diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 10d527e..4da935d 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a3d77a..f15566d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,34 +13,34 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@sveltejs/enhanced-img": "^0.3.10",
-    "@sveltejs/kit": "^2.15.1",
+    "@sveltejs/kit": "^2.17.1",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.1.2",
-    "@tailwindcss/forms": "^0.5.9",
-    "@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.15",
+    "@tailwindcss/forms": "^0.5.10",
+    "@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.16",
     "@types/eslint": "^9.6.1",
-    "@types/node": "^22.10.3",
+    "@types/node": "^22.13.1",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.20",
-    "eslint": "^9.17.0",
+    "eslint": "^9.19.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-svelte": "^2.46.1",
     "globals": "^15.14.0",
     "mdsvex": "^0.12.3",
-    "postcss": "^8.4.49",
+    "postcss": "^8.5.1",
     "prettier": "^3.4.2",
-    "prettier-plugin-svelte": "^3.3.2",
+    "prettier-plugin-svelte": "^3.3.3",
     "svelte": "^4.2.19",
     "svelte-adapter-bun": "^0.5.2",
     "svelte-check": "^3.8.6",
     "sveltekit-rate-limiter": "^0.6.1",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.4.17",
     "tslib": "^2.8.1",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.2",
-    "typescript-eslint": "^8.19.0",
-    "vite": "^5.4.11"
+    "typescript": "^5.7.3",
+    "typescript-eslint": "^8.23.0",
+    "vite": "^5.4.14"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@neodrag/svelte": "^2.2.0",
+    "@neodrag/svelte": "^2.3.0",
     "@skyware/bot": "^0.3.8",
     "@std/toml": "npm:@jsr/std__toml",
     "base64url": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/src/components/note.svelte b/src/components/note.svelte
index 0644807..6941878 100644
--- a/src/components/note.svelte
+++ b/src/components/note.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
+<script context="module" lang="ts">
+	import type { Post } from "@skyware/bot";
+
+    export interface OutgoingLink {
+        name: string,
+        link: string,
+    }
+    export interface NoteData {
+        content: string,
+        published: number,
+        hasMedia: boolean,
+        hasQuote: boolean,
+        outgoingLinks?: OutgoingLink[],
+    }
+
+    export const noteFromBskyPost = (post: Post): NoteData => {
+        return {
+            content: post.text,
+            published: post.createdAt.getTime(),
+            outgoingLinks: [{ name: "bsky", link: post.uri }],
+            hasMedia: (post.embed?.isImages() || post.embed?.isVideo()) ?? false,
+            hasQuote: post.embed?.isRecord() ?? false,
+        }
+    }
+</script>
 <script lang="ts">
-	import type { Note } from "$lib/notes";
 	import Token from "./token.svelte";
 
-    export let id: string;
-    export let note: Note;
+    export let note: NoteData;
     export let isHighlighted = false;
     export let onlyContent = false;
     
@@ -19,10 +42,7 @@
 
     const getOutgoingLink = (name: string, link: string) => {
         if (name === "bsky") {
-            if (link.startsWith("https://bsky.gaze.systems")) {
-                return link
-            }
-            return `https://bsky.gaze.systems/post/${link.split('/').pop()}`
+            return `https://bsky.app/profile/gaze.systems/post/${link.split('/').pop()}`
         }
         return link
     }
@@ -36,7 +56,9 @@
 </script>
 
 <div class="text-wrap break-words max-w-[70ch] leading-none">
-{#if !onlyContent}<Token v={renderDate(note.published)} small={!isHighlighted}/> <Token v={id} keywd small={!isHighlighted}/><Token v="#" punct/>&nbsp;&nbsp;{/if}<Token v={note.content} str/>
+{#if !onlyContent}<Token v={renderDate(note.published)} small={!isHighlighted}/> {/if}<Token v={note.content} str/>
+{#if note.hasMedia}<Token v="-contains media-" keywd small/>{/if}
+{#if note.hasQuote}<Token v="-contains quote-" keywd small/>{/if}
 {#each note.outgoingLinks ?? [] as {name, link}}
 {@const color = outgoingLinkColors[name]}
 <span class="text-sm"><Token v="(" punct/><a style="color: {color};{getTextShadowStyle(color)}" href={getOutgoingLink(name, link)}>{name}</a><Token v=")" punct/></span>
diff --git a/src/lib/bluesky.ts b/src/lib/bluesky.ts
index 11b8100..0b791d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/bluesky.ts
+++ b/src/lib/bluesky.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private'
-import { Bot } from "@skyware/bot";
+import { Bot, Post } from "@skyware/bot";
 import { get, writable } from 'svelte/store'
 
 const bskyClient = writable<null | Bot>(null)
@@ -17,4 +17,19 @@ const loginToBsky = async () => {
     const bot = new Bot({ service: "https://bsky.social" })
     await bot.login({ identifier: 'gaze.systems', password: env.BSKY_PASSWORD ?? "" })
     return bot
+}
+
+export const getUserPosts = async (did: string, includeReposts: boolean = false, count: number = 10) => {
+    const client = await getBskyClient()
+    let feedCursor = undefined;
+    let posts: Post[] = []
+    // fetch requested amount of posts
+    while (posts.length < count || feedCursor === undefined) {
+        let feedData = await client.getUserPosts(
+            did, { limit: count, filter: 'posts_no_replies', cursor: feedCursor }
+        )
+        posts.push(...feedData.posts.filter((post) => !includeReposts && post.author.did === did))
+        feedCursor = feedData.cursor
+    }
+    return posts
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/notes.ts b/src/lib/notes.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b73188..0000000
--- a/src/lib/notes.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
-import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
-import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private'
-
-export interface OutgoingLinkData {
-    name: string,
-    link: string,
-}
-
-export interface Note {
-    content: string,
-    published: number,
-    outgoingLinks?: OutgoingLinkData[],
-    replyTo?: NoteId,
-}
-type NoteId = string
-
-export const notesFolder = `${env.WEBSITE_DATA_DIR}/note`
-export const notesListFile = `${env.WEBSITE_DATA_DIR}/notes`
-export const noteIdLength = 8;
-
-export const getNotePath = (id: NoteId) => { return `${notesFolder}/${id}` }
-export const genNoteId = () => {
-    let id = nanoid(noteIdLength)
-    while (existsSync(getNotePath(id))) {
-        id = nanoid(noteIdLength)
-    }
-    return id
-}
-export const noteExists = (id: NoteId) => { return existsSync(getNotePath(id)) }
-export const readNote = (id: NoteId): Note => {
-    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(getNotePath(id)).toString())
-}
-export const findReplyRoot = (id: NoteId): {rootNote: Note, rootNoteId: NoteId} => {
-    let noteId: string | null = id
-    let current: {rootNote?: Note, rootNoteId?: NoteId} = {}
-    while (noteId !== null) {
-        current.rootNote = readNote(noteId)
-        current.rootNoteId = noteId
-        noteId = current.rootNote.replyTo ?? null
-    }
-    if (current.rootNote === undefined || current.rootNoteId === undefined) {
-        throw "no note with id found"
-    }
-    return {
-        rootNote: current.rootNote,
-        rootNoteId: current.rootNoteId,
-    }
-}
-export const writeNote = (id: NoteId, note: Note) => {
-    writeFileSync(getNotePath(id), JSON.stringify(note))
-    // only append to note list if its not in it yet
-    let noteList = readNotesList()
-    if (noteList.indexOf(id) === -1) {
-        writeNotesList([id].concat(noteList))
-    }
-}
-export const createNote = (id: NoteId, note: Note) => {
-    writeNote(id, note)
-    return id
-}
-
-export const readNotesList = (): NoteId[] => {
-    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(notesListFile).toString())
-}
-export const writeNotesList = (note_ids: NoteId[]) => {
-    writeFileSync(notesListFile, JSON.stringify(note_ids))
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/+page.server.ts
index 3b28ffe..df4eeac 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+import { getUserPosts } from "$lib/bluesky.js"
 import { lastFmGetNowPlaying } from "$lib/lastfm"
-import { readNote, readNotesList } from "$lib/notes.js"
 import { steamGetNowPlaying } from "$lib/steam"
+import { noteFromBskyPost } from "../components/note.svelte"
 
 export const load = async ({}) => {
     const lastTrack = await lastFmGetNowPlaying()
     const lastGame = await steamGetNowPlaying()
+    const lastNote = noteFromBskyPost((await getUserPosts("did:plc:dfl62fgb7wtjj3fcbb72naae", false, 1))[0])
     let banners: number[] = []
     while (banners.length < 3) {
         const no = getBannerNo(banners)
         banners.push(no)
     }
-    const lastNoteId = readNotesList()[0]
-    const lastNote = readNote(lastNoteId)
-    return {banners, lastTrack, lastGame, lastNote, lastNoteId}
+    return {banners, lastTrack, lastGame, lastNote}
 }
 
 const getBannerNo = (others: number[]) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 2ccb709..7e5ec96 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 					<span class="border-4 pl-[1ch]" style="border-style: none none none double;">published on {renderDate(data.lastNote.published)}</span>
 				</div>
 				<div class="mt-0 p-1 border-4 border-double bg-ralsei-black min-w-full max-w-[40ch]">
-					<Note id={data.lastNoteId} note={data.lastNote} onlyContent/>
+					<Note note={data.lastNote} onlyContent/>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			{#if data.lastTrack}
diff --git a/src/routes/entries/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/entries/+page.server.ts
index ce806dd..3bc4e89 100644
--- a/src/routes/entries/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/entries/+page.server.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ export const load = (params) => {
     if (log_page !== null) {
         url.searchParams.append("page", log_page)
     }
-    var logs_result = load_logs({url})
+    var logs_result = load_logs()
     return logs_result
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/log/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/log/+page.server.ts
index 49a3672..021775a 100644
--- a/src/routes/log/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/log/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,12 @@
-import { noteExists, readNote, readNotesList } from '$lib/notes'
+import { getUserPosts } from '$lib/bluesky.js';
+import { noteFromBskyPost } from '../../components/note.svelte';
 
-const notesPerPage: number = 15
-
-export const load = ({ url }) => {
-    return _load({ url })
+export const load = async ({ }) => {
+    return _load()
 }
 
-export const _load = ({ url }: { url: URL }) => {
-    // get the note id to search for and display the page it is in
-    const noteId = url.searchParams.get("id")
-    // get the page no if one is provided, otherwise default to 1
-    let page = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("page") || "1")
-    if (isNaN(page)) { page = 1 }
-
-    // calculate page count
-    const notesList = readNotesList()
-    const pageCount = Math.ceil(notesList.length / notesPerPage)
-
-    // find what page the note id if supplied is from
-    if (noteId !== null && noteExists(noteId)) {
-        const noteIndex = notesList.lastIndexOf(noteId)
-        if (noteIndex > -1) {
-            page = Math.floor(noteIndex / notesPerPage) + 1
-        }
+export const _load = async () => {
+    return {
+        feedPosts: (await getUserPosts("did:plc:dfl62fgb7wtjj3fcbb72naae", false, 13)).map(noteFromBskyPost),
     }
-
-    // clamp page between our min and max
-    page = Math.min(page, pageCount)
-    page = Math.max(page, 1)
-
-    // get the notes from the chosen page
-    const notes = new Map(
-        notesList.slice((page - 1) * notesPerPage, page * notesPerPage)
-            .map(
-                (id) => { return [id, readNote(id)] }
-            )
-    )
-
-    return { notes, highlightedNote: noteId, page }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/log/+page.svelte b/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
index 52a26c2..f95dafc 100644
--- a/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/log/+page.svelte
@@ -4,17 +4,8 @@
     import Note from '../../components/note.svelte';
 
 	export let data;
-
-    const highlightedNote = data.notes.get(data.highlightedNote ?? '') ?? null
 </script>
 
-<svelte:head>
-    {#if highlightedNote !== null}
-        <meta property="og:description" content={highlightedNote.content} />
-        <meta property="og:title" content="log #{data.highlightedNote}" />
-    {/if}
-</svelte:head>
-
 <Window title="terminal" removePadding>
 <div
     class="
@@ -29,10 +20,9 @@
 <Token v="[" punct/>gazesystems <Token v="/" keywd/><Token v="]$" punct/> <Token v="ls" funct/> <Token v="log" /> <Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="each" funct/> <Token v="&#123;" punct/><Token v="|" punct/><Token v="file"/><Token v="|" punct/> <Token v="render" funct/> <Token v="(" punct/><Token v="open" funct/> <Token v="$file.name" /><Token v=")" punct/><Token v="&#125;" punct/>
 <br>
 <br>
-{#each data.notes as [id, note], index}
-{@const isHighlighted = id === data.highlightedNote}
-<Note {id} {note} {isHighlighted}/>
-{#if index < data.notes.size - 1}
+{#each data.feedPosts as note, index}
+<Note {note}/>
+{#if index < data.feedPosts.length - 1}
 <div class="mt-3"/>
 {/if}
 {/each}
diff --git a/src/routes/log/_rss/+server.ts b/src/routes/log/_rss/+server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e61687f..0000000
--- a/src/routes/log/_rss/+server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { PUBLIC_BASE_URL } from '$env/static/public';
-import { readNote, readNotesList, type Note } from '$lib/notes.ts';
-
-const logUrl = `${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/log`;
-
-interface NoteData {
-      data: Note,
-      id: string,
-}
-
-export const GET = async ({ }) => {
-      const log = readNotesList().map((id) => {return { data: readNote(id), id }})
-      return new Response(
-            render(log),
-            {
-            headers: {
-                  'content-type': 'application/xml',
-                  'cache-control': 'no-store',
-            }
-      })
-};
-
-const render = (log: NoteData[]) => `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-  <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
-  <channel>
-  <atom:link href="${logUrl}/_rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
-  <title>dusk's notes (@gaze.systems)</title>
-  <link>${logUrl}</link>
-  <description>a collection of random notes i write whenever, aka my microblogging spot</description>
-  ${log.map((note) => `<item>
-  <guid>${logUrl}/?id=${note.id}</guid>
-  <link>${logUrl}/?id=${note.id}</link>
-  <description>${note.data.content}</description>
-  <pubDate>${new Date(note.data.published).toUTCString()}</pubDate>
-  </item>`).join('')}
-  </channel>
-  </rss>
-  `;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts b/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 03a4e3f..0000000
--- a/src/routes/log/create/+server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
-import { PUBLIC_BASE_URL } from '$env/static/public';
-import { getBskyClient } from '$lib/bluesky.js';
-import { createNote, findReplyRoot, genNoteId, readNote, type Note } from '$lib/notes';
-import type { Post, PostPayload, PostReference, ReplyRef } from '@skyware/bot';
-
-interface NoteData {
-    content: string,
-    replyTo?: string,
-    embedUri?: string,
-    bskyPosse: boolean,
-}
-
-export const POST = async ({ request }) => {
-    const token = request.headers.get('authorization')
-    if (token !== env.GAZEBOT_TOKEN) {
-        return new Response("rizz failed", { status: 403 })
-    }
-    // get id
-    const noteId = genNoteId()
-    // get note data
-    const noteData: NoteData = await request.json()
-    console.log(`want to create note #${noteId} with data: `, noteData)
-    // get a date before we start publishing to other platforms
-    let note: Note = {
-        content: noteData.content,
-        published: Date.now(),
-        outgoingLinks: [],
-        replyTo: noteData.replyTo,
-    }
-    let errors: string[] = []
-    let repliedNote: Note | null = null
-    if (noteData.replyTo !== undefined) {
-        repliedNote = readNote(noteData.replyTo)
-    }
-    // bridge to bsky if want to bridge
-    if (noteData.bskyPosse) {
-        const postContent = `${noteData.content} (${PUBLIC_BASE_URL}/log?id=${noteId})`
-        try {
-            const bot = await getBskyClient()
-            let postPayload: PostPayload = {
-                text: postContent,
-                createdAt: new Date(note.published),
-                external: noteData.embedUri,
-            }
-            let postRef: PostReference
-            // find parent and reply posts
-            let replyRef: ReplyRef | null = null
-            if (noteData.replyTo !== undefined && repliedNote !== null) {
-                const getBskyUri = (note: Note) => { return note.outgoingLinks?.find((v) => {return v.name === "bsky"})?.link }
-                const parentUri = getBskyUri(repliedNote)
-                if (parentUri !== undefined) {
-                    const parentPost = await bot.getPost(parentUri)
-                    postRef = await parentPost.reply(postPayload)
-                } else {
-                    throw "a reply was requested but no reply is found"
-                }
-            } else {
-                postRef = await bot.post(postPayload)
-            }
-            note.outgoingLinks?.push({name: "bsky", link: postRef.uri})
-        } catch(why) {
-            console.log(`failed to post note #${noteId} to bsky: `, why)
-            errors.push(`error while posting to bsky: ${why}`)
-        }
-    }
-    // create note (this should never fail otherwise it would defeat the whole purpose lol)
-    createNote(noteId, note)
-    // send back created note id and any errors that occurred
-    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ noteId, errors }), {
-        headers: {
-            'content-type': 'application/json',
-            'cache-control': 'no-store',
-        }
-    })
-};
diff --git a/src/styles/app.css b/src/styles/app.css
index 0f1e888..e78b868 100644
--- a/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/src/styles/app.css
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 @import './prism-synthwave84.css';
 
+@import 'bluesky-profile-feed-embed/style.css';
+@import 'bluesky-profile-feed-embed/themes/light.css' (prefers-color-scheme: light);
+@import 'bluesky-profile-feed-embed/themes/dim.css' (prefers-color-scheme: dark);
+
 @tailwind base;
 @tailwind components;
 @tailwind utilities;