diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
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+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="theme-color">
+    <!--
+      This viewport works for phones with notches.
+      It's optimized for gestures by disabling global zoom.
+     -->
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover"
+    />
+    <!--
+      Preconnect to essential domains
+    -->
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://bsky.social">
+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://go.bsky.app">
+    <!-- let js set by leaving empty -->
+    <title></title>
+
+    <link rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href="/assets/assets/fonts/inter/InterVariable.woff2" crossorigin>
+
+    <style>
+      /**
+       * Minimum styles required to render splash.
+       *
+       * ALL OTHER STYLES BELONG IN `src/style.css`
+       *
+       * THIS NEEDS TO BE DUPLICATED IN `bskyweb/templates/base.html`
+       */
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'InterVariable';
+        src: url(/assets/assets/fonts/inter/InterVariable.woff2) format('woff2');
+        font-weight: 300 1000;
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-display: swap;
+      }
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'InterVariableItalic';
+        src: url(/assets/assets/fonts/inter/InterVariable-Italic.woff2) format('woff2');
+        font-weight: 300 1000;
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-display: swap;
+      }
+      html,
+      body {
+        margin: 0px;
+        padding: 0px;
+        font-family: InterVariable, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+        text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+        /* Platform-specific reset */
+        -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
+        -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
+        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+        -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+        -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar;
+        font-synthesis-weight: none;
+      }
+      :root {
+        --text: black;
+        --background: white;
+        --backgroundLight: #e2e7ee;
+      }
+      @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+        :root {
+          color-scheme: dark;
+          --text: white;
+          --background: black;
+          --backgroundLight: #232e3e;
+        }
+      }
+      html,
+      body,
+      #root {
+        display: flex;
+        flex: 1 0 auto;
+        min-height: 100%;
+        width: 100%;
+      }
+      html.theme--light,
+      html.theme--light body,
+      html.theme--light #root {
+        background-color: white;
+        --text: black;
+        --background: white;
+        --backgroundLight: #DCE2EA;
+      }
+      html.theme--dark,
+      html.theme--dark body,
+      html.theme--dark #root {
+        color-scheme: dark;
+        background-color: black;
+        --text: white;
+        --background: black;
+        --backgroundLight: #232E3E;
+      }
+      html.theme--dim,
+      html.theme--dim body,
+      html.theme--dim #root {
+        color-scheme: dark;
+        background-color: #151D28;
+        --text: white;
+        --background: #151D28;
+        --backgroundLight: #2C3A4E;
+      }
+      #splash {
+        display: flex;
+        position: fixed;
+        top: 0;
+        bottom: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+      }
+      #splash svg {
+        position: relative;
+        top: -50px;
+        width: 100px;
+      }
+      /**
+       * We need these styles to prevent shifting due to scrollbar show/hide on
+       * OSs that have them enabled by default. This also handles cases where the
+       * screen wouldn't otherwise scroll, and therefore hide the scrollbar and
+       * shift the content, by forcing the page to show a scrollbar.
+       */
+      body {
+        width: 100%;
+        overflow-y: scroll;
+      }
+    </style>
+    <script>
+      const theme = localStorage.getItem('ALF_THEME')
+      if (theme) {
+        document.documentElement.classList.add(`theme--${theme}`)
+      }
+    </script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <!--
+      A generic no script element with a reload button and a message.
+      Feel free to customize this however you'd like.
+    -->
+    <noscript>
+      <form
+        action=""
+        style="
+          background-color: #fff;
+          position: fixed;
+          top: 0;
+          left: 0;
+          right: 0;
+          bottom: 0;
+          z-index: 9999;
+        "
+      >
+        <div
+          style="
+            font-size: 18px;
+            font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
+            line-height: 24px;
+            margin: 10%;
+            width: 80%;
+          "
+        >
+          <p lang="en">Oh no! It looks like JavaScript is not enabled in your browser.</p>
+          <p lang="en" style="margin: 20px 0;">
+            <button
+              type="submit"
+              style="
+                background-color: #4630eb;
+                border-radius: 100px;
+                border: none;
+                box-shadow: none;
+                color: #fff;
+                cursor: pointer;
+                font-weight: bold;
+                line-height: 20px;
+                padding: 6px 16px;
+              "
+            >
+              Reload
+            </button>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    </noscript>
+
+    <!-- The root element for your Expo app. -->
+    <div id="splash">
+      <!-- Bluesky SVG -->
+      <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 57"><path fill="#006AFF" d="M13.873 3.805C21.21 9.332 29.103 20.537 32 26.55v15.882c0-.338-.13.044-.41.867-1.512 4.456-7.418 21.847-20.923 7.944-7.111-7.32-3.819-14.64 9.125-16.85-7.405 1.264-15.73-.825-18.014-9.015C1.12 23.022 0 8.51 0 6.55 0-3.268 8.579-.182 13.873 3.805ZM50.127 3.805C42.79 9.332 34.897 20.537 32 26.55v15.882c0-.338.13.044.41.867 1.512 4.456 7.418 21.847 20.923 7.944 7.111-7.32 3.819-14.64-9.125-16.85 7.405 1.264 15.73-.825 18.014-9.015C62.88 23.022 64 8.51 64 6.55c0-9.818-8.578-6.732-13.873-2.745Z"/></svg>
+    </div>
+    <div id="root">
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 060f28fa57..48bacf81b9 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -12,96 +12,6 @@
  * HTML & BODY STYLES IN `web/index.html` and `bskyweb/templates/base.html`
  */
 
-/**
- * Base shell styles, duplicated from the inline <style> blocks in
- * `web/index.html` and `bskyweb/templates/base.html`. The Metro dev server
- * serves its own HTML shell that contains none of those styles, so without
- * this copy the page has no root sizing and no `theme--*` backgrounds (the
- * background stops at the first viewport height). In production these rules
- * are identical to the inline ones, so loading both is harmless. Keep all
- * locations in sync.
- */
-html,
-body {
-  margin: 0px;
-  padding: 0px;
-  font-family:
-    InterVariable,
-    -apple-system,
-    BlinkMacSystemFont,
-    'Segoe UI',
-    Roboto,
-    'Liberation Sans',
-    Helvetica,
-    Arial,
-    sans-serif;
-  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
-  /* Platform-specific reset */
-  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
-  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-  -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar;
-  font-synthesis-weight: none;
-}
-:root {
-  --text: black;
-  --background: white;
-  --backgroundLight: #e2e7ee;
-}
-@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
-  :root {
-    color-scheme: dark;
-    --text: white;
-    --background: black;
-    --backgroundLight: #232e3e;
-  }
-}
-html,
-body,
-#root {
-  display: flex;
-  flex: 1 0 auto;
-  min-height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-html.theme--light,
-html.theme--light body,
-html.theme--light #root {
-  background-color: white;
-  --text: black;
-  --background: white;
-  --backgroundLight: #dce2ea;
-}
-html.theme--dark,
-html.theme--dark body,
-html.theme--dark #root {
-  color-scheme: dark;
-  background-color: black;
-  --text: white;
-  --background: black;
-  --backgroundLight: #232e3e;
-}
-html.theme--dim,
-html.theme--dim body,
-html.theme--dim #root {
-  color-scheme: dark;
-  background-color: #151d28;
-  --text: white;
-  --background: #151d28;
-  --backgroundLight: #2c3a4e;
-}
-/**
- * We need these styles to prevent shifting due to scrollbar show/hide on
- * OSs that have them enabled by default. This also handles cases where the
- * screen wouldn't otherwise scroll, and therefore hide the scrollbar and
- * shift the content, by forcing the page to show a scrollbar.
- */
-body {
-  width: 100%;
-  overflow-y: scroll;
-}
-
 /* Buttons and inputs have a font set by UA, so we'll have to reset that */
 button,
 input,
