From a08a6bdb69d26ff50fb2855428232c22ea8746ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Emmett <jeffemmett@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 21:39:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove bright gradient bands, fix Sankey data, add newsletter
 CTA

- Replace bright gradient section backgrounds with flat bg-deep
- Remove wave distortion (showDistortion=false) from all diagrams
- Fix circular link errors in naturalFlows by breaking feedback cycles
- Add multi-dimensional flow colors (energy, resource, signal, commons)
- Update CTA: "Dive into the Current" with newsletter subscription
- Newsletter posts to listmonk via newsletter-api (FlowFi list #26)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 components/sections/CTASection.tsx            |  66 ++++++++-
 components/sections/ExtractivePipeSection.tsx |   7 +-
 components/sections/NatureFlowsSection.tsx    |  25 ++--
 components/sections/RegenerativeSection.tsx   |  20 +--
 components/sections/TransitionSection.tsx     |   2 +-
 components/visualizations/SankeyDiagram.tsx   |   9 +-
 lib/sankey-data.ts                            | 139 ++++++++++--------
 7 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/sections/CTASection.tsx b/components/sections/CTASection.tsx
index edad61d..f306631 100644
--- a/components/sections/CTASection.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/CTASection.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,37 @@
 'use client'
 
+import { useState, FormEvent } from 'react'
 import ScrollReveal from '@/components/ui/ScrollReveal'
 
+const FLOWFI_LIST_UUID = 'fefebe2c-0966-4df5-81ec-1eae9b9dce3f'
+const SUBSCRIBE_URL = 'https://newsletter.jeffemmett.com/subscribe'
+
 export default function CTASection() {
+  const [email, setEmail] = useState('')
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'loading' | 'success' | 'error'>('idle')
+
+  async function handleSubmit(e: FormEvent) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    if (!email) return
+
+    setStatus('loading')
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch(SUBSCRIBE_URL, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ email, list_uuid: FLOWFI_LIST_UUID }),
+      })
+      if (res.ok) {
+        setStatus('success')
+        setEmail('')
+      } else {
+        setStatus('error')
+      }
+    } catch {
+      setStatus('error')
+    }
+  }
+
   return (
     <section className="min-h-[60vh] flex flex-col items-center justify-center relative px-4 py-24">
       <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-deep to-ocean" />
@@ -21,18 +50,49 @@ export default function CTASection() {
         </ScrollReveal>
 
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.2}>
-          <p className="font-caveat text-2xl text-foam/35 mb-14">
-            You already are.
+          <p className="font-caveat text-2xl text-foam/35 mb-10">
+            Dive into the current.
           </p>
         </ScrollReveal>
 
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.3}>
+          {status === 'success' ? (
+            <p className="text-flow/70 text-sm font-light mb-10">
+              You&apos;re in the current now. Welcome.
+            </p>
+          ) : (
+            <form onSubmit={handleSubmit} className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row gap-3 justify-center items-center mb-10 max-w-md mx-auto">
+              <input
+                type="email"
+                value={email}
+                onChange={e => setEmail(e.target.value)}
+                placeholder="your@email.com"
+                required
+                className="w-full sm:flex-1 bg-ocean/40 border border-flow/15 rounded-full px-6 py-3 text-foam/70 placeholder:text-mist/25 text-sm font-light focus:outline-none focus:border-flow/40 focus:bg-ocean/60 transition-all duration-500"
+              />
+              <button
+                type="submit"
+                disabled={status === 'loading'}
+                className="border border-flow/25 px-8 py-3 text-foam/50 hover:text-flow/80 hover:border-flow/50 hover:bg-flow/5 transition-all duration-500 text-sm rounded-full font-light disabled:opacity-40 whitespace-nowrap"
+              >
+                {status === 'loading' ? 'Diving in...' : 'Subscribe'}
+              </button>
+            </form>
+          )}
+          {status === 'error' && (
+            <p className="text-anti-green/50 text-xs font-light mb-6">
+              Something went wrong. Try again?
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </ScrollReveal>
+
+        <ScrollReveal delay={0.4}>
           <p className="text-mist/25 text-sm mb-10 tracking-wide font-light">
             NoFi → FlowFi → ???
           </p>
         </ScrollReveal>
 
-        <ScrollReveal delay={0.4}>
+        <ScrollReveal delay={0.5}>
           <a
             href="https://nofi.lol"
             className="inline-block border border-flow/15 px-10 py-4 text-foam/30 hover:text-flow/60 hover:border-flow/40 hover:bg-flow/5 transition-all duration-700 text-sm rounded-full font-light"
diff --git a/components/sections/ExtractivePipeSection.tsx b/components/sections/ExtractivePipeSection.tsx
index 3f91490..6b325e5 100644
--- a/components/sections/ExtractivePipeSection.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/ExtractivePipeSection.tsx
@@ -8,16 +8,13 @@ import { extractiveFlows } from '@/lib/sankey-data'
 export default function ExtractivePipeSection() {
   return (
     <section className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center relative px-4 py-24">
-      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-deep via-current to-deep" />
-
-      {/* Red pollution tint — subtle, unsettling */}
-      <div className="absolute inset-0" style={{ background: 'radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 40%, rgba(233, 69, 96, 0.06) 0%, transparent 60%)' }} />
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-deep" />
 
       <div className="relative z-10 max-w-5xl w-full text-center">
         <SectionHeader className="text-anti-green/80">The Extractive Pattern</SectionHeader>
 
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.2}>
-          <div className="my-14 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-current/30 border border-anti-green/10">
+          <div className="my-14 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-ocean/20 border border-anti-green/8">
             <SankeyDiagram
               data={extractiveFlows}
               showLabels={true}
diff --git a/components/sections/NatureFlowsSection.tsx b/components/sections/NatureFlowsSection.tsx
index 96d0e3f..7c0c964 100644
--- a/components/sections/NatureFlowsSection.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/NatureFlowsSection.tsx
@@ -8,25 +8,28 @@ import { naturalFlows } from '@/lib/sankey-data'
 export default function NatureFlowsSection() {
   return (
     <section className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center relative px-4 py-24">
-      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-deep via-ocean to-deep" />
-
-      {/* Subtle teal ambient light */}
-      <div
-        className="absolute top-1/3 left-1/4 w-[500px] h-[500px] rounded-full opacity-30"
-        style={{ background: 'radial-gradient(circle, rgba(45, 212, 191, 0.06) 0%, transparent 70%)' }}
-      />
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-deep" />
 
       <div className="relative z-10 max-w-5xl w-full text-center">
         <SectionHeader>Natural Flows</SectionHeader>
 
+        <ScrollReveal delay={0.1}>
+          <div className="flex justify-center gap-6 mb-6 text-xs font-light">
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-[#fbbf24]/60 inline-block" /> Energy</span>
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-flow/60 inline-block" /> Resources</span>
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-[#f472b6]/60 inline-block" /> Signals</span>
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-mist/60 inline-block" /> Commons</span>
+          </div>
+        </ScrollReveal>
+
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.2}>
-          <div className="my-14 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-ocean/30">
+          <div className="my-8 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-ocean/20">
             <SankeyDiagram
               data={naturalFlows}
-              showLabels={false}
+              showLabels={true}
               speed="slow"
               showParticles={true}
-              showDistortion={true}
+              showDistortion={false}
               maxParticles={8}
             />
           </div>
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ export default function NatureFlowsSection() {
 
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.4}>
           <p className="font-caveat text-xl md:text-2xl text-foam/45 max-w-2xl mx-auto leading-relaxed">
-            In living systems, value doesn&apos;t accumulate. It <span className="text-flow/70">circulates</span>.
+            In living systems, value doesn&apos;t accumulate. It <span className="text-flow/70">circulates</span> — across dimensions.
           </p>
         </ScrollReveal>
       </div>
diff --git a/components/sections/RegenerativeSection.tsx b/components/sections/RegenerativeSection.tsx
index 5417cb3..1cc9970 100644
--- a/components/sections/RegenerativeSection.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/RegenerativeSection.tsx
@@ -8,25 +8,27 @@ import { regenerativeFlows } from '@/lib/sankey-data'
 export default function RegenerativeSection() {
   return (
     <section className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center relative px-4 py-24">
-      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-deep via-ocean to-deep" />
-
-      {/* Green life glow */}
-      <div
-        className="absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 w-[700px] h-[500px] rounded-full"
-        style={{ background: 'radial-gradient(ellipse, rgba(45, 212, 191, 0.06) 0%, transparent 60%)' }}
-      />
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-deep" />
 
       <div className="relative z-10 max-w-5xl w-full text-center">
         <SectionHeader>The Regenerative Alternative</SectionHeader>
 
+        <ScrollReveal delay={0.1}>
+          <div className="flex justify-center gap-6 mb-6 text-xs font-light">
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-flow/60 inline-block" /> Economic</span>
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-[#a78bfa]/60 inline-block" /> Governance</span>
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="w-3 h-0.5 rounded bg-[#60a5fa]/60 inline-block" /> Data</span>
+          </div>
+        </ScrollReveal>
+
         <ScrollReveal delay={0.2}>
-          <div className="my-14 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-ocean/30 border border-flow/10">
+          <div className="my-8 rounded-2xl overflow-hidden p-4 bg-ocean/20 border border-flow/8">
             <SankeyDiagram
               data={regenerativeFlows}
               showLabels={true}
               speed="normal"
               showParticles={true}
-              showDistortion={true}
+              showDistortion={false}
               maxParticles={8}
             />
           </div>
diff --git a/components/sections/TransitionSection.tsx b/components/sections/TransitionSection.tsx
index f523ca4..eed6568 100644
--- a/components/sections/TransitionSection.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/TransitionSection.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const lines = [
 export default function TransitionSection() {
   return (
     <section className="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center relative px-4 py-24">
-      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-deep via-current to-deep" />
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-deep" />
 
       {/* Flowing light streak */}
       <div
diff --git a/components/visualizations/SankeyDiagram.tsx b/components/visualizations/SankeyDiagram.tsx
index 3ab59fa..0aec03b 100644
--- a/components/visualizations/SankeyDiagram.tsx
+++ b/components/visualizations/SankeyDiagram.tsx
@@ -155,10 +155,11 @@ export default function SankeyDiagram({
                 y={((node.y0 ?? 0) + (node.y1 ?? 0)) / 2}
                 textAnchor={(node.x0 ?? 0) < width / 2 ? 'start' : 'end'}
                 dominantBaseline="middle"
-                fill="#f5f5dc"
-                fontSize={12}
-                fontFamily="'Courier New', monospace"
-                opacity={0.7}
+                fill="#e0f2f1"
+                fontSize={11}
+                fontFamily="'Outfit', system-ui, sans-serif"
+                fontWeight={300}
+                opacity={0.65}
               >
                 {node.label}
               </text>
diff --git a/lib/sankey-data.ts b/lib/sankey-data.ts
index 9b626a4..5f8e470 100644
--- a/lib/sankey-data.ts
+++ b/lib/sankey-data.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,53 @@
 import { FlowData } from './types'
 
-// S2: Natural flows — abstract organic Sankey (unlabeled, acyclic)
-// Represents sunlight/rain → photosynthesis/absorption → distribution → endpoints
+// Flow dimension colors:
+// Economic  = teal (#2dd4bf)
+// Governance/Delegation = purple (#a78bfa)
+// Data/Knowledge = blue (#60a5fa)
+// Energy/Resources = amber (#fbbf24)
+
+// S2: Multi-dimensional flows in a living system
+// Same nodes participate in multiple flow types
+// Note: d3-sankey requires acyclic graphs, so feedback loops are
+// represented with separate source/sink nodes (e.g. soil-in → soil-out)
 export const naturalFlows: FlowData = {
   nodes: [
-    { id: 'sun', color: '#fbbf24' },
-    { id: 'rain', color: '#60a5fa' },
-    { id: 'photo', color: '#34d399' },
-    { id: 'soil', color: '#c3b091' },
-    { id: 'canopy', color: '#34d399' },
-    { id: 'roots', color: '#a78bfa' },
-    { id: 'stream', color: '#60a5fa' },
-    { id: 'mycelium', color: '#a78bfa' },
-    { id: 'fauna', color: '#f59e0b' },
-    { id: 'atmosphere', color: '#94a3b8' },
-    { id: 'humus', color: '#92704f' },
+    { id: 'sun', label: 'Energy', color: '#fbbf24' },
+    { id: 'water', label: 'Water', color: '#38bdf8' },
+    { id: 'soil', label: 'Substrate', color: '#c3b091' },
+    { id: 'producers', label: 'Producers', color: '#34d399' },
+    { id: 'consumers', label: 'Consumers', color: '#60a5fa' },
+    { id: 'decomposers', label: 'Decomposers', color: '#a78bfa' },
+    { id: 'signals', label: 'Signals', color: '#f472b6' },
+    { id: 'nutrients', label: 'Nutrients', color: '#c3b091' },
+    { id: 'commons', label: 'Commons', color: '#94a3b8' },
   ],
   links: [
-    { source: 'sun', target: 'photo', value: 8, color: '#fbbf2480' },
-    { source: 'sun', target: 'canopy', value: 4, color: '#fbbf2440' },
-    { source: 'rain', target: 'stream', value: 5, color: '#60a5fa80' },
-    { source: 'rain', target: 'soil', value: 6, color: '#60a5fa60' },
-    { source: 'photo', target: 'canopy', value: 5, color: '#34d39980' },
-    { source: 'photo', target: 'roots', value: 3, color: '#34d39960' },
-    { source: 'soil', target: 'roots', value: 4, color: '#c3b09180' },
-    { source: 'soil', target: 'mycelium', value: 3, color: '#c3b09160' },
-    { source: 'roots', target: 'mycelium', value: 3, color: '#a78bfa80' },
-    { source: 'canopy', target: 'atmosphere', value: 4, color: '#34d39960' },
-    { source: 'canopy', target: 'fauna', value: 3, color: '#34d39940' },
-    { source: 'mycelium', target: 'humus', value: 4, color: '#a78bfa60' },
-    { source: 'stream', target: 'atmosphere', value: 3, color: '#60a5fa60' },
-    { source: 'fauna', target: 'humus', value: 2, color: '#f59e0b60' },
-    { source: 'roots', target: 'humus', value: 2, color: '#a78bfa40' },
+    // Energy flows (amber)
+    { source: 'sun', target: 'producers', value: 10, color: '#fbbf2460' },
+    { source: 'producers', target: 'consumers', value: 6, color: '#fbbf2440' },
+    { source: 'consumers', target: 'decomposers', value: 4, color: '#fbbf2430' },
+    // Resource flows (teal)
+    { source: 'soil', target: 'producers', value: 6, color: '#2dd4bf50' },
+    { source: 'water', target: 'producers', value: 5, color: '#38bdf850' },
+    { source: 'decomposers', target: 'nutrients', value: 5, color: '#2dd4bf40' },
+    // Information/signal flows (pink)
+    { source: 'producers', target: 'signals', value: 3, color: '#f472b640' },
+    { source: 'signals', target: 'consumers', value: 3, color: '#f472b640' },
+    { source: 'signals', target: 'decomposers', value: 2, color: '#f472b630' },
+    // Commons flows (grey-blue)
+    { source: 'consumers', target: 'commons', value: 3, color: '#94a3b840' },
+    { source: 'producers', target: 'commons', value: 4, color: '#94a3b830' },
   ],
 }
 
-// S3: Extractive pattern — finance funnel (labeled, acyclic)
+// S3: Extractive pattern — all dimensions funnel through one bottleneck
 export const extractiveFlows: FlowData = {
   nodes: [
-    { id: 'labor', label: 'Labor', color: '#e9456060' },
-    { id: 'creativity', label: 'Creativity', color: '#e9456060' },
-    { id: 'nature', label: 'Nature', color: '#e9456060' },
-    { id: 'communities', label: 'Communities', color: '#e9456060' },
+    { id: 'labor', label: 'Labor', color: '#e9456050' },
+    { id: 'data', label: 'Data', color: '#e9456050' },
+    { id: 'nature', label: 'Nature', color: '#e9456050' },
+    { id: 'governance', label: 'Governance', color: '#e9456050' },
     { id: 'finance', label: 'Finance', color: '#e94560' },
     { id: 'shareholders', label: 'Shareholders', color: '#e94560cc' },
     { id: 'executives', label: 'Executives', color: '#e94560cc' },
@@ -49,46 +55,53 @@ export const extractiveFlows: FlowData = {
     { id: 'public-good', label: 'Public Good', color: '#e9456030' },
   ],
   links: [
-    { source: 'labor', target: 'finance', value: 10, color: '#e9456040' },
-    { source: 'creativity', target: 'finance', value: 8, color: '#e9456040' },
-    { source: 'nature', target: 'finance', value: 12, color: '#e9456040' },
-    { source: 'communities', target: 'finance', value: 6, color: '#e9456040' },
-    { source: 'finance', target: 'shareholders', value: 15, color: '#e9456080' },
-    { source: 'finance', target: 'executives', value: 12, color: '#e9456080' },
-    { source: 'finance', target: 'tax-havens', value: 7, color: '#e9456060' },
-    { source: 'finance', target: 'public-good', value: 2, color: '#e9456020' },
+    // Economic flows in (muted red)
+    { source: 'labor', target: 'finance', value: 10, color: '#e9456035' },
+    { source: 'nature', target: 'finance', value: 12, color: '#e9456035' },
+    // Data flows in (muted red-blue)
+    { source: 'data', target: 'finance', value: 8, color: '#e9456030' },
+    // Delegation captured (muted red-purple)
+    { source: 'governance', target: 'finance', value: 6, color: '#e9456028' },
+    // All flows out through narrow channels
+    { source: 'finance', target: 'shareholders', value: 16, color: '#e9456070' },
+    { source: 'finance', target: 'executives', value: 12, color: '#e9456060' },
+    { source: 'finance', target: 'tax-havens', value: 6, color: '#e9456050' },
+    { source: 'finance', target: 'public-good', value: 2, color: '#e9456018' },
   ],
 }
 
-// S4: Regenerative alternative — redistributive mesh (labeled, acyclic)
-// Uses separate input/output nodes to represent the circular nature without actual cycles
+// S4: Regenerative — multi-dimensional flows that interconnect
+// Economic, governance, and knowledge flows between same nodes
 export const regenerativeFlows: FlowData = {
   nodes: [
-    { id: 'commons-in', label: 'Commons', color: '#2dd4bf' },
-    { id: 'labor-r', label: 'Labor', color: '#2dd4bfcc' },
+    { id: 'commons', label: 'Commons', color: '#2dd4bf' },
+    { id: 'labor-r', label: 'Workers', color: '#2dd4bfbb' },
     { id: 'ecology', label: 'Ecology', color: '#34d399' },
     { id: 'care', label: 'Care', color: '#a78bfa' },
-    { id: 'creativity-r', label: 'Creativity', color: '#60a5fa' },
+    { id: 'data-r', label: 'Data', color: '#60a5fa' },
     { id: 'community', label: 'Community', color: '#fbbf24' },
     { id: 'knowledge', label: 'Knowledge', color: '#f472b6' },
-    { id: 'stewardship', label: 'Stewardship', color: '#34d399cc' },
-    { id: 'commons-out', label: 'Commons', color: '#2dd4bf' },
+    { id: 'stewardship', label: 'Stewardship', color: '#34d399bb' },
+    { id: 'public', label: 'Public Good', color: '#2dd4bf' },
   ],
   links: [
-    { source: 'commons-in', target: 'labor-r', value: 5, color: '#2dd4bf60' },
-    { source: 'commons-in', target: 'ecology', value: 6, color: '#2dd4bf60' },
-    { source: 'commons-in', target: 'care', value: 5, color: '#2dd4bf60' },
-    { source: 'commons-in', target: 'creativity-r', value: 4, color: '#2dd4bf60' },
-    { source: 'labor-r', target: 'community', value: 4, color: '#2dd4bf40' },
-    { source: 'labor-r', target: 'knowledge', value: 3, color: '#2dd4bf40' },
-    { source: 'ecology', target: 'stewardship', value: 4, color: '#34d39960' },
-    { source: 'ecology', target: 'community', value: 3, color: '#34d39940' },
-    { source: 'care', target: 'community', value: 4, color: '#a78bfa60' },
-    { source: 'care', target: 'knowledge', value: 3, color: '#a78bfa40' },
-    { source: 'creativity-r', target: 'knowledge', value: 3, color: '#60a5fa60' },
-    { source: 'creativity-r', target: 'community', value: 3, color: '#60a5fa40' },
-    { source: 'community', target: 'commons-out', value: 6, color: '#fbbf2460' },
-    { source: 'knowledge', target: 'commons-out', value: 4, color: '#f472b660' },
-    { source: 'stewardship', target: 'commons-out', value: 4, color: '#34d39960' },
+    // Economic flows (teal)
+    { source: 'commons', target: 'labor-r', value: 5, color: '#2dd4bf45' },
+    { source: 'commons', target: 'ecology', value: 4, color: '#2dd4bf45' },
+    { source: 'labor-r', target: 'community', value: 4, color: '#2dd4bf35' },
+    { source: 'ecology', target: 'stewardship', value: 3, color: '#2dd4bf35' },
+    // Delegation/governance flows (purple)
+    { source: 'commons', target: 'care', value: 4, color: '#a78bfa40' },
+    { source: 'care', target: 'community', value: 3, color: '#a78bfa35' },
+    { source: 'community', target: 'public', value: 5, color: '#a78bfa30' },
+    // Data/knowledge flows (blue)
+    { source: 'commons', target: 'data-r', value: 4, color: '#60a5fa40' },
+    { source: 'data-r', target: 'knowledge', value: 4, color: '#60a5fa35' },
+    { source: 'knowledge', target: 'public', value: 4, color: '#60a5fa30' },
+    // Cross-dimension connections
+    { source: 'care', target: 'knowledge', value: 2, color: '#a78bfa25' },
+    { source: 'ecology', target: 'community', value: 2, color: '#34d39930' },
+    { source: 'stewardship', target: 'public', value: 3, color: '#34d39930' },
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 }