diff --git a/blog/before_build.py b/blog/before_build.py
index c2870d41..c8648ec5 100644
--- a/blog/before_build.py
+++ b/blog/before_build.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import io
+import urllib2
+import datetime
 from github import Github
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 g = Github()
 
-one_month_ago = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=32)
+one_month_ago = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=32)
 
 def filter_date(issue):
     return issue.closed_at > one_month_ago
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ with io.open("templates/auto/recent-updates.html", 'w', encoding='utf8') as rece
             link = '<a href="' + pr.html_url + '">' + pr.title + "</a> "
             iso_date = pr.closed_at.isoformat()
             readable_date = pr.closed_at.strftime("%b&nbsp;%d")
-            datetime = '<time datetime="' + iso_date + '">' + readable_date + '</time>'
-            recent_updates.write(u"  <li>" + link + datetime + "</li>\n")
+            datetime_str = '<time datetime="' + iso_date + '">' + readable_date + '</time>'
+            recent_updates.write(u"  <li>" + link + datetime_str + "</li>\n")
 
         recent_updates.write(u"</ul>")
 
@@ -48,11 +49,41 @@ with io.open("templates/auto/forks.html", 'w', encoding='utf8') as forks:
     forks.truncate()
     forks.write(format_number(repo.forks_count))
 
+
+# query "This week in Rust OSDev posts"
+
+lines = []
+year = 2020
+month = 4
+while True:
+    url = "https://rust-osdev.com/this-month/" + str(year) + "-" + str(month).zfill(2) + "/"
+    try:
+        urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        break
+
+    month_str = datetime.date(1900, month, 1).strftime('%B')
+
+    link = '<a href="' + url + '">This Month in Rust OSDev (' + month_str + " " + str(year) + ")</a> "
+    lines.append(u"  <li>" + link + "</li>\n")
+
+    month = month + 1
+    if month > 12:
+        month = 0
+        year = year + 1
+
+lines.reverse()
+
 with io.open("templates/auto/status-updates.html", 'w', encoding='utf8') as status_updates:
     status_updates.truncate()
 
-    pulls = g.search_issues("is:merged", repo="rust-osdev/homepage", type="pr", label="next-post")[:5]
+    for line in lines:
+        status_updates.write("<b>" + line + "</b>")
 
-    for pr in sorted(pulls, key=lambda issue: issue.closed_at, reverse=True):
-        link = '<a href="' + pr.html_url + '">' + pr.title + "</a> "
-        status_updates.write(u"  <li>" + link + "</li>\n")
+with io.open("templates/auto/status-updates-truncated.html", 'w', encoding='utf8') as status_updates:
+    status_updates.truncate()
+
+    for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if index == 5:
+            break
+        status_updates.write(line)
diff --git a/blog/templates/auto/status-updates-truncated.html b/blog/templates/auto/status-updates-truncated.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/blog/templates/second-edition/index.html b/blog/templates/second-edition/index.html
index f3371364..37406cbe 100644
--- a/blog/templates/second-edition/index.html
+++ b/blog/templates/second-edition/index.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     {% set status_updates = get_section(path = "status-update/_index.md") %}
     <p>{{ status_updates.description }}</p>
     <ul>
-        {% include "auto/status-updates.html" %}
+        {% include "auto/status-updates-truncated.html" %}
         <li><a href="{{ get_url(path="@/status-update/_index.md") | safe }}"><em>view all »</em></a></li>
     </ul>
 </div>