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 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://roots.io/sage/">
-    <img alt="Sage" src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/logo-sage.svg" height="100">
-  </a>
+  <a href="https://roots.io/sage/"><img alt="Sage" src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/logo-sage.svg" height="100"></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://packagist.org/packages/roots/sage">
-    <img alt="Packagist Installs" src="https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/roots/sage?label=projects%20created&colorB=2b3072&colorA=525ddc&style=flat-square">
-  </a>
-
-  <a href="https://github.com/roots/sage/actions/workflows/main.yml">
-    <img alt="Build Status" src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/roots/sage/main.yml?branch=main&logo=github&label=CI&style=flat-square">
-  </a>
-
-  <a href="https://twitter.com/rootswp">
-    <img alt="Follow Roots" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/follow%20@rootswp-1da1f2?logo=twitter&logoColor=ffffff&message=&style=flat-square">
-  </a>
+  <a href="https://packagist.org/packages/roots/sage"><img alt="Packagist Installs" src="https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/roots/sage?label=projects%20created&colorB=2b3072&colorA=525ddc&style=flat-square"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/roots/sage/actions/workflows/main.yml"><img alt="Build Status" src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/roots/sage/main.yml?branch=main&logo=github&label=CI&style=flat-square"></a>
+  <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/roots.dev"><img alt="Follow roots.dev on Bluesky" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/follow-@roots.dev-0085ff?logo=bluesky&style=flat-square"></a>
 </p>
 
-<p align="center">Advanced WordPress starter theme with Tailwind CSS and Laravel Blade</p>
+# Sage
 
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://roots.io/sage/">Website</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://roots.io/sage/docs/installation/">Documentation</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://github.com/roots/sage/releases">Releases</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://discourse.roots.io/">Community</a>
-</p>
+**Advanced hybrid WordPress starter theme with Laravel Blade and Tailwind CSS**
+
+- 🔧 Clean, efficient theme templating with Laravel Blade
+- ⚡️ Modern front-end development workflow powered by Vite
+- 🎨 Out of the box support for Tailwind CSS
+- 🚀 Harness the power of Laravel with [Acorn integration](https://github.com/roots/acorn)
+- 📦 Block editor support built-in
+
+Sage brings proper PHP templating and modern JavaScript tooling to WordPress themes. Write organized, component-based code using Laravel Blade, enjoy instant builds and CSS hot-reloading with Vite, and leverage Laravel's robust feature set through Acorn.
+
+[Read the docs to get started](https://roots.io/sage/docs/installation/)
 
 ## Sponsors
 
-Sage is an open source project and completely free to use. If you've benefited from our projects and would like to support our future endeavors, please consider [sponsoring Roots](https://github.com/sponsors/roots).
+Sage is an open source project and completely free to use. If you've benefited from our projects and would like to support our future endeavors, [please consider sponsoring us](https://github.com/sponsors/roots).
 
 <div align="center">
 <a href="https://carrot.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/carrot.svg" alt="Carrot" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://wordpress.com/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/wordpress.svg" alt="WordPress.com" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://worksitesafety.ca/careers/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/worksite-safety.svg" alt="Worksite Safety" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://40q.agency/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/40q.svg" alt="40Q" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://www.itineris.co.uk/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/itineris.svg" alt="Itineris" width="120" height="90"></a> <a href="https://bonsai.so/"><img src="https://cdn.roots.io/app/uploads/bonsai.svg" alt="Bonsai" width="120" height="90"></a>
 </div>
-
-## Overview
-
-Sage is a hybrid WordPress starter theme with block editor support.
-
-- Clean, efficient theme templating utilizing [Laravel Blade](https://laravel.com/docs/master/blade)
-- Harness the power of [Laravel](https://laravel.com) and its available packages thanks to [Acorn](https://github.com/roots/acorn)
-- Modern frontend development workflow powered by [Vite](https://vite.dev/)
-- Out of the box support for [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)
-
-## Getting Started
-
-See the [Sage installation documentation](https://roots.io/sage/docs/installation/).
-
-## Stay Connected
-
-- Join us on Discord by [sponsoring us on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/roots)
-- Participate on [Roots Discourse](https://discourse.roots.io/)
-- Follow [@rootswp on Twitter](https://twitter.com/rootswp)
-- Read the [Roots Blog](https://roots.io/blog/)
-- Subscribe to the [Roots Newsletter](https://roots.io/newsletter/)