Index: config.lua
==================================================================
--- config.lua
+++ config.lua
@@ -52,15 +52,16 @@
 		-- we should add support for content-encoding headers and pre-compress
 		-- the damn things before compiling (also making the binary smaller)
 		{'style.css', 'text/css'};
 		{'live.js', 'text/javascript'}; -- rrrrrrrr
 		{'default-avatar.webp', 'image/webp'}; -- needs inkscape-exclusive svg features
+		{'bell.svg', 'image/svg+xml'};
+		{'heart.webp', 'image/webp'};
+		{'retweet.webp', 'image/webp'};
 		{'padlock.svg', 'image/svg+xml'};
 		{'warn.svg', 'image/svg+xml'};
 		{'query.webp', 'image/webp'};
-		{'heart.webp', 'image/webp'};
-		{'retweet.webp', 'image/webp'};
 	};
 	default_ui_accent = tonumber(default('parsav_ui_default_accent',323));
 }
 if os.getenv('parsav_let_me_be_an_idiot') == "i know what i'm doing" then
 	conf.braingeniousmode = true -- SOUND GENERAL QUARTERS

Index: render/nav.t
==================================================================
--- render/nav.t
+++ render/nav.t
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 	if co.who ~= nil or co.srv.cfg.pol_sec == lib.srv.secmode.public then
 		t:lpush(' <a accesskey="t" href="/">timeline</a>')
 	end
 	if co.who ~= nil then
 		t:lpush(' <a accesskey="c" href="/compose">compose</a> <a accesskey="p" href="/'):push(co.who.xid,0)
-		t:lpush('">profile</a> <a accesskey="o" href="/conf">configure</a> <a accesskey="d" href="/doc">docs</a> <a accesskey="g" href="/logout">log out</a>')
+		t:lpush('">profile</a> <a accesskey="o" href="/conf">configure</a> <a accesskey="d" href="/doc">docs</a> <a accesskey="g" href="/logout">log out</a> <a class="bell" href="/notices">notices</a>')
 	else
 		t:lpush(' <a accesskey="d" href="/doc">docs</a> <a accesskey="g" href="/login">log in</a>')
 	end
 	return t:finalize()
 end
 return render_nav

ADDED   static/bell.svg
Index: static/bell.svg
==================================================================
--- static/bell.svg
+++ static/bell.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   width="0.2in"
+   height="0.2in"
+   viewBox="0 0 5.0800002 5.0800002"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg8"
+   inkscape:version="0.92.4 (5da689c313, 2019-01-14)"
+   sodipodi:docname="bell.svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs2">
+    <linearGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
+       id="linearGradient863">
+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0.86792451"
+         offset="0"
+         id="stop859" />
+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;"
+         offset="1"
+         id="stop861" />
+    </linearGradient>
+    <radialGradient
+       inkscape:collect="always"
+       xlink:href="#linearGradient863"
+       id="radialGradient865"
+       cx="2.5399754"
+       cy="295.73944"
+       fx="2.5399754"
+       fy="295.91135"
+       r="1.6620824"
+       gradientTransform="matrix(2.9231276,0,0,2.7982783,-4.8846969,-531.55554)"
+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" />
+  </defs>
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="base"
+     pagecolor="#2f000f"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1.0"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:zoom="11.2"
+     inkscape:cx="1.8873933"
+     inkscape:cy="23.494937"
+     inkscape:document-units="mm"
+     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
+     showgrid="false"
+     units="in"
+     inkscape:window-width="1920"
+     inkscape:window-height="1042"
+     inkscape:window-x="0"
+     inkscape:window-y="38"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="0" />
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata5">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title></dc:title>
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
+  <g
+     inkscape:label="Layer 1"
+     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
+     id="layer1"
+     transform="translate(0,-291.91998)">
+    <path
+       id="path836"
+       style="fill:url(#radialGradient865);fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.26458332px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1"
+       d="m 4.2020577,295.55515 c 0,0 -0.016704,-0.57629 -0.4677217,-0.75169 0,0 0.1485136,-1.53033 -0.8432532,-1.89986 0,0 -0.017021,-0.34687 -0.3511075,-0.35523 -0.3340865,0.008 -0.3511075,0.35523 -0.3511075,0.35523 -0.9917668,0.36953 -0.8432532,1.89986 -0.8432532,1.89986 -0.45101762,0.1754 -0.46772162,0.75169 -0.46772162,0.75169 1.08539582,0.23792 2.19422672,0.22977 3.32416472,0 z"
+       inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
+       sodipodi:nodetypes="cccccccc" />
+    <path
+       id="path841"
+       style="fill:#ffffff;fill-opacity:0.66981129;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.26458332px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:0.51886752"
+       d="m 2.8645413,295.87463 c 0,0 0.040568,0.47666 -0.3245412,0.49696 -0.3651092,-0.0203 -0.3245412,-0.49696 -0.3245412,-0.49696 0.3235932,0.0179 0.4832471,0.009 0.6490824,0 z"
+       inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
+       sodipodi:nodetypes="cccc" />
+  </g>
+</svg>

Index: static/style.scss
==================================================================
--- static/style.scss
+++ static/style.scss
@@ -221,10 +221,18 @@
 				&, &::after { transition: 0.3s; }
 				text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;
 				&:hover{
 					transform: scale(1.2);
 				}
+			}
+			> a[href].bell {
+				content: url(/s/bell.svg);
+				height: 2em;
+				padding: 0.125in 0.10in;
+				&:hover {
+					filter: drop-shadow(0 0 10px tone(-5%));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }