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AGENTS.md

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 ### File Structure
 - Use `slides/` directory for Markdown slide files
-- Use `assets/` for images and media files
+- Use `assets/` directory for images and media files
+- Always address images as ./assets/filename.png, not assets/ or ../assets/
 - Use `themes/` for custom Marp themes
 - Use `build/` directory for generated output files (ignored by git)
 

index.md

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 *"From surviving authoritarianism to building digital freedom"*
 
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 # What is Digital Independence?
 
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 # Why Does Digital Autonomy Matter?
 
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 # Critical Infrastructure Dependencies
 
 **When information systems control:**
-- **Healthcare**: Electronic records, diagnostic systems, life support
-- **Logistics**: Supply chains, transportation networks, food distribution
-- **Finance**: Payment systems, banking infrastructure, economic stability
-- **Democracy**: Media platforms, electoral systems, public discourse
-- **Education**: Learning platforms, research access, knowledge distribution
+* **Healthcare**: Electronic records, diagnostic systems, life support
+* **Logistics**: Supply chains, transportation networks, food distribution
+* **Finance**: Payment systems, banking infrastructure, economic stability
+* **Democracy**: Media platforms, electoral systems, public discourse
+* **Education**: Learning platforms, research access, knowledge distribution
 
 **Single point of failure = societal breakdown**
 
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 # When Digital Systems Fail, Society Fails
 
 **Recent Systemic Failures:**
-- Hospital ransomware attacks → patients die from delayed care
-- Social media manipulation → electoral interference, democratic erosion
-- Supply chain attacks → economic disruption, infrastructure breakdown
-- Platform censorship → suppression of legitimate discourse
-- Algorithmic bias → systemic discrimination at scale
+* Hospital ransomware attacks → patients die from delayed care
+* Social media manipulation → electoral interference, democratic erosion
+* Supply chain attacks → economic disruption, infrastructure breakdown
+* Platform censorship → suppression of legitimate discourse
+* Algorithmic bias → systemic discrimination at scale
 
 *Digital dependence without democratic control = societal vulnerability*
 
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 # Who Opposes Digital Autonomy?
 
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 # Real-World Digital Attacks
 
-**Cambridge Analytica (2018)**: 87 million Facebook profiles harvested for election manipulation
+* **Cambridge Analytica (2018)**: 87 million Facebook profiles harvested for election manipulation
 
-**Meta's Teen Depression Experiments (2021)**: Deliberately harmful algorithms tested on adolescents
+* **Meta's Teen Depression Experiments (2021)**: Deliberately harmful algorithms tested on adolescents
 
-**Israel-Lebanon Pager Attack (2024)**: Consumer communication devices remotely weaponized
+* **Israel-Lebanon Pager Attack (2024)**: Consumer communication devices remotely weaponized
 
-**Palantir Surveillance Infrastructure**: Military-grade population monitoring sold to corporations and governments
+* **Palantir Surveillance Infrastructure**: Military-grade population monitoring sold to corporations and governments
 
-**TikTok Algorithmic Influence**: Foreign state influence over domestic youth culture and political discourse
+* **TikTok Algorithmic Influence**: Foreign state influence over domestic youth culture and political discourse
 
 <!-- Additional examples: NSA PRISM program, Chinese social credit system, Russian election interference, facial recognition deployment -->
 
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 # Who's Fighting Back?
 
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 # Digital Independence Success Stories
 
-**🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein**: Complete state migration to Linux and LibreOffice, ending Microsoft dependency
+* **🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein**: Complete state migration to Linux and LibreOffice, ending Microsoft dependency
 
-**🇫🇷 Lyon**: 17,000 government computers migrated to Ubuntu, saving €2M annually in licensing costs
+* **🇫🇷 Lyon**: 17,000 government computers migrated to Ubuntu, saving €2M annually in licensing costs
 
-**🇪🇸 Extremadura**: 200,000 students educated on Linux-based systems, creating digital literacy without vendor lock-in
+* **🇪🇸 Extremadura**: 200,000 students educated on Linux-based systems, creating digital literacy without vendor lock-in
 
-**🇮🇹 South Tyrol**: Government-wide OpenOffice deployment, demonstrating scalable alternatives
+* **🇮🇹 South Tyrol**: Government-wide OpenOffice deployment, demonstrating scalable alternatives
 
-**🇧🇷 Brazil**: Constitutional requirement for open standards in government systems
+* **🇧🇷 Brazil**: Constitutional requirement for open standards in government systems
 
 <!-- Additional: Barcelona's decidim platform, Estonia's X-Road infrastructure, Taiwan's vTaiwan digital democracy -->
 
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 # FOSS vs. "Open Source" vs. Proprietary
 
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 # How to Gain Digital Autonomy
 
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 **Today's Focus:**
 - GNU/Linux hands-on exploration
-- First terminal commands
+- First terminal commands (optional)
 - Building your personal migration roadmap
 
 **Take Home:**
-- Bootable Linux USB drive
+<!-- - Bootable Linux USB drive -->
 - Curated software recommendations
 - Community connection for ongoing support
 
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 **Everything Comes with a Price:**
 
-- **Self-Responsibility**: No one to blame except yourself when things go sideways
-- **Accessibility Over Polish**: "Not so smooth" interfaces, therefore highly accessible  
-- **Modular Solutions**: Rarely "All-in-One"-Solutions, mostly a potpourri of multiple solutions to meet your needs
+* **Self-Responsibility**: No one to blame except yourself when things go sideways
+* **Accessibility Over Polish**: "Not so smooth" interfaces, therefore highly accessible  
+* **Modular Solutions**: Rarely "All-in-One"-Solutions, mostly a potpourri of multiple solutions to meet your needs
 
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