Release v1.0.0 (JOSS submission)

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Summary

This is prepare to tag a v1.0.0 for release for JOSS submission

Changes

• Ensuring documentation is up to date
• Build on a local box looks good
• Adding the tag for Zenodo and JOSS

Documentation impact

• [ X ] Updated docs/ where applicable
• [ X ] Verified links render (CI link checker passes)
• [ X ] Verified mkdocs serve builds locally (optional)

Checklist

• [ X ] Tests pass locally (pytest)
• [ X ] Follows coding style and includes docstrings where appropriate
• [ X ] Updates to README or docs pages include relative links
• [ X ] Images referenced live under docs/images/
• [ X ] If touching packaging, confirm no stale references to top-level images/

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