27 people, including 18 children, are dead after a mass shooting earlier today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

I know it probably feels like we're giving you an update on various changes to the comments or site every other week, but these are exciting times here at Uproxx, and things are changing for the better.

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Just wanted to let you guys know that, barring something unexpected, we'll be enjoying some much needed time off over the next few days.

I had every intention of slapping together another big Corgi Friday post, or maybe a video of some dogs running around doing Christmas-y things, but then two important things happened this week: First of all, I got lazy.

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A few weeks ago, when we rolled out our new and improved commenting system across the UPROXX network, we mentioned that the ability for commenters to direct message each other directly was on the horizon.

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Good morning, and welcome to Warming Glow 2.