refactor: first pass on getting the client back into working order

(still broken, but loading as a baseline)

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Bringing the BBS back.
 These are in no particular order. Pull requests updating this section welcome for
 feature discussions.
 
-- [X] should everything be an event in a topic?
+- [X] the core is a stream of events
 - [X] get a first-pass podman/docker setup up
 - [X] sign up
 - [X] check for logged in user session
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ feature discussions.
 	- [X] logout button
 	- [ ] profile editing
 	- [X] avatar uploads
-- [X] chat topics
+- [X] chat channels
 	- [X] chat messages
 	- [ ] membership and presence
-		- [ ] add memberships to topics
+		- [ ] add memberships to channels
 			- [ ] join to get notifications
 			- [ ] join for additional permissions
-			- [ ] filters for allowing joining a topic based on criteria on the user?
-			- [ ] display topic members somehwere
+			- [ ] filters for allowing joining a channel based on criteria on the user?
+			- [ ] display channel members somehwere
 		- [ ] emit presence events on join/leave
 		- [ ] display user presence
 	- [ ] chat message actions
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ feature discussions.
 	- [ ] if web notifications are enabled, emit on events
 	- [ ] ability to mute
 		- [ ] users
-		- [ ] topics
+		- [ ] channels
 		- [ ] tags (#tags?)
 - [ ] admin panel
 	- [ ] add invite code generation