A slim dark news ticker: a Live chip with a breathing dot (Web Animations API opacity pulse, no @keyframes) and five linked updates gliding in a seamless loop. Hovering or focusing the bar holds it still, prefers-reduced-motion keeps it fully static, and the close button hides the bar and remembers the visitor via localStorage. An optional Pause button stops the loop for anyone. Section options: data-speed (seconds per loop, default 36) ticker speed; data-pausable (true|false) show a manual Pause button; data-dismiss-key (storage key, default block name) remembers a visitor's dismissal.