diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 4650b4d..3b72735 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -2,20 +2,6 @@
 @import "reset.css" layer(reset);
 @import "theme.css" layer(theme);
 
-/* The chromatic-aberration offset, as a 0..1 multiplier of
-   --crt-aberration-max. Registering it gives it a typed initial value, so the
-   calc() in body's text-shadow stays valid when the animation is not running.
-   Note the var(--crt-shift, 0) fallbacks at the use sites: without one, an
-   unresolved --crt-shift makes the calc() invalid at computed-value time,
-   which drops the *whole* text-shadow — glow included — not just the smear.
-   The animation itself does not depend on this rule, because step-end never
-   interpolates; it only ever substitutes a literal keyframe value. */
-@property --crt-shift {
-  syntax: "<number>";
-  inherits: true;
-  initial-value: 0;
-}
-
 @font-face {
   font-family: "unscii16";
   src:
@@ -59,37 +45,13 @@
   :root {
     /* Color */
     --color-fg: oklch(1 0 0);
-    /* 0.62, not 0.5: at 0.5 this was 3.5:1 on the background, under AA, and
-       1.7:1 against the centre of the CRT vignette. 0.62 gives 5.8:1 / 4.4:1. */
-    --color-mg: oklch(0.62 0 0);
+    --color-mg: oklch(0.5 0 0);
     --color-bg: oklch(0 0 0);
     --color-accent: oklch(0.6 0.18 142.5);
     --color-accent-bright: oklch(0.8 0.18 142.5);
     --color-glow: oklch(0.8328 0 0);
     --color-accent-transparent: oklch(0.6 0.18 142.5 / 50%);
 
-    /* CRT
-       The raster (scanline + aperture grille) and the phosphor (vignette,
-       glow, chromatic aberration). Every value the effect uses lives here so
-       the whole look can be retuned without touching the keyframes. */
-    --crt-scanline-pitch: 2px;
-    --crt-grille-pitch: 3px;
-    --crt-scanline-color: rgb(0 0 0 / 0.25);
-    --crt-grille-r: rgb(255 0 0 / 0.06);
-    --crt-grille-g: rgb(0 255 0 / 0.02);
-    --crt-grille-b: rgb(0 0 255 / 0.06);
-    /* Deliberately not --color-accent-transparent, which ProjectCard uses for
-       its box-shadow glow and wants at 50%. As a full-screen wash behind text,
-       50% costs too much contrast; 25% keeps --color-mg above 4.5:1. */
-    --crt-vignette-core: oklch(0.6 0.18 142.5 / 25%);
-    --crt-vignette-edge: var(--color-bg);
-    --crt-shadow-cool: rgb(0 30 255 / 0.5);
-    --crt-shadow-warm: rgb(255 0 80 / 0.3);
-    --crt-glow-blur: 3px;
-    /* In em so the smear scales with the fluid root font-size. */
-    --crt-aberration-max: 0.15em;
-    --crt-flicker-base: 0.03;
-
     /* Spacing */
     --gutter-large: clamp(3ch, 2.5vmax, 3.75ch);
     --stack-large: clamp(1.25ex, 2.5vmax, 1.75ex);
@@ -150,16 +112,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  /* The raster is specified in CSS px, so on a 2dppx panel a 2px scanline is
-     4 device px — coarse, and on fractional DPR it resamples into moire.
-     Tightening the pitch keeps the apparent scale roughly constant. */
-  @media (min-resolution: 2dppx) {
-    :root {
-      --crt-scanline-pitch: 1.5px;
-      --crt-grille-pitch: 2.25px;
-    }
-  }
-
   @media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
   }
 
diff --git a/public/theme.css b/public/theme.css
index 7643dd3..ea6dcb7 100644
--- a/public/theme.css
+++ b/public/theme.css
@@ -39,21 +39,12 @@ html {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
 }
-/* The aberration is a discrete jitter, so it is stepped rather than
-   interpolated: step-end repaints 21 times per cycle instead of once per
-   frame. text-shadow is not compositable, and this one inherits to every
-   glyph on the page, so a smooth tween would repaint the whole document at
-   refresh rate. Stepping also reads more like chroma noise than a ramp does. */
 body {
-  animation: crt-aberration 1.6s step-end infinite;
-  /* Anchors the vignette to the viewport. Without it the gradient is sized to
-     body's box, which is document-height, so on a long page its centre sits
-     at the middle of the document and the bloom is off-screen at scroll-top. */
-  background-attachment: fixed;
+  animation: textShadow 1.6s infinite;
   background-color: var(--color-bg);
   background-image: radial-gradient(
-    var(--crt-vignette-core),
-    var(--crt-vignette-edge) 120%
+    var(--color-accent-transparent),
+    black 120%
   );
   color: var(--color-fg);
   column-gap: var(--gutter-large);
@@ -67,56 +58,46 @@ body {
   position: absolute;
   right: 0;
   row-gap: var(--stack-large);
-  /* Single source of truth for the glow: when the animation is off,
-     --crt-shift is 0 and this is exactly the static glow. Previously the
-     animation overrode a separate `0 0 5px var(--color-glow)` rule, so
-     reduce-motion users saw a 5px white glow and everyone else a 3px
-     currentColor one — two looks nobody had chosen. */
-  text-shadow:
-    calc(var(--crt-shift, 0) * var(--crt-aberration-max)) 0 1px
-      var(--crt-shadow-cool),
-    calc(var(--crt-shift, 0) * var(--crt-aberration-max) * -1) 0 1px
-      var(--crt-shadow-warm),
-    0 0 var(--crt-glow-blur) var(--color-glow);
+  text-shadow: 0 0 5px var(--color-glow);
   top: 0;
 }
-/* Fixed rather than absolute: these used to be document-sized layers that
-   relied on background-attachment to keep the pattern still. Pinning them to
-   the viewport gets the same effect while bounding the painted layer, and it
-   covers the screen regardless of how tall the content is. */
-body::before,
 body::after {
-  content: "";
-  inset: 0;
-  pointer-events: none;
-  position: fixed;
+  content: " ";
+  display: block;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  background: rgba(18, 16, 16, 0.1);
+  background-attachment: fixed;
+  opacity: 0;
   z-index: 2;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  animation: flicker 15s infinite;
 }
-/* Scanlines and aperture grille. repeating-linear-gradient with hard stops
-   replaces background-size tiling: the grille used to be a smooth R->G->B
-   ramp across 3px, where a real grille is three discrete stripes. */
 body::before {
-  background-image:
-    repeating-linear-gradient(
-      transparent 0 calc(var(--crt-scanline-pitch) / 2),
-      var(--crt-scanline-color) 0 var(--crt-scanline-pitch)
-    ),
-    repeating-linear-gradient(
+  content: " ";
+  display: block;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(rgba(18, 16, 16, 0) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 50%),
+    linear-gradient(
       90deg,
-      var(--crt-grille-r) 0 calc(var(--crt-grille-pitch) / 3),
-      var(--crt-grille-g) 0 calc(var(--crt-grille-pitch) / 3 * 2),
-      var(--crt-grille-b) 0 var(--crt-grille-pitch)
+      rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.06),
+      rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.02),
+      rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.06)
     );
-}
-/* Phosphor flicker. The old version tinted with rgba(18, 16, 16, 0.1) at
-   0.08-0.96 opacity: an effective alpha of 0.008-0.096 of a colour ~7%
-   lighter than the background, i.e. a peak lift of under 2/255. It was
-   invisible. Tinting with the accent at ~3% is small enough to cost no
-   measurable contrast and large enough to actually see. */
-body::after {
-  animation: crt-flicker 3s step-end infinite;
-  background: var(--color-accent);
-  opacity: var(--crt-flicker-base);
+  z-index: 2;
+  background-size:
+    100% 2px,
+    3px 100%;
+  background-attachment: fixed;
+  pointer-events: none;
 }
 :root[data-reduce-motion="on"] body,
 :root[data-reduce-motion="on"] body::after {
@@ -151,122 +132,197 @@ body::after {
     animation: none;
   }
 }
-@keyframes crt-flicker {
+@keyframes flicker {
   0% {
-    opacity: 0.03;
-  }
-  7% {
-    opacity: 0.024;
-  }
-  13% {
-    opacity: 0.041;
-  }
-  19% {
-    opacity: 0.028;
-  }
-  26% {
-    opacity: 0.019;
-  }
-  31% {
-    opacity: 0.036;
-  }
-  38% {
-    opacity: 0.026;
-  }
-  44% {
-    opacity: 0.048;
-  }
-  51% {
-    opacity: 0.022;
-  }
-  58% {
-    opacity: 0.033;
-  }
-  63% {
-    opacity: 0.017;
-  }
-  70% {
-    opacity: 0.039;
-  }
-  77% {
-    opacity: 0.027;
-  }
-  83% {
-    opacity: 0.044;
-  }
-  91% {
-    opacity: 0.021;
-  }
-  100% {
-    opacity: 0.03;
-  }
-}
-/* Normalised from the original per-keyframe pixel offsets, divided by their
-   max (3.8969px), so the rhythm is unchanged but the amplitude is now set in
-   one place by --crt-aberration-max. */
-@keyframes crt-aberration {
-  0% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.113;
+    opacity: 0.27861;
   }
   5% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.717;
+    opacity: 0.34769;
   }
   10% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.008;
+    opacity: 0.23604;
   }
   15% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.103;
+    opacity: 0.90626;
   }
   20% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.893;
+    opacity: 0.18128;
   }
   25% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.414;
+    opacity: 0.83891;
   }
   30% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.18;
+    opacity: 0.65583;
   }
   35% {
-    --crt-shift: 1;
+    opacity: 0.67807;
   }
   40% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.993;
+    opacity: 0.26559;
   }
   45% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.573;
+    opacity: 0.84693;
   }
   50% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.021;
+    opacity: 0.96019;
   }
   55% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.61;
+    opacity: 0.08594;
   }
   60% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.565;
+    opacity: 0.20313;
   }
   65% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.735;
+    opacity: 0.71988;
   }
   70% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.125;
+    opacity: 0.53455;
   }
   75% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.486;
+    opacity: 0.37288;
   }
   80% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.021;
+    opacity: 0.71428;
   }
   85% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.025;
+    opacity: 0.70419;
   }
   90% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.884;
+    opacity: 0.7003;
   }
   95% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.56;
+    opacity: 0.36108;
   }
   100% {
-    --crt-shift: 0.673;
+    opacity: 0.24387;
+  }
+}
+@keyframes textShadow {
+  0% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.4389924193300864px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.4389924193300864px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  5% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.7928974010788217px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.7928974010788217px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  10% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.02956275843481219px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.02956275843481219px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  15% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.40218538552878136px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.40218538552878136px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  20% {
+    text-shadow:
+      3.4794037899852017px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -3.4794037899852017px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  25% {
+    text-shadow:
+      1.6125630401149584px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -1.6125630401149584px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  30% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.7015590085143956px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.7015590085143956px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  35% {
+    text-shadow:
+      3.896914047650351px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -3.896914047650351px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  40% {
+    text-shadow:
+      3.870905614848819px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -3.870905614848819px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  45% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.231056963361899px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.231056963361899px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  50% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.08084290417898504px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.08084290417898504px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  55% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.3758461067427543px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.3758461067427543px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  60% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.202193051050636px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.202193051050636px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  65% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.8638780614874975px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.8638780614874975px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  70% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.48874025155497314px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.48874025155497314px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  75% {
+    text-shadow:
+      1.8948491305757957px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -1.8948491305757957px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  80% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.0833037308038857px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.0833037308038857px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  85% {
+    text-shadow:
+      0.09769827255241735px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -0.09769827255241735px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  90% {
+    text-shadow:
+      3.443339761481782px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -3.443339761481782px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  95% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.1841838852799786px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.1841838852799786px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
+  }
+  100% {
+    text-shadow:
+      2.6208764473832513px 0 1px rgba(0, 30, 255, 0.5),
+      -2.6208764473832513px 0 1px rgba(255, 0, 80, 0.3),
+      0 0 3px;
   }
 }
 header,