diff --git a/assets/css/tailwind.css b/assets/css/tailwind.css
index d6e060c7..5f7dd90e 100644
--- a/assets/css/tailwind.css
+++ b/assets/css/tailwind.css
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ code {
 }
 
 @layer base {
+  /* Prevent rubber-band bounce from exposing the area behind the fixed frame. */
+  html,
+  body {
+    overscroll-behavior-y: none;
+  }
+
   [id] { scroll-margin-top: 5rem; }
 
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
diff --git a/layouts/default.vue b/layouts/default.vue
index 08791a3b..243cc5a5 100644
--- a/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/layouts/default.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div class="site-frame bg-gradient-to-b from-orange-600 to-red-600 p-3">
     <main
-      class="site-noise-surface noise-bg min-h-[calc(100dvh-24px)] bg-white dark:bg-black"
+      class="site-noise-surface noise-bg min-h-[calc(100dvh-24px)] bg-white [--noise-opacity:0.08] dark:bg-black dark:[--noise-opacity:0.28]"
     >
       <Header />
       <slot />
diff --git a/pages/talks.vue b/pages/talks.vue
index 5924bb28..298b4a0f 100644
--- a/pages/talks.vue
+++ b/pages/talks.vue
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ useHead({
 });
 
 const talks = [
+  {
+    title: "Data Outpost 2026",
+    subtitle: "Building an analytics agent with eve",
+    date: new Date("2026-11-04"),
+    href_slides: "/slides/data-outpost-2026.pdf",
+  },
+  {
+    title: "NY Stripe Developer Meetup",
+    subtitle:
+      "The eve Framework: Agentic payments and building a shopping assistant",
+    date: new Date("2026-10-22"),
+    href_slides: "/slides/stripe-developer-meetup-ny-2026.pdf",
+  },
   {
     title: "All Things Open 2025",
     subtitle: "Enabling community education with a little help from AI",
@@ -139,6 +152,8 @@ const formatDate = (date) => {
               v-if="talk.href_slides"
               class="text-xs text-gray-400 uppercase hover:cursor-pointer hover:text-orange-500"
               :href="talk.href_slides"
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
             >
               [slide_deck]
             </a>
diff --git a/public/slides/data-outpost-2026.pdf b/public/slides/data-outpost-2026.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee83ceba
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/slides/data-outpost-2026.pdf differ
diff --git a/public/slides/stripe-developer-meetup-ny-2026.pdf b/public/slides/stripe-developer-meetup-ny-2026.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e895cf8c
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/slides/stripe-developer-meetup-ny-2026.pdf differ
diff --git a/scripts/generate-responsive-images.mjs b/scripts/generate-responsive-images.mjs
index eed8f806..361bcf2c 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-responsive-images.mjs
+++ b/scripts/generate-responsive-images.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
-import { mkdir, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdir, rename, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { resolve, basename, extname } from "node:path";
 import sharp from "sharp";
 import { experimentLinks } from "../data/experiments.mjs";
 
 const output = resolve("public/images/generated");
-await rm(output, { recursive: true, force: true });
 await mkdir(output, { recursive: true });
+
+// Keep assets available to a running dev server while regenerating. Write each
+// replacement beside its destination, then rename it atomically into place.
+async function publishImage(image, filename) {
+  const temporary = resolve(output, `.${randomUUID()}-${filename}`);
+  try {
+    const info = await image.toFile(temporary);
+    await rename(temporary, resolve(output, filename));
+    return info;
+  } finally {
+    await rm(temporary, { force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+// Publish the shared texture before processing the larger thumbnail set.
+// The UI renders it in grayscale; 16 gray levels preserve the treatment.
+await publishImage(
+  sharp("public/images/noise.png")
+    .grayscale()
+    .png({ palette: true, colours: 16, effort: 10 }),
+  "noise.png",
+);
+
 const images = [
   ...new Set(experimentLinks.map(({ img }) => img).filter(Boolean)),
 ];
@@ -14,11 +37,13 @@ for (const src of images) {
   for (const width of [320, 640, 960]) {
     let size = Infinity;
     for (const quality of [68, 58, 48, 38, 28, 20]) {
-      const info = await sharp(resolve("public", src.slice(1)))
-        .rotate()
-        .resize(width, width, { fit: "cover" })
-        .webp({ quality, effort: 5 })
-        .toFile(resolve(output, `${name}-${width}.webp`));
+      const info = await publishImage(
+        sharp(resolve("public", src.slice(1)))
+          .rotate()
+          .resize(width, width, { fit: "cover" })
+          .webp({ quality, effort: 5 }),
+        `${name}-${width}.webp`,
+      );
       size = info.size;
       if (size <= 100_000) break;
     }
@@ -26,12 +51,6 @@ for (const src of images) {
       throw new Error(`Thumbnail budget exceeded: ${name}-${width}`);
   }
 }
-// The UI already renders the texture in grayscale. Quantizing to 16 gray levels
-// preserves the noise treatment while avoiding a 49 kB RGB texture per visit.
-await sharp("public/images/noise.png")
-  .grayscale()
-  .png({ palette: true, colours: 16, effort: 10 })
-  .toFile(resolve(output, "noise.png"));
 console.log(
   `Generated ${images.length * 3} responsive thumbnails and noise texture`,
 );
diff --git a/tests/e2e/site.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/site.spec.ts
index bdc44b1d..25a3b162 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/site.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/site.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,107 @@ async function navigate(page: Page, path: string) {
   }, path);
 }
 
+for (const colorScheme of ["light", "dark"] as const) {
+  test(`page texture stays subtle in ${colorScheme} mode`, async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme });
+    await page.goto("/");
+    const surface = page.locator(".site-noise-surface");
+    await expect(surface).toHaveCSS(
+      "background-color",
+      colorScheme === "light" ? "rgb(255, 255, 255)" : "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
+    );
+    await expect
+      .poll(() =>
+        surface.evaluate(
+          (element) => getComputedStyle(element, "::before").opacity,
+        ),
+      )
+      .toBe(colorScheme === "light" ? "0.08" : "0.28");
+  });
+
+  test(`menu icon contrasts with both layouts in ${colorScheme} mode`, async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme });
+    for (const route of ["/", "/talks/", "/experiments/midi/"]) {
+      await page.goto(route);
+      const menu = page.getByLabel("Toggle navigation");
+      await expect(menu).toBeVisible();
+      const contrast = await menu.evaluate((element) => {
+        const context = document.createElement("canvas").getContext("2d")!;
+        const luminance = (color: string) => {
+          context.clearRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
+          context.fillStyle = color;
+          context.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
+          const channels = [...context.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data]
+            .slice(0, 3)
+            .map((value) => {
+              const channel = value / 255;
+              return channel <= 0.04045
+                ? channel / 12.92
+                : ((channel + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4;
+            });
+          return (
+            channels[0]! * 0.2126 +
+            channels[1]! * 0.7152 +
+            channels[2]! * 0.0722
+          );
+        };
+        let surface: Element | null = element;
+        let background = "rgb(255, 255, 255)";
+        while (surface) {
+          const color = getComputedStyle(surface).backgroundColor;
+          if (color !== "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" && color !== "transparent") {
+            background = color;
+            break;
+          }
+          surface = surface.parentElement;
+        }
+        const foreground = luminance(
+          getComputedStyle(element.querySelector("svg")!).fill,
+        );
+        const backdrop = luminance(background);
+        return (
+          (Math.max(foreground, backdrop) + 0.05) /
+          (Math.min(foreground, backdrop) + 0.05)
+        );
+      });
+      expect(
+        contrast,
+        `${route} menu contrast in ${colorScheme} mode`,
+      ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5);
+      await menu.click();
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("navigation", { name: "Primary navigation" }),
+      ).toBeVisible();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+test("document disables vertical overscroll without trapping normal scrolling", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  for (const route of ["/", "/experiments/midi/"]) {
+    await page.goto(route);
+    await expect(page.locator("html")).toHaveCSS(
+      "overscroll-behavior-y",
+      "none",
+    );
+    await expect(page.locator("body")).toHaveCSS(
+      "overscroll-behavior-y",
+      "none",
+    );
+  }
+  await page.goto("/");
+  await page.mouse.move(180, 400);
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, -2000);
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.scrollY)).toBe(0);
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, 500);
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.scrollY))
+    .toBeGreaterThan(0);
+});
+
 test("normal navigation resets document scroll; back and anchors restore it", async ({
   page,
 }) => {