diff --git a/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html b/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
index 07053dc9..801be0ba 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
+++ b/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	{{/* top bar - avatar, info, date */}}
 	<div class="flex items-center">
 		{{ if .OwnerAvatarUrl }}
-			<a class="flex-shrink-0" href="{{ .OwnerUrl }}">
+			<a class="flex flex-shrink-0" href="{{ .OwnerUrl }}">
 				<img class="avatar-icon lite {{ if not .SmallInfo }}big{{ end }} {{ if .SmallInfo }}mr2{{ else }}mr3{{ end }}" src="{{ .OwnerAvatarUrl }}" />
 			</a>
 		{{ end }}
diff --git a/src/website/landing.go b/src/website/landing.go
index 06d40d51..b60877a3 100644
--- a/src/website/landing.go
+++ b/src/website/landing.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ func Index(c *RequestContext) ResponseData {
 		c.Logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("failed to fetch latest posts")
 	}
 	for _, p := range posts {
+		if p.Project.IsHMN() {
+			continue // ignore news posts et. al.
+		}
+
 		item := PostToTimelineItem(hmndata.UrlContextForProject(&p.Project), lineageBuilder, &p.Post, &p.Thread, p.Author, c.Theme)
 		if p.Thread.Type == models.ThreadTypeProjectBlogPost && p.Post.ID == p.Thread.FirstID {
 			// blog post
@@ -100,7 +104,6 @@ func Index(c *RequestContext) ResponseData {
 	if len(newsThreads) > 0 {
 		t := newsThreads[0]
 		item := PostToTimelineItem(hmndata.UrlContextForProject(&t.Project), lineageBuilder, &t.FirstPost, &t.Thread, t.FirstPostAuthor, c.Theme)
-		item.OwnerAvatarUrl = ""
 		item.Breadcrumbs = nil
 		item.TypeTitle = ""
 		item.AllowTitleWrap = true