# About the Announcements category

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/13>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/13 "2018-01-19T22:04:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/tom/32/2262_2.png) [@tom](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/tom)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/13/1 "2018-01-19T22:04:22Z")

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**Author:** ![Cobus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/cobus/32/9670_2.png) [@Cobus](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Cobus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/13/2 "2022-10-09T21:05:54Z")

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**Author:** ![Cobus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/cobus/32/9670_2.png) [@Cobus](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Cobus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/about-the-announcements-category/13/3 "2022-10-09T21:06:39Z")

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