diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 28f8034..dc08c23 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
             <p>a digital community for socializing, learning, and making cool stuff</p>
         </div>
 
-        <p>tilde.team is one tiny standard unix computer in the cloud that anyone can use and learn to use in the shared pursuit
-            of cool sites and unix tools.</p>
-        <p>i created this site after hearing about paul ford's <a href="http://tilde.club/">tilde.club</a>. when i was unable to join due to the waitlist, i decided to create my own tilde.</p>
+        <p>tilde.team is a shared system that provides a radically inclusive, non-commercial space for teaching, learning, practicing and enjoying the social medium of unix.</p>
+        <p>i created this tilde after hearing about paul ford's <a href="http://tilde.club/">tilde.club</a>. when i was unable to join due to the waitlist, i decided to create my own tilde.</p>
         <p>thanks for stopping by!</p>
         <p><a href="/~ben/">~ben</a></p>
 
@@ -56,10 +55,7 @@
                 <h1>~current projects~</h1>
                 <h4>on our <a href="https://git.tilde.team/meta">gitea</a></h4>
                 <hr>
-                <?php
-                    ini_set('user_agent', 'tilde-team');
-                    foreach (json_decode(file_get_contents("https://git.tilde.team/api/v1/orgs/meta/repos")) ?? [] as $repo): ?>
-
+                <?php foreach (json_decode(file_get_contents("https://git.tilde.team/api/v1/orgs/meta/repos")) ?? [] as $repo): ?>
                     <div class="list-group">
                         <div class="list-group-item">
                             <a href="<?=$repo->html_url?>">
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@
                 <?php
                 foreach (glob("/home/*") as $user):
                     if (!is_dir("$user/public_html")) continue;
-                    $user = basename($user); // now we have the username  ?>
+                    $user = basename($user); ?>
                     <div class="list-group">
                         <a href="https://tilde.team/~<?=$user?>/" class="list-group-item">
                             <h5 class="list-group-item-heading">~<?=$user?></h5>
diff --git a/wiki/pages/goals-roadmap.md b/wiki/pages/goals-roadmap.md
index 6d3fd1b..55e0efe 100644
--- a/wiki/pages/goals-roadmap.md
+++ b/wiki/pages/goals-roadmap.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 author: ~ben
-published: true
+published: false
 title: goals and roadmap
 description: tilde.team roadmap and goals list
 category: 
diff --git a/wiki/pages/manifesto.md b/wiki/pages/manifesto.md
index cbf2586..b88e785 100644
--- a/wiki/pages/manifesto.md
+++ b/wiki/pages/manifesto.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 author: ~ben
-published: false
+published: true
 title: manifesto
 description: tilde.team manifesto
 category: 
@@ -8,3 +8,23 @@ category:
 ---
 
 # tilde.team manifesto
+
+> tilde.team is a shared system that provides a radically inclusive, non-commercial space for teaching, learning, practicing and enjoying the social medium of unix.
+
+
+here are some of our most important values:
+
+1. tilde.team is an alternative social environment for the techncially-inclined; specifically, a non-commercial alternative to the mainstream, corporate-owned media and social media. we aim to put the users in control of the tools of communication that are currently being neutered by corporate commodification of the www. 
+
+1. provide tools, resources and encouragement for users to develop ideas and best practices for the next generation of public access unix systems.  the "next generation" is always ahead of the present, so this implies that the system is in a constant state of development and self-improvement, with a continually rolling set of goals, and regular testing and evaluation of experimental projects. --all of which is powered by user involvement in a brainstorming/experimenting/teaching/learning/doing model.
+
+1. serve partly as a meta-community among other tildes and pubnixes, both sharing best practices and learning from their experiences.
+
+1. last but absolutely not least --> MAKE IT FUN!  it should not be a bitter place to sulk or rant about mainstream culture. it should be a social environment in which users can go wild and push their creative skills to the limit. it should be a place to appreciate what does not exist in other exploitative commercial environments.
+
+
+---
+this document is still a work in progress. if you have any ideas or suggestions, [send a pr](https://git.tilde.team/meta/site/src/branch/master/wiki/pages/manifesto.md)!
+
+[living draft of this document here](https://pad.tilde.team/code/#/2/code/edit/RFBUqXec+9+MlZzx4mnhU3ps/)
+