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-<span style="font-size: 2.6rem;">An education and training hub for the geoscientific Python community</span>
+<span style="font-size: 2.6rem;">An education and training hub for the geoscientific Python community</span><br>
 
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+<a href="posts/cookoff2025-website.html" role="button" class="btn btn-light btn-lg" style="display: flex; align-items: center; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; background-color: #ccc; border: rgba(var(--spt-color-dark), 1);">
+          Save the date for the 2025 Cook-off hackathon!
+  </a>
+<br>
 
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           Round-up of new Cookbooks from our 2024 Cook-off hackathon!