not interested in the news, cheers

build-tools/update

@@ -179,28 +179,7 @@ crossprotocolContents = crossprotocolContents.replace(URL_REGEX, addCachebuster)
 let replayEmbedContents = fs.readFileSync('play.pokemonshowdown.com/js/replay-embed.template.js', {encoding: 'utf8'});
 replayEmbedContents = replayEmbedContents.replace(/play\.pokemonshowdown\.com/g, routes.client);
 
-// add news, only if it's actually likely to exist
-process.stdout.write("and news... ");
-let stdout = '';
-let newsid = 0;
-let news = '[failed to retrieve news]';
-try {
-	stdout = child_process.execSync('php ' + path.resolve(thisDir, 'news-embed.php'));
-} catch (e) {
-	console.log("git hook failed to retrieve news (exec command failed):\n" + (e.error + e.stderr + e.stdout));
-}
-try {
-	if (stdout) [newsid, news] = JSON.parse(stdout);
-} catch (e) {
-	console.log("git hook failed to retrieve news (parsing JSON failed):\n" + e.stack);
-}
-
-indexContents = indexContents.replace(/<!-- newsid -->/g, newsid);
-indexContents = indexContents.replace(/<!-- news -->/g, news);
-
-try {
-	indexContents = indexContents.replace(/<!-- head custom -->/g, '' + fs.readFileSync('config/head-custom.html'));
-} catch (e) {}
+// Nobody cares about the news. Cheers.
 
 fs.writeFileSync('play.pokemonshowdown.com/index.html', indexContents);
 fs.writeFileSync('play.pokemonshowdown.com/preactalpha.html', preactIndexContents);