diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bdc68b37..2245fea1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.3.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
-    -   id: check-yaml
-    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
--   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.6.0
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: debug-statements
+    -   id: double-quote-string-fixer
+    -   id: name-tests-test
+    -   id: requirements-txt-fixer
+-   repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
+    rev: v2.5.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: setup-cfg-fmt
+-   repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder-python-imports
+    rev: v3.12.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: reorder-python-imports
+        exclude: ^(pre_commit/resources/|testing/resources/python3_hooks_repo/)
+        args: [--py39-plus, --add-import, 'from __future__ import annotations']
+-   repo: https://github.com/asottile/add-trailing-comma
+    rev: v3.1.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: add-trailing-comma
+-   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.15.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py39-plus]
+-   repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
+    rev: v2.0.4
     hooks:
-    -   id: black
+    -   id: autopep8
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 4.0.1
+    rev: 6.1.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
--   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.10.1
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
-      - id: isort
-        args: ["--profile", "black"]
+    -   id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [types-all]
+        exclude: ^testing/resources/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98c59482..6da93db6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 # tyssue : An epithelium simulation library
 
+
+## [ANN] Working on a 1.0 release
+
+Dear tyssue user or prospective user, I come with good bearings.
+
+This commit to the **new default branch `main` is the official start of the 1.0 release. It is long overdue and there is a lot of house keeping.
+
+### Short term
+
+- [ ] fix CI w/ github actions
+- [ ] Readthedocs with mkdoc
+- [ ] Tests
+- [ ] Notebook tests
+- [ ] Merge PRs #263 #274
+- [ ] Tests
+- [ ] Check Polarization notebooks
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 ![A nice banner](doc/illus/banner.png)
 
 <hr/>
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/DamCB/tyssue.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/DamCB/tyssue)
-
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/DamCB/tyssue/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/DamCB/tyssue)
 
 [![Doc Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/tyssue/badge/?version=latest)](http://tyssue.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 )
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e154c6db..cc91175f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
 - jupyter
 - notebook
 - quantities
+- ipython
 - ipywidgets
 - pythreejs
 - ipyvolume