diff --git a/viz/index.html b/viz/index.html
index fab35d3..298857d 100644
--- a/viz/index.html
+++ b/viz/index.html
@@ -5458,6 +5458,14 @@
     for (const n of sources.values()) {
       n.normDisp = approach(n.normDisp, n.norm, 0.16, dt);
       n.rawDisp = approach(n.rawDisp, n.raw, 0.16, dt);
+      // the data's own pulse: |Δnorm|/s, fast attack + slow release, so a ticking
+      // feed holds a flow level ∝ how often (and how hard) it actually moves —
+      // this is what the cables' blip speed rides (a glacial feed crawls, BTC streams)
+      const pv = n._flowPrev == null ? n.norm : n._flowPrev;
+      const fv = clamp(Math.sqrt(Math.abs(n.norm - pv) / Math.max(dt, 1e-3) * 8), 0, 1);
+      n._flowPrev = n.norm;
+      const ft = Math.max(fv, n.firePulse || 0);                    // an event firing IS data arriving
+      n.flowDisp = approach(n.flowDisp || 0, ft, ft > (n.flowDisp || 0) ? 0.5 : 0.05, dt);
       if (n.y !== n.targetY && n.targetY != null) n.y = approach(n.y, n.targetY, 0.12, dt);
       if (n.firePulse > 0) n.firePulse = Math.max(0, n.firePulse - dt * 1.8);
     }
@@ -5468,7 +5476,9 @@
     }
     for (const r of routesArr) {
       r.activeDisp = approach(r.activeDisp, r.active, 0.14, dt);
-      r.dashPhase -= dt * (18 + r.activeDisp * 90);
+      const sn = sources.get(r.source);                              // the cable flows at the DATA's rate:
+      const flow = sn && sn.flowDisp ? sn.flowDisp : 0;              // lively source = streaming blips,
+      r.dashPhase -= dt * (6 + flow * 240 + r.activeDisp * 40);      // glacial source = a slow crawl
     }
 
     if (chakraMode) updateChakra(t, dt);   // positions sources on the subtle body
@@ -5560,8 +5570,8 @@
         ctx.stroke();
         ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
 
-        // travelling pulse dot
-        const pt = ((t * (0.15 + a * 0.6) + r.dashPhase * 0.002) % 1 + 1) % 1;
+        // travelling pulse dot — rides dashPhase, so its speed IS the data's rate
+        const pt = ((-r.dashPhase * 0.004) % 1 + 1) % 1;
         const bp = bezierPoint(x1, y1, cx1, y1, cx2, y2, x2, y2, pt);
         ctx.beginPath();
         ctx.arc(bp.x, bp.y, 1.5 + a * 3, 0, Math.PI * 2);
@@ -7762,13 +7772,27 @@
     return hit;
   }
 
-  canvas.addEventListener("wheel", (ev) => {           // scroll or trackpad-pinch → zoom toward the cursor
-    ev.preventDefault();
-    const cx = (ev.clientX - view.x) / view.z, cy = (ev.clientY - view.y) / view.z;   // content point under cursor
-    view.z = clamp(view.z * Math.exp(-ev.deltaY * 0.0016), 1, 6);
-    view.x = ev.clientX - cx * view.z; view.y = ev.clientY - cy * view.z;
+  function zoomAt(clientX, clientY, deltaY) {          // zoom toward the cursor (shared by canvas + overlay pinch)
+    const cx = (clientX - view.x) / view.z, cy = (clientY - view.y) / view.z;   // content point under cursor
+    view.z = clamp(view.z * Math.exp(-deltaY * 0.0016), 1, 6);
+    view.x = clientX - cx * view.z; view.y = clientY - cy * view.z;
     applyView();
+  }
+  canvas.addEventListener("wheel", (ev) => {           // scroll or trackpad-pinch → zoom
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    zoomAt(ev.clientX, ev.clientY, ev.deltaY);
   }, { passive: false });
+  // Trackpad pinch arrives as ctrl+wheel. Over a DOM overlay (the right-click menu,
+  // a panel) it used to hit the BROWSER's page zoom — which the canvas then made
+  // un-undoable, because it preventDefaults every wheel. Catch pinch everywhere:
+  // it always drives OUR zoom, never the page's. Plain scrolling in panels is untouched.
+  window.addEventListener("wheel", (ev) => {
+    if (!ev.ctrlKey || ev.target === canvas) return;   // not a pinch / canvas already handles it
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    zoomAt(ev.clientX, ev.clientY, ev.deltaY);
+  }, { passive: false, capture: true });
+  for (const ge of ["gesturestart", "gesturechange", "gestureend"])   // Safari's proprietary pinch path
+    window.addEventListener(ge, (ev) => ev.preventDefault(), { passive: false });
   canvas.addEventListener("dblclick", () => { if (view.z !== 1) { view.z = 1; view.x = 0; view.y = 0; applyView(); } });
   canvas.addEventListener("mousedown", (ev) => {
     if (ev.button !== 0) return;                     // right button belongs to the menu