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@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@
                 <aside id="leftSidebar" style="margin-right: 0px;">
                     <h2>Updates</h2>
                     <div class="box">
-                        <p>My Most Recent Updates Are Found Here! (For more real-time stuff, check the Mastodon account linked on the right)</p>
-                        <ul style="padding-left:10px;">
-                            <li>Rebuilt this site using tools from <a href="https://sadgrl.online/" target="_blank">Sadgrl</a></li>
-                            <li>Built a MTG Deck with input from friends based around Demons, Devils, and Tieflings</li>
-                            <li>I joined Mastodon, finally.</li>
-                        </ul>
+                        [[*sidebar-updates]]
                     </div>
                     <!-- <h2>Hi there!</h2>
                     <p>(fill this in)</p>
@@ -52,15 +47,7 @@
                     <h2>Have some 88x31s</h2>
                     <p>Context: These are either links to tools or websites I like, or just neat fucking images. Hover over them!</p>
                     <ul class="nobull">
-                        <li><img src="img/got_html.gif"></li>
-                        <li><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" target="_blank"><img src="img/vscbutton.gif"></a></li>
-                        <li><a href="humans.txt"><img src="img/humanstxt-isolated-blank.gif"></a></li>
-                        <li><img src="img/discord.gif" title=""></li>
-                        <li><img src="img/nonbinary.png" title="they/them"></li>
-                        <li><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/"><img src="img/firefox2.gif"></a></li>
-                        <li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com" target="_blank"><img src="img/steam.gif" title="Play games with people!"></a></li>
-                        <li><a href="https://yesterweb.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://yesterweb.org/img/button.png" alt="a button that says Yesterweb Reclaim The Net" /></a></li>
-                        <li><a rel="me" href="https://tech.lgbt/@nexxy"><img src="img/mastodon.gif"></a></li>
+                        [[*sidebar-88x31]]
                     </ul>
                 </aside>
                 <!-- END OF THE SIDEBAR -->