diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/link_links.njk b/src/_includes/partials/link_links.njk
index 408bb5b..bf80d33 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/link_links.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/link_links.njk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   {% for post in collections['lists'] | reverse | limit(5) %}
       - {{ post.page.date.toLocaleDateString("en-UK") }} // <a href="{{post.filePathStem}}">{{ post.data.title }}</a>
   {% endfor %}
-  <span> - <a href="/lists/">older lists....</a></span>
+  <span> - <a href="/lists/">older lists</a></span>
   <h4><a href="/infinite_nightmare/">art inspiration list</a></h4>
   <h4><a href="/misc/">miscellania</a></h4>
 </div>
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diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk b/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
index 028de54..b2651c3 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   <a href="/credits">/credits</a>
   <a href="http://uuupah.123guestbook.com/">/guestbook</a>
   <a href="/blog/">/blog</a>    
+  <a href="/lists/">/lists</a>    
   <span><a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/uuupah/previous">&lt;==</a> <a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/">hotline webring</a> <a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/uuupah/next">==&gt;</a></span>
 </nav>
 {#INFO: It's important to stucture your links with the slashes / on either side of the href /about/ to ensure the links are always from the root of the site.#}
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diff --git a/src/index.md b/src/index.md
index d03047e..5f1924f 100644
--- a/src/index.md
+++ b/src/index.md
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@ title: 🐌 becoming one with the slime 🐌
 
 hey what's up! my name is uuupah. im a twenty-something non-binary (they/them) person from australia plagued by a metaphysical urge to record my thoughts and feelings in meandering prose. i'm into exploring less mainstream music genres, character design and figure drawing, puzzle and movement videogames, old anime and rock climbing.
 
-<!-- ### recent updates 
-
-<div class="updates-field">
-(check <a href="journal_html">journal.html</a> as well)
-{% for post in collections.post | reverse | limit(5) %}
-    <p>{{ post.page.date.toLocaleDateString("en-UK") }} - [{{ post.data.title }}]({{post.filePathStem}}) [{{post.data.tags[0]}}]</p>
-{% endfor %}
-</div> -->
-
 ## 📃 pages 📃
 
-{% include 'partials/link_links.njk' %}
-
-<!-- {% include 'partials/link_tiles.njk' %} -->
-
-<!-- ## 🖨️ this site 🖨️
-
-is built using [eleventy](https://11ty.dev) and hosted on [neocities](https://neocities.org/). i used [flamedfury's tutorial](https://flamedfury.com/guides/11ty-homepage-neocities/) to get started, and implemented [bcomnes deployment github action](https://github.com/bcomnes/deploy-to-neocities) to bring the amount of work required to make changes to almost zero. the source code for this site is [here](https://github.com/uuupah/11ty_neocities). -->
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+{% include 'partials/link_links.njk' %}
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