From 9ec61ea5bc941a09cd0ba5605088a636e2d5a3e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 18:47:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore dead and political stories

---
 apiserver/feed.py             | 6 ++++++
 apiserver/feeds/hackernews.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apiserver/feed.py b/apiserver/feed.py
index eb57cac..c9aee56 100644
--- a/apiserver/feed.py
+++ b/apiserver/feed.py
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ def update_story(story, is_manual=False):
             logging.info(story['url'])
             return False
 
+        if 'trump' in story['title'].lower() or 'musk' in story['title'].lower():
+            logging.info('Trump / Musk story, skipping')
+            logging.info(story['url'])
+            return False
+
+
         logging.info('Getting article ' + story['url'])
         story['text'] = get_article(story['url'])
         if not story['text']: return False
diff --git a/apiserver/feeds/hackernews.py b/apiserver/feeds/hackernews.py
index ce181ca..8fe1c47 100644
--- a/apiserver/feeds/hackernews.py
+++ b/apiserver/feeds/hackernews.py
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ def bhn_story(ref):
     if 'deleted' in r:   # TODO: verify
         logging.info('Story was deleted.')
         return False
+    elif r.get('dead', False):
+        logging.info('Story was deleted.')
+        return False
     elif r.get('type', '') != 'link':
         logging.info('Type "{}" is not "link".'.format(r.get('type', '')))
         return False