update!: Add LTeX for VS Code and remove LanguageTool (#3031)

.github/workflows/build-blog.yml

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "MAIN_SITE_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/why-privacy-matters/"
             echo "ARTICLES_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/tag/articles/"
             echo "VIDEOS_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/"
-            echo "NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/news/"
           } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Build Website (Privileged)

.github/workflows/build-zimfile.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   VIDEOS_SITE_BASE_URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/
-  NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/news/
   HOMEPAGE_CTA_ABOUT_LINK: about.html
   HOMEPAGE_CTA_DONATE_LINK: about/donate.html
   BUILD_OFFLINE: true
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       LANGUAGE_SWITCHER: false
       ARTICLES_SITE_BASE_URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/tag/articles/
-      NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/news/
 
     steps:
       - name: Add GitHub Token to Environment

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "MAIN_SITE_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/why-privacy-matters/"
             echo "ARTICLES_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/tag/articles/"
             echo "VIDEOS_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/"
-            echo "NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL=https://www.privacyguides.org/news/"
           } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Set Metadata for Privileged Builds

docs/about.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The project executive committee consists of five volunteers charged with managem
 
     ---
 
-    :material-text-account: Founder, Program Director
+    :material-text-account: Founder, Director
 
     [:material-account: Profile](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/jonah)
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Our staff are paid to contribute to supplemental content at Privacy Guides, like
 
     ---
 
-    :material-text-account: Staff Writer
+    :material-text-account: Journalist
 
     [:material-account: Profile](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/em)
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Our staff are paid to contribute to supplemental content at Privacy Guides, like
 
     ---
 
-    :material-text-account: Digital Content Producer
+    :material-text-account: Content Producer
 
     [:material-account: Profile](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/Jordan)
 
@@ -160,18 +160,6 @@ Our staff are paid to contribute to supplemental content at Privacy Guides, like
     [:material-mastodon:](https://mastodon.social/@kevpham "@kevpham@mastodon.social"){rel=me}
     [:material-email:](mailto:kevin@privacyguides.org "Email")
 
--   :video_camera:{ .lg .middle } **Nate Bartram**
-
-    ---
-
-    :material-text-account: Digital Content Producer
-
-    [:material-account: Profile](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/nateb)
-
-    [:material-github:](https://github.com/tnonate "GitHub")
-    [:material-mastodon:](https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@nateb "@nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org"){rel=me}
-    [:material-email:](mailto:nate@privacyguides.org "Email")
-
 </div>
 
 ## :material-check-decagram: Social Media
@@ -196,8 +184,6 @@ However, Privacy Guides *does* have social media accounts on a wide variety of p
 - [:simple-youtube: YouTube](https://youtube.com/@privacyguides)
 - [:simple-tiktok: TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@privacyguides)
 - [:simple-facebook: Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/PrivacyGuides.org)
-- [:simple-instagram: Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/privacy.guides/)
-- [:simple-threads: Threads](https://www.threads.net/@privacy.guides)
 
 </div>
 
@@ -223,13 +209,7 @@ In 2022, we completed the transition of our main website framework from Jekyll t
 
 We additionally launched our new discussion forum at [discuss.privacyguides.net](https://discuss.privacyguides.net) as a community platform to share ideas and ask questions about our mission. This augments our existing community on Matrix, and replaced our previous GitHub Discussions platform, decreasing our reliance on proprietary discussion platforms.
 
-In 2023, we launched international translations of our website in [French](https://www.privacyguides.org/fr), [Hebrew](https://www.privacyguides.org/he), [Dutch](https://www.privacyguides.org/nl), and more languages, made possible by our excellent translation team on [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/privacyguides).
-
-In 2024, we successfully fundraised to hire several full-time staff members, Em, Jordan, and Kevin; to help with content creation, community management, and video production. This has allowed us to expand our reach and provide more frequent updates to our audience.
-
-In 2025, we launched our [newsroom](https://www.privacyguides.org/news), providing timely articles on the latest developments in privacy and security. We also hired Nate as a Digital Content Producer to bring more consistency to our educational video content.
-
-We plan to continue carrying forward our mission of outreach and education, and finding ways to more clearly highlight the dangers of a lack of privacy awareness in the modern digital age, and the prevalence and harms of security breaches across the technology industry.
+In 2023, we launched international translations of our website in [French](https://www.privacyguides.org/fr), [Hebrew](https://www.privacyguides.org/he), [Dutch](https://www.privacyguides.org/nl), and more languages, made possible by our excellent translation team on [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/privacyguides). We plan to continue carrying forward our mission of outreach and education, and finding ways to more clearly highlight the dangers of a lack of privacy awareness in the modern digital age, and the prevalence and harms of security breaches across the technology industry.
 
 ## :material-license: Site License
 

docs/language-tools.md

@@ -13,36 +13,23 @@ Text inputted to grammar, spelling, and style checkers, as well as translation s
 
 ## Grammar & Spelling
 
-### LanguageTool
+### LTeX
 
 <div class="admonition recommendation" markdown>
 
-![LanguageTool logo](assets/img/language-tools/languagetool.svg#only-light){ align=right }
-![LanguageTool logo](assets/img/language-tools/languagetool-dark.svg#only-dark){ align=right }
+![LTeX logo](assets/img/language-tools/ltex.svg){ align=right }
 
-**LanguageTool** is a multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker that supports more than 20 languages. According to their privacy policy, they do not store any content sent to their service for review, but for higher assurance the software is [self-hostable](https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server).
+**LTeX** is a multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker that supports more than 20 languages. It uses the open-source [LanguageTool](https://languagetool.org) spell checker on the backend to check against not just dictionary spelling, but also thousands of grammar rules and stylistic errors.
 
-[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://languagetool.org){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
-[:octicons-eye-16:](https://languagetool.org/legal/privacy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
-[:octicons-info-16:](https://languagetooler.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions){ .card-link title="Documentation" }
-[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/languagetool-org){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
+**LTeX CLI** is a standalone command-line application which runs completely offline.
 
-<details class="downloads" markdown>
-<summary>Downloads</summary>
-
-- [:simple-appstore: App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1534275760)
-- [:fontawesome-brands-windows: Windows](https://languagetool.org/windows-desktop)
-- [:simple-apple: macOS](https://languagetool.org/mac-desktop)
-- [:simple-firefoxbrowser: Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/languagetool)
-- [:simple-googlechrome: Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oldceeleldhonbafppcapldpdifcinji)
-- [:fontawesome-brands-edge: Edge](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/hfjadhjooeceemgojogkhlppanjkbobc)
-- [:simple-safari: Safari](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1534275760)
-
-</details>
+[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://valentjn.github.io/ltex){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
+[:octicons-info-16:](https://valentjn.github.io/ltex/index){ .card-link title="Documentation" }
+[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/valentjn/ltex-ls){ .card-link title="Source Code" }
 
 </div>
 
-LanguageTool offers integration with a variety of [office suites](https://languagetool.org/services#text_editors) and [email clients](https://languagetool.org/services#mail_clients).
+LTeX comes in multiple forms which may suit different use cases. The LTeX CLI is a standalone, command-line application which runs completely offline. The LTeX extension offers integration with popular code editors and runs completely offline.
 
 ## Translation Tools
 
@@ -64,9 +51,11 @@ You can use LibreTranslate through a number of public instances, with some that
 
 We use a self-hosted instance of LibreTranslate to automatically translate posts on our [forum](https://discuss.privacyguides.net) to multiple languages.
 
+We use the VSCode extension in our GitHub repository configuration to find any grammar and spelling errors on our website and in our articles.
+
 ## Criteria
 
 **Please note we are not affiliated with any of the projects we recommend.** In addition to [our standard criteria](about/criteria.md), we have developed a clear set of requirements to allow us to provide objective recommendations. We suggest you familiarize yourself with this list before choosing to use a project, and conduct your own research to ensure it's the right choice for you.
 
 - Must be open source.
-- Must be possible to self-host.
+- Must run completely offline.

docs/tools.md

@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ For encrypting your OS drive, we typically recommend using the encryption tool y
 
 <div class="grid cards" markdown>
 
-- ![LanguageTool logo](assets/img/language-tools/languagetool.svg#only-light){ .twemoji loading=lazy }![LanguageTool logo](assets/img/language-tools/languagetool-dark.svg#only-dark){ .twemoji loading=lazy } [LanguageTool](language-tools.md#languagetool)
+- ![LTeX logo](assets/img/language-tools/ltex.svg){ .twemoji loading=lazy } [LTeX](language-tools.md#ltex)
 - ![LibreTranslate logo](assets/img/language-tools/libretranslate.png){ .twemoji } [LibreTranslate](language-tools.md#libretranslate)
 
 </div>

includes/strings.en.env

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ NAV_FORUM_LINK="https://discuss.privacyguides.net/"
 NAV_HOME="Home"
 NAV_INTERNET_BROWSING="Internet Browsing"
 NAV_KNOWLEDGE_BASE="Knowledge Base"
-NAV_NEWS="News"
 NAV_ONLINE_SERVICES="Online Services"
 NAV_OPERATING_SYSTEMS="Operating Systems"
 NAV_PROVIDERS="Providers"

mkdocs.blog.yml

@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ nav:
       - editorial.md
       - tags.md
   - !ENV [NAV_VIDEOS, "Videos"]: !ENV [VIDEOS_SITE_BASE_URL, "/videos/"]
-  - !ENV [NAV_NEWS, "News"]: !ENV [NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL, "/news/"]
   - !ENV [NAV_FORUM, "Forum"]: "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/"
   - !ENV [NAV_WIKI, "Wiki"]:
       !ENV [

mkdocs.yml

@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ nav:
           - "device-integrity.md"
   - !ENV [NAV_BLOG, "Articles"]: !ENV [ARTICLES_SITE_BASE_URL, "/articles/"]
   - !ENV [NAV_VIDEOS, "Videos"]: !ENV [VIDEOS_SITE_BASE_URL, "/videos/"]
-  - !ENV [NAV_NEWS, "News"]: !ENV [NEWS_SITE_BASE_URL, "/news/"]
   - !ENV [NAV_FORUM, "Forum"]:
       !ENV [NAV_FORUM_LINK, "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/"]
   - !ENV [NAV_WIKI, "Wiki"]:

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