diff --git a/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.json b/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8625a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "title": "BACK AT IT",
+  "description": "",
+  "publishDate": "2026-02-22",
+  "publishedOn": "the 22nd day of February 2026",
+  "publishState": ""
+}
diff --git a/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.md b/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d26650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/bkup/2026-02-22.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Hello! Been a while!
+
+Yes, I'm getting back to some of my shelved side projects like <a href="https://ayco.io/gh/mcfly#readme">McFly</a> and <a href="https://ayco.io/gh/astro-sw#readme">Astro SW</a>.
+
+Why were they shelved, you ask?
+
+Well, that's a story for another time.
+
+You can <a href="https://ayco.io/gh">Follow me on GitHub</a> to see my activities on these projects if that's your thing. :)
diff --git a/src/constants/now.json b/src/constants/now.json
index 0e8625a..06e073b 100644
--- a/src/constants/now.json
+++ b/src/constants/now.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "title": "BACK AT IT",
+  "title": "Joining the Elk team, speaking my mind",
   "description": "",
-  "publishDate": "2026-02-22",
-  "publishedOn": "the 22nd day of February 2026",
-  "publishState": ""
+  "publishDate": "2026-04-11",
+  "publishedOn": "a sunny 11th day of April",
+  "publishState": "in my home in Amsterdam"
 }
diff --git a/src/constants/now.md b/src/constants/now.md
index 2d26650..d871539 100644
--- a/src/constants/now.md
+++ b/src/constants/now.md
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
-Hello! Been a while!
+Aaaaah summer. Bugs all buzzing and
 
-Yes, I'm getting back to some of my shelved side projects like <a href="https://ayco.io/gh/mcfly#readme">McFly</a> and <a href="https://ayco.io/gh/astro-sw#readme">Astro SW</a>.
+All the darkness are fading and people who lived most of their lives in the tropics but emigrated to less sunny places become friendlier and nicer.
 
-Why were they shelved, you ask?
+BUT NOT ME! 😡
 
-Well, that's a story for another time.
+kidding. 😅
 
-You can <a href="https://ayco.io/gh">Follow me on GitHub</a> to see my activities on these projects if that's your thing. :)
+Anyway... I have [joined the team](https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3594) behind [Elk](https://elk.zone) where I continue to be the bottle of sunshine that I am.
+
+Kidding again.
+
+...where I try to be more annoying than usual and tag @everyone in our Discord server. That's it. That's me now.
+
+Also I have been smothering my [threads](https://ayo.ayco.io/threads) page with my deepest darkest thoughts -- and people either like it or not. That's how it is really. It's probably gonna be written on my grave: "HIS THOUGHTS SUCK"
+
+...though honestly I have been getting more responses of validation and new connections that I have a feeling maybe I have been touching on something.... true???
+
+Only time will tell. As my therapist said: these thoughts will not matter in 5 years.
+
+...because they will be deleted.
+
+Kidding!
diff --git a/src/layouts/Layout.astro b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
index f65e6ed..fd83143 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Layout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ const ogFileType = 'image/png'
       }
     </style>
     <!-- Anonymous RUM for web perf by Cloudflare Web Analytics -->
-    <script
+    <!-- <script
       defer
       src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js"
-      data-cf-beacon='{"token": "a39ad600e67a4db8960c639d2552435c"}'></script>
+      data-cf-beacon='{"token": "a39ad600e67a4db8960c639d2552435c"}'></script> -->
     <!-- End Cloudflare Web Analytics -->
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/pages/now/and-then/posts/2026-02-22.astro b/src/pages/now/and-then/posts/2026-02-22.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1e0428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/now/and-then/posts/2026-02-22.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+import Layout from '../../../../layouts/Layout.astro'
+import Footer from '../../../../components/Footer.astro'
+
+const title = `BACK AT IT`
+const description = ``
+let publishedOn = `the 22nd day of February 2026`
+const publishDate = `2026-02-22`
+const publishState = ``
+const content = `<p>Hello! Been a while!</p>
+<p>Yes, I'm getting back to some of my shelved side projects like McFly and Astro SW.</p>
+<p>Why were they shelved, you ask?</p>
+<p>Well, that's a story for another time.</p>
+<p>You can Follow me on GitHub to see my activities on these projects if that's your thing. :)</p>`
+
+publishedOn = publishedOn === '' ? publishDate : publishedOn
+---
+
+<Layout title={title} description={description}>
+  <main>
+    <h1><span class="text-gradient">{title}</span></h1>
+    <p>
+      <small>
+        Published on
+        <time datetime={publishDate}>
+          {publishedOn}
+        </time>
+        {publishState}
+      </small>
+    </p>
+
+    <Fragment set:html={content} />
+  </main>
+  <Footer />
+</Layout>
+
+<style>
+  .text-gradient {
+    font-weight: 900;
+    background-image: var(--ayo-gradient);
+    animation: pulse 4s ease-in-out infinite;
+    background-size: 500% 500%;
+    -webkit-background-clip: text;
+    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
+    background-size: 100% 200%;
+    background-position-y: 100%;
+    border-radius: 0.4rem;
+  }
+
+  .highlighted-content {
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    background: #4f39fa;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    border-radius: 0.4rem;
+    color: var(--color-bg);
+  }
+
+  .highlighted-content code {
+    font-size: var(--font-size-base);
+    border: 0.1em solid var(--color-border);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 0.15em 0.25em;
+  }
+
+  .link-card-grid {
+    display: grid;
+    gap: 1rem;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+</style>