diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
index 972b89c3..c2f3b145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
@@ -2,51 +2,79 @@ name: Check for broken links
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - main
+    branches: [main, master]
     paths:
       - "assets/**"
+      - "_sass/**"
+      - "**.bib"
       - "**.html"
       - "**.js"
       - "**.liquid"
       - "**/*.md"
       - "**.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/axe.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/deploy-docker-tag.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/deploy-image.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/docker-slim.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/lighthouse-badger.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/prettier.yml"
+      - "Gemfile"
+      - "Gemfile.lock"
       - "!lighthouse_results/**"
+      - "!README.md"
+      - "!INSTALL.md"
+      - "!FAQ.md"
+      - "!CUSTOMIZE.md"
+      - "!CONTRIBUTING.md"
+
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - main
+    branches: [main, master]
     paths:
       - "assets/**"
+      - "_sass/**"
+      - "**.bib"
       - "**.html"
       - "**.js"
       - "**.liquid"
       - "**/*.md"
       - "**.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/axe.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/deploy-docker-tag.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/deploy-image.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/docker-slim.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/lighthouse-badger.yml"
-      - "!.github/workflows/prettier.yml"
+      - "Gemfile"
+      - "Gemfile.lock"
       - "!lighthouse_results/**"
+      - "!README.md"
+      - "!INSTALL.md"
+      - "!FAQ.md"
+      - "!CUSTOMIZE.md"
+      - "!CONTRIBUTING.md"
 
 jobs:
-  link-checker:
+  check-links:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Ruby 💎
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: "3.3.5"
+          bundler-cache: true
+
+      - name: Setup Python 🐍
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+          cache: "pip"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies and build site 🔧
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick
+          pip3 install --upgrade nbconvert
+          export JEKYLL_ENV=production
+          bundle exec jekyll build
+
+      - name: Serve site locally 🌐
+        run: |
+          python3 -m http.server 4000 --directory _site &
+          sleep 3  # give the server time to start
 
-      - name: Link Checker 🔗
+      - name: Check for broken links 🔗
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.1.0
         with:
           fail: true
-          # removed md files that include liquid tags
-          args: --user-agent 'curl/7.54' --exclude-path README.md --exclude-path _pages/404.md --exclude-path _pages/blog.md --exclude-path _posts/2018-12-22-distill.md --exclude-path _posts/2023-04-24-videos.md --exclude-path _books/the_godfather.md --verbose --no-progress './**/*.md' './**/*.html'
+          args: --user-agent 'curl/7.54' --verbose --no-progress http://localhost:4000 #./_site/**/*.html
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
index b736879b..9c1c0592 100644
--- a/.lycheeignore
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 linkedin.com
-reddit.com
\ No newline at end of file
+reddit.com
+researchgate.net
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_data/socials.yml b/_data/socials.yml
index 366ef075..631c69f1 100644
--- a/_data/socials.yml
+++ b/_data/socials.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # x_username: iiccsss2024 # your Twitter handle # I think we still have the account but no longer using
 email: info@iiccsss.org
-bluesky_url: iiccsss # Bluesky handle
+bluesky_url: https://bsky.app/profile/iiccsss.bsky.social # Bluesky handle
 mastodon_username: neuromatch.social/@iiccsss # your mastodon instance+username in the format instance.tld/@username
 youtube_id: computationalcognitivescie5410 # your youtube channel id (youtube.com/@<youtube_id>)
 # github_username: # your GitHub user name
diff --git a/_pages/2023.md b/_pages/2023.md
index 8c201f3d..f8213d33 100644
--- a/_pages/2023.md
+++ b/_pages/2023.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ nav: false
       {% include people_horizontal.liquid name="Annette Leßmöllmann" affiliation="Karlsruhe Institute of Technology" url="https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/author/annettelessmoellmann" img="assets/img/panelists/2023/AnnetteLessmoellmann.jpeg" %}
       {% include people_horizontal.liquid name="Nora Freya Lindemann" affiliation="Osnabrück University" url="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nora-Lindemann" img="assets/img/panelists/2023/NoraLindemann.jpg" %}
       {% include people_horizontal.liquid name="Kristof Meding" affiliation="LfDI Baden-Württemberg" url="https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de" img="assets/img/panelists/2023/KristofMeding.jpg" %}
-      {% include people_horizontal.liquid name="Eric Schulz" affiliation="Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics" url="https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/person/103915" img="assets/img/panelists/2023/EricSchulz.jpg" %}
+      {% include people_horizontal.liquid name="Eric Schulz" affiliation="Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics" url="https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=74Cj5GYAAAAJ&hl=en" img="assets/img/panelists/2023/EricSchulz.jpg" %}
       </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/_pages/past.md b/_pages/past.md
index b44b4d3c..85c1624b 100644
--- a/_pages/past.md
+++ b/_pages/past.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-layout: page
+layout: none
 title: past iterations
 nav: true
 nav_order: 7
diff --git a/_pages/submenus.md b/_pages/submenus.md
index 168bb7d5..a258d3bc 100644
--- a/_pages/submenus.md
+++ b/_pages/submenus.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-layout: page
+layout: none
 title: about us
 nav: true
 nav_order: 6