filter the current view in place (no nav)
-  }
-
-  function flash(msg) {
-    notice = msg;
-    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') setTimeout(() => (notice = ''), 4000);
-  }
-
-  async function replaceArticle(article) {
-    const list = selected === 'today' ? brief?.items : feed;
-    if (!list) return;
-    const isHero = selected === 'today' && heroArticle?.id === article.id;
-    const exclude = Array.from(seenIds).join(',');
-    const q = mergedParam();
-    const url = `/api/replacement?exclude=${exclude}&avoid_paywall=true${isHero ? '&gentle=true' : ''}${q ? '&' + q : ''}`;
-    let repl;
-    try {
-      repl = await getJSON(url);
-    } catch {
-      flash('Could not reach the feed just now.');
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!repl) {
-      flash("That's everything fresh for now — nothing new to swap in.");
-      track('replace_none');
-      return;
-    }
-    track('replace_used', article.id);
-    if (article.paywalled) track('paywall_replace', article.id);
-    dismissed.add(article.id);
-    seenIds.add(article.id);
-    markDisplayed([repl]);
-    record(article); // keep the swapped-away story (recoverable)
-    persistSession();
-    if (selected === 'today') {
-      const i = brief.items.findIndex((a) => a.id === article.id);
-      if (i >= 0) {
-        brief.items[i] = repl;
-        brief = { ...brief, items: [...brief.items] };
-        // Sign the save (dismissed just changed) so the next load can still
-        // instant-paint this edited brief instead of falling back to "Gathering…".
-        P.saveJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, { generated_at: brief.generated_at, items: brief.items, sig: briefSig() });
-      }
-    } else {
-      const i = feed.findIndex((a) => a.id === article.id);
-      if (i >= 0) {
-        feed[i] = repl;
-        feed = [...feed];
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  async function browse() {
-    if (selected !== 'today') await goto(urlForView('today'));
-    document.getElementById('explore')?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' });
-  }
-
-  // --- Closer to Home: opt-in, localStorage-only, easy to clear ---
-  function reloadHomeViews() {
-    if (selected === 'today') loadToday(true);
-    else if (selected === 'latest') loadView('latest', true);
-  }
-  function persistScope() { try { localStorage.setItem('goodnews:homeScope', homeScope); } catch { /* ignore */ } }
-  function setHome(v) {
-    homeValue = v || '';
-    // No US state -> nearby/region don't apply; collapse the dial to country.
-    if (!String(v).includes('-') && (homeScope === 'nearby' || homeScope === 'region')) homeScope = 'country';
-    try { v ? localStorage.setItem('goodnews:home', v) : localStorage.removeItem('goodnews:home'); } catch { /* ignore */ }
-    persistScope();
-    reloadHomeViews();
-  }
-  function setScope(s) { homeScope = s; persistScope(); reloadHomeViews(); }
-  function clearHome() { setHome(''); }
-  function dismissHomePrompt() {
-    homePromptDismissed = true;
-    try { localStorage.setItem('goodnews:homeDismissed', '1'); } catch { /* ignore */ }
-  }
-  let homeCountry = $derived(homeValue ? homeValue.split('-')[0] : '');
-  let homeState = $derived(homeValue.includes('-') ? homeValue.split('-')[1] : '');
-  // US census regions (mirror of the backend) — for concrete section labels.
-  const US_REGIONS = {
-    Northeast: ['CT','ME','MA','NH','RI','VT','NJ','NY','PA'],
-    Midwest: ['IL','IN','MI','OH','WI','IA','KS','MN','MO','NE','ND','SD'],
-    South: ['DE','FL','GA','MD','NC','SC','VA','DC','WV','AL','KY','MS','TN','AR','LA','OK','TX'],
-    West: ['AZ','CO','ID','MT','NV','NM','UT','WY','AK','CA','HI','OR','WA'],
-  };
-  let homeStateName = $derived(homeState ? (US_STATES.find(([c]) => c === homeState)?.[1] ?? homeState) : '');
-  let homeRegionName = $derived(homeState ? (Object.keys(US_REGIONS).find((r) => US_REGIONS[r].includes(homeState)) ?? '') : '');
-  let homeCountryLabel = $derived(homeCountry === 'US' ? 'the US' : homeCountry === 'GB' ? 'the UK'
-    : (HOME_COUNTRIES.find(([c]) => c === homeCountry)?.[1] ?? homeCountry));
-  // The dial's stops adapt to what's entered: full radius for a US state, else Country/World.
-  let scopeStops = $derived(homeState
-    ? [['nearby', 'Nearby'], ['region', 'Region'], ['country', 'Country'], ['world', 'World']]
-    : [['country', 'Country'], ['world', 'World']]);
-  // Concrete, soft section labels — honest place names so the reader sees the dial worked.
-  function sectionLabel(key) {
-    if (key === 'state') return homeStateName ? `Around ${homeStateName}` : 'Near you';
-    if (key === 'region') return homeRegionName ? `Across the ${homeRegionName}` : 'Your region';
-    if (key === 'country') return `Across ${homeCountryLabel}`;
-    if (key === 'world') return 'Around the world';
-    if (key === 'near') return homeStateName ? `Around ${homeStateName}` : 'Near you';   // legacy feed key
-    return '';
-  }
-
-  // Home picker. Countries are the well-covered ones (matches backend normalization);
-  // US gets state granularity. Kept short on purpose — calm, not a config wall.
-  const HOME_COUNTRIES = [
-    ['US', 'United States'], ['GB', 'United Kingdom'], ['CA', 'Canada'], ['AU', 'Australia'],
-    ['IE', 'Ireland'], ['NZ', 'New Zealand'], ['FR', 'France'], ['DE', 'Germany'],
-    ['NL', 'Netherlands'], ['BE', 'Belgium'], ['IT', 'Italy'], ['ES', 'Spain'], ['IN', 'India'],
-  ];
-  const US_STATES = [
-    ['AL','Alabama'],['AK','Alaska'],['AZ','Arizona'],['AR','Arkansas'],['CA','California'],
-    ['CO','Colorado'],['CT','Connecticut'],['DE','Delaware'],['DC','Washington DC'],['FL','Florida'],
-    ['GA','Georgia'],['HI','Hawaii'],['ID','Idaho'],['IL','Illinois'],['IN','Indiana'],['IA','Iowa'],
-    ['KS','Kansas'],['KY','Kentucky'],['LA','Louisiana'],['ME','Maine'],['MD','Maryland'],
-    ['MA','Massachusetts'],['MI','Michigan'],['MN','Minnesota'],['MS','Mississippi'],['MO','Missouri'],
-    ['MT','Montana'],['NE','Nebraska'],['NV','Nevada'],['NH','New Hampshire'],['NJ','New Jersey'],
-    ['NM','New Mexico'],['NY','New York'],['NC','North Carolina'],['ND','North Dakota'],['OH','Ohio'],
-    ['OK','Oklahoma'],['OR','Oregon'],['PA','Pennsylvania'],['RI','Rhode Island'],['SC','South Carolina'],
-    ['SD','South Dakota'],['TN','Tennessee'],['TX','Texas'],['UT','Utah'],['VT','Vermont'],
-    ['VA','Virginia'],['WA','Washington'],['WV','West Virginia'],['WI','Wisconsin'],['WY','Wyoming'],
-  ];
-  let homeEditing = $state(false);
-  let pickCountry = $state('');
-  let pickState = $state('');
-  function applyHomePick() {
-    if (!pickCountry) return;
-    setHome(pickCountry === 'US' && pickState ? `${pickCountry}-${pickState}` : pickCountry);
-    homeEditing = false;
-  }
-  function openHomeEditor() { pickCountry = homeCountry; pickState = homeState; homeEditing = true; }
-
-  onMount(async () => {
-    initPrefs();
-    initHistory();
-    seenIds = new Set(P.loadJSON(SEEN_KEY, []));
-    dismissed = new Set(P.loadJSON(DISMISSED_KEY, []));
-    try {
-      homeValue = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:home') || '';
-      homePromptDismissed = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:homeDismissed') === '1';
-      homeScope = localStorage.getItem('goodnews:homeScope') || 'nearby';
-      if (!homeValue.includes('-') && (homeScope === 'nearby' || homeScope === 'region')) homeScope = 'country';
-    } catch { /* ignore */ }
-    refreshAuth();
-    // trackVisit() now fires once in the global layout (covers every landing page).
-    if (selected === 'search') { searchText = searchQuery; searchOpen = true; }  // prefill on direct/shared link
-    // Instant paint: render the last saved Today brief immediately and refresh
-    // it behind the scenes, so the first view never blocks on a (personalized,
-    // origin-bound) /api/brief request. "Gathering the good news…" then only
-    // shows on a genuine first visit with nothing cached yet.
-    if (selected === 'today') {
-      const cached = P.loadJSON(BRIEF_VIEW_KEY, null);
-      // Only paint instantly if the saved brief was shaped by the SAME
-      // boundaries/prefs/dismissals — never flash content the current settings
-      // should hide. A mismatch falls through to "Gathering…" + a fresh fetch.
-      if (cached && Array.isArray(cached.items) && cached.items.length && cached.sig === briefSig()) {
-        brief = cached;
-        heroIdx = 0;
-        loading = false;
-      }
-    }
-    // Critical path: moods + categories (needed to resolve a mood/topic view)
-    // load in PARALLEL, then the requested view. Every getJSON times out, and
-    // loading ALWAYS clears in finally, so the page can never get stuck on
-    // "Gathering the good news…".
-    try {
-      const [m, c] = await Promise.all([
-        getJSON('/api/moods').catch(() => []),
-        getJSON('/api/categories').catch(() => ({ topics: [] })),
-      ]);
-      moods = m; topics = c.topics;
-      await loadView(selected);
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (!brief) error = 'Could not reach Upbeat Bytes.'; // keep painted content if a refresh failed
-    } finally {
-      loading = false;
-    }
-    checkSince(); // after the first paint; non-blocking
-    // Pure decoration (nav-rail customization + tag families): non-blocking — a
-    // slow or failed one fills in late instead of holding up the content.
-    Promise.allSettled([
-      getJSON('/api/lanes').then((r) => (lanePool = r)),
-      getJSON('/api/families').then((r) => (families = r)),
-    ]);
-  });
+  // Interim: `/` still renders the news feed (extracted to NewsFeed) with NO visible or
+  // behavioral change — base-aware links keep `/` behaving exactly as before. At cutover
+  // this route becomes the hub (moved from /home3) and the feed lives only at /news.
+  import NewsFeed from '$lib/components/NewsFeed.svelte';
 </script>
 
-<Header onSaved={() => (showSaved = true)} onaccount={openAccount} user={auth.user} boundariesActive={filtersOn} />
-
-{#if showSignIn}<SignIn onclose={() => { showSignIn = false; if (!auth.user) pendingDigestOptIn = false; }} />{/if}
-{#if showSaved && auth.user}<SavedFlyout onclose={() => (showSaved = false)} />{/if}
-{#if showLanes && lanePool}
-  <LanePicker pool={lanePool} selected={pinnedLaneKeys} onsave={saveLanes} onclose={() => (showLanes = false)} />
-{/if}
-
-<main class="container">
-  {#if navLanes.length}
-    <MoodNav lanes={navLanes} {selected} onselect={navigate} oncustomize={() => (showLanes = true)} />
-  {/if}
-
-  {#if notice}<p class="notice rise">{notice}</p>{/if}
-
-  {#if loading}
-    <p class="muted center pad">Gathering the good news…</p>
-  {:else if error}
-    <p class="muted center pad">{error}</p>
-  {:else}
-    {#key selected}
-      <header class="view-head rise">
-        <div class="vh-text">
-          <h1>{viewLabel}</h1>
-          {#if viewSubtitle}<p class="sub">{viewSubtitle}</p>{/if}
-        </div>
-        <div class="vh-actions">
-          <button class="searchtoggle" class:on={searchOpen || selected === 'search'} onclick={toggleSearch} aria-label="Search articles" title="Search articles">
-            <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="11" cy="11" r="7" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"/><path d="M21 21l-4.4-4.4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg>
-          </button>
-          {#if auth.user && followTarget}
-            <button class="followbtn" class:on={isFollowing(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value)}
-                    onclick={() => toggleFollow(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value)}>
-              {isFollowing(followTarget.kind, followTarget.value) ? '✓ Following' : 'Follow ' + followTarget.noun}
-            </button>
-          {/if}
-          {#if selected !== 'today'}
-            <button class="viewback" onclick={goBack} aria-label="Go back">
-              <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M19 12H5M11 6l-6 6 6 6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.1" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg>
-              Back
-            </button>
-          {/if}
-        </div>
-      </header>
-
-      {#if searchOpen || selected === 'search'}
-        <div class="searchbar rise">
-          <input type="search" bind:value={searchText} placeholder="Search articles, topics, or a source…"
-                 autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false"
-                 onkeydown={(e) => (e.key === 'Enter' ? runSearch() : e.key === 'Escape' ? (searchOpen = false) : null)} />
-          <button class="searchgo" onclick={runSearch}>Search</button>
-          {#if selected === 'search'}<button class="searchclear" onclick={() => { searchOpen = false; goto('/'); }}>Clear</button>{/if}
-        </div>
-      {/if}
-
-      {#if selected === 'today'}
-        {#if sinceCount > 0 && !sinceDismissed}
-          <div class="welcomeback rise">
-            <p class="wb-text">
-              Since you were last here, {sinceCount} new calm read{sinceCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} came in.
-              {#if !sinceOpen}<button class="wb-cta" onclick={() => (sinceOpen = true)}>See what’s new</button>{/if}
-            </p>
-            <button class="wb-x" onclick={() => (sinceDismissed = true)} aria-label="Dismiss">×</button>
-          </div>
-          {#if sinceOpen && sinceItems.length}
-            <section class="rise sincesec">
-              <h2 class="since-h">New since your last visit</h2>
-              <div class="grid">
-                {#each sinceItems as a (a.id)}
-                  <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
-                {/each}
-              </div>
-            </section>
-          {/if}
-        {/if}
-        {#if brief?.items?.length}
-          {#if homeEditing || (!homeValue && !homePromptDismissed)}
-            <div class="homecard rise">
-              {#if !homeValue}<p class="homecopy">Want your good news closer to home?</p>{/if}
-              <div class="homepick">
-                <select bind:value={pickCountry} aria-label="Country">
-                  <option value="">Pick a country…</option>
-                  {#each HOME_COUNTRIES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
-                </select>
-                {#if pickCountry === 'US'}
-                  <select bind:value={pickState} aria-label="State">
-                    <option value="">All of the US</option>
-                    {#each US_STATES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
-                  </select>
-                {/if}
-                <button class="hset" onclick={applyHomePick} disabled={!pickCountry}>Show local first</button>
-                {#if homeValue}<button class="linkish" onclick={() => (homeEditing = false)}>Cancel</button>
-                {:else}<button class="linkish" onclick={dismissHomePrompt}>Not now</button>{/if}
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          {:else if homeValue}
-            <div class="scopedial rise">
-              <span class="sd-label">Good news closest first</span>
-              <div class="sd-stops">
-                {#each scopeStops as [s, label] (s)}
-                  <button class="sd-btn" class:on={homeScope === s} onclick={() => setScope(s)}>{label}</button>
-                {/each}
-              </div>
-              <span class="sd-actions">
-                <button class="linkish" onclick={openHomeEditor}>Change</button>
-                <button class="linkish" onclick={clearHome}>Clear</button>
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          {/if}
-          <section class="rise">
-            <ArticleCard article={heroArticle} hero onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} onimageerror={heroImageFailed} />
-            {#if restArticles.length}
-              <div class="grid rest">
-                {#each restArticles as a, i (a.id)}
-                  {#if a.section && a.section !== restArticles[i - 1]?.section && a.section !== heroArticle?.section}
-                    <h3 class="feed-section">{sectionLabel(a.section)}</h3>
-                  {/if}
-                  <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
-                {/each}
-              </div>
-            {/if}
-          </section>
-          <div class="endcap rise" bind:this={endcapEl}>
-            <p class="endmark">✦ that's the good news for today ✦</p>
-            <p class="endsub">You're caught up for now.</p>
-            {#if ritual.total}
-              <div class="calmset">
-                <p class="cs-head">Today's calm set</p>
-                <ul class="cs-items">
-                  {#each ritual.items as it (it.key)}
-                    <li class="cs-item" class:done={it.done}>
-                      <span class="cs-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span>{#if it.done || it.key === 'brief'}{it.label}{:else}<a href={it.href}>{it.label}</a>{/if}
-                    </li>
-                  {/each}
-                </ul>
-                <p class="cs-foot">
-                  {ritual.count === ritual.total ? `All ${ritual.total} enjoyed today` : `${ritual.count} of ${ritual.total} enjoyed today`} · fresh set tomorrow · <a class="cs-edit" href="/account?section=calmset">make it yours</a>
-                </p>
-              </div>
-            {/if}
-            {#if auth.user?.digest_enabled}
-              <p class="digestnote">Tomorrow's brief is headed to your inbox ☕</p>
-            {:else}
-              <button class="digestcta" onclick={subscribeDigest} disabled={digestBusy}>
-                {digestBusy ? '…' : 'Get tomorrow’s brief by email'}
-              </button>
-            {/if}
-          </div>
-        {:else}
-          <p class="muted center pad">No highlights yet today — try a calmer filter, or check back soon.</p>
-        {/if}
-      {:else if feed.length}
-        {#if selected === 'latest'}
-          {#if homeEditing || (!homeValue && !homePromptDismissed)}
-            <div class="homecard rise">
-              <p class="homecopy">Want good news closer to home?</p>
-              <div class="homepick">
-                <select bind:value={pickCountry} aria-label="Country">
-                  <option value="">Pick a country…</option>
-                  {#each HOME_COUNTRIES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
-                </select>
-                {#if pickCountry === 'US'}
-                  <select bind:value={pickState} aria-label="State">
-                    <option value="">All of the US</option>
-                    {#each US_STATES as [code, label] (code)}<option value={code}>{label}</option>{/each}
-                  </select>
-                {/if}
-                <button class="hset" onclick={applyHomePick} disabled={!pickCountry}>Show local first</button>
-                {#if homeValue}
-                  <button class="linkish" onclick={() => (homeEditing = false)}>Cancel</button>
-                {:else}
-                  <button class="linkish" onclick={dismissHomePrompt}>Not now</button>
-                {/if}
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          {:else if homeValue}
-            <div class="homebar">📍 Showing local first · <button class="linkish" onclick={openHomeEditor}>Change</button> · <button class="linkish" onclick={clearHome}>Clear</button></div>
-          {/if}
-        {/if}
-        <div class="grid rise">
-          {#each feed as a, i (a.id)}
-            {#if a.section && a.section !== feed[i - 1]?.section}
-              <h3 class="feed-section">{sectionLabel(a.section)}</h3>
-            {/if}
-            <ArticleCard article={a} thumb onaction={applyAction} onreplace={replaceArticle} ontag={(t) => drill('tag:' + t)} onsource={(id, name) => drill('source:' + id, { id, name })} onview={record} />
-          {/each}
-        </div>
-        {#if !feedDone}
-          <div class="loadmore">
-            <button onclick={loadMore} disabled={loadingMore}>
-              {loadingMore ? 'Loading…' : 'Load more'}
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        {:else}
-          <p class="endcap rise">✦ you're all caught up ✦</p>
-        {/if}
-      {:else if selected === 'search'}
-        <p class="muted center pad">No articles found for “{searchQuery}”. Try a different word, or a source name like “Nature”.</p>
-      {:else if selected === 'following'}
-        <p class="muted center pad">
-          {#if auth.user}Nothing here yet — open a source or a grouping and tap <strong>Follow</strong> to fill this lane with what you care about.
-          {:else}Sign in and follow a few sources or topics, and this becomes your own calm lane.{/if}
-        </p>
-      {:else}
-        <p class="muted center pad">Nothing here right now — try another, or ease a boundary.</p>
-      {/if}
-    {/key}
-
-    {#if families.length}
-      <section id="explore" class="explore">
-        <h2>Explore Upbeat Bytes</h2>
-        <div class="families">
-          {#each families as f (f.name)}
-            {@const tags = f.tags.filter((t) => t.count > 0)}
-            {#if tags.length}
-              <div class="family">
-                <h3>{f.name}</h3>
-                <p class="fdesc">{f.description}</p>
-                <div class="chips">
-                  {#each tags as t (t.key)}
-                    <button class="chip" class:active={selected === 'tag:' + t.key} onclick={() => drill('tag:' + t.key)}>{humanize(t.key)}</button>
-                  {/each}
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            {/if}
-          {/each}
-        </div>
-      </section>
-    {/if}
-
-    {#if !pwa.isStandalone && !pwa.dismissed && (pwa.canInstall || pwa.isIOS)}
-      <aside class="install rise">
-        <div class="install-text">
-          <strong>Keep Upbeat Bytes a tap away.</strong>
-          {#if pwa.canInstall}Add it to your home screen — it opens like an app, no store needed.
-          {:else}On iPhone: tap the <span class="ios-share">Share</span> button, then “Add to Home Screen.”{/if}
-        </div>
-        <div class="install-actions">
-          {#if pwa.canInstall}<button class="install-go" onclick={installApp}>Install</button>{/if}
-          <button class="install-x" onclick={dismissPwa}>Not now</button>
-        </div>
-      </aside>
-    {/if}
-  {/if}
-</main>
-
-<BottomNav active={activeTab} onToday={() => navigate('today')} onLatest={() => navigate('latest')} onPlay={() => goto('/play')} onYou={openAccount} user={auth.user} />
-
-<style>
-  main.container { padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 40px; min-height: 60vh; }
-
-  .view-head {
-    margin: 18px 0 18px; display: flex; align-items: flex-start;
-    justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px;
-  }
-  .view-head .vh-text { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
-  .viewback {
-    flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 8px;
-    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px;
-    background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep);
-    border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 14px; font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: pointer;
-    transition: border-color 0.14s ease;
-  }
-  .viewback:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
-  .viewback svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; display: block; }
-  .vh-actions { flex-shrink: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-top: 8px; }
-  .searchtoggle { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; width: 34px; height: 34px;
-                  background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep); border-radius: 999px;
-                  cursor: pointer; transition: border-color 0.14s ease, background 0.14s ease; }
-  .searchtoggle:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
-  .searchtoggle.on { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
-  .searchtoggle svg { width: 17px; height: 17px; display: block; }
-  .searchbar { display: flex; gap: 8px; margin: 0 0 18px; }
-  .searchbar input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; font: inherit; font-size: 1rem; padding: 10px 14px;
-                     border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 10px; background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink); }
-  .searchbar input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
-  .searchgo { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 10px; padding: 0 18px;
-              font: inherit; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; }
-  .searchgo:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .searchclear { background: none; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--muted); border-radius: 10px;
-                 padding: 0 14px; font: inherit; cursor: pointer; }
-  .followbtn {
-    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; white-space: nowrap;
-    background: none; border: 1px solid var(--accent); color: var(--accent-deep);
-    border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 15px; font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: pointer;
-    transition: background 0.14s ease, color 0.14s ease;
-  }
-  .followbtn:hover { background: var(--accent-soft); }
-  .followbtn.on { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
-  .view-head h1 { font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5.5vw, 2.8rem); line-height: 1.05; text-transform: capitalize; }
-  .view-head .sub { margin: 8px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1.02rem; }
-  .view-head .vh-text::after {
-    content: ''; display: block; width: 46px; height: 3px;
-    background: var(--accent); border-radius: 2px; margin-top: 14px; opacity: 0.8;
-  }
-
-  .explore { margin: 52px 0 8px; padding-top: 28px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
-  .explore h2 {
-    font-size: 0.74rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.14em;
-    color: var(--muted); font-family: var(--label); font-weight: 400; margin: 0 0 22px;
-  }
-  .families { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(248px, 1fr)); gap: 26px 32px; }
-  .family h3 { font-size: 1.16rem; margin: 0 0 2px; }
-  .family .fdesc { margin: 0 0 11px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.86rem; line-height: 1.45; }
-  .explore .chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; }
-  .explore .chip {
-    border: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink);
-    border-radius: 999px; padding: 5px 13px; font-size: 0.82rem; cursor: pointer;
-    transition: all 0.14s ease; text-transform: capitalize;
-  }
-  .explore .chip:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .explore .chip.active { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
-
-  .notice {
-    text-align: center; color: var(--accent-deep); background: var(--accent-soft);
-    border-radius: 999px; padding: 8px 16px; margin: 10px auto 0; width: fit-content; font-size: 0.86rem;
-  }
-  .rest { margin-top: 18px; }
-  .center { text-align: center; }
-  .pad { padding: 48px 0; }
-  .endcap {
-    text-align: center; color: var(--muted); font-family: var(--serif);
-    font-style: italic; margin: 40px 0 10px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-  }
-  .endcap .endmark { margin: 0; }
-  .endcap .endsub { margin: 4px 0 0; font-size: 0.92rem; }
-  .endcap .digestnote { margin: 14px 0 0; font-style: normal; font-family: var(--label); font-size: 0.86rem; color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .endcap .digestcta {
-    margin-top: 16px; font-family: var(--label); font-style: normal; font-size: 0.9rem; cursor: pointer;
-    background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 999px; padding: 10px 22px;
-  }
-  .endcap .digestcta:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .endcap .digestcta:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; }
-
-  /* Daily Ritual — "today's calm set". Gentle, non-instrumental: a soft check
-     for what's been enjoyed, no streak, no pressure to finish the rest. */
-  .calmset {
-    margin: 20px auto 4px; max-width: 320px; padding-top: 16px;
-    border-top: 1px solid var(--line); font-style: normal; font-family: var(--label);
-  }
-  .cs-head {
-    margin: 0 0 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.13em;
-    font-size: 0.66rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--accent-deep);
-  }
-  .cs-items {
-    list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; gap: 16px;
-    justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
-  }
-  .cs-item { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--muted); }
-  .cs-item a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
-  .cs-item a:hover { color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .cs-item.done { color: var(--ink); }
-  .cs-mark {
-    width: 16px; height: 16px; border-radius: 50%; border: 1.5px solid var(--line);
-    flex-shrink: 0; transition: background 0.16s ease, border-color 0.16s ease;
-  }
-  .cs-item.done .cs-mark {
-    background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent);
-    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24'%3E%3Cpath d='M5 12l5 5 9-10' fill='none' stroke='white' stroke-width='2.6' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
-    background-size: 13px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center;
-  }
-  .cs-foot { margin: 12px 0 0; font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--muted); }
-  .cs-edit { color: var(--accent-deep); text-decoration: underline; white-space: nowrap; }
-
-  /* "Since you last visited" — a calm welcome-back cue on Highlights */
-  .welcomeback {
-    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; justify-content: space-between;
-    background: var(--accent-soft); border: 1px solid var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-deep);
-    border-radius: 14px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 4px 0 18px;
-  }
-  .welcomeback .wb-text { margin: 0; font-size: 0.95rem; }
-  .wb-cta { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font: inherit; font-weight: 600;
-            cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; margin-left: 6px; padding: 0; }
-  .wb-x { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font-size: 1.3rem; line-height: 1;
-          cursor: pointer; padding: 0 4px; opacity: 0.7; flex-shrink: 0; }
-  .wb-x:hover { opacity: 1; }
-  .sincesec { margin: 0 0 26px; }
-  .since-h { font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 0 0 12px; color: var(--ink); }
-
-  /* PWA install banner — gentle, dismissible, never nagging */
-  .install {
-    display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap;
-    background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 16px;
-    padding: 16px 20px; margin: 28px 0 0;
-  }
-  .install-text { font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--ink); line-height: 1.5; }
-  .install-text strong { display: block; margin-bottom: 2px; }
-  .ios-share { color: var(--accent-deep); font-weight: 600; }
-  .install-actions { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-shrink: 0; }
-  .install-go { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 999px;
-                padding: 9px 20px; font: inherit; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; }
-  .install-go:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .install-x { background: none; border: none; color: var(--muted); font: inherit; font-size: 0.88rem; cursor: pointer; }
-  .install-x:hover { color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  /* Closer to Home: calm inline prompt + slim indicator + section headers */
-  .homecard { border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; background: var(--accent-soft);
-              padding: 14px 16px; margin: 0 0 18px; }
-  .homecopy { margin: 0 0 10px; font-family: var(--label); color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .homepick { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; align-items: center; }
-  .homepick select { font: inherit; font-size: 0.9rem; padding: 7px 10px; border: 1px solid var(--line);
-                     border-radius: 9px; background: var(--bg); color: var(--ink); }
-  .hset { font: inherit; font-weight: 600; padding: 7px 16px; border: none; border-radius: 999px;
-          background: var(--accent); color: #fff; cursor: pointer; }
-  .hset:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .hset:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
-  .linkish { background: none; border: none; color: var(--accent-deep); font: inherit; font-size: 0.86rem;
-             cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0; }
-  .homebar { font-size: 0.86rem; color: var(--muted); margin: 0 0 16px; }
-  .scopedial { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0 0 16px; }
-  .sd-label { font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--muted); }
-  .sd-stops { display: inline-flex; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 999px; overflow: hidden; }
-  .sd-btn { font: inherit; font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 600; padding: 6px 14px; border: none;
-            background: var(--bg); color: var(--ink); cursor: pointer; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
-  .sd-stops .sd-btn:last-child { border-right: none; }
-  .sd-btn.on { background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-deep); }
-  .sd-actions { margin-left: auto; display: inline-flex; gap: 12px; }
-  .feed-section { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin: 8px 0 2px; font-family: var(--label); font-size: 0.78rem;
-                  text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); }
-  .grid > .feed-section:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
-  .loadmore { display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 30px 0 6px; }
-  .loadmore button {
-    background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--accent-deep);
-    border-radius: 999px; padding: 10px 28px; font-size: 0.92rem; cursor: pointer;
-    transition: all 0.14s ease;
-  }
-  .loadmore button:hover { border-color: var(--accent); background: var(--accent-soft); }
-  .loadmore button:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; }
-</style>
+<NewsFeed />
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/news/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/news/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..556224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/news/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<script>
+  // /news — the feed's permanent home. During transition it renders the SAME extracted
+  // NewsFeed as `/` and stays hidden (noindex) so we never publish a duplicate indexable
+  // surface. At cutover the noindex is dropped and /news enters the sitemap.
+  import NewsFeed from '$lib/components/NewsFeed.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+  <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow" />
+</svelte:head>
+
+<NewsFeed />