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-## Welcome to GitHub Pages
+## Welcome to Flancian's digital garden
 
-You can use the [editor on GitHub](https://github.com/flancian/garden/edit/gh-pages/index.md) to maintain and preview the content for your website in Markdown files.
+This garden is part of the [Agora project](https://anagora.org).
 
-Whenever you commit to this repository, GitHub Pages will run [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) to rebuild the pages in your site, from the content in your Markdown files.
+The Agora itself is, of course, part of [Flancia](https://flancia.org).
 
-### Markdown
+## Rules of engagement
 
-Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use syntax for styling your writing. It includes conventions for
+I publish all notes I take here; I haven't yet implemented a system to tag some notes are private, so you're seeing the whole thing. Please excuse any discomfort.
 
-```markdown
-Syntax highlighted code block
-
-# Header 1
-## Header 2
-### Header 3
-
-- Bulleted
-- List
-
-1. Numbered
-2. List
-
-**Bold** and _Italic_ and `Code` text
-
-[Link](url) and ![Image](src)
-```
-
-For more details see [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/).
-
-### Jekyll Themes
-
-Your Pages site will use the layout and styles from the Jekyll theme you have selected in your [repository settings](https://github.com/flancian/garden/settings). The name of this theme is saved in the Jekyll `_config.yml` configuration file.
-
-### Support or Contact
-
-Having trouble with Pages? Check out our [documentation](https://docs.github.com/categories/github-pages-basics/) or [contact support](https://github.com/contact) and we’ll help you sort it out.
+Notably, these are notes on many topics -- *including people I know*. If you see something written about you that you object to, please let me know and accept my apologies. I will correct it as soon as possible.