diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
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--- a/_config.yml
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Site settings
 title: Mikaela
 description: > # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
-    Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008 + local election candidate \#1057 for Helsinki Pirates
+    Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008
     <br/><br/>*This website is licensed under the
     [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
     by [Mikaela Suomalainen](https://mikaela.info/).*
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c875bbf..de4e99b 100644
--- a/index.html
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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 layout: index
 title: Index
-excerpt: "Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008 + local election candidate #1057 for Helsinki Pirates"
+excerpt: "Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008"
 ---
 
 <p id=gravatar><img alt="Gravatar" src="https://gravatar.com/avatar/2bd4ed22d7f59d1a83f5a4253d74f814?s=100.png" /></p>
 
-<p id=bio>Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008 + <a href="https://piraattipuolue.fi/ihmiset/mikaela-suomalainen/">local election candidate #1057 for Helsinki Pirates</a></p>
+<p id=bio>Rainbowy (trans/ace) aspie, feminist & Linux user since 2008</p>
 
 <ul class="centered">
     <li><a href="/about">About me; Trans, Aspie, Ace, Feminist, Linux user & life</a></li>