app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -213,10 +213,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     @hide_title_header = true
   end
 
-  def hide_after(last_day, &block)
-    yield if Date.today <= last_day
-  end
-
   def use_responsive_design
     @use_responsive_design = true
     add_body_class "use-responsive-design"

app/helpers/outfits_helper.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 module OutfitsHelper
+  LAST_DAY_OF_ANNOUNCEMENT = Date.parse("2024-11-08")
+  def show_announcement?
+    Date.today <= LAST_DAY_OF_ANNOUNCEMENT
+  end
+
   def destination_tag(value)
     hidden_field_tag 'destination', value, :id => nil
   end

app/views/outfits/new.html.haml

@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 
 %p#pet-not-found.alert= t 'pets.load.not_found'
 
-- hide_after Date.new(2024, 12, 8) do
+- if show_announcement?
   %section.announcement
-    = image_tag "about/announcement.png", width: 70, height: 70,
-      srcset: {"about/announcement@2x.png": "2x"}
+    = image_tag "/images/error-grundo.png", width: 70, height: 70,
+      srcset: {"/images/error-grundo.png": "2x"}
     .content
       %p
-        %strong Oh wow, it's busy this time of year!
-        We've temporarily moved to a bigger server, to help us handle the extra
-        load. Hopefully this keeps us running smooth!
+        %strong
+          Oops, sorry for the bugs recently!
+        For the first time in One Million Years, we made some changes to our
+        modeling code—and it looks like we goofed it, and started gradually
+        losing some data!
       %p
-        Happy holidays, everyone! Here's hoping you, and your families, and your
-        precious pets—both online and off—stay happy and healthy for the year
-        to come 💜
+        We've restored a backup from before we made these changes, so most
+        everything is back in order! None of your personal data was affected.
+        Sorry for the disruption, and hope everyone is doing okay! 💜
 
 #outfit-forms
   #pet-preview

app/views/pet_states/edit.html.haml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 					= external_link_icon
 
 		= f.field do
-			= f.label :glitched, "Glitched?"
+			= f.label :glitched, "Gliched?"
 			= f.select :glitched, [["✅ Not marked as Glitched", false],
 				["👾 Yes, it's bad news bonko'd", true]]